Search through 251'286 wikileaks cables

Select office:

Select classification:

Tags: ALL or ANY

B R O W S E

By embassy:

Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb

By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES

[close]

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

[close]

By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA

Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable

Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124

1'000 rows / 123'263 results

Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08BELGRADE436	SERBIA: UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF GUEHENNO ON NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 5, UN Under Secretary General for Peace-Keeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed Contact Group ambassadors in Belgrade about his efforts to obtain buy-in for "practical arrangements" for future EULEX and UNMIK involvement in northern Kosovo. Guehenno, in Belgrade on h [...]	2008-05-06 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SR KV

08BELGRADE450	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND RADICALS STILL NECK AND NECK [...] (SBU) Serbia's radical and democratic parties are still running neck-and-neck toward the May 11 parliamentary elections. Despite tabloid press reports showing the democratic coalition with a small lead over the Radicals, more accurate polling data shows the Radicals maintaining its slight le [...]	2008-05-07 08:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE452	SERBIA: IF THE RADICALS WIN [...] (SBU) A victory of the war crimes indictee Vojislav Seselj-led Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in the May 11 parliamentary elections would bring to power a leadership with no international experience and little common ground on the U.S. or EU priorities for democratic and economic development in [...]	2008-05-07 13:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TAGS
08BELGRADE461	SERBIA: MAY 11 ELECTION PRIMER [...] (SBU) Serbian citizens in Serbia and Serbs in Kosovo will head to the polls on May 11 to elect a new Serbian Parliament and local municipal assemblies. The main contenders for the national parliament are the Democratic Party and the Serbian Radical Party's tickets, but either party would need [...]	2008-05-09 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE462	SERBIA STREAMLINES ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS BUT GAPS REMAIN [...] (U) Serbian law enforcement officials reported that Serbia remains a major transit country for drugs between Asia and Europe and that key government offices appear to be making serious efforts to combat the problem. Police and anti-drug representatives expressed thanks for the "high-quality" [...]	2008-05-09 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PINR XG SR
08BELGRADE474	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS TAKE PLURALITIES IN MOST [...] (SBU) In Serbia's May 11 local elections President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party-led "For a European Serbia" coalition won a plurality of seats in Belgrade and in 13 of Serbia's 21 other cities. Similar to parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party's (DS) and its partners' performance ove [...]	2008-05-14 04:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SR
08BELGRADE482	SITREP BOSNIA FROM BELGRADE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On April 21 and 22, Belgrade based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Bosnia to meet with local officials and to discuss concerns facing displaced persons and returnees. Durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons and sustainability of return continue to b [...]	2008-05-15 06:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM BK
08BELGRADE485	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RETURN TO PARLIAMENT, MODERATES [...] (U) Albanians in Southern Serbia's Presevo Valley voted in record numbers on May 11 to return one representative to Serbia's national parliament. In local elections, moderate Serb and Albanian parties made gains against their more radical opponents in Bujanovac and Presevo. With no outright m [...]	2008-05-15 15:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE496	SERBIA'S SANDZAK: DESPITE PRO-DEMOCRATIC ELECTION RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Democratic forces in the Bosniak majority city of Novi Pazar won more votes than the party of strong arm Mayor Sulejman Ugljanin in May 11th's local election. Despite his second place finish, Ugljanin may still be able to maintain power with the help of a local Serb coalition and his pa [...]	2008-05-19 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MW KV SR
08BELGRADE50	SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Upcoming Serbian presidential elections pit the incumbent President Boris Tadic against Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic in a race that Tadic will likely win in the second round of voting. The Radicals are running an effective campaign, however, presenting a kinder, gentler message that m [...]	2008-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE500	SERBIA: SPECULATION ON NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Although there has been little progress in the formation of Serbia's new coalition government, speculation is growing about who would be the Prime Minister of a democratic, European-leaning government. The leading candidates are individuals who would not pose a political threat to Presi [...]	2008-05-20 16:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SR PREL PGOV
08BELGRADE508	SERBIA: VOJVODINA PROVINCIAL RUNOFF ELECTIONS MAY INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Runoff elections for the autonomous Vojvodina province's provincial parliament will take place on May 25. Voters already chose the half of the parliament that is based on proportional representation and will choose the remaining, directly elected seats in the runoff. The Democratic Part [...]	2008-05-23 07:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE509	SERBIA: COALITION NEGOTIATIONS HEATING UP [...] (SBU) President Tadic's formal meetings May 22 with the leaders of the parties that won seats in the new Serbian Parliament confirmed that no group has yet formed a majority, but it appears that pro-European forces have the upper hand. Socialist Party leader Ivica Dacic, whose coalition holds t [...]	2008-05-23 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE517	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MAY 15 [...] (SBU) Budget and staffing cuts for 2009 continue to afflict The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Serbia. Representative Lennart Kotsalainen told refcoord May 15 he had reluctantly agreed to cut six local positions and one international post, per UNHCR Geneva instructio [...]	2008-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE519	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS WIN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY IN VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party won an outright majority in the May 25 runoff elections for Serbia's Autonomous Province of Vojvodina's parliament. Low voter turnout helped the Democrats win, as Radical voters stayed home. The provincial win is a major boost for the DS as it negotiates to form a g [...]	2008-05-27 15:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE53	Serbia's Kosovo Minister Pledges No Violence and No [...] (SBU) Serbia's Kosovo Minister Samardzic told UK, US, French, German and Italian COMs on January 11 that Serbia was committed both to no-violence and no-recognition of Kosovo. In response to a UK-headed "Quint" demarche, Samardzic said EU and U.S. policy toward Serbia was stuck in a Milosevic [...]	2008-01-11 17:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE533	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT AS COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of the third week of government coalition negotiations in Serbia, it appears that the Democratic Party (DS) is still on track form a democratic, pro-European government with the Socialists (SPS) and others. DS leaders appear to be moving forward with a plan to final [...]	2008-05-30 18:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE559	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS CLOSER TO FORMING [...] (SBU) It now appears likely that Boris Tadic's Democratic Party will form a coalition government with the Socialists, perhaps as early as next week. Recent actions by the Socialists (SPS) and further intransigence by Prime Minister Kostunica's party regarding Serbia's European future have tip [...]	2008-06-09 09:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE569	SERBIA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) We presented the Combating Trafficking in Persons report on Serbia to Srdjan Milkovic, North Americas Division Chief at the Foreign Ministry, on June 4. Miljkovic praised other recent human rights-related reports from the Department for their accuracy and said he was eager to read the fu [...]	2008-06-09 18:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SR
08BELGRADE574	SOUTH SERBIA: BOMB BLAST IN BUJANOVAC [...] (SBU) A late night bomb blast on June 6 at Police Headquarters in the multi-ethnic town of Bujanovac in southern Serbia destroyed a police vehicle but resulted in no fatalities. Police are closely holding information on the incident as they try to gather information on motives and perpetrators [...]	2008-06-10 18:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC SR
08BELGRADE577	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES FUGITIVE ZUPLJANIN ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested Stojan Zupljanin, one of four remaining ICTY fugitives (PIFWC),on June 11 in a Belgrade suburb. His arrest was based on a tip from Serbian Intelligence Services (BIA) and carried out by officers of the Special War Crimes Prosecutors Office with participation [...]	2008-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE579	SERBIA: COMING CLOSER TO CLOSING THE DEAL ON A PRO-EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Although there has been no public announcement, it appears that President Boris Tadic and Socialist leader Ivica Dacic have reached agreement in principle on a pro-European coalition government. Dacic is expected to take a deputy premier position. We believe the Prime Minister slot has [...]	2008-06-12 11:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE587	SERBS WILL ANSWER UN SYG BAN'S LETTER WITH A "SOFT NO" ON [...] (SBU) President Tadic will likely respond on June 15 with a "soft no" to UN SYG Ban's letter on UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) reconfiguration. Prime Minister Kostunica has already responded publicly, calling the Ban proposal unacceptable for Serbia. Kosovo Minister Samardzic publicly said UN [...]	2008-06-13 15:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE591	SERBIA - KOSOVO MINISTRY WAITING CONSTITUTION AND [...] (SBU) As Kosovo prepares to enact its new constitution on June 15, Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo is cautiously watching, but not actively planning any major response to the event, and is expecting that little on the ground will change in the near term. Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic will [...]	2008-06-13 18:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE600	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH - TIME TO DEFINE ITS FUTURE? [...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is going through a turbulent period. The recent session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops revealed the divide within the church on a range of religious and political issues. With a technical authority taking over the functions of the Patriarch, none of t [...]	2008-06-17 16:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE603	SERBIA: PRIME MINISTER LOSES BID (FOR NOW) TO HAVE [...] (SBU) In contrast to President Tadic's "soft no" to UNSYG Ban's letter on UNMIK reconfiguration, Prime Minister Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) sought a special session of Serbia's new parliament to declare Kosovo's new constitution illegal and reject the EU's plan to send a [...]	2008-06-18 08:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE61	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE616	SERBIA: FORMAL DS-SPS COALITION NEGOTIATIONS NEXT WEEK? [...] (SBU) Informal coalition negotiations between President Tadic's Democratic Party and Ivica Dacic's Socialists have reportedly concluded, with brief formal negotiations expected the week of June 23. Tadic is widely believed to be shooting for a public announcement of a governing coalition by [...]	2008-06-23 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE617	SERBIA: SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 1999 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) The Serbian Supreme Court handed down verdicts on June 19 against 10 individuals, including the Milosevic regime's secret police commander and state security chief, for the 1999 attempted assassination of Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) head Vuk Draskovic and the murder of four of his asso [...]	2008-06-23 08:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE619	SERBIA: P5+1 PACKAGE AND SIMULTANEOUS [...] (SBU) On June 19 we presented the updated P5+1 Package to the MFA's Section Chief for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States, Vasilje Petkovic. Petkovic said he was encouraged by the extensive package. Simultaneous to our delivery of reftel demarche, Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltani [...]	2008-06-23 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR PGOV SR
08BELGRADE62	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE625	SERBIA: SOCIALISTS ACCEPT COALITION WITH PRO-EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) After weeks of slow progress, President Tadic's "For a European Serbia" coalition and the Socialists launched and quickly concluded formal coalition negotiations over the weekend. The Main Board of the Socialist Party voted overwhelmingly on June 23 in favor of a coalition with pro-Euro [...]	2008-06-24 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE630	PRM TRIP REPORT: CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFUGEE RETURN, [...] (SBU) Belgrade-based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Croatia, June 10-13, to assess the status of refugee returns and to discuss concerns of displaced persons and returnees. Meetings with representatives of the Government of Croatia, the United Nations High Commission [...]	2008-06-24 17:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM HR REFUGEES
08BELGRADE648	SERBIA: TADIC NAMES CVETKOVIC AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Following several days of heated debate within his own party, Serbian President Boris Tadic named outgoing Minister of Finance Mirko Cvetkovic as his choice for Prime Minister on June 27. Cvetkovic's nomination was supported by Tadic's coalition partners but criticized by the Radicals a [...]	2008-06-30 18:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE662	SERBIA: TRIAL OF ALLEGED MUSLIM TERRORISTS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Serbia's first domestic terrorism trial, in which the defendants are accused of planning attacks in Belgrade on sites including the U.S. Embassy, continues to work its way slowly through the judicial system. The case crept forward during two recent trial sessions and is scheduled to res [...]	2008-07-03 10:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE671	SERBIA: UPDATE ON KOVACEVIC CASE [...] (SBU) Embassy Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) and Consular Chief met July 6 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the parents of Serbian citizen Miladin Kovacevic and their lawyer Veselin Cerovic to discuss the ongoing case against Kovacevic in connection with the assault of U.S. citizen Bryan S [...]	2008-07-08 08:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP SR
08BELGRADE677	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS FORM NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) After almost two months of coalition negotiations, Serbia's new European-oriented government under Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic was formed on July 7. The cabinet, a mix of old faces and new, contains representatives of seven political parties. The government enjoys the support of a sl [...]	2008-07-08 18:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE684	SERBIA: SENIOR LEADERS SYMPATHETIC ON CONTACT POLICY, [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and Dragan Djilas, the Democratic Party's candidate for mayor of Belgrade, both believe that the Serbian government's policy of restricting high-level contacts with countries that have recognized Kosovo is ill-advised. They say that the Kovacevic case [...]	2008-07-11 17:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE695	SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH IVICA DACIC, FIRST [...] (SBU) In a July 14 meeting, new First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic expressed his willingness to meet with the Ambassador despite the Serbian government's Kosovo-related contact policy. Dacic said that he would not be an obstacle to ICTY cooperation. On Kosovo, he [...]	2008-07-16 12:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE70	SERBIA: UNHCR REFINES CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR POPULATION [...] (SBU) The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belgrade continues contingency planning and preparations for possible population displacements from Kosovo into Serbia, in consultation with Serbian Government, NGOs, and donors. UNHCR officials told emboff that, while the g [...]	2008-01-18 06:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE700	SERBIA: KOVACEVIC ASSAULT CASE: AMBASSADOR APPEALS TO [...] (SBU) During a second meeting with Embassy representatives, the lawyer for Miladin Kovacevic, the Serbian basketball player accused of brutally assaulting U.S. citizen Bryan Steinhauer, stated that he will advise his client not to return to the U.S. for trial. He requested that Kovacevic be tr [...]	2008-07-17 19:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE718	SERBIA ARRESTS ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL KARADZIC [...] (SBU) Serbian security forces arrested Hague Tribunal indictee Radovan Karadzic late on July 21 in Belgrade, where he had reportedly been living under an assumed identity. The Serbian War Crimes court ruled the same night that he could be transferred to The Hague, a process that could take sev [...]	2008-07-22 17:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE744	SERBIAN PUBLIC REACTION TO KARADZIC ARREST MUTED [...] (SBU) Public reaction to the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),thus far has been confined to a few small demonstrations by ultra-right groups and Radical Party members, although thousands of soccer fans cheered [...]	2008-07-24 18:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC SR
08BELGRADE745	SERBIA: KEY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FORMED, BELGRADE STILL [...] (SBU) After more than two months of negotiations, many key municipalities in Serbia have now formed their new local governments. Many local coalition agreements were dependent on the formation of the national coalition government, which took place July 7. Only in Central Serbia and Vojvodina [...]	2008-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE757	SERBIA TO RETURN AMBASSADORS TO EU COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Despite our multiple warnings that such a move would be ill-advised and counterproductive, the Serbian Government voted "unanimously" on July 24 to send their ambassadors back only to European Union countries that had recognized Kosovo. Some ministers reportedly opposed the partial retu [...]	2008-07-28 10:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE76	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE765	SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...]	2008-07-28 19:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE77	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 18:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE770	SERBIA: EMBASSY REQUESTS SERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETURN [...] (SBU) In meetings with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, post has reinforced the USG request for the return of Miladin Kovacevic to the United States to stand trial on charges of assaulting Amcit Bryan Steinhauer in a bar in Binghamton, NY. The Charge has emphasized the responsib [...]	2008-07-29 18:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE773	SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...]	2008-07-30 18:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE78	SERBIAN VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS IN FORCE [...] (SBU) In a country where the number of conspiracy theories exceeds the population, the assumption is that Saint John (whom Orthodox Serbs celebrate today) and the Democratic Party conspired to ensure the fine weather that brought voters to the polls in record numbers for Serbia's first round of [...]	2008-01-21 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE786	SERBIA: NEW SANDZAK MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FACE OLD [...] (SBU) New municipal governments in Serbia's predominantly Muslim southwestern Sandzak region are optimistic that their ties to the national coalition government will pay off in both political support and state funds. These political alliances, though helpful, may not be enough for the region t [...]	2008-08-01 18:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE79	SERBIAN VOTER TURNOUT FOR PRESIDENTIAL FIRST ROUND [...] (U) Radical Party candidate Tomislav Nikolic's predictable first place showing in the first round of Serbia's presidential elections, left incumbent President Boris Tadic with less than a five-point gap to fill by the February 3 second round. To win, Tadic needs to kick his sluggish campaign [...]	2008-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE800	SOUTHERN SERBIA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) By not including Serbs in local governments, Southern Serbia's ethnic Albanian political leaders missed an opportunity to exercise political inclusiveness and set a course for stability in the multi-ethnic, economically depressed, politically volatile region. In Bujanovac and Presevo mun [...]	2008-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE818	TFGGO1: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SILENT ON GEORGIA, BUT RADICAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government has not taken an official position on the Georgia situation (Ref A),hoping to avoid a diplomatic Catch 22 with regard to Kosovo and aggravating either Russia or the West. Government officials, the local press, and Russia's ambassador to Serbia, however, have drawn [...]	2008-08-14 05:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE844	SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR FINALLY NAMED [...] (U) Dragan Djilas, a leader of the Democratic Party and a close associate of President Boris Tadic, was named mayor of Belgrade on August 19 after months of coalition negotiations, following the May 11 municipal elections. Djilas formed a minority coalition government with Ivica Dacic's Socia [...]	2008-08-19 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EADM PINR SR
08BELGRADE861	SERBIA: STAFFDEL DESAI'S AUGUST 14 - 17 VISIT [...] (SBU) During an August 14-17 visit to Serbia, a staff delegation from the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (HACFO) heard about the benefits and importance of U.S. assistance from a wide variety of Serbian interlocutors and deliver [...]	2008-08-26 06:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE875	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY MEETS WITH UNMIK REP, SERBIAN [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic and UNMIK Deputy Head Nicholas Haysom on August 25 discussed the return of ethnic Serbs to judicial bodies in northern Kosovo and to the Kosovo Police Service (KPS),the third UNMIK-GOS meeting in the past six weeks. Bogdanovic reiterated tra [...]	2008-08-28 05:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE878	SERBIA: CITY OF NIS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) After four years under the control of reactionary nationalist parties, the city of Nis is under "new management" by pro-European forces. The new mayor is intent on opening his city for engagement with the west in an effort to attract assistance and investment. Although he is a newcomer [...]	2008-08-28 09:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR SR
08BELGRADE904	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH DISPUTE ECHOES DESCENT OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of Serbia's presidential, parliamentary, and local elections, wherein nationalist politics experienced a marked loss in popular support, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) also is undergoing internal debate over its future orientation. Long-simmering disputes and tensions with [...]	2008-09-04 12:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE913	SERBIA: FORMER PM KOSTUNICA'S PARTY IN DISARRAY, LEAVES [...] (SBU) Following its poor showing in the May parliamentary elections and its failure to form a governing coalition with the Socialist Party, former Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is struggling to find a new political niche. Many inside the party believe that Kostun [...]	2008-09-08 07:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE928	SERBIA: RADICAL LEADER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Acting head of the Serbian Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic resigned from his party leadership positions on September 5 and created a new parliamentary caucus of 19 members on September 8. Although it was widely known that Nikolic was frequently in conflict with party president and ICTY in [...]	2008-09-09 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE929	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES STABILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH EU [...] (SBU) On September 9, Serbia's Parliament approved both the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and its energy deal with Russia, ending months of gridlock over the two agreements. Getting the SAA agreement approved was a priority of the new pro-European government led by the D [...]	2008-09-09 15:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE95	SERBIA: ONE WEEK FROM DECISION DAY, DEAD HEAT FOR ELECTION [...] (SBU) Incumbent President Boris Tadic and presidential hopeful Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic continue neck-to-neck in the run-up to the run-off for Serbia's presidency. In the days since the January 20 first round of voting, the candidates have begun to differentiate their visions for Serbia [...]	2008-01-25 10:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE952	SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...]	2008-09-12 06:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE955	SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...]	2008-09-12 08:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE958	SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT [...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...]	2008-09-12 14:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE964	SERBIA: UNMIK CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ENGAGING [...] (SBU) UNMIK SRSG Lamberto Zannier told us on September 12 that he was cautiously optimistic that he could continue to engage with the Serbian Government on resolving "practical matters" related to Kosovo Serbs, but expected slow progress on any solutions. Zannier said they were closest on a d [...]	2008-09-15 12:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE98	SERBIA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE: WINNER TAKES (ALMOST) ALL [...] (SBU) The winner of Serbia's Presidential elections will receive more than $6 million in state funds to offset the cost of what is becoming an increasingly expensive campaign. Serbia's 2004 law on political party financing makes available public funds to offset campaign expenses of candidates [...]	2008-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE984	SERBIA REACTS TO EU DECISION NOT TO IMPLEMENT INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) The European Union's September 15 decision not to approve the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia was met with disappointment, and some anger, in the Serbian government. Opposition parties are using the decision to claim that the EU will "blackmail" Serbia into recognizing Kosovo as a co [...]	2008-09-18 15:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD SR
08BELGRADE987	SERBIA: VICE CONSUL ARRESTED IN KOVACEVIC CASE; KOVACEVIC [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested former Vice Consul Igor Milosevic on September 2 and are investigating him for misuse of authority for issuing a travel document to former University of Binghamton basketball player Miladin Kovacevic, who is accused in New York of first-degree assault and fir [...]	2008-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELMOPAN108	BELIZE: POSITIVE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial meetings with Prime Minister Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Vega went well. Both said that they felt bilateral relations were on a good track. They said that the main challenge ahead was to run a clean administration, and while they were optimistic about the future t [...]	2008-02-21 20:45:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR EPET SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN120	BELIZE: FOREIGN MINISTER/ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belize's new Attorney General and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington told the Ambassador February 20 that he did not see any major problems in the bilateral relationship. He seems likely to focus most attention on the justice system and less on his foreign affairs portfolio. Co [...]	2008-02-25 21:58:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI PINR BH
08BELMOPAN130	BELIZE'S MISSING VENEZUELAN MILLIONS [...] (U) On December 28, 2007, the Government of Belize received a US $10.0 million grant from the Government of Venezuela. The money was earmarked for home investment, social projects, and a new sporting complex in Belize City. The outgoing government went on a spending spree and disbursed the en [...]	2008-03-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN163	BELIZE DEMANDS RETURN OF FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (U) Summary. The newly elected government of Belize recently discovered that Venezuela and Taiwan had each granted US$10 million to the GOB. While ostensibly for housing construction and social programs, the funds were diverted by the previous Prime Minister to the privately held Belize Bank t [...]	2008-03-19 15:23:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN169	BELIZE: NEW GOVERNMENT THRONE SPEECH DELIVERS LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) Summary. On March 14, the new Government of Belize proposed a legislative plan that focused on government reform, education, health, and crime. The announced reform agenda seeks to combat corruption and institutionalize transparency. The plan also included new and expanded programs and ser [...]	2008-03-19 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN172	BELIZE: [...] (U) Summary. Following a crushing defeat in February's general elections, former People's United Party's Prime Minister Said Musa resigned as party leader. A leadership struggle ensued between his preferred successor and a group of reformers who had challenged party leadership in the past. Th [...]	2008-03-20 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN187	BELIZE: PARTY LEADER IS AN ELECTION UPSET FOR THE PUP OLD [...] (U) On March 30, the People's United Party (PUP) held a convention in the nation's capital to determine the party's new leader. Initially, three candidates were vying for the top position: Johnny Briceno, Mark Espat, and Francis Fonseca. Espat and Briceno withdrew from the election several we [...]	2008-03-31 21:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN223	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES EUN PHUM BH
08BELMOPAN235	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BELIZE [...] Belize is an import dependent country and the impact of increasing global prices for commodities and high energy costs directly add upward pricing pressure to the economy. The inflation rate reached a ten-year record high of 4.5% in the first quarter of 2008. Dairy products, chicken, corn, [...]	2008-05-08 14:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN252	BELIZE: HAND GRENADE ATTACK LATEST ESCALATION OF GANG [...] At least one teenager was killed and nearly a dozen more wounded, some critically, when An explosive, probably a grenade, was thrown into a group of youths Sunday evening, May 18. The suspect in the attack, who is still at large, is believed to be approximately 16. According to police the at [...]	2008-05-19 21:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SOCI PGOV CASC BH
08BELMOPAN29	BELIZE: VENEZUELAN CASH MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION [...] (U) The ruling People's United Party (PUP) is putting a US$10 million grant from Venezuela to work quickly in the runup to elections called for February 7. Although the grant was first announced in the summer of 2007 (ref A),the funds were received less than two weeks ago, around the time o [...]	2008-01-18 16:16:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN BH
08BELMOPAN333	(U) UK INTERESTED IN COORDINATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The UK has been pleasantly surprised by the progress Belize and Guatemala have made in moving their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ref) and is looking at ways to support the two countries' efforts. Matthew Forbes, FCO Section Head covering Central America, told Ch [...]	2008-07-18 14:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS BH
08BELMOPAN342	POSITIVE SIGNS AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN OFFICE? [...] (SBU) The GOB released the national budget on July 14, addressing several of the 21 pledges made in the pre-election United Democratic Party (UDP) manifesto. At first glance, the GOB has demonstrated some measurable progress compared to their manifesto and the public remains cautiously optimis [...]	2008-07-24 20:54:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN343	GOB STILL "IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITIES" IN THE BUDGET [...] (U) On July 14 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the national budget for FY 2008/2009 budget. It is a relatively balanced budget of US$412.4 million, up by 12.2% over last year's revised figure of US$367.7 million. Much of the increase results from capital III expenditures aimed at p [...]	2008-07-24 20:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
08BELMOPAN378	BELIZE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 20:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU BH
08BELMOPAN388	BELIZE, A RETURN TO THE PAST? [...] (C) Discussions of misappropriation and mismanagement in the Ministry of Economic Development,s leading foreign trade organization and allegations of ministerial level corruption developed further last week. Today,s Cabinet meeting will determine the outcome according to the CEO of the Ministr [...]	2008-09-03 21:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN46	BELIZE: AUDITOR GENERAL ISSUES SCATHING REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent report of Belize's Auditor General paints a bleak picture of "widespread" waste, fraud and abuse in the public sector. Like many of the reports of scandals and corruption in the current government, this one made a brief sensation in the press and then faded fr [...]	2008-01-24 19:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN503	FORMER BELIZE PM CHARGED WITH THEFT OF USD 10 MILLION [...] (U) Amidst cries from a small crowd shouting, "leave our daddy alone", Said Musa, former Prime Minister of Belize, entered the courtroom today to face a single charge of theft of USD 10 million alleged to have occurred in December 2007 (reftel). Over 40 police officers were dispatched to the s [...]	2008-12-04 22:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN505	BELIZE: MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND TITLES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge and POLOFF met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega on December 3, 2008. Vega said he was working hard to eliminate the backlog of over 5,000 land transfer and title cases inherited from the previous government. He estimated it will t [...]	2008-12-04 22:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET BH
08BELMOPAN506	THE PUP DIVIDE: UPDATE ON THE OLD GUARD'S ANTICS [...] The People's United Party (PUP) has remained relatively quiet following its staggering defeat in the February general elections (ref A). Recently though, internecine struggles have resurfaced as former PMs Said Musa and George Price (sometimes referred to as the father of the nation) lent the [...]	2008-12-05 21:16:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR
08BELMOPAN517	BELIZEANS REACT STRONGLY TO THE SIGNING OF THE ICJ [...] (SBU) FM Wilfred Elrington returned home to a barrage of questions from the local press after the signing of the compromis in Washington, DC on Monday December 8, 2008. He and Belize's lead negotiator, Ambassador Fred Martinez, held a press conference immediately upon their return. Elrington [...]	2008-12-15 15:01:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS GT BH
08BELMOPAN55	BELIZE: ELECTION POLLS SUGGEST SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Two recent polls suggest significantly different outcomes for the February 7 national elections in Belize. A survey by SPEAR, the Society for the Promotion of Education and Research, projects turnout close to 90%, and gives the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) the edge over the r [...]	2008-01-31 20:33:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN57	BELIZE: SENATE REFERENDUM ADDS CONFUSION TO CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to the national election on February 7, Belizeans will be asked to vote on whether they favor an elected Senate to replace the current appointed body. The government added the referendum to the general election ballot with no warning, in effect allowing only the 30 [...]	2008-02-01 21:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN63	BELIZE: ELECTION COVERAGE PLAN [...] Summary: Post has prepared a plan to cover 22 of the 31 constituencies in Belize for the general elections taking place this Thursday, February 7, 2008 (reftel A). In total, 16 election observers from U.S. Embassy Belmopan will travel throughout the country. Each observation team is expecte [...]	2008-02-06 19:29:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN64	BELIZE: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers of Belize's election campaign refer to issues of class and race to predict voting patterns but most agree that after ten years in power and numerous corruption scandals it will be difficult for the government to be reelected on February 7. The two major political [...]	2008-02-06 20:21:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN65	BELIZE: ELECTION GENERALLY PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY [...] As of approximately 1600 local time (1700 Washington time) Belize's election is proceeding smoothly. The Embassy's 16 observers have visited dozens of polling stations throughout the country and have generally found officials well-organized and lines of voters moving smoothly. 2. There h [...]	2008-02-07 22:20:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC SOCI PREL BH
08BELMOPAN74	BIO -- BELIZE PRIME MINISTER DEAN BARROW [...] Dean Oliver Barrow was elected Prime Minister of Belize on February 7, 2008. Following is his biography. Address as: Mr. Prime Minister, Prime Minister Barrow Full Title: The Honourable Dean Barrow DPOB: March 2, 1951, Belize City 2. Education: Barrow received his Bachelor of L [...]	2008-02-11 14:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN8	BELIZE: GENERAL ELECTIONS FEBRUARY 7 [...] After months of rumors and speculation, Prime Minister Musa announced the day of general elections in Belize: Thursday, February 7, 2008. He also announced that a referendum regarding an elected Senate will take place on the same day. 2. Announcement of the election date was to some exten [...]	2008-01-09 15:41:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH

08BELMOPAN83	BIO -- BELIZE MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCE, [...] Erwin Rafael Contreras was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to cabinet on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography. Address as: Minister Contreras, Mr. Minister, Full Title: The Honorable Erwin Contreras DPOB: July 4, 1966; Cayo, Belize 2. Education: 1990-1993 [...]	2008-02-13 22:23:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN88	BIO -- BELIZE SENIOR GOVERNMENT ADVISOR (MINISTERIAL RANK) [...] Dr. Manuel Esquivel was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to the position of Senior Government Advisor with Ministerial Rank on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography. Address as: The Right Honourable Dr. MANUEL ESQUIVEL DPOB: May 2, 1940, Belize City 2. Educa [...]	2008-02-14 20:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN93	(C) BELIZE: WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE BARROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on his comments to us and his initial actions and appointments since taking office, we are hopeful that Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his newly-elected government will offer more opportunities to advance important bilateral issues than the previous government. Barrow's [...]	2008-02-15 22:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET PINR BH
08BERLIN1006	MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...]	2008-07-24 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1044	PM MALIKI VISITS GERMANY TO ENHANCE COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki visited Germany on July 22-24 to encourage German politicians and industry to increase their cooperation with Iraq. He underscored that the security situation has dramatically improved in Iraq over the last six months and invited the German government to [...]	2008-07-31 12:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ GM
08BERLIN1050	GERMAN CHANCELLERY APPROVED GAS DEAL IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellery sources report that it knew of and approved the decision by Germany's export control agency (BAFA) to permit Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec's (Steiner) export of machinery related to the conversion of natural gas to fuel to Iran. Despite press reports alleging p [...]	2008-07-31 20:10:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC EPET PREL IR GM EINV PINR ECON PGOV
08BERLIN1081	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE ON NEW [...] (C) On 7 August 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Alexander Fierley, desk officer responsible for Southeast Asia at the German Foreign Office. POLOFF explained the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008, and provided Fierley with a list of the 10 c [...]	2008-08-08 07:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM
08BERLIN109	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - FINALIZED GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The German delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting has been finalized and will now include a representative of the Federal Chancellery in addition to those from the Environment and Foreign Affairs Ministries. In response to the action request (REF A),the Environment Mi [...]	2008-01-25 11:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1101	GERMANY'S VIEW OF GEORGIA: FRUSTRATION RISING BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DCM accompanied by POLOFF delivered REF (A) points to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber on August 12. Haber expressed the MFA's frustration with Russian actions in Georgia but stressed Germany's decision to wait for a readout from French Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-08-12 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08BERLIN1114	GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR [...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]	2008-08-13 15:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN1115	GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR [...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]	2008-08-13 15:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN113	GERMANY IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Head of the European Correspondent Office Thomas Schieb on January 25. Schieb noted that the Western Balkans, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan/Dafur/Chad, and Kenya were currently on the GAERC agenda. -------------- [...]	2008-01-25 17:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IZ IS SU
08BERLIN1150	G-7 STATEMENT ON GEORGIA: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY AWAITS SIGNAL FROM CHANCELLERY AND MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV GG GM
08BERLIN1166	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]	2008-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1175	GERMANY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier August 20 welcomed the release of Belarusian political prisoners Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich and noted that Belarus had taken an important step towards improving relations with the EU. PolOffs met with MFA desk officer for Belarus, [...]	2008-08-22 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN120	AMBASSADOR CULTIVATES TIES WITH YOUNG FDP LEADERS [...] (C) Ambassador Timken and senior embassy officers hosted a dinner for eight young up-and-coming Free Democrat (FDP) federal parliamentarians January 23 in order to foster a working relationship and discuss policy issues of mutual interest. Born from a recent meeting between the Ambassador and [...]	2008-01-29 09:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1222	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 5-6 EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post provided talking points from reftels to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb September 2 and followed up with him September 4 to get Germany's perspective on the Avignon meeting. Schieb indicated there was little daylight between the U.S. and Germany on the way [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GM GG RU
08BERLIN1244	LUGAR CODEL: GERMANS EMPHASIZE NEED FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: During Senator Lugar's September 1-2 visit to Berlin, which focused on energy security, the range of interlocutors (government, business, parliament) told Lugar that Germany has had a long history of cooperation with Russia on energy, that Russia consistently has been a reli [...]	2008-09-10 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG OVIP GM
08BERLIN1259	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 EU GAERC FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany expects the EU Council on September 15 to agree on creating a small "coordination cell" in Brussels to help coordinate the existing anti-piracy contributions of EU members and prepare the way for a possible future ESDP mission off the coast of Somalia. The Council is also [...]	2008-09-12 14:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM PGOV GM ZL ZI SO SR BO
08BERLIN1295	GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...]	2008-09-19 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1309	MERKEL,STEINBRUECK STAND UP FOR BALANCED BUDGET [...] Summary: On September 16, against a backdrop of the global financial crisis and increasing demands for domestic spending, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) introduced an FY 2009 budget of 288.4 billion Euros -- the Grand Coalition's third and last joint budget prior to the national elect [...]	2008-09-23 07:59:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV ECON GM
08BERLIN1318	GERMANY LOOKING FOR SMALL STEP FORWARD IN BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and Chancellery contacts appeared in agreement regarding Belarus and expected the EU to ease restrictions following the Belarussian parliamentary elections on September 28. The GOG hopes that the elections will reflect "an improvement over last time," which in conjunction wi [...]	2008-09-24 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1345	SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT OF ACTING DOD GENERAL COUNSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DOD General Counsel Daniel Dell'Orto, accompanied by Charge Koenig, met with MFA Legal Advisor Georg Witschel and MOD Legal Advisor Dieter Weingartner September 17 in Berlin. In addition to a general legal discussion about the use of force in combating transnational terror [...]	2008-09-29 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV GM
08BERLIN1349	GERMANY RELUCTANT TO IMPEDE ZIMBABWE'S ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 12:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI GM
08BERLIN1356	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]	2008-10-02 08:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1365	GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...]	2008-10-06 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR
08BERLIN137	EMERGING 5-PARTY LANDSCAPE COULD YIELD FRAGILE [...] (C) Key state elections in Germany indicate an emerging 5-party political landscape, bringing with it increasing complexity in the formation of fragile coalitions. A possible result could be continuation of a national Grand Coalition after 2009. Both the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Soc [...]	2008-02-04 17:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1377	GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]	2008-10-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1386	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...]	2008-10-10 16:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD
08BERLIN1387	GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...]	2008-10-10 17:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1408	(S/NF) GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S/NF) DCM raised October 15 with German NSA Christoph Heusgen the possibility of Germany resettling the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee described in Ref (A). Heusgen was noncommittal; he did not rule it out but suggested that other countries (he mentioned Spain) might be more appropriate. [...]	2008-10-17 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO GM
08BERLIN1412	GERMAN SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Ruediger Koenig October 17, emphasizing the importance of holding the 2009 elections on schedule and encouraging Germany to make a significant contribution so that the process is fully funded. Koenig agreed that s [...]	2008-10-17 16:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1413	GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF MANDATE RENEWED WITH A [...] (C) As previewed reftel, the Bundestag approved on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate for Bundeswehr participation in ISAF by a wide margin, with 442 voting "yes," 96 "no" and 32 abstaining. In addition, 42 parliamentarians, some of whom would have voted "no" or abst [...]	2008-10-17 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1436	GERMANY: OPEN TO GREATER COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials at the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) told visiting S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Larry Sampler October 16 that they would welcome greater cooperation with S/CRS and invited the U.S. to send one or more representatives to a December 11-12 internatio [...]	2008-10-23 07:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PREF UNDP UN
08BERLIN1475	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. WAY FORWARD ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post presented reftel points to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Jutta Schmitz, who readily agreed that Bosnia (BiH) was on the wrong track and needed to be the focus of renewed attention by the international community, especially by the EU. Schmitz, who just took up her positi [...]	2008-10-30 17:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BK EU GM
08BERLIN1482	ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO [...] (S/NF) Summary. The German Federal Security Council (Bundessicherheitsrat) is likely to reach a formal decision to permit movement of the three German-origin helicopters to Afghanistan in a meeting scheduled for November 5 (ref B). The Chancellery, MFA, Economic Ministry and its export cont [...]	2008-10-31 14:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KOMC PGOV PREL ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1484	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...]	2008-10-31 15:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08BERLIN1496	New German Agriculture Minister Likely to Follow [...] (U) Summary. Ilse Aigner has been appointed as the German Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, replacing Horst Seehofer who has returned to Bavaria as Minister President. It is unclear how this change will affect Germany's agricultural and trade policy decisions in the comin [...]	2008-11-03 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV INRB GM
08BERLIN151	SENIOR BUNDESTAG MP URGES THAW IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ruprecht Polenz (CDU) gave the Ambassador a read-out of his mid-January trips to Israel and Iran. Repeatedly commenting that he did not believe only in "containment," Polenz asserted that the Iranian leaders' to [...]	2008-02-07 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PTER IS IR GM
08BERLIN1511	MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...]	2008-11-05 13:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK
08BERLIN1517	DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...]	2008-11-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1526	GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS
08BERLIN153	GERMAN ENERGY GIANT RWE JOINS NABUCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After negotiations lasting nearly a year, German energy giant RWE became the sixth member of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline consortium. RWE joins energy companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey in the EU-supported project to pipe gas from the Caspian region to [...]	2008-02-08 09:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1537	GERMANY: RAPIDEYE AG READY TO SELL UNIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By January 2009, German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG (RE) will likely begin commercial delivery (without significant export restriction) of unique, space-based imagery with potential reconnaissance applications and capable of imaging any point on Earth daily. Althoug [...]	2008-11-13 16:22:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN1542	GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...]	2008-11-14 18:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM
08BERLIN1543	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-14 18:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1544	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-17 05:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1549	GERMANY FORMALLY SCALES DOWN PARTICIPATION IN OEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. A new parliamentary mandate significantly reduces the geographic area in which German armed forces are allowed to operate under OEF and reduces the troop ceiling by almost half. As a result, German military forces will no longer have the ability to participate in combat operation [...]	2008-11-17 10:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1561	"YES WE CEM": GREENS ELECT GERMANY'S FIRST ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens elected pragmatic Cem Oezdemir party co-chair -- Germany's first ethnic Turkish national party leader -- during its November 14-16 party convention and sought to jump-start its sagging polls with a "Green New Deal" combining financial market reforms with investment in [...]	2008-11-19 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1575	GERMAN FIRM INFOTERRA EYEING NEXT SAR-LUPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infoterra, a subsidiary of EADS-Astrium, believes that their next generation digital synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology provides them with a competitive edge in securing the SAR-Lupe follow-on contract with the German MOD and are actively pursuing entry into the USG defe [...]	2008-11-21 16:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN161	STEINBRUECK CALLS FOR TIGHTER BANKING [...] SUMMARY: For months, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) refrained from commenting on the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S. and possible measures to prevent similar turbulences in the future. Now, in the week leading up to the G-7 Finance Minister meeting in Tokyo he finally br [...]	2008-02-11 08:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1628	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany says it is "completely in line" with the U.S. on the way forward in Bosnia, while acknowledging a few "nuances" regarding the conditions for the transition to a EU Special Representative. The discussion of EU enlargement at the December 8-9 GAERC will focus on the Wester [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL RS IS TU GM
08BERLIN1656	GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...]	2008-12-11 17:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM
08BERLIN1660	IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...]	2008-12-12 12:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU
08BERLIN1663	GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM
08BERLIN1675	IRAN: BUNDESTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS LEVERAGING IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two of the Bundestag's leading Iran experts discussed Iran-related issues with visiting NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz November 11 and 12. In separate meetings, Rolf Muetzenich (SPD),a leading member of the Bundestag's Disarmament Subcommittee, and Iranian-German Green [...]	2008-12-16 15:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNNP GM IR
08BERLIN1690	GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...]	2008-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU
08BERLIN1692	GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...]	2008-12-19 13:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS
08BERLIN1705	(S) GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS EXPORTED TO AFGHANISTAN: PREPARING FOR INQUIRIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KOMC PGOV PREL ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN188	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAN, ANNAPOLIS, SYRIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg told A/S Welch in a February 11 meeting that the MFA does not agree that it is necessary to push for an immediate UNSC Iran sanctions resolution before the next IAEA report is issued, although Germany is not against such a push. A/S Welch [...]	2008-02-15 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL SY IS GM IR
08BERLIN194	ERDOGAN INFLAMES INTEGRATION AND TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to the Turkish community and statements against assimilation during his February 7-10 visit to Germany caused a political tempest. His call for Turks living in Germany to reaffirm strong ties to Turkey and educate their child [...]	2008-02-15 15:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM KISL
08BERLIN208	BERLIN AND BEIJING BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Tracking with reports from Beijing (reftel),German relations with China have developed forward momentum following a negative shift in the bilateral relationship in the fall of 2007. This follows a series of diplomatic exchanges over the past few months, culminating recently with a telep [...]	2008-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH GM
08BERLIN209	MOMENTUM FOR UNSC REFORM SUBDUED IN GERMANY [...] (C) Although momentum seemed to pick up last year for German leadership on the issue of UNSC reform, the German Foreign Ministry does not predict significant forward momentum on this issue in the coming year, primarily for reasons to do with the UN meeting calendar and planning logistics. Ne [...]	2008-02-20 16:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GM
08BERLIN22	KEY ELECTIONS MAY REVEAL DIRECTION OF GERMANY [...] (C) Summary: Germany is now gearing up for three state-level elections in January and February that will be seen as a barometer for political trends in advance of the 2009 national elections. At a time when the national Grand Coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social D [...]	2008-01-07 17:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN224	GERMAN TAX DRAGNET EXPANDS AMID GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized raids by German law enforcement officials on Germany's rich and powerful in the ongoing tax evasion investigation threatens to ensnare hundreds of prominent citizens. It has also ignited a heated public debate on Germany's moral fabric and its ability to ma [...]	2008-02-22 16:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN240	GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...]	2008-02-27 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN247	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: IS GALILEO [...] (C) The 6th Annual Munich Satellite and Navigation Summit, held February 19-21, 2008, focused largely on the Galileo program's future. Though prospects have improved from a year ago, the program still faces significant challenges, including: an aggressive schedule for a fully operational an [...]	2008-02-28 17:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN256	GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-03-03 08:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN264	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: WORLDWIDE GNSS [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA PRESENTED UPDATES ON DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AT THE 6TH ANNUAL MUNICH SATELLITE AND NAVIGATION SUMMIT HELD FEBRUARY 19-21, 2008. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RUSSIA'S GLONASS PROGRAM IS PROJEC [...]	2008-03-03 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN265	BECK'S RISKY GAMBIT DIVIDES SPD, STRENGTHENS MERKEL [...] (C) Summary: SPD Chairman Kurt Beck's declared opening to cooperation with the Left Party in Hesse and the West threatens to divide the SPD, potentially playing into the hands of Chancellor Merkel's CDU. By forcing through a decision to allow the SPD's Andrea Ypsilanti to be elected as Hesse [...]	2008-03-03 17:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN273	GERMANY BACKS MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, [...] (SBU) On February 28, ECONOFF delivered reftel points to Karsten Sach, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the Environment Ministry. Sach is also Germany's lead climate negotiator. Sach passed our request to both Christian Lindemann and Marcus Schroeder, who handle inter [...]	2008-03-04 17:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BERLIN294	IRAN: MFA DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROGRAMMING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Iran Desk Officer Carolyn Coberly and MFA officials discussed U.S. and German efforts on Iran-related democracy programming, the upcoming Iranian elections, and the current Iranian human rights situation on February 25. The MFA officials expressed great interest in sup [...]	2008-03-07 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IR GM
08BERLIN295	GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE AND BUNDESTAG MEMBER ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Office Latin America Commissioner Gerhard Schroembgens underscored German support for the EU's dual-track approach to Cuba and told us that Germany has called on EU Development Commissioner Michel to meet with opposition and civil society figures while in Havana. [...]	2008-03-07 16:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN CU GM
08BERLIN296	GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 10-11 GAERC [...] (U) Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger March 7 to discuss ref A points regarding the March 10-11 EU General Affairs and External Affairs Council (GAERC) meeting. Embassy Iran watcher followed up on relevant points with the MFA Iran desk. Western Ba [...]	2008-03-07 17:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN302	NSG/INDIA - GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN/NESS Director Richard Stratford and DOE/NNSA Director for International Regimes and Agreements Richard Goorevich visited Berlin March 7 to discuss Germany's plans for its upcoming presidency of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the May 19-23 Berlin Plenary. Discussion foc [...]	2008-03-10 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
08BERLIN303	GERMANY/RUSSIA: MEREL GOES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel traveledto Moscow March 8, becoming the first foreign leder to meet with Russian President-elect Medvede since his election a week ago. During her one-day visit, she also met and held a joint press confrence with President Putin. At a March 10 de-briefing for t [...]	2008-03-10 19:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MAR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN313	(C) STEINMEIER COULD ECLIPSE BECK AS SPD [...] (C) Summary. A physically and politically weakened SPD Chairman Kurt Beck returned to work March 10 after a two-week illness and botched political machinations amidst rampant speculation about his political future. SPD sources tell us that although Beck will likely remain SPD party chairman, h [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN322	IRAN: BUNDESTAG PASSES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, the German Bundestag passed a unanimous resolution on the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, calling for a free and fair campaign and free and democratic elections. Speakers from Germany's four main political parties underscored the deteriorating Iranian huma [...]	2008-03-13 16:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN323	IRAN: MFA ON MAJLES ELECTION STATEMENT, [...] (C) PolOff (Iran-watcher) shared reftel talking points and the draft USG statement on the March 14 Iranian parliamentary election with MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel on March 12. Potzel recommended that the statement should frame the Iranian election in terms of international standards, [...]	2008-03-13 16:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN335	EMERGING LEFT PARTY SHAKES UP GERMAN POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Left Party's electoral successes in western states and gains in the national polls over the past year have transformed this once fringe party of former communists into a weighty political force. The merger of smaller post-communist parties to form the Left Party last year ha [...]	2008-03-14 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN345	MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF
08BERLIN356	WSJ OP-ED: GERMANS PUSHING FOR MORE DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: Germany is a challenge for the U.S. on the issue of arms control and disarmament, often critical of our efforts and poorly informed about our activities. The January 15 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn -- which supported inter alia the goal of elim [...]	2008-03-20 09:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO PGOV NRRC GM MARR KCFE
08BERLIN365	GERMANY'S REACTION TO UNREST IN TIBET [...] (C) On March 18, PolOff with Thomas Gerberich, the lead China desk officer at the German MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Tibet and the German response to the situation. Although German officials have said they oppose boycotting the Olympics to protest the Chinese government's heav [...]	2008-03-20 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN379	GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the April 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-26 17:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN38	GERMANY TO ATTEND JANUARY 30 MEM DESPITE MISGIVINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will send a delegation to the January 30 Major Economies Meeting (MEM) although they remain skeptical about the value-added that the Major Economies Process (MEP) brings to the UNFCCC process. German officials are expressing concerns about the frequency and scope of the [...]	2008-01-10 10:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN381	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN382	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on March 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN405	GERMANY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL [...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A-C demarches during the week of March 24 to MFA International Economic Policy Officer Claudia Schuett, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Desk Officer Ernst Roeder-Messell, and Finance Ministry Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Division Director Michae [...]	2008-04-01 10:04:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
08BERLIN424	GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN427	GERMANY WALKS TIGHTROPE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE [...] (SBU) German Chancellor Merkel and the interior and foreign ministries have ruled out a boycott of the Olympics, but government reactions, along with that of the public, continue to be critical of China. Government statements and an April 3 special session of the German parliament on China's [...]	2008-04-04 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN433	(S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...]	2008-04-07 10:11:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC
08BERLIN458	MERKEL GIVES CREDENCE TO BIOPIRACY CLAIMS AHEAD OF CBD [...] SUMMARY: Biodiversity was the theme of the CDU/CSU caucus conference of the German Bundestag, held April 9 in Berlin. In a keynote address German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expects the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP-9) will send a clear signal on the n [...]	2008-04-11 14:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TBIO EAGR PGOV GM
08BERLIN469	SUB PRIME CRISIS GETTING COSTLY FOR GERMAN [...] SUMMARY: With all major year-end reports of German banks now in, the impact of the U.S. sub prime crisis on German banking is beginning to reveal its full extent of damage. The story emerging is one of a sector largely intact, but bruised and ripe for consolidation. Set for a record profit [...]	2008-04-15 15:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN493	GERMAN CONFERENCE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials say they plan to work with "like-minded" countries to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this fall, regardless of whether major developed nations support the endeavor. According to the German proposal, IRENA would offer policy advice, f [...]	2008-04-18 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN506	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME [...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...]	2008-04-23 08:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM
08BERLIN508	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME [...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...]	2008-04-23 08:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM
08BERLIN531	GERMAN GRAND COALITION FACES STRAIN OF UPCOMING [...] (C) The German Grand Coalition will increasingly face tensions created by the need for the lead candidates to position themselves for the 2009 national electoral campaign. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier both remain highly popular. Merkel, however, face [...]	2008-04-25 09:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN537	IRAN: DFM SAFARI VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and the Americas Mehdi Safari made his first official visit to Berlin April 17-18 to hold discussions with the MFA and Interior Ministry. Safari's visit has been characterized as "nothing revolutionary" by MFA officials. He delivered t [...]	2008-04-25 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
08BERLIN562	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]	2008-04-30 15:15:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS

08BERLIN566	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]	2008-05-02 05:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS
08BERLIN615	GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Iraq Desk Director Dr. Ruediger Lotz May 7. Lotz noted that Germany would again participate in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm. Due to scheduling reasons, FM Steinmeier will likely not attend, but State Secretary Sil [...]	2008-05-09 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN629	MERKEL'S LATIN AMERICA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS DIVIDE...OR [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel's four-country tour of Latin America got unexpected media attention after Hugo Chavez compared the Chancellor's CDU to the Nazi party. Reflecting their differences in other areas, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are promoting different approaches to Lat [...]	2008-05-13 18:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU XM GM
08BERLIN649	LEBANON: GERMANY SUPPORTS ARAB LEAGUE BUT [...] (C) PolM/C delivered Ref (A) demarche May 16 to Foreign Office A/S-equivalent Andreas Michaelis. (Foreign Minister Steinmeier is traveling, and State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg was unavailable to meet with A/DCM.) Post noted the statements issued over the past week by Chancellor Merkel a [...]	2008-05-16 14:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR GM
08BERLIN657	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-05-19 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN685	GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...]	2008-05-22 10:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS
08BERLIN686	CAN CHAIRMAN BECK RALLY AN UNRULY SPD? [...] (C) The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has continued in recent weeks to publicly show a lack of unity on key issues. They have disagreed on whether German leaders should meet with the Dalai Lama, whether the SPD should support Horst Koehler's (as yet unannounced) candidacy for another term as [...]	2008-05-22 11:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN69	IRAN: MFA DETAILS EXPULSION OF GERMAN DIPLOMAT BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA contacts have confirmed press reports that Iran expelled a German diplomat in early January. MFA officials note that the Iranian decision took place after a December 2007 German magazine article revealed the German government's July 2007 expulsion of an Iranian diplomat acc [...]	2008-01-15 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PGOV PREL GM IR
08BERLIN729	GERMANY REACTION MIXED ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pol-Mil/External Unit Chief met June 3 with Weert Boerner, desk officer in the MFA North American Office, to press for adding explicit references to Cuba, Venezuela, the FARC, the U.S.-Columbia FTA and missile defense to the 2008 U.S.-EU Summit Declaration now under negotiation. [...]	2008-06-03 16:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL PHUM GM
08BERLIN745	SCHWAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IS SPD'S LATEST HAIL [...] (C) Summary: Faced with continued losses in the polls, the Social Democrats (SPD) have been trying on new tactics like various badly fitting dresses for a prom, each one redder than the last. The latest has been the baffling decision to run Professor Gesine Schwan against the popular incumbent [...]	2008-06-05 16:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN749	GERMANY/RUSSIA: CHANCELLERY VIEWS ON MAP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russian political developments and Ukrainian/Georgian MAP with Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and Chancellery Director for East European and Central Asian Affairs Norman Walter June 4. Because of DAS Merkel's lon [...]	2008-06-06 11:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GM RS GG UP
08BERLIN750	TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...]	2008-06-06 12:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN755	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...]	2008-06-06 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN789	GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb June 13 to discuss ref A points on key issues to be discussed at the June 16-17 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Schieb noted that the agenda of this GAERC is even fuller than no [...]	2008-06-16 07:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR CU GM
08BERLIN795	CODEL ROHRABACHER AND ROSCOSMOS DIRECTOR PERMINOV [...] (SBU) On May 28, 2008 CODEL Rohrabacher met with Roscosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to discuss a variety of U.S./Russia space cooperation issues focusing on how to strengthen bi-lateral civil space cooperation policy and exploring new areas of future research c [...]	2008-06-16 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TSPA RS IR GM
08BERLIN796	FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON EUROPEAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the Hamburg-based, Iranian-owned European-Iranian Commercial Bank (EIHB) had recently opened a branch in Tehran. The German Government cannot prevent German banks from establishing foreign branches, but can intervene if the br [...]	2008-06-17 06:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN811	JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...]	2008-06-19 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN840	GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S JUNE 25 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held a 90-minute lunch meeting June 25 in Berlin. According to the Chancellery, the atmosphere of the meeting was constructive. The majority of the discussion was taken up by Saakashvili's description of G [...]	2008-06-26 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EUN GM RS
08BERLIN87	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]	2008-01-18 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN879	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-07-03 10:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN884	GERMANY/IRAN - FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON UNSCR [...] (S) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the EU-3 and Italy had put forward a draft Common Position calling for expansive implementation of UNSCR 1803. The draft Common Position includes a Franco-German proposal to establish an EU-wide mechanism against proliferation fin [...]	2008-07-03 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN897	BERLIN GNSS TELEMATICS CONFERENCE: GALILEO FEELING [...] (SBU) The 2nd GNSS Technologies and Telematic Applications Conference, held June 12, 2008, highlighted a paradigm shift in Galileo's business philosophy to generate revenue and openness to foreign procurement. Galileo representatives admitted that the goal of having a complete and operationa [...]	2008-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
08BERLIN899	(C) GERMANY: DLR SPACE DIRECTOR SUGGESTS A JOINT [...] (C) On July 7, delegations from the German Space Agency (DLR) and USSTRATCOM (headed by General Kevin Chilton) met to discuss space situational awareness issues and opportunities for future information sharing. During a broad-ranging discussion, German delegation lead Dr. Hubert Reile, DLR P [...]	2008-07-08 16:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN906	JUNE 30 GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING: AD REF AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 30 meeting in Berlin, the Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia agreed ad ref to a three-phase approach for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The resulting document is far less detailed and prescriptive than the original German draft, proposed on Jun [...]	2008-07-10 10:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN916	GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...]	2008-07-11 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV
08BERLIN957	(C) DLR LOBBIES FOR U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT TO TAKE [...] (C) The German Space Agency (DLR) contacted the U.S. Embassy in Berlin in an apparent political move to corral support in their favor in an upcoming Chancellery decision to reorganize lines of control over Germany's primary space surveillance asset. The Chancellery will be reportedly decidi [...]	2008-07-18 15:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN959	GERMAN ENERGY LEGISLATION COMPROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after triumphantly presenting draft energy laws to meet aggressive global warming targets (reftel),coalition harmony has dissolved, resulting in watered down legislation that is likely to cost more and deliver less than initially expected. Parliamentary hearings we [...]	2008-07-21 05:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV EU SENV GM
08BERLIN991	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) On 22 July 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Verana Frick, desk officer responsible for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia at the German Foreign Office. Frick said that the German Government will continue to support dialogue and a peaceful solution between the Government of Col [...]	2008-07-22 15:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUR PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08BERN192	AFGHANISTAN: SWISS "CONSOLIDATING" RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge met April 16 with Ambassador Pierre Combernous, Chief of the MFA's Division for Asian and Pacific Affairs, to discuss Swiss plans for the upcoming International Support Conference on Afghanistan, to be hosted by France in Paris on June 12. Per reftel, Charge emphasized th [...]	2008-04-23 11:32:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN224	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...]	2008-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ
08BERN246	PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...]	2008-05-23 16:27:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN273	CUBA: WHA DAS MADISON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: DAS Madison expressed appreciation for Switzerland's engagement as Protecting Power on behalf of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana (USINT). Ambassador Yvonne Baumann, Head of the MFA's Americas Division, said that this role was "an honor and a priority" for the Swiss government [...]	2008-06-05 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ
08BERN35	SCENESETTER: THE 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL [...] (U) The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent international organization, with a self-proclaimed commitment to "improving the state of the world." It can be thought of as a large think tank with global mobility. The WEF's aim is to be a leader in identifying strategic iss [...]	2008-01-17 16:41:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SENV ENRG EAID PGOV SZ
08BERN443	FM CALMY-REY SAYS DIALOGUE AND "DIPLOMATIC \ [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 address to senior Swiss \ diplomats, FM Calmy-Rey extolled dialogue and facilitation as \ chief Swiss foreign policy instruments. She used the term \ "diplomatic engineering" in describing her vision of \ Switzerland facilitating dialogue on difficult subjects. A \ r [...]	2008-08-28 15:09:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP PTER SZ
08BERN480	FINANCE MINISTER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK [...] (U) Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday, September 20 and subsequently was placed into an artificial coma and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. His condition is listed as critical but stable. The doctors confirmed that his heart now seems to be circulating [...]	2008-09-22 14:21:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ
08BERN525	AFGHANISTAN: SWITZERLAND FOCUSED ON CIVIL SECTOR; [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message and request in reftel A on September 19 to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Senior Coordinator for South Asia Agnes Christelet. While undertaking to review the request, Christelet informally expressed doubt that the GOS would find the necessary do [...]	2008-10-10 13:54:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ
08BERN573	AFGHANISTAN: SEEKING SWISS SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A message on November 6 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Coordinator for South Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Fux was not aware of the UNDP "basket fund" and appreciated the information. He noted that Switzerland has made a multi-year [...]	2008-11-07 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF SZ
08BERN633	SWISS CABINET ELECTIONS: UELI MAURER TO [...] (U) Swiss People's Party (SVP) candidate Ueli Maurer was elected December 10 by a joint session of the Swiss Parliament into the seven-member Federal Council (Executive Cabinet). In what was expected to be a narrow contest, Maurer won by a single vote, garnering 122 of the 243 valid ballots c [...]	2008-12-11 15:43:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SZ
08BERN655	SWISS REACTION TO CALL FOR FREEZING [...] (SBU) Poloff shared reftel talking points with Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and Mathias Domenig, South American Desk Officer for EDA, on December 22. In response to the USG call to freeze non-humanita [...]	2008-12-23 16:30:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
08BERN94	SWISS EXPRESS SIMILAR VIEWS ON CUBA [...] (C) We delivered the message in reftel A to Urs Hammer, Deputy Director of the MFA Americas Division, and to Werner Thut, MFA Regional Coordinator for Canada, Mexico, and the Northern Caribbean. Hammer said that Switzerland's policy was "similar to, if not the same as" that of the USG, in ass [...]	2008-02-25 16:38:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU SZ
08BISHKEK1000	OSH TRIP: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with representatives of international organizations and donor agencies based in southern Kyrgyzstan during her trip to Osh on September 16-17. The group expressed serious concern about the energy crisis, and also about corruption, social discord, and the fail [...]	2008-10-02 07:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK1002	KYRGYZSTAN UNDER "ENORMOUS PRESSURE" FROM RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov told the Ambassador October 2 that Kyrgyzstan was under "enormous pressure" from Russia to close Manas Air Base. Sadyrkulov claimed that Russia had cut a deal with Uzbekistan, by which Uzbekistan would push to close the base during the Octob [...]	2008-10-02 09:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1015	KYRGYZSTAN: MORE TALK ABOUT MANAS IN RUN-UP TO [...] (C) Summary: During an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev offered some assurance about the continued presence of Manas Air Base; he said the Kyrgyz government was working to manage the issue at the CIS Summit and would not close Manas Air Base "to please someone [...]	2008-10-03 12:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1016	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Ambassador has met American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) members to gauge local business conditions. Some AmCham members suspect that the recent greater scrutiny of foreign companies is an attempt to "squeeze" more funds from their operations. On a positi [...]	2008-10-03 12:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1017	KYRGYZ ELECTION BODY'S MISSING HEAD [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz opposition leaders on September 26 held a press conference to announce the resignation of Central Election Commission (CEC) head Klara Kabilova. They released a videotaped statement by Kabilova in which she claimed that President Bakiyev's son Maxim had threatened her o [...]	2008-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK1021	Libel Suits Chill Free Speech in Kyrgyzstan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A successful libel suit by President Bakiyev's nephew against two independent newspapers has opened a veritable flood gate to additional criminal and civil suits against newspapers. The suits, which can result in awards of one million soms (over $28,000) in moral damages, are o [...]	2008-10-06 09:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1031	FRENCH CHARGE: KYRGYZSTAN IN RUSSIAN SPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 6 courtesy call, French Charge Jean-Pierre Godart told the Ambassador that he believed the Russians would help Kyrgyzstan through this winter's challenges. In Godart's view, Kyrgyzstan is in the Russian sphere of influence, and for that reason, it is foolish to dem [...]	2008-10-07 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1038	A/S KRAMER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 3 meeting with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer discussed human rights developments and legislative initiatives recently passed or awaiting parliamentary approvals. The Foreign Minister pro [...]	2008-10-09 01:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1039	A/S KRAMER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 3-4 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer reviewed human rights developments and legislative initiatives with the Kyrgyz government and civil society representatives. During meetings with A/S Kramer, the Omb [...]	2008-10-09 01:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK104	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR KYRGYZSTAN [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unfortunately, these laws are not implemented consistently. Fo [...]	2008-01-31 02:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR KG
08BISHKEK1045	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KYRGYZ PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gfoeller presented her credentials to President Bakiyev on October 14 in a ceremony at the Kyrgyz White House full of military precision, pomp, and circumstance. Other Ambassadors participating in the presentation ceremony were from Argentina, Finland, Japan, Mala [...]	2008-10-14 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1048	RESULTS OF BISHKEK CIS SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kyrgyzstan views the CIS Summit, and the first-ever summit of the five Central Asian heads of state, as unqualified successes. The question of recognizing Ossetia and Abkhazia was apparently not discussed, but Foreign Minister Karabayev announced that it woul [...]	2008-10-15 08:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1052	KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS FOLLOW A FAMILIAR PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on an Embassy review of available results from the October 5 local elections, it appears that pro-presidential Ak Jol loyalists have swept the Bishkek City Council. The Central Election Commission's refusal to accredit any international observers meant that Embassy teams [...]	2008-10-16 09:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1053	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV REASSURE EACH OTHER ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary. In an hour long meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev stated his commitment to working with the United States and others to fight terrorism and narcotics in Afghanistan and reaffirmed his country's multi-vector forei [...]	2008-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR KG
08BISHKEK1059	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On the margins of the Embassy-hosted American Chamber of Commerce's Members Day reception on October 21, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev, the guest speaker, approached the Ambassador. He commented that it was extremely helpful to have had the Secretary call President Bakiyev on Septem [...]	2008-10-22 05:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1091	KYRGYZSTAN FEARS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION [...] (C) Summary: According to an IMF source, Kyrgyz Central Bank officials fear that a Russian financial crisis could trigger a run on Kyrgyz banks with extensive international exposure. The Kyrgyz government is trying to determine appropriate steps to mitigate the impact of the global financial [...]	2008-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1092	(C) KOREAN AMBASSADOR IN KYRGYZSTAN FAVORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 16 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new South Korean ambassador to Kyrgyzstan outlined his two objectives: 1) protecting Korea's Christian missionaries in Kyrgyzstan, and 2) promoting Korean economic investment. Ambassador Kim said he viewed Ambassador Ha-Jo [...]	2008-10-29 05:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KG
08BISHKEK1094	KYRGYZ OFFICIAL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ISSUK KUL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 discussion with the Ambassador, Issyk Kul region officials outlined desires for increased tourism, expressed optimistic plans for a shorter road link to southern Kazakhstan and described needed investment at Tamchi Airport. Local schools will be shuttered for [...]	2008-10-29 11:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1100	SECURING KYRGYZ SUPPORT FOR MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thanks in large part to the Secretary's and Assistant Secretary Boucher's direct outreach to Kyrgyz President Bakiyev before and after the October 9 CIS summit, Manas Air Base appears safe for now. We have apparently dodged a bullet this time, with the Kyrgyz successfully resi [...]	2008-10-31 10:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1116	OSCE BRIEFS BISHKEK AMBASSADORS; PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrew Tesoriere, chief of the Bishkek OSCE Center, convened an October 15 meeting of OSCE member state Ambassadors to outline OSCE goals and programs, which he claimed arose from Kyrgyz requests. Key among these activities is OSCE's ongoing police reform program, where cooper [...]	2008-11-03 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG OSCE
08BISHKEK1124	SNAPSHOT OF A KYRGYZ RESORT TOWN [...] (U) Summary: During a stop in Cholpon Ata, the main tourist town on Lake Issyk Kul's northern shore, the Ambassador visited the Ruh Ordo religious park and the local petroglyphs. Accommodations in the region range from Soviet-era relics to modern (and pricey) developments, which attract Kyr [...]	2008-11-04 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK113	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz opposition leaders continue to express differing opinions on how best to oppose what they see as the increasing authoritarianism of the Bakiyev government. Former MP and Ata Meken party leader Omurbek Tekebayev said he would focus on party building; public protests would [...]	2008-01-31 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK1133	Embassy Election Events a Hit with Kyrgyz Elites and [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bishkek hosted sx public events November 5 to mark the U.S. presidential elections. The events took place at the Chief of Mission's Residence (CMR); the American Corners in Jalalabad, Kant, and Karakol; and the American Centers in Bishkek and Osh. Prominent opposition p [...]	2008-11-06 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1134	KYRGYZ DEPUTY GOVERNOR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Issyk Kul Oblast Deputy Governor Alishbayev briefed the Ambassador October 23 about the Oblast's agricultural, mining and industrial sectors. The Oblast's greatest potential, however, appears to be further development of its tourism sector. While air links are limited, inter [...]	2008-11-06 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1135	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON RELIGION, [...] (C) Summary: After years of debate and numerous revisions, the Kyrgyz Parliament passed a controversial law on religion on November 6. The law has been forwarded to the president for signature. Minority Christian leaders continued to raise concerns about the restrictions and lamented that t [...]	2008-11-06 11:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK1136	SPEAK INTO MY SAMOVAR: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR EAGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over tea in the Ambassador's office, Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov shared his frustration that the Kyrgyz often perceive Russia and America as antagonists in the region playing a renewed version of the Great Game. In some cases, he thought this was the better to "milk" eac [...]	2008-11-06 11:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1144	KYRGYZSTAN: KARAKOL MAYOR PRAISES INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The mayor of Karakol, capital of Issyk Kul oblast, praised NGO and international assistance projects to the Ambassador October 23, but also identified infrastructural shortcomings, particularly in the transportation sector, which challenge the region's aim to develop its touri [...]	2008-11-10 10:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1165	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS ISSYK KUL CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings October 23 in Karakol, the Ambassador fielded questions about the U.S. political system, learned about civil society programs and fundraising activities, and obtained insights into efforts to improve primary healthcare in Issyk Kul oblast. Representatives of t [...]	2008-11-14 07:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1173	KYRGYZSTAN: VIEWS FROM ISSYK KUL'S SOUTH SHORE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Issyk Kul regional chief briefed the Ambassador October 24 on the shift of his region's economic foundation largely to agricultural and livestock pursuits. While the Soviet Union's collapse took its toll on major industrial and tourist facilities, the chief expressed hope t [...]	2008-11-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1178	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KYRGYZ SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) On November 19, Ambassador made an introductory call on Speaker of Parliament, Aitibai Tagayev. Tagayev defended the recently passed, restrictive law on religion (ref B),saying that the law had been adopted "with the interests of the Kyrgyz citizens in mind." Tagayev also lauded passage [...]	2008-11-21 08:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1182	KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR SEE EYE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Prime Minister Chudinov discussed bilateral issues during a warm first meeting on November 20. Chudinov expressed deep appreciation for USAID's assistance, in particular the planned provision of back-up generators to hospitals for the winter. Chudinov advised tha [...]	2008-11-21 11:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MARR KG
08BISHKEK1184	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER PUSHES FOR CLOSER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Karabayev on U.S. assistance efforts to help Kyrgyzstan meet food and energy needs this winter. She raised concerns that the new law on religion, as passed by Parliament, would restrict religious freedom; she ur [...]	2008-11-25 10:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC KIRF MARR KG
08BISHKEK1185	ETHNIC TENSIONS AND GROWING FUNDAMENTALISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A trip by EmbOff to the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalalabad, the third largest in the country, to promote the U.S. elections shed light on several worrying issues. An eager crowd of students gathered at Jalalabad State University's (JSU) American Center for an Embassy-hosted electi [...]	2008-11-26 04:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK1186	RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA SCORES POINTS AT KYRGYZ STUDENT [...] (C) A conference on U.S. policy in Central Asia showed the success of Russian mass media domination in convincing Kyrgyz students that Russia is their friend and savior, and America only wants to weaken and exploit them. The conference was organized on November 13 by President Boris Yeltsin Ky [...]	2008-11-26 05:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL KG
08BISHKEK1201	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION KURULTAI FAVORS NEGOTIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's political opposition staged a kurultai, or traditional public meeting, on November 29 in Bishkek. While all of the speakers criticized the government and President Bakiyev, there was a clear division between more moderate elements who called for negotiation with th [...]	2008-12-01 13:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1206	KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...]	2008-12-03 02:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1208	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev met with the Ambassador on November 25 at MOD headquarters for her introductory office call. This was the first opportunity for them to meet face-to-face and discuss the current situation as it relates to U.S./Kyrgyz military cooperation. The m [...]	2008-12-03 08:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1222	KYRGYZ TV PULLS RFE/RL OFF THE AIR, AVOIDS EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Company (KTR) suspended broadcasting of RFE/RL radio and television programming on October 8, ostensibly due to non-payment by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). However, IBB has since confirmed that its electronic funds transfer r [...]	2008-12-10 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK124	GOING FORWARD WITH KYRGYZSTAN'S THRESHOLD COUNTRY [...] (C) Following is a letter from Ambassador Yovanovitch to Millennium Challenge Corporation Chief Executive Officer Ambassador John Danilovich. Begin text: Ambassador Danilovich, As you take up the question of whether to proceed with Kyrgyzstan's MCA Threshold Program, I wanted to take th [...]	2008-02-05 02:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KG
08BISHKEK1254	KYRGYZ STATE TELEVISION AND RADIO REFUSES TO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),along with A/PAO, met December 15 with Kyrgyz officials to try to get RFE/RL's Kyrgyz-language service ("Azattyk") back on Kyrgyz State Television and Radio ("KTR"). Th [...]	2008-12-17 10:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1266	KYRGYZ ADMINISTRATION REFUTES MEDIA REPORTS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge December 19, Kyrgyz Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ryskulov refuted as "disinformation" an Agence France-Presse story that the Kyrgyz government was preparing to demand withdrawal of the Manas Air Base. Ryskulov said that the United States and Kyrgy [...]	2008-12-18 12:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
08BISHKEK1273	CHARGE ENGAGES KYRGYZ WHITE HOUSE OVER RFE/RL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 18 meeting with the Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ryskulov, Charge raised concerns over the suspension of RFE/RL's Kyrgyz-language programming by Kyrgyz state television and radio (KTR). Ryskulov was somewhat optimistic that RFE/RL and KTR could reach agree [...]	2008-12-23 02:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1279	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MEMBERS ARRESTED FOR PETITIONING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 07:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KG PGOV PHUM PREL
08BISHKEK1282	NO KYRGYZ APPROVAL YET FOR MANAS AIRBASE PARKING [...] (C) Summary. Following months of discussion between Manas Air Base and Manas International Airport, Airport authorities now support a proposed $37 million infrastructure project to build three new parking aprons and a hot cargo pad for use by coalition aircraft at Manas Air Base. Though ne [...]	2008-12-30 05:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
08BISHKEK143	CHRISTIAN LEADERS FEAR PROPOSED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minority Christian groups are concerned that changes proposed in a draft Law on Religious Freedom would restrict their ability to operate in Kyrgyzstan. Among the changes, the draft law would require each church to have 200 members to be eligible to register; current registration [...]	2008-02-07 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK151	Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons [...] Per reftel instructions, Post solicited anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from local organizations. Post received three proposals. Per reftel instructions, the complete project proposals have been forwarded via e-mail to G/TIP. 2. Post has reviewed the following project prop [...]	2008-02-12 10:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KG
08BISHKEK154	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] (C) On February 11, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Director Kanat Tursunkulov. Tursunkulov said he would pass on our points to officials in the Ministry, and would inform us of any substantive reaction or change in position. In January, Foreign [...]	2008-02-12 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KG
08BISHKEK173	OPPOSITION: GRIM OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz opposition figures continue to express a grim outlook for the country's immediate future. Former MP Azimbek Beknazarov sees revolution the only way forward. He claims to have support for his "revolutionary committee" and thinks there could be demonstrations in the spring. [...]	2008-02-19 10:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK176	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ [...] (C) On February 20, A/DCM delivered Ref A points on the United States' recognition of Kosovo independence to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Counselor Askhat Ryskulov. Ryskulov thanked him for the points, and he added that the government would consider our points as it developed [...]	2008-02-20 12:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KG
08BISHKEK178	AT FIRST GLANCE, NEW MVD MINISTER IMPRESSES [...] (C) On February 12, Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Interior Moldomusa Kongantiyev. She was accompanied by RSO Shane Ronish and Senior Advisor for Law Enforcement Affairs Bob Delcore. 2. (C) The Minister said that his priorities are reforming the MVD, so that emphasis is [...]	2008-02-20 13:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK187	KYRGYZ NGO LEADERS: PRESSURE, BUT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings over the past month, NGO and youth leaders described a civil society that is reeling from relentless government pressure and intimidation. They agreed that the Bakiyev government has effectively consolidated political power through the falsified parliamen [...]	2008-02-25 10:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KG
08BISHKEK192	KYRGYZSTAN: STATUS OF BERLIN DECLARATION ON TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) Reftel requested a report on the status of implementation of the World Health Organization's Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis. The Berlin Declaration, which was signed October 22, 2007, contains specific commitments for combating the disease. 2. (U) Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the [...]	2008-02-27 07:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TBIO WHO KG
08BISHKEK195	KYRGYZ MINISTER OUTLINES ENERGY SECTOR PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Minister Energy Balkibekov told the Ambassador and USAID Country Representative February 12 that the government expects to adopt by this summer a new tariff policy that would provide for annual increases to electricity, heating, and hot water rates. He said the government [...]	2008-02-28 03:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG KG
08BISHKEK198	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS DEFEND PROPOSED CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a February 20 roundtable discussion on religious issues, Kyrgyz government officials said that a proposed Law on Religious Freedom was necessary to prevent religious conflict and combat the spread of extremism. Representatives from the Muftiate, the Russian Orthodox Church, an [...]	2008-02-28 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK199	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan February 21-22, and met with President Bakiyev, PM Chudinov, Speaker of Parliament Madumarov, FM Karabayev, and Finance Minister Kalimbetova. Discussions included the expansion of economic and commercial ties, Iran's nuclear [...]	2008-02-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK221	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT ON PRIVATE TRIP TO GERMANY [...] (C) Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev is taking a previously unannounced trip to Germany. The presidential press service described the trip as a "short-term vacation" from March 3 to 16. However, an MFA official told us "unofficially" that Bakiyev would not return to Kyrgyzstan before the e [...]	2008-03-04 11:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK222	UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Kyrgyz Minister of Foreign Affairs Ednan Karabayev March 4. Karabayev said that he would study the points and that Kyrgyzstan would comply with any obligations under the resolution. Karabayev noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki' [...]	2008-03-04 12:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KG
08BISHKEK223	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT SEEKS INFORMATION ON KYRGYZ [...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador February 6, Justice Minister Marat Kaiypov asked if the USG could confirm whether any Kyrgyz citizens are currently being held in U.S. military detention facilities, such as Guantanamo. Kaiypo [...]	2008-03-05 11:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PTER KG
08BISHKEK235	SCENESETTER FOR A/DAS SPRATLEN'S MARCH 14-19 VISIT [...] (C) In addition to meetings with government officials, opposition politicians, and civil society leaders, your March 14 to 19 visit to Kyrgyzstan will be marked by two key events: the second meeting of the Comprehensive Policy Dialogue and the signing of Kyrgyzstan's Millennium Challenge Acco [...]	2008-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK256	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT UNDERGOES HIP SURGERY [...] (C) On March 13, presidential advisor Valentin Bogatyryov confirmed to the Ambassador that Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev traveled to Weisbaden, Germany on March 3 to undergo hip surgery. He said that surgeons operated on one of Bakiyev's hips on March 4, and that the second hip, also requ [...]	2008-03-14 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG

08BISHKEK279	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF SADRYKULOV: FROM [...] (C) On March 17, Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov invited Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Pamela Spratlen, Ambassador and DCM to dinner at 12 Chimneys, a restaurant in the mountains outside of Bishkek. The evening provided some insight into Sadyrkulov, perhaps the most powerfu [...]	2008-03-25 05:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK280	A/DAS SPRATLEN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH KYRGYZ FM [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, A/DAS Pamela Spratlen met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev for the second U.S.-Kyrgyz Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. The three-hour meeting included a serious exchange on democracy and election issues, as well as discussion of other political issues, sec [...]	2008-03-25 08:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK281	U.S., KYRGYZSTAN SIGN MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: A/DAS Pamela Spratlen led the U.S. delegation at a low-key March 14 signing of Kyrgyzstan's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Country Program assistance agreement. Spratlen subsequently met with senior Kyrgyz government officials responsible for the program to discuss U.S. [...]	2008-03-25 09:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KG
08BISHKEK282	A/DAS SPRATLEN'S MARCH 14-19 VISIT TO BISHKEK: [...] (U) During a busy March 14-19 visit to Bishkek, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Pamela Spratlen led the second Comprehensive Policy Dialogue with Foreign Minister Karabayev (Ref A),and she witnessed the signing of Kyrgyzstan's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Country Program assistanc [...]	2008-03-25 09:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK283	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT'S "VACATION" TRIGGERS RAMPANT [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev's extended absence from the country, reportedly for a "short vacation" in Germany, fueled speculation that Bakiyev was seriously ill or had died. While several officials have told the press that they had spoken to Bakiyev on the phone, Kyrgyz media have [...]	2008-03-25 12:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK288	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Ambassador met with political consultant and Presidential advisor Valentin Bogatyrev for a wide-ranging discussion on economic reform, politics and the President's health (ref A). Bogatyrev described an economic reform process that is lagging and incompetent decisi [...]	2008-03-26 10:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK290	KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT BAKIYEV'S [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 8 below. 2. (C) Summary. Kyrgyz Deputy FM Ibragimov told Ambassador and DCM on March 26 that Presidential insiders have told him nothing serious is wrong with President Bakiyev. Ibragimov also said he was involved in making flight arr [...]	2008-03-26 11:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KG
08BISHKEK295	KYRGYZSTAN'S "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT": DISTRACTION OR [...] (C) Summary: In defiant response to the December parliamentary elections, Kyrgyz opposition and civil society groups have established a "public parliament," with the stated purpose of discussing alternative views on issues of "social concern." With two public meetings to date, the public par [...]	2008-03-27 10:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK3	A SKETCH OF THE NEW, PRO-PRESIDENTIAL KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's new parliament, the first ever elected on the basis of party lists, includes 23 women, a number of influential business leaders, some suspected organized crime figures, and a former ambassador to the United States. Although the party list requirements ensured female [...]	2008-01-03 07:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK303	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT BAKIYEV RETURNS TO BISHKEK [...] (SBU) An ambulatory President Kurmanbek Bakiyev returned to Kyrgyzstan the evening of March 28, after a 25-day "vacation" in Germany. Bakiyev walked off the plane and spoke to reporters, dispelling rumors that he was seriously ill (or dead). Without being specific, Bakiyev said that doctors [...]	2008-03-31 12:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK312	NEW KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN SETS THE RIGHT TONE ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 28 with newly appointed Ombudsman Tursunbek Akun. They discussed a number of human rights issues, including bride kidnapping, public demonstration restrictions, and a proposed religion law that, if enacted, could limit the number of legally registered re [...]	2008-04-02 03:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK317	BRIDE KIDNAPPING: A GROWING PROBLEM IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador gathered influential NGO leaders, government officials, and members of parliament to discuss the best course of action to put an end to the practice of bride kidnapping. Local media and NGOs report that bride kidnapping, though illegal, is on the rise in Kyrgyzsta [...]	2008-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK328	NEW KYRGYZ 2008 BUDGET ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the 2008 Kyrgyz budget into law March 17. The 2008 budget projects a 25% increase in revenues and 19% rise in expenditures over 2007 budget levels, with revenues reaching approximately $1.1 billion and expenditures reaching almost $1.2 [...]	2008-04-07 08:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK333	Former Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov Engages in Some [...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 press interview that became an exercise in revisionist history, former Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov claimed that he had had "no influence" over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats in July 2006 (Ref A). He took credit for saving the bilateral relationship and for K [...]	2008-04-08 04:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK353	Kyrgyz Government Requests Results of Shooting [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 8, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note requesting that the Embassy provide the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 2006 shooting of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivano [...]	2008-04-09 09:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK358	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION LEADERS PREVIEW KURULTAI [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leaders Jekshenkulov and Sariyev outlined separately for Charge the agenda and possible outcome of the April 12 "kurultai," or people's assembly. Both predicted a quiet event, with a peaceful discussion of Kyrgyzstan's current political and economic dilemmas. The kur [...]	2008-04-11 02:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK359	CONFLICT OVER WATER HIGHLIGHTS KYRGYZ-TAJIK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, approximately 150 Tajiks reportedly crossed the border into Batken oblast to try to open a dam and restore the flow of water to their fields. While local officials resolved the immediate dispute, the incident highlights continuing tensions over access to water and bor [...]	2008-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK373	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION KURULTAI CALLS FOR UNITY, CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The April 12 kurultai, or "people's gathering," delivered few surprises, as presentations focused on the government's "poor" performance since the March 2005 "revolution." Issues of concern included rising unemployment, the "illegal" October 2007 constitutional referendum and D [...]	2008-04-15 10:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK374	FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS AMERICAN ACTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Karabayev called in the Ambassador April 15 to complain about three USG-sponsored individuals, whose activities in Kyrgyzstan allegedly are damaging U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. Karabayev also complained about the Ambassador's March 26 speech on freedom of assembly an [...]	2008-04-15 12:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG
08BISHKEK38	Local Kyrgyz Election Coverage Far From Fair and Balanced [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Embassy's election monitoring program, a Democracy Commission grant was awarded to a local NGO to study the use of broadcast and print media in the run-up to the December 21 parliamentary elections. The results were unsurprising. The results confirm the trend ove [...]	2008-01-11 08:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK385	KYRGYZ BANKING CONSOLIDATION RAISES FLAGS [...] (S) Summary: The past year has witnessed at least two Kyrgyz banks, Kyrgyz Credit Bank and Kyrgyzpromstroibank (KPSB),fall into a network of businesses allegedly controlled by President Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The Kyrgyz central bank actively participated in shifting ownership of KPSB to ass [...]	2008-04-18 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK386	EMBASSY CAUTIONS AGAINST OPIC ROLE IN KYRGYZ BANK [...] (C) Summary: Asia Universal Bank (AUB) is seeking $10 million in Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to expand its retail lending activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. AUB's request comes as AUB claims to be implementing anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, following it [...]	2008-04-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK39	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS KOSOVO POINTS TO KYRGYZ [...] (C) On January 11, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Minister Karabayev. During a lengthy discussion, Karabayev said that the status of Kosovo was a delicate and complicated question. Karabayev noted that he had been impressed with Under Secretary Burns [...]	2008-01-11 11:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNAUS YI EU KG
08BISHKEK405	KYRGYZ POSITIVE ON BAKIYEV-NAZARBAYEV SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bakiyev's April 17-18 visit with Kazakh President Nazarbayev yielded what the Kyrgyz have called "successful" results: a renewal of wheat exports to Kyrgyzstan; resolution of Kyrgyz-Kazakh border demarcation issues; plans for energy sector cooperation; a bilateral visa- [...]	2008-04-25 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK422	Kyrgyz Media Reaction on Shooting of Russian Officer Based [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 20th, there was an altercation between Russian servicemen and Kyrgyz traffic police outside Bishkek. As a result, Kyrgyz traffic police shot a Russian officer based at the Russian air base in Kant, who was severely injured, losing a rib and his spleen. While the [...]	2008-04-30 10:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK432	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL PARTY EXUDES CONFIDENCE, AS [...] (C) Summary: The pro-presidential Ak Jol party's April 29 party conference emphasized party discipline and active participation from its members. According to a Kyrgyz White House insider, President Bakiyev is growing increasingly confident of his control of the Kyrgyz political scene. The [...]	2008-05-06 11:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK442	BAKIYEV PROVIDES GLOWING ASSESSMENT OF KYRGYZ [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph seven. 2. (C) Summary: President Bakiyev's Constitution Day speech May 5 celebrated the accomplishments of last October's revisions to the frequently amended 1993 constitution. Bakiyev pointed to increased political stability and attention to hum [...]	2008-05-08 10:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK443	KYRGYZ FM RACHETS DOWN CONCERN OVER AMERICANS' [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy contacted the three USG-sponsored American citizens, whose activities FM Karabayev complained to the Ambassador on April 15, were damaging to U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. While the two Americans based in the southern city of Osh delved into the sensitive issue of the ethn [...]	2008-05-08 12:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG
08BISHKEK444	ENCROACHING TAJIKS, HIDDEN KYRGYZ ON THE BORDER [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day Embassy visit to Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Batken Oblast, Embassy interlocutors envisioned continued border conflicts with their Tajik neighbors. Kyrgyz officials and observers cited demarcation delays, Tajik encroachment onto Kyrgyz land or into disputed terr [...]	2008-05-08 12:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK466	MANAS AIR BASE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION: INFORMING [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph five below. 2. (C) Via diplomatic note and a personal demarche by Foreign Minister Karabayev, the Kyrgyz have recently raised officially their concern that the U.S. has still not provided the results of its investigation into the [...]	2008-05-13 10:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK477	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIAN, LOCAL NEWSPAPER QUESTION [...] (SBU) Communist MP Iskhak Masaliyev publicly renewed his opposition to the existence of the Manas Coalition Airbase. During a May 12 session of Parliament's Committee on Defense, Security, and Law Enforcement, Masaliyev urged committee members to consider the question of the "expediency of dep [...]	2008-05-14 11:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK478	KYRGYZSTAN - NOTES FROM THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: On April 29, 2008, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan and met with representatives from the Osh Governor's Office, members of local political parties, and the Kyrgyz Drug Control Agency's Southern Command. Water shortages, rolling black-outs, rising prices and cor [...]	2008-05-15 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KCOR SNAR KG
08BISHKEK499	KYRGYZ SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON U.S. OFFER TO BUILD [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyz National Security Council Secretary Mamytov informed the Ambassador on May 13 that the Kyrgyz government had decided against the U.S. proposal to invest approximately $30 million to construct a strategic ramp at Manas Airport for the use of coalition aircraft. Prior to [...]	2008-05-16 11:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK5	A PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PM IGOR CHUDINOV [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev's December 24 appointment of Igor Chudinov as the new Kyrgyz prime minister marks the apex of Chudinov's rapid ascent from relative political obscurity. After years as a communist functionary and businessman, Chudinov secured the top position at the Kyrg [...]	2008-01-04 08:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK504	KYRGYZ RETURN ASYLUM SEEKER TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR confirmed that Kyrgyz authorities extradited Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek citizen, back to Uzbekistan on May 14 at the request of the Uzbek government. Halikov, who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan, had sought asylum seeker status, but Kyrgyz officials refused to register him, saying [...]	2008-05-19 10:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK530	A RAMP TOO FAR? KYRGYZ OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, Kyrgyz Security Council Deputy Secretary informed Charge that the Kyrgyz decision to disapprove the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million to construct a strategic parking ramp at Manas Airport for use by coalition forces was final, and the decision had been ta [...]	2008-05-23 11:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK531	RFE/RL UZBEK-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS FROM KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with local Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) representatives to investigate reported shut down of RFE/RL's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts from Kyrgyzstan. Broadcasts in the UKV frequencies have apparently been stopped since April 30; local representatives specula [...]	2008-05-23 13:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK545	KYRGYZ SPEAKER RUNS AFOUL OF PRESIDENT, PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Madumarov's $1 million proposal to refurbish parliament drew harsh criticism from the Kyrgyz White House and from members of his own Ak Jol party as wasteful and unnecessary. Madumarov lashed out in response, publicly criticizing Presidential Chief of Staff [...]	2008-05-28 12:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK546	SHUFFLES IN KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT BRING NO NEW FACES [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, President Bakiyev has shuffled personnel in several key positions, including at the Ministry of Defense. Following the May 20 forced early retirement of First Deputy Minister of Defense Oruzbayev (Ref B),Bakiyev named Minister of Defense Isakov as Secretary of [...]	2008-05-28 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK557	EBRD FEEDBACK REFLECTS POLITICIZED KYRGYZ BANKING [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz central bank has postponed for six months any decision on ProCredit Bank's license application. ProCredit Bank, which operates in 22 countries, has EBRD backing for its plan to open in Kyrgyzstan. The EBRD resident representative told us that the central bank provid [...]	2008-05-30 11:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK566	NO KNOWN U.S.-KYRGYZ INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 05:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
08BISHKEK586	U.S. RAMP PROPOSAL FOR MANAS AIR BASE STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Security Council Chairman, Presidential Chief of Staff, and Presidential Economic Advisor, Ambassador pressed the issue of the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million in Manas Airport to build a ramp for coalition aircraft. All [...]	2008-06-09 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK593	THE PERFECT STORM: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY CRISIS IN [...] (C) Summary: Economic woes -- including food price spikes, currency appreciation, low water levels, decreased electricity output, and high natural gas import costs -- have pushed the Kyrgyz government to take increasingly desperate measures. With the specter of government coffers emptying l [...]	2008-06-10 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK597	KYRGYZ POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLINED FOR VISITING [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with a visiting INR analyst, opposition members, journalists, and former government officials presented a negative assessment of Kyrgyzstan's democratic development. Interlocutors highlighted the increasing control of President Bakiyev and his family over politic [...]	2008-06-11 11:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK604	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KYRGYZ EXTRADITION OF UZBEK [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to Askhat Ryskuklov, Counselor in the Western Countries Department of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A/DCM expressed serious concern over the May 14 extradition to Uzbekistan of Erkin Holikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was in prison in [...]	2008-06-12 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KG
08BISHKEK614	KYRGYZSTAN HONORS AUTHOR CHINGIZ AITMATOV WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyzstan held its first-ever state funeral on June 14 in honor of author and statesman Chingiz Aitmatov, who died in Germany on June 11 at age 79. Aitmatov's fame extended across the then-Soviet space and the Turkic world, and delegations representing both regions eulogized th [...]	2008-06-17 03:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK627	SCENESETTER FOR DAS KROL'S JUNE 19-22 VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Bishkek warmly welcomes the June 19-22 visit to Kyrgyzstan of Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol. This visit will offer the opportunity to meet some of the key decision makers in the government, as well as representatives from the political opposition and civil society. Followi [...]	2008-06-18 12:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK654	KYRGYZ VIOLATIONS OF VISA RECIPROCITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, post has received reports from U.S. citizens of the increasing difficulties in obtaining Kyrgyz visas. At a June 16 meeting with the head of the Consular Department of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy was informed that foreigners may only r [...]	2008-06-24 04:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD KREC PGOV KG
08BISHKEK655	KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) During a June 20 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Krol, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov delivered a letter addressed to the Secretary requesting assistance for food security. The letter notes the "sharp rise" in food prices and the need to provide targeted assistance [...]	2008-06-24 11:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK667	MUTED KYRGYZ REACTION TO FUEL JETTISONING INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On June 21, a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from Manas Coalition Airbase experienced an in-flight emergency that resulted in the jettisoning of fuel prior to returning to Manas for a safe landing. Approximately 54,000 pounds of fuel was dumped at an altitude of over 21,000 feet [...]	2008-06-26 10:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK669	KYRGYZ AUTHORITIES RAID NORWEGIAN HELSINKI [...] (SBU) On June 9, Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) officers conducted a raid on the Bishkek office of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC). The MVD questioned head of the office, Ivar Dale, about the organization's activities in Kyrgyzstan and threatened to deport him. (Note: The NH [...]	2008-06-27 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK670	SCO ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: CONFERENCE SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 11-12 conference in Kyrgyzstan examined the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Afghanistan's security and development. Afghan speakers described a bleak situation in the country and called for more foreign aid to focus on fighting terrorism [...]	2008-06-27 07:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF KG
08BISHKEK676	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS CRITICAL ON POLITICAL CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: In a farewell meeting with Ambassador June 26, ex-Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party (SDPK) leader Almaz Atambayev and SDPK MPs Bakyt Beshimov and Roza Otunbayeva offered a negative assessment of Kyrgyzstan's economic and political climate and were particularly critical o [...]	2008-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK679	DAS KROL'S MEETINGS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (U) Summary: During a June 19-22 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Security Council Secretary Isakov, Prime Minister Chudinov, Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov, and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Krol also held roundtable discussions with political oppos [...]	2008-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK680	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT TURNS TO "EXPERTS" FOR ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Faced with rising inflation, a growing budget shortfall, and possible energy shortages, the Kyrgyz government has formed three "experts" groups to develop plans for preventing an economic crisis in the country. According to an administration advisor, government ministries are not [...]	2008-07-01 12:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK709	AMBASSADOR RAISES DEMOCRACY, RAMP IN FAREWELL CALL [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's farewell call on President Bakiyev, she urged reconsideration of the U.S. proposal to build a parking ramp at Manas Airport; noted the need for continued democratic and economic reforms, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Threshold Country Prog [...]	2008-07-07 09:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK71	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION HOLDS JOINT MEETING; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Several Kyrgyz opposition parties and civil society groups held a joint meeting January 14 under the "For Justice" banner. Ex-Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov moderated the discussion, and various speakers sharply criticized the government for the conduct of the December parliamenta [...]	2008-01-18 12:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK710	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW KYRGYZ SPEAKER [...] (C) On July 1, Ambassador and DCM met with the new Speaker of Parliament, Aitibai Tagayev. Tagayev, an MP from the Ak Jol party, was a relative unknown in Kyrgyz politics prior to being selected to replace Adahkan Madumarov, who was ousted as Speaker on May 29 (reftel). During the brief meeti [...]	2008-07-07 12:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK715	FORMER DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ORUZBAYEV ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador recently met with former Deputy Defense Minister Oruzbayev, who confirmed that his forced resignation was due to his chairmanship of the government commission established to review the proposed parking ramp project at the Manas Air Force Base. He also provided a [...]	2008-07-10 10:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK719	KYRGYZ INTERESTED IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING [...] (U) The Kyrgyz MFA sent Embassy a diplomatic note, dated June 27, 2008, requesting that the Kyrgyz Republic be considered eligible to participate in the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI). The Kyrgyz government had earlier asked for information about GPOI, and on May 16 the Amba [...]	2008-07-14 03:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK724	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CABLE: REFLECTIONS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since its independence over 16 years ago, Kyrgyzstan has been hailed for the relative openness of its political discourse, and the March 2005 "Tulip Revolution" raised hopes of greater reform. In the past three years, however, I have seen real political and economic reform put o [...]	2008-07-14 11:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK730	KYRGYZ PM WELCOMES U.S. ENERGY FIRM AES [...] (C) Summary: Visiting AES representatives reported a positive July 8 meeting with PM Chudinov, who encouraged AES interest in three major Bishkek-based energy sector assets. Any AES proposal would envision significant investment in return for a minority stake in the enterprises, and a long-t [...]	2008-07-16 03:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK742	Kyrgyz Visitor Group Returns from U.S. BaQTour with [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz officials returned from an International Visitor Program tour of Air Force bases in the U.S. convinced that hosting a base offers benefits for a community, but eager to increase such benefits in Kyrgyzstan. In separate meetings with Embassy and Manas Airbase leadershi [...]	2008-07-18 10:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK743	Kyrgyz Education Roundtable Identifies Worrying Trends [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Yovanovitch participated in a roundtable discussion of education systems with Russian television host Vladimir Posner on May 28 at the American University of Central Asia. The group, which included Kyrgyz officials, did not agree on one best model for Kyrgyzstan. Some [...]	2008-07-18 10:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK750	Country Team Assessment for 1206 Case B8-B-UDY Night [...] (SBU) REASON FOR ARTICLE OR SERVICE: The Special Operations Unit 52806 based in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan has been designated by the Ministry of Defense to perform the function of a rapid reaction force in the event of terrorist or other threats in southern Kyrgyz Republic. The unit must be capable [...]	2008-07-22 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK760	BISHKEK MAYOR TARGETS HYATT WITH WATER CUTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Bishkek municipal employees, working with a police escort, tore down large sections of the security fence surrounding the Hyatt Regency Bishkek on July 24. City officials had earlier cut off water to the hotel in an attempt to pressure the Hyatt over land leases and "public acc [...]	2008-07-24 12:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
08BISHKEK766	CHARGE PROTESTS BISHKEK MAYOR'S ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on presidential foreign policy advisor Islan Ryskulov July 25 to protest the actions of the City of Bishkek against the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Charge pointed out that the city's unilateral actions to shut off the hotel's water supply and tear down the hotel's perimete [...]	2008-07-25 12:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV KIDE OPIC KG
08BISHKEK773	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT CRITICIZES MINISTERS OVER PRICE [...] (SBU) During a July 24 government meeting, President Bakiyev berated cabinet ministers and government officials for poor performance in dealing with price increases and the lack of preparations for the coming winter. Bakiyev complained that too much time was spent "studying problems" rather t [...]	2008-07-30 08:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK784	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bishkek warmly welcomes the August 4-6 visit of CODEL Reid to Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is an important ally of the United States, hosting the Manas Coalition Air Base, which serves as a crucial logistical hub for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The U.S.-Kyrgy [...]	2008-07-31 13:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP OTRA KG
08BISHKEK820	TFGG01: Reactions in Kyrgyz Media to the Crisis in Georgia [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Kyrgyz newspapers continue in a sporadic summer publishing schedule, and only a few analysts have spoken out on the events in Georgia. Television media is overwhelmingly dominated by reports based on information from Russian sources. Internet forums are overflowing with mi [...]	2008-08-12 10:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK824	TFGG01: KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON GEORGIA CRISIS, CIS [...] (C) On August 13, Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Ibraimov provided his ministry's views on the conflict in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan's effort, as CIS chair, to mediate. Ibraimov explained that the CIS operates primarily in the cultural and humanitarian sphere, and has very little authority to a [...]	2008-08-13 11:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK836	CODEL REID'S MEETINGS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Reid met with President Bakiyev for an hour on August 5. Senator Reid and the other senators thanked Bakiyev for Kyrgyzstan's support for the Manas Coalition Air Base, and they urged Bakiyev to make renewed efforts on democratic and economic reform. Senator Reid warned th [...]	2008-08-15 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP OTRA KG
08BISHKEK86	KYRGYZ BANK STRUCK BY GOVERNMENT CASH CALL [...] (SBU) Summary: In late December, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) took operational control of Kyrgyzpromstroybank (KPSB) after KPSB reportedly failed to meet a demand by the Kyrgyz Social Fund to withdraw its funds. The Social Fund had approximately $56 million in deposits at [...]	2008-01-25 13:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON KG
08BISHKEK861	KYRGYZ SECURITY COUNCIL: WHERE'S OUR $150 MILLION? [...] (C) Charge met August 21 with Kyrgyz Security Council Deputy Secretary Amangeldi Bakirov and Chief Inspector Alik Mamyrkulov to discuss U.S. assistance and spending in Kyrgyzstan. Bakirov had asked for a detailed accounting of U.S. assistance in 2008. Mamyrkulov insisted that the United Stat [...]	2008-08-21 11:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EAID KG
08BISHKEK874	INVESTIGATION OF FATAL KYRGYZ BOEING 737 CRASH [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, an Iranian Aseman Airlines flight crashed outside of Bishkek killing 65 of the 90 people on board. The plane, a Boeing 737, was leased from a Kyrgyz company, Itek Air, and was operated by a Kyrgyz crew. The majority of the passengers (and victims) were Kyrgyz and [...]	2008-08-26 10:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK875	WILL TALKS BREAK THE BISHKEK HYATT IMPASSE? [...] (C) Summary: Following the late July destruction by Bishkek municipal employees of the security fence guarding the Hyatt Regency's front perimeter, Bishkek Mayor Tuleyev has focused his attention on squeezing higher land rent from the Hyatt before agreeing to a resolution of the fence disput [...]	2008-08-26 10:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
08BISHKEK886	DEMARCHES ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Over the past week, Charge has engaged repeatedly with senior Kyrgyz officials to discuss the Russia-Georgia conflict and Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Charge delivered points during separate meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister Ermek Ibraimov, MFA Western Countries [...]	2008-08-28 10:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK892	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered copies of her credentials to Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev during a brief introductory meeting September 2. Ambassador stressed that she hoped to strengthen the bilateral relationship in areas of shared values and interests, including security cooperatio [...]	2008-09-02 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK895	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential foreign policy advisor Ryskulov warmly welcomed the Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan during a September 3 introductory meeting. He told the Ambassador that while the September 5 Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting in Moscow would discuss the situation in [...]	2008-09-03 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG MARR KG
08BISHKEK897	KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER, BUT RULES STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan will hold local elections on October 5, with voters choosing local councils (keneshes) in Bishkek, 21 other cities, 40 districts, and 428 villages. Thirty-one local keneshes, including that of Osh, have terms remaining and will not hold elections. The deadline for c [...]	2008-09-04 08:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KG
08BISHKEK898	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER LTG DEMPSEY MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an August 2-4 visit to Bishkek, acting CENTCOM Commander Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey met separately with Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibraimov to discuss ongoing U.S.-Kyrgyz military cooperation, Manas Air Base and its role [...]	2008-09-05 05:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK911	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, Ambassador made an introductory call on Serpil Alpman, Turkey's Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic. The envoys discussed a range of issues, including which embassy would serve as the next NATO Contact Point Embassy, Kyrgyz government pressure against foreign unive [...]	2008-09-10 06:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK914	UZBEK AMBASSADOR ON TERRORISM AND U.S. SUPPORT IN [...] (C) During a courtesy call on September 8 with Ziyadulla Pulathojaev, Uzbek Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Ambassador and her counterpart discussed the Uzbek influence in southern Kyrgyzstan and the importance of ensuring stability throughout Central Asia. Pulathojaev explained that the Ferghana V [...]	2008-09-11 07:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK924	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY [...] (C) Begin Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov, which turned into an hour and a half-long conversation ranging from Chechnya to the Russian Embassy's sports trophies. While Vlasov attacked the U.S. position on Georgia from both common and uncommon [...]	2008-09-12 07:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK930	Environmental Specialist Plants Seeds of Consciousness in [...] (SBU) Summary: IIP Speaker Jaime Lozano, Los Angeles Environmental Specialist with over twenty years experience in solid waste management, raised awareness of the solid waste disposal challenges facing Kyrgyzstan. He met with students, academicians, NGO's, and local authorities in the capital [...]	2008-09-12 11:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK931	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Askhat Ryskulov, Counselor in the MFA's Western Countries Department on September 12. Ryskulov listened carefully, and agreed to consult with his colleagues and convey his government's views to us next week. GFOELLER [...]	2008-09-12 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UN UNGA KV KG
08BISHKEK932	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UN KG
08BISHKEK933	KYRGYZ AGRICULTURE MINISTER POSITIVE ON FOOD SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, Kyrgyz Agriculture Minister Nogoyev assured the Ambassador that government officials had taken steps to secure food supplies this winter, but did express concern about the impact of continued electricity cuts. Nogoyev welcomed the extension of two U [...]	2008-09-15 04:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK937	KYRGYZ MINISTER PROVIDES ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Minister of Economic Development and Trade Japarov sketched a rosy image of Kyrgyz economic conditions and assured the Ambassador, in a September 12 meeting, that the Kyrgyz government would be able to manage food and energy concerns for the upcoming winter. Japarov conf [...]	2008-09-16 05:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EINV PGOV KG
08BISHKEK938	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER FM IMANALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 11 with former Foreign Minister Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy. Imanaliyev claimed to be confident that Kyrgyzstan would continue its multi-vectoral foreign policy, but acknowledged that everything would have to be re-calcul [...]	2008-09-16 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK94	Kyrgyzstan Hosts TIP Roundtable for CIS Countries [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-14, 2007, the Kyrgyz State Committee on Migration and Employment with the OSCE hosted a regional round table entitled "Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Central Asia: State Policies, Dynamics and Ways Forward." Participants included representatives from both N [...]	2008-01-29 09:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM KG XH ZK ZJ
08BISHKEK943	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting September 15 with GKNB Chairman Sutalinov. Sutalinov said he welcomed continued cooperation with the United States in the fight against terrorism, and he expressed appreciation for recent training provided by a U.S. military team. Sutalino [...]	2008-09-18 06:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS KG
08BISHKEK948	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Ambassador met with Kyrgyz Minister of Education Boldjurova. Boldjurova expressed pride in the steps made over the years to improve the level of education in Kyrgyzstan, but acknowledged that there should be a renewed focus on improving teacher quality. Th [...]	2008-09-19 07:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KG
08BISHKEK953	OSH TRIP: AMBASSADOR VISITS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's visit to the Russian Orthodox Church in Osh, Father Victor Reemghen spoke of the church's relationship with the local administration, the hierarchical structure of the church, and the stability of the parish community. One of ten Russian Orthodox churches [...]	2008-09-19 10:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
08BISHKEK954	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITH KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 15 with Kyrgyz State Television and Radio Company (KTR) Director Eshimkanov to discuss the state of the media and the prospects for the development of public television. Eshimkanov claimed credit for recent reforms and restructuring at KTR, but expressed [...]	2008-09-22 06:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK956	OSH TRIP: SOUTHERN KYRGYZ UNIVERSITY GREETS [...] (SBU) During a September 16-17 visit to the southern city of Osh, Ambassador visited Osh State University. She found a school in good physical shape, eager for international cooperation, but tarred by allegations of corruption. First Vice-Rector Turdumamat Kadyrov gave the Ambassador a tour o [...]	2008-09-22 10:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV SCUL KG
08BISHKEK958	OSH TRIP: MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TELLS [...] (C) Summary: During a September 16-17 trip to the southern Osh Oblast, Ambassador met with Minister of Emergency Situations Kamchibek Tashiyev. Tashiyev expressed his concern that the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) was severely underfunded and in desperate need of additional resources [...]	2008-09-23 03:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KG
08BISHKEK963	Kyrgyz Press and Public Opinion Still Overwhelmingly [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty days after the beginning of the Georgian conflict, opinions on the conflict in the Kyrgyz media are resoundingly pro-Russian. Reader reactions to an Embassy op-ed indicate that the U.S. version of events has little support. On the contrary, the events in Georgia appear to [...]	2008-09-23 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK966	OSH TRIP: IFTAR MEETING REVEALS WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of her trip to the southern city of Osh during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for religious and civic leaders on September 16. The evening was intended to introduce her to the Muslim community in the south, though secular leaders an [...]	2008-09-24 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KIRF KG
08BISHKEK968	OSH TRIP: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OSH CITY MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, Ambassador met with Jumadyl Isakov, Mayor of Osh City since 2005, to discuss foreign investment, preparations for the upcoming winter, local elections, Hizb ut-Tahrir, and problems with the Uzbeks. According to an official census, the population of Osh is approxim [...]	2008-09-24 10:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG

08BISHKEK970	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Leading Kyrgyz opposition parties are actively contesting the October 5 local council elections, especially in Bishkek, but several party leaders told us that they do not expect to win more than a few seats. Opposition parties complained of administrative pressure and other obs [...]	2008-09-25 08:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK986	OSH TRIP: VISITS TO USAID PROJECTS REVEAL IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador visited three USAID projects as part of her trip to the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on September 16-17. The stops at a bakery, a seamstress's shop and a center for the visually impaired showed the trouble caused by electricity shortages in a region already beset by [...]	2008-09-26 08:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KG
08BISHKEK989	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting September 19 with Minister of Internal Affairs Kongantiyev. The Ambassador asked Kongantiyev why the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) had removed police protection from the Embassy and Marine House; Kongantiyev feigned ignorance and reques [...]	2008-09-26 09:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG
08BISHKEK992	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 23 with Prosecutor General Satybaldiyev to discuss the status of the "criminal investigation" connected to the August 4 seizure of weapons and equipment from a U.S. military training team. Satybaldiyev said that he had asked the Kyrgyz Parliament for an o [...]	2008-09-26 10:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK993	KYRGYZ CHIEF OF STAFF TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'LL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov September 23. The Ambassador briefed Sadyrkulov on her meeting with the Prosecutor General earlier in the day and the apparent escalation of the weapons case (Ref A). Sadyrkulov assured the Amba [...]	2008-09-26 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK994	OSH TRIP: MEMBERS OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, representatives of Osh Oblast's business community met with Ambassador to convey their concerns about the overall business climate in the south. The participants discussed a range of topics, including efforts to prepare for the upcoming winter, the difficulties o [...]	2008-09-29 04:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK996	KYRGYZ ANALYST CRITICIZES USG'S MUSLIM OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A local expert on Islam, Kadyr Malikov,wrote an article sharply critical of U.S. Muslim outreach in Kyrgyzstan. Malikov charged that U.S. outreach -- educational programs, Iftar dinners, exchange visitor trips -- was designed to promote religious extremism and possibly to incite [...]	2008-09-30 04:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KG KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL
08BISHKEK998	KYRGYZSTAN: TEARS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S IFTAR [...] (C) Summary: Things got off to a tense start at the Dip Corps Iftar hosted September 29 by Foreign Minister Karabayev over Russian bullying on Georgia. Improbably, however, the evening then dissolved into a lachrymose fest of nostalgia for the Soviet Union. END SUMMARY. TENSION AT TABLE N [...]	2008-09-30 08:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BOGOTA1	MEDELLIN DREAMS OF SILICON VALLEY [...] SUMMARY. The Department of Antioquia, through its industrial hub Medellin, aspires to become the leading science and technology (S&T) development area of Colombia. The Medellin Mayor's Office has identified S&T as one of its four growth sectors and a priority for channeling public and private [...]	2008-01-02 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCIS PGOV EINV CO
08BOGOTA100	GOC TRIES TO DEFINE RULES OF THE GAME FOR [...] Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said on January 8 that the GOC would only accept future international "humanitarian missions" to free Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)-held hostages if commission members agreed to three GOC conditions: respect the GOC, be discreet, and main [...]	2008-01-09 11:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA1001	URIBE'S 84 PERCENT APPROVAL RATING SPURS [...] (U) A Gallup poll taken March 4-6, shows President Uribe with an all-time high 84 percent approval rating. Only 13 percent disapproved of his performance, the lowest figure since 2002. The poll was taken prior to the Rio Group meeting in Santo Domingo, and pollster Jorge Londono said the Rio [...]	2008-03-14 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER DR EC VZ CO
08BOGOTA1014	FARC MUTINY LEADS TO DEATH OF SECRETARIAT MEMBER [...] Summary: The murder of Ivan Rios by one of his own men on March 6 could encourage further FARC desertions. A decision on whether to prosecute Rojas for murdering his commander has yet to be made, but many GOC officials do not want the Prosecutor General to file charges. The GOC has decided to [...]	2008-03-17 17:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PTER CO
08BOGOTA1017	UPDATE ON LABOR-RELATED VIOLENCE, IMPUNITY, AND [...] Colombian labor confederations report eleven possible union homicides so far in 2008. The Social Protection Ministry (MSP) has confirmed ten of the cases. The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) labor sub-unit--which was only set up in November 2006--has resolved 40 of the 73 labor cases solved [...]	2008-03-17 18:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1053	UNHCHR ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CITE PROGRESS, [...] Summary: The United Nations High Commissioner for High Rights in Colombia's (UNHCHR) 2007 report on Colombia,s human rights situation cites progress, while recognizing that challenges remain. The report highlights human rights violations stemming from Colombia's armed conflict, including F [...]	2008-03-18 14:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1056	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS FOCUS ON [...] Summary: At the suggestion of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on alleged extrajudicial executions (EJEs) by security forces. Citing a report released last October by a coalition of human rights groups, the participants said [...]	2008-03-18 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1072	SUPREME COURT REOPENS 1987 MURDER CASE AGAINST [...] Summary: On March 6, the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation of a retired general and two officers for the 1987 massacre of 19 businessmen in Magdalena. New testimony from demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace process, as well as a ruling by the Inter-Ameri [...]	2008-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1094	LEAK IN PARA-POLITICAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ONE [...] (U) On March 19, Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran accepted the resignation of Martha Luz Hurtado, a prosecutor before the Supreme Court working on investigations related to the ongoing para-political scandal, after a suspected leak of information. The Prosecutor Generals Office (Fiscalia) ack [...]	2008-03-19 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1095	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) The Ambassador emphasized the important role human rights workers in a democratic society to Gloria Florez, the Executive Director of the Association for Alternative Social Policy (MINGA) in a March 18 meeting. MINGA officials expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's visit to demonstr [...]	2008-03-19 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO ELAB
08BOGOTA1136	NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS AND POLICE EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The OAS Mission for Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/0AS) and local media highlight the growing threat to local governance posed by new narcotrafficking and extortion groups. The new criminal groups lack the popular and political acceptance that facilitated the expansion of United Self- [...]	2008-03-27 17:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1144	GOC SEIZES "UNENRICHED" URANIUM FROM FARC [...] (U) On March 26, the GOC confirmed that it had seized from the FARC approximately 30 kilograms of uranium "empobrecido" (unenriched or depleted) -- low in radioactivity, safe to handle with special equipment, and similar to material used in medical equipment, armoring material or counterweights [...]	2008-03-27 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINR PARM CO
08BOGOTA1167	PLAN COLOMBIA: NATIONALIZATION OF FMF/DOD FUNDING [...] In keeping with expected cuts in U.S. military assistance, post has drafted a nationalization plan that steadily transfers current USG funded programs to the GOC. The strategy identifies eight funding priorities aimed at 1) achieving the "irreversibility" of Colombian military momentum agains [...]	2008-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
08BOGOTA119	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S DECEMBER 19 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez told the Ambassador there is much support for the United States and the bilateral Free Trade Agreement in the Colombian Congress. She criticized opposition party members who attack the Uribe administration and the United States, but do n [...]	2008-01-09 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1197	AGUILAS NEGRAS AND THREATS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The GOC decried the recent violence and threats reported by various human rights groups after the March 6 march against para and state violence, and met with them to discuss their security. The GOC said preliminary investigations show that in three of the four union murders, the motives [...]	2008-03-31 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1199	CORRECTED COPY: AGUILAS NEGRAS AND THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) The GOC decried the recent violence and threats reported by various human rights groups after the March 6 march against para and state violence, and met with them to discuss their security. The GOC said preliminary investigations show that in three of the four union murders, the motives w [...]	2008-04-01 13:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1205	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 4-6 VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB AND [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-01 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA126	A/S FARRAR'S VISIT TO CHOCO RAISES CONCERNS ON [...] On November 28, 2007, DRL Acting A/S Jonathan Farrar visited Quibdo, Choco to discuss Afro-Colombian land and social issues. Choco Governor Julio Ibarguen said weak infrastructure, poor nutrition, and underdevelopment foster violence and displacement in Choco, especially in Afro-Colombian com [...]	2008-01-10 18:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO SOCI
08BOGOTA1266	MACACO EXTRADITION EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Vice Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Reyes told us United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) leader Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo, alias "Macaco," will soon be extradited to the United States. Jimenez will be the first high-level AUC leader and participant in the Justice and Pe [...]	2008-04-04 20:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1281	SANTOS DEFENDS REYES OPERATION IN CONGRESS [...] Summary: On April 2, Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos testified to the House Plenary Commission in Congress on the Raul Reyes' operation and relations with Ecuador following the attack. Santos, along with Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, reviewed GOC efforts to work with the Ecuadori [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1282	NEW ARRESTS IN 2005 SAN JOSE DE APARTADO MASSACRE [...] On March 14, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) ordered the capture of 15 members of the Velez Battalion of the Army's 17th Brigade in connection to the February 21, 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, connected to the San Jose de Apartado peace community. Thirteen [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA129	ICRC RECOVERS FARC HOSTAGES CLARA ROJAS AND [...] (U) Summary. At 1100 EST on January 10, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission recovered FARC-held hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo in a remote area approximately 120 miles southeast of San Jose de Guaviare. Two Venezuelan helicopters -- flying under IC [...]	2008-01-10 18:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
08BOGOTA1320	USTR SCHWAB AND CODEL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KJUS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1369	SUPREME COURT AND JUDICIAL COUNCIL DECISIONS [...] Summary: A week after the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former AUC leader Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo (aka "Macaco"),the High Judicial Council issued a temporary injunction blocking it in response to a motion filed by a victims group. The motion argued that Macaco should remain i [...]	2008-04-11 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CO SNAR PGOV
08BOGOTA1373	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1376	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1391	ARMED FORCES COMMANDER PADILLA ON FARC, HOSTAGES, [...] (S) Colombian Armed Forces Commander Padilla stressed to the Ambassador on April 4 that the GOC would do all it could to support the French humanitarian operation seeking Ingrid Betancourt's release, though he doubted its prospects for success. Padilla said GOC continued its efforts to locate all o [...]	2008-04-14 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1411	GOC TRIES TO MANAGE RELATIONS WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) GOC officials said the GOC wants to improve relations with Ecuador, but questioned whether the GOE is interested in doing so. Presidential Communications Director Jorge Eastman said President Uribe felt compelled to respond to Correa's April 11 comments calling the GOC operation against FA [...]	2008-04-16 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EC CO
08BOGOTA1418	POLO SENATOR PETRO ON CHAVEZ, AN URIBE THIRD TERM, [...] (C) Polo Party Senator Gustavo Petro speculated that Venezuelan President Chavez -- fearing what might be in the Raul Reyes' computers -- appears to be rethinking his involvement in humanitarian negotiations or unilateral liberation of FARC-held hostages. Petro claimed President Uribe will de [...]	2008-04-16 18:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA1427	AFRO-COLOMBIAN REPORT FOCUSES ON DISPLACEMENT [...] AFRODES, an Afro-Colombian human rights group that focuses on displacement issues, released a report on April 4 focusing on exclusion of Afro-Colombians from GOC land development plans. AFRODES claimed the GOC has a "deliberate and planned strategy to drive the communities out of their ancestr [...]	2008-04-16 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1432	GOC AND MAPP/OAS AGREE: EVIDENCE SHOWS NO AGUILAS [...] (U) Speculation over the presence of an Aguilas Negras group in Bogota continues following threats allegedly made by the group against human rights groups responsible for the March 6 march against paramilitaries and state violence (see reftel). The Human Rights Ombudsman (Defensoria) has issued [...]	2008-04-17 15:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1441	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1442	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1443	POLICE ARREST SEVEN MILITARY OFFICIALS TIED TO [...] (SBU) In two different operations on April 16, the Colombian National Police (CNP) arrested seven military personnel tied to two criminal groups in Cordoba and Antioquia Departments. The military detainees included Lieutenant Colonel Alvaro Zambrano, commander of the Junin Battalion of the 11 [...]	2008-04-18 13:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PTER CO
08BOGOTA146	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL MULLEN, CJCS [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 16-18 visit of Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Bogota. Your delegation will visit Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is far safer, [...]	2008-01-11 18:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA1460	GOC REACTS TO SURGE IN LABOR VIOLENCE [...] (U) The murder rate of unionists in the first quarter of the year has increased over 2007, with 19 reported cases to date. If the rate continues at this pace, the total in 2008 will be 76, an increase over the 39 reported in 2007. Some human rights groups link the surge in labor murders to [...]	2008-04-21 12:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1473	GOC ISSUES FARC DEMOBILIZATION DECREE FOR JUSTICE [...] On April 9, the Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) announced a new decree that would allow 750 individually demobilized FARC to receive benefits under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),similar to those received by demobilized paramilitary. Decree 1059 would put the jailed FARC into two c [...]	2008-04-21 22:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1509	NARCO INFIGHTING REEMERGES IN ANTIOQUIA AND CORDOBA [...] (C) Summary: The Uraba region of Antioquia Department as well as Cordoba Department--both of which contain major narcotrafficking routes--are suffering a serious outbreak of narco-related violence. A fight between rival narcotrafficking groups has reportedly left 400 dead since January, with [...]	2008-04-23 17:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR CO PTER
08BOGOTA1538	COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] On April 22, DCM Nichols delivered all points in reftel to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who said that the decision remains under review. Separately, Post delivered the demarche to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. We will continue to follow up with the GOC on [...]	2008-04-24 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO
08BOGOTA1555	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 30- MAY 2 VISIT OF CHIEF OF [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-25 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1569	MACACO EXTRADITION DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Supreme Court President Francisco Javier Ricaurte--citing an April 10 Supreme Court decision--stated in an interview on April 26 that victims have the right to hear the confessions of demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace Law process and receive reparations prior to their ex [...]	2008-04-28 23:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR PREL CO
08BOGOTA1570	AFRO-COLOMBIAN COMMISSION TO BEGIN WORK ON MAY 21 [...] The GOC will announce the official launch of work by the Commission for Advancement of Afro-Colombians on Afro-Colombian Day, May 21. Commission Executive Director Oscar Gamboa said the launch was delayed due to the perception of some Afro-Colombian communities that they did not have adequate [...]	2008-04-29 14:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON CO
08BOGOTA1571	PRESIDENT URIBE SIGNS ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS [...] President Uribe signed a decree April 22 to provide administrative reparations to victims of paramilitaries and FARC/ELN under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) as well as housing benefits to 450,000 displaced families. To date, over 120,000 victims have registered under the JPL; victims who ha [...]	2008-04-29 16:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1593	ARRESTS IN URABA TACKLE FORMER PARAMILITARIES BUT [...] (C) The Colombian National Police (CNP) recently arrested a local Mayor--as well as a key businessman--for alleged paramilitary ties, but violence continues to plague the Uraba region in the northern part of Antioquia (reftel). Local San Jose de Apartado community leader Cesar Jaramillo fled U [...]	2008-04-30 19:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1611	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on April 15 to Medellin to open a three-day workshop on protecting cultural patrimony from looting and illicit trafficking, pay an office call on the Mayor of Medellin, speak with Martin Luther King (MLK) Fellows at a Binational Center, address the status [...]	2008-05-02 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1656	THREATS TO PRIESTS IN SOUTHERN BOLIVAR [...] (U) Three Catholic priests and ten lay workers in Southern Bolivar said they were thV8=Q'yZth links to narcotraffickers Victor and Miguel Mejia (LosMellizos). The priests believe they were targeted due to their alternative development, human rights, and social organization programs which antago [...]	2008-05-06 16:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA1697	ARREST OF COLONEL HERNAN MEJIA CONTINUES [...] Colonel Hernan Mejia, former commander of the La Popa Battalion, was arrested on May 6 on charges of criminal conspiracy for colluding with paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (Jorge 40) and committing murder. Mejia surrendered to authorities and publicly denied the charges. The Prosecutor [...]	2008-05-08 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1708	COLOMBIA TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS -- MORE HARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after Colombia's Central Bank implemented controls on inflows of foreign capital in an attempt to stem the appreciation of the Colombian peso, the U.S. dollar has fallen a further 16 percent and reached a nine-year low against the peso due to external and domestic press [...]	2008-05-09 16:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1713	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO ARAUCA, APRIL 29, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on April 29 to the oil-producing and historically conflict-plagued Department of Arauca (along the Venezuelan border) to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives as well as to visit Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) major production [...]	2008-05-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA1715	BRAZIL PUSHES SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim briefed Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on April 28 on the GOB proposal to create a South American Security Council and pushed hard for the GOC to sign up. Santos told us the GOC fears the initiative may duplicate UN and OAS efforts, suspects Ve [...]	2008-05-09 18:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS PTER PHUM BR CO
08BOGOTA1716	POST REITERATES PSI ENDORSEMENT REQUEST AND [...] On May 7, post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and Acting MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Claudia Cuevas. Cuevas thanked us for the information and said the GOC is still reviewing the request. Post will continue to f [...]	2008-05-09 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
08BOGOTA1722	CONGRESSWOMAN GUILTY OF TAKING BRIBES IN 2004 [...] (U) The Supreme Court accepted former Congresswoman Yidis Medina's guilty plea on bribery charges related to her 2004 vote to change the Constitution to allow President Uribe's 2006 reelection. She faces a minimum of two years in prison. The Court also sent its case files to the Prosecutor Gen [...]	2008-05-12 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1789	RECORD PRICES AND INVESTMENT PROPELLING COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bolstered by external demand, domestic security gains, and pro-investment terms, Colombia's mining and hydrocarbon sector has experienced an unprecedented increase in investment and exploration activities. Petroleum production has reached a six-year high while coal and natural g [...]	2008-05-15 16:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EPET ENRG PGOV ECON CO
08BOGOTA1797	GOC DISMISSES CHAVEZ' COMMENTS ON US MILITARY BASE [...] (U) The GOC dismissed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' May 13 threats to challenge Colombian sovereignty over the La Guajira peninsula if the GOC agreed to a U.S. "military base" in the Department, which borders Venezuela. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told the press there was nothing t [...]	2008-05-15 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR MOPPS VZ CO
08BOGOTA1847	GOC PLEASED WITH INTERPOL CONFIRMATION OF [...] (U) Interpol Secretary General Ronald Kenneth Noble said at a May 15 press conference in Bogota that Colombia did not tamper in any way with files on computers seized after the March 1 raid on Raul Reyes FARC camp in Ecuador. Noble said Interpol is "absolutely certain that the computer exhibit [...]	2008-05-16 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA1858	COLOMBIA: FOLLOW-UP ON WIPO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KIPR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1889	GOC "INTENDS" TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO - BUT DITHERS [...] (C) The Ambassador called Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo on May 13 to urge that the GOC immediately recognize Kosovo. The Ambassador summarized points from the Secretary's letter (ref B) and told Araujo that the issue was important to the USG. The Ambassador noted that the GOC had spent a lo [...]	2008-05-20 16:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO
08BOGOTA1895	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JANUARY-MARCH 2008 [...] (S) During the first quarter of 2008, the Colombian military scored new successes against FARC leadership, killing two FARC Secretariat members - Raul Reyes and Ivan Rios. These successes, as well as the killing of two key FARC commanders in the last quarter of 2007, led to increased desertio [...]	2008-05-20 20:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR MARR PTER VZ EC CO
08BOGOTA190	COLOMBIA REDUCES POVERTY THROUGH GROWTH COMBINED [...] SUMMARY. Economic growth and anti-poverty programs have lifted over 5.5 million Colombians out of poverty since 1999. "Families in Action," the GOC's conditional cash transfer program, substantially increased school attendance and children's health for 700,000 families in extreme poverty. T [...]	2008-01-15 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV ECON CO
08BOGOTA191	COLOMBIANS REJECT CHAVEZ' PROPOSALS ON FARC AND [...] The GOC rejected President Chavez' January 10 statement urging that the FARC and ELN be removed from international lists of terrorist groups and receive "belligerent status" from the international community. President Uribe later said he would be willing to seek the FARC's removal from intern [...]	2008-01-15 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA1925	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: APRIL 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for April, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,859 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). Two other aircraft without a flight plan were visually identified in [...]	2008-05-22 16:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1929	FARC 47TH FRONT LEADER 'KARINA' DESERTS [...] (C) FARC 47th Front leader "Karina" voluntarily deserted on May 18 in Antioquia due to continuing military pressure on her unit. The GOC made no promises to Karina regarding her inclusion in the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) program, but a Defense Ministry official told us that it is likely she [...]	2008-05-22 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CO
08BOGOTA1951	PROSECUTOR GENERAL MAKES PROGRESS ON SAN JOSE DE [...] (U) On May 17, local media reported that Army Captain Guillermo Gordillo of the 17th Brigade had confessed to participating in the February 21, 2005 murder of eight civilians near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo claimed that the Brigade's commander and other senior officers "must have known" a [...]	2008-05-23 23:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1952	GOC CONCERNED ABOUT ILO CONFERENCE [...] (C) Ministry of Social Protecion (MSP) officials told us they fear Colombia will be listed as an individual country case for discussion by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labor Conference May 28-June 13 in Geneva. Colombian labor unions are lobbyi [...]	2008-05-23 23:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1954	GOC BEGINS INVESTIGATIONS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH FARC [...] (C) The Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) announced it is investigating nine individuals, including a U.S. citizen and three other foreigners, for alleged ties to the FARC, and has also asked the Supreme Court to investigate three Colombian legislators. The investigations result from the Fiscalia [...]	2008-05-27 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1965	AFRO-COLOMBIAN INITIATIVES ADVANCING BUT COMMUNITY [...] (U) Vice President Francisco Santos announced the official launch of the Commission for Advancement of Afro-Colombians on May 19. The Commission will identify barriers to Afro-Colombian socio-economic advancement and make recommendations on ways to overcome them. Tensions continue to exist b [...]	2008-05-28 18:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1966	COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AXES FORESTRY LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia's Constitutional Court issued a decision overturning a controversial Forestry law for failing to adequately consult with "affected" Afro-Colombian and indigenous groups on the law's impact. While proponents claimed the law strengthened sustainable forest management, o [...]	2008-05-28 18:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1988	AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...]	2008-05-30 19:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO
08BOGOTA2013	MAPP/OAS NOTES GOC PROGRESS IN COMBATING NEW [...] (C) The draft MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) eleventh quarterly report cites recent GOC progress in combating emerging criminal groups, but notes that narcotrafficking profits enable these groups to adapt and recruit even under sustained military pressure. MAPP/OAS Chi [...]	2008-06-02 14:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA2024	MARULANDA'S DEATH SPARKS SPECULATION ON FARC'S [...] (C) Most GOC officials and outside analysts believe the death of FARC founder Pedro Marin (Manuel Marulanda) will have little impact on the FARC's approach to a humanitarian hostage exchange or broader peace talks with the GOC. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo called new FARC leader Guillerm [...]	2008-06-03 19:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO PTER PGOV PREL SNAR
08BOGOTA2034	MAPP/OAS HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS/CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) eleventh draft report favorably evaluates the GOC reintegration program for demobilized paramilitaries as well as heightened GOC attention to victims, citing greater psychosocial assistance to the former paramilitaries, expansio [...]	2008-06-03 23:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CO PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL
08BOGOTA2052	GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...]	2008-06-06 13:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2053	GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...]	2008-06-06 14:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2054	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 1 MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on June 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Colombian Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) at a bi-lateral meeting during the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly meetin [...]	2008-06-06 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER EC CO
08BOGOTA2057	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde on June 2. Belaunde said the GOP is in the process of implementing the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),and requested a bilateral meeting for President Garcia with President Bush at the upcoming APEC [...]	2008-06-06 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON CI EC VE PE CO
08BOGOTA2063	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro June 2. Both the Deputy and Navarro noted the U.S.-Panama relationship had "never been stronger." Navarro said the GOP lost its last helicopter in an accident, and requested expedited USG assistance to [...]	2008-06-06 17:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON PM EC CO
08BOGOTA2064	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez June 2. The Deputy and Fernandez noted a "growing bilateral relationship" between the USG and GOU, due in part to recent bilateral economic and science and technology agreements. Fernandez discussed Uruguayan at [...]	2008-06-06 17:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EC UY CO
08BOGOTA2068	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Fernandez on June 2. Espinosa advocated OAS budget reform, underscoring the significant financial support the OAS receives from both the U.S. and Mexico. She voiced concern regarding the scheduled execution o [...]	2008-06-06 19:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON MX CO
08BOGOTA2089	SENATOR PIEDAD CORDOBA'S COMMENTS INCREASINGLY [...] Liberal Party Senator Piedad Cordoba publicly praised the efforts of deceased FARC founder Pedro Marin in a June 3 public address and again in an exclusive interview published on June 8. Cordoba called the Uribe administration a "puppet government" and called the Ambassador a "reptile." She [...]	2008-06-10 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA2097	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,543 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events during the month. END SUMMARY. ----- [...]	2008-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2166	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 MEETING WITH HOSTAGES AND [...] (C) Free Country Foundation (Pais Libre) Executive Director Olga Lucia Golez Cardona told the Ambassador on June 11 her human rights group seeks more resources and support for kidnapped victims and their families. She voiced concern that the extradition of former United Self-Defense Forces of [...]	2008-06-16 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR CU CO VZ
08BOGOTA2173	BRIEF TRUCKERS' STRIKE OVER RISING COSTS RESOLVED [...] (U) SUMMARY: A 22-hour strike by 145,000 Colombian truckers ended June 16 after industry representatives reached agreement with President Uribe on credits for the sector to replace aging vehicles and revamp regulations on shipping fees and rules. Trucking representatives said they resorted to [...]	2008-06-17 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN ENRG ELAB PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2175	GOC ADVANCES ON LABOR CONCERNS [...] (U) The GOC continues to make progress on labor concerns. The GOC announced plans to make special labor judge jobs permanent positions, and the Colombian National Police's (CNP) new "rewards program" for information on violence against unionists led to the capture of five perpetrators. The Fis [...]	2008-06-17 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2178	URIBE THIRD TERM ISSUE DOMINATES REFORM EFFORT, [...] (C) Key presidential advisors told us President Uribe has not decided whether to seek a third term, but agreed he would have to make his intentions clear in the second half of 2008. Several GOC coalition and opposition leaders plan to run in 2010, including Cambio Radical leader German Vargas [...]	2008-06-17 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2195	COLOMBIA: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Post has consulted internally in response to reftel and suggests current Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char Chalub and Colombian businessman and philanthropist Samuel Azout. 2. (SBU) Prior to his 2007 election as Mayor of Barranquilla (one of three major ports on Colombia's Caribbean Co [...]	2008-06-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2200	AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND INDIGENOUS EARMARK - INITIAL PLAN FOR [...] (U) Summary. A congressional soft earmark was listed in FY08 legislation directing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Colombia to implement economic development activities in Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. After extensive consultations with the GOC, US [...]	2008-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2215	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA, JUNE 7, 2008 [...] (U) Ambassador visited Barranquilla, Atlantico Department, on June 7 to receive a major food donation funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and destined for the World Food Program (WFP). Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, a [...]	2008-06-19 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA2261	COLOMBIA: INFORMATION ON CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN THE [...] The following is information on forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Colombia, as requested per reftel. Post obtained the information from Colombian government agencies, human rights groups, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) for use in preparing [...]	2008-06-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2264	EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO [...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...]	2008-06-20 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2266	NO CLEAR SUSPECTS IN RECENT BOGOTA BOMBINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of June 9-13, Bogota was hit by four explosions in different neighborhoods, causing property damage, injuries and one death. Initial reports indicated that the four explosions may have been the work of the FARC, but officials told us at least three of the bombings [...]	2008-06-20 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR PTER CO
08BOGOTA2291	UPDATE ON JIGUAMIANDO AND CURVARADO LAND DISPUTE [...] (U) Legal, bureaucratic, and security issues--exacerbated by resistance from local palm oil interests and divisions within the displaced communities--continue to delay the return of the displaced Jiguamiando and Curvarado communities to their land. Interior and Justice Vice Minister Isabel Ni [...]	2008-06-24 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2293	FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \ [...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...]	2008-06-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO

08BOGOTA2295	FARC DESERTIONS ON THE RISE; LEGAL HURDLES FOR [...] (C) The Ministry of Defense's $21 million budget for humanitarian aid, rewards, and public outreach continue to promote FARC desertions. FARC desertions hit a record 2480 in 2007, and 1278 have deserted through May 2008. Still, Colombia's constitutional prohibition against granting amnesty [...]	2008-06-25 12:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PREL FR PTER MARR
08BOGOTA2313	GOC AND USG COMPLETE UH-1N LOAN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 19, [...] (U) The USG and GOC signed the Loan Agreement for 18 UH-1N helicopters for the Colombian Army Aviation Brigade on June 19, 2008. NAS Bogota has engaged with Colombian Army officials to coordinate the return of the previously grounded helicopters to flight status. All 18 helicopters are fully [...]	2008-06-25 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM MOPS PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA2317	COFAN INDIGENOUS GROUP DEMANDS CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) The Santa Rosa del Guamuez Cofan Indigenous community petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to seek precautionary measures requiring the GOC to consult with them on plans to build a military base near their territory. The Santa Rosa representatives (who clash wi [...]	2008-06-25 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2318	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR RELATIONS: ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe, angry over critical statements from Presidents Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, announced on June 23 that the GOC would delay the previously agreed-on resumption of diplomatic relations with Ecuador. The GOE responded by suspending indefinitely the renewal of bilate [...]	2008-06-25 23:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2319	MAPP/OAS IN VALLEDUPAR: PROGRESS BUT A WEAK [...] (U) During a June 19 visit to Valledupar organized by the MAPP/OAS (Organization of American States' Mission to Support the Peace Process),security forces and local officials described an improved security environment overall, but noted concerns over continued threats by the FARC and criminal [...]	2008-06-26 13:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2328	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]	2008-06-26 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2373	URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...]	2008-06-27 23:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2386	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP STUDY SHOWS DOWNWARD TREND IN [...] (C) A June 9 report released by the well-known Colombian think tank/human rights group Center for Research and Popular Education (CINEP) showed a marked fall in alleged extrajudicial killings in the latter part of 2007. CINEP director Mauricio Garcia Duran told us it is too early to determine [...]	2008-07-01 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2387	POLO PARTY: FAR LEFT CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) The opposition Polo Democratico Party is becoming increasingly dominated by the far-left, with Party moderates such as former Bogota May LuchoGarzon distancing themselves from the group. The Party's decision to fire moderate Secretary General Daniel Garcia Pena ahead of a critical Party C [...]	2008-07-01 21:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA239	GOC READY TO RETURN AFRO-COLOMBIAN LANDS IN CHOCO [...] SUMMARY: The GOC has resolved the legal issues surrounding the return of the Afro-Colombian communal territories of Curvarado and Jiguamiando to their rightful inhabitants. The GOC determined that the communities, displaced by paramilitaries in the mid-1990s, own 29,300 hectares of land occ [...]	2008-01-17 20:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SOCI ECON POL CO
08BOGOTA2403	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 00:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2404	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 00:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2406	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 11:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO
08BOGOTA2425	COLOMBIA TOUTS HEROIC RESCUE SUCCESS OF HOSTAGES [...] President Uribe touted the successful July 2 military rescue mission of the three Americans, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven members of the Colombia security forces. He called on the FARC to release the remaining hostages and seek peace. The operation - planned for months - incurred no casualtie [...]	2008-07-03 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO SP
08BOGOTA243	GOC REACTS TO CHAVEZ "AGGRESSION TOWARDS COLOMBIA" [...] The GOC issued a formal communique on January 16 demanding that Venezuelan President Chavez "cease his aggression against Colombia." Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who was held hostage by the FARC for nearly six years, read the communique, which was prompted by Chavez' comments accusing th [...]	2008-01-17 22:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PREL PREF CO VZ
08BOGOTA244	COLOMBIA MAKES MAJOR ADVANCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] In 2007, Colombia made significant progress in implementing the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),exposing and punishing politicians tied to paramilitaries, and resolving longstanding human rights cases. Twenty-five paramilitary leaders remained in jail. JPL testimony helped clarify 3000 crimes, in [...]	2008-01-17 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2506	GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \ [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]	2008-07-11 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA2510	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) At a July 7 meeting with Association of Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) President Geiler Romana, the Ambassador underscored U.S. support of Afro-Colombian communities through institution-building, human rights, and development programs. AFRODES said the GOC and internation [...]	2008-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2535	URIBE'S POPULARITY AT ALL TIME HIGH AS [...] (C) After the successful July 2 rescue of 15 hostages from the FARC, President Uribe's approval rating reached a record 85 percent. Seventy-four percent of Colombians approved of a third Uribe term. The Constitutional Court rejected the Supreme Court's request that it review the legality of t [...]	2008-07-14 17:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2568	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon conveyed President Bush's gratitude to President Uribe for the Colombian military's successful rescue of the three U.S. and twelve Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The operation reflects the transformation that has occurre [...]	2008-07-15 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN PGOV PREF PTER MARR SNAR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2578	GOC REACHES OUT TO FARC, BUT WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the GOC has reached out to establish direct contact with the FARC, but does not feel any pressure to move quickly on a peace process. The GOC believes Cano is isolated from other Secretariat members, and will continue military efforts to kill or capture him. [...]	2008-07-16 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA259	FARC - WITH CHAVEZ GUIDANCE - CHANGES TACTICS BUT [...] (C) The FARC continues to push its historic goals--belligerent status, removal from international terrorism lists, and GOC acceptance of a demilitarized zone (despeje)--but seems to have adopted more flexible tactics. Abandoning its previous isolation, over a five-month period the FARC has re [...]	2008-01-18 23:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
08BOGOTA2597	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR, [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA2598	URIBE CONFIDANT JAIME BERMUDEZ SWORN IN AS NEW [...] (C) President Uribe named Jaime Bermudez Merizalde Foreign Minister on July 17, replacing Fernando Araujo. Bermudez, a close Uribe confidant and Colombia's ambassador to Argentina since September 2006, was President Uribe's communications director in the 2002 presidential campaign and througho [...]	2008-07-17 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PINR CO
08BOGOTA2623	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]	2008-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2641	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2647	COLOMBIAN MARCHES HIGHLIGHT FARC'S ISOLATION, PUT [...] (C) Summary: The participation of millions of Colombians in anti-kidnapping and anti-FARC marches on July 20 showed the FARC's isolation and led to calls from across Colombia's political spectrum for the group to start peace talks with the GOC. In his remarks at the opening of Congress, Pres [...]	2008-07-24 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA267	PRESIDENT URIBE'S NEXT STEPS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA2674	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-24 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2702	ARREST OF U PARTY LEADER PRESIDENT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The arrest of U Party President Carlos Garcia--leader of the largest party in the governing congressional coalition and a player in efforts to amend the constitution to allow for a possible third Uribe term--shows the strength of Colombia's democratic institutions as they investi [...]	2008-07-28 20:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA273	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL ROILS COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid recent turmoil in global markets and fears of a recession in the United States, the Colombian stock market suffered its fourth-worst drop ever on January 21. Despite regaining some ground on January 22, the market remains in negative territory for 2008 and concern has grow [...]	2008-01-22 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2751	COLOMBIAN FORCES HIT FARC 6TH AND 10TH FRONTS HARD [...] Summary: On July 21st and 26th, the Colombian National Police and Colombian Air Force, with assistance from the U.S. Government, executed two successful operations against the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) 6th Front in Cauca and the 10th Front in Arauca. The combined ground-air [...]	2008-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2774	THE STRUGGLE OF COLOMBIA'S INDIGENOUS TO PRESERVE [...] (U) Indigenous make up slightly more than 3% of Colombia's total population, but indigenous reserves (resguardos) account for over 30% of Colombia's national territory. Indigenous groups are relatively well-organized, and international conventions and Colombian law on consultations, political [...]	2008-07-30 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2782	JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES [...] GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period in 2007. Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008. The National Unionist College reports 32 union members have been kille [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2800	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Incre [...]	2008-08-01 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2831	COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...]	2008-08-01 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO
08BOGOTA2855	U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]	2008-08-04 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA2891	HIGH COURTS OPPOSE GOC JUDICIAL REFORM PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court and other high court judges oppose a judicial reform package proposed by Justice and Interior Minister Fabio Valencia on July 29. The proposal would--among other reforms--apparently transfer authority to conduct criminal investigations of legislators from the S [...]	2008-08-05 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2892	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON DISCUSSES COLOMBIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga told Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on July 23 that the long-term outlook for the Colombian economy remains strong despite turmoil in international markets, rising inflation, and appreciation of the peso. He pointed to energy, [...]	2008-08-06 15:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO ECIN ECON
08BOGOTA2901	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) UNDER SCRUTINY FOR [...] (C) On July 31, the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former paramilitary leader Ever Veloza, but included qualifying language linking his extradition to fulfillment of his Justice and Peace Law (JPL) obligations. Veloza has so far acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders. Hu [...]	2008-08-06 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2918	SLOWER COLOMBIAN ECONOMY IN 2008 AMID INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A slowing global economy, rising inflation and currency appreciation are now expected to drag Colombia's economy down from its average of over 7 percent in 2006-07 to less than 5 percent in 2008. Many business leaders and GOC officials including President Uribe blame the Central [...]	2008-08-11 12:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2926	COLOMBIAN UNIONS, IDEOLOGY, AND THE ARMED CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Labor advocacy groups complain that Colombia's three main confederations focus too much on politics, hindering efforts to improve wages and worker conditions. The confederations have made some progress in moving away from their traditional hard-left orientation, but continue to struggle [...]	2008-08-11 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3003	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 7,268 tracks during July. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There were three events in miss [...]	2008-08-15 11:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3006	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT LIMITS DISCRETIONARY [...] (U) On August 11, the Constitutional Court announced a ruling limiting the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) discretional authority to dismiss police and military personnel without cause. In its ruling on the case of a career navy infantry officer fired after nine years of service, the court ordere [...]	2008-08-15 16:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3007	NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER [...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...]	2008-08-15 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3017	COLOMBIA SHOWCASES POTENTIAL AS STRATEGIC ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer led a DOE delegation to Cartagena, Colombia August 7-9, which met with a wide array of government and private sector leaders from across the energy sector. They told the delegation that Colombia's business climate was excellent a [...]	2008-08-18 14:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET EAGR PGOV ETRD CO
08BOGOTA3018	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) POSTPONED [...] (U) On August 13, the Ministry of Interior and Justice announced it would postpone the extradition of former paramilitary Ever Veloza (aka HH) for at least six months to allow further testimony of his crimes under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Human rights groups and victims organizations [...]	2008-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3028	GOC WANTS QUICK AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPAL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered draft text of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to the Acting Foreign Minister, Minister of Defense, and Armed Forces Commander on September 13-14. All agreed that a formal agreement was necessary, hoped to announce agreement in principle soon, and [...]	2008-08-18 17:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR MCAP PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3031	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR APRIL - JUNE 2008 [...] (S) In the second quarter of 2008, FARC leader Manuel Maralunda ("Tirofijo") died, notorious FARC commander Nelly Avila Moreno ("Karina") deserted, and the military rescued three American hostages, Ingrid Betancourt and eleven others. These successes further demoralized the morale of FARC ran [...]	2008-08-18 19:50:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR MARR PTER VZ EC NI CO
08BOGOTA3070	ARMY CAPTAIN IMPLICATES GENERAL FANDINO IN SAN [...] General Hector Fandino, former commander of the 17th Brigade, was implicated by jailed Captain Guillermo Gordillo in a cover-up of the February 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo has pled guilty and asked for witness protection for hims [...]	2008-08-19 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3077	MEDELLIN GRAPPLES WITH POST-CONFLICT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: A 17% rise in murders in Medellin--after five consecutive years of decline--has aroused fears that security may be deteriorating. Local officials blame the increase on infighting between narcotraffickers seeking to fill the vacuum left by the extradition of crime boss Diego Mu [...]	2008-08-20 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3079	NO PROGRESS IN GOC PEACE OVERTURES TO FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the GOC continues efforts to contact FARC leader Alfonso Cano to start peace talks, but has made no progress. Restrepo's contact with the group communicated with lower-level FARC, but has not obtained a meeting with the FARC leader. Restrepo [...]	2008-08-20 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3082	GOC TO TAKE LARGER SHARE OF HIGH OIL REVENUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid sustained high oil prices and rising production (ref A),the GOC plans to increase its take in new hydrocarbon contracts from 30 percent up to a maximum 50 percent. GOC officials have told us that they will not retroactively implement the proposed changes to existing contr [...]	2008-08-21 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3084	EMBASSY RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: We recently raised specific human rights issues--including threats and violence against human rights defenders--with senior GOC officials. Colombian National Police (CNP) director Oscar Naranjo said the GOC has found that most threats against Bogota-based human rights groups we [...]	2008-08-21 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3090	DEMOBILIZED REINTEGRATION PROGRAM GETS MAKEOVER, [...] (SBU) The High Commissioner for Reintegration Office (ACR) has assisted 37,137 demobilized (29,776 collective and 7361 individual),but is revising its focus to respond to new challenges. ACR lifted its 18-24 month limit on program participation, and has conditioned receipt of benefits on par [...]	2008-08-25 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3093	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]	2008-08-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3094	DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]	2008-08-25 19:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA310	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) President Uribe told ONDCP Director Walters and five U.S. Congressmen in a 19 January meeting that his Democratic Security policy enjoyed bipartisan support, noting that its economic and social goals had predated the campaign for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Uribe said the GOC had increa [...]	2008-01-24 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA3133	GOC DIALOGUE WITH MEDIO MAGDALENA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The GOC continues dialogue with human rights, civic and Catholic Church leaders in the Medio Magdalena region through the Inter-sectorial Commission for Life (CIV),a public forum created in 2003 to promote communications between the GOC and human rights groups in the highly polarized, vi [...]	2008-08-26 12:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3134	MEDIO MAGDALENA REGION REMAINS VIOLENT, BUT MAYOR [...] (SBU) Barrancabermeja's strategic position, natural resources, and tradition of civic activism have placed it at the center of Colombia's armed conflict. Barranca Mayor Carlos Contreras eschews traditional political clientism and corruption, and said his greatest challenge is breaking the ci [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3181	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on July 30 to the Department of Cauca to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives, as well as to visit USAID sponsored sites in and around Popayan, Cauca. During his visit he emphasized the U.S.-Colombia partnership in matters [...]	2008-08-27 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA3182	MEDELLIN SCANDAL GENERATES POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary: The dismissal of Guillermo Valencia Cossio, former head of the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in Medellin, for criminal ties also led to the resignations of former Medellin Colombian National Police (CNP) Commander Marco Pedreros and Medellin "South American Games" orga [...]	2008-08-28 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3193	URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS ESCALATE [...] (C) President Uribe intensified his offensive against the Supreme Court the week of August 24 after the revelation that senior GOC officials met three times at the presidential place with emissaries of extradited former paramilitary leader Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna). The two allegedly [...]	2008-08-28 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3277	DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]	2008-09-03 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3278	SHOW OF RESILIENCE LIKELY BEHIND RECENT FARC [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials accused the FARC of carrying out several deadly bombings in Cali, Bogota and in Antioquia province. These attacks were likely designed to demonstrate the terrorist group's continued resilience after a string of high profile, tactical GOC victories. President [...]	2008-09-03 20:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3279	AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) office in Medellin praised the GOC's commitment to end extrajudicial killings, but said it remains a problem on the ground. The Defense Ministry committee set up to address such killings reported 112 alleged victims in 2007, but human rig [...]	2008-09-03 20:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3289	COLOMBIA LOOSENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO FALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three months after tightening capital controls on portfolio investment (reftel),the Colombian Finance Ministry announced September 1 that it would eliminate deposit requirements on foreign capital inflows into Colombian stocks. The move represents the first loosening [...]	2008-09-04 11:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3304	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC),visited Colombia August 25-27 to review progress on the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against humanity. Moreno questioned whether the GOC's extradition of 15 former paramilitary leaders to the U [...]	2008-09-04 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3316	LABOR VIOLENCE DATA ON MOTIVES REMAINS LIMITED AND [...] (C) Data on the motives behind unionist murders remains controversial and limited. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) reports that the most common motive (35%) identified in the 100 unionist murders solved since 2001 was the victim's perceived affiliation with the FARC or ELN by par [...]	2008-09-05 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3338	URIBE KEEPS THEM GUESSING ON POSSIBLE THIRD TERM [...] (C) President Uribe has not yet announced whether he will seek a Constitutional amendment that would allow a possible third Uribe term, but he repeated on September 3 that "it is not good to perpetuate yourself in power." Presidential Advisors Jose Obdulio Gaviria and Mario Eastman told us Uri [...]	2008-09-05 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3342	COLOMBIA MAKES PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY [...] (U) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and Colombian National Police (CNP) recently made several high-profile arrests of military and police officials linked to human rights abuses and other crimes. The Fiscalia detained highly decorated, former Army General Rito Alejo del Rio after [...]	2008-09-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3352	COLOMBIA GAINING ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BUT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 1993 implementation of national health care coverage in Colombia, the GOC has tripled the number of Colombians with access to public health services. However, the expansion has come with fiscal, legal, bureaucratic costs that are expected to rise further with the recen [...]	2008-09-09 12:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TBIO PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3359	UNITED NATIONS WEIGHS IN ON URIBE-SUPREME COURT [...] (C) UN rapporteur for Judicial Independence Leandro Despouy used his participation in a judicial conference in Cartagena organized by Colombia's judiciary to voice concern over tensions between President Uribe and the Supreme Court. At the conference, Supreme Court President Ricaurte complained [...]	2008-09-09 20:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA337	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]	2008-01-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA3494	CORDOBA AND SUCRE SHOW PROGRESS, THREATS POSED BY [...] (C) Local officials in Sucre noted improved security and less violence due to the paramilitary demobilization, but remain concerned about the threats posed by new criminal groups and narcotraffickers. Demobilized paramilitaries face high unemployment and recruitment pressure from new criminal [...]	2008-09-17 21:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3497	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: AUGUST 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,612 tracks during August. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event during [...]	2008-09-17 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA35	COLOMBIA'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED 6.4% [...] SUMMARY: Effective January 1, 2008, nearly two million Colombian workers earning the national minimum wage will receive a 6.4 percent raise. President Uribe announced the increase after annual talks between labor unions and employers to set the new wage broke down. Although the wage increase [...]	2008-01-03 17:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3502	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3514	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points to President Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez on September 16, based on Ref C guidance. In response, Uribe voiced concerns about regional tensions, but considered the U.S. position logical. Per Bogota 3403, Charge d'Aff [...]	2008-09-19 17:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CO BL
08BOGOTA3521	(C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...]	2008-09-19 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC
08BOGOTA3535	COLOMBIA SEEKS A SEAT AT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF [...] The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a diplomatic note requesting USG support in seeking a seat on the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The MFA cites GOC support for the promotion of health, commitment to regional cooperation, and sustai [...]	2008-09-22 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3537	URIBE CONTINUES TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON [...] (C) President Uribe continues to keep all options open on a possible third presidential term. He urged Congress to shelve the proposal for a constitutional change to allow a third term after it was presented on September 10, but congressional leaders said Congress is legally required to consi [...]	2008-09-22 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3580	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATION [...] Summary: Post's quarterly human rights consultations focused on new criminal groups and so-called paramilitary structures. Many participants asserted that the armed criminal groups which continue to operate in many areas represent a continuation of the former paramilitary blocks. Others cont [...]	2008-09-23 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3582	GOC FACES CHALLENGES IN EXPANDING STATE PRESENCE [...] (C) The GOC's Center for Coordinated and Integrated Action (CCAI) is working to better coordinate security and civilian agency efforts to establish civilian state services in post-conflict areas, but is hampered by lack of sufficient staff and funding to fully manage its vast range of responsi [...]	2008-09-24 12:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA3584	FARC UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials are investigating reports that the FARC is stepping up recruitment efforts at Colombian universities. The controversy was sparked by leftist Senator Piedad Cordoba's address to Bogota university students on September 4, in which she urged them to rise up agai [...]	2008-09-24 15:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3585	BIOFUELS: US EXPERT URGES COLOMBIA TO LOOK TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels Director Charlotte Opal September 3-5 to inform local biofuels producers and policymakers about the ongoing international dialogue [...]	2008-09-24 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3588	WEATHERING THE STORM: COLOMBIA'S EXPOSURE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid ongoing turmoil in U.S. and global financial markets, Colombia's financial sector appears at low susceptibility to a contagion and its macro-economic foundation significantly more stable than during the 1998 international financial crisis. Nevertheless, local experts predi [...]	2008-09-25 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3600	COLOMBIAN-ECUADORIAN ANTINARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CO EC
08BOGOTA3601	CAUCA: FARC DIMINISHED, BUT RETAIN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) The Colombian military is steadily pushing the FARC into Cauca department's northeast corner, reducing the group's influence. Still, the FARC retains a significant base within the Paez indigenous communities in northern Cauca, and GOC officials fear the communities are vulnerable to pene [...]	2008-09-25 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3603	SCENESETTER FOR SEPT 30-OCT 1 VISIT OF U/S JAMES [...] (U) With U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide have fallen sharply. The captures or kills of several leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces [...]	2008-09-25 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PINR CO
08BOGOTA3604	TOUGH WEEK FOR THE BAD GUYS: COLOMBIAN POLICE FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3625	UNHCHR INTERNAL REPORT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Defense Ministry (MOD) are investigating the deaths of 19 young men who disappeared from Soacha earlier this year and were later declared killed in combat by the military in northeast Colombia. Human rights groups said several of the dece [...]	2008-09-29 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3629	SUGAR CANE WORKERS STRIKE FOR WAGES AND RIGHTS [...] (C) Over 10,000 sugar cane cutters (corteros) began a strike in Valle del Cauca on September 15, demanding that the sugar mills end their use of worker cooperatives and contractors. The corteros charged that the cooperatives undercut their wages and right to organize. The mill owners refuse [...]	2008-09-30 18:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3653	SUPREME COURT RULES EX-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REMAIN [...] (C) Colombia's Supreme Court opted on September 18 not to expand its powers to investigate members of Congress suspected of paramiliatary ties to include ex-legislators. Under current rules, the Court prosecutes and tries sitting senators and representatives; the Prosecutor General's Office (F [...]	2008-10-02 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3686	SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S TEAM TO INVESTIGATE SOACHA [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Francisco Santos announced on September 30 the creation of a special Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) team to investigate the deaths of 19 men reported killed in combat by the Army only days after they went missing in Soacha. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos also [...]	2008-10-07 13:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3699	COLOMBIAN LIBERAL PARTY: "THE RATIONAL OPPOSITION" [...] (SBU) The Liberal Party remains Colombia's strongest political party, winning seven governorships and seven key mayoral seats in the 2007 local elections. Still, the Liberals continue to suffer a long-term decline in overall support, with only 14% of Colombians claiming Liberal affiliation-- [...]	2008-10-08 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA3715	HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW [...] (C) The USG co-hosted a two-day conference on international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as measures to promote the Colombian military's respect for human rights, with the Colombian Defense Ministry. The conference was attended by officials from the Prosecutor [...]	2008-10-08 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3718	URIBE-SUPREME COURT FEUD SPAWNS FEARS OF [...] (U) The conflict between President Uribe and the Supreme Court spilled into the judiciary after the Superior Judicial Council (CSJ)--one of Colombia's four top courts--ordered the Supreme Court to delete all references to Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio from its ruling accepting the g [...]	2008-10-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3724	EXHUMATION OF SUCRE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING VICTIMS [...] (C) On October 5th, we accompanied UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) Representative Javier Hernandez, Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) Human Rights Unit director Sandra Castro, and MAPP/OAS regional officials to the exhumation and re-burial of 8 of the 11 youths from Sucre w [...]	2008-10-09 20:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO

08BOGOTA3728	GAINS OF POLICE REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM JEOPARDIZED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since its inception six years ago, the Reestablishment of Police Presence in Conflictive Zones program has achieved impressive successes in restoring government control throughout rural Colombia. This program has also begun to play a major role in other high-priority missions, [...]	2008-10-09 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3729	COLOMBIA LIFTS CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THE FACE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On October 8, President Uribe announced the elimination of remaining capital controls on foreign investment, as part of a plan to ensure liquidity to Colombian markets in the face of the worsening global financial crisis. Uribe also outlined draft legislation that would offer [...]	2008-10-09 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3744	EXHUMATION OF SUCRE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING VICTIMS [...] (C) On October 5th, we accompanied UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) Representative Javier Hernandez, Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) Human Rights Unit director Sandra Castro, and MAPP/OAS regional officials to the exhumation and re-burial of 8 of the 11 youths from Sucre w [...]	2008-10-10 16:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3747	UNDERSECRETARY GLASSMAN'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman on October 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) but voiced concerns over the impact of the [...]	2008-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO ECON PREL PTER EC BL VE ETRD
08BOGOTA3759	SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) voiced concern over attempts to kill and intimidate witnesses in the case against Colonel Hernan Mejia, and has taken actions to protect remaining witnesses. The Fiscalia ordered the arrest of three Colonels and a police Captain for their alleged in [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA376	WORLDWIDE MARCHES AGAINST THE FARC PLANNED FOR [...] (U) Summary: A non-partisan Colombian student group is organizing marches against kidnapping and the FARC in 148 cities around the world on February 4. The students are using the web-site Facebook to organize the events, and the initiative enjoys widespread popular support, Still, the oppos [...]	2008-01-30 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3782	EVER VELOZA (HH),OTHER FORMER PARA LEADERS [...] (U) On September 24-25, former AUC (United Self Defense Forces of Colombia) block commander Ever Veloza (aka "HH") continued his voluntary testimony (version libre) under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Veloza, who previously acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders and whose extradi [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3794	INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT [...] (U) Two days of protests by indigenous groups in Valle de Cauca and Cauca led to violent clashes between security forces and protesters, leaving at least 150 injured and one dead. The protests, organized by the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC),were prompted by indigenou [...]	2008-10-17 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3795	NO MOVEMENT IN SIGHT ON PEACE TALKS WITH FARC AND [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us there will likely be no movement on peace talks with the FARC until the first half of 2009 at the earliest, adding that talks with the ELN also remain "highly doubtful." FARC leader Alfonso Cano is focused on consolidating internal control of the group, [...]	2008-10-17 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3829	CAUCA INDIGENOUS PROTESTS EXPANDING TO NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 20, the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC) announced plans for over 12,000 indigenous to participate in an eight day march from Popayan to Cali. The march follows a week of indigenous protests in Cauca over human rights and land. The indigenous say t [...]	2008-10-21 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3848	ECOPETROL TO EXPAND COOPERATION WITH PETROBRAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reinforcing its growing international focus, Colombia's state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol has agreed to increase cooperation with Brazil's parastatal Petrobras. The companies recently announced they will jointly cooperate in exploration in Colombia and Brazil, block of [...]	2008-10-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3855	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) The GOC effort to restore land--which has been illegally occupied by palm oil firms--to the displaced communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado continues to move slowly due to community divisions and legal hurdles. Despite a military presence in the region, security is also a serious conc [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3856	NARCOTRAFFICKERS BEHIND "AUTODEFENSAS GAITANISTAS" [...] (C) The recent appearance of pamphlets ordering work stoppages in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, La Guajira, Cesar and Santander departments--allegedly from a group calling itself the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--has stirred popular concerns about a revival of paramilitarism. No re [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3888	DAS DIRECTOR RESIGNS OVER OPPOSITION SPYING SCANDAL [...] (C) Maria del Pilar Hurtado, director of Colombia's Administrative Department of Security (DAS),resigned on October 22 after opposition Senator Gustavo Petro publicly revealed internal DAS documents that tasked officials to gather intelligence on Petro and on his party, the Polo Democratico [...]	2008-10-24 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3896	U/S BURNS OCT 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA: GOC LOOKS [...] (U) Under Secretary Bill Burns met with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez during his October 14-16 visit to Colombia. President Uribe underscored the importance to Colombia of the Colombia Free Trade Promotion Act (CTPA) and continued USG support in its fight against the Revolution [...]	2008-10-27 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3909	BOGOTA NOMINATES INGRID BETANCOURT FOR THE 2009 [...] Embassy Bogota nominates Ingrid Betancourt for the 2009 Secretary's Award for Women of Courage. 2. Below are the requested details (see reftel) for the nomination: Full Legal Name of Nominee: Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio Job Title/Association: Activist Date of Birth: 25 December 1961 Count [...]	2008-10-27 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR FR CO
08BOGOTA3920	DISMISSAL OF TWO COLONELS AND LT COLONEL TIED TO [...] (C) On October 24, Army Commander General Mario Montoya removed two colonels and a lieutenant colonel from their commands due to their roles in the alleged extrajudicial killings of eleven men from Soacha. Montoya publicly said the three officers were removed due to "serious indications that [...]	2008-10-28 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3925	THREATS FROM DON MARIO PROMPT SECURITY BOOST IN [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced on October 25 that the GOC will boost its security presence in the Uraba region of Antioquia after threats by the so-called Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--a front organization for major narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon--led to a wides [...]	2008-10-28 19:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3928	INDIGENOUS AND URIBE FAIL TO MEET [...] (C) President Uribe and indigenous protesters exchanged accusations of bad faith after they failed to meet in Cali to address indigenous concerns. The meeting was scheduled after 30,000 indigenous protesters marched from northern Cauca to Cali to press their demands for land, investigations i [...]	2008-10-28 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3951	HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER [...] Former congressman Oscar Lizcano, held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for eight years, escaped from a FARC camp along with one of his captors and turned himself into an Army checkpoint in San Jose del Palmar (Choco) on October 26. President Uribe and Defense Minister Sa [...]	2008-10-29 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3953	GOC SKEPTICAL OF FARC WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) issued a letter, dated October 16, saying the group is willing to talk about a political solution to Colombia's conflict as well as a humanitarian release of its hostages. The communique, released publicly on October 28, responds to a Sept [...]	2008-10-29 19:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3959	GOC FIRES 27 MILITARY OFFICIALS FOR LINKS TO [...] (C) President Uribe announced the dismissal of 27 military officers--including two division and three brigade commanders--for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. Uribe said a special ministerial commission found that commanders' neg [...]	2008-10-29 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3966	SOCIAL PROTESTS - WHY NOW? [...] (C) Social protests in Colombia are on the rise--recent judicial, trucker, and sugar cane worker strikes and indigenous protests culminated in a one-day, 500,000-person national solidarity strike in 21 cities on October 20. Presidential Communications Director Jorge Eastman said there is loos [...]	2008-10-30 17:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3967	COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF FY09 MCC SCORECARDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 18:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CO
08BOGOTA3978	URIBE 2014 REELECTION PROSPECTS STUMBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a heated Congressional debate on October 29, the House plenary voted to remove article 19--which would have allowed President Uribe to run for a third term in 2014--from the political reform bill. U Party legislators and other Uribista congressmen voted against the article in [...]	2008-10-31 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA3982	PEACE LABS: THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) The European Commission (EC),along with the GOC Accion Social's Peace and Development Program (PDP),helped found and support three "Peace Laboratories" in six different regions. The "Peace Laboratories" focus on three key areas: supporting human rights and local peace initiatives, stre [...]	2008-10-31 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA4007	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5063 tracks during September. Five were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event in [...]	2008-11-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4008	AMBASSADOR'S BARRANQUILLA VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an October 30 visit to Barranquilla, Ambassador Brownfield discussed a range of themes -- including U.S.-Colombia relations, U.S. elections, the global financial crisis, corporate social responsibility, and sports diplomacy -- with a wide array of interlocutors. The Ambas [...]	2008-11-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA4011	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE COMMISSION FINDS ARMY [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense (MOD) Sergio Jaramillo briefed the Ambassador on the results of the special military Commission that reviewed the recent Soacha and eastern Antioquia killing. He said the Commission's finding showed a mix of corruption, inadequate intelligence and operational pro [...]	2008-11-05 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4012	OCTOBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Murders in Medellin through September 30 this year increased 35.6% over the comparable period last year. President Uribe met with the indigenous from Cauca in La Maria reserve on November 2, stating he would consider removing the military presence in La Maria reserve if the indigenous agr [...]	2008-11-05 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4028	COLOMBIAN MILITARY COMMANDER MONTOYA RESIGNS, [...] (S) Colombian Army Commanding General Mario Montoya Uribe resigned his post on November 4. Montoya stepped down less than a week after President Alvaro Uribe's dismissal of 27 military officers for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. [...]	2008-11-06 18:33:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4036	COLOMBIA'S RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C) The Government of Colombia (GOC) maintains positive relations with Israel, particularly in the defense sector through private Israeli defense contractors. Key areas of cooperation include strategic military advice, special forces training, and arms sales in support of Colombia's battle ag [...]	2008-11-07 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER MASS MCAP PREL CO IS
08BOGOTA4066	PRESIDENT URIBE ANNOUNCES NEW MILITARY HUMAN [...] (U) On November 6, President Uribe announced that the Colombian military would designate a special official in every division, brigade, battalion, and police command to receive public complaints of possible human rights abuses by the security forces. The officials will provide publicized wee [...]	2008-11-10 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4067	POLO REMAINS SPLIT HEADING INTO NEXT FEBRUARY'S [...] (C) On October 26, the Polo Democratico Alternativo (Polo) party held internal elections to elect 1500 delegates to its 2nd National Congress--planned for February 2009. The elections did not produce a clear winner among the three leading Polo factions: Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno's supporter [...]	2008-11-10 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER CO
08BOGOTA4083	COLOMBIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL TO U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On October 23 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Colombia (GOC) delivered its official response to Embassy Bogota on the Defense Cooperation Agreement text that we proposed on August 13. The GOC counterpropos [...]	2008-11-12 16:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PREF PTER MASS CO
08BOGOTA4086	COLOMBIA: INFORMATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The following information on Colombia's energy sector is provided in response to reftel request. Colombia is working to expand its renewable energy output and offers extensive opportunities for increased investment in wind, solar, geothermal, biomass/biofuels, and hydroelectric proje [...]	2008-11-12 17:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV SENV PGOV OPIC CO
08BOGOTA4088	COLOMBIA AUCTIONS OFF 22 NEW OIL BLOCS TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4092	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 20-22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the results of the U.S. presidential election, and speculate on the impact on U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The Government of Colombia (GOC [...]	2008-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MARR MASS CO
08BOGOTA4093	DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised the Government of Bolivia's suspension of operations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez this month. Additionally, on November 12, post delivered points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia C [...]	2008-11-13 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CO
08BOGOTA4120	POST DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On November 13, we delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez. Mejia reiterated that the GOC understands the USG position. She confirmed the Canadians had also pressed the GOC to support the Iran resolution. Mejia said the GOC is currently [...]	2008-11-13 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4125	PORT STRIKE IN BUENAVENTURA AVOIDED FOR NOW [...] (SBU) After a strike threat by Buenaventura port employees in early October, the Social Protection Ministry quickly established a dialogue with workers and port authority officials, and also initiated a 30-day plan to review workers' complaints. The unions want to negotiate directly with the [...]	2008-11-13 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA413	URIBE ANNOUNCES ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN FOR HOSTAGE [...] (U) President Uribe announced January 26 that he has ordered military and police to locate, and subsequently encircle, areas where the FARC holds hostages. GOC officials explained the move is aimed at putting "humanitarian pressure" on the FARC to release its hostages and is not a military r [...]	2008-01-31 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO
08BOGOTA4131	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) At a November 10 meeting with Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte and Criminal Chamber Vice President Julio Socha, the Ambassador expressed the USG's support for a strong and independent judiciary. Socha explained that extradition requests unrelated to narcotrafficking are difficu [...]	2008-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS PTER CO
08BOGOTA4134	COLOMBIA: PYRAMID SCHEMES SWINDLE THOUSANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombian authorities believe as many as three million Colombians have been defrauded of at least USD 300 million in a series of pyramid schemes that began collapsing November 12 after the government's seizure of the firm Proyecciones DFRE. The fall of DFRE spurred the subseque [...]	2008-11-17 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4135	BUENAVENTURA: EPICENTER OF NARCOTRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Top security officials said Buenaventura illustrates all of Colombia's ills, including narco-trafficking, violence, corruption and poverty. Local Marine Commander Carlos Diaz told us murder rates have fallen 70% since last year, attributing the fragile gains to the increased military a [...]	2008-11-17 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4145	CONSERVATIVES MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE, WHILE U PARTY [...] (C) On October 26, the Conservative Party and the U Party held their internal elections to set their respective agendas leading up to the 2010 presidential elections. The Conservatives had a strong showing, with over 1.5 million votes cast for local delegates and National Committee members. [...]	2008-11-18 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA4158	EMBASSY BOGOTA USES ARTS AND SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador launched "Do not turn off your light," a drug demand prevention campaign, on November 7 that will provide community development and social mobility opportunities via education, work, arts, and sports to children at risk of drug use. The main event was followed by a [...]	2008-11-18 22:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV SCUL EAID CO
08BOGOTA4165	GOC LAUNCHES FIRST PUBLIC FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 17, President Alvaro Uribe presided over the first, public forum on human rights abuses against the security forces. Military and police commanders were instructed to report human rights complaints as well as the status of each case. Uribe also ordered them to forward all com [...]	2008-11-19 00:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4194	COLOMBIA TO OPPOSE IRAN NO ACTION MOTION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On November 12 and 13, Post delivered all points in reftel to Director of U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Adriana Mejia, urging a review of previous GOC policy to abstain on no action motions. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Adriana Meji [...]	2008-11-21 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4201	GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...]	2008-11-21 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4231	NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]	2008-11-25 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4233	LABOR CONFEDERATIONS REMAIN INTRANSIGENT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Center-left Nuevo Arco Iris think tank Director Leon Valencia wrote an open letter to the presidents of Colombia's three labor confederations on November 18, saying that due to the changing political climate in the United States, the "time was right" for Colombian unions to send [...]	2008-11-25 19:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4243	GOC OUTLINES AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infrastructure has long constrained Colombia's economic competitiveness, geographical cohesion and presence of the state. However, as security continues to improve and Colombia aims to position itself to compete in the global marketplace, the GOC is launching an ambitious plan [...]	2008-11-25 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAN EWWT EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4261	URIBE THIRD TERM SETBACK: 2010 REELECTION REJECTED [...] (U) The First Commission of the Colombian House of Representatives rejected in a razor thin vote on November 26, a proposal to change the constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term in 2010. The Commission later approved language that would allow Uribe to seek reelection in [...]	2008-11-26 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4262	COLOMBIANS MARCH - IN SMALLER NUMBERS - AGAINST [...] (U) Several thousand Colombians marched through the country's major cities on November 28th to demand the FARC and other illegal armed groups release the hostages they still hold before Christmas. The disappointing turnout was significantly smaller than the millions who demonstrated to releas [...]	2008-11-28 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4263	FALLOUT FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CONTINUES TO SHAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly three weeks since the first of Colombia's various pyramid schemes collapsed (ref A) and ten days since the closure of the largest such alleged entity, DMG (ref B),the economic, political, and social fallout continue to shake Colombia. Officials from Colombia's southern [...]	2008-11-28 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4265	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6262 tracks during October. Seven were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event where the aircraft departed Colomb [...]	2008-12-01 13:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4304	INDIGENOUS MARCH TO BOGOTA [...] (U) After a 16-day trip from Cauca department, the indigenous protest reached Bogota on November 20. They demanded the GOC comply with prior commitments on land, apologize for making public statements linking the indigenous to the FARC, and make concessions on a range of issues including th [...]	2008-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4305	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CONDITION TALKS ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia met November 10 with civil society, the international community, and Defense Ministry representatives to discuss the GOC's protection program for human rights defenders. Human rights groups challenged the GOC's commitment to protect their work [...]	2008-12-02 14:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA4307	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JULY-AUGUST, 2008 [...] (S) The success of operation "Jaque" on July 2 and the blows delivered to the FARC Secretariat over the past six months left the terrorist organization weakened and demoralized, resulting in record numbers of desertions. Still, the FARC continued to maintain between 8,000 and 12,000 fighters, [...]	2008-12-02 14:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MASS MARR CO
08BOGOTA4310	MAPP/OAS COMMENDS PEACE PROCESS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) twelfth draft report commends GOC progress made under the peace process, including increased victim participation, expanded services for ex-combatants, and advances in investigations of paramilitary crimes. The report recommend [...]	2008-12-02 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4312	U.S. AIRLINES EXPAND COLOMBIA OPERATIONS DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. airlines operating in Colombia have no plans to cancel existing routes or flights, despite a significant drop in bookings in recent weeks and concerns about 2009 profitability. They cite the current global financial crisis and Colombia's strict regulatory structure -- spec [...]	2008-12-03 15:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
08BOGOTA4323	MAPP/OAS RESTRUCTURING, CLOSING OFFICES IN [...] (C) Summary: OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS) Director Sergio Caramagna briefed the international community on MAPP'S plans to restructure its operations, including dismissing 20 officials, naming a new director, and combining several regional offices. MAPP will conti [...]	2008-12-03 21:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO AORC
08BOGOTA4334	COLOMBIA-CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Colombia has a minimal trade and investment relationship with Cuba. According to the Colombian Ministry of Trade, in 2007 Colombia exported USD 50.5 million worth of goods to Cuba and imported USD 8.4 million of goods from Cuba. The rate of bilateral trade flows in the first half of 2008 [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ETTC PGOV PREL CU CO
08BOGOTA4335	PYRAMID COLLAPSE BURYING THIRD TERM PROSPECTS? [...] (SBU) The results of a recent Invamar-Gallup poll show Uribe maintains high public approval ratings in spite of a host of political and economic troubles. Still, public support for a third term has dropped from 74% to 54% since last July. In southern departments--areas hard-hit by the pyram [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ECON EFIN
08BOGOTA4338	PEACE PROSPECTS WITH FARC REMAIN BLEAK [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the FARC has not responded to GOC outreach efforts. He thinks the FARC may make a gesture to influence Colombia's 2010 presidential elections, as well as overtures to Venezuela and other Latin countries, but only if it first scores a military success [...]	2008-12-05 19:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4342	NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) MAPP/OAS Chief Sergio Caramanga said he considered President Uribe's appointment of General Gonzalez Pena as new Army commander a "mistake" due to human rights concerns. MOD officials said Minister Santos' 15 point plan would strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system and revise milita [...]	2008-12-05 22:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4353	COLOMBIAN PALM: RURAL SAVIOR OR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Driven by strong international demand for palm oil, improving security in rural areas, government support for viable alternatives to coca, and domestic demand for palm oil-derived biodiesel, Colombia's palm industry has expanded 70 percent since 2003. As a result, it now ranks a [...]	2008-12-09 18:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4371	URIBE WARNS AGAINST FARC AND ELN PEACE "TRAP" [...] (SBU) President Uribe publicly warned on December 6 that talk of new hostage releases and a humanitarian accord is a "trap" laid by the FARC with the support of an unnamed Colombian political leader. The latter is a reference to Senator Piedad Cordoba, who is leading a group of "intellectuals [...]	2008-12-10 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4372	POSSIBLE URIBE REELECTION IN 2010 INCREASINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for a possible third term for President Uribe in 2010 look increasingly unlikely. Congress announced it would delay further debate on the bill that could permit Uribe to run again in 2010 until March 2009, and key Uribista supporters have publicly dismissed the 2010 opt [...]	2008-12-10 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA4386	MEDELLIN MAYOR SALAZAR DENIES RECEIVING DON [...] (C) Former Medellin crime boss and paramilitary leader Diego Murillo (Don Berna)--as well as his lieutenants--claim that Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar sought and received Berna's financial support for his mayoral campaign in October 2007. Salazar has proclaimed his innocence and asked that [...]	2008-12-11 20:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4390	GOC WORKS TO ACHIEVE ILO COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) The GOC made efforts to align Colombia's labor code with International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions in 2008 through new legislation (see reftel),but key issues remain: clarity on essential public services and the right to strike, registration of new unions, allowance of industr [...]	2008-12-11 20:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4396	LA GUAJIRA AND CESAR--SHARED INDIGENOUS [...] (U) Cesar and La Guajira departments share significant indigenous populations and security issues, including the presence of FARC, ELN, and criminal groups. The indigenous in the region have great cultural differences, but express a common distrust for the National Indigenous Organization of [...]	2008-12-12 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CO VE
08BOGOTA4397	LEGAL OBSTACLE TO FARC DEMOBILIZATIONS NOT [...] (C) President Uribe announced that all Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members, including senior leaders, would avoid prosecution for human rights crimes if they assisted in hostage releases. Local legal experts said despite Uribe's assurances, the Wilson Bueno Largo (Isaza) ca [...]	2008-12-12 23:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4398	BOGOTA FY 2009 SEC 1206 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) The Charge confirms Post's review and concurrence with the following five project proposals for Section 1206 funding in FY 2009. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombia's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism operations against the three Designated Foreign Terrorist Organ [...]	2008-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
08BOGOTA4430	EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT [...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]	2008-12-16 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4442	TIERRALTA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS CORDOBA SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) An international delegation--including representatives from the OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS),the U.S. and Canadian Embassies, and Lutheran World Relief--met with community leaders and victims in southern Cordoda, departmental police and military commanders, and [...]	2008-12-16 21:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4452	COLOMBIA ENERGY UPDATE: MORE BLOCS, GAS PROSPECTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's energy sector continues its solid expansion in spite of the recent decline in oil and gas prices. The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has adjudicated 100 exploration contracts in 2008--a new record--and concluded two successful bloc auctions during the year. On t [...]	2008-12-17 15:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EPET PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4457	MILITARY KILLS HUSBAND OF CAUCA INDIGENOUS LEADER [...] (U) 29th Army Brigade Commander General Barrero told us Colombian soldiers killed the husband of prominent Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) Chairperson Aida Quilcue when his vehicle did not stop at a check-point around 4:00am on December 16. Barrero called the incident a "terrible [...]	2008-12-17 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4462	LAND ISSUES REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary: The land issue is central to almost all aspects of consolidation and post-conflict reconstruction in Colombia. Not only is it of concern for victims and those displaced by the conflict, but boosting agricultural productivity is also a GOC priority. After over 50 years of conflic [...]	2008-12-17 19:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4468	THIRD TERM REFERENDUM TAKES A SECOND SMALL STEP [...] (U) Summary: President Uribe called for a special congressional session only 30 minutes before the normal close of Congress on December 16, allowing his supporters to push through the second of four required votes on the presidential reelection referendum bill. The language in the bill would [...]	2008-12-17 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA4479	COLOMBIA: RESPONSE ON CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE PROMOTION [...] The following information is keyed to reftel request for information on Colombia's developments regarding civil nuclear energy and future plans in the sector. Plans/Motivations for Development of Nuclear Power --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. According to officials a [...]	2008-12-18 15:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4485	INVESTIGATION INTO MILITARY KILLING OF EDWIN [...] (C) Summary. Vice Defense Minister Jaramillo told us the killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of indigenous activist Aida Quilcue--appeared to have been a mistaken military ambush based on bad intelligence intended to target arms traffickers. President Uribe repeatedly expressed his condolences [...]	2008-12-18 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4527	USG FUNDED LABOR PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Government supports the labor sector through eleven projects, including: one by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL),three by the Department of Labor (DOL),and seven by USAID. The $27 million in funding over the 2001-2011 time frame support projects t [...]	2008-12-22 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4547	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary. Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on recent violence against indigenous communities and extrajudicial killings. Participants highlighted the recent killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of Cauca indigenous leader Aida Quilcue--by military forces as evidenc [...]	2008-12-23 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4577	GOC REPORTS ON WEALTH TAX EXPENDITURES [...] (C) The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported in November 2008 that the four-year "wealth tax" imposed on Colombia's richest citizens and enterprises to fund the democratic security policy would total $3.7 billion from 2007-2011. Approximately 80% is directed towards the internal confl [...]	2008-12-24 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO
08BOGOTA4588	URIBE REJECTS INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The FARC announced on December 21 their intention to release six hostages to a group of Colombian "intellectuals" led by Piedad Cordoba, and reiterated its demand for a demilitarized zone. Cordoba said President Chavez should participate in the process, but President Uribe quickly rejecte [...]	2008-12-24 19:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4615	GOC OFFERS JUSTICE AND PEACE BENEFITS TO FORMER [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo announced on December 30 that the GOC would offer Justice and Peace Law (JPL) benefits, including possible reduced sentences, to 120 jailed members of the FARC in exchange for criminal confessions and written pledges to lay down their arms. "Martin Sombra," the [...]	2008-12-30 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4632	GOC INVITATION TO ATTEND 50TH ANNUAL IDB MEETING [...] On December 31, Post received a diplomatic note and original letter from Colombian Minister of Finance and Public Credit Oscar Ivan Zuluaga extending an invitation to Treasury Secretary Paulson to attend the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank ( [...]	2008-12-31 20:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID OTRA OVIP PGOV CO
08BOGOTA470	MILLIONS OF COLOMBIANS MARCH AGAINST THE FARC [...] On February 4, millions of Colombians in Bogota and dozens of other cities marched against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and kidnapping. As many as two million marched in Bogota, in what leading daily "El Tiempo" described as the largest demonstration in Colombian history [...]	2008-02-05 23:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA49	BOGOTA FY08 "1206" PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota concurs with the following six project proposals for section 1206 funding in FY 2008. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombian military capacity to conduct counterterrorism operations against the FARC and ELN (designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and [...]	2008-01-04 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
08BOGOTA5	HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION ON HOLD AFTER GOC SAYS IT [...] The Venezuelan-led, international mission to recover three FARC-held hostages was put on hold on December 31 after President Uribe announced the GOC "hypothesis" -- backed by extensive circumstantial evidence -- that the reason for the FARC's delay in releasing the hostages was that the group [...]	2008-01-02 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA51	PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO CHIDES CHAVEZ ON [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Charge on January 3 that Venezuelan President Chavez will continue to use the humanitarian exchange issue to create problems, but said the GOC plans to make him pay a high political cost for his recent unsuccessful hostage rescue missio [...]	2008-01-04 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA511	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EXPANDED ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on February 4 for senior Colombian government economic policymakers to discuss ideas for expanded bilateral economic engagement to reinforce the benefits of the pending U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA). The Ambassador emphasized t [...]	2008-02-08 18:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV CO
08BOGOTA528	APPELLATE COURT ELECTS NEW JUDGE FOR LABOR [...] SUMMARY. In late December, 2007, the six-month term for Colombia's three specially appointed judges handling cases of violence against unionists ended. As part of its normal selection process, magistrates of the Appellate Court for Bogota voted to reappoint Elsa Rivera de Jimenez and Maria [...]	2008-02-11 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA54	DNA EVIDENCE CONFIRMS IDENTITY OF "EMMANUEL" BORN [...] Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran confirmed at a press conference on January 4 that results from DNA testing indicate with "high probability" that the boy in state custody known as Juan David Gomez Tapiero is Emmanuel, the son of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Clara Roja [...]	2008-01-04 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA570	COLOMBIA'S OIL & GAS OUTLOOK: INVESTORS BULLISH, [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA590	POLO REMAINS DIVIDED - WEAKENING PROSPECTS FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The leftist Polo Democratico Alternativo Party (Polo)'s poor performance in last October's local elections--as well as its ambiguous stance toward the FARC--have exacerbated tensions between its pragmatic, social democratic wing and unreconstructed, orthodox communist elements. [...]	2008-02-14 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER CO VZ
08BOGOTA591	URIBE VS THE SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: In January, Supreme Court Justice Cesar Valencia publicly accused President Alvaro Uribe of interfering in the Supreme Court's investigation of the president's distant cousin for alleged paramilitary connections. Valencia said Uribe called him to complain about the Court's actions an [...]	2008-02-14 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS CO

08BOGOTA618	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS; [...] (C) Local members of the Afro-Colombian communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado complained about GOC delays in returning their land, lack of security and GOC financial support, and perceived military bias in favor of African palm companies. Local leader Enrique Petro told us the palm firms c [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA624	COURT FINDS COLONEL GUILTY OF JAMUNDI KILLINGS [...] Summary: On February 18, the Trial Court of Cali found Colombian military Colonel Byron Carvajal and fourteen members of his platoon guilty of "aggravated homicide" for the May 22, 2006 massacre of ten members of an elite anti-narcotics police unit and an informant in Jamundi (Valle del Cauca [...]	2008-02-20 21:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR CO
08BOGOTA645	FARC AND NARCOTRAFFICKERS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE URABA [...] (C) Members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC) told us February 5 that paramilitary groups, in collusion with the military and police, continue to threaten and kill community members. The military denied the allegations, stating their focus is combating the increased FARC and na [...]	2008-02-22 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA687	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG [...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...]	2008-02-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA693	COLOMBIA RECEIVES DEMOCRATIC CUBA DEMARCHE [...] On February 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. We will press MFA contacts for possible GOC actions in response to the recent developments in Cuba and will report on any actions taken. . Brownfield [...]	2008-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA695	COLOMBIA'S PRO-TPA UNIONS TO FORM THEIR OWN LABOR [...] SUMMARY. On February 14, representatives from over 60 unions who support the U.S - Colombia Trade Promotion Act (TPA) proposed forming a new labor group (central) as an alternative to the three main labor confederations that oppose the TPA. The 60 unions -- which represent more than 45,000 w [...]	2008-02-26 17:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA712	ECOPETROL ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TRIPLE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Amid strong investment in Colombia's oil and gas sector (ref A),state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol announced February 25 plans to increase its annual production to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2015. Ecopetrol intends to direct much of the proceeds from its successful partia [...]	2008-02-26 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA716	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON SUBMARINE COMBAT [...] The Colombian Navy (COLNAV) seeks to purchase two U.S. submarine combat systems -- equivalent to either the AN/BYG-1 or SUBICS 9000. This purchase intends to modernize combat systems and capabilities on the Navy's two Type 209 submarines and keep them operational for an estimated 20 addition [...]	2008-02-26 23:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA736	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia experiences a dramatic transformation, fostered by targeted U.S. assistance. Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, including aga [...]	2008-02-28 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA794	POPULAR WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION MEMBERS ALLEGE [...] (SBU) Polcouns visited a Popular Women's Organization (OFP) office in Barrancabermeja and also made remarks at the inauguration of a new OFP office in Bucaramanga on February 13. Members of the group told Polcouns about the threats against their group by so-called "paramilitaries" and other [...]	2008-03-03 19:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER OAS CO
08BOGOTA812	LABOR CONFEDERATIONS CRITICIZE GOC'S LABOR REFORM [...] (U) Colombia's three main labor confederations criticized the GOC's labor reform package which is pending in Congress. The unions applauded the proposed transfer of authority for declaring whether a strike is legal from the executive to the judiciary, but said the two bills (Legality of Strike [...]	2008-03-04 20:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA821	CAMBIO RADICAL: STRONGER THAN EVER [...] (C) Governing coalition party Cambio Radical made significant gains in the October 2007 local elections, emerging as the one of Colombia's four leading parties in the run up to the 2010 presidential elections. Cambio supports Uribe's "democratic security" policy, free trade, and close relatio [...]	2008-03-04 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA827	COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...]	2008-03-05 01:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA838	COLOMBIA: REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following information responds to request in reftel. Colombian Government Efforts ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Under the administration of President Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian government (GOC) has made significant progress on increasing accountability and transparency. N [...]	2008-03-05 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA901	WEATHERING THE VENEZUELA/ECUADOR CRISIS - GOC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following meetings with business leaders, the GOC has announced a four-point contingency plan to stimulate the Colombian economy in the event Venezuela cuts all trade with Colombia for the killing of FARC senior leader Raul Reyes in Ecuador (ref A). While presented as a worst-c [...]	2008-03-06 19:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BEXP CO
08BOGOTA902	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION CREATES GREATER [...] (C) Local civic and Catholic church leaders said the paramilitary demobilization and parapolitical investigations created new political space in the Medio Magdelena region, noting the triumph of reformist mayors in southern Bolivar department and Barrancabermeja in the October local elections. [...]	2008-03-06 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA905	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER [...] (S) The military killed two key FARC commanders in the September-December period, prompting desertions from the 16th and 37th fronts. The FARC continued to move forces from the eastern Macarena in Meta to parts of Tolima -Valle zone, leading some analysts to speculate that it is withdrawing [...]	2008-03-06 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA911	VENEZUELAN NATIONALIZATION THREAT RATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Adding fuel to the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador over the killing of FARC senior commander Raul Reyes (ref A),Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned he may nationalize Colombian companies operating in Venezuela. While a number of Colombian private sector repr [...]	2008-03-07 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA917	COLOMBIANS MARCH FOR VICTIMS OF PARA AND STATE [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, tens of thousands marched in cities in Colombia to commemorate victims of paramilitary and state violence. Turnout was less than that of the February 4 march against the FARC, but participation exceeded organizers' expectations. March organizer Ivan Cepeda, head of t [...]	2008-03-07 23:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA919	MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...]	2008-03-08 00:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA921	MILITARY JUSTICE OFFSITE YIELDS PROGRESS [...] At an offsite conference in Paipa organized and funded primarily by SOUTHCOM with USAID and DOJ support, senior Ministry of Defense and Prosecutor General's office officials made progress in addressing extrajudicial killings by military personnel. Participants discussed their interpretations [...]	2008-03-08 16:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA937	COLOMBIA MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ACCUSATORY [...] Summary: On January 1, 2008, Colombia initiated the final phase of a four-year, phased implementation of its new Criminal Procedure Code which introduces an accusatory criminal justice system. Implementation of the new system, which began on January 1, 2005, has largely been viewed as a succ [...]	2008-03-10 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA955	DECREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS [...] Summary: The National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR),Ministry of Interior and Justice (MOIJ),other government agencies, and civil society are consulting on a draft decree to set up an administrative reparations scheme. This would avoid the lengthy delays under the curr [...]	2008-03-11 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA956	REPARATIONS DECREE CONSULTATIONS GIVE VICTIMS [...] The National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) held ten regional consultations with hundreds of victims groups and the general public to discuss the draft reparations decree. The meetings provided victims an opportunity to voice their concerns and offer ideas to improve the [...]	2008-03-11 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA970	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND CHAO DELEGATION MEETS WITH [...] Participants: UNITED STATES Secretary Carlos Gutierrez SIPDIS Secretary Elaine L. Chao SIPDIS Steven Preston, Administrator, Small Business Administration Ambassador William R. Brownfield Senator Bob Corke, R-TM Representative Tom Davis, R-VA Representative Edolphus Towns, D-NY [...]	2008-03-12 17:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA996	MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...]	2008-03-13 22:20:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC
08BOGOTA998	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS MARCH 17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The Ambassador shared the USG position regarding the March 17 Organization of American States (OAS) Ministerial with FM Araujo on March 13. Araujo said the GOC hopes the upcoming meeting will end tensions between Ecuador and Colombia, and produce agreement on an OAS regional mechanism to [...]	2008-03-13 23:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV OAS EC CO
08BRASILIA1036	USOAS AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary. Brazil's coordinator for the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA) told visiting USOAS Ambassador Hector Morales that the Concept Paper provides ample scope for cooperation and the proposed three pillars are very pertinent. Brazil broadly shares U.S. objectives for the SOA, althoug [...]	2008-07-28 11:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EAGR ENRG SENV KSUM XM HA TD
08BRASILIA1120	CONTROVERSY OVER BRAZIL,S AMNESTY LAW INFLAMES OLD [...] (U) On August 31, Brazilian Justice Mininster Tarso Genro called for prosecution of members of the Brazilian military involved with violations of human rights, including torture, during Brazil,s 1964-85 military government. This would call for a revision of the 1979 law on amnesty which hal [...]	2008-08-19 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR MARR PGOV PHUM
08BRASILIA1183	GEORGIA: BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON SITUATION [...] (C) Post has held a series of discussions with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) using the points and themes contained in reftels. Consistent with its normal practice, the Brazilian government has avoided taking a strong position on a situation distant from Brazil's borders [...]	2008-09-08 11:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1226	WHAT TO DO ABOUT BOLIVIA? BRAZIL'S PRESIDENCY, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 23:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENGR EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA1264	BRAZIL: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff's July 19-22 visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil identified new areas of cooperation between the United States and Brazil. They included improved security of passenger travel and travel document fraud d [...]	2008-09-22 20:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI ECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN EMIN ENRG ETRD
08BRASILIA129	BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON DCA, TRIP TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told the Ambassador January 17 that he would like to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA, ref A) when he visits Washington in March, but that he faces stiff opposition in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty). He brie [...]	2008-01-25 14:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAIR PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1290	Brazil Municipal Elections: Belo Horizonte Race Will Test [...] (SBU) Summary: Although all Brazilian cities elect mayors and city councils on October 5, the municipal elections in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo have the most potential to affect the national political situation. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil's sixth largest city located in the state of Minas G [...]	2008-09-29 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1314	SUPREME COURT WIRETAP SCANDAL CHANGES FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-running suspicions that phone calls of high-level Brazilian officials from all three branches of government are being intercepted became the latest front-page scandal when Veja magazine reported that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) had tapped conversations between a [...]	2008-10-03 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PTER PINS BR
08BRASILIA1315	BRAZIL: WIRETAP SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLE [...] Summary: Revelations that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) may have been wiretapping Supreme Court (STF) President Gilmar Mendes' calls (reftel) have reinvigorated Congressional inquiries into abusive wiretapping practices and will likely lead to legislation providing oversight over wi [...]	2008-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA1320	BRAZIL: LOCAL ELECTIONS AN EARLY SIGNAL OF TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Brazilians will elect mayors and city council members in all cities except Brasilia. It is increasingly looking like the results will define the 2010 presidential election as a contest between Dilma Rousseff (PT),the president's chief of staff and clear favorite, [...]	2008-10-03 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1330	BRAZIL: BRAZIL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: FIRST ROUND [...] (U) Summary: During local elections held on Sunday, October 5, in over 5500 Brazilian cities and towns (but not in Brasilia, as the DF has a governor but no mayor),Brazilians voted for mayors and city councils peacefully without incident. In state capitals they generally re-elected mayors or [...]	2008-10-07 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1365	IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Brasilia's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views of China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? The Brazilian public followed the games with great interest, especial [...]	2008-10-15 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA1414	Brazil: Incumbents, PMDB Win in Second Round Mayoral [...] (U) Summary. In second round voting for mayors in thirty Brazilian cities, candidates from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and incumbents did well, while President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) lost in Sao Paulo, Salvador, and Porto Alegre, but did well in the industrial cities su [...]	2008-10-28 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1460	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR
08BRASILIA1479	Brazil: Obama's Victory Unleashes Outpouring of [...] (SBU) Summary. Official statements and media reactions to the election of Barack Obama have been overwhelmingly positive, and political and opinion leaders have expressed hopes that the already good bilateral relationship will improve. Brazilians elites have high expectations that Obama will [...]	2008-11-13 17:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1493	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]	2008-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1497	BRAZIL: THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 20:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
08BRASILIA1532	BRAZIL RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche November 25 to Ambassador Goncalo de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourao, director of the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Department at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. Morao said that Brazil had expressed in the OAS its "apprehensiveness" wi [...]	2008-11-25 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR NU
08BRASILIA160	GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TAX [...] (SBU) Summary. In the months-long unsuccessful effort to renew the tax on financial transactions ("CPMF"),the Lula administration tried to win congressional votes by distributing jobs and federal funds, meddling in the legislative agenda, and seeking favors for key legislators. The episode [...]	2008-01-31 15:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KCOR EFIN BR
08BRASILIA1608	BRAZIL CRIMINALIZES POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH [...] (U) Brazilian President Lula opened the Third International Child World Congress in Rio de Janeiro on November 25 (SEPTEL) by pulling out his pen in front of thousands of participants and signing a bill that made possession of child pornography a felony, the first time it has been criminalized [...]	2008-12-15 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM BR
08BRASILIA1636	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]	2008-12-20 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1664	Brazil: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to be a cooperative partner in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere--to include investigating potential terrorism financing, and document forgery networks and other illi [...]	2008-12-29 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV ECON CO BR
08BRASILIA1669	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER WHA [...] (C) Following are mission's response to ref a, para 3. a) As reported ref B, the Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note to Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary Vargas on November x informing the GOB of our intent to increase staffing at existing DEA offices in Brasilia and Sao Pa [...]	2008-12-29 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AMGT BR
08BRASILIA1681	Senate Strikes Back Against Presidential Decree Authority [...] (U) Summary. The days of "legislation by presidential decree" may be numbered, after the Senate President recently took the unprecedented step of returning a decree to President Lula, and both houses of Congress again focused on curtailing the President's ability to control the legislative age [...]	2008-12-31 16:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA216	BRAZIL TO WAIT AND SEE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence from the capital, Political Counselor followed up Ambassador's initial demarche on Kosovo independence (ref B),delivering Ref A points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Eastern European Acting Director Rodrigo Mendes Carlos de Almeida. De Almeida [...]	2008-02-14 10:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BR
08BRASILIA244	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche to Brazilian State Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on Feb. 20. SIPDIS Vargas received the points, and commented "We are aware of your position, but ours has not changed" (see ref b). SOBEL [...]	2008-02-22 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA249	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE US POSITION FOR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel per instructions to Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Officials had no immediate reaction, and post will report any response septel. SOBEL [...]	2008-02-25 20:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU BR
08BRASILIA286	BRAZIL: NEW SCANDAL COULD MEAN ANOTHER LOST YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest scandal to engulf the Lula government was unleashed January 13 when influential daily Estado de Sao Paulo took advantage of one of the government's most highly touted clean-government initiatives, its transparency web portal, to report on the exponential increase in u [...]	2008-03-02 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA35	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...]	2008-01-07 13:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA390	Brazil's Congress Prepares to Rein in President's Decree [...] (SBU) Summary. Angered by an alleged overuse of decree-making authority that has caused legislative gridlock, Congress will try to limit the president's ability to dominate the legislative agenda and implement policy through issuance of "provisional measures" (MPs). President Lula's unprecede [...]	2008-03-20 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM BR
08BRASILIA395	CODEL MARKEY VISIT TO BRASILIA [...] SUMMARY. Codel Markey visited Brazil February 15-21. The CODEL began its visit in Manaus where it received briefings on environmental issues focusing on the effects of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. It then proceeded to Rio de Janeiro (reported septel) to focus on alternative fuel [...]	2008-03-24 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT BR
08BRASILIA41	BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...]	2008-01-07 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR
08BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on March 27 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that, as always, COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resol [...]	2008-03-28 21:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA43	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...]	2008-01-08 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR
08BRASILIA440	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...]	2008-04-02 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR
08BRASILIA469	SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA472	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI, [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions and th [...]	2008-04-04 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA504	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]	2008-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA56	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...]	2008-01-09 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA602	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 6 to the Ministry of Exterior Relations OAS Division Secretary Luciano Rego, who noted that they were aware of the U.S. candidacy and would take a careful look at the non-paper and C.V. Rego noted that the GoB already made commitments to the Paraguay [...]	2008-05-06 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM BR
08BRASILIA674	BRAZIL: TOP ADVISER DILMA ROUSSEFF BOOSTS OWN 2010 [...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's top domestic policy adviser and apparent favorite to succeed him in 2010, greatly increased her chances of being her party's 2010 presidential candidate by an impressive performance before hostile questioning in the Senate Infrastructure Service [...]	2008-05-16 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA703	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office (MRE) on May 2 and to the Ministry of Finance on May 8. At MRE, Minister Luis Antonio Balduino Carneiro, Coordinator-General of the Finance Affairs Office, joined by representatives of the Middle East and Unite [...]	2008-05-20 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG
08BRASILIA707	BRAZILIAN GENERAL BREAKS RANKS ON INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Brazilian Army General Augusto Heleno, military commander of the Amazon region, spoke out on April 16 against the GOB's indigenous policy calling it "chaotic," specifically in reference to a traditionally indigenous area in northern Roraima state planned to become a protected reserve. Thi [...]	2008-05-20 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA813	Brazil: Local elections: Lots of Heat, Little Light [...] (SBU) Summary. Campaigning for October 5 municipal elections is getting underway with much media attention and political jockeying but the results will have almost no bearing on national politics. About a fifth of the 513 federal deputies are running for mayor, and the Chamber of Deputies will [...]	2008-06-13 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA823	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA855	Brazil: Do All the Corruption Scandals Matter? [...] (SBU) Summary. Fresh scandal news appears daily in major newspapers, and there are now investigations into at least seven major corruption scandals involving politicians. Experience suggests courts and congressional inquiries will mete out little or no punishment. The constant parade of cor [...]	2008-06-25 16:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM KDEM EAIR BR
08BRASILIA913	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BRAZIL'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim our interest in seeing Brazil recognize Kosovo's independence. Amorim said that Brazil's position had not changed with regard to the need to respect UNSC Resolution 1244 (ref b). However, Brazil's posi [...]	2008-07-07 10:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPKO PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA94	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AVIATION BILATERALS HELD IN RIO DEC. 5-6, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Brazilian delegations met in Rio de Janeiro December 5-6, 2007 for their first formal bilateral aviation consultations in 10 years to focus on liberalization. While the Brazilian negotiators offered a limited number of increased frequencies to limited destinations in t [...]	2008-01-16 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
08BRASILIA993	BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]	2008-07-21 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRATISLAVA1	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In their courtesy call meeting on December 28, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Jan Kubis discussed a range of foreign policy issues, with an emphasis on the Western Balkans. Kubis was in typical form, cordial and guarded, but gave additional insight on several topics, su [...]	2008-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KVIR EU LO
08BRATISLAVA109	GOS ROLLS OUT ROMA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Slovakia has new EU-provided funding and increased staff in the office of Deputy Prime Minister Dusan Caplovic (Smer) to dramatically upgrade programs that address the needs of the Roma community. Roma activists and other observers are very skeptical, however [...]	2008-03-11 10:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA125	SLOVAKIA HAS NO REASON NOT TO BE TOUGH ON BURMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered Reftel message to Drahomir Stos, Head of the Asia Unit at Slovakia's MFA, on March 18. Stos agreed with the U.S. message in its entirety and said Slovakia will absolutely lend its support, both publicly and privately, to UN Special Advisor Gambari. 2. (C) Stos explained [...]	2008-03-20 09:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA127	COALITION ALTERS PRESS LAW DRAFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) In advance of next week's parliamentary session, the governing coalition quietly introduced in the Culture and Media Committee on March 18 an amended version of its draft press law. The new version, introduced by Smer MP Jan Podmanicky, addresses one of the two major deficiencies identif [...]	2008-03-20 16:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA129	COALITION ALTERS PRESS LAW DRAFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) In advance of next week's parliamentary session, the governing coalition quietly introduced in the Culture and Media Committee on March 18 an amended version of its draft press law. The new version, introduced by Smer MP Jan Podmanicky, addresses one of the two major deficiencies identif [...]	2008-03-20 16:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA164	FICO GETS HIS PRESS LAW AND LISBON TREATY TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak Parliament passed the ruling coalition's media law bill April 9; the bill will now be submitted to President Gasparovic for signing. The controversial "right to reply" remains largely unchanged despite indications over the past week from the coalition and the opposi [...]	2008-04-10 17:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA206	SLOVAKIA WILL WEIGH POST-REFERENDUM STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Drahomir Stos at MFA's Territorial Department for Asia and Oceania on May 2. Stos said Slovakia didn't plan to release a statement before the Burmese Constitutional referendum, but actively supported the April 29 GAERC conclusions on Burma. Citing Slovakia' [...]	2008-05-05 14:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA220	SUPPORTING ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] Post proactively initiates, encourages and supports outreach to activists for democracy and dissidents in un-free nations. In the past year, Post worked with several indigenous and international NGOs to provide training, resources and moral support to civil society organizations in Belarus, Af [...]	2008-05-14 14:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA231	SLOVAKIA REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) DCM, in the absence of the Ambassador who was traveling in-country, delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova on May 16 (FM Kubis is in Peru). Algayerova reaffirmed Slovakia's support for the Government of Lebanon and the March 14 movement, and said Slovakia will conti [...]	2008-05-16 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR LO
08BRATISLAVA240	GAERC MEETING: SLOVAKIA HOPES TO BECOME "LEADER ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on May 22. In preparing for the upcoming GAERC, FM Kubis is, according to Otruba, putting the greatest effort into a speech on his recent trip to Afghanistan (Ref B). Otruba speculated that the Foreign Minister wants [...]	2008-05-23 10:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO AF
08BRATISLAVA244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA252	POST PROMOTES HIRING ROMA TO ADDRESS SLOVAK LABOR SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recognizing that Slovakia's impressive economic growth and low unemployment means that labor is becoming scarcer and more expensive, the Embassy partnered with U.S. Steel Kosice and the American Chamber of Commerce to hold a May 20 conference in Presov on hiring the long-term une [...]	2008-05-30 12:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA261	UPDATES TO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (U) Post response to reftel follows in paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Country: Slovak Republic Date: June 2, 2008 Head of Government Fico Robert Robert FICO Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic 421 2 5729 5400 (office) 421 2 5978 2211 (MFA duty phone) 421 905 755 705 (residence/mobile) [...]	2008-06-02 13:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA266	STRAINS SURFACE (AGAIN) IN FICO-KUBIS RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Following a burst of media coverage suggesting that Foreign Minister Kubis's days in office could be numbered, signs of strained relations between Prime Minister Fico and FM Kubis were apparent, once again, during Fico's June 3 visit to the MFA. According to a senior MFA official [...]	2008-06-06 12:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA276	SLOVAK GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW MANDATE AND [...] (C) Summary. The GoS approved a proposal on June 11 to increase Slovakia's contribution to ISAF up to a total of 246 soldiers, including 24 troops who will operate without geographical caveats. Defense Minister Baska has said he plans to increase the number of Slovak troops serving in ISAF to [...]	2008-06-11 16:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ISAF NL LO
08BRATISLAVA281	JUNE GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS LIFTING SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on June 12. Otruba predicted the GAERC will drop Restrictive Measures against Cuba, but also will send a strong pro-democracy message. Slovakia supports this stance, with the proviso that there be an annual [...]	2008-06-12 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV CU LO
08BRATISLAVA284	SLOVAK ATTENDANCE AT JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Desk Officer for Lebanon, Syria and Israel, Beata Urbanova. According to Urbanova, MFA Deputy Minister Diana Strofova will represent Slovakia at the June 23 Conference. Urbanova also confirmed that the GOS is considering a pledge, but said t [...]	2008-06-13 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL LO LE UNRWA
08BRATISLAVA29	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 16:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA291	PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXPANDED ISAF MISSION [...] (SBU) Slovakia's Parliament approved on June 19 the Government's plan (described in Ref A) to expand its contribution to ISAF. 126 of Slovakia's 150 MPs were present for the vote, in which 119 voted in favor and seven abstained. All six MPs from the right-of-center Christian-Democratic Party ( [...]	2008-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ISAF MOPS LO
08BRATISLAVA316	SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS: NO BREAKTHROUGHS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA32	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial and lively one-hour conversation, former Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda outlined his strategy for wooing voters back to his party, the Social Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU). In an series of public meetings throughout the country over the next several months, [...]	2008-01-24 13:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA324	SDKU CHAIRMAN DZURINDA: HOLDING ON TO THE REINS [...] (C) Summary. During a farewell call by the DCM on July 9, SDKU Chairman Mikulas Dzurinda outlined SDKU's strategy for promoting the party in the face of a resilient and popular government. Dzurinda acknowledged that simply criticizing PM Fico and the government was not working, and that SDK [...]	2008-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA334	JUSTICE MINISTER HARABIN UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Harabin, a former Supreme Court Justice and of Meciar's HZDS, is under fire for his reported ties to Baki Sadiki, believed to have been the head of an Albanian drug-smuggling ring in the 1990's. Sadiki escaped prosecution on drug trafficking charges, but was to [...]	2008-07-16 11:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA336	GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on July 18. Otruba will include U.S. non-papers in the briefing materials acting FM Diana Strofova receives ahead of the July 22-23 GAERC meeting(FM Kubis will be on vacation at the time of the GAERC). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-07-18 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP LO

08BRATISLAVA34	GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Slovakia's delegation will be led by MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova, as Minister Jan Kubis will be hosting a visit by the UN Secretary General. 2. (SBU) Micovcin predicted that an EU Peacekee [...]	2008-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IS SU LO
08BRATISLAVA340	CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] Based on the criteria outlined in reftel, post has not identified any potential nominees for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference. OBSITNIK [...]	2008-07-28 14:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA341	FORMER AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ON SLOVAK PLANS FOR [...] (C) During a cordial one-on-one luncheon July 25 with Ambassador Obsitnik, former Ambassador to the U.S., Rasto Kacer, stated that he had been told by a well-connected source that PM Fico has made a secret deal with Russia to resell a portion of the Transpetrol pipeline after the GOS purchases [...]	2008-07-29 07:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET LO RU
08BRATISLAVA342	PM FICO RIDING HIGH...SO, WHAT AILS HIM? [...] (C) Summary. By most measures, Robert Fico has enjoyed great success in his two years as Slovakia's Prime Minister. Buoyed by economic statistics that are the envy of his regional counterparts, Fico's popularity is extraordinarily high among voters (ranging between 42-48 percent). Unemploymen [...]	2008-07-30 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA37	DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. At a 10:00 AM Press Conference on January 25, Prime Minister Fico - with Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky by his side - announced he would accept his Minister's resignation. The proximate cause was revelations of grossly inflated tenders for services beginning on January 17. [...]	2008-01-25 15:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA373	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF TIGHTER EU SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 07:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM LO
08BRATISLAVA377	SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 17:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA393	TFGG01: GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS [...] (SBU) DCM drew on refs A, B, and C in an August 25 discussion with Maria Krasnohorska, MFA Director General for International Organizations and Humanitarian Assistance. Krasnohorska appreciated U.S. communicativeness on the Georgian situation and said the Slovak MFA "reads the situation the sa [...]	2008-08-25 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA397	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA4	Enterprise Legacy Foundation: Making the [...] Summary: With the end of active investment operations in March, the Slovak American Enterprise Fund (SAEF) is completing its plans for a legacy foundation with assets of approximately USD 8 to 10 million. SAEF proposes creating an entrepreneurial center that will offer support and assistance t [...]	2008-01-04 14:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA40	OPPOSITION APPEARS TO HAVE HELD UP LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Slovakia's parliament -- despite PM Fico's urging -- postponed the planned January 30 vote on ratification of the EU Lisbon Treaty 30 due to the opposition's insistence that the government withdraw its draft press law. Parliament postponed further consideration until January 31, and may h [...]	2008-01-30 16:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA407	HARABIN RECALL DEBATE MARKS NEW LOW IN SLOVAK [...] (C) Summary. During a futile attempt by the opposition to recall Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, members of the ruling coalition engaged in some of the basest ad hominem attacks, including blatant anti-Semitic rhetoric, that we can recall. The crux of the opposition's charge, led by former Ju [...]	2008-09-10 15:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA42	FICO TO EU: WE'LL RATIFY LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Prime Minister Fico met with EU ambassadors on January 30 to calm their fears about Lisbon Treaty ratification hours after the PM postponed the ratification vote in parliament due to opposition demands that Fico withdraw his controversial new press law draft as a precondition for its suppo [...]	2008-01-31 16:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA422	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO
08BRATISLAVA455	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 30 with President Gasparovic, in preparation for the Slovak leader's October 9 visit to the White House. While Slovak entry into the Visa Waiver Program would obviously be one positive topic of the meeting, to ensure a successful visit the Ambassador urge [...]	2008-10-06 15:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA456	SLOVAKIA: TIP TRAINING UNDERWAY [...] Summary: As part of its 2008-2010 National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Slovakia, in cooperation with the NGO community, developed an extensive training program for NGO workers, law enforcement officials, religious workers, and community social workers. The [...]	2008-10-06 16:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRATISLAVA467	SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...]	2008-10-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA512	SLOVAK REACTIONS TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 17:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA522	SLOVAKIA: RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA523	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON DEA EXPULSION FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL LO
08BRATISLAVA528	SERIES OF SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN FLARE-UPS FORCE PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the soccer match in Dunajska Streda on November 1 when Hungarian hooligans were expelled from the arena with surprising (some say excessive) force by Slovak police (reftel),several subsequent events involving ethnically fueled extremism have forced the rhetoric-slinging of [...]	2008-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU LO
08BRATISLAVA558	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis on November 28. Slovakia fully supports incorporating sustainment into NATO's current Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund, according to Kubis. 2. (C) Kubis said Slovakia has provided material assistance direct [...]	2008-11-28 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF LO
08BRATISLAVA559	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA560	NAC MINISTERIAL: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on November 28 to discuss the upcoming NATO Ministerial (septel reports Slovak views on NATO support for the Afghan National Army). Both the Ambassador and Kubis acknowledged that recent stories in the European press had led to some misconceptions [...]	2008-11-28 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GA UA LO
08BRATISLAVA562	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-12-01 09:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA567	GOS RUSHES PENAL CODE AMENDMENT TO TOUGHEN STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after Slovak PM Fico and Hungarian PM Gyurcsany's November 17 meeting, Justice Minister Harabin submitted an amendment to the penal code which introduces the concept of "extremism" for the first time. Human rights NGOs immediately objected, as the draft amendment was ins [...]	2008-12-02 16:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU LO
08BRATISLAVA570	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the MFA. Otruba said the Slovak delegation is most interested in the topics related to the western Balkans, and particularly Serbia and Kosovo. With respect to the Middle East and the WTO, Otruba predicted th [...]	2008-12-04 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU LO
08BRATISLAVA580	SLOVAK PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA592	CUBIC: WE COULDN'T YELL AT MOD FOREVER [...] (C) Summary. On November 28, the Slovak Government reversed an earlier commitment and notified the Ambassador that it would not renew its contract for defense-advisory services with the American consulting firm Cubic. Don Madison, Director of Cubic programs in Slovakia, and Jeff Guild, an empl [...]	2008-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR LO
08BRATISLAVA597	CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) Responses to reftel questions follow. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Slovakia currently has five 440 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactors in operation. One of them will be shut down in December 2008. Two 440 MW reactors are currently [...]	2008-12-23 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EPET PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA83	GOS KOSOVO RHETORIC: MORE SOUND THAN FURY [...] (C) Summary and comment. Although the general reaction among most Slovak politicians, media and the public to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been relatively restrained, top officials from governing coalition parties, including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Caplovic, and [...]	2008-02-26 07:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YU KO LO
08BRATISLAVA9	DRAFT LAW ON NGOS DEEMED SIGNIFICANT THREAT BY [...] (C) Slovakia's NGO community has launched a full-scale campaign seeking the withdrawal of a sweeping new draft Ministry of Interior law strictly regulating NGOs. According to leading NGO representatives, one of the most damaging aspects of the draft text, published December 11, is a requireme [...]	2008-01-08 13:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA93	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]	2008-03-03 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRATISLAVA95	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VWP NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Americas Office, Dusan Kristofik, on March 4. Kristofik expressed complete agreement with the message and appreciation for the timing of the demarche, as MFA and Interior Ministry officials were scheduled to meet that [...]	2008-03-04 15:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08BRATISLAVA96	SLOVAKIA SANGUINE ABOUT EU DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 16:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU EUN LO
08BRAZZAVILLE196	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JULY 25, 2008 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Kouilou region asks for forgiveness: A delegation of government leaders who represent the Pointe Noire-Kouilou area in their legislative duties, led by the Minister of Hydrocarbons Taty Loutard, presented themselves to President Denis Sasso [...]	2008-07-25 16:59:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON PGOV CF
08BRAZZAVILLE291	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE GEARING UP FOR MAJOR ECONOMIC MILESTONES [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Summary: After 18 months of delays, reviews and stalled programs, Republic of the Congo (ROC) is making significant progress toward reaching its Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point and achieving the promise of its debt r [...]	2008-10-31 15:33:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV CF
08BRAZZAVILLE298	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Congratulations to the United States: Republic of Congo (RoC) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was one of the first among many African leaders to express his congratulations to Barack Obama through a Radio France International transmission. In [...]	2008-11-10 16:02:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV CF
08BRIDGETOWN116	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...]	2008-02-25 14:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN123	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...]	2008-02-27 18:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL
08BRIDGETOWN124	PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN134	ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS [...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...]	2008-03-04 13:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN137	MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Maldive's resolution on climate change and human rights were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0170, Barbados #0171, Dominica #0172, St. Christopher and Nevis #0173, St. Lucia #0174, St. Vincent [...]	2008-03-04 14:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BRIDGETOWN140	Labor Unions in St Kitts - Going Through Transformation [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ECON SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN21	BARBADOS ELECTION UNPREDICTABLE TO THE END [...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections scheduled for January 15, the Barbados political landscape has heated up with accusations flying between the two main parties, the launch of their political manifestos, and the increased vigor of on-the-ground canvassing and media campaigning. Statistically, the op [...]	2008-01-11 14:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CN TW BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN220	ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]	2008-04-01 12:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229	ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]	2008-04-03 19:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN23	LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...]	2008-01-11 17:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB XL
08BRIDGETOWN25	BARBADOS BUSINESS CLIMATE ON EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Barbados' elections slated for January 15, pundits have been speculating the post-election business climate. Many have settled on a wait-and-see approach as they claim that the economic climate will only take shape after the election results are known. Others predict that [...]	2008-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN299	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Inter-American Juridical Committee were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0413, Barbados #0414, Dominica #0414, St. Christopher and Nevis #0416, St. Lucia #0417, St. Vincent a [...]	2008-05-06 19:58:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XL
08BRIDGETOWN319	FURTHER POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of parliament in St. Lucia are threatening to leave the ruling United Workers Party if their demands, which include the dismissal of a competent, but disliked, appointed member of cabinet and the reinstatement of a politically unpopular figure, are not met. If they [...]	2008-05-16 21:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV ETRD KTIA ST XL
08BRIDGETOWN332	CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...]	2008-05-22 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL
08BRIDGETOWN346	ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) St. Lucia's leadership crisis came to a head in late May as two ministers threatened to leave the governing party and serve as independents and others weighed their options. With the government facing the loss of its majority in parliament, Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne re [...]	2008-05-29 18:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CN SL XL
08BRIDGETOWN349	ST VINCENT LABOR UNIONS PRAGMATIC ON ECONOMIC [...] (u) Summary: St. Vincent's labor commissioner, public service union general secretary and the national workers movement general secretary were all upbeat in recent meetings, in contrast to the general downbeat assessment of the labor scene they portrayed six months earlier. The labor moveme [...]	2008-05-29 20:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN357	2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] a. Claimant A b. 2002 c. In December 2001, Claimant A (a holding company comprised of 98 percent U.S. and 2 per cent Canadian shareholders) requested that Embassy Bridgetown intervene with the GOAB to halt the expropriation of a 110-acre beachfront property. Despite Post interventions [...]	2008-06-03 15:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AC XL
08BRIDGETOWN358	2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] a. Claimant A b. June 2006 c. In June, 2007, the SVG High Court found that Claimant A had violated the terms of the "Alien's (Land-Holding Regulation) Act." The court ruled that Claimant A was required to spend a minimum of USD 15 million on construction within three years of receiving [...]	2008-06-03 18:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN36	TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]	2008-01-16 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN40	SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES STAVING OFF EXTINCTION [...] Summary: Operators of sea turtle sanctuaries in Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent are expressing optimism about the long term viability of sea turtles in the region, but noted that obstacles remain in ensuring long term survival. There is growing awareness throughout the Eastern Caribbean tha [...]	2008-01-22 16:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EFIS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN43	NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]	2008-01-23 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN44	NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]	2008-01-24 12:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN45	AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND [...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...]	2008-01-24 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL
08BRIDGETOWN48	BRIDGETOWN: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown has also contributed to programs aimed at indigenous populations in the Eastern Caribbean. 2. (U) Through the Ambassador's Democracy Fund, Embassy Bridgetown administered a grant to the Carib Territory of Dominica in 2005 for the amount of $15,0 [...]	2008-01-24 20:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN574	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...]	2008-09-22 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL INRB XL
08BRIDGETOWN58	ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...]	2008-01-31 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN584	RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR [...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...]	2008-09-25 14:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN62	"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]	2008-02-01 17:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN63	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]	2008-02-01 18:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN646	AMBASSADOR RAISES CARICOM LETTER WITH PM GONSALVES [...] (C) The Ambassador used the occasion of St. Vincent's National Day celebration to call Prime Minister Gonsalves to account over an inflammatory letter he sent to CARICOM leaders on September 24. In the letter, Gonsalves expressed support for irresponsible accusations by the Venezuelan Ambas [...]	2008-10-28 18:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN649	U.S. INVESTOR AT WIT'S END IN DOMINICA [...] (SBU) AGGPIT Caribbean, L.L.C. (incorporated at 14900 Intracoastal Drive, New Orleans, LA 70129),a startup quarry investment into Dominica, is facing difficulties in obtaining the final permits needed to start operations and has requested U.S. government assistance. This US $1 million invest [...]	2008-10-29 21:07:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KTDB ETRD PGOV SENV XL
08BRIDGETOWN665	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Saint Christopher and Nevis's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 777/2008),which included a letter from the Premier of the Nevis Island Administration containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the lette [...]	2008-11-12 13:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN666	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 328/2008),which included a letter from the Prime Minister containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. Post will [...]	2008-11-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN667	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN67	QUARRY CONNDRUMS IN DOMINICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) is attempting to revamp the quarry industry. Currently, the quarry industry is unregulated, leading to critical environmental degradation and undercharged royalties on land use. The quarry industry, along with the proposed [...]	2008-02-01 21:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EAID ETRD EINV XL DO PGOV
08BRIDGETOWN690	ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE [...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...]	2008-11-21 17:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN699	BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]	2008-12-02 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN700	BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]	2008-12-02 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN704	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN706	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-03 17:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN715	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) At the 2008 CARICOM-Cuba Summit, Antigua and Barbuda publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship with Cuba further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, education, agriculture, engineering, d [...]	2008-12-10 20:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN716	BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. At the 2008 Caribbean Community-Cuba Summit, Barbados publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, [...]	2008-12-10 20:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN721	DOMINICA CABINET RESHUFFLE AMID CORRUPTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on November 19 a cabinet reshuffle designed to curb allegations of widespread corruption among his cabinet ministers. The reshuffle fueled speculation among the opposition that early elections are likely to be announced for the middle [...]	2008-12-11 11:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN726	ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...]	2008-12-12 19:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN752	SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND KOSOVO ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador Ourisman paid a farewell call on an engaging Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda December 16. Spencer told the Ambassador she will be missed and praised her service to the U.S. and its relations with the region. The Ambassador called Spencer,s attention to op [...]	2008-12-31 15:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XL ZL
08BRIDGETOWN78	ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]	2008-02-06 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN89	DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...]	2008-02-13 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN93	PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]	2008-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08BRUSSELS1008	EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...]	2008-07-02 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS101	EU COUNCIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SYRIA, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) European Union Council Head of Middle East Unit Christian Jouret, while dismayed that member states continue to visit Syria or invite Syria to visit them, noted that the member states, as sovereign nations, were not bound by the informal agreement reached last year that HiRep Javier Solana [...]	2008-01-18 15:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SY LE IZ IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1015	BURMA: EU AGREES THAT FURTHER ASSISTANCE DEPENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, USEU Poloff delivered reftel points to Seamus Gillespie at the European Commission (EC). He agrees with our points and stressed the need for close cooperation. He raised two issues that the EC sees as problematic: Restrictions on the World Food Program (WFP) a [...]	2008-07-03 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1022	BELGIUM COURT OF APPEALS REDUCES SENTENCES FOR [...] (C) Belgian MFA Anti-Terrorism Coordinator Andre Ceulemans told PolCouns both he and Johan Delmulle, the Federal Prosecutor, were "astonished by" and "not pleased with" the June 26 Court of Appeals ruling reducing the sentences of five defendants found guilty in January 2008 in the Degauque [...]	2008-07-07 15:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS1055	FRIENDS OF BELARUS: ELECTIONS AND KOZULIN [...] (C) Summary. On July 3, EUR A/S Daniel Fried participated in an informal gathering of the informal Friends of Belarus contact group to encourage continued Transatlantic policy cooperation. The meeting was convened by the Lithuanian Political Director on the margins of the U.S.-EU Political [...]	2008-07-14 08:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM KDEM EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1071	LETERME TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION - KING ALBERT HAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With no institutional solution in the offing, Prime Minister Yves Leterme (CD&V - Christian Democrat and Flemish Party) tendered his resignation to King Albert II around 2300 hours July 14. King Albert is now "taking the resignation under consideration," according to the offi [...]	2008-07-15 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1074	KING ALBERT BRINGS THE POLITICIANS TOGETHER AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After Prime Minister Yves Leterme's surprise resignation late July 14 (reftel),Belgium is still in a state of limbo as King Albert II continues to play his intermediary role in the complex Belgian political process. King Albert is discussing with all the political factions w [...]	2008-07-16 12:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1090	U.S.-EU AFRICA TROIKA ADDRESSES SUDAN, CHAD, HORN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 08:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EUN
08BRUSSELS1094	BELGIUM'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOPES TO KEEP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Didier Reynders told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Yves Leterme gave him only a half hour notice that he would be submitting his resignation to the King. Leaders of the five coalition parties are in discussions with the two green [...]	2008-07-17 15:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1098	EU LIKELY TO EXPAND ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) EU Foreign Ministers appear ready to expand the list of Zimbabwean officials under EU sanctions when the ministers meet July 22 at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Working level negotiators from the 27 EU member states have agreed to add some 37 individuals to th [...]	2008-07-18 12:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN
08BRUSSELS1099	KING ALBERT REJECTS PM LETERME'S RESIGNATION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Albert rejected Prime Minister Leterme's resignation and, after discussions with many political and labor leaders, called for "credible" dialogue on institutional reform for more devolution of power to the regions. Leterme's resignation turned into a clever political st [...]	2008-07-18 12:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1107	THREE "WISE MEN" MUST SET REFORM TALKS FORMULA BY [...] (SBU) King Albert II appointed three mediators to set by July 31 the terms and conditions for a resumption of institutional reform talks. They will try to set a format and timetable for the talks on the regional level, as well as find some way to guarantee to those concerned the talks will [...]	2008-07-22 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BE
08BRUSSELS1117	JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]	2008-07-22 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1120	QUAD POLDIRS ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH

08BRUSSELS1130	BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed it is important to keep pressure on the FARC. He noted there should be more U.S.- EU cooperation on the whole range of problems, from narcotics interventions [...]	2008-07-24 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1138	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...]	2008-07-25 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1147	BELGIUM IN FAVOR OF TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (SBU) Poloff gave reftel points to MFA Turkey Desk Officer Marie Noelle Dubois July 25. Dubois said the Belgian position remains in favor of Turkey's accession to the EU, dependent upon how Turkey progresses with reforms, and how it handles the current court case mentioned in reftel. The Be [...]	2008-07-28 14:45:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1148	BELGIUM FAVORS SOLANA AS SINGLE CONTACT POINT WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Middle East Office Director Francoise Gustin told POLOFF that GOB agrees with the points presented in reftel. The Belgians believe Solana should be the only one to have direct contact with the SARG. Belgium is in favor of keeping open the dialog with Syria, but thinks the EU must [...]	2008-07-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1149	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES BARROSO AND JOUYET ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At her presentation of credentials on July 22, the Ambassador met successively with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and French State Secretary Jean Pierre Jouyet. Both somewhat deflected attempts by the Ambassador to pin the EU down to action on Iran san [...]	2008-07-28 17:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN IR KV FR
08BRUSSELS1168	DELIVERY OF LETTER ON COMMISSION-FUNDED [...] (C) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor delivered a scanned copy of the letter signed by INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson regarding two European Commission-funded initiatives in Bolivia (REFs A to C) on July 29 to Commission Head of Unit Carel Edwa [...]	2008-07-29 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1233	EU RESPONDS ON NEW SANCTIONS, FUTURE OF BURMA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on August 6 to the head of unit for South-East Asia at European Commission DG RELEX, and to the new South-East Asia desk officer at the Council Secretariat. They welcomed the JADE Act legislation and appreciated receiving our list of newly des [...]	2008-08-11 09:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1234	BURMA: SOLANA DISCUSSES BURMA WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C) While delivering demarche on the JADE act legislation (ref A),Leo Schulte-Nordholt, South-East Asia Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat, briefed us on the July 22 visit to Brussels of the president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta. Shulte-Nordholt participated in a breakfast with H [...]	2008-08-11 09:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL ETTC KINR EUN TM
08BRUSSELS1244	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]	2008-08-12 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1245	TFGG01: GAERC LIKELY TO SUPPORT FRENCH MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Read-outs from back-to-back PSC and COREPER II meetings held August 12 indicate that there may not be formal Conclusions from the GAERC on August 13. Rather, there will likely be a French EU Presidency declaration representing EU consensus for support for its mediation efforts, [...]	2008-08-12 18:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU
08BRUSSELS1256	TFGG01: EU FOREIGN MINISTERS SUPPORT FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU
08BRUSSELS1257	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG MEETS EU POLICY PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY EUN GG BO SY
08BRUSSELS1260	TFGG01: GEORGIA CRISIS: BELGIUM SEES NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium, as with other EU members, continues to be concerned about the agreement reached between Russia and Georgia. Belgium agrees on the urgency of establishing a mechanism to support international observers in Georgia, with reliance on the OSCE observers already on the grou [...]	2008-08-14 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV RU GO PBTS BE
08BRUSSELS1276	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR MEETS EU ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 18:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU TU YI
08BRUSSELS1287	BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...] (C) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Poloff to discuss the referenced demarche on August 19. Brieven said that the GoB follows events in North Africa, especially Morocco and Algeria, very closely, be [...]	2008-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE
08BRUSSELS1345	DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova with EU officials in Brussels August 24 and 25. EU officials discussed their expectations for an extraordinary European Council meeting on Georgia and Russia September 1. Just back from Mins [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN OSCE UK RU BO MD GG
08BRUSSELS1354	DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]	2008-09-02 17:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS1369	DE CREM: NO MANDATE FOR BELGIAN SOLDIERS ON THE [...] (U) The Belgian public's tolerance for putting any of its soldiers in harm's way was tested by the September 3 death of a Belgian "blue helmet" soldier in Lebanon, who was engaged in a de-mining operation. Responding to such sensitivities, Belgian Defense Minister De Crem was obliged to take i [...]	2008-09-04 13:21:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR BE
08BRUSSELS1379	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: A/S FRIED MEETS QUAD POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried met with political directors of the UK, Germany and France Sept. 3 to discuss potential EU-U.S. next steps with Russia to achieve their implementation of the Ceasefire on Georgia. French Deputy Political Director Veronique Bujon-Barre (Araud did not attend) said Presiden [...]	2008-09-05 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1419	FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...]	2008-09-12 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL
08BRUSSELS1430	NEW EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA MEETS WITH DAS [...] (SBU) The EU's new Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis, Pierre Morel, met with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel September 15. During their lunch, Morel got "the call" that his new position had been made official at the EU Foreign Ministers GAERC. Morel told Merkel t [...]	2008-09-15 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN GG KZ OSCE PGOV PREL TU UZ
08BRUSSELS1437	SOLANA AND FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TRANSATLANTIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU
08BRUSSELS1444	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1466	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 17:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA HA CU
08BRUSSELS1473	PM LETERME LOSES FLEMISH MAJORITY BUT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In protest at the agreement to defer discussion of institutional reforms in Belgium, the New Flemish Alliance Party (N-VA) withdrew from its alliance with Prime Minister Yves Leterme's Christian Democratic Party (CD&V). The leaves Leterme without a Flemish majority in his own [...]	2008-09-23 13:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS1474	TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]	2008-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1493	FRIENDS OF BELARUS ASSESS POLICY IN LIGHT OF NEW [...] (C) On September 15, EUR DAS David Merkel and U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. Other participants included EU Political Directors and other senior officials from L [...]	2008-09-24 15:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC CVIS EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1496	BELGIAN MOD ON PLANS FOR THE MILITARY IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian troops are operating in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Chad and the Congo. The Ministry of Defense is developing a strategy for 2009 that foresees increases in the Belgian participation in Afghanistan and in the EU Battle Group, but a pullback in Lebanon. Although Defense [...]	2008-09-25 11:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BE AF LE CG CD KV
08BRUSSELS1500	EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND [...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]	2008-09-26 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1501	INGUSH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK ATTENTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, Poloff met with two Ingush human rights activists, Ibragim Muharbekovich Lianov and Alik Osdoev. They described human rights violations in Ingushetia since 1992. They said that Russia intends to abolish the Republic of Ingushetia and merge it with Chechnya in O [...]	2008-09-26 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RU BE GG
08BRUSSELS1558	FLEMISH POLITICAL PARTIES: CD&V GOVERNMENT SAVED [...] (C) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) International Affairs Secretary Peter Gijsels provided Poloff a broad read out of his party's domestic challenges steering the national coalition government and its view of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Just two weeks ago, the government of CD [...]	2008-10-08 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF BE
08BRUSSELS1588	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG, [...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...]	2008-10-14 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO
08BRUSSELS1590	EU NOT EXPECTING LISBON TREATY BREAKTHROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Interlocutors told us in separate conversations over the past two weeks that Irish Prime Minister Cowen will not present a plan for Lisbon Treaty ratification at this week,s European Council meeting, but instead will briefly present Dublin,s understanding of why the first [...]	2008-10-14 18:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ECIN EI
08BRUSSELS1599	AFTER THE FINANCIAL EARTHQUAKE: A NEW BANKING [...] (C) While a large part of the francophone bourgeoisie in Brussels is still reeling from the fire sale of the country's largest bank, Fortis, to BNP Paribas last week, Belgian officials and Flemish politicians are fighting vigorously to strengthen Dexia and KBC, the only two remaining large Be [...]	2008-10-17 11:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS1600	JHA HAPPENINGS [...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1618	BELGIUM: EXTRADITION AND MLAT RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) PolEconOff spoke with MFA Counselor for Justice and Legal Issues Peter Claes (Directorate General for European Cooperation and Coordination) on September 30, October 9, and October 14 to discuss the status of the Extradition and MLAT ratification process. Claes indicated the European Comm [...]	2008-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1624	BELGIUM: "CREDIBLE AFGHAN ELECTIONS ARE MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is concerned that the USG is not doing enough to curb participation in Afghan elections and government by corrupt individuals. It would like to see agreement on ways to improve the credibility of the election process and quality of candidates among the NATO Allies before [...]	2008-10-21 11:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1625	FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 12:17:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1626	FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM: [...] (S) The Chief of Staff to Head of the Flemish government Koen Geens provided a quick sketch of Flemish goals in the intra-regional negotiations on government reform to Poloffs October 16. The long term Flemish goal is a federal state, with a "lean and mean," central government equipped with on [...]	2008-10-21 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1634	A TALE OF TWO CRISES: SENIOR BELGIAN FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At one point in the middle of the on-going crisis in Belgium's banking sector, according to a top Finance Ministry official, Belgium narrowly avoided a bank run. The financial crisis is already being used by the francophone socialists against the francophone liberals who contr [...]	2008-10-22 09:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS165	SCA ADVISOR DEUTSCH SEEKS SUPPORT FROM EC AND EIB [...] (C) Senior Economic Advisor for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Deutsch met with European Commission, European Investment Bank, and KfW Bank officials January 23 - 24 in Brussels to discuss the Central to South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). European Commission (EC) Head o [...]	2008-02-01 14:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU EAID OSCE AF TI TX UZ XG ZK PK
08BRUSSELS1660	BELGIUM:ENGAGING EU ON BOSNIA [...] (C) MFA Director for Southeast Europe Luc Liebaut provided to Poloff October 27, an informative and lengthy readout of European thinking on Bosnia. Liebaut said the EU and Belgium were largely in agreement over the main points in reftel demarche, with a slightly nuanced view of the 5-Plus-2 a [...]	2008-10-28 11:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BK EU BE
08BRUSSELS1679	NEW EUPOL HOM WOULD LIKE TO DEPLOY THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 the new EUPOL Head of Mission, Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup, met with USEU Ambassador to discuss his mission, now that the PSC has approved the doubling of personnel and reassessed the mandate. Vittrup said that EUPOL would like to deploy to the Czech PRT in [...]	2008-10-30 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BO EUN GG MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PREL RS
08BRUSSELS1680	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]	2008-10-30 17:58:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1693	CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De Gucht's November 1 meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. After providing the meeting points, the MFA Africa team offered Belgian views on the situation [...]	2008-11-04 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1715	IRAN: EU SEEKS TO BOLSTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with European Commission, Council, and Member State representatives indicate that while the will exists to expand their current Iran-related public diplomacy programming, a number of factors are slowing the EU's ability to implement such programs. The absenc [...]	2008-11-10 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL IR KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP
08BRUSSELS1727	EUROPEAN COMMISSION SHARES U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) European Commission officials agreed with U.S. concerns over the threatened expulsion of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) personnel from Bolivia. They expressed hope that the decision was still open to change, given the void that such a situation would present in law enforcement effo [...]	2008-11-13 06:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1733	BELGIUM: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 16:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL BE
08BRUSSELS1741	EU WILL RESUME TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel instructions, USEU spoke to French presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission contacts about how the EU will deal with Russia at the November 10 GAERC and at the November 13-14 EU-Russia summit. All contacts told us that the EU would resume talks with Russia on [...]	2008-11-14 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1749	BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]	2008-11-18 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS1772	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT ENDURES TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) is living through one of the rockiest periods of his political life, but he is generally expected to survive and see it through to the June 2009 parliamentary elections. He is accused of passing inside information to his wife, who benefi [...]	2008-11-21 17:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE CG
08BRUSSELS1774	A/S FRIED AND ROBERT COOPER DISCUSS KOSOVO, [...] (C)SUMMARY: In successive meetings at the European Union on November 20, EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and Ambassador Kristen Silverberg obtained consent from the French Presidency and Robert Cooper of the EU Council Secretariat that the UNSYG Statement on Kosovo should include both the si [...]	2008-11-24 11:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KK GG BK EUN
08BRUSSELS1781	EUR A/S FRIED AND AMBASSADOR ENGLISH MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the November 19 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting in Brussels, A/S Dan Fried and U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Charles English met successively with the following key BiH political leaders: Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik; [...]	2008-11-25 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK EUN
08BRUSSELS1787	FLEMISH INTERIOR MINISTER'S REFUSAL TO CONFIRM [...] Summary: The Flemish Interior Minister's second refusal to confirm in office three francophone mayors who had violated Belgian language laws has put the just-relaunched institutional talks on structure of the Belgian state into question. Dismayed francophone politicians have asked the Flemi [...]	2008-11-25 18:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BE
08BRUSSELS1795	A TALE OF TWO PARTIES: THE FIGHT FOR THE FLEMISH [...] Summary: Though the June 2009 elections are months away, they lurk in backs of the minds of most Flemish politicians. The center-right Flemish Liberal Party (Open VLD) is worried about recent controversies besetting its ministers, while the upstart center-right party Lijst Dedecker (LDD) antic [...]	2008-11-26 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1820	BELGIUM PUSHES FOR AN EU BRIDGING FORCE FOR THE [...] (C) MFA Congo Desk told Poloff December 2 that FM De Gucht would attempt to gauge Allied interest in an EU bridging force for the Congo at today's NATO Ministerial. Belgium is looking to see if other partners are ready. Belgium wants to be part of a force but cannot take the lead. Should a f [...]	2008-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1870	BELGIUM ARRESTS FOURTEEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (U) Belgian police arrested December 11 fourteen terrorist suspects, according to press reporting. A total of 242 police officers conducted a series of sixteen raids in Brussels and one in the Francophone city of Liege. According to the Belgian prosecutors office, the suspects were linked to [...]	2008-12-11 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV AF PA BE
08BRUSSELS1875	INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DISCUSSES THREATENED [...] (C) INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson briefed European Commission Deputy Director-General (DDG) for Relations with Asia and Latin America Joao Aguiar Machado and Commission Bolivia Desk Officer Nicola Murray on the threat by Bolivian President Evo Morales to expel Drug Enforcement Administ [...]	2008-12-12 14:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1879	DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING [...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]	2008-12-12 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1884	BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]	2008-12-12 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1885	BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5 Goma meeting. The GOB recognized several positive statements, and appreciated the goals to which the two countries committed. Belgium is realistic, however [...]	2008-12-12 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW BE
08BRUSSELS1887	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, despite continued opposition from key member states. The MOD was less optimistic after French President Sarkozy's statement late afternoon that Europe cannot be [...]	2008-12-15 09:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE
08BRUSSELS1922	PM LETERME UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED INTERFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Yves Leterme is facing allegations that he or his cabinet tried to pressure a Belgian appeals court to rule in favor of the government in a major case brought by angry Fortis Bank shareholders to stymie the bank's sale to Bank PariBas. In response to media critic [...]	2008-12-18 15:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1933	LETERME HANGS ON THROUGH "FORTISGATE" [...] (C) After December 18, a day of drama in the House of Representatives and in Yves Leterme's government, Leterme remains Prime Minister for the time being. Leterme's letter to the Minister of Justice detailing contacts with the husband of one of the judges in the Fortis case and with the "subs [...]	2008-12-19 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1943	LETERME'S LAST CRISIS: KING STALLS LETERME'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Yves Leterme offered his government's resignation to King Albert II December 19 after members of his Cabinet were implicated in attempting to influence judges. The King did not accept the resignation, and met with Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) Chairperson Marianne Thyssen [...]	2008-12-22 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF CG BE
08BRUSSELS1953	WITH GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION, THE SEARCH FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The King accepted the Leterme government's resignation December 22. The government now goes into caretaker status until a new coalition is negotiated or new elections are held. The King has asked former PM Wilfried Martens to act as a go-between and look for options in forming a [...]	2008-12-24 10:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1959	KING ASKS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE VAN ROMPUY TO FORM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 10:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS206	FUTURE PRIME MINISTER LETERME SEES HIS PARTY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Yves Leterme, the man who "won" the June federal elections in Belgium, and who now serves as Vice Prime Minister, is not sure arrangements will be complete on constitutional reform before March 23, the day by he is expected to become Prime Minister. Given the electoral strengt [...]	2008-02-07 14:03:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON BE
08BRUSSELS23	DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH
08BRUSSELS238	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Embassy spoke February 11 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans, regarding immediate recognition of Kosovo after it declares independence and participation in an International Steering Group (ISG) that will be established to support Kosovo's democratic developmen [...]	2008-02-12 13:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI BE
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS271	BELGIUM TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, FORMAL ACTION [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, Ambassador spoke with Belgian FM De Gucht regarding developments at the Security Council. De Gucht made clear that he already had issued instructions to support the USG position on continued discussion of Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The Minister made clear to EU colleagues [...]	2008-02-19 16:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV
08BRUSSELS295	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 08:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS297	BELGIUM: KING SIGNS ROYAL DECREE RECOGNIZING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 12:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS303	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 17:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS348	PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS, [...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...]	2008-03-06 15:33:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU
08BRUSSELS356	U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON EAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies led the U.S. side in the East Asia session of the U.S.-EU COASI Troika meetings on February 20. The EU side was led by Ambassador Janez Premoze, Director for Asia in the Slovenian MFA, [...]	2008-03-07 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CH KN KS BM XB
08BRUSSELS357	BELGIAN SENATE APPROVES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) On March 6th the Belgian Senate voted to approve the Treaty of Lisbon, 48 to 9 in favor with 1 abstention. Although many senators expressed reservations about certain aspects of the treaty, only members of the right-wing, Flemish nationalist party, Vlaams Belang (VB),voted against th [...]	2008-03-07 14:44:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS378	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...]	2008-03-11 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU
08BRUSSELS382	U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND RULE OF [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Rule of Law in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR),General Bantz J. Craddock March 6 on the drug situation in Afghanistan. Schweich noted increased correlation between insecurity and poppy [...]	2008-03-11 18:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
08BRUSSELS39	EU DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SUDAN JOINT MILITARY UNITS [...] (SBU) Contacts at the European Commission and Council Secretariat were receptive in principle to requests to help SIPDIS Sudan establish military Joint Integrated Units (JIU),but said no internal EU discussions have yet taken place on the issue. Poloff delivered reftel points Jan. 10 to An [...]	2008-01-10 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU EUN
08BRUSSELS41	PROSPECTS BLEAK FOR SERBIA SAA AT JANUARY GAERC [...] (SBU) During visit a visit to Brussels on January 8, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic emphasized that signing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU during the January 28 GAERC and EU-Serbia troika meetings would give a boost to Tadic ahead of the second round of Serbi [...]	2008-01-10 15:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ICTY SR
08BRUSSELS410	DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 17:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS411	EU: COMMISSION TO DELAY MINSK OPENING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 11:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS425	DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 12:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM BE
08BRUSSELS430	LETERME GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT: THE ECONOMICS [...] The Leterme government agreement concluded this eek contains many good intentions (e.g. a 2009 budget surplus),but very few specific policies on how to achieve these goals. On several issues, the coalition partners agree to disagree and kick the issue down the road by ordering yet another stu [...]	2008-03-20 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFI PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS444	YVES LETERME FORMS NEW BELGIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yves Leterme assumed office as Belgian Prime Minister March 22 amidst speculation about how long his government will last and how contentious will be the next wave of institutional reform talks. Leterme's Flemish nationalist election partner (NV.A) has given him until mid-July t [...]	2008-03-25 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS445	EU RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM, [...] (C) Summary: The Council Secretariat's Burma officer has said that the EU will continue its calls for minority group participation in Burma's political process and will reiterate its support for Gambari and the UN's Good Offices. Internally, the debate over the EU's common position on Burma h [...]	2008-03-25 17:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN EUN BM
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS54	AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretariat officials January 8 in Brussels to discuss Afghanistan. EU Director General for External Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper told Edelman and Coh [...]	2008-01-11 16:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO
08BRUSSELS550	PM MALIKI VISIT WILL HIGHLIGHT EU COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 09:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ UEU
08BRUSSELS560	TAKING STOCK OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dramatic increase in annual European Commission (EC) assistance from EUR 19 million per year (2002-2006) to EUR 50 million (2007-2010) underscores the EC's deepening commitment to development in Pakistan. Programs are implemented through a mix of project and sector support, i [...]	2008-04-14 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN PK
08BRUSSELS579	US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS580	EU: PM MALIKI MEETS WITH EU LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and his delegation met with European Union leaders in Brussels on Wednesday, April 16. Both European Commission President Barroso and Council HiRep Solana, in separate meetings, highlighted the need for: Iraqi national reconciliation, provincial electio [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EAID PGOV IZ EUN
08BRUSSELS596	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 14:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS598	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] Your upcoming visit to Brussels will include calls on European Commission officials in the Labor and Social Affairs Directorate and participation in the High-level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF). This cable provides a summary update of EU labor and social policy and a description of th [...]	2008-04-21 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS610	EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the role of Maghreb immigrants in the EU. While the EU shares U.S. concerns on CT issues, its primary focus is promoting trade, development and human rights. In Janu [...]	2008-04-23 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AG LY MO MR TS EUN XI
08BRUSSELS630	BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]	2008-04-24 14:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	BE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08BRUSSELS640	EC ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission would like to coordinate with the United States in the lead-up to the June 12 International Support Conference on Afghanistan. Commission contacts agree (and have made this point to the French government) that the total pledge must surpass the $10.5 billion [...]	2008-04-25 15:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF EU EAID ECON EFIN EUN KDEM

08BRUSSELS682	DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE

1'000 rows / 123'263 results

Embassy Abidjan
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Abuja
Embassy Accra
Consulate Adana
Embassy Addis Ababa
Consulate Alexandria
Embassy Algiers
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Embassy Amman
Consulate Amsterdam
Embassy Ankara
Embassy Antananarivo
Embassy Apia
Embassy Ashgabat
Embassy Asmara
Embassy Astana
Embassy Asuncion
Embassy Athens
Consulate Auckland
Embassy Baghdad
Embassy Baku
Embassy Bamako
Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan
Embassy Bangkok
Embassy Bangui
Embassy Banjul
Consulate Barcelona
Embassy Beijing
Embassy Beirut
Consulate Belfast
Embassy Belgrade
Embassy Belmopan
Embassy Berlin
Embassy Bern
Embassy Bishkek
Embassy Bogota
Embassy Brasilia
Embassy Bratislava
Embassy Brazzaville
Embassy Bridgetown
Embassy Brussels
Embassy Bucharest
Embassy Budapest
Embassy Buenos Aires
Embassy Bujumbura
Embassy Cairo
Consulate Calgary
Embassy Canberra
Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Caracas
Consulate Casablanca
Consulate Chengdu
Consulate Chennai
Consulate Chiang Mai
Embassy Chisinau
Consulate Ciudad Juarez
Embassy Colombo
Embassy Conakry
Embassy Copenhagen
Embassy Cotonou
Consulate Curacao
Embassy Dakar
Embassy Damascus
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Department of State
Consulate Dhahran
Embassy Dhaka
Embassy Dili
DIR FSINFATC
Embassy Djibouti
Embassy Doha
Consulate Dubai
Embassy Dublin
Consulate Durban
Embassy Dushanbe
Consulate Dusseldorf
Embasy Bonn
Consulate Florence
Consulate Frankfurt
Embassy Freetown
Consulate Fukuoka
Embassy Gaborone
Embassy Georgetown
Embassy Grenada
Consulate Guadalajara
Consulate Guangzhou
Embassy Guatemala
Consulate Guayaquil
Consulate Halifax
Consulate Hamburg
Consulate Hamilton
Embassy Hanoi
Embassy Harare
Embassy Helsinki
Consulate Hermosillo
Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
Consulate Hong Kong
American Consulate Hyderabad
Iran RPO Dubai
Embassy Islamabad
Consulate Istanbul
Consulate Izmir
Embassy Jakarta
Consulate Jeddah
Consulate Jerusalem
Consulate Johannesburg
Embassy Kabul
Consulate Kaduna
Embassy Kampala
Consulate Karachi
Embassy Kathmandu
Embassy Khartoum
Embassy Kigali
Embassy Kingston
Embassy Kinshasa
Consulate Kolkata
Embassy Kolonia
Embassy Koror
Consulate Krakow
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Embassy Kuwait
Embassy Kyiv
Embassy La Paz
Consulate Lagos
Consulate Lahore
Consulate Leipzig
Embassy Libreville
Embassy Lilongwe
Embassy Lima
Embassy Lisbon
Embassy Ljubljana
Embassy Lome
Embassy London
Embassy Luanda
Embassy Lusaka
Embassy Luxembourg
Embassy Madrid
Embassy Majuro
Embassy Malabo
Embassy Managua
Embassy Manama
Embassy Manila
Embassy Maputo
Consulate Marseille
Embassy Maseru
Consulate Matamoros
Embassy Mbabane
Consulate Melbourne
Consulate Merida
Embassy Mexico
Consulate Milan
Embassy Minsk
Mission Geneva
Mission UNESCO
Mission USNATO
Mission USOSCE
Embassy Mogadishu
Embassy Monrovia
Consulate Monterrey
Embassy Montevideo
Consulate Montreal
Embassy Moscow
Consulate Mumbai
Consulate Munich
Embassy Muscat
Consulate Nagoya
Consulate Naha
Embassy Nairobi
Consulate Naples
Embassy Nassau
Embassy Ndjamena
Embassy New Delhi
Embassy Niamey
Embassy Nicosia
Consulate Nogales
Embassy Nouakchott
Consulate Nuevo Laredo
Consulate Osaka Kobe
Embassy Oslo
Embassy Ottawa
Embassy Ouagadougou
Embassy Panama
Embassy Paramaribo
Embassy Paris
Consulate Perth
Consulate Peshawar
Embassy Phnom Penh
Embassy Podgorica
Consulate Ponta Delgada
Embassy Port Au Prince
Embassy Port Louis
Embassy Port Moresby
Embassy Port Of Spain
Embassy Prague
Embassy Praia
Embassy Pretoria
Embassy Pristina
Consulate Quebec
Embassy Quito
Embassy Rabat
Embassy Rangoon
Consulate Recife
REO Basrah
REO Hillah
REO Kirkuk
REO Mosul
Embassy Reykjavik
Embassy Riga
Consulate Rio De Janeiro
Embassy Riyadh
Embassy Rome
Embassy San Jose
Embassy San Salvador
Embassy Sanaa
Embassy Santiago
Embassy Santo Domingo
Consulate Sao Paulo
Consulate Sapporo
Embassy Sarajevo
Secretary of State
Embassy Seoul
Consulate Shanghai
Consulate Shenyang
Embassy Singapore
Embassy Skopje
Embassy Sofia
Consulate St Petersburg
Embassy Stockholm
Consulate Strasbourg
Consulate Surabaya
Embassy Suva
Consulate Sydney
Embassy Tallinn
Embassy Tashkent
Embassy Tbilisi
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Embassy Tehran
Embassy Tel Aviv
Embassy The Hague
Consulate Thessaloniki
Consulate Tijuana
Embassy Tirana
Embassy Tokyo
Consulate Toronto
Embassy Tripoli
Embassy Tunis
Embassy Ulaanbaatar
UN Rome
UNVIE
US Delegation FEST TWO
US Delegation, Secretary
US Interests Section Havana
US Mission CD Geneva
US Mission Geneva
US Office Almaty
US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON
USEU Brussels
USMISSION USTR GENEVA
USUN New York
Embassy Valletta
Consulate Vancouver
Embassy Vatican
Embassy Vienna
Embassy Vientiane
Embassy Vilnius
Consulate Vladivostok
Embassy Warsaw
Embassy Wellington
Embassy Windhoek
Embassy Yaounde
Consulate Yekaterinburg
Embassy Yerevan
Embassy Zagreb

AA
AADP
AALC
ABER
ABLD
ABLDG
ABLG
ABMC
ABT
ABUD
AC
ACABQ
ACAO
ACCOUNT
ACDA
ACEC
ACKM
ACOA
ACOTA
ACS
ACTION
ADANA
ADB
ADCO
ADCP
ADEL
ADEP
ADIP
ADM
ADMIRAL
ADPM
ADRC
AE
AEC
AECL
AEGR
AEIR
AEM
AEMED
AEMR
AER
AESC
AF
AFARI
AFDB
AFDIN
AFFAIRS
AFGHANISTAN
AFIN
AFL
AFLU
AFOR
AFR
AFSA
AFSI
AFSN
AFU
AFZAL
AG
AGAO
AGENDA
AGENGA
AGIT
AGMT
AGOA
AGR
AGS
AGUIRRE
AI
AIAG
AID
AIDAC
AIDS
AIEA
AIHRC
AIN
AINF
AINFCY
AINR
AINT
AISG
AIT
AJ
AK
AL
AL-1
ALAB
ALBE
ALEXANDER
ALI
ALJAZEERA
ALL
ALNEA
ALOW
ALOWAR
AM
AMAT
AMB
AMCHAMS
AMCT
AME
AMED
AMEDI
AMEMR
AMER
AMERICAS
AMEX
AMG
AMGE
AMGMT
AMGT
AMIA
AMLB
AMPR
AMT
AMTC
AMTG
AN
ANARCHISTS
ANC
AND
ANET
ANTITERRORISM
AO
AOCR
AODE
AOIC
AOMS
AOPR
AORC
AORD
AOREC
AORG
AORL
AOWC
AP
APCS
APDC
APEC
APECO
APER
APR
APRC
APRM
AQ
AR
ARAB
ARABBL
ARABL
ARABLEAGUE
ARAS
ARC
ARCH
ARENA
AREP
ARF
ARG
ARM
ARMITAGE
ARMS
AROC
ARR
ARRMZY
ARSO
AS
ASA
ASAC
ASC
ASCC
ASCE
ASCEC
ASCH
ASE
ASEAN
ASEC
ASECARP
ASECE
ASECM
ASECSI
ASECVE
ASED
ASEDC
ASEG
ASEK
ASES
ASEX
ASFC
ASIC
ASIG
ASIR
ASJA
ASO
ASOC
ASPA
ASR
ASSEMBLY
ASSK
ASUP
AT
ATFN
ATPDEA
ATRA
ATRD
ATRN
AU
AU-1
AUC
AUNR
AUSGR
AUSTRALIAGROUP
AV
AVERY
AVIAN
AVIANFLU
AVIATION
AW
AX
AY
AZ
AZE
B.
BA
BAGHDAD
BAIO
BAKOYANNIS
BALKANS
BAPOL
BARACK
BASHAR
BATA
BB
BBG
BBSR
BC
BCW
BCXP
BD
BE
BEAN
BEN
BERARDUCCI
BESP
BEXB
BEXP
BEXPC
BEXPPLM
BEXT
BF
BFIF
BFIN
BFIO
BG
BGD
BGMT
BH
BHUM
BI
BIC
BIH
BILAT
BIMSTEC
BINR
BIO
BIOS
BIOTECH
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIT
BITO
BK
BL
BLR
BLUE
BLUNT
BM
BMENA
BMGT
BMOT
BN
BNUC
BO
BOIKO
BOL
BOND
BOQ
BORDER
BOSNIA
BOU
BOUCHAIB KAKA
BOUTERSE
BP
BPIS
BPTS
BR
BRIAN
BRPA
BRUSSELS
BS
BSSR
BT
BTA
BTC
BTIO
BTIU
BTRA
BTT
BU
BUD
BULGARIA
BURMA
BUSH
BV
BW
BWC
BX
BXEP
BY
BZ
CA
CAC
CACM
CACS
CAFTA
CAIO
CAJC
CAMBODIA
CAN
CAPC
CARC
CARE
CARIB
CARICOM
CARSON
CAS
CASA
CASC
CASCC
CASCR
CASE
CASTILLO
CAVO
CB
CBC
CBD
CBE
CBG
CBIS
CBM
CBSA
CBTH
CBW
CCSR
CCY
CD
CDB
CDC
CDCC
CDCE
CDG
CDI
CE
CEA
CEC
CEDAW
CEN
CENTCOM
CENTRIC
CEUDA
CF
CFE
CFED
CFG
CFIS
CFSP
CG
CGEN
CGOPRC
CH
CHAD
CHALLENGE
CHAO
CHELIDZE
CHENEY
CHERTOFF
CHG
CHIEF
CHN
CHR
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTOF
CHRISTOPHER
CI
CIA
CIAT
CIC
CICTE
CIDA
CIO
CIP
CIS
CITEL
CITES
CITIBANK
CITT
CIVAIR
CIVS
CJ
CJAN
CJUS
CK
CKGR
CKOR
CL
CLEARANCE
CLINTON
CLMT
CLO
CLOK
CM
CMAE
CMFT
CMGT
CMP
CMT
CN
CNAR
CNARC
CNC
CNO
CO
CODEL
COE
COL
COLIN
COLLECTIVE
COLOMBO
COM
COMESA
COMMERCE
CON
CONAWAY
CONDOLEEZZA
CONDOLEEZZA RICE
CONEAZ
CONG
CONGO
CONGRINT
CONS
CONSULAR
CONTROL
CONTROLS
CORRUPTION
COSI
COUNTER
COUNTER TERRORISM
COUNTERTERRORISM
COUNTRY
COUNTRYCLEARANCE
CP
CPA
CPAS
CPC
CPCTC
CPPT
CPUOS
CQ
CR
CRIM
CRIME
CRIMES
CRM
CROATIA
CROS
CRS
CRUZ
CS
CSCE
CSEP
CSIS
CSW
CT
CTBT
CTER
CTERR
CTM
CTR
CTRYCLR
CU
CUCO
CUIS
CUL
CV
CVIA
CVIC
CVIS
CVISU
CVPR
CVR
CW
CWC
CWCM
CWG
CX
CY
CYP
CYPRUSARMS
CZ
DA
DAC
DAFR
DAN
DANFUNG
DANIEL
DAO
DARFR
DARFUR
DAVID
DAVID LEE HOWES
DAVID WELCH
DAVID WILLIAM RAY
DB
DC
DCDG
DCG
DCHA
DCI
DCM
DCOM
DCRM
DE
DEA
DEAX
DEFENSE
DEFENSEREFORM
DELTAVIOLENCE
DEM
DEMARCHE
DEMOCRATIC
DENNIS
DEOC
DEPT
DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
DESI
DHA
DHLAKAMA
DHLS
DHRF
DHS
DHSX
DIEZ
DIPLOMACY
DISENGAGEMENT
DJ
DK
DKEM
DMIN
DMINE
DO
DOC
DOD
DOE
DOJ
DOMC
DOMESTIC
DOMESTICPOLITICS
DONALD RUMSFELD
DOT
DPAO
DPKO
DPM
DPOL
DPRK
DR
DRC
DRIP
DRL
DS
DSR
DSS
DTFN
DTRA
DTRO
DU
DVC
DY
EAC
EAD
EADI
EADM
EAG
EAGER
EAGR
EAI
EAIC
EAID
EAIDB
EAIDCIN
EAIDEGZ
EAIDMG
EAIDNI
EAIF
EAIG
EAIO
EAIR
EAIS
EAIT
EAOD
EAP
EAPC
EAR
EARI
EASS
EATO
EAUD
EAVI
EB
EBEXP
EBRD
EBUD
EC
ECA
ECCP
ECCT
ECE
ECIN
ECIP
ECLAC
ECN
ECOIN
ECOM
ECON
ECONCS
ECONEGE
ECONOMIC
ECONOMICS
ECONOMY
ECONOMY AND FINANCE
ECOR
ECOS
ECOSOC
ECOWAS
ECPC
ECPN
ECPO
ECPS
ECPSN
ECRM
ECTRD
ECUN
ED
EDA
EDEV
EDRC
EDU
EDUC
EE
EEB
EEC
EENG
EENV
EEOC
EET
EETC
EFI
EFIC
EFIM
EFIN
EFIS
EFLU
EFN
EFND
EFNI
EFQ
EFTA
EG
EGAD
EGAR
EGEN
EGHG
EGOV
EGOVSY
EH
EI
EIAD
EIAID
EIAR
EIB
EICN
EID
EIDE
EIDN
EIFN
EIN
EIND
EINDIR
EINF
EING
EINN
EINO
EINR
EINT
EINV
EINZ
EIPR
EIQ
EISL
EISNLN
EITC
EITI
EIVN
EK
EL
ELA
ELAB
ELAD
ELAINE
ELAM
ELAN
ELAP
ELB
ELBA
ELBR
ELEC
ELECTIONS
ELF
ELIN
ELN
ELND
ELNT
ELTD
ELTM
ELTN
ELTRN
EMAIL
EMED
EMI
EMIN
EMN
EMS
EMW
EN
END
ENDURING
ENEG
ENER
ENERG
ENERGY
ENFR
ENG
ENGR
ENGRD
ENGRG
ENGY
ENIV
ENLT
ENNP
ENR
ENRC
ENRG
ENRL
ENTG
ENV
ENVI
ENVIRONMENT
ENVR
ENVT
EON
EOXC
EP
EPA
EPAT
EPCS
EPE
EPEC
EPECO
EPET
EPIN
EPIT
EPPD
EPRT
EPSC
EPTE
EPTED
EPWR
EQ
EQRD
ER
ERA
ERD
EREL
ERGR
ERICKSON
ERIN
ERTD
ES
ESA
ESCAP
ESCI
ESDP
ESENV
ESF
ESLCO
ESOC
ESOCI
ESPS
ESS
ESSO
ESTH
ESTN
ESTRADA
ET
ETA
ETAD
ETC
ETCC
ETD
ETDR
ETEL
ETER
ETEX
ETFN
ETIC
ETIO
ETLN
ETMIN
ETR
ETRA
ETRAD
ETRB
ETRC
ETRD
ETRDECD
ETRG
ETRK
ETRN
ETRO
ETRP
ETT
ETTC
ETTD
ETTF
ETTN
ETTR
ETTRD
ETTW
ETZ
EU
EUC
EUCOM
EUE
EUEAID
EUFOR
EUM
EUMEM
EUN
EUR
EUREM
EURM
EURN
EV
EVENTS
EVN
EWRG
EWT
EWTR
EWWT
EX
EXBS
EXEC
EXIM
EXO
EXPORT
EXTERNAL
EZ
FA
FAA
FAC
FAGR
FAO
FARC
FARM
FAS
FATAH
FBI
FCC
FCS
FCSC
FCSCEG
FCUL
FDA
FDIC
FEDULOV
FEMA
FERNANDO
FGM
FI
FIN
FINANCE
FINE
FINR
FINREF
FINV
FIR
FISO
FJ
FK
FKFLO
FKLU
FLU
FM
FMC
FMGT
FMLN
FMS
FO
FOI
FOOKS
FOR
FORCE
FORCES
FOREIGN
FORWHA
FP
FPC
FR
FRA
FRANCIS
FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ
FRB
FREDOM
FREEDOM
FRELIMO
FRIED
FRN
FRU
FSC
FSI
FT
FTA
FTAA
FWS
GA
GAERC
GAMES
GAO
GARCIA
GASPAR
GATT
GAZA
GAZPROM
GB
GBSLE
GC
GCC
GCCC
GE
GEF
GEORGE
GERARD
GESKE
GF
GG
GH
GI
GIPNC
GIWI
GJ
GKGIC
GL
GLOBAL
GM
GN
GO
GOG
GOI
GON
GOVPOI
GPGOV
GPI
GPOI
GPOV
GR
GRQ
GS
GT
GTIP
GTMO
GTREFTEL
GU
GUAM
GUANTANAMO
GUIDANCE
GUILLERMO
GUTIERREZ
GV
GWI
GY
GZ
GZIS
HA
HARRIET
HARRY
HAWZ
HCOPIL
HDP
HE
HEAVEN
HEBRON
HELGERSON
HERCEGOVINA
HG
HHS
HI
HIGHLIGHTS
HIJAZI
HILARY
HILLARY
HILLEN
HIPC
HIV
HIZ
HK
HKSX
HL
HLSX
HN
HNCHR
HO
HOA
HOSTAGES
HPKO
HR
HRC
HRCS
HRICTY
HRIGHTS
HRKSTC
HSI
HSTC
HSWG
HT
HTCG
HTSC
HU
HUD
HUM
HUMAN
HUMANITARIAN
HUMANR
HUMANRIGHTS
HUMOR
HUMRIT
HUNRC
HURI
HURRICANE
HYDE
HYLAND
HYMPSK
HZ
IA
IACHR
IACI
IACO
IACW
IADB
IAEA
IAES
IAHRC
IAIE
IAII
IASA
IATTC
IAZ
IBB
IBD
IBET
IBPCA
IBRB
IBRD
IC
ICAC
ICAO
ICC
ICCAT
ICCROM
ICES
ICJ
ICRC
ICRS
ICSCA
ICTR
ICTY
ID
IDA
IDB
IDLI
IDLO
IDP
IDR
IE
IEA
IEAB
IEF
IF
IFAD
IFC
IFIN
IFM
IFO
IFR
IFRC
IG
IGAD
IGF
IHO
IICA
IINS
IIP
IK
IL
ILAB
ILC
ILEA
ILO
IMC
IMET
IMF
IMMIGRATION
IMO
IMSO
IMTS
IN
INAUGURATION
INCB
IND
INDO
INF
INFLUENZA
INL
INMARSAT
INNP
INPFC
INR
INRA
INRB
INRD
INRO
INRPAZ
INS
INSC
INT
INTEL
INTELLECTUAL
INTELSAT
INTERNAL
INTERPOL
INV
INVI
IO
IOC
IOM
IP
IPET
IPGRI
IPK
IPPC
IPR
IPROP
IQ
IQNV
IR
IRAN
IRAQ
IRAQI
IRAQI FREEDOM
IRC
IRCE
IRDB
IRE
IRL
IRLE
IRM
IRMO
IRNB
IRPE
IRS
IS
ISA
ISAAC
ISAF
ISCA
ISCON
ISLAMISTS
ISLE
ISN
ISNV
ISO
ISPA
ISPL
ISRAEL
ISRAEL RELATIONS
ISRAELI
ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
ISSUES
ISTC
IT
ITA
ITALIAN
ITALY
ITECIP
ITEIND
ITELTN
ITER
ITF
ITIA
ITRA
ITRD
ITU
IUCN
IV
IVIANNA
IWC
IWI
IX
IZ
IZAORC
JA
JAM
JAMES
JAPAN
JAT
JAWAD
JCIC
JE
JEFFERY
JEFFREY
JHR
JI
JIMENEZ
JIMENEZ CHILDREN
JK
JKUS
JM
JN
JO
JOHNNIE
JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA
JOSE RAMOS HORTA
JOSEPH BIDEN
JP
JS
JSRP
JUAN
JUS
JY
KA
KACP
KACT
KACW
KADM
KAID
KALM
KALR
KANSOU
KAPO
KARIM WADE
KATRINA
KAUST
KAWC
KAWK
KAWL
KAWS
KAWX
KAYLA
KBCT
KBDS
KBEM
KBIO
KBNC
KBTC
KBTR
KBTS
KBWG
KCCP
KCEM
KCERS
KCFC
KCFE
KCGC
KCHG
KCIP
KCIS
KCM
KCMA
KCMR
KCOG
KCOM
KCOR
KCPS
KCRCM
KCRI
KCRIM
KCRM
KCRN
KCRO
KCROM
KCROR
KCRP
KCRS
KCRT
KCSA
KCSI
KCSY
KCUL
KCUM
KCVM
KCWI
KDCM
KDDEM
KDDG
KDE
KDEM
KDEN
KDET
KDEV
KDGOV
KDGR
KDHS
KDM
KDMR
KDP
KDRG
KDRL
KDTB
KDUM
KE
KEAI
KEBG
KECF
KEDEM
KEDM
KEDU
KEIM
KEM
KEMPI
KEMR
KEMS
KEN
KENV
KERF
KERG
KESO
KESP
KESS
KEVIN
KFAM
KFCE
KFE
KFEM
KFGM
KFIN
KFIU
KFLD
KFLO
KFLU
KFOR
KFPC
KFRD
KFRP
KFSC
KFTFN
KFTN
KG
KGCC
KGCN
KGHA
KGHG
KGIC
KGICKS
KGIT
KGIV
KGKG
KGLB
KGOR
KGOV
KH
KHDP
KHGH
KHIB
KHIV
KHJUS
KHLS
KHMN
KHOURY
KHPD
KHSA
KHSL
KHUM
KI
KIBL
KICA
KICC
KICCPUR
KICR
KICT
KID
KIDE
KIF
KIFR
KIIC
KIIP
KIL
KILS
KIMMITT
KIMT
KIND
KINF
KINL
KINP
KINR
KINT
KIPR
KIPT
KIRC
KIRF
KIRL
KIRP
KIS
KISC
KISK
KISL
KISM
KISR
KITA
KIVP
KIVR
KJAN
KJRE
KJU
KJUS
KJUST
KJWC
KK
KKIV
KKNP
KKOR
KKPO
KLAB
KLAP
KLBO
KLEG
KLFLO
KLFU
KLHS
KLIG
KLIP
KLPM
KLSO
KLTN
KM
KMAC
KMAR
KMCA
KMCC
KMCR
KMDR
KMEPI
KMFO
KMGT
KMIG
KMNP
KMOC
KMPF
KMPI
KMPIO
KMPL
KMPP
KMPT
KMRD
KMRS
KMSG
KMVP
KMWN
KN
KNAO
KNAP
KNAR
KNDP
KNEI
KNEP
KNET
KNMP
KNN
KNNA
KNNB
KNNC
KNNF
KNNO
KNNP
KNNR
KNOP
KNP
KNPP
KNPPIS
KNPR
KNPT
KNRG
KNRV
KNSD
KNUC
KNUP
KO
KOC
KOCI
KOCM
KOEM
KOGL
KOLY
KOM
KOMC
KOMCCO
KOMCSG
KOMH
KOMO
KOMS
KOR
KOSOVO
KOUYATE
KPA
KPAD
KPAI
KPAK
KPAL
KPALAOIS
KPAM
KPAO
KPAS
KPBT
KPDD
KPEM
KPEO
KPER
KPET
KPIN
KPIR
KPKO
KPKP
KPLS
KPMI
KPMO
KPO
KPOA
KPOKO
KPOL
KPOP
KPOV
KPOW
KPPAO
KPPD
KPRD
KPRM
KPRO
KPROG
KPRP
KPRV
KPSC
KPTD
KPTS
KPWG
KPWR
KQ
KQM
KQRDQ
KR
KRAD
KRAL
KRCIM
KRCM
KRCS
KRD
KRDP
KREC
KREF
KREL
KRF
KRFD
KRFR
KRG
KRGY
KRIC
KRIF
KRIM
KRKO
KRM
KRMS
KRV
KRVC
KS
KSA
KSAC
KSAF
KSCA
KSCI
KSCS
KSCT
KSEAO
KSEC
KSEI
KSEO
KSEP
KSI
KSIA
KSKN
KSLG
KSMT
KSOC
KSOCI
KSPA
KSPR
KSRE
KSTC
KSTCC
KSTCPL
KSTH
KSTS
KSTT
KSUM
KSUP
KT
KTAO
KTBD
KTBT
KTCRE
KTDB
KTDD
KTDM
KTER
KTEX
KTFIN
KTFM
KTFN
KTFR
KTFS
KTIA
KTIP
KTLA
KTNBT
KTNF
KTPN
KTRD
KTRF
KTSC
KTSD
KTTB
KTTC
KTTP
KU
KUAE
KUIR
KUM
KUNA
KUNC
KUNH
KUNP
KUNR
KUS
KUWAIT
KV
KVBL
KVIP
KVIR
KVIS
KVPR
KVRC
KVRP
KW
KWAC
KWAK
KWAWC
KWBC
KWBG
KWBW
KWCI
KWCR
KWGB
KWHG
KWIC
KWIM
KWIR
KWKN
KWM
KWMJN
KWMM
KWMN
KWN
KWNM
KWNN
KWOMN
KWPA
KWPB
KWPG
KWPR
KWRC
KWRF
KWRG
KWUN
KWWT
KWWW
KX
KY
KZ
LA
LAB
LABOR
LANSANA
LANTERN
LARREA
LARS
LAS
LAURA
LAVIN
LAW
LB
LBAR
LBY
LE
LEAGUE
LEB
LEBIK
LEGAT
LEGATT
LEIS
LEON
LEVINE
LEW
LG
LGAT
LH
LI
LIB
LICC
LIMA
LINE
LK
LMS
LN
LO
LOG
LORAN
LOTT
LOVE
LR
LS
LT
LTG
LTTE
LU
LV
LVPR
LY
LZ
MA
MAAR
MACEDONIA
MACP
MANUEL
MAP
MAPP
MAPS
MAR
MARAD
MARIE
MARINO
MARITIME
MARK
MARQUEZ
MARR
MARS
MARTIN
MARV
MAS
MASC
MASS
MATT
MB
MBM
MC
MCA
MCAP
MCAPARR
MCAPN
MCAPP
MCAPS
MCAT
MCC
MCCONNELL
MCCP
MCRM
MCTRE
MD
MDA
MDC
MDO
ME
MEA
MED
MEDIA
MEP
MEPI
MEPN
MEPP
MERCOSUR
MESUR
MEX
MF
MFA
MFO
MG
MGL
MGMT
MGOV
MGT
MGTA
MH
MHUC
MI
MIAH
MIC
MICHAEL
MICHEL
MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
MIK
MIL
MILI
MILITANTS
MILITARY
MILLENNIUM
MINURSO
MINUSTAH
MITCHELL
MJ
MK
ML
MLS
MMAR
MMED
MN
MNLF
MNNC
MNNUC
MNU
MNUC
MNUCH
MNUCWA
MNUM
MNUN
MNUR
MNUS
MNVC
MO
MOHAMAD
MOHAMMAD
MOLINA
MONTENEGRO
MONUC
MONY
MOOPS
MOP
MOPP
MOPPS
MOPS
MORG
MOROCCO
MORS
MOS
MOTO
MOTT
MP
MPOL
MPOS
MPP
MPS
MQADHAFI
MR
MRCRE
MRRR
MRS
MRSEC
MS
MSG
MSIG
MT
MTAA
MTAG
MTCAE
MTCR
MTCRA
MTCRE
MTRCE
MTRE
MTRRE
MTS
MU
MUC
MUCN
MUKASEY
MULLEN
MUNC
MURRAY
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
NA
NAC
NACB
NAFTA
NAM
NAMSA
NANCY
NAR
NARC
NARCOTICS
NARR
NAS
NASA
NAT
NATEU
NATGAS
NATIONAL
NATO
NATOAFGHAN
NATOBALKANS
NATOIRAQ
NATOOPS
NATOPOLICY
NATSIOS
NAVO
NB
NBTS
NBU
NC
NCCC
NCD
NCT
NCTC
NDI
NDP
NE
NEA
NEC
NEI
NELSON
NEPAD
NERG
NET
NEW
NFATC
NFMS
NFSO
NG
NGO
NGUYEN
NH
NI
NICOLE
NIH
NIPP
NK
NKWG
NL
NLD
NLIAEA
NLO
NMFS
NMNUC
NMUC
NNPT
NO
NOAA
NOI
NOK
NON
NONE
NORAD
NOTAG
NOVO
NP
NPA
NPG
NPT
NR
NRC
NRG
NRR
NRRC
NS
NSC
NSF
NSFO
NSG
NSSP
NT
NTDB
NTSB
NTTC
NU
NUC
NUIN
NV
NW
NZ
NZUS
OA
OAO
OARC
OAS
OASC
OASCC
OASS
OAU
OBAMA
OBS
OBSP
OCBD
OCEA
OCED
OCHA
OCII
OCRA
OCS
OCSE
ODAG
ODC
ODIP
ODPC
OECD
OECS
OECV
OES
OESC
OEXC
OEXP
OF
OFDA
OFDC
OFDP
OFDPQIS
OFFICIALS
OFPD
OFSO
OGAC
OGIV
OHCHR
OHI
OHIP
OI
OIC
OICCO
OIE
OIF
OIG
OIIP
OIL
OIM
OLY
OLYAIR
OLYMPICS
OM
OMB
OMIG
OMS
ON
ONA
OPAD
OPBAT
OPC
OPCD
OPCR
OPCW
OPDAT
OPDC
OPDP
OPEC
OPET
OPIC
OPID
OPOC
OPPC
OPRC
OPREC
OPREP
OPS
OPSC
OPVIP
ORA
ORC
ORCA
ORECD
ORED
OREG
OREP
ORGANIZED
ORP
ORTA
ORUE
OSAC
OSCE
OSCI
OSD
OSEC
OSHA
OSIC
OSTA
OSTRA
OTA
OTAR
OTP
OTR
OTRA
OTRABL
OTRAO
OTRAZ
OTRC
OTRD
OUALI
OVIP
OVP
OXEC
OXEM
OZ
PA
PAARM
PAC
PACE
PAGE
PAGR
PAHO
PAIGH
PAK
PAL
PALESTINIAN
PAMQ
PAN
PANAM
PAO
PAR
PARALYMPIC
PARCA
PAREL
PARK
PARLIAMENT
PARM
PARMS
PARN
PARP
PARR
PARTIES
PARTM
PARTY
PAS
PASS
PATTY
PAUM
PB
PBGT
PBIO
PBK
PBOV
PBPTS
PBS
PBT
PBTS
PCI
PCON
PCOR
PCRM
PCUL
PD
PDA
PDD
PDEM
PDIP
PDOV
PDRG
PE
PEACE
PEACEKEEPINGFORCES
PEDRO
PEL
PELOSI
PEMEX
PENA
PENV
PEPFAR
PEPR
PER
PEREZ
PERL
PERM
PERSONS
PET
PETER
PETERS
PETR
PETRAEUS
PETROL
PF
PFIN
PFLP
PFOR
PFOV
PG
PGGOC
PGIC
PGIV
PGKV
PGO
PGOC
PGOF
PGOG
PGON
PGOR
PGOT
PGOV
PGOVE
PGOVQL
PGPV
PGREL
PGREV
PGV
PH
PHALANAGE
PHARM
PHAS
PHEM
PHIM
PHM
PHSA
PHU
PHUH
PHUM
PHUMHUPPS
PHUN
PHUS
PHYTRP
PI
PIA
PICES
PIF
PIN
PINB
PIND
PINER
PINF
PING
PINL
PINO
PINR
PINS
PINT
PINV
PIR
PIRF
PIRN
PJUS
PK
PKAO
PKBL
PKFK
PKISL
PKK
PKMN
PKNP
PKO
PKPA
PKPAL
PKPO
PKPRP
PKST
PL
PLAB
PLAN
PLEC
PLN
PLO
PLUM
PM
PMAR
PMAT
PMDL
PMIG
PMIL
PMIN
PMR
PMUC
PN
PNAT
PNET
PNG
PNIR
PNNL
PNR
PNRG
PNS
PNUC
PNUK
PNUM
PO
PODC
POG
POGV
POINS
POL
POLG
POLI
POLICY
POLINT
POLITICAL
POLITICS
POLM
POLMIL
POLS
POLUN
POREL
PORG
POSTS
POTUS
POUS
POV
POWELL
PP
PPA
PPAO
PPD
PPEF
PPEL
PPKO
PPOL
PQL
PQM
PRC
PRE
PREC
PRED
PREF
PREG
PREJ
PREK
PREL
PRELEVU
PRELM
PRELPLS
PRELTBIOBA
PREM
PREO
PREP
PRER
PRES
PRESIDENT
PRESL
PREV
PREZ
PRF
PRFE
PRFL
PRGO
PRGOV
PRIL
PRL
PRLE
PRM
PRO
PROB
PROCESS
PROG
PROL
PROLIFERATION
PROP
PROPERTY
PROTECTION
PROTESTS
PROV
PROVE
PRT
PRTER
PRWL
PS
PSA
PSCE
PSEC
PSEPC
PSHA
PSI
PSNR
PSO
PSOC
PSOCI
PSOE
PT
PTBS
PTE
PTEL
PTEP
PTER
PTGOV
PTIA
PTR
PTRD
PU
PUAS
PUBLIC
PUNE
PUNR
PUOS
PV
PVIP
PVOV
PVPR
PVTS
PWBG
PWMN
PY
QA
QADRI
QEL
QI
QIZ
QM
QT
QU
QUAN
QUOC
RA
RAED
RAID
RAS
RATIFICATION
RBI
RCA
RCMP
RE
REA
REACTION
REALTIONS
RECIN
REF
REFORM
REFPAN
REFUGEE
REFUGEES
REGION
REGIONAL
REID
REIN
REINEMEYER
REL
RELAM
RELATIONS
RELFREE
RELIGIOUS
REMON
RENAMO
RENE PREVAL
REO
REPORT
REUBEN
RF
RFE
RFIN
RFREEDOM
RGOV
RGY
RHUM
RI
RICE
RICHARD
RIGHTS
RIGHTSPOLMIL
RIMC
RIVERA
RL
RLA
RM
RMA
RO
ROK
ROME
ROSS
ROW
ROY
RP
RPEL
RPTS
RQ
RR
RRB
RREL
RS
RSO
RSOX
RSP
RSZ
RTT
RU
RUEHZO
RV
RW
RWANDA
SA
SAAD
SAARC
SACU
SADC
SAFE
SAIR
SAIS
SAMA
SAN
SANC
SANR
SAO
SARB
SARGSIAN
SARS
SASC
SASEC
SB
SBA
SC
SCA
SCCC
SCE
SCENESETTER
SCHUL
SCI
SCIENCE
SCNV
SCOI
SCOL
SCOM
SCPR
SCRM
SCRS
SCRSERD
SCUL
SCVL
SD
SE
SEC
SECDEF
SECI
SECRET
SECRETARY
SECSTATE
SECTOR
SECURITY
SEMAAN GABY EID
SEN
SENC
SENG
SENS
SENU
SENV
SENVQGR
SENVSPL
SENVSXE
SEP
SERBIA
SERZH
SETTLEMENTS
SEVN
SEXP
SF
SFNV
SG
SGNV
SGWI
SH
SHANNON
SHI
SHUM
SI
SIMS
SIPDI
SIPDIS
SIPR
SIPRNET
SIPRS
SIUK
SK
SKCA
SKEP
SKI
SKSAF
SL
SLM
SLOVAK
SM
SMAR
SMI
SMIG
SMIL
SMIT
SMITH
SMRT
SN
SNA
SNAP
SNAR
SNUC
SO
SOC
SOCI
SOCIA
SOCIETY
SOCIS
SOCISZX
SOCR
SOCY
SOE
SOFA
SOI
SOIC
SOLI
SOLIC
SOM
SOPN
SORT
SOSI
SOVIET
SOWGC
SP
SPAS
SPC
SPCE
SPCVIS
SPECI
SPECIALIST
SPILL
SPP
SPSTATE
SR
SREF
SRIT
SRS
SRYI
SSA
SSH
ST
STAG
START
STATE
STC
STEINBERG
STET
STP
STR
SU
SUCCESSION
SULLIVAN
SUMMIT
SUR
SV
SW
SWHO
SWMN
SX
SXG
SY
SYAI
SYMBOL
SYR
SYRIA
SYSI
SYTH
SZ
TA
TAGS
TALAL
TAUSCHER
TAX
TB
TBI
TBID
TBIO
TBIOZK
TBKIO
TBO
TC
TCOR
TCSENV
TD
TDA
TE
TECH
TECHNOLOGY
TER
TERAA
TERFIN
TERR
TERROR
TERRORISM
TF
TFIN
TG
TGRY
TH
THANH
THE
THERESE
THIRDTERM
THKSJA
THOMAS
THPY
TI
TIA
TIBO
TIFA
TINT
TIO
TIP
TITI
TIUZ
TJ
TK
TL
TM
TN
TNDG
TNGD
TO
TOPEC
TORRIJOS
TOURISM
TP
TPHY
TPKO
TPP
TPSA
TPSL
TR
TRAD
TRADE
TRAFFICKING
TRBIO
TRBY
TRD
TREAS
TREASURY
TREATY
TREL
TRG
TRGV
TRGY
TRIO
TRSY
TRT
TRV
TRY
TRYG
TRYS
TS
TSA
TSLP
TSPA
TSPL
TSRL
TSRY
TSY
TT
TTFN
TU
TURKEY
TV
TVBIO
TW
TWRO
TX
TY
TZ
TZBY
UA
UAE
UAID
UAM
UB
UDEM
UE
UEU
UG
UGA
UK
UKR
UKRAINE
UM
UMIK
UN
UNA
UNAF
UNAIDS
UNAMA
UNAMSIL
UNAORC
UNAUS
UNBRO
UNC
UNCC
UNCDF
UNCDN
UNCHC
UNCHR
UNCHS
UNCITRAL
UNCND
UNCOPUOS
UNCRED
UNCRIME
UNCSD
UNCSW
UNCTAD
UNDC
UNDEF
UNDOF
UNDP
UNECE
UNEF
UNEP
UNESCO
UNFA
UNFC
UNFCYP
UNFF
UNFICYP
UNFIYCP
UNFPA
UNGA
UNGAPL
UNGO
UNHCR
UNHRC
UNICEF
UNIDCP
UNIDO
UNIDROIT
UNIFEM
UNIFIL
UNION
UNKIK
UNM
UNMEE
UNMIC
UNMIK
UNMIKI
UNMIKV
UNMIL
UNMIN
UNMOVIC
UNO
UNODC
UNOMIG
UNOPS
UNP
UNPAR
UNPUOS
UNRCCA
UNRCR
UNREST
UNRWA
UNSC
UNSCAPU
UNSCD
UNSCE
UNSCER
UNSCR
UNSCS
UNSD
UNSE
UNTAC
UNTERR
UNTZ
UNUS
UNVIE
UNYI
UP
UPU
UPUO
UR
US
USAID
USAU
USCC
USCG
USDA
USDELFESTTWO
USEU
USG
USGS
USMS
USNC
USOAS
USOP
USPS
USPTO
USSC
USTA
USTDA
USTR
USTRD
USTRIT
USTRPS
USTRUWR
USUN
UUNR
UV
UX
UY
UZ
VA
VANG
VAT
VC
VE
VELS
VEN
VENZ
VETTING
VI
VINICIO
VIP
VIS
VISIT
VM
VN
VO
VOA
VT
VTEG
VTFR
VTIS
VTPREL
VTTBIO
VTWCAR
VXY
VY
VZ
WA
WAEMU
WAKI
WAR
WB
WBEG
WBG
WCAR
WCI
WCL
WCO
WE
WEBG
WEBZ
WEET
WEF
WEOG
WET
WEU
WFA
WFP
WFPAORC
WFPO
WGC
WGG
WHA
WHITMER
WHO
WHTI
WI
WILCOX
WIPO
WIR
WJRO
WM
WMD
WMDT
WMN
WMO
WOMEN
WPO
WRTO
WS
WSIS
WTO
WTRD
WTRO
WTRQ
WW
WWARD
WWBG
WWT
WZ
XA
XAAF
XB
XC
XD
XE
XF
XFNEA
XG
XH
XI
XJ
XK
XL
XLUM
XM
XO
XP
XQ
XR
XS
XT
XTAG
XU
XV
XW
XX
XXX
XY
XZ
YE
YEH
YI
YL
YM
YMCS
YS
YU
YURIY
ZA
ZANU
ZB
ZC
ZCTU
ZEALAND
ZF
ZFR
ZH
ZI
ZIM
ZJ
ZK
ZKGM
ZL
ZM
ZN
ZO
ZP
ZR
ZS
ZT
ZU
ZW
ZXA