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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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09SANAA1507SA'ADA: WITH PLANES AND TANKS, ROYG SIGNALS SIXTH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The spread of violent clashes across Sa'ada, al-Jawf and the Saudi border and confluence of the Houthi rebellion with tribal and sectarian conflict in the region has finally drawn the ROYG into what now appears to be the sixth round of fighting. After several months of sporadic [...]
2009-08-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1517YEMEN: ROYG PREPARES FOR MENAFATF ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) is ramping up efforts to implement recommendations from the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) 2008 report through the Anti Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yem [...]
2009-08-15 07:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1532SIXTH ROUND OF SA'ADA FIGHTING INTENSIFIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The sixth round of fighting between the ROYG and the Houthis, which began on August 11, has continued to escalate, kinetically and rhetorically. On August 13, the ROYG gave the Houthis six conditions for ceasing hostilities, including one that the Houthis most likely have no powe [...]
2009-08-17 15:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1555AS SA'ADA CONFLICT RAGES, HUMANITARIAN IMPACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As fighting continues in Sa'ada governorate, concern is growing about the conflict's humanitarian impact, with thousands of newly displaced people seeking shelter at camps in Sa'ada, Hajja, Amran, and al-Jawf governorates. President Saleh continues to press a military solution [...]
2009-08-20 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1558IN POLITICAL DEADLOCK, PARTIES HOPE FOR A RAMADAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Dialogue between the ruling General People's Congress and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) in anticipation of the 2011 parliamentary elections has been completely suspended and the gulf between the two sides has widened during the summer months. The JMP remains focuse [...]
2009-08-22 06:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1599SA,ADA WAR: DESPITE CLAIMS OF CEASEFIRE, CIVILIANS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On the afternoon of August 26, multiple media sources reported a brief humanitarian ceasefire between the ROYG and the Houthis. The ROYG did not officially confirm it, and it is unclear how it is being implemented or if it will hold. The reported ceasefire comes at the end [...]
2009-08-26 14:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1618SA'ADA WAR: FIERCE FIGHTING FOLLOWS ALLEGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After a fleeting )- or, by some accounts, non-existent -- ceasefire, fighting continues in earnest with artillery and aerial attacks throughout Sa'ada and parts of Amran governorates. Although President Saleh announced a "new" strategy on August 26, little appears to have change [...]
2009-08-31 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1621ROYG REJECTS HOUTHI CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) The Houthis announced a unilateral ceasefire on the night of August 31, which the ROYG categorically rejected the following day. According to the ceasefire announcement, which Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abd-al-Salam made during a live telephone interview on al-Jazeera's August 31 evening [...]
2009-09-01 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1628SA'ADA CONFLICT: A PROXY WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
[...] (C) While Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels exchange fire in Sa'ada, a vociferous exchange of accusations and counter-accusations over alleged foreign interference in the conflict is taking place in the Yemeni and regional media. Iranian official media is giving the conflict unpreced [...]
2009-09-02 11:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PINS KPAO YM
09SANAA1648ANOTHER HALF-HEARTED CEASEFIRE IN SA'ADA; FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The sixth war in Sa'ada shows no sign of slowing, despite another brief ceasefire announcement on September 4. The ongoing war of words between the ROYG and Houthis is resulting in a dizzying see-saw of accusations and counter-accusations, none of them independently verifiable. [...]
2009-09-09 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1662IRAN IN YEMEN: TEHRAN's SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, BUT FOOTPRINT IS SMALL (c-ne9-01257)
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite repeated ROYG accusations of Tehran's material and financial support to the Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and increasingly belligerent media exchanges between Yemen and Iran, Iranian influence in Yemen has thus far been limited to informal religious ties between Yemeni and Iranian [...]
2009-09-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EIND IR YM
09SANAA1666FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: NEXT STEPS FOR
[...] Yemen's daunting internal challenges present many opportunities for more robust US engagement in the areas that President Barack Obama outlined in his June 4 speech in Cairo. Consultations with Yemeni interlocutors point to continuing opportunities to support Yemen's government and civil soci [...]
2009-09-13 12:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM
09SANAA1680LATEST FRONT IN SA'ADA WAR: YOUTUBE
[...] In the sixth war between the ROYG and Houthi rebels, the fighting has spread to a new front: Youtube. Houthis and their supporters have posted video clips online as part of a vigorous information campaign to publicize battlefield victories, allege ROYG atrocities against civilians and accuse [...]
2009-09-15 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PROP PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA1690SA'ADA WAR: ROYG BOMBING ALLEGEDLY KILLS 87
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Multiple media sources report that the ROYG conducted an airstrike against a school in Amran governorate in which IDPs had sought shelter, killing 87 civilians, mostly women and children. ROYG officials, including President Saleh, say that only Houthis were killed in the bomb [...]
2009-09-19 13:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1835MEDIA BULLIED INTO SILENCE AS CRISES DEEPEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemeni journalists continue to face censorship, intimidation, and restrictions on their movements as they attempt to report on the deepening crises confronting their country. Both the ROYG and the Houthis have prevented independent media from visiting the conflict zone in Sa'ada, [...]
2009-10-06 13:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA184BOYS FIGHTING AS MEN IN YEMEN'S TRIBAL CONFLICTS
[...] SUMMARY. A recent report by a local NGO touting high rates of child combatants in tribal warfare has garnered considerable international coverage. Culturally, however, the adolescents are viewed as adults who owe allegiance to their tribes and are fighting to protect their homes. This may [...]
2009-02-02 12:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1847TRIBALIZED "POPULAR ARMY" AGAINST THE HOUTHIS WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is encouraging the formation of a "popular army" of tribesmen to supplement the regular army's fight against the Houthis in northern Yemen. The ROYG uses the "popular army" to harness tribal support for the war, increase its numbers and firepower in the region, and enga [...]
2009-10-07 07:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1850SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]
2009-10-07 10:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA1856HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS BRING MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Three high-profile regime figures - two of them Government of Egypt officials - descended on Sana'a in early October, sparking rumors that Egypt has been tasked by the Arab League with resolving the Sixth War in Sa'ada, which has dragged on for over two months. The GOE and ROYG, [...]
2009-10-07 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL EG YM
09SANAA1870ROYG ISSUES BLACKLIST OF SA'ADA ARMS TRAFFICKERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, the ROYG announced that seven Yemeni arms dealers had been "blacklisted," among them international arms trafficker Faris Manna, chief mediator between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels and brother of Sa'ada governor Hassan Manna. While theories regarding what prompte [...]
2009-10-12 06:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1892MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]
2009-10-13 13:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA1899DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ROYG RESPONSE ON IRAN AND
[...] (S) On October 13, PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Ali al-Kaf, the Chief of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the subjects of Iran, its covert uranium enrichment facility, and meetings being held by the international community to [...]
2009-10-13 14:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC AORC UNSC IAEA PREL IR ETTC YM
09SANAA1929YEMEN'S SOUTH: TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOCK TO PEACEFUL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Tens of thousands of southerners traveled to Lahj, the rebellious heartland of Yemen's south, for pro-independence demonstrations organized by the Southern Movement in commemoration of the 46th anniversary of South Yemen's revolution against the British. Despite the large crowd [...]
2009-10-19 09:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA1937COULD A SA'ADA CEASEFIRE BE ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Rumors of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's arrest, a flurry of high-level ROYG visits to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Qirbi's sudden dispatch to Egypt, Syria, and Libya, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's postponed visit to Sana'a point to the possibility of significant developments [...]
2009-10-20 12:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1939FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]
2009-10-20 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1965ROYG REPORTS SEIZURE OF IRANIAN-CREWED SHIP WITH
[...] (S) ROYG officials and the Yemeni media report that ROYG maritime forces intecepted an Iranian-crewed ship transporting a large quantity of weapons on October 26. The ROYG Embassy in Washington issued a press statement on October 26 announcing that the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard "seized a fo [...]
2009-10-27 14:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1998MORE EVIDENCE THAT CHILD SOLDIERS USED BY "ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Credible NGO and media sources report that all three parties in the Sa'ada conflict )- the ROYG, the tribes, and the Houthis -- are using child soldiers. While the ROYG denies it uses child soldiers, local and international journalists and NGOs report that they interviewed child [...]
2009-11-02 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA2014BAD TO WORSE FOR YEMENI JOURNALISTS: PRESS COURT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 31, Yemen's recently established Special Press and Publications Court issued its first guilty verdict. The court found Washington-based Yemeni-American writer Munir al-Mawri and Yemeni independent journalist Samir Jubran guilty of "the crime of criticizing the President [...]
2009-11-04 09:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2029FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]
2009-11-04 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]
2009-11-04 15:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2040SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]
2009-11-09 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2041CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]
2009-11-09 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA204265 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA204357 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-10 04:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2070SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN --
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]
2009-11-16 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2073ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]
2009-11-17 08:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2079HIZBALLAH AND THE HOUTHIS: DIFFERENT GOALS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In their ongoing pursuit of Western support for their struggle against the Houthis, ROYG officials have latched onto recent, unsubstantiated media claims of Hizballah cooperation with the Houthis in Sa'ada in order to bolster their argument that the Houthis are a terrorist organ [...]
2009-11-18 06:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PROP YM
09SANAA2117SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]
2009-11-23 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2128SOUTH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY COULD TURN VIOLENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Against a backdrop of resurgent separatist sentiments in the south, large and potentially violent protests are expected on November 30, the day marking the south's independence from Britain. Signs of greater organization among the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) and recent ant [...]
2009-11-28 14:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2151ROYG PREEMPTS SOUTHERN PROTESTS, ATTEMPTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While widespread violence did not erupt during Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) demonstrations on November 30 in Aden (reftel),tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets despite government warnings not to assemble days before and a preemptive scale-up in ROYG security [...]
2009-12-02 11:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2155SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]
2009-12-02 12:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2171YEMEN'S LEADING INDEPENDENT NEWS SITE HACKED;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 28, hackers attacked Yemen's leading independent news website NewsYemen, crashing the site and erasing its five-year news archive. Website editor Nabil al-Soufi blamed the Ministry of Telecommunications, citing evidence that the virus which destroyed the website or [...]
2009-12-07 08:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2176SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED"
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]
2009-12-08 13:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2185WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]
2009-12-09 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]
2009-12-09 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2205IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]
2009-12-13 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2219DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]
2009-12-15 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SANAA2227SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]
2009-12-16 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA2250YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]
2009-12-21 13:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA2251ROYG LOOKS AHEAD FOLLOWING CT OPERATIONS, BUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The ROYG views the December 17 CT operations as a success and a benefit to Yemeni national interests, and appears not overly concerned about unauthorized leaks regarding the U.S. role and negative media attention to civilian deaths. ROYG officials continue to publicly maintain that [...]
2009-12-21 13:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MASS PGOV PREL YE
09SANAA2259ROYG MAKES THE ROUNDS IN EUROPE: ATTEMPTS TO STAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Muhi al-Dhabbi recently returned from a whirlwind trip to six European nations in which he attempted to explain ROYG policy on the Houthi conflict in Sa'ada and postpone rumored UN Security Council debate that the ROYG fears might lead to greater foreign i [...]
2009-12-22 10:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MOPS PTER YM
09SANAA2274ROYG ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN AQAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi for the first time publicly acknowledged U.S. intelligence assistance in the December 17 strikes during a presentation to Parliament on December 23. Preliminary reports from Post contacts indicate that Alimi's prese [...]
2009-12-27 12:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS PINR YM
09SANAA2279YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]
2009-12-28 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2287YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]
2009-12-31 10:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA257REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST
[...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...]
2009-02-10 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA291INTERIOR MINISTER GIVES AMBASSADOR ASSURANCES ON
[...] (C) The Minister of Interior gave the Ambassador on February 16 assurances on a number of issues ranging from reports of recently released al-Qaeda suspects to information sharing with the Embassy to the protection of Yemen's Jewish community. While Post is relatively confident that the issu [...]
2009-02-17 12:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KIRF
09SANAA324SALEH PUSHES CONCESSIONS TO JMP
[...] (C) A brief visit by National Democratic Institute Regional Director Les Campbell energized President Saleh to push his ruling GPC Party to implement concessions to the opposition. At the same time, key members of the opposition appear ready to move ahead based on six principles of agreement [...]
2009-02-23 09:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA4GAZA ISSUE STILL SIMMERS IN YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-04 12:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM YM
09SANAA401YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...]
2009-03-04 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR YM
09SANAA430A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]
2009-03-08 14:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA432BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL DENIED
[...] (C) Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Economic Affairs and the Russian Ambassador to Sana'a both strongly denied press reports of a USD 1 billion arms sale negotiated during the February visit of President Saleh to Moscow. According to the DPM, the ROYG sought forgiveness of Yemen's USD [...]
2009-03-09 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD EFIN RU YM
09SANAA482SANAA EAC DISCUSSES SECURITYPOSTURE DUE TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/18/2009, the Sana'aEAC convened to discuss Post's security posture ue to the terrorist attack on the South Korean mtorcade (ref A). The EAC decided that American stff will travel in armored vehicles and the Embasy shuttle will have an armed RSO security escort util furthe [...]
2009-03-18 15:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEM ASEC YM
09SANAA502ROYG DIGS IN ITS HEELS ON ISSUANCE OF JEWS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite U.S. pressure, the ROYG continues to stall on the issuance of passports to a group of Reyda Jews, citing discomfort over media attention surrounding the February emigration of a Jewish family to Israel. Families in Reyda reported incidents of rocks thrown at their homes [...]
2009-03-24 11:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA503HOME-GROWN NGOS WORK FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT
[...] SUMMARY. Local NGOs are engaged in a three-pronged approach to promoting peaceful conflict resolution among Yemen's tribes: engaging tribal leaders, empowering youth, and training imams as mediators. These techniques often overlap efforts to curb the spread of extremist ideology. The program [...]
2009-03-24 12:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA560SIXTH ROUND IN SAADA: WHERE'S THE TIPPING POINT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The threat of a sixth round of fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and government forces in Saada looms large. Potential flashpoints include the issue of prisoners, tribal warfare in the northern governorates and the grim humanitarian situation. The constant drumbeat of viol [...]
2009-04-01 06:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
09SANAA716ROYG CLAIMS IT IS COMMITTED TO REFORM, REMOVING
[...] SUMMARY: In a departure from the recent past, the ROYG has demonstrated a new commitment to economic reform by revealing plans to remove diesel subsidies and extending civil-service reform to the military and security services. The reform agenda is being considered at the highest levels of th [...]
2009-04-21 10:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
09SANAA810SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]
2009-04-29 12:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA833YEMENI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SILENCE NEWSPAPERS IN
[...] (C) In the wake of renewed violence fueled by calls for secession of Yemeni's southern governorates, the ROYG has taken action to limit the circulation of seven independent and opposition newspapers. The Ambassador cautioned President Saleh on May 5 that such action was unhelpful as the ROYG [...]
2009-05-05 13:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA875SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]
2009-05-06 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA898LOUD CALLS FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE RATTLE THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Buoyed by the growth of a popular Southern Movement, a broader swath of those parts of southern society to which post has access has declared an end to unity and is openly advocating for separation from the former North Yemen. A worried ROYG has employed a number of tactics ) fr [...]
2009-05-12 12:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA936YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...]
2009-05-17 13:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA941IRAQ REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY REPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 09:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ YM
09SANAA942SOUTHERN UNREST CASTS A SHADOW OVER PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen approaches the 19th anniversary of its unification facing challenges from the south that some observers have characterized as unprecedented since the civil war in 1994. Both the ROYG and the southern independence movement are likely to use this week's observance of Unity D [...]
2009-05-18 12:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
09SANAA996ROYG WEATHERS UNITY DAY, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST
[...] (C) While the ROYG celebrated the 19th anniversary of Yemen's unification with a massive military parade, anti-unity and anti-ROYG demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen's restive southern governorates. In Aden, security forces fired on protesters, killing three and injuring 30. Form [...]
2009-05-26 12:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANJOSE10MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE, COSTA RICA
[...] AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY A MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURRED AT 13:21 ON JANUARY 8, 2009, THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISASTER IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE, AND THAT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE USG. THE SITUATION HAS E [...]
2009-01-09 18:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN KFLO CS
09SANJOSE1098COSTA RICA: POLICE EQUIPMENT DONATION TO QUEPOS MUNCIPALITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 23-24, we visited the city of Quepos on Costa Rica's Pacific coast to donate nearly $14,000 of police equipment as well as to conduct end-use monitoring of equipment previously donated to the coast guard station there. Although the police equipment was not purchased w [...]
2009-12-04 17:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PINR ASEC CASC CS
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
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
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
09SANJOSE148DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on March 3 to Adriana Murillo, the MFA's UNSC Desk Officer. On March 4, Murillo responded that Costa Rica had always been opposed to applying Article 16, especially in a case such as this, wherein the UNSC had referred the matter to the ICC. She told us that i [...]
2009-03-05 17:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE167COSTA RICA: MFA PUBLICLY APPLAUDS ICC ARREST
[...] (U) Further to reftel demarche and official response, on March 5, the MFA issued a press release "categorically supporting" the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for what the GOCR called "war crimes and crimes against humanity." The release went on to say [...]
2009-03-11 23:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE168COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post leveraged the February 10-14 visit by Department of Justice OPDAT Program Director Robert Lipman and U.S. Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington to advance our three-point strategy on intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Our strategy seeks to (1) facilitate USPTO, D [...]
2009-03-12 18:58:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE225COSTA RICA: FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 18, Costa Rica re-established full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending 48 years of limited contact. In an open letter to the Costa Rican people and in his press conference announcing the change, President Oscar Arias said "the time had come" for "direct and open dialo [...]
2009-03-25 16:58:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS CU PGOV PINR PREL PREF
09SANJOSE23MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES COSTA RICA,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 8, a localized but devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica about 30 kilometers north of San Jose, near Poas volcano, a popular tourist destination. As of January 14, there were 23 known dead, nearly 100 injured and 11 still missing. The killer earthquak [...]
2009-01-16 14:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS PGOV SOCI EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN
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
09SANJOSE256 EU/CENTAM FTA MARKETED AS A "COOPERATION" ACCORD, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 2, the Costa Rican Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Foreign Commerce (COMEX) hosted a seminar on the Agreement of Association between Central America and the European Union (Spanish acronym, AACUE). Cabinet ministers and other speakers touted the AACUE as a welc [...]
2009-03-31 13:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV PREL CS EUN
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
09SANJOSE283Reaction: Vice-President Biden in Costa Rica
[...] Summary: Vice President Joseph R. Biden traveled to Costa Rica March 29-30 to meet with Central American leaders following a trip to Chile where he attended a Progressive Governance Summit in Via del Mar. There was an overwhelming interest in covering the Vice-Presidential trip to Costa Rica [...]
2009-04-06 17:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPAO KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANJOSE298VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) March 30, 2009; 0955 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kelly [...]
2009-04-08 21:54:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS EDU OVIP PGOV PINR PREL SNAR JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE365AMCHAM'S DISCONTENT: OECD BLACKLISTS COSTA RICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) met with DCM and Emboffs on April 17 to make a strong case against the recent OECD listing of Costa Rica on the tax haven "blacklist". They argued that the OECD's decision, which seemed to ignore the transparency of the [...]
2009-04-30 22:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE389COSTA RICA AND CHINA BUST "SNAKEHEAD" TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As reported in Refs, Costa Rican and Chinese authorities have broken up an apparent child-trafficking ring which was attempting to bring over three hundred Chinese children into Costa Rica. According to GOCR officials, Chinese authorities have arrested at least three suspects in [...]
2009-05-12 19:45:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIP ASEC KCRM KFRD CH CS
09SANJOSE448COSTA RICA AND CUBA: A SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's March 18 re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Cuba (Ref B) has made little impact thus far. In Costa Rica, the news generated more questions than kudos to President Oscar Arias. In Cuba, the Castro government hardly noticed. The GOCR has yet to design [...]
2009-05-29 20:29:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CS
09SANJOSE489DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE DPRK
[...] (SBU) On June 12 we met with Costa Rican MFA Coordinator of U.N. Security Council issues Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero to discuss reftel talking points. In parallel we also contacted Elaine White, COS to FM Bruno Stagno. Murillo thanked us for the information, and expr [...]
2009-06-12 22:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNSC CS
09SANJOSE499COSTA RICA: SHIP VISITS IN A TIME OF INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USN and USCG ship visits to Costa Rica should now be able to resume, thanks to an agreement reached June 2 with the GOCR on the use of a health questionnaire introduced to track possible H1N1 cases. Starting in mid-May, the Health Ministry had insisted that disembarking crew mem [...]
2009-06-17 19:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS MARR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE532COSTA RICA IN PETROCARIBE LIMBO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the GOCR announced last July that Costa Rica would join Petrocaribe, the story has become murky. In recent months, speculation in the media suggested that Costa Rica had finally closed the deal and would soon move from an observer to a full member. Venezuelan description of [...]
2009-06-25 23:15:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL VE
09SANJOSE54COSTA RICA: MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS PROTEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican reaction to the recent violence in Gaza was limited to small demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy (on January 9) and the U.S. Chancery (on January 20). Although the fighting drew heavy (and mostly anti- Israeli) coverage in the local media, the NGO and [...]
2009-01-29 14:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CS KPAL PGOV PREL XF
09SANJOSE544HONDURAN PRESIDENT IS SURPRISE GUEST IN COSTA RICA
[...] SUMMARY: President Manuel Zelaya, whisked out of Tegucigalpa early on June 28 under military guard, found himself a surprise guest in San Jose a few hours later. The GOCR evidently was not advised in advance, and both Zelaya and President Oscar Arias made clear that the Honduran was not seek [...]
2009-06-29 13:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS HO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE55COSTA RICA: 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] The following is the 2008 worst forms of child labor report for Costa Rica in response to Ref A; it updates our 2007 report, Ref B. Answers are keyed to Ref A, and source documents will be emailed to DOL/ILAB TMcCarter per same. The Government of Costa Rica is committed to eliminate the worst [...]
2009-01-29 16:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP CS
09SANJOSE565PRESIDENT ARIAS' TOUGH WORDS BUT SOFTER ACTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is continuing calls for Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya's return, and says that his government will only recognize a democratically-elected government in Honduras. Costa Rica, who played host to Zelaya immediately after he was forced out o [...]
2009-07-07 21:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE570HONDURAS: ARIAS READY TO MEDIATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Arias publicly confirmed on July 8 that both President Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti will be personally attending mediation talks scheduled for July 9-10 in San Jose. Arias stated that he has been in contact with both parties, and expects Zelaya to arrive from W [...]
2009-07-08 16:40:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALHO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE587HONDURAS TALKS: ARIAS MEDIATION BEGINS BUT NO FACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, talks hosted by President Arias between the Zelaya delegation and the Micheletti delegation began, but no face to face meeting occurred between the principals and no substantive agreements were reached. Arias met separately with Zelaya and Micheletti but no details ha [...]
2009-07-10 21:41:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALHO PGOV PINR PREL CS KDEM
09SANJOSE590A COMPLICATED CASE - TWO COSTA RICANS IN MEXICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 8, Mexican police conducted a prostitution/potential-TIP raid in the Yucatan region where they found two Costa Rican women who allegedly had been brought to Mexico for use in a prostitution ring. While both women initially claimed that they had been trafficked to Mexico [...]
2009-07-15 00:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS MX PHUM PREL KTIP PGOV
09SANJOSE602TFHO1: HONDURAS TALKS ROUND TWO: PREVIEW OF ARIAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Saturday, July 18, President Arias will host the second round of talks to mediate an acceptable solution to end the political crisis in Honduras. The first round of talks took place on July 9-10 with little progress made (Ref A). Minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias, rel [...]
2009-07-17 21:59:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR KDEM
09SANJOSE609COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Judicial School of Costa Rica hosted a three-day workshop in June for 17 Costa Rican judges, supported by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) and Embassy San Jose. Participants drafted a bench book that [...]
2009-07-21 14:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE622TFHO1: ARIAS MAKES FINAL EFFORT FOR HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 22, President Oscar Arias presented his final proposal, a carefully balanced mix of his original Seven Points and a Micheletti counterproposal, to end the ongoing constitutional crisis in Honduras. The "San Jose Accord (or Agreement)," as Arias called it (despite a lack [...]
2009-07-24 23:00:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE624COSTA RICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT? SCENESETTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With Costa Rica's presidential primary season now over, the stakes are set for the February 2010 national election. For the first time in Costa Rican history, a female candidate, Laura Chinchilla from the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN),has a strong chance to become President. [...]
2009-07-27 19:48:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
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
09SANJOSE692A SNAPSHOT OF COSTA RICA'S REFUGEE COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 20:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG CS KWMN
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
09SANJOSE836COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 400 PATIENTS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 11-12, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote, mountainous Turrialba region. Nearly 400 people received much-needed medical treatment. Three me [...]
2009-10-02 14:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
09SANJOSE890COSTA RICA: VISIT OF SOUTHCOM AMB. TRIVELLI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 6-7, SOUTHCOM Civilian Deputy Commander Ambassador Paul Trivelli visited Costa Rica and met with senior GOCR officials, including President Arias. The consistent theme throughout Amb. Trivelli's visit was GOCR requests for further security-related assistance via the M [...]
2009-10-16 23:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS SNAR CS HO
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
09SANSALVADOR1000EXTRADITION HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL COORDINATION
[...] (U) Summary: Salvadoran Julio Eduardo Villatoro Monteagudo was successfully extradited from the U.S. to El Salvador October 20 in an operation that displayed exceptional coordination among U.S. agencies and the GOES. DHS agents escorted Villatoro Monteagudo from Miami to San Salvador, where [...]
2009-10-22 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR ES
09SANSALVADOR102ELECTION UPDATE: ARENA GAINS MOMENTUM, BUT HAS A
[...] (C) Summary: The (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA party's campaign has gained some momentum. The January 18 legislative and municipal elections resulted in the best-case scenario for ARENA, and the voter base has appeared increasingly energized in the ARENA events of the past week. Poll numbers [...]
2009-02-04 16:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR1069Your Visit to El Salvador
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]
2009-11-17 20:10:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1081El Salvador: Building on Our Disaster Relief Successes
[...] (U) Above all, I want this message to convey Embassy San Salvador's appreciation for AID/OFDA's and Southcom's swift, effective and professional response to El Salvador's flooding and mudslides, caused by Tropical Storm Ida. A quick chronology: * The storm's damage was inflic [...]
2009-11-23 22:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR1099Your Visits to El Salvador
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visits will reinforce the U.S. policy of active engagement with the left-of-center GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has an 80 pct approval rating; [...]
2009-12-07 22:41:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1107EL SALVADOR: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2009 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...]
2009-12-17 23:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER ES
09SANSALVADOR1111Salvadoran Supreme Court Votes to Extradite Martinez
[...] (SBU) After multiple tie votes over the course of two years, the Salvadoran Supreme Court voted 10-5 in an extraordinary session December 22 to find Jose Marvin Martinez extraditable to the U.S. on charges of statutory rape. Martinez has been in Salvadoran custody for over two years. He fled [...]
2009-12-22 20:23:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR143EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: FEBRUARY 12
[...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report covers the economic debate between economic advisors from the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation Party (FMLN) and the (pro-U.S., center right) Nationalist Republi [...]
2009-02-13 21:05:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV KDEM KPLS ES
09SANSALVADOR15REPORTS OF ARMED GROUPS FORMING IN EL SALVADOR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Beginning on December 13, 2008, numerous articles have appeared in the local media claiming illegal armed groups are active in the countryside of El Salvador. The articles quote the highest levels of the Salvadoran security and political structures, who varyingly confirm they h [...]
2009-01-08 14:34:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNASEC PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR158EL SALVADOR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 INPUT
[...] Summary. El Salvador continues to comply with CAFTA-DR IPR obligations and improve IPR protection. In 2008 the government approved data exclusivity implementing regulations for pharmaceutical products and ratified two IPR-related treaties. While piracy remains an issue, enforcement actions have [...]
2009-02-20 21:31:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR ES
09SANSALVADOR16EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 6
[...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes results of the two latest polls and details on recent reports of electoral violence. ------------ [...]
2009-01-08 14:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGIV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR166EL SALVADOR REQUESTS EXTRADITION OF ROBERTO CARLOS
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received a request on November 28, 2007 for the extradition of Roberto Carlos Silva Pereira, an alternate deputy to the Legislative Assembly, on charges of bribery and money laundering. Silva was the subject of deportation procedures in the United States at the time the requ [...]
2009-02-24 20:11:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL ES KCRM KJUS
09SANSALVADOR169EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 22:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANSALVADOR194SUCCESSFUL TRADE EVENTS MARK CAFTA ANNIVERSARY
[...] Summary. Over 200 entrepreneurs, mostly from small and medium enterprises, attended a February 25 Commercial Service trade promotion event that received national media coverage. The following day, President Saca and the Charge were two of the featured speakers at a GOES-organized event celebr [...]
2009-03-03 20:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR198EL SALVADOR: HIGH-LEVEL USG REPRESENTATION AT OIF
[...] (C) Summary: A high-level USG delegation, headed by VCJCS Gen. Cartwright and OSD A/S Benkert, traveled to El Salvador Feb.27-28 to participate in a ceremony commemorating El Salvador's participation in OIF. In addition to expressing gratitude for El Salvador's contributions in Iraq, USG re [...]
2009-03-05 22:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR206MARCH 15 SALVADORAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 24. 2. (C) Summary and action request: March 15 marks the culmination of El Salvador's hotly-contested presidential campaign. (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has held a significant le [...]
2009-03-11 14:29:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR210POLLS VARY WIDELY BUT MOST SHOW SLIGHT LEAD FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The majority of polls released before the 15-day ban on poll publication prior to the March 15 election show (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate Mauricio Funes leading (conservative, pro-U.S.) Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA [...]
2009-03-12 14:50:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR219EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: MARCH 12
[...] (C) Summary: This is the final update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes an Attorney General investigation of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate, the FMLN and the (center-right, pro-U.S.) Natio [...]
2009-03-13 16:27:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR229FUNES TAKES PRESIDENCY IN SMOOTH, EFFICIENT
[...] (C) Summary: (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has won the presidency of El Salvador. Funes claimed victory at approximately 9:30 PM local time, after 90 percent of the votes had been counted. As of the morning of March 16, the Supreme Elec [...]
2009-03-16 22:21:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR244EL SALVADOR: ENGAGING PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES
[...] (S) Tom, your visit here had great impact, building upon President Obama's congratulatory call to President-Elect Funes, and Embassy's aggressive engagement of Funes and the FMLN for the past year. For most of that time, and even now, everyone has been speculating over whether a Funes-led GOES [...]
2009-03-20 16:40:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD PINR ES
09SANSALVADOR301GOES AGREES TO FIVE-YEAR COMALAPA CSL EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Marisol Argueta publicly presented Charge a note April 2 in reply to the Embassy's note of July 2, 2008 agreeing to a five-year extension of the agreement governing counter-narcotics activities at the Cooperative Security Location at Comalapa Internatio [...]
2009-04-02 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ES
09SANSALVADOR321GOES DISCUSSES TRANSITION AND PATHWAYS WITH A/S
[...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]
2009-04-07 19:54:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR322A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES TRANSITION WITH FUNES AND
[...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]
2009-04-07 20:07:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR410YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) Summary: There have been two major developments since LT. Gen. Spears' last visit to El Salvador: left-wing FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes won the March 15 Presidential election, and the government of El Salvador (GOES),via exchange of diplomatic notes, extended U.S. access to the Comalap [...]
2009-05-08 19:20:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR423TFFLU01 EL SALVADOR H1N1 UPDATE
[...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has extended its emergency decree in response to the H1N1 Influenza Outbreak to May 18. The country reports four confirmed cases, two probable cases and five suspected cases. 2. USAID and SOUTHCOM coordinated the delivery of 5,100 Personal Protective [...]
2009-05-13 22:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR445YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador welcomes you to El Salvador and considers your visit a timely and necessary exertion of U.S. influence over a new Salvadoran government that is still seeking its own identity. President-Elect Mauricio Funes, who ran as a U.S.-friendly moderate, has stated hi [...]
2009-05-21 15:36:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL ES
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
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
09SANSALVADOR507FUNES GOVERNMENT'S SPLIT PERSONALITY
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8 below. ------- SUMMARY: ------- 2. (S/NF) President Mauricio Funes has assembled a cabinet that combines individuals from the leftist FMLN, some of whom have a violent, radical past; with others from an organization that coalesced around hi [...]
2009-06-05 17:14:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNES PINR PREL PTER
09SANSALVADOR530EL SALVADOR MOVES BACKWARDS ON PRISON REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed Director of the Salvadoran prison system (DGCP in Spanish) Douglas Moreno has instituted several controversial changes since taking office June 2. The tenor of the changes, coupled with an apparent unwillingness to meet with Embassy officials, creates problems for [...]
2009-06-11 20:36:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KCRM PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR54EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 15
[...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes public and private statements by the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation [...]
2009-01-16 21:52:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR55EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 16
[...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes criticism of (pro-U.S., center-right) Nationalist Republican Alliance Party (ARENA) campaign by inf [...]
2009-01-16 22:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR563ARENA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON OPPOSITION PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: (Conservative) ARENA's new Political Affairs Director believes the party must be willing to support intelligent (left-wing) FMLN proposals and oppose dangerous ones in order to mount a credible opposition to the Funes Government and position itself for 2012 legislative elections. [...]
2009-06-19 14:50:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR60SALVADORAN ELECTIONS: STRONG FMLN PERFORMANCE;
[...] Summary: While (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA won the Sunday's headline race for San Salvador city hall, taking it from the FMLN after 12 years, it was otherwise a good day for the (left-wing) FMLN. Based on current returns (75 percent) that may fluctuate significantly before final numbers ar [...]
2009-01-20 22:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR708EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF FUNES GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Some eight weeks into the Funes Administration, we are beginning to see more clearly the trends and factions inside the GOES. President Mauricio Funes' non-FMLN campaign support group, the Friends of Mauricio, is largely in control of the economic apparatus of El Salvador. Similar [...]
2009-07-28 20:39:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR712COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MURDERED: POLITICS OR RANDOM
[...] Summary: Community activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno disappeared on June 18; police discovered his body in a well June 30. The initial police investigation has led to the arrest of seven purported gang members. The police have made public statements that Rivera was likely murdered as a r [...]
2009-07-30 15:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR790RIVERA INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary: The investigation into the killing of community activist Marcelo Rivera continues as new claims of death threats and attacks emerge. Archbishop Escobar Alas tells us that he doubts links between mining and Rivera's murder. Ombudsman for Human Rights Oscar Luna said that the inve [...]
2009-08-21 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR802YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]
2009-08-26 16:22:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV MARR ES
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
09SANSALVADOR889EL SALVADOR'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL A COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly chose Romeo Benjamin Barahona Melendez as its new Attorney General (AG) September 18 following a long power lacuna in the office. The AG has significant influence on law enforcement and security policy in El Salvador. Barahona promises a rene [...]
2009-09-22 17:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR898ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR
[...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...]
2009-09-25 17:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL
09SANSALVADOR901ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR
[...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...]
2009-09-25 19:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL
09SANSALVADOR905BORDER CLOSURES WITH HONDURAS ORDERLY
[...] (C) Summary: Official Salvadoran border closures due to the Honduran curfew have been orderly. Protesters from both sides did block traffic for a few hours each mid-day from September 20-23, in demonstrations coordinated with the local authorities. There are reports of increased AmCit traffic [...]
2009-09-25 20:53:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR958EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 19:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANSALVADOR966GOES APPROVES REGISTRATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION
[...] (C) Summary: Telecommunications union representatives from SITCOM, SITRAVX, and SUTTEL reported that the Ministry of Labor granted official recognition to SITCOM and SITRAVX, on September 17 and August 28, respectively, after protracted legal battles. The SITCOM group also alleged that vario [...]
2009-10-08 21:50:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALELAB ES PHUM LAB AFL CIO ILO
09SANSALVADOR989FUNES ABSENT FROM FMLN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
[...] (C) Summary: On October 10th, El Salvador's leftist FMLN party (Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional) celebrated the 29th anniversary of its founding, notably without the participation of either President Funes or the "Friends of Mauricio." The absence of Funes and Friends ind [...]
2009-10-16 21:46:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANTIAGO1002Santiago Oct. 22 Media Report
[...] The National Teachers Association will go on an indefinite national strike tomorrow that will affect public schools. Teachers claim the government owes them a special bonus to pay for the paychecks and jobs lost when the administration of public schools was moved from the Ministry o [...]
2009-10-22 18:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1014Santiago Oct. 23 Media Report
[...] Public school teachers began an indefinite strike today. In this context, the government instructed schools to remain open and deliver lunches, the Ministry of Education said it would deduct from teacher's paychecks those days they are on strike, and mayors said they would request l [...]
2009-10-23 17:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1016Santiago Oct. 26 Media Report
[...] The public school teachers' strike forced the government to postpone the national assessment test for fourth and eighth graders (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/24). U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Brazilian daily "O Globo" said yesterday that Pr [...]
2009-10-26 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1018Santiago Oct. 27 Media Report
[...] After three months of negotiation, the Ministers of the Environment and Finance signed an agreement with the heads of the political alliances in Congress to speed up the project that creates a ministry and regulatory agency for the environment. Senator Pablo Longueira (USI) labeled t [...]
2009-10-27 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1028Santiago Oct. 30 Media Report
[...] The Ministry of Education warned public teachers who are on strike that it could be forced to extend classes until December 29 to complete the days required for any given academic year (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 10/30). Chile-U.S. 2. President Obama invi [...]
2009-10-30 20:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1034Santiago Nov. 2 Media Report
[...] Undersecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende denounced the use of children as shields in illegal land occupations and demonstrations by Mapuche indigenous communities. Video material confirming his remarks was shown to the Senate's Constitutional Committee last week (Conservative, [...]
2009-11-02 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1044Santiago, November 3 Media Report
[...] Public Teachers' strike puts at risk completion of school year in 530 schools (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 11/3) Chile-U.S 2. In his visit to Iquique, U.S. Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons placed a courtesy call on Acting Mayor Maria Angelica Vega. At the m [...]
2009-11-03 15:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1058Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report
[...] An explosive device detonated at the Marriott Hotel's parking lot on Ave. Kennedy at 1:57 p.m. yesterday. The device was left in the hotel's bathroom but was taken outside by a hotel guard. One guard was injured and five other people suffered hearing trauma. No organization has c [...]
2009-11-04 17:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1062Santiago Nov. 5 Media Report
[...] The director of the Foreign Ministry's International Economic Relations Bureau, Carlos Furche, will file next Tuesday with the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Administrator a complaint on behalf of local wood producers over the tax exemptions that U.S. cellulose producers will start rece [...]
2009-11-05 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1064Santiago Nov. 6 Media Report
[...] Extensive coverage of the rampage at Fort Hood that left 12 dead (All dailies, 11/6). U.S.-Related News 2. Republican Senator Jim DeMint said he would lift the block on Arturo Valenzuela and Tom Shannon's nominations now that the Obama administration had ag [...]
2009-11-06 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO107 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 4
[...] Dailies highlight that former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is free on bail in the Mirage aircraft case. Dailies also highlight the death of an 18-year-old woman who presumably fell off the balcony of a ninth-floor apartment owned by a promising young soccer player during an early mo [...]
2009-02-04 14:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1070Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report
[...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...]
2009-11-09 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1076Santiago Nov. 10 Media Report
[...] Television station Channel 13 aired its presidential debate last night. Unlike previous ones, this debate allowed the candidates to challenge each other and to respond. This brought to the forefront the most sensitive issues in this campaign. 2. Sebastian Pinera a [...]
2009-11-10 20:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1080Santiago Nov. 12 Media Report
[...] Centro de Estudios Publicos poll for the presidential election: Sebastian Pinera 36 percent, Eduardo Frei 26, Marco Enriquez Ominami 19, and Jorge Arrate 5 percent (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/12). U.S.-Related News 2. Arturo Valenzuela was sworn in yest [...]
2009-11-12 20:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1088Santiago Nov. 13 Media Report
[...] Today is the beginning of the electoral propaganda period for the December 13 presidential and parliamentary election (All dailies 11/13). U.S.-Related News 2. With a notification to Congress, the USG authorized the sale of 100 AMRAAM missiles to Chile. With the autho [...]
2009-11-13 17:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO109 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted figures released by the Central Banks that economic growth for the last quarter of 2008 amounted to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest in six years. Coverage included another case of a falsely-identified disappearance victim from the Military government era. U.S.-Related News --- [...]
2009-02-06 15:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO11 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 3-5
[...] Dailies highlighted OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's final decision not to run for the presidency of Chile; Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territories; and the case of relatives of detained and disappeared people who erroneously received increased government pension payments [...]
2009-01-06 12:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1102Santiago Nov. 16 Media Report
[...] Headline: "Bachelet and Obama Push Transpacific Trade" Sub-headline: U.S. President supports initiative to expand (commercial) trade in the Pacific Rim. If there was one topic that President Bachelet highlighted at APEC it was President Obama's support for developing a transpacific agreeme [...]
2009-11-17 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1108Santiago Nov. 18 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet said that Alan Garcia's remarks over the alleged espionage case are "offensive and bombastic and do not contribute at all to the integration and cooperation that should exist among neighbor countries" (El Mercurio, 11/18). Chile-Peru 2. In answ [...]
2009-11-18 18:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1116Santiago Nov. 19 Media Report
[...] The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate expressed their support to President Bachelet in the impasse with Peru and expressed concern over Lima's "communications offensive to portray Chile as an aggressive and bellicose country" (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 11/ [...]
2009-11-19 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1120Santiago Nov. 20 Media Report
[...] The Chilean Ministry began reviewing the dossier delivered by Peru on the alleged espionage case and said it would answer to Lima's verbal note of protest next week. Peru is assessing whether to recall its ambassador, which is a step prior to suspending diplomatic relations (Conserva [...]
2009-11-20 19:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1128Santiago Nov. 21-23 Media Report
[...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that the government of Peru was not responsible for leaking the information to the press about the alleged espionage. He added that his government does not agree with reviewing the FTA with Chile over this incident as proposed by [...]
2009-11-23 19:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
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
09SANTIAGO1142Santiago Nov. 25 Media Report
[...] Chile provided an answer yesterday to Peru's diplomatic note on the alleged espionage case (All dailies, 11/25). Chile-Peru 2. Chile handed Peru yesterday a diplomatic note responding to Lima's note over allegations of espionage. In its note, Chile objects to the tone of Pe [...]
2009-11-25 16:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1154Santiago Nov. 30 Media Report
[...] Just two weeks after the Fulbright commission questioned the method used by "Becas Chile" to issue scholarships, the German Academic Exchange Service has asked the Chilean organization to change its application system (Conservative, independent La Tercera 11/29). 2. The U.S [...]
2009-11-30 19:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1156Ambassador's Trip to Iquique: Positive Engagement on Drug
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Chile's 1st region October 28-29 to meet local leaders and strengthen ties to an important economic area of the country. Iquique, a city in far northern Chile built on the once-booming nitrate industry, is now home to one of Chile's two free trade zones. I [...]
2009-12-01 15:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR TRGY DEA CI BL
09SANTIAGO116 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 7-9
[...] Dailies had extensive coverage of Bachelet's trip to Cuba, of a possible meeting with Fidel Castro, and the disappointment of Cuban dissident organizations with whom the President will not meet. Dailies also reported on the demonstrations of the people of Chaiten in opposition to the governmen [...]
2009-02-09 19:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON 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
09SANTIAGO1170Visit to Arica: Strong Bilateral Cooperation on the
[...] Summary: The Ambassador got a close-up view of the close ties Chile has with southern Peru during his November 14-17 visit to Arica. Local leaders noted the close integration between people and business and excellent law enforcement cooperation. The Ambassador met with local officials, u [...]
2009-12-03 11:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR ECON EINT ETRD ENRG OPRC SCUL SENV CI PE
09SANTIAGO1174Santiago Dec. 3-4 Media Report
[...] A Gallup poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries shows that in Chile 72% of those polled have a positive image of President Obama and 59% approve of the U.S. government. This is 30% higher than the same poll in 2008 when George W. Bush was in office. The positive perception of the US [...]
2009-12-04 18:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO118 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 10
[...] La Moneda spokesman Francisco Vidal criticized the banking sector for conducting massive layoffs and urged the private sector to do its share in helping lower the effects of the financial crisis. Vidal also urged the Central Bank to lower interest rates. Dailies continued to report on the dema [...]
2009-02-10 16:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1188Elections in Chile: Media Impact on Public Opinion
[...] SUMMARY: Despite extensive and well-developed media in Chile, there is little evidence that it has played a large role in shaping public opinion in the national elections of 2009. While even-handed coverage of the main presidential candidates is indicative of a healthy and free press in demo [...]
2009-12-07 16:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON KMDR KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO1190Santiago Dec. 7 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet will meet with Governor Pawlenty next week in Santiago. Pawlenty is "the most probable Republican contender against Obama in 2012" (Conservative, afternoon daily La Segunda, 12/4). 2. Interview with Mary Wilson, president of the League of Women Voters entit [...]
2009-12-07 19:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1194Santiago Dec. 9 Media Report
[...] Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty will meet with President Michelle Bachelet, Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman, and Santiago Mayor Pablo Zalaquett on Thursday. Governor Pawlenty is heading a trade delegation of 30 businessmen and government officials. (Diario Financiero 12/7) Hond [...]
2009-12-09 20:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN 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
09SANTIAGO1204Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...]
2009-12-10 20:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1206Santiago Dec. 11 Media Report
[...] All presidential campaigns concluded last night with rallies in different parts of the city (All dailies, 12/11). U.S. and Latin America 2. The United States is fully aware of the "distancing" from Venezuela, but wants to establish a "positive" and "constructive" dialogue with [...]
2009-12-11 19:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1210Santiago Dec. 12-14 Media Report
[...] Results of Sunday's presidential election: Right-wing Sebastian Pinera 44.03%; center-left ruling coalition candidate Eduardo Frei 29.62%; independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami 20.12%, and Socialist Party candidate Jorge Arrate 6.21%. This means that Pinera and Frei will go to a runoff on Janu [...]
2009-12-15 11:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1216Santiago Dec. 15 Media Report
[...] Minister Carolina Toha, the government's spokesperson, resigned yesterday to head Eduardo Frei's campaign for the January runoff election (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/15). U.S.-Related News 2. Excerpts of an interview with U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons: "One of Presi [...]
2009-12-15 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1224Santiago Dec. 16 Media Report
[...] The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) officially invited Chile to join (All dailies, 12/16). OECD 2. After over two years of work and six million Euros spent on missions and reports, the Bachelet administration achieved one of its major goals: Chile [...]
2009-12-17 11:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1226Santiago Dec. 17 Media Report
[...] Paul Fontaine, chief economist of independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami, joined Sebastian Pinera's campaign team. Cristian Larroulet, of Pinera's Economic Council, underscored similarities with Enriquez-Ominami's economic program, adding that some of those proposals cou [...]
2009-12-17 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1238Santiago Dec. 18 Media Report
[...] "Why didn't the FBI detect mustard gas in 2005, when Justice Madrid claims there are (traces of it)?" At the end of 2004, the judge investigating the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alejandro Madrid, requested the FBI's assistance to confirm if the exhumed remains belong [...]
2009-12-18 19:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1246Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report
[...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...]
2009-12-22 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1250Santiago Dec. 24 media report
[...] Christmas sales are up 10% compared to 2008 and reached levels prior to the fall of Lehman Brothers, according to the National Chamber of Commerce (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/24). Former President Frei's Death 2. The Supreme Court's second Room has asked to see t [...]
2009-12-24 14:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1254Media Report December 25-28, 2009
[...] The FBI's report has gained unexpected prominence in the probe on the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva. While the plaintiffs lack its validity, the defendants cite it as a proof to delegitimize the thesis about his poisoning. The confusion rests on the confidentiality with w [...]
2009-12-28 16:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1256Media Report December 29
[...] For the first time in 13 years, the workers at Chile's state-owned copper mine Chuquicamata voted to go on strike and rejected a final wage and benefit offer. Work stoppage will start on December 31. (12/29) Chile-U.S. 2. Chile's Foreign Ministry released its pub [...]
2009-12-29 15:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1262Media Report December 30
[...] Chile's state-owned copper mine Codelco dismissed raising its final wage and benefit offer to avoid a workers' strike in Chuquicamata. The company is activating a contingency plan to face the work stoppage that will start on January 4. Arms Race 2. Minister of De [...]
2009-12-30 13:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1268Media Report December 31 December
[...] The presidents of political parties PPD (Parties for Democracy) and PRSD (Radical Social Democratic Party) -both prominent members in the Concertacion government coalition-resigned their posts, triggering a controversy and division within the coalition. U.S.-Terrorist Threat [...]
2009-12-31 13:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO127 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 11
[...] Dailies highlighted that President Bachelet now has a scheduled meeting with Fidel Castro on Friday. Front page news included President Obama's rescue package, noting "disappointment" in the plan triggered a drop in stock markets worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In inter [...]
2009-02-11 16:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO13 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted the December inflation rate of minus 1.2%, and the total 7.1% attained in Chile during 2008; the Paris-Dakar automobile race that this year is taking place in Argentina and Chile; and the Israeli military attacks in Gaza. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. W [...]
2009-01-07 17:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO132 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 12
[...] Dailies report that the Central Bank is likely to lower the interest rates today. Other front-page news highlighted the U.S. dollar exchange rate, which dropped below 600 pesos for the first time since late last year. Dailies also ran front-page photographs of Bachelet with Cuban President R [...]
2009-02-12 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO135 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 13
[...] Front-page news highlighted the Central Bank's decision to lower the interest rate to 4.75% (lowest in three years) and President Bachelet's meeting with Fidel Castro yesterday afternoon. Dailies also reported that private clinics failed to notify the central health authority of 104 HIV/AIDs [...]
2009-02-13 17:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO141 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 14-17
[...] Chilean dailies ran extensive coverage of reactions to Fidel Castro's column published after he met with President Bachelet, in which he endorsed Bolivia's maritime demand for access to the sea. Front-page news also highlighted a helicopter crash that killed 12 fire fighters who were being tra [...]
2009-02-17 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CU CI
09SANTIAGO142 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 18
[...] Stock markets worldwide fall due to doubts in the effectiveness of the bailout plan for the automobile industry in the United States. Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter accidentally fell into a swimming pool yesterday, and is on an induced comma to prevent further neurolo [...]
2009-02-18 14:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO145 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 19
[...] Chile and Bolivia scheduled a meeting of Foreign Affairs officials to lower the tension over the impasse created by Fidel Castro's endorsement of Bolivia's sea access claim and Evo Morales' subsequent remarks that he would like the international community to become involved. Dailies also repo [...]
2009-02-19 15:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO149 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 20
[...] The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted again yesterday. The town was evacuated, except for several individuals who have refused to leave. Dailies also report that after a meeting with his Chilean counterpart in Santiago, the Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of Bolivia said his country [...]
2009-02-20 14:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO157PRESIDENT BACHELET IN CUBA -- A FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's statement bashing Chile following a private meeting with President Bachelet has generated unusually heated debate in Santiago. Critics -- including the Concertacion's Christian Democrats -- call the visit an "embarrassing" policy setback, some contending the sole [...]
2009-02-20 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU CI
09SANTIAGO160 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 23
[...] Volcanologists warn that the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile could collapse, burying the town of Chaiten under ashes, volcanic material, and mud slides. The Minister of Interior underscores that that it is not possible at this stage to rebuild Chaiten and local government authorities starte [...]
2009-02-23 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO164 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 24
[...] Dailies highlighted an investigation in Uruguay that revealed an Argentine agent, Ivan Velazquez, had hacked into e-mails of at least eight Chilean government officials in 2007, including that of former Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet. The GOC has asked Uruguay for additional information. Ano [...]
2009-02-24 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO174 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 25
[...] A U.S. Federal court sentenced Chilean Felipe Moreno to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism in connection to arms deals carried out by Monzer al Kassar. Dailies also reported on remarks by the FED President that the recession will end in 2009 and the economy will recover in 2010 if the [...]
2009-02-25 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO176 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 26
[...] Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter has come out of an induced coma and is interacting normally with her parents. Dailies also report the government's announcement to rebuild the town of Chaiten 12 kilometers from the volcano. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. T [...]
2009-02-26 16:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO178 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 27
[...] Two Chilean students were murdered and three others injured in a shooting spree by an emotionally disturbed man in Florida. Dailies also report on the GOC's reaction to the Department of State human rights report. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two students from Chile in the Uni [...]
2009-02-27 16:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO182 CHILE: PRESS, GOC SPOKESMAN CRITICIZE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This year's human rights report garnered much more press coverage than the 2007 report. The media characterized the report as "criticizing" and "questioning" Chile on human rights issues. This was largely prompted by Government spokesman Vidal, who referred to Guantanamo when he comment [...]
2009-03-02 11:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO187 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2
[...] Weekend dailies ran extensive coverage on the murder of two Chilean students in Florida last week. Dailies also highlighted that the two-year old daughter of Finance Minister has no apparent neurological damage and was discharged from the hospital. Human Rights Report ------------------- [...]
2009-03-02 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO191 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 3
[...] Dow Jones industrial average dropped to its lowest level in twelve years, affecting stock markets worldwide. Chile's Central Bank anticipates lowering interest rate for a third consecutive time. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs [...]
2009-03-03 13:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO199 AMBASSADOR VISITS VALDIVIA, SPEAKS AT CONSERVATION FINANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador recently visited Valdivia -- a forestry and scientific research hub in southern Chile -- to deliver remarks at the closing session of a Harvard-affiliated conference, "Conservation Capital in the Americas," at the Universidad Austral. In his first visit to the recently- [...]
2009-03-04 18:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV ENRG PGOV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO200 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 4
[...] The opposition in Peru claims the FTA signed by that country and Chile is unconstitutional because it was not approved by Congress. Several Deans criticize private universities that issue law degrees after just three years. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with the Chairm [...]
2009-03-04 18:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO207 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 5
[...] Former government official Patricio Rojas testified in the framework of a long-lasting investigation regarding the autopsy of former President Frei (father of the current candidate) in 1982. The recent stabbing of a teacher by a student has prompted reports on violence against teachers. U.S [...]
2009-03-05 18:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO213 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 6
[...] The government is open to implementing yet another economic reactivation plan given the most recent economic statistics, which show the lowest growth rates in the last ten years. Adimark survey shows a 58% rate of approval for President Bachelet, the highest since 2006. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-03-06 15:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO22 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 8-9
[...] Dailies highlighted the Central Bank's announcement of a historic interest rate reduction from 8.25% to 7.25%; the reprimand issued by the Senate Ethics Commission on PPD Senator Guido Girardi for his misconduct in a case involving a highway patrol officer; and the gathering of President Bush a [...]
2009-01-09 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO220 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 9
[...] One major Santiago daily reported that the Vice President Biden plans to attend the Progressive Leaders' summit in Chile, March 27-28. Consumer habits in Chile have changed drastically in view of the economic crisis. Lowering the consumer tax (IVA) is among the proposals in the government's [...]
2009-03-09 19:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO227 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 10
[...] The government is requesting Congress approve US$1.47 billion to finance Santiago's public transportation system through 2014. The Central Bank's economic growth estimates for 2009 dropped to 0.2%, down from 2-3% estimates. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial "Poisoned Grape [...]
2009-03-10 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO233 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 11
[...] Following yesterday's global market gains, Chile's stock market registered its most significant rise in the last five months. Dailies also report that according to a University of Lima survey, 59% of Peruvians approve of the free trade agreement between Peru and Chile. U.S.-Related News -- [...]
2009-03-11 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO241 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 12
[...] All dailies reported on UDI Senator Jovino Novoa's election as Senate President. Dailies also report that the government's announcement to hand out 15,000 computers to municipal schools triggered accusation of "electoral intervention" by the opposition alliance. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]
2009-03-12 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO245 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 13
[...] Late morning on-line dailies report that La Moneda confirmed Vice President Joe Biden's participation at the Progressive Governance Summit, March 27-28 in Chile. Dailies also ran extensive coverage on Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's departure and the subsequent cabinet shuffle. Dailies al [...]
2009-03-13 15:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO248 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 16
[...] Dailies highlighted that Wall Street is beginning to show signs of economic recovery. Dailies also reported on the plebiscite held in the Municipality of Vitacura to vote on the community's urban development projects. This is the first ever such plebiscite held in Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-03-16 20:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO251FOREIGN MINISTER'S SURPRISE DEPARTURE LEADS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley stepped down on March 12 after three years in office in a move that took the public, political insiders, and even his successor by surprise. His departure led to a small wave of other changes as the Chilean Ambassador to the U.S., Mariano [...]
2009-03-16 22:31:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO253 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
[...] Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement process and calls for it to be reviewed. Daili [...]
2009-03-17 15:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO255 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 18
[...] All dailies report on President Bachelet's trip to India and announcements that negotiations are underway for the signature of a Chile-India FTA. Dailies also reported on the increase in the construction of homes in the United States, which has "injected optimism" into global markets. U.S.- [...]
2009-03-18 17:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO262 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 19
[...] Dailies highlighted that Chile has 90 days to rebut Peru's claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding their maritime borders. Dailies also noted that on April 20, twenty state companies will publish the salaries of their CEOs, complying with a law on access to public i [...]
2009-03-19 17:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO272 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20
[...] As anticipated, Peru filed with the International Court of The Hague a claim to change maritime and land borders with Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Tercera published a letter to the editor by acting Minister of Interior Patricio Rosende, saying the daily had misquoted h [...]
2009-03-20 21:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO276 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20
[...] The opposition alliance is pressuring Bachelet to meet with presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera to discuss Peru's maritime claim with The Hague. Lima made the content of its claim public. Progressive Governance Summit ----------------------------- 2. Interview with U.S. Ambassador Pa [...]
2009-03-23 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO281 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 24
[...] Stock markets worldwide reacted positively to President Obama's new financial plan. Dailies also reported on the seizure of more than a ton of the chemical ephedrine in an operation to dismantle a narcotics operation tied to Mexico. Chile's Rating Upgraded ----------------------- 2. Moo [...]
2009-03-24 17:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO297 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 31
[...] There was extensive coverage on the scandal caused by the revelation that Chile's most prominent pharmacy chains Ahumada, Salcobrand, and Cruz Verde, colluded to hike prices on more than 200 products since 2005. The National Economic Attorneys' Office is investigating the alleged collusion. [...]
2009-03-31 18:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO299MEDIA REPORT: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHILE
[...] Summary: Vice President Biden's participation at the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Vina del Mar and his bilateral with President Bachelet in Santiago produced extremely positive media coverage in Chile. Articles and TV news highlighted Biden's stature as the "second man in the [...]
2009-03-31 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO306 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 1
[...] The national unemployment rate for the December-February period reached 8.5 percent, which is 1.2 percent higher than in 2008. Chile plays Uruguay this evening and could qualify for the 2010 World Soccer Cup if it wins. U.S.-Related Articles --------------------- 2. Minister Counselor Ca [...]
2009-04-01 21:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO310CHILE: CONCERTACION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 5, the center-left Concertacion coalition will hold primaries in Chile's O'Higgins (VI) and Maule (VII) regions between former President and current Senator Eduardo Frei and upstart challenger Senator Jose Antonio Gomez. The Concertacion has no set process for choosi [...]
2009-04-02 15:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CI
09SANTIAGO313 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2
[...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...]
2009-04-02 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO321 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 3
[...] Dailies noted the G-20 Summit agreement produced "euphoria" in global stock markets. Other stories highlighted that large agricultural producers in southern Chile are concerned with the appearance of bands of thieves in the region. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy [...]
2009-04-03 22:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
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
09SANTIAGO328 POST REPORT ON CHILE'S REGIONAL CONCEPCION TV CO-OP:
[...] Summary: A team from Chile's TV network "Canal 9 Regional" in Concepcion spent two weeks in the United States learning about the importance of climate change, it effects on people's lives, and the growing demand for renewable energies. The team met with government officers, NGOs, utility com [...]
2009-04-07 15:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ENRG ENVR PGOV ECON EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO330 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 7
[...] Economic activity in February declined 3.9%, the worst drop since 1999. The Llaima volcano continues to spew ashes and lava. One-hundred people have been evacuated from the surrounding areas. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. U.S. Royal Gold will buy the Andacollo gold mine in the [...]
2009-04-07 20:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO333 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 8
[...] Opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera is setting up a blind trust to administer the holdings he has in several companies. All dailies report on the 25-year sentencing of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "Obama di [...]
2009-04-08 16:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO337 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 10
[...] The Central Bank's consistent decrease of interest rates since January has significantly lowered the costs of mortgage loans and increased real estate sales by up to 50 percent. U.S. - Related News ------------------- 2. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez has requested to meet wi [...]
2009-04-09 17:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO34 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 10-12
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detection of a new corruption network operating within Chilean courts; information identifying 10 Chileans with FARC ties provided by Colombia; and the Paris-Dakar automobile rally that is taking place in Argentina and Chile this year. U.S.-Related News ---- [...]
2009-01-12 17:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO342 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 13
[...] Final figures are not yet in, but Holy Week holiday is expected to leave close to US$200 million in profits for the tourism industry. Market analysts say that Chile's forestry and retailing sectors are most vulnerable to the economic crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editor [...]
2009-04-13 21:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO344 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 14
[...] As part of an agreement with the Economic Prosecutor's Office, pharmacy chain FASA will be fined US$1 million for collusion with other pharmaceutical chains to hike prices. The agreement excludes FASA from further charges. Dailies also highlighted that the Health Ministry traced the recent o [...]
2009-04-14 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO354 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 15
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, who sought to console the family of a 16-year old girl who died from a gunshot wound, was told to leave a wake by the girl's relatives; they accused the candidate of using the event for political gain. Dailies also reported Congressmen contend the US$1 [...]
2009-04-15 20:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO361 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 16
[...] An elder woman died from bacteria a few days after the Health Ministry warned of an outbreak in Santiago. Dailies also reported on yet another corruption scandal involving Investigations Police (PDI); former PDI official denounced the presence of official cars outside a well-known and expensiv [...]
2009-04-16 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO364 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 17
[...] FASA pharmacy chain announced it would compensate consumers who bought any of the 220 products listed in the collusion suit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Moneda views President Obama's meeting with UNASUR tomorrow as a validation of the bloc. However, it is concerned with th [...]
2009-04-17 19:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO367FREI ADVISORS PREDICT A SECOND ROUND VICTORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two key advisors to Eduardo Frei recently told the Ambassador that they expect the Concertacion candidate will win the upcoming Presidential election in a second round run-off against Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera. The advisors agreed that third party candidates will stay in [...]
2009-04-20 11:42:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO374 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - POSITIVE COVERAGE OF SUMMIT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: Chilean dailies gave front-page coverage to the interaction between Presidents Obama and Bachelet at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Commentary about U.S. policy toward Cuba and Venezuela also figured prominently, including the photograph of President Obama extending his han [...]
2009-04-20 22:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL CI
09SANTIAGO377 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21
[...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]
2009-04-21 19:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO378 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21
[...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]
2009-04-21 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO383 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 22
[...] Information revealed under the new Transparency Law has ignited debate on how the government spends it funds. The information also revealed the practice among some agencies of hiring more contract workers than salaried employees, which is in violation of the law. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]
2009-04-22 19:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO390 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 23
[...] The IDB has frozen loans to Chile until the government reimburses the bank for a loan issued to finance the public transportation system, Transantiago. Dailies also reported that the new Transparency Law revealed that the government issued -- without a bidding process -- half a million dollar [...]
2009-04-23 18:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO391CHILE'S STEADY TIP PROGRESS WARRANTS TIER 2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the GOC is making significant progress in eliminating trafficking in persons, Post strongly recommends that Chile remain a Tier 2 country. GOC prosecution and prevention efforts are substantial and noteworthy, with the number of new cases opened up 10 percent and large-scale [...]
2009-04-23 18:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP ELAB KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO393 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 24
[...] Unemployment figures in the Metropolitan Region reached a record high of 12.8% in March. Peak unemployment is expected between June and August during Chile's winter months. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chile's Wood Corporation (CORMA),which encompasses about 200 private forest [...]
2009-04-24 16:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PTER ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO398 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 27
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera placed all his assets into a blind trust, with the exception of television station Chilevision. Pinera did, however, resign from the TV station's board of directors. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. President Bachelet invited Governor Arnold [...]
2009-04-27 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO401 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 28
[...] Chile's Health Ministry has implemented nationwide measures, equivalent to the World Health Organization's (WHO) level 4 alert, to identify and contain any outbreak of swine flu in the country. Thus far, suspicious cases have all tested negative. Dailies also reported extensively on the impact [...]
2009-04-28 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO402 CHILE'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE -- AIRPORT SCREENING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Chile. The Chilean government on April 24 began scanning passengers arriving from Mexico and the U.S. at Santiago's International Airport, for fevers using non-invasive fever detectors. Consul General observed the screening pro [...]
2009-04-28 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO410 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 29
[...] Chile has no confirmed cases of swine flu. Dailies also report that Chile's Air Force bought 18 F16s from Holland, making Chile's fleet the largest in Latin America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The President of industrial holding COPEC, Roberto Angelini, commented on the subsi [...]
2009-04-29 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO414 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 30
[...] Peru has confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a woman who recently traveled to Mexico. Dailies also report that Ecuador has aligned with Chile concerning Peru's maritime border claim. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two weeks ago Foreign Affairs and Intellectual Property Institut [...]
2009-04-30 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO422 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 4
[...] Colombia has confirmed a case of AH1N1 influenza, the first in South America. Chile has no cases of the disease and high risk groups have been vaccinated for seasonal influenza. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The USTR placed Chile on its Priority Watch List for lack of IPR prote [...]
2009-05-04 21:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO425 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 5
[...] Polls show that PS Congressman Marco Enriquez-Ominami is just 14 points behind the Concertacion's presidential candidate Eduardo Frei. Dailies also report that a Mapuche organization has claimed responsibility for the arsonist attack on a building owned by the Association of Chilean Farmed Sa [...]
2009-05-05 17:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO434 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 6
[...] The government will announce a package of measures to help lower unemployment that would include a solidarity fund and a subsidy for low-income non-working women. Dailies also report that there are signs of economic recovery, as Chile's monthly economic growth rate for March declined significa [...]
2009-05-06 21:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO438 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 7
[...] The National Scholastic Test for fourth graders shows an overall increase in language skills, but not in math. Dailies continue to report on the decision of Senator Fernando Flores -- a former Allende government official and military regime political prisoner -- to join the campaign of right- [...]
2009-05-07 18:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO443 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 8
[...] The Saieh family holding bought 20% of the Ripley department store for an estimated US$170 million. The Saieh holding already owns a supermarket chain (Unimark) and six malls. The Central Bank lowered the interest rate to 1.25%. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Ambassador Simons s [...]
2009-05-08 17:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO450 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 12
[...] Former cabinet member, Ambassador, and strong opponent to the military regime -- Claudio Huepe (DC party) -- died yesterday from a heart attack in Venezuela. U.S.-Related News ------------------- 2. PA release: Ambassador Paul Simons will attend the 50th anniversary commemoration of the [...]
2009-05-12 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO452 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11
[...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...]
2009-05-12 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO455 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 13
[...] Health authorities are facing criticism for decreeing only a "preventive smog alert" in Santiago when the levels of pollution recorded was "critical" in the community of Cerro Navia and "poor" in fou others. As in previous years, the poorest areas of the city had the worst levels of air pollu [...]
2009-05-13 20:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO456 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 14
[...] The Central Bank projects an economic recession for 2009, with an estimated growth rate that ranges between -0.75 to 0.25%. Dailies also reported that all undersecretaries and 600 other high-ranking government offices will be drug tested regularly for use of illegal substances. Those who tes [...]
2009-05-14 19:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO482 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 20
[...] Health authorities confirmed 16 cases of AH1N1, which makes Chile the leader in South America for the number of cases. Dailies also report that Prison Guards are on strike, confining themselves in the prisons and refusing to take prisoners to the courts for their hearings. The government is [...]
2009-05-20 20:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO491 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 22
[...] All dailies highlighted the annual May 21 Presidential address to the nation, which Bachelet gave at the Congress in Vina del Mar. Dailies also noted health authorities confirmed 29 AH1N1 cases in Chile, the most in South America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Captioned photograp [...]
2009-05-22 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO492 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 26
[...] A 27-year old anarchist died when an explosive device in his backpack detonated. Dailies ran extensive coverage of the incident itself, the funeral, and the investigation opened by the police on the possible ties with terrorist organizations abroad. Dailies also report that Health Authorities [...]
2009-05-26 19:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO493AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH IN PUNTA ARENAS AND TORRES DEL PAINE
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador visited Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine National Park, May 12-13, to celebrate the Park's 50th anniversary and to give a speech about the first 100 days of the Obama administration at the University of Magallanes (UMAG). In Punta Arenas, the Ambassador also stop [...]
2009-05-26 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO495 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 27
[...] Health Authorities have confirmed 119 cases of AH1N1 nationwide, which ranks Chile number seven worldwide for the number of confirmations. Dailies also report the confession of a now-retired soldier who witnessed the assassination of singer Victor Jara in 1973 and who revealed the name of a l [...]
2009-05-27 17:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO498 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28
[...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...]
2009-05-28 18:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO514 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...]
2009-06-02 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO516 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO517 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO521ALARM BELLS RING IN CHILE OVER EPHEDRINE LINKED TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarmed by recent events that culminated with the March 23 seizure of 1100 kgs of ephedrine linked to Mexico, the GOC is taking steps to strengthen precursor chemical controls. Ephedrine-based drugs now require a docto [...]
2009-06-04 13:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO522 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 3
[...] A 37 year-old man suffering from heart problems died from the AH1N1[JLV1] virus. This makes Chile the first South American country to have a victim of the virus and the fifth worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The New York Times reports that President Obama has authorized [...]
2009-06-04 14:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO523 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA --
[...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...]
2009-06-04 22:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO524CHILE'S SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: HERE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a 35-year old Socialist parliamentarian and former filmmaker, has burst onto Chile's presidential scene in recent weeks. Known as one of the "unruly" parliamentarians from the ruling Concertacion coalition, Enriquez-Ominami is running against his party (and the [...]
2009-06-05 13:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON SNAR CI BO
09SANTIAGO53 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 16
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the death of a Hamas leader in Gaza, and the emergency water-landing of a U.S. Airways aircraft in New York's Hudson River. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Article on Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco's advisors in the United States. Taking into [...]
2009-01-16 14:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO530 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 5
[...] Chile has a total of 393 cases of AH1N1 influenza; 53% of them are 5-14 year olds. Dailies continue to report on a TVN special report that denounced an array of bad practices among congressmen in the Chamber of Deputies, such as leaving immediately after arriving, voting for others, surfing t [...]
2009-06-05 20:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO537 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 8
[...] A 56-year old man died from AH1N1, marking Chile's second casualty. He suffered from an array of heart and respiratory conditions due to his obesity. Chile now leads South America for AH1N1-related deaths. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...]
2009-06-08 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO54 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 13
[...] Chilean Dailies highlighted: 1) dramatic losses affecting the Chilean Private Social Security System (AFP) during 2008; 2) Chilean physicians outranking their foreign counterparts in a national exam; and 3) Paris-Dakar automobile rally taking place in Argentina and Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-01-16 16:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO543 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 9
[...] President Hugo Chavez postponed an official visit to Chile in June. He rescheduled the event for July, coinciding with the next UNASUR summit. Dailies also report that Chile has 890 cases of AH1N1, 10 are considered to be in serious condition. Venezuela --------- 2. President Hugo Chav [...]
2009-06-09 16:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO546 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 10
[...] Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1. Only 2 people have died from the virus, which is expected to reach its peak next week. While most have recovered (63%),less than 2% have needed hospitalization. Dailies report that health services are "collapsing" given the demands to address the AH [...]
2009-06-10 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO547 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 11
[...] Chile is on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup (soccer) with its 4-0 victory over Bolivia in Santiago last night. Dailies also reported Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1, and an expert from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta arrived in Santiago to analyze the [...]
2009-06-11 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO55 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 14
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the 41% drop in car sales in Chile last December; the participation of the Chairman of Chile's Production and Trade Confederation in the official delegation to Cuba; and the accidents and suspension of the last leg of the Dakar automobile Rally in Chile due to weath [...]
2009-01-16 16:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO557 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 12
[...] The Health Ministry issued a decree as a result of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic, placing human influenza as the first priority in terms of resources, allocation of medical personnel and medications. Dailies also report that the Investigations Police suspended six of its detectives in [...]
2009-06-12 17:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO558 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 15
[...] Chile has 2,335 confirmed cases of AH1N1, but only two deaths. The Health Ministry informed that it will stop the daily count of cases and will now issue reports only on Tuesdays and Fridays. President Bachelet signed the Health Emergency Decree that empowers the Ministry of Health special mea [...]
2009-06-15 19:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO56 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 15
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted an audit on Chile's National Registry Service that revealed repeated mismanagement and embezzlement during former Director Guillermo Arenas' administration; Chile's Central Bank's predictions of a 2% to 3% economic growth in 2009; and the latest developments in the [...]
2009-01-16 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO560 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 16
[...] Santiago dailies noted that the Government Coalition and the Communist Party (PC) signed an agreement to collaborate in the upcoming presidential campaign. Front pages also reported on President Michelle Bachelet's announcement to allocate approximately $34 million dollars to fully renovate th [...]
2009-06-16 16:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO564 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 17
[...] Front-page headlines: The Central Bank lowered the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 percent; sources in the salmon industry estimate the Chilean salmon industry's bulky debt to be USD 4 billion dollars, which could open a new flank in the financial crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]
2009-06-17 15:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO570 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 18
[...] Front-page headlines: Chile's Investigative Police discharged two high-ranking officials for their involvement in a prostitution ring; the Chamber of Deputies is considering the dismissal of a legislator accused of mishandling funds assigned for office-space rental; President Obama launched the [...]
2009-06-18 16:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO573 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 19
[...] A Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll showed a tie in a runoff between opposition, conservative candidate Sebastian Piera (41%) and the current government coalition's nominee Eduardo Frei (39%). U.S.-Related News ---------------- 2. Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Barack Obama's meeting i [...]
2009-06-19 18:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO584 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 22
[...] The media highlighted President Michelle Bachelet plan to call for an early retirement of Investigative Police Director Arturo Herrera as a result of his undistinguished performance in removing high-ranking officials involved in a prostitution ring. Newspapers also noted the Chamber of Deputi [...]
2009-06-22 16:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO589 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 23
[...] The World Bank's forecast of a cut in global growth affected stock markets worldwide and in Chile. In addition, the dramatic drop in the rate exchange in Chile has caused exporters to react and claim for the Ministry of Finance's intervention. The Government of Chile will submit a draft bill to [...]
2009-06-23 19:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO592 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 24
[...] All dailies highlighted the first official visit to the United States by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and focused on her meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. Also widely reported were stories on the dramatic increase in the number of patients with respiratory diseases, incl [...]
2009-06-24 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO607 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 26
[...] The director of Chile's Investigations Police (PDI),Arturo Herrera, resigned yesterday amid a series of scandals involving PDI detectives since March. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "The President with Obama": President Obama gave Bachelet a warm welcome. We saw appr [...]
2009-06-30 13:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO61 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 17-20
[...] Chilean dailies gave extensive coverage to inauguration preparations in Washington and President-elect Obama's activities. Newspapers also highlighted Israel's cease fire in Gaza and the arrest of Chile's Air Force (FACH) retired General Ramon Vega for allegedly receiving illegal payments duri [...]
2009-01-21 11:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO610CHILE: Over 5,100 Confirmed A/H1N1 CASES;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of June 23, Chile's Ministry of Health (MINSAL) reported 5,186 cases of A/H1N1 confirmed by laboratory testing and related 7 deaths. If clinically diagnosed cases are included, the total number of infected people is significantly higher. According to MINSAL, emergency measur [...]
2009-06-30 15:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO614 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 1
[...] National unemployment rate was 10.2% for March-May, the highest for this period since 2004. Six of the fifteen regions have two-digit unemployment rates and highest is in the 15-24 age bracket (23.4%). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Chilean and U.S. government sources say that the bilateral m [...]
2009-07-02 13:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO615CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: POLL POINTS TO A PHOTO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the well-respected Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll released on June 18, Chile's presidential race is headed for a run-off between the opposition Alianza coalition's Sebastian Pinera and the governing Concertacion coalition's Eduardo Frei. Analysts agree that t [...]
2009-07-02 13:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO618 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 2
[...] The prosecutor's office has made public an array of e-mails which reveal that pharmaceutical chains not only colluded amongst themselves to hike prices of medical products, but also with pharmaceutical laboratories, who suggested on their part to raise "base" prices of an array of medications. [...]
2009-07-02 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO62 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 21
[...] Chilean dailies prominently featured the Inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. All newspapers highlighted the event with front-page headlines, photos, and excerpts of the President's inaugural address. U.S. -Related News ------------------ 2. The front-page headlines read: "T [...]
2009-01-21 16:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO623 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 6
[...] All dailies ran front-page stories on the latest development in Honduras, highlighting that demonstrations left at least two dead. Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Photo coverage of the July 4 reception at Ambassador Paul Simons' residence: "Hundreds of guests arrived at the residence for the r [...]
2009-07-06 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO625 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 7
[...] The monthly Economic Activity Index, IMACEC, shows an economic contraction of 4.4% in May compared to the same period in 2008. Dailies also report there are 8,160 cases of AH1N1 in Chile, but only 22 deaths. A team of experts from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta will arrive [...]
2009-07-07 15:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO632 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 8
[...] President BacheletQed a second dQree in a month related to AH1N1. The decree instructs clinics and hospitals to give priority to individuals with respiratory diseases and regulates the indiscriminate sale and distribution of antiviral medication. It also grants regional health officials the au [...]
2009-07-08 18:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO639 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 9
[...] The Health Ministry has instructed public hospitals to postpone 5,000 surgeries so that the respective physicians and resources can be used to treat the high number of patients with respiratory emergencies related to the outbreak of AH1N1. Chile-U.S. Military Sales ------------------------- [...]
2009-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO643 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 10
[...] The Central Bank lowered the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5%, which will also lower the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The bank will maintain this rate for at least six months. Chile-Russia Military --------------------- 2. Defense Minister Francis Vidal confirmed there have been t [...]
2009-07-10 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO652 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 13
[...] Secretary Hillary Clinton informed the Bachelet government that the United States would not support Jose Miguel Insulza's reelection to the OAS. The United States reiterated its position just before Bachelet's visit to Washington. Sources in Washington and of the GOC confirmed on Friday (7/1 [...]
2009-07-13 20:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO656 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 14
[...] Several Investigations Police detectives under investigation for their participation in a children's prostitution network have been reincorporated into the force, igniting controversy. Chile-U.S. and Insulza ---------------------- 2. In answer to a request for an interview with Secretary C [...]
2009-07-14 18:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO664 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 15
[...] The government and the opposition reached an agreement to provide US$3.4 billion to finance the public transportation system (Transantiago) in the capital city until 2014. Insulza and the OAS ------------------- 2. Conservative sectors in the region are lobbying to discredit OAS Secretary [...]
2009-07-15 19:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO672 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JULY 16-17, 2009
[...] 1. Secretary Hillary Clinton's letter to Chile's Foreign Minister regarding OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's candidacy for reelection garnered front-page headlines in Chilean dailies. High importance was also given to the agreement reached by the opposition and the government coaliti [...]
2009-07-17 15:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO680 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 20
[...] Last week President Bachelet said she was willing to "review" the possibility of extending her authority to pardon convicted individuals to military officers sentenced for human rights violation, setting off a controversy that she tried to conclude yesterday by saying that she had had "never co [...]
2009-07-20 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO682 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 21
[...] The recent murder of a youth by a teenager promoted a group of congressmen to submit a draft bill that would extend the civil responsibility of individuals 16 years or younger to their parents (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/21). Honduras -------- 2. The d [...]
2009-07-21 17:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO686 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22
[...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...]
2009-07-22 14:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO697 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 23
[...] Eduardo Frei's campaign advisors want National Television Network TVN to review anchorwoman Karen Doggenweiler's contract. The anchor, "a station symbol," is married to presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami and "can be influential," they argue. The station backed Doggenweiler: "Karen h [...]
2009-07-23 19:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO707 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 24
[...] Unemployment in the Metropolitan Region is 11.9%, which is 0.9% lower than in March. This is the first drop since the end of 2008, and means that 30,800 people are no longer without a job (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/24). Survey ------- 2. The Market Res [...]
2009-07-24 20:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO714 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 27
[...] "La Tercera" telephone survey on 800 registered voters shows that in an eventual presidential election, Sebastian Pinera would receive 30%, Eduardo Frei 25%, and Marco Enriquez-Ominami 21% Frei (La Tercera, 7/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Last week, former military regime Jus [...]
2009-07-27 19:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO715 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 28
[...] The government has instructed the Undersecretary of Interior to travel to the Region of Araucania to review in person the actions taken by the police and local government authorities to confront the illegal land occupations and other acts of violence headed by radical indigenous Mapuche organi [...]
2009-07-28 18:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO72 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 22
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted President Barack Obama's first day in office. Front-page coverage also included the case of Chile's retired Air Force (FACH) General Ramon Vega, who was arrested for allegedly receiving illegal payments during the purchase of Belgian fighter jets in 1994. U.S.-R [...]
2009-01-22 16:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO720 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 29
[...] Fifteen hooded individuals ambushed an inter-urban bus in Temuco. They stopped the driver and passengers at gunpoint and spray-painted the exterior of the bus with insults against President Bachelet. The indigenous organization "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility (La Te [...]
2009-07-29 17:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO726 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 30
[...] The Digital Country Foundation, the Ministry of Education and U.S.-based cable company VTR launched the free on-line computer program "Mingoville," which has proven to be a successful tool in other parts of the world to teach English to school children. The game is part of the government's "Ch [...]
2009-07-30 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO733 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 31
[...] The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the national unemployment rate for April-June was 10.7%. This is 2.3% more than for the same period last year. The port of Valparaiso has a 17.9% unemployment rate, one of the highest in the country. The workforce is defined as those who [...]
2009-07-31 20:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO736 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 3
[...] A Peruvian daily reported that four Chilean Air Force officers were victims of espionage in Lima. The man allegedly responsible is retired Navy officer Elias Ponce Feijo. Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Pareja informed the Chilean Foreign Ministry that Lima would investigate and sanction those res [...]
2009-08-03 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO742 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 4
[...] Two high-ranking army officers were indicted for receiving half a million dollars in bribes for Chile's acquisition of Leopard tanks from Holland in 1998. They were charged for illegal use of state funds in an investigation that began in 2005, related to finding the origin of General Pinochet' [...]
2009-08-04 20:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO753 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 6
[...] Bolivian President Evo Morales wrote a note apologizing for his criticism of right-wing presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. The Foreign Ministry had issued on Tuesday a statement rejecting Morales' "intervention in Chile's internal affairs." Yesterday, after reading the apology, Foreign [...]
2009-08-06 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO757 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 7
[...] "Concertacion" presidential candidate Eduardo Frei outlined his political program to an exclusive group of entrepreneurs. One of the issues he emphasized was the need to assure a diversified energy matrix that must include nuclear energy, which he said is a "strategic" and "national security" [...]
2009-08-07 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO761BRISTLING AT THE "BOLIVARIAN PROJECT": REMARKS BY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Concertacion presidential candidate Eduardo Frei and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez publicly criticized populist leaders in the region during a seminar on Latin America held in Santiago August 4-5. Frei warned that the "Bolivarian project" could threaten political and socia [...]
2009-08-10 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV VZ CI PE BO
09SANTIAGO763 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 10
[...] Indigenous radical Mapuche groups set fire to a crane and a summer cabin in the Region of Araucania on the same day. The "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility for the first incident and pamphlets alluding to the Mapuche cause were found in both locations (El Mercurio, cons [...]
2009-08-10 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO766 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 11
[...] The Public Ministry contradicted remarks made by Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende who said that the radical indigenous Mapuche organizations Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) was no longer operative now that its leaders were in prison (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspape [...]
2009-08-11 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO775 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 13
[...] Three different polls -- CERC, Imaginaccion, and Direct Media -- show that Sebastian Pinera is ahead in the presidential race in either a first round or a runoff election with Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marcos Enriquez-Ominami (El Mercurio, conservative, influential, 8/ [...]
2009-08-13 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO776 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 12
[...] The holding company responsible for HidroAysen, the largest electricity generation project in the country, will launch a nationwide campaign on television, Internet, and radio to inform the public of the project (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/13). Honduras -------- 2. The USG [...]
2009-08-13 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO78 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 23
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detention of the former National Registry Service Director for mismanagement and embezzlement; the more than 40% rate reduction for calls to cell phones; and the violent attack of an estate in the indigenous Mapuche area in southern Chile. U.S.-Related News - [...]
2009-01-23 15:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO781 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 14
[...] The death of an indigenous Mapuche when the police evicted him and others from a private estate in southern Chile has triggered violent incidents in the Region of Araucania. Eight policemen have been injured by shotgun pellets (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/14). Honduras -------- [...]
2009-08-14 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO786 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 17
[...] After three years, President Bachelet will enact the General Education Law this week. The new law answers some of the demands of the 2006 student revolt (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/16) Honduras -------- 2. Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez said that in his meeting [...]
2009-08-17 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO787 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 18
[...] Chile's Police Force officially supported the special unit agent indicted for the death of an indigenous activist in last week's clashes; new drop in stocks prices shakes global financial markets; President Obama's healthcare reform faces strong criticism in the United States. U.S.-Chile -- [...]
2009-08-18 13:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO788 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 19
[...] Opposition Deputy Gonzalo Arenas reacted aggressively against Minister of the Interior Edmundo Perez Yoma during his testimony at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Minister Perez Yoma was testifying on the violent events in Region Nine involving Mapuche indigenous, but his explanations did not [...]
2009-08-19 13:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO790CHILEAN INVESTMENTS IN VENEZUELA UNDER FIRE
[...] (C) Summary: The restrictions on Chilean companies, ability to repatriate funds from Venezuela has become a major irritant between the two countries. Blocked returns exceed $80 million, and the Chilean Congress and companies have pressed the Bachelet Administration to defend Chilean companie [...]
2009-08-19 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI VE
09SANTIAGO792 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20
[...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]
2009-08-20 13:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO793 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20
[...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]
2009-08-20 14:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO800 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 24
[...] Tests show that the virus affecting two turkey breeding farms in the Fifth Region is the AH1N1 virus that affected humans this winter. This makes Chile the first country to detect the virus in turkeys. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also monitoring the two farms (Conservative afternoo [...]
2009-08-24 20:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO801 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 25
[...] Over the weekend Peruvian President Alan Garcia suggested in an interview that Chile and Bolivia had some type of secret agreement to provide the latter with access to the sea. In this context, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez denied the existence of [...]
2009-08-25 15:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO806 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 26
[...] The sale of retail products increased 8.8 per cent in July. The sale of clothing shot up 26.1 and shoes 17.4 per cent, spreading optimism in the business sector (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 8/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Kennedy Amendment was the one issue tha [...]
2009-08-26 19:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO810 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 27
[...] The government is considering a constitutional reform to restrict residence visas for Easter Island, based on environmental sustainability. Island leaders, however, want an immediate solution to the problem (Conservative, independent La TErcera, 8/27). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2 [...]
2009-08-27 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO811 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 28
[...] President Alvaro Uribe will confront at a UNASUR meeting today Hugo Chavez' criticism of Colombia's agreement with the United States (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, El Mercurio, 8/28). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago opened a condolence [...]
2009-08-28 18:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO817 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 31
[...] The UNASUR summit was aired live and showed us a disorganized and seven-hour debate that concluded with upset presidents and a final declaration that made no reference to the U.S.-Colombia agreement. The declaration, however, states that "foreign military forces cannot threaten the sovereignty [...]
2009-08-31 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO823 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 1
[...] The National unemployment rate is up to 10.8 percent for May-July. Valparaiso has the highest rate (18.5 percent),followed by Angol and Vina del Mar (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 9/1). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Austral Capital investment fund wi [...]
2009-09-01 17:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO825 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera launched his candidacy yesterday in an "Obama style" proclamation event in Santiago (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/2). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The National Economic Prosecutor's office, FNE, said it would go ahead and review [...]
2009-09-02 19:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO84 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 24-26
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the cancelling or postponing of investment projects worth US$18 billion dollars, primarily in Chile's mining and real estate sectors, because of the economic crisis. Front-page coverage continued about the Obama administration's first week in office. U.S.-Relate [...]
2009-01-26 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO840Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report
[...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...]
2009-09-08 21:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO844Sept. 9 Santiago Media Report
[...] Colombia displaced Chile as the best country in which to do business in Latin America, according to the Doing Business 2010 World Bank ranking. Colombia moved up 12 positions and Chile down 9 (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 9/9). U.S.-Related News ------------ [...]
2009-09-09 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO848Santiago Sept. 10 Media Report
[...] A former Air Force officer stated that his brigade had paid approximately US$3 million to purchase spare parts for helicopters that were never received and for maintenance services that were never conducted. An investigation was opened for misuse of state funds (La Tercera, 9/10). [...]
2009-09-10 17:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV 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
09SANTIAGO870Santiago Sept. 16 Media Report
[...] Presidential candidates are preparing for their first television debate that will be aired by National Television TVN on September 23, at 10:40 p.m.. The debate will last 90 minutes and will be conducted by one journalist. One part of it will be for the candidates to answer a few questions [...]
2009-09-16 19:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO877Chile's Presidential Election: Frei Falters,
[...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Frei's bid to return to the presidential palace is faltering as a disorganized campaign, fractious Concertacion coalition, and competing progressive candidates drain support away from the former president. Frei -- long seen as steady, dependable, and frankly, a bit borin [...]
2009-10-16 15:28:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO88 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 28
[...] Dailies continue to cover as front page news the 1994 Mirage purchase scandal and the economic crisis, highlighting that unemployment in Santiago is up to 9.7%. President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya is also highlighted. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Headline: "Obama gives [...]
2009-01-28 15:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO883Chile's Presidential Race: Political Elite See Isolated
[...] (C) Summary: Well-connected politicians and observers describe President Bachelet and some Concertacion congressional candidates as maintaining a distance from Eduardo Frei's lagging presidential campaign. Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is reportedly testing his talking points against [...]
2009-10-23 17:28:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CI
09SANTIAGO885LOW LEVEL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN CHILE'S INDIGENOUS SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three recent attacks in Chile's Araucania region, the heart of indigenous Mapuche territory, have riveted attention once again on continuing disputes between indigenous groups and the state in southern Chile. The Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM),a violent Mapuche group with a history [...]
2009-10-23 19:04:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI CI PHUM
09SANTIAGO89 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 29
[...] The Cencosud conglomerate stopped the construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project (located near the Embassy). The construction project employed thousands of workers who were building the highest tower in South America. Dailies also highlighted a 40-peso increase [...]
2009-01-29 15:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO890Sept. 21 Media Report
[...] Twenty-three people died in car accidents over the "Dieciocho" long holiday. All of them were related to alcohol consumption (Conservative, independent,La Tercera, 9/21). Salitre Exercise ------------------- 2. Background: At Unasur, Peru's President proposed that South American [...]
2009-09-21 21:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO893Chile Lauds Honduran Agreement, Low Key on DCA Signing,
[...] (C) Summary. On October 30, FM Fernandez and presidential foreign policy advisor Robledo strongly welcomed the U.S.-brokered agreement in Honduras, calling it an historical moment that would have positive consequences for the region. Those officials, when informed of the signing of the Defen [...]
2009-11-03 19:12:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ENRG PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO896Santiago Sept. 22 Media Report
[...] Tension increases with Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras and his request for refuge in the Brazilian embassy (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/22). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. The poverty rate in the United States in 2008 was 13.2%, due to the [...]
2009-09-22 21:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO902Santiago Sept. 23 Media Report
[...] The rape of a 14-year old girl and the inability of her parents to find the morning-after pill in local pharmacies prompted the government to open an investigation. Drug stores claim they have no stock of the product, but the state Central Distribution Center says there are 14,000 doses o [...]
2009-09-23 21:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO905Chile Tries to Tamp Down Peru's Reaction to Potential FMS
[...] (C) Summary. Chile has responded in measured tones to increasingly harsh comments from President Garcia of Peru after Peru reported that a Peruvian military official was arrested for spying for Chile. After Garcia said the alleged spying was something for a banana republic and not a democrac [...]
2009-11-18 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CI PE
09SANTIAGO907CHILE: DOMESTIC REACTION TO SPY STORY SUBDUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The domestic reaction in Chile to the Peruvian spy story has been subdued due to careful management by the Bachelet administration. Congress and the three leading Presidential candidates support President Bachelet's handling of the situation. Potential U.S. military sales cur [...]
2009-11-23 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CI PE
09SANTIAGO908Santiago Sept. 24 Media Report
[...] All dailies ran extensive coverage of the first presidential debate aired last night on National Television TVN. American Competitiveness Forum ----------------------------------------- 2. In a video conference from Washington organized by the U.S. Embassy , Department of [...]
2009-09-24 21:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO91 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 30
[...] Dailies continued with extensive reporting on the effects of the Cencosud conglomerate's decision to stop construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project. The media is portraying this development as representative of Chile's economic crisis. Dailies also continue to [...]
2009-01-30 16:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO916Santiago Sept. 25 Media Report
[...] On Wednesday's presidential debate, Eduardo Frei cited a Transparency International (TI) report released the day before which mentions a fine levied by Chile's Securities and Stocks Regulator against Pinera for the use of privileged information to buy LanChile shares in 2006. Yesterday, [...]
2009-09-25 21:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO919Introducing Marco Enriquez-Ominami: Chile's Surprise
[...] (C) Summary: Thirty-six year old filmmaker and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami has a cinematic life story: father martyred, raised in exile, young Marco returns to home full of resentment, marries a TV star, and gets the backing of a pro-Castro revolutionary-turned-millionaire to beco [...]
2009-12-02 17:10:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR CI CU
09SANTIAGO932Santiago Sept. 28 Media Report
[...] U.S. Secretary of Commerce to visit Chile for the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum that starts on Sept. 27 and will conclude on the 29th. Other key participants are President Bachelet and her Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom (Mercurio on line, 9/28). 2. The governor of Califor [...]
2009-09-29 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO933Countdown to Chile's Congressional Elections
[...] (SBU) Summary: Individual races in this year's congressional elections are more competitive and uncertain than ever, although the elections may not produce much change in the overall makeup of the Chilean Congress. The governing Concertacion coalition will most likely regain its majority in the Se [...]
2009-12-10 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CI
09SANTIAGO936Santiago Sept. 29 Media Report
[...] At the opening of the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF),Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said the United States is "committed to resisting the temptation" of applying protectionist policies. "These kinds of policies might be well-intended, but inevitably fail," said Locke. The Sec [...]
2009-09-29 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO937CHILE: Six Charged in Death of Former Chilean President
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Judge Alejandro Madrid charged six individuals with assassinating former President Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1982. Frei, who is the father of the current presidential candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, died ostensibly of a bacterial infection after undergoing routine su [...]
2009-12-11 20:22:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM CI
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
09SANTIAGO948Santiago Oct. 1 Media Report
[...] Jorge Navarrete, director of the local chapter of Transparency International (TI),"Chile, Transparente," resigned amid a controversy regarding the local organization's lack of thoroughness and impartiality (All dailies, 10/2). "Salitre" Military Exercise ------------------- [...]
2009-10-02 12:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO950Santiago Oct. 2 Media Report
[...] The Antofagasta Regional Environmental Commission (Corema) ordered gas company "Geotermica del Norte" to cease exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile. On September 8 operations resulted in a leak that sent water shooting 197 feet into the air, cau [...]
2009-10-05 12:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO958Santiago October 5 Media Report
[...] Gas company "Geotermica del Norte" was able to close the leak caused by its exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile on September 8 (All dailies, 10/5). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Women's National Service (Sernam) Ministe [...]
2009-10-05 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO962Santiago October 6 Media Report
[...] Chile ranked first in Latin America and 44th globally in the United Nations Development Program index on human development. The ranking includes variables such as life expectancy (78.5 years),per capita GDP, and access to health and education. Social and gender inequity were two var [...]
2009-10-06 18:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO97 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 2
[...] Dailies continue to highlight different aspects of the investigation of the 1994 Mirage aircraft purchases from Belgium. Dailies also highlighted the FARC's release of four hostages and President Obama's call to Bachelet, inviting her for a state visit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]
2009-02-03 12:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO970Santiago Oct. 7 Media Report
[...] Congress passed a draft bill that creates a new corporative government for Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco. This is "the most significant" change the company has undergone since its creation in 1976 (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/7). U.S. Related News [...]
2009-10-07 21:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO972Santiago Oct. 8 Media Report
[...] The Distortions Committee, formed by Central Bank and finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, and economy ministry officials decreed a 15% temporary special duty on powdered milk and gouda cheese imports from Uruguay and Argentina (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/8). Salitre [...]
2009-10-08 17:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO974Oct. 9 Media Report
[...] Chile ranked fourth on the World Economic Forum financial stability index for 2009. The report included 55 countries, where the UK ranked first (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 10/9). Salitre Exercise ------------------ 2. Chile changed the hypothetical backg [...]
2009-10-09 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO978Santiago Oct. 10-13 Media Report
[...] Chile played Colombia in Medellin and won 4-2, therefore qualifying for the World Cup (All dailies, 10/11). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After almost a month and a half of controversy over the "Salitre" exercise, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago commended [...]
2009-10-13 20:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO980Santiago Oct. 14 Media Report
[...] Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende said the government will invoke the Anti-Terrorist Law to prosecute those responsible for burning two trucks, attacking a toll booth, and firiQt private vehicles in the community of Victoria, in southern Chile, over the weekend. The indiv [...]
2009-10-14 14:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO99 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -FEBRUARY 3
[...] Dailies highlighted that Chile will host the Summit of the Progressive Governance Network in Vina del Mar in late March, and the leaders of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil are expected to attend. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. 14-year old Marcos Ro [...]
2009-02-03 15:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO996Santiago Oct. 20 Media Report
[...] A protected witness revealed that the five individuals implicated in last week's attack in the Region of Araucania, where a toll booth was destroyed and several trucks were set on fire, were planning to attack trucks transporting gas and oil from Argentina (Conservative, influential [...]
2009-10-20 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO998Santiago Oct. 21 Media Report
[...] Hooded individuals carrying shotguns intercepted and burned two trucks in the Region of Araucania, where indigenous communities are reclaiming ancestral lands (All dailies, 10/21). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Chilean ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni [...]
2009-10-21 17:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1169PROPOSED SALE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED OIL REFINERY TO
[...] (C) The Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) is proposing to sell 49 percent of its principal petroleum refinery, REFIDOMSA, to Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PdVSA. The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) has expressed its concern to the Embassy that this transaction would pro [...]
2009-10-02 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV PREL DR VE
09SANTODOMINGO1174PRD ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL RESULTS OF PARTY ELECTIONS;
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Revolutionary Democratic Party's (PRD) National Organizing Committee for the 27th National Ordinary Convention, on 9/30, announced the official results of the 9/27 internal party balloting. The final results confirmed an overwhelming victory for party President Miguel Varga [...]
2009-10-02 21:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1204TOUR D'HORIZON WITH THE OPPOSITION PRD PARTY
[...] (C) Miguel Vargas Maldonado, President of the opposition Revolutionary Dominican Party (PRD),in a 10/7 meeting with PolEcon Counselor and Polchief, said his party was moving onward following its recent contentious National Convention and was now focusing on making significant gains in the 20 [...]
2009-10-09 14:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO1235 FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...]
2009-10-21 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR
09SANTODOMINGO1257POLICE UNDER SPOTLIGHT FOLLOWING DEATH OF TWO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The role of the police in the recent deaths of at least two suspects in a high-profile kidnapping case has focused attention on the problem of extra-judicial killings in the Dominican Republic. In the latest case, police claims that the two suspects died in an "exchange of g [...]
2009-10-28 14:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1266GRUESOME MURDER OF THREE HAITIANS SPARKS
[...] SUMMARY: The gruesome killing and incineration of three Haitians in the Dominican Republic, two of whom were minors, engaged in cutting down trees to make charcoal near the southwestern border town of Jimani on 10/20, has shocked both countries. The Foreign Ministry condemned the action, whi [...]
2009-10-30 14:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL SENV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1303CUBA: COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITTLE III
[...] (C) In response to Ref A, Post finds the Dominican Republic (DR) has made no marked changes to its relationship with Cuba since the last report (Ref B). Although some educational and medical exchanges exist, the DR has very few investments in Cuba and no bilateral trade agreement. Post asse [...]
2009-11-20 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ETTC CU DR
09SANTODOMINGO1307CARBONIZATION OF DOMINICAN FORESTS BY HAITIANS AND
[...] (U) EconOff recently traveled to the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park (SBNP) with a group of NGOs to assess the deforestation occurring in the heart of the most biologically diverse region of Hispaniola. Deforestation has devastated the Haitian side of the border for decades, and now threaten [...]
2009-11-30 14:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR DR HA
09SANTODOMINGO1319Critical UNDP Report Spells Finis for Cement Factory Near
[...] SUMMARY: The findings of a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report are highly critical of the environmental impact study commissioned by the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) to support the construction of a cement production facility by the Consorcio Minero Dominicano [...]
2009-12-08 15:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR DR
09SANTODOMINGO1321SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA P/DAS CRAIG KELLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo warmly welcomes you to the Dominican Republic. Your visit will reinforce our strong bilateral relationship that is based on extensive economic and commercial ties, military and law enforcement cooperation, and cultural links. President Leonel Fernandez has [...]
2009-12-08 18:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR EAID DR
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
09SANTODOMINGO1333Rule of Law Round-Up December 2009
[...] (U) The latest key developments in the rule of law / law enforcement field include: -- Constitutional Reforms approved by Congress, set for promulgation on 01/26/10; -- The Central Electoral Board's procurement practices are questioned; -- Government agencies and politi [...]
2009-12-17 18:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM ECON EAID DR
09SANTODOMINGO1343MAJOR PARTIES' PRIMARIES JUDGED FREE AND FAIR, THOUGH
[...] (SBU) The ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),in late November/early December, held primary elections for a majority of their candidacies in the 05/16/10 congressional/municipal elections. The Central Electoral Board (JCE),the independ [...]
2009-12-28 13:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
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
09SANTODOMINGO1596GODR Commits to Anti-Corruption Initiative with
[...] (U) Summary: On December 17, Embassy Officers joined representatives of several international development organizations in a meeting with President Fernandez to discuss how the GODR might begin to tackle effectively the issue of corruption - as well as citizens' perception of corruption. The i [...]
2009-12-21 22:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL KCRM KCOR EAID DR PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO1606FOR RELEASE: Fraud Prevention Initiatives Against
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 12:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD ASEC SMIG DR
09SANTODOMINGO205BONDS, THIEVES AND ARBITRATIONS: A DOMINICAN
[...] (U) Summary: In what the electricity generators consider a very positive step forward, the Dominican Corporation of State-Owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE) is paying a large part of its outstanding 2008 balance to the generators with USD 250 million in bonds backed by a sovereign guarantee. [...]
2009-02-13 14:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV DR
09SANTODOMINGO206DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - RESPONSE FOR CHILD LABOR
[...] The following information is Post's response to Reftel A request for information for the Trade and Development Act 2008 Report and follows the same question and answer format as the original request. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. What laws have been p [...]
2009-02-13 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR
09SANTODOMINGO286INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: VINTAGE FERNANDEZ
[...] (U) In his Independence Day speech on February 27, President Fernandez was optimistic about the local economy's ability to weather the global economic crisis. Focusing largely on the economic accomplishments of 2008, Fernandez noted that GDP grew 5.3 percent, inflation was 4.5 percent and for [...]
2009-03-06 13:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO3IPR WORKSHOP LEADS TO RESULTS
[...] Summary: On December 10-11, Embassy Santo Domingo hosted an intellectual property rights (IPR) workshop that was well attended by Dominican government officials as well as representatives from the private sector, including Dominican music and film artists who spoke of the importance of IPR in [...]
2009-01-02 18:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO308RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP MARCH 2009
[...] (U) Following an Independence Day (Feb 27) speech in which President Fernandez called for fighting "without fear" against corruption and narco-trafficking, the head of the National Police, Guillermo Guzman Fermin recommended to the President that some 700 other officers be sacked. In the last [...]
2009-03-12 17:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KJUS ECON SNAR DR
09SANTODOMINGO426GODR ACKNOWLDGES RECESSION POSSIBLE; CONCERNED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 11:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO50DOMINICAN ECONOMY SLOWING DOWN; GODR RUNNING OUT
[...] (U) Summary: The recent economic slowdown and global financial crisis are now showing its affects on the economy and finances of the Dominican Republic. There were a large number of layoffs in December in the textile, mining and tourism sectors. Economists predict that the full impact of the [...]
2009-01-16 14:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAID DR
09SANTODOMINGO570DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS BAD FOR BUSINESS, SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: Managers from U.S. investment company Advent International told EconOffs that they have faced numerous barriers to their conduct of business since acquiring the airport concessionaire Aerodom Dominicana Siglo XXI in October 2008. Among these is a GODR official who has harassed, threate [...]
2009-05-18 17:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEAIR KCOR EINV ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO632SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 29,
[...] New Customs Director and Superintendent of Banks 2. Pressure Builds on the GODR to Seek an IMF Agreement 3. Government Seeks to Buy Out Remaining Private Participation in Electricity Distribution 4. Constitutional Reform and Nationality  [...]
2009-05-29 17:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ENRG EINV PHUM DR
09SANTODOMINGO752KENNEDY VISIT RAISES HOPE AND SOME HARSH WORDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kerry Kennedy, Founder of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, and other members of the RFK Center visited bateyes in Villa Altagracia and attended meetings with several GODR officials. Throughout the meetings, Kennedy spoke about the plight of undocumented residents an [...]
2009-07-07 18:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO946FOREIGN MINISTER WARY OF ZELAYA-CHAVEZ-KIRCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who will be one of six regional foreign ministers travelling to Honduras the week of August 24 in support of the latest OAS mission, expressed his wariness of the linkages between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Venezuelan Presi [...]
2009-08-24 18:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS DR HO RU HA
09SANTODOMINGO962CONTINUED STRAINS BETWEEN DOMINICANS AND HAITIANS
[...] SUMMARY: The 8/8 murder of a Dominican, allegedly by a Haitian, sparked a new wave of unrest directed against Haitian residents of Tamboril and Moca, resulting in the burning of 33 homes occupied by Haitians, demands for the repatriation of Haitian illegal immigrants, the flight of Haitian r [...]
2009-08-25 18:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF ECON KCRM KJUS DR
09SANTODOMINGO964PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ SEEKS BILAT WITH POTUS,
[...] (C) President Leonel Fernandez, in an 8/24 meeting with Charge, DCM and EconPol Counselor: -- Requested a bilateral with POTUS on the margins of the UNGA or in Washington; -- Indicated that he favors people with experience in the community they will be serving to occupy consular positi [...]
2009-08-25 18:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP PGOV ECON DR
09SAOPAULO107Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 17 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 21:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO108Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 18 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 21:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO113Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 26 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 17:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO118MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: ISRAEL, FORMATION OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 19:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO123Media Reaction: Western Hemisphere: Cuba, governance;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 14:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO125MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 17:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO133MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 11:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO134Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 10- 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 11:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO135MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 11:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO136MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 13:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO138MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 17:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO142Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 13- 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 21:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO144Media Reaction to Obama-Lula Meeting March 14 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 14, 2009 President Obama met with President Lula of Brazil in Washington, D.C. at the White House and the meeting was covered extensively by the Brazilian media. The following media reaction cable summarizes some of the Sao Paulo based Brazilian media reports published [...]
2009-03-16 14:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO145Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 16- 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 20:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO146Media Reaction Sao Paulo; March 14- 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 20:12:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO152MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 12:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO155 Media Reaction: G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting; Sao
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 17:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO156Media Reaction - G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting; Western
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 20:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO161 Media Reaction-Global Economy: Financial market crisis;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 19:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO164MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 16:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO174MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO- THE FUND AND THE CRISIS- SASHA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 10:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO185Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Global Economy: financial
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 18:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO186 MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL CRISIS; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 18:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO187 MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: UPCOMING G-20 SUMMIT;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 18:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO189Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Africa: Sudan, Darfur violence,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO190Media Reaction Sao Paulo: Western Hemisphere: Mexico,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO200 BRAZIL'S MST LANDLESS MOVEMENT: MARGINALIZED OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless People's Movement (MST) increased activity in recent months in the run up to "Red April," the traditional high season for MST land invasions. The main reason for the uptick in activity, according to observers, is the MST's weakness. Increasingly ignored by its fo [...]
2009-04-01 19:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO203 MEDIA REACTION: Global Economy-G-20 Summit SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 21:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO206 Media Reaction Sao Paulo- G20 surpasses expectations-
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 13:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO212 Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Attention on China, The Death of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 18:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO213 Media Reaction Sao Paulo- After the frenzy, Obama
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 18:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO215 Media Reaction Sao Paulo- How many Gs will make the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 21:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO217MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 16:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO218MEDIA REACTION - Media Reaction SP Weekend Edition- IMF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 21:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO224MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 16:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO228MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 14:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO229MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: North Korea, Cuba and Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 12:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO23Media Reaction: Middle East: Gaza and Brazil; Sco Paulo
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 13:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO230MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Antarctica, Obama, G20, Venezuela
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 13:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO233MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Cuba-Castro, Iran, and Mercosul
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 16:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO234MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: Summit of the Americas
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 16:45:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO237MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA, GOVERNANCE; GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 16:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO240MEDIA REACTION - Western Hemisphere: Summit of Americas;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 16:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO243MEDIA REACTION: RELEASE OF CIA INTERROGATION FILES; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 16:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO25Media Reaction: Middle East: Gaza and Arab-Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 13:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO250Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Swine Flu, Upcoming Visit of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 20:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO253MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU; SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 11:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO257MEDIA REACTION: Obama's First One Hundred Days; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 21:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO26MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: GAZA, ARAB-ISRAELI ENGAGEMENT;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 13:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO260Media Reaction SAO PAULO Doha-Ahmadinejad-H1N1 Flu and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 16:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO266MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA; SOUTH AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 13:22:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO274MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA;MAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 10:45:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO275MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 10:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO28MEDIA REACTION: BREAKING WITH THE BUSH DOCTRINE SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 12:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO29Media Reaction: Breaking with the Bush Doctrine- Sao Paulo
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 12:44:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO290MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: PAKISTAN, MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 16:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO3Media Reaction - Mideast - Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 17:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO310THE "OBAMA ADVANTAGE" AT 100-PLUS DAYS
[...] (U) Summary: President Obama's popularity translates into an "Obama Advantage" that post has used to gin up outreach efforts and build reporting contacts. A post-generated Obama PowerPoint has proven to have far greater longevity than we had anticipated, and we continue to get speaker request [...]
2009-05-22 14:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PINR OIIP KIRC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO311Media Reaction Sao Paulo- North Korea, al Qaeda in Brazil,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 20:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO312MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 11:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO314MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: CUBA; NORTH KOREA MAY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 20:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO32Media Reaction Sao Paulo: New Chavista Gambit
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 11:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO343MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO: A NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 17:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO344MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 17:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO345MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO, SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 17:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO35Media Reaction: Middle East and the Inauguration
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 13:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO355MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN POST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 17:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO356MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN POST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 17:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO370MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN ELECTION, SCO PAULO JUNE 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 19:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO375MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 14:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO384MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 19:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO393MEDIA REACTION: - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 14:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO396MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 16:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO407MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IN RUSSIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO408MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IN RUSSIA, ITALY, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO410MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 12:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO42Media Reaction: Inauguration- Foreign Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 09:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO436MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO437MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO438MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:56:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO44MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION- NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 09:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO447MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 12:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO448MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 16:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO454MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO458MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHINA AND GLOBAL ECONOMY;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 16:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO465MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA, FARC, SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 14:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO47Media Reaction: So Help Me God
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 15:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO472MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 10:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO473MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA, FARC, SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 10:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO474MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, FARC,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 13:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO48MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION-NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 16:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO487MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATION,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO488MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 16:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO489MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, FARC, U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 16:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO496MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 14:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO497MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 12:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO499MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 16:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO50MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 12:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO507MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 12:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO528MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 14:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO531BRAZILIAN BUSINESS SEES RECOVERY UNDERWAY
[...] SUMMARY: Following two quarters of economic contraction, most Brazilian private sector representatives agree the local economy is solidly on the road to recovery. Restored domestic consumer confidence and strong domestic demand are fueling business optimism. Underlying factors contributing to [...]
2009-09-09 17:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SAOPAULO535MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 13:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO536MEDIA REACTION - BRAZIL'S FX-2 BID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 19:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO537MEDIA REACTION - FX-2 BID; DRAFT BILL WAXMAN-MARKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO552MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PROTECTIONISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO556MEDIA REACTION - KIRK'S VISIT; RACISM AGAINST OBAMA;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 17:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO569MEDIA REACTION- OBAMA'S SPEECH AT THE U.N.; FX-2 BID;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 19:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO57Media Reaction Sao Paulo January 27 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 18:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO571MEDIA REACTION - Criticism of Brazil's Role in Honduras
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 14:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO587MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 14:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO589MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 16:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO59MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 11:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO590MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS/OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 18:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO609MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 10:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO619Sao Paulo Opinion Split on Honduras
[...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo pundits and politicos are strongly split on Brazilbs role in Honduras. Mainstream academic experts in this generally pro-PSDB state criticized Brazilbs shielding of Zelaya as adventurist, counter-productive and contradictory of the countrybs traditional policy of no [...]
2009-10-27 16:49:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ES GT HO BR
09SAOPAULO62Media Reaction Sao Paulo January 28 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 13:45:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO628MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 13:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO63MEDIA REACTION: NEW ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN POLICY;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 14:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO640FOR RELEASE: ARREST OF THREE OUT-OF-STATE U.S. VISA FRAUD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three of the most notorious visa fraud facilitators, based out of the neighboring state of Minas Gerais, provided the first real challenge for the Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO/I) Sao Paulo program. Amidst a steady flow of the facilitators' clients targ [...]
2009-11-04 11:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KCRM KTIP KFRD PGOV PREL
09SAOPAULO642MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 16:31:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO644MEDIA REACTION: COLOMBIA BASES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 16:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO646MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 20:36:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO648MEDIA REACTION: BASES IN COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 15:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO653Scenesetter for SR Farah Pandith's Visit to Brazil: Sao Paulo's Muslims
[...] (U) Post is delighted to host Special Representative (SR) Farah Pandith's first visit to Latin America, November 22-23. Brazil offers a unique context for engaging the local Muslim communities. The country hosts a significant (400-500 thousand) Muslim minority that lives within a larger society t [...]
2009-11-20 12:18:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR PINS PROP SCUL PTER BR
09SAOPAULO660PT Insiders Say Don't Count Dilma Out
[...] (SBU) Summary: Workers Party (PT) insiders acknowledge Dilma Rousseff's 2010 presidential candidacy has run into some problems, but express confidence her campaign will rebound. Across a series of recent meetings, PT leaders in Sao Paulo say Dilma can come from behind and beat likely PSDB no [...]
2009-11-10 10:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KPAO KIRF BR
09SAOPAULO662SAO PAULO ACTIVISTS DESCRIBE AFRO-BRAZILIAN CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Key human rights and antidiscrimination contacts spoke with visiting Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chairman Stuart Ishimaru October 20 in the run-up to the Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPER) meeting in Salvador October 21. While all saw improvem [...]
2009-11-10 17:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KPAO ELAB BR
09SAOPAULO672MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BASES IN COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 14:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO68Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 02 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 12:12:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO684MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 20:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OPRC KMDR BR XM XR
09SAOPAULO686MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 19:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO690MEDIA REACTION: AHAMADINEJAD'S VISIT TO BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 19:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO692MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 10:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO694MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 13:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR KGHG
09SAOPAULO696MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL-U.S. RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO698MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND THE IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 19:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO70 LAY OFFS LEAVE THE GOB AND UNIONS PLAYING CATCH UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of economic growth and relative labor calm, a sudden spate of layoffs and rumors of further cuts seem to have caught both Brazilian labor unions and the government off-guard. The swift deterioration in the labor market has led to public demonstrations and much fin [...]
2009-02-02 16:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR BR
09SAOPAULO700MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 19:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO704MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S AFGHAN STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 13:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR AF
09SAOPAULO708Sao Paulo Nominee for Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit
[...] Sao Paulo Brazil nominates Andre Luz Lara Mello to participate in President Obama's summit for Young Muslim Entrepreneurs during the first quarter of 2010 per State 112468. 2. Sao Paulo hosts Brazil's and South America's largest concentration of Muslim communities. Most Brazilian Musl [...]
2009-12-09 12:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI
09SAOPAULO71Media Reaction Sao Paulo Weekend February 01 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 17:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO712MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 13:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
09SAOPAULO724MEDIA REACTION: U.S.- BRAZIL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 10:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC XM XR OIIP KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO732MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 18:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO736MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 15:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO738MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 16:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO740MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 16:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO750MEDIA REACTION: REPRESSION IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 11:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP XM OPRC XR KMDR BR
09SAOPAULO77Media Reaction - Global Economy: climate change and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 14:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO78Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 05 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO81Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 06 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 17:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO82Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 09 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 12:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO89Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 10 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 19:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO93Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 12 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 19:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO95Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 13 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 14:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SARAJEVO101BOSNIA: ARREST OF ASSISTANT SECURITY MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: On January 16 Croatian police arrested Bosnian State Level Assistant Minister of Security Vjekoslav Vukovic in Rijeka, pending further investigation into his alleged role in procuring weapons and explosives for an aborted murder attempt. At this point, it is still unclear as to [...]
2009-01-26 15:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KJUS KCRM BK
09SARAJEVO103BOSNIA - GOOD BOSNIAKS, BAD BOSNIAKS, GOOD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid resurgence over the past two years of politics dogged by nationalist rhetoric, some Bosniak (Muslim) political actors have sought to portray themselves as more capable of protecting Bosniak interests than their opponents. One aspect of this tussle is an increasingly-visible r [...]
2009-01-27 09:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BK
09SARAJEVO1040BOSNIA - CROAT MINISTERS WALK OUT OF FEDERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by a vote in the Federation government to change the planned route of the Bosnian portion of the 5C Corridor highway (Ref A),four of the five ethnic Croat Ministers in the government of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) walked out of the government session on August 27. Al [...]
2009-08-28 15:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM ELTN BK
09SARAJEVO1139BOSNIA: MEDIA MOGUL RADONCIC ESTABLISHES POLITICAL
[...] (C) Fahrudin Radoncic, owner of Sarajevo-based daily Dnevni Avaz, announced September 24 his intention to form a new political party. Radoncic counts on winning over the membership and electorate of the two largest Bosniak parties, and enjoys support from the influential head of Islamic comm [...]
2009-09-29 14:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK
09SARAJEVO1157BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR AND EU REPS DELIVER INVITATIONS
[...] (C) The Ambassador and representatives of the EU delivered invitations to eight party leaders October 2 to participate in discussions on October 8-9 in Sarajevo led by Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. All eight leaders said they will participate. Bosniak re [...]
2009-10-05 07:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
09SARAJEVO1183BOSNIA: POLITICAL STANDOFF OVER UTILITY CONTINUES,
[...] (SBU) The state electricity transmission company of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Transco (Elektroprenos),has like other state institutions become a victim of political squabbling. However, unlike some other examples of dysfunction that do not affect the general public, there are concrete consequ [...]
2009-10-15 14:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV AMGT BK
09SARAJEVO122BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...]
2009-01-30 16:03:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO123BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...]
2009-01-30 16:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO1265BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA LASHES OUT AT
[...] (SBU) The Republika Srpska (RS) Government adopted a report on November 9 which alleged that Principal Deputy High Representative (PDHR) Gregorian and eight other officials, journalists and political analysts have been collaborating to harm the interests of the RS. Among the other officials [...]
2009-11-10 18:08:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA
09SARAJEVO1300BOSNIA: WANING BOSNIAK-CROAT PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) The stalled cooperation between the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-BiH in the Federation entity reflects deepening tension between the party leaders. SDA leader Sulejman Tihic and HDZ-BiH leader Dragan Covic, who in the past have resolved [...]
2009-11-23 06:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO1312BOSNIA - PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL HOLDS OFF ON
[...] (C) Summary: At the October 18-19 session of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo, member state representatives expressed concern over continued attempts by the Republika Srpska (RS) to obstruct the work of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). PIC members also cited lack [...]
2009-11-24 18:36:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS EU BK
09SARAJEVO1324ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ALEXANDER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. ASD Vershbow attended the Adriatic Charter Defense Ministerial in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on November 18. Vershbow reiterated U.S. support for Bosnia's and Montenegro's NATO aspirations and stressed that the U.S. supported NATO membership for Macedonia as soon as a mutually [...]
2009-12-01 13:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BK
09SARAJEVO1368BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA RATCHETS UP REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Republika Srpska (RS) leaders are speaking increasingly openly about holding referenda on some of BiH's most sensitive issues. RS leaders -- particularly PM Milorad Dodik -- threaten almost daily to hold referenda on issues such as NATO accession and rule of law. Meanwhile, the oppositi [...]
2009-12-14 13:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO1381BOSNIA: LJUBIC STRIVES TO RALLY BIH CROATS AND
[...] (SBU) Recent initiatives from Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-1990 President Bozo Ljubic indicate that the campaign among Croats for the 2010 general elections is underway. Ljubic is reaching out -- thus far unsuccessfully -- to Croat academic and religious leaders, as well as other political [...]
2009-12-17 18:19:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO1387BOSNIA: HIGHREP EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) HighRep Valentin Inzko, supported by the Steering Board Ambassadors of the Peace Implmentation Council (PIC),on December 14 used his Bonn Powers to extend for three years the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases at the State Court and the State Pro [...]
2009-12-18 17:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO1427BOSNIA: FOCA MAYOR LAUNCHES NEW OPPOSITION PARTY
[...] (SBU) On December 16, Foca Mayor Zdravko Krsmanovic launched the New Socialist Party (NSP) in Banja Luka, claiming that the NSP already has 5,000 members. He said he plans to build a multi-ethnic party that will run candidates in all electoral units throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in [...]
2009-12-29 14:57:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BK
09SARAJEVO2BOSNIA - MOSQUE FIRE SPARKS MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: A mosque in a predominantly-Bosniak village in Eastern Republika Srpska (RS) caught fire on December 7, the eve of a major Islamic holiday. Almost immediately, political and religious leaders, led by SBiH President Haris Silajdzic and Mostar Mufti Seid Smajkic, politicized the i [...]
2009-01-05 11:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BK
09SARAJEVO210BOSNIA - CRIMINAL REPORT AGAINST DODIK SPARKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The criminal report that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed with the State Prosecutor's office against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and his associates (Reftel) has sparked a well-coordinated chorus of complaints from the RS. These grievances igno [...]
2009-02-20 16:17:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO223BOSNIA - SIPA REPORT PRECIPITATES COLLAPSE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the days following the news of the criminal report that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed with the State Prosecutor's Office against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and his associates (Reftel),Dodik and his party have vacillated between fits of [...]
2009-02-23 16:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO226BOSNIA - REIS'ING TOWARD TROUBLE
[...] (C) Summary: Reis Mustafa Ceric, leader of the Islamic Community (Islamska Zajednica, or IZ) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has made a series of statements in recent weeks that undermine his long-espoused position as a responsible leader of modern, "European" Islam. When addressing issues of Wah [...]
2009-02-24 11:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO228BOSNIA - PRESSURE INTENSIFIES ON SIPA AND STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office told us on February 23 that they anticipate completing their review of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) criminal report against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik (Ref A) next week. A formal investigation against D [...]
2009-02-24 17:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO233BOSNIA - SPECULATION ABOUNDS ON FUTURE OF BOSNIAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are anticipating a tumultuous time in Bosniak politics as spring approaches. The main Bosniak party, Sulejman Tihic's Party of Democratic Action (SDA),will hold an election on May 26 for its party presidency, and speculation on the candidates and outcome is already captivatin [...]
2009-02-26 06:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO249BOSNIA - RADMANOVIC ON SIPA COMPLAINT AGAINST DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting, Bosnian Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic told the Ambassador that the political situation in Bosnia was very "complicated" following the February 19 filing of a criminal report against RS PM Milorad Dodik for corruption (Reftels). Ref [...]
2009-02-27 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL BK
09SARAJEVO281BOSNIA: POST RESPONSE 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are not adequately protected. The Government suffers from a low level of capacity, primarily technical expertise in policy and law enforcement institutions. While legislation to enforce IPR is in place, enforceme [...]
2009-03-09 10:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR
09SARAJEVO317BOSNIA - DAS JONES' MARCH 1-4 VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY During his March 1-4 visit to Sarajevo DAS Stuart Jones met with leaders of all major political parties, members of the presidency, Defense Minister Cikotic, Prime Minister Spiric and Foreign Minister Alkalaj. He also met with representatives from international financial instituti [...]
2009-03-16 15:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
09SARAJEVO353BOSNIA - ATTACK ON JOURNALIST IN EASTERN REPUBLIKA
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, a Federation Television journalist, reporting on allegations of corruption in Trebinje, was physically attacked while filming the Serb Orthodox Church there. The local mayor and Serb Orthodox bishop (both Dodik allies) immediately blamed the victim, and Dodik himsel [...]
2009-03-23 05:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BK
09SARAJEVO377ITA POSITION USED FOR POLITICAL LEVERAGE AMONG
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The position of the Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) has opened another struggle for "ethnic balance" in state-level institutions. The current director, Kemal Causevic, is a Bosniak who has managed to keep the institution functioning at a basic level, but has [...]
2009-03-26 12:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON BK
09SARAJEVO386BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT PASSES: A VICTORY FOR
[...] (SBU) Two months of negotiating a constitutional amendment on Brcko District (Ref A) -- and thirteen years of USG engagement to make Brcko a self-sustaining, multiethnic district -- culminated in the amendment's overwhelming support in both houses of Parliament. The House of Representatives ( [...]
2009-03-27 14:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO39BOSNIA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN BOSNIA
[...] Summary: The Global Economic Crisis has reached Bosnia as demand for key exports, such as metals, has fallen sharply, construction has stalled and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has dropped. Loans are hard to get and remittances have stopped growing. Nonetheless, Bosnia,s high percentage [...]
2009-01-12 16:27:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL
09SARAJEVO40BOSNIA - GAZA REACTION REVEALS UGLY SIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti, biased press coverage, and irresponsible comments by Islamic Community head, Reis Mustafa Ceric (who labeled events in Gaza "genocide"),have contributed to an undercurrent of anti-Semitism in the Bosnian reaction to events in Gaza. [...]
2009-01-12 16:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GZ BK PREL
09SARAJEVO42BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. Major initiatives include a liberal State Foreign Investment Policy Law, a value-added tax (VAT),and a uniform trade and customs policy. However, foreign investors continue to face a num [...]
2009-01-13 10:20:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR BK
09SARAJEVO500WHAT TO DO ABOUT A PROBLEM CALLED BOSNIA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Our objectives here are to: 1) maintain Bosnia as a single state; 2) mute the country's potentially explosive ethnic divisions by embedding it in Euro-Atlantic institutions; and, 3) ensure that the state is strong enough to meet its NATO and EU obligations. Unfortunately, Bosni [...]
2009-04-20 15:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO501BOSNIA: INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST FEDERATION PRIME
[...] (SBU) Over the weekend, the Bosnian media confirmed that on April 14 the Sarajevo Cantonal State Prosecutor filed an indictment against Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic (Party of Democratic Action--SDA) and former Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic (SDA Federation PM from 1998 [...]
2009-04-20 15:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO507BOSNIA - REIS CERIC CALLS FOR "NATIONAL BOSNIAK
[...] (C) Summary: Reis Mustafa Ceric, head of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues to shoot from the hip on political matters, this time calling into question the country's multi-ethnic identity. While Islamic Community representatives were quick to dismiss this as a misunde [...]
2009-04-21 14:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BK
09SARAJEVO513BOSNIA - DODIK MAKES NICE AND ISSUES WARNINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on the 17th floor terrace of the Republika Srpska (RS) Government building on April 16, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and the Ambassador discussed a range of issues, including outstanding elements of OHR's 5 2 agenda, the state-level investigation of the PM over, amo [...]
2009-04-22 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO516BOSNIA -- DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE CLEARS SIPA
[...] (C) On April 22 a Disciplinary Committee of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) cleared Assistant Director Dragan Lukac (Croat) of any wrongdoing when he submitted a criminal report against several Republika Srpska Government (RSG) officials, including RS Prime Minister Milora [...]
2009-04-23 13:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO563BOSNIA - INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE:
[...] (U) Summry: Extensive technical assistance in drafting gverning legislation and rules of procedures along with significant USG investment in equipment and taining facilitated the creation and rapid develoment of the new state-level Foreigners Affairs Service from an idea on paper to an effecti [...]
2009-05-05 12:21:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO565BOSNIA - CROAT POLITICS MIRED IN STALEMATES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Croat political scene of late has been marked by increasing anxiety about the fate of two centers of Croat power -- the city of Mostar and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) parties. After six months of stalemate and frivolous bargaining, HDZ-BiH is reportedly close to an ag [...]
2009-05-05 13:26:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO592BOSNIA'S NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Our Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited several offices involved in data collection for passport issuance. The visits suggested that even if the Bosnian government hits its January 2010 production target for the new biometric passport, the data used to issue the [...]
2009-05-12 05:57:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO643BOSNIA - TIHIC VICTORY SENDS MESSAGE: SDA WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At its party congress on May 26 (Ref A),the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) reelected its moderate, pro-European president, Sulejman Tihic, who immediately pledged to continue working toward reforms vital for Bosnia,s future. Tihic comfortably defeated right-wing candid [...]
2009-05-27 13:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO658BOSNIA - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN OPENS DOOR FOR USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One week after the visit of Vice President Biden to Bosnia and Herzegovina, his signals of clear USG support for Bosnia have begun to shore up the voice of the Bosnian political moderates. During his public speech and private meetings on May 19, the Vice President declared in no [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO733BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO ANNUL RSNA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20, High Representative Valentin Inzko publicly announced his decision to use the Bonn Powers to annul the Republika Srpska's (RS) May 14 Conclusions on the alleged illegal transfer of 68 competencies from the entities to the state. This decision came after almost a [...]
2009-06-22 14:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
09SARAJEVO744BOSNIA: IMF DEAL DELAYED
[...] Summary. On June 22, the IMF postponed a scheduled June 29 governing board meeting at which the IMF was to approve a proposed $1.5 billion, 3-year standby arrangement because IMF conditions have not been met. The conditions included budget cuts at all levels of government. The RS entity and [...]
2009-06-24 10:01:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID BK
09SARAJEVO745BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27-28 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You come to Sarajevo as Bosnia weathers its latest political crisis, a showdown over the High Representative's use of his extraordinary Bonn Powers to annul an action by the Republika Srpska (RS) that challenged the structures of the Dayton Peace Accords (Ref A). Such crises a [...]
2009-06-24 10:20:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BK
09SARAJEVO773BOSNIA - SERBS KEEP QUIET AND BOSNIAKS CRY FOUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following HighRep Valentin Inzko's June 20 decision to use the Bonn Powers to annul the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA's) conclusions condemning what the RSNA perceived as the illegal transfer of competencies from the entities to the state (Ref A),Bosnian Serb politician [...]
2009-06-30 06:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO786BOSNIA - CANTONAL COURT CONVICTS NOTORIOUS MAFIA
[...] (U) The Sarajevo Cantonal Court's June 23 decision to convict notorious mafia boss Muhammed Ali Gasi continues to elicit favorable commentary. Gasi, along with his brother, and six associates, were convicted on organized crime-related charges, including extortion, illegal property purchases, [...]
2009-07-01 14:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO797BOSNIA - CODEL CARDIN STRESSES NEED FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 27-28 meetings with Bosnia's Presidency and the leaders of its most prominent political parties, a Congressional delegation led by Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) stressed the USG's continued concern for Bosnia's future and pledged our support for helping Bosnia become a s [...]
2009-07-02 14:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO804REPUBLIKA SRPSKA DELEGATES BLOCK ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 18, 2009, the Republika Srpska (RS) delegates in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliament (BiH HoP) rejected a proposed Revised Strategy for implementation of Annex VII (dealing with returns of displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and returned it to the Counci [...]
2009-07-07 07:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL BK
09SARAJEVO812BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 11-12 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You come to Sarajevo to commemorate a searing event in Bosnia's history, the 1995 genocide at Srebrenica. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly to the Bosniaks, a strong USG commitment to national reconciliation. You also will meet with Bosnian leaders on [...]
2009-07-08 11:16:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BK
09SARAJEVO841BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON
[...] (U) Summary: INL-provided SEED funded training conducted by the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) continue to play a critical role in our rule of law agenda here in Bosn [...]
2009-07-10 15:09:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO867EU DENIES BOSNIA ENTRY INTO VISA LIBERALIZATION
[...] (C) The European Commission (EC) announced on July 14 that it had decided to keep Bosnia off the list of countries recommended for entry into the EU's visa liberalization regime at this time. It attributed its decision to Bosnia's shortcomings in the issuance of biometric passports, the fig [...]
2009-07-16 13:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KCRM EU BK
09SARAJEVO88BOSNIA - HIGHREP LAJCAK TO BE NAMED SLOVAK FOREIGN
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador today, High Rep Miroslav Lajcak said that he had been offered and accepted the position of Slovak Foreign Minister. He plans to inform the PIC tomorrow, and immediately afterwards will tell the Presidency, which will be asked to inform other Bosnian gover [...]
2009-01-22 17:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA SK
09SARAJEVO883SUBJECT: BOSNIA - CODEL CARNAHAN HELPS MARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: From July 11-13 the Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and including Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) visited Bosnia-Herzegovina, underscoring the strength of the U.S. commitment to help Bosnia joi [...]
2009-07-23 04:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM OVIP BK
09SARAJEVO921BOSNIA AGREES TO ACCEPT GUANTANAMO DETAINEE LAHMAR
[...] (S) We received a diplomatic note from the Bosnian Foreign Ministry informing us that Bosnia has agreed to accept the transfer of former Guantanamo detainee Sabir Lahmar and deal with him in accordance with the Bosnian Law on Foreigners and Asylum. In practice, this will mean that Lahmar wil [...]
2009-07-29 13:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER BA
09SARAJEVO922BOSNIA - EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We are reaching a critical point in our and the international community's efforts to extend the presence of the international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. The Coun [...]
2009-07-29 14:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO951BOSNIA - GRIGORIJE, PRINCE-BISHOP OF TREBINJE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Serb Orthodox Vladika Grigorije (Bishop of Zahumlije and Herzegovina) holds both spiritual and temporal power in the southern Bosnian municipality of Trebinje. With authority extending throughout much of southern Bosnia, including Mostar, the relatively-youthful Grigorije is a m [...]
2009-08-04 10:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
09SCTION08OF09NAIROBI809KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 12:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG
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
09SEOUL10PRESS BULLETIN - January 02, 2009
[...] "North Korea Returns to the Past with Its Strategy of 'Tongmi Bongnam'" (Hankook Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) 2. Frustrating Editorial (JoongAng Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 34) 3. Let U.S. Congress be an Example to Korean Lawmakers (Chosun Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) Features [...]
2009-01-02 06:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1001ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On June 23, POLMC delivered reftel to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Shin said that the ROKG welcomed and appreciat [...]
2009-06-23 07:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS
09SEOUL1006SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 23:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1010SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 23:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1013SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 05:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL102MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 05:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1020SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1022SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 05:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1024SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 06:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1029SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 04:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL104ROK TO SEND DESTROYER TO THE GULF OF ADEN
[...] (C) Kim Yong-hyon, the Director of the U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloffs on January 16 that the ROKG decided to send a 4,500 ton class destroyer equipped with a Lynx helicopter and rigid inflatable craft to the Gulf of Ad [...]
2009-01-21 07:43:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHSA KS
09SEOUL1049SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 06:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL105LEE GIVES CABINET A SHAKE, BRINGS IN NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ROK President Lee Myung-bak gave his cabinet a makeover January 18 and 19, naming Yoon Jeung-hyun his new Finance Minister (septel),Hyun In-taek Unification Minister, and Won Sei-hoon National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director. In naming close campaign advisor and "Denuclear [...]
2009-01-21 08:25:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1050IRREGULAR WORKERS BILL REVISIONS WAYLAY NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: The June session of the National Assembly, which finally convened on June 26, has yet to hold a session, remaining deadlocked over the issue of converting "irregular workers" to regular status. In the absence of revision to the relevant legislation by the June 30 deadline, the fir [...]
2009-07-02 06:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL ELAB
09SEOUL1057SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1058SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1066SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 05:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1067SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 06:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1073NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...]
2009-07-08 01:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1081SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1097SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1098CYBER ATTACKS: NIS PREMATURE IN BLAMING NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: Reports by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS),leaked by National Assembly lawmakers, that blamed North Korea for the recent spate of Denial of Service cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean websites quickly fueled hysteria in South Korea's conservative print [...]
2009-07-10 07:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL1103SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 06:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1112SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 06:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1116SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 05:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1126SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1134SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1142SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 06:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1148SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 06:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1149SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 06:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL115MOFAT VICE MINISTER REQUESTS NEW ADMINISTRATION'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador, First Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak offered congratulations on President Barack Obama's inauguration and requested continued consultations on the KORUS-FTA as well as on North Korea. He emphasized the importance [...]
2009-01-22 06:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1152SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 05:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1154GNP PASSES MEDIA REFORM AMID OPPOSITION'S VIOLENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o used his authority to send the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) media reform bill directly to the plenary, where the GNP, controlling 169 of the 294 seats, handily passed the legislation. The bill was a revised version, which [...]
2009-07-22 07:46:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL116MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1164SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1167SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 04:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1174SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 06:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1176SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 07:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL118PRESS BULLETIN - January 22, 2009
[...] Korean Peninsula Initiative in Obama's Inaugural Address (Chosun Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 26) 2. A Profoundly Changed Foreign Policy (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 22, 2009, Page 23) 3. Reasons Why Obamanomics Should Not End in Failure (Hankook Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 39) 4. Messages [...]
2009-01-22 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1182SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 06:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1186SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 04:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1192SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 06:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1194NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...]
2009-07-30 03:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL12MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 01:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL120ROKG VIEWS ON CONPLAN 5029, SMA, AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary. ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan discussed the ROKG's positions on Conceptual Plan (CONPLAN) 5029, the new Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and Afghanistan during a cordial and wide-ranging 30-minute meeting at the Blue House on January 15 with United States Forces [...]
2009-01-23 00:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR PREL MOPS PGOV KS AF
09SEOUL1200SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 05:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1210SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 06:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1218SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 06:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1223SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 04:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1224SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 05:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1233SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 05:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1235SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 06:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1236ROK-IRAN RELATIONS OVERVIEW: PAST, PRESENT AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Diplomatic and economic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran date from 1962, but the relationship is not robust, with total ROK investment in Iran still under USD 34 million. The two countries have cooperated on multiple business projects sinc [...]
2009-08-05 07:31:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL ECON ETRD KS IR
09SEOUL1241SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...]
2009-08-06 06:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1243SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 22:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1252SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 06:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1255SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 04:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL126PRESS BULLETIN - January 23, 2009
[...] Report Urged U.S. to Center on Japan and China (JoongAng Ilbo, January 23, 2009, Page 4) 2 2. U.S. Ambassador Urges the ROK to Give Washington Some Time Regarding FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 23, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Fears of "Negative Growth:" ROK Economy Shrank [...]
2009-01-23 05:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1264SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 06:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1274DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA;
[...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...]
2009-08-12 04:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS KN
09SEOUL1277SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 06:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1282SSANGYONG STRIKE'S END UNLIKELY TO FORESTALL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 01:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD KS
09SEOUL1284SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 06:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1285SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 06:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1288EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY;
[...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...]
2009-08-13 08:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1292SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1293SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1294SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1295SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1306PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE WORKSHOP IN
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is cable is an action request. See para 19. 3. (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROKG) on July 21-22 hosted a USG delegation at a workshop in Seoul to discuss the Prolifera [...]
2009-08-14 06:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS IR
09SEOUL1308SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1316SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 23:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1318SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 08:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL132MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 06:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1326SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1327SOMBER REACTION TO KIM DAE-JUNG'S DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The public reaction to the death of former President Kim Dae-jung (reftel A) is somber and lacks the anger and anti-government sentiment that followed former President Roh Moo-hyun's death (reftels B,C) in May. Debate about funeral timing is ongoing as of COB August 19, but sour [...]
2009-08-19 09:38:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1336SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1344SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL135PRESS BULLETIN - January 28, 2009
[...] "Goodbye Guantanamo" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 24, 2009, Page 22) 2. "Obama Takes a Stand against Torture" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 24, 2009, Page 23) 3. Relocation on Shaky Ground (JoongAng Ilbo, January 28, 2009, Page 30) 4. Kim Jong-il's Growing Interest in Progress at Six-Party Talks [...]
2009-01-28 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1357SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1363SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 08:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1371SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1377SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1383SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 07:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1389NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]
2009-08-31 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1390SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1391SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1399SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1404SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 05:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1407NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES; OPPOSITION CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (NA) convened on September 1 to begin deliberations on the budget and conduct a state audit, and the opposition Democratic Party (DP) immediately staged a walkout as part of its continuing to protest against the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) passage of [...]
2009-09-02 06:56:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1408SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 07:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1413SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 05:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1418SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 05:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1420CABINET RESHUFFLE SIGNALS SHIFT TO CENTER;
[...] (U) Summary: The Blue House announced a cabinet reshuffle on September 3, replacing six ministers, including the Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, and creating a new position of Minister for Special Affairs. The first major cabinet reshuffle since President Lee Myung-bak took o [...]
2009-09-04 09:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1421NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS
[...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...]
2009-09-04 09:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1434SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 07:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1436SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1441SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 06:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1442SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 06:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1450SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 07:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1451CHUNG MONG-JOON ASSUMES GNP CHAIR; STAGE SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Chung Mong-joon assumed the chair of the Grand National Party (GNP) on September 7 after the former chair, Park Hee-tae, resigned to run for an open seat in the October 28 by-elections. Chung, a six-term National Assembly Member, was an independent until joining the GNP in 2007, [...]
2009-09-10 08:41:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1453SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL146PRESS BULLETIN - January 29, 2009
[...] Clean Energy Race Could Leave Korea Behind (Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. Secretary Clinton: "The Six-Party Talks Are Essential... We Will Also Pursue Direct Contact with North Korea" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 17) 3. O'Connor: "Political Leaders Shou [...]
2009-01-29 08:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1463SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1464SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1469SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009
[...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]
2009-09-15 01:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1470SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 05:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1471SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 05:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1474SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 06:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1488SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009
[...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...]
2009-09-17 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1495SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL150PRESS BULLETIN - January 30, 2009
[...] U.S., North Korea Should Return to "September 19 Six-Party Statement" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 27) 2. Candlelight Comeback (JoongAng Daily, January 30, 2009, Page 10) Features 3. The WEST Program Is Criticized for Wasting Money (Dong-a Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 12) [...]
2009-01-30 07:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1501SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 08:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1502SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 08:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1507SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1512SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1527SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 07:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1528SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 07:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1529SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...]
2009-09-24 08:24:00Embassy SeoulSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1539SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 07:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1542JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which constitutes the heart and soul of the Democratic Party (DP),seemed uninterested in [...]
2009-09-25 08:55:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1550JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Please disregard SEOUL 01542. Amended version corrects place names. 2. (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which c [...]
2009-09-28 06:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1554SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 08:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1555SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 08:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1559SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL156PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009
[...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1566SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 06:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1572SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 03:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
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
09SEOUL1591SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1592SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 08:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1595SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...]
2009-10-08 00:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1598SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 06:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL161MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1610SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 06:20:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1617RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH
[...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...]
2009-10-14 09:43:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1618SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 02:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL162PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009
[...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...]
2009-02-03 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1620SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 02:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1628SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 05:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1631SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea for the 41st Security Consultative Meeting 21-22 October. Your visit comes at time when our bilateral relationship is the best it has been in a number of years, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely [...]
2009-10-15 07:42:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PARM MARR KS
09SEOUL1633ROK: TOPSITES CONFERENCE YIELDS STRATEGY FOR
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the recording and movie industry and EmbOffs met on September 24 with ROKG and law enforcement officials to reintroduce the issue of topsites and revive inves [...]
2009-10-15 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR KS
09SEOUL1637SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 05:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1644SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1651SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1664ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...]
2009-10-21 06:31:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR
09SEOUL1670SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1676SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 06:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1687SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 07:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1696SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1697SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 07:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1698HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH
[...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...]
2009-10-26 08:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1699ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME
[...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...]
2009-10-26 09:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1705SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 07:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1711SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 07:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1723SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1727SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 05:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1732CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS MEDIA REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled that the controversial set of media reform bills the National Assembly passed in July were valid, despite violations in the voting process. Clearing this issue from the legislative agenda will allow the National Assembly to [...]
2009-10-30 07:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1739SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1745SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 06:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL175PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009
[...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...]
2009-02-04 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1750THE HAGUE CONVENTION: A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post urges inclusion of Korean Accession to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction in President Obama,s agenda for Seoul. This issue was previously raised with the ROK on numerous occasions, both in Seoul and Washington, over the past year, including by the Secret [...]
2009-11-03 08:23:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL KOCI KITA KS
09SEOUL1762SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 09:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1768SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 07:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1773SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...]
2009-11-06 03:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1775SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 04:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1784SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 09:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL179AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO HANAWON AND HANGYERAE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's January 29 visit to Hanawon Resettlement Center and Hangyerae Middle and High School revealed clean and modern facilities that show effective ROKG support for North Korean defectors on arrival in the ROK. During 2008, Hanawon's main campus for female defectors [...]
2009-02-05 05:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1794SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL18PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009
[...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...]
2009-01-05 07:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1800SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 08:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1801SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 08:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1802SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 06:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1811SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1818SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL182MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 05:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1832SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 07:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1835SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1836SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1839SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 05:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1846SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 06:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL185PRESS BULLETIN - February 5, 2009
[...] Obama Should Change His Dangerous View of Economy (JoongAang Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Department Stores to Sell U.S. Beef Next Month (Hankook Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 20) 3. Obama Administration's First Move on North Korea was to Impose Sanctions (Chosun Ilbo, [...]
2009-02-05 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1862SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 05:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1867TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES
[...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...]
2009-11-25 09:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP
09SEOUL1869SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1873SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea's Trade Dependency Over 90 Percent -- Foreign Currency Reserves Continue to Rise -- International Organizations Raise ROK Economic Outlook -- P [...]
2009-11-30 06:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1875SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 07:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1880SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 04:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1893SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1894SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 07:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1902PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT
[...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...]
2009-12-03 06:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1905SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1906PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DPRK REFUGEE COMMUNITY
[...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner on December 2, five prominent leaders from the North Korean refugee community told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan that ordinary people in the DPRK are listening to and reading "illegal" media from the South. Donovan's interlocutors cited a range of diffi [...]
2009-12-03 08:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1910SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 05:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL192MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 06:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1925SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 07:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1928SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 07:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1933SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 00:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1935SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 00:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1936SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 00:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1941SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 01:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1942SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 01:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1946SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1953SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 07:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1964SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 02:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1965SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 02:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1971SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 05:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1979SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1980SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1987SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 05:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1994SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 04:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1999SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 02:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL200PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009
[...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...]
2009-02-06 08:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL2007SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 05:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL2008NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...]
2009-12-28 05:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL2012SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 07:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL2013SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 07:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL2018SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL2027SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 04:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL203PRESS BULLETIN - February 9, 2009
[...] Let's Not Let Assessments Hinder Denuclearization (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 9, 2009, Page 23) Features 2. U.S. Experts Recount Visit to Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 9, 2009, Page 6) 2 3. Washington's First Diplomatic Homework is Afghanistan... What Kind of Homework Will It Become f [...]
2009-02-09 07:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL215PRESS BULLETIN - February 10, 2009
[...] Messages We Should Deliver to Secretary Clinton (Dong-a Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) 2. What Clinton Has Packed for a Visit to Seoul (Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, All TVs, All Intern [...]
2009-02-10 08:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL22MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 04:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL222ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...]
2009-02-11 07:01:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNPINS PINR PREL KS KN JA
09SEOUL225PRESS BULLETIN - February 12, 2009
[...] North Korea Has Nothing to Gain with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 39) 2. ROK's Preemptive Afghanistan Aid Diplomacy (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 3. Noticing the North (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 4. N. Korea Should Heed U.S. Warnings [...]
2009-02-12 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL232MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 04:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL235PRESS BULLETIN - February 13, 2009
[...] Lessons of 'Buy-American' Policy (Hankook Ilb, February 13, 2009, Page 39) 2. National Security Worries (JoongAng Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 26) 3. North Korea Should Not Miscalculate Things with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 39) Top Headlines Chosun Il [...]
2009-02-13 07:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL240PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009
[...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...]
2009-02-17 08:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL242MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL246MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 05:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL249PRESS BULLETIN - February 18, 2009
[...] Agenda for Clinton visit (JoongAng Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. "North Korea Is Operating a Plant to Enrich Uranium at Yongbyon" (Dong-a Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 6) 3. Campbell Will Be in Overall Charge of U.S. Negotiations with N. Korea (JoongAng Ilbo, Februa [...]
2009-02-18 07:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL256MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 05:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL258PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009
[...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...]
2009-02-19 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL26PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009
[...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...]
2009-01-06 07:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL269PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009
[...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...]
2009-02-23 09:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL270MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 09:49:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL276PRESS BULLETIN - February 24, 2009
[...] 'Hillary's Kiss' and the Korean Peninsula (Hankook Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 38) Features 2. NK Raised No. of Special Forces by 60,000: Report (Dong-a Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 6) 3. Money Is the Biggest Problem; WEST Participants Should Pay a Lump Sum of $8,500 (Dong-a Ilbo, [...]
2009-02-24 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL278 ROKG ANNOUNCES FOUR-YEAR "GREEN NEW DEAL" TO INVEST USD 38
[...] Summary: The South Korean government has announced that it will invest 50 trillion won (USD 38.1 billion) over the next four years on environmental infrastructure projects in a "Green New Deal." The program, comprising nine major projects and 27 secondary projects, is intended to spur slumpin [...]
2009-02-24 11:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON PGOV KS
09SEOUL282HYUNDAI GROUP SUGGESTS PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY
[...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun shared her views with the Ambassador on the current state of inter-Korean relations over lunch on February 13. Hyun said North Korea wanted to improve relations with South Korea, but the South's halting of fertilizer and rice deliveries whi [...]
2009-02-26 01:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD MARR PGOV KS KN
09SEOUL283PRESS BULLETIN - February 25, 2009
[...] After All, the U.S. Is the Problem (JoongAng Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 26) 2. How Clinton Stole Korean Hearts (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 3. N. Korea Will Have to Pay for Missile Test (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 4. Breaking the Cycle of Brinkmanship (Hankyo [...]
2009-02-26 02:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL284MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 02:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL289PRESS BULLETIN - February 26, 2009
[...] True Character of Clinton's Diplomacy (Segye Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 31) 2. Will 'Clinton Effect' Continue? (JoongAng Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress Enviable (Hankook Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 39) 4. Foreign Minis [...]
2009-02-26 08:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL29PRESS BULLETIN - January 7, 2009
[...] ROK-U.S. Response in 2009 to North Korea's Nuclear Issue (Chosun Ilbo, January 7, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo 93 Public Welfare Bills, including Bills on Easing Criminal Penalties, are stalled by National Assembly standoff; (as a result) Low-Income People (who are unable to [...]
2009-01-07 07:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL3PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008
[...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...]
2009-01-01 23:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON 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
09SEOUL309MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL312ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) After poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though their superi [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS
09SEOUL313PROGRESS ON KEY LEGISLATION IN DOUBT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The current special session of the National Assembly ends on March 3. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) had pledged to push through several controversial bills in addition to economic reforms after failing to make progress in previous sessions. After the main opposition De [...]
2009-02-27 08:52:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL324PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009
[...] Regrets about Secretary Clinton's Visit to Seoul (Hankyoreh Shinmun, March 2, 2009, Page 26) 2. Critical Moment for the Six-Party Process (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 28, 2009, Page 23) Features 3. Does the U.S. Put More Emphasis on Direct Talks with N. Korea Than on the Six-Party Tal [...]
2009-03-02 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL327POHANG AND POSCO ADJUSTING FOR THE FUTURE -- AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Pohang, the home of Korea?s steel industry, the Ambassador learned that POSCO, the world?s fourth largest steel producer, is having to adjust to the global economic slowdown, cutting production for the first time in its four decades of existence. The company, ho [...]
2009-03-03 01:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EMIN ELAB EINV PGOV PINR KS
09SEOUL331PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009
[...] What Obama's Reforms Suggest to Us (Hankook Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 39) Features 2. N. Korea, UN Command Hold 1st Talks in 6 Years (Dong-a Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 6) 3. "The U.S.-North Korea Talks Can Be Viewed Positively If They Are Helpful To the Six-Party Talks" (Hankook Ilbo, [...]
2009-03-03 08:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL332NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 08:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SEOUL333NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH
[...] (U) Post's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ----------------------------------------- Paragraph 23: South Korea's TIP Situation ----------------------------------------- 2. (U) A. The ROK Ministry o [...]
2009-03-03 08:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
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
09SEOUL34MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 05:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL35PRESS BULLETIN - January 8, 2009
[...] "Israel's Indiscriminate Massacre and Its American Accomplice" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. WEST Program Costs an Applicant 20 Million Won; Is It a "Measure for Youth Employment"? (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo [...]
2009-01-08 06:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL350SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 5, 2009
[...] President Lee Myung-bak, in a March 4 interview with The Australian, an Australian newspaper, said that North Korea might enjoy short-term benefits from escalating tension by preparing for a suspected missile launch but that such a provocation would play against the North in the long run. Presi [...]
2009-03-05 08:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL353SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009
[...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...]
2009-03-06 06:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL354SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009
[...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...]
2009-03-06 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL357ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...]
2009-03-06 09:40:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEAIR KS KN
09SEOUL359SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL363SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 08:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL364SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 08:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL371SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL381DPRK'S NORTH-SOUTH MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CUTOFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Pyongyang promptly restored the inter-Korean movement of goods and personnel in the two transportation corridors after closing them for 24 hours on March 9, ROK Government and private contacts see an unforced error on the part of DPRK authorities, who seem not to have realized [...]
2009-03-11 08:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL386SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL393SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:20:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL395SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL398SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 06:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL399SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL4032009 SPECIAL 301 - POST RECOMMENDATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2008 saw a significant acceleration of Korean efforts on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. On February 25, 2008, Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as Korea's President; Lee explicitly identified stronger IPR protection as an important strategy to boos [...]
2009-03-16 10:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KS
09SEOUL408SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL409SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL410SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL428G-20: ROKG SHERPA AND FINANCE COORDINATOR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ROKG G-20 Sherpa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Minister Ahn Ho-young told EMin on March 18 that the ROKG shares U.S. views and appreciated U.S. leadership at both the Sherpa meeting and the Finance Ministers' meeting in London earlier this month. The ROKG supports [...]
2009-03-19 07:25:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL KS
09SEOUL429SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 07:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL442SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL444SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL445DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS
[...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...]
2009-03-20 07:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS
09SEOUL44621ST SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The 21st session of the Security Policy Initiative (SPI) opened on March 2, at the ROK Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. The meeting covered a wide range of topics concerning the U.S.-ROK security alliance, including: the North Korea (DPRK) missile situation, an update on [...]
2009-03-20 08:13:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PREL KS KN
09SEOUL447KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...]
2009-03-20 09:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON KS KN
09SEOUL454SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 07:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL456SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL467SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 05:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL47PRESS BULLETIN - January 9, 2009
[...] U.S. Could Step up Import Regulations on Korea (Chosun Ilbo, January 9, 2009, Page B1) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo A Civic Group Seeks Measures to Root Out "Lawmaker Violence," Including a System to Impeach Lawmakers who Resort to Violence JoongAng Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo Online Commentato [...]
2009-01-09 05:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL480SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 06:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL485SOUTH KOREANS CALM ABOUT NORTH KOREAN THREATS
[...] (C) Summary: The South Korean public has reacted calmly to North Korea's increasingly hostile rhetoric and actions over the last six months. Even in the shadow of the North's impending missile launch, polls show only a slight up tick in public concern about the North Korean threat, and debate [...]
2009-03-25 08:00:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL490SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 08:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL492SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL495SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL498BIG NAMES IMPLICATED IN UNFOLDING BIPARTISAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's latest political corruption scandal, slowly growing for months, picked up speed this week with the arrest of Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae and summonses issued for a number of politicians including Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin. The allegatio [...]
2009-03-29 22:25:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL50NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT LIKELY TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's December extraordinary session, which ended on January 8, was fraught with strife. The session opened on December 10 and the next day the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party (DLP) quarreled with National Assembly security guards outside the Judiciary [...]
2009-01-09 07:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL502SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 07:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL514CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC DEBATE, BUT ROK PLANS TO JOIN
[...] (C) The Republic of Korea plans to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles, becoming a full participant in PSI soon after the planned DPRK launch of a Taepodong2. The Foreign Minister stated that to reporters on March 20 in an effort to condit [...]
2009-03-31 07:26:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KN KS
09SEOUL515SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL516SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 08:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL525SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL526SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL527ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has conveyed reftel A points on alliance coordination of public diplomacy following a Taepodong2 launch by the DPRK to MOFAT and Blue House National Security Advisor. The Ambassador has underlined to National Security Advisor Kim that Seoul and Washington should be closely [...]
2009-04-01 07:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKPAO MARR PREL PARM
09SEOUL532SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL533SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL540SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 07:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL541SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL55PRESS BULLETIN - January 12, 2009
[...] Pyongyang Wants Envoy at Obama's Inauguration (JoongAng Ilbo, January 12, 2009, Front Page) 2. Ambassador Stephens: "Obama Will Take a Package Approach toward North Korea's Nuclear Dismantlement and the Establishment of Diplomatic Ties" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 10, 2009, Page 8) Top Headlin [...]
2009-01-12 06:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL551SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL552SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL559SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL560SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL568SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL57NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FIGHTS: OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: The surprise winner of the latest round of fighting in the National Assembly was the opposition Democratic Party, which saw its approval rating double in two months. The main loser is President Lee Myung-bak, closely followed by the GNP leadership. Both were shown to be weak, [...]
2009-01-12 07:29:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL58NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2008
[...] (U) Inter-Korean Exchange Fund Allocation to Increase in 2009, although National Assembly Slashes ROKG Share: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) said December 14 that it will set aside about 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.1 billion) in 2009 to facilitate economic and humanitarian exchanges with North [...]
2009-01-12 08:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL581SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 07:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL587SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MARCH 2009
[...] After several rounds of public hearings, the Lee Myung-bak administration submitted draft legislation entitled "The Basic Law on Low Carbon and Green Growth" to the National Assembly on February 28. The proposed legislation calls for the introduction of a market-based cap-and-trade system on [...]
2009-04-10 06:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KS
09SEOUL588SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 07:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL591ROKG RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) Summary. The responses from Director-General Choi Jongmoon (South Asian and Pacific Affairs) and First Secretary Kim Hyon-du (ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division) indicated that the ROKG: had yet to make a decision on contributions [...]
2009-04-10 07:53:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF KS
09SEOUL594SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL595SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL600SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL615SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 23:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL617SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 23:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL625SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 06:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL626SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 06:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL63PRESS BULLETIN - January 13, 2009
[...] President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed during yesterday's summit meeting in Seoul to put aside historical disputes and enhance bilateral cooperation to deal with the global economic crisis. The two leaders also stressed the importance of maintaining the Six-Party fr [...]
2009-01-13 08:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL633SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL634SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 07:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL640SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL645SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 06:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL646SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 06:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL648ROK "SUPPORTS" PSI "PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES"
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, Blue House National Security Advisor Park Sun-won conveyed the ROKG's final position on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),which states that the ROKG "supports the purpose and principles of the initiative but will implement it in accordance with [...]
2009-04-21 07:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KS
09SEOUL653KOREA'S NEXT DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 18th National Assembly, plagued by bickering since its inception, has proved its inefficiency time and again and is faced with widespread public pessimism about the legislature's functionality. The inter-party conflict that has so frequently ground proceedings to a halt is, [...]
2009-04-22 07:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL654SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 07:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL660SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL661UK, SWEDISH DIPLOMATS IN PYONGYANG: OFFERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK and Swedish Embassy Pyongyang Deputy Heads of Mission Paul Scullion and Johan Eidman, visiting Seoul on April 22, described service in Pyongyang as professionally limited because of narrow access to DPRK officials and almost no contact with ordinary North Koreans; that said, t [...]
2009-04-23 07:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KN UK SW
09SEOUL664SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 04:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL673SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL674SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL676SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 05:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL68PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009
[...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...]
2009-01-14 08:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL683SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 07:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL694SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 07:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL7PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008
[...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...]
2009-01-02 05:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL704SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 05:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL706SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL708REVISING HISTORY: NEW ROK HISTORY TEXTBOOK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Starting from this spring, South Korean high school students will learn their history from a revised text of their familiar "A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea." The movement to revise the history text kicked off soon after the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, s [...]
2009-05-04 09:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL715SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL716SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 07:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL720SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 06:41:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL732SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL745SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL746SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL758SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 06:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL762SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL771SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 06:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL772SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 06:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL776NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...]
2009-05-15 01:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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