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08KYIV2080	REGIONS-BYUT COALITION DEAL: WHY IT FELL APART [...] (C) The Party of Regions and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's party (BYuT) narrowly failed to form a majority coalition in the Rada after the ruling coalition disintegrated on September 3. They had agreed to a broad pro-European foreign policy that included continued cooperation with NATO. Ultimat [...]	2008-10-17 12:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

08KYIV2097	UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...]	2008-10-17 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2105	UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...]	2008-10-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2106	TYMOSHENKO MEGA-COALITION PROPOSAL FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on October 19 proposed creating a unity coalition of all parties in the parliament to address the effects of the international financial crisis. She asked President Yushchenko to rescind his order for early parliamentary elections and support her proposal. Most [...]	2008-10-20 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2111	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO USG: UKRAINE HAS "HOURS, NOT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Summary and Paragraphs 11 and 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) At a late night meeting on October 20, Prime Minister Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that Ukraine had "hours, and not days" to restore confidence in the country's financial system. The situatio [...]	2008-10-21 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2112	TYMOSHENKO BLOC IN EFFORT TO REUNITE ORANGE CAMP; [...] (C) President Yushchenko announced on October 20 the suspension of his decree dissolving the parliament, but still called for early parliamentary elections December 14. Yushchenko also called on the Rada to pass a package of legislation to combat the worsening economic situation and to amend t [...]	2008-10-21 15:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2113	UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...]	2008-10-21 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2127	MV FAINA: UKRAINIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2128	POLITICS CONTINUE TO TRUMP ECONOMICS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Continuing political turmoil threatens to hold up potential IMF assistance to Ukraine. On October 23, PM Tymoshenko's government submitted anti-crisis legislation, and demanded that any election legislation be shelved until emergency economic measures were in place. President Yushchenko' [...]	2008-10-23 14:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2130	UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...]	2008-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2138	THE RADA FIDDLES... [...] (C) On October 24, the Rada was again unable to reach consensus on legislation to address Ukraine's looming economic crisis. Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) MPs once again blocked the rostrum to prevent voting on any anti-legislation tied to election funding -- and even allegedly disabled some Rada vo [...]	2008-10-24 14:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2139	EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2141	UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...]	2008-10-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2142	HISTORICAL IMF PACKAGE IMMINENT, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary. IMF chief envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the Ambassador on October 25 that Ukraine,s IMF package may amount to the second largest ever in IMF history and would be likely finalized soon, possibly as early as this weekend. She stated that implementation of the assistance package wo [...]	2008-10-25 18:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2166	ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION PASSES FIRST READING; [...] (C) Rada faction leaders on October 29 broke a legislative impasse by agreeing to consider IMF required anti-crisis legislation before President Yushchenko's early election amendments package. The anti-crisis package passed, drawing unanimous support from the Prime Minister and President's bl [...]	2008-10-29 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2172	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CRIMEA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with a small American business delegation, traveled to Crimea October 19-20 for an annual investment forum. The Ambassador also met with Crimea's political leadership while there. Local leaders characterized the September 19 vote by the Crimean Rada (parlia [...]	2008-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV RS UP
08KYIV2174	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...]	2008-10-30 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2188	UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...]	2008-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP
08KYIV2191	RADA PASSES FINAL ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION: [...] (C) On October 31 the Rada passed compromise anti-crisis legislation, a critical step towards Ukraine's receipt of a $16.5 billion IMF assistance package (Ref A). PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) voted with a majority of Lytvyn Bloc MPs to pass the le [...]	2008-11-03 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP
08KYIV2198	IMF SET TO APPROVE UKRAINE PACKAGE, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF and the government of Ukraine (GOU) "have agreement" on the provisions of a $16.5 billion stand-by package. The IMF's Kyiv-based resident representative is "relatively positive" Ukraine's anti-crisis legislation will pass muster for the IMF Executive Board, when it consi [...]	2008-11-04 17:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2207	UKRAINE: PROMINVESTBANK FAILURE TEST CASE FOR NBU [...] (C) Summary and comment: Liquidity problems, a run on deposits, and a possible corporate hijacking at Prominvestbank, Ukraine's sixth largest bank, last month contributed to the run on other Ukrainian banks, which were already jittery due to the world financial crisis (refs). The Acting Chai [...]	2008-11-06 12:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2211	TYMOSHENKO CONTINUES TO PUSH ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko continues to push for a renewed Orange coalition. She believes President Yushchenko will block any new coalition and maintain his pursuit of early parliamentary elections in the hope of reaching a deal with the Party of Regions (Regions) to secure a second term i [...]	2008-11-07 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2212	KUCHMA AND KRAVCHUK ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador recently sounded out former Presidents Kuchma and Kravchuk on Ukraine's dual economic and political crises. Kuchma worries most about the potential for large-scale unemployment in the metal, mining, chemical and construction sectors. Kravchuk's focus is more on the political [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2224	NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...]	2008-11-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2242	UKRAINIAN RADA SPEAKER YATSENYUK OUSTED [...] (C) Rada speaker Yatsenyuk was ousted during a fractious parliamentary session on November 12, which included two legally questionable votes and a physical confrontation between MPs. The Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist party and a handful of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense bloc MPs [...]	2008-11-13 05:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2243	ANTI-XENOPHOBIA UNIT: OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (C) The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Department to Combat Xenophobia has been in operation for about a year, investigating 120 cases. Officials highlighted the achievement of three criminal convictions (for inciting ethnic hatred) during that time. Extremist groups have contributed t [...]	2008-11-13 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2245	NO CONSENSUS YET ON NEW SPEAKER: RADA CLOSES [...] (C) On November 13, a day after the Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) voted to remove Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk in a tumultuous session (Ref. A),the Rada was unable to find consensus on a replacement candidate and recessed until November 18. Rada contacts told us that Volodymyr Lytvyn, leader of t [...]	2008-11-13 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2259	UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...]	2008-11-17 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP
08KYIV2263	EXPECT SOCIAL UNREST AND GROWTH OF RADICAL [...] (C) A disaffected but influential Party of Regions MP told the Ambassador that an additional three million Ukrainians could lose their jobs in the next few months and that the country's leaders do not comprehend the magnitude of the economic crisis. He predicted the Party of Regions would be [...]	2008-11-18 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP
08KYIV2269	NATO MAP: UKRAINE BEGINS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Presidential Secretariat has begun to de-emphasize the importance of receiving a MAP invitation at the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels. Deputy Secretariat Head Honcharuk on November 18 said failure to receive MAP in December would not be a "tragedy." MFA cont [...]	2008-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2289	SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...]	2008-11-20 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2294	UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING [...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...]	2008-11-21 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2297	UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...]	2008-11-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV RS UP
08KYIV2305	NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW RADA SPEAKER AT A STALEMATE [...] (C) As Ukraine nears the two-week mark since the November 12 removal of Parliament (Rada) Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk, negotiations over his replacement are at a stalemate, claimed Speaker contenders and other political leaders in meetings with the Ambassador. None described a clear way out of t [...]	2008-11-24 15:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2323	SUBJECT: UKRAINE'S MAIN EXTREMIST GROUPS [...] (U) Extremist groups in Ukraine espouse a wide range of ideologies. Groups such as the UNA-UNSO and Patriot of Ukraine are ultra nationalists while the Ukrainian National-Labor Party and the Ukrainian Movement Against Illegal Immigration have a neo-Nazi following. The group Bratsvo has an a [...]	2008-11-26 11:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2340	UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...]	2008-11-28 05:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2354	UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...]	2008-12-02 05:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP
08KYIV2383	AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: RADA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) On December 4 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) voted to invite President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko to an extraordinary session on December 9 to discuss the "situation in the country." The Rada once again was unable to find consensus on a new Speaker, and voted to close the session afte [...]	2008-12-04 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2412	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S PECULIAR AVOWALS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk told the Ambassador on December 4 that a change of leadership at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is necessary to stabilize the country's faltering economy. Alluding to what he said was an inept inter-agency anti-crisis team, he d [...]	2008-12-09 16:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2413	UKRAINE "NOT YET THERE" ON 2009 BALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance has granted a preview of the draft 2009 budget to the IMF and World Bank. The World Bank told us the GOU foresees a 2009 budget deficit equal to 0.3 percent of GDP. After studying the draft, however, the World Bank puts the deficit at 0.8 percent of G [...]	2008-12-09 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2417	UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM [...] Summary: Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers on November 19 issued new provisions to regulate the country's government procurement system. Experts, including from the World Bank, agree that the new provisions are an improvement after several years of GOU backsliding on procurement reform. The pro [...]	2008-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV WTRO UP
08KYIV2424	LYTVYN ELECTED NEW SPEAKER, ANNOUNCES NEW [...] (C) A rumored super-majority coalition of PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and Party of Regions failed to materialize in the Ukrainian parliament as the Rada on December 9 elected Volodymyr Lytvyn as its new Speaker. Lytvyn announced that his Lytvyn bloc, BYuT, and a majority of Our Ukraine-People's Self [...]	2008-12-10 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2434	UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...]	2008-12-11 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2440	PARTY OF REGIONS GEARS UP TO OPPOSE NEW COALITION [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions appears resigned to the new three faction coalition led by PM Tymoshenko's bloc, announced December 9. Regions contacts note that even if the parties are able to sign a coalition agreement, they lack a solid voting majority in the Rada. Regions MPs expressed l [...]	2008-12-12 17:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2464	UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...]	2008-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2485	CHERNOMYRDIN: UKRAINE MUST PAY GAS DEBTS [...] (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin, in a meeting with the Ambassador, highlighted the importance of Ukraine paying its gas debts. He stressed that Russia was unwilling to subsidize Ukraine, adding: "if you like them, help them." Chernomyrdin is convinced Ukrainian leaders, mired in power struggles, are [...]	2008-12-19 11:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR RU UP
08KYIV2486	SNAPSHOT OF THE NEW RADA COALITION [...] (C) The new Rada coalition is a small step in the right direction toward greater political stability in Ukraine. Based on discussions with coalition members, it appears the grouping is likely to continue Prime Minister Tymoshenko's broadly pro-Western policies and would be more amenable to US [...]	2008-12-19 12:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2487	"CYNICAL" PM BLASTS "INFLEXIBLE" UKRAINE BANK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko lashed out at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 18, calling for the resignation of NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and lobbing stinging criticisms at NBU exchange rate policy. Although Tymoshenko has denounced the NBU chief [...]	2008-12-19 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2518	TYMOSHENKO ON THE ATTACK [...] (C) On December 19 PM Tymoshenko upped the ante in her ongoing political battle with President Yushchenko when she declared herself in open opposition to him. Accusing him of currency manipulation and other destructive activities in concert with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),Tymoshenko [...]	2008-12-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2520	CORRECTED COPY: COALITION AGREEMENT SIGNED - [...] (SBU) With the support of 37 out of 72 Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) MPs, deputy faction leader Borys Tarasyuk on December 16 signed a coalition agreement with PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn's bloc. Two of President Viktor Yushchenko's closest allie [...]	2008-12-24 08:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2532	IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2538	UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...]	2008-12-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV283	UKRAINE: RADA MANAGES TO OPEN NEW SESSION AND [...] (C) Summary. The Rada got off to a rocky start on February 5 with more blockading and fistfights, but Speaker Yatsenyuk did manage to close the old session and open the new one as required in the constitution, although the President's planned "state of the nation" address to the Rada was post [...]	2008-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV299	UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...]	2008-02-07 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV303	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...]	2008-02-07 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV34	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV358	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ACTIONS ANSWER MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: For many Ukrainians, Vladimir Putin's February 12 threat that membership in NATO could result in Russian missiles pointed at Ukraine answered Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev's question about Russia's neighbors posed during a January 22 campaign appearan [...]	2008-02-15 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV359	UKRAINE: RADA COMES IN, VOTES, STALLS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Rada managed to overcome political differences on February 12 to vote on social and economic issues, but then immediately sunk back into an impasse. After several Coordinating Council meetings early in the week, on the morning of February 12 leaders from BYuT and Party of Reg [...]	2008-02-15 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV361	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Stavnichuk and Justice Minister Onishchuk confirmed to us recently that the President's team is moving ahead with its plans to amend the constitution in the first half of the year. Stavnichuk described the National Constitutional Counc [...]	2008-02-15 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV366	UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...]	2008-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08KYIV386	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIDENT ABOUT MAP AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, President Yushchenko made the case that Ukrainians are ready for MAP and closer ties with NATO, providing polling data showing that only a small portion of the population wanted a referendum on membership in NATO now. In response [...]	2008-02-19 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV401	UKRAINE: UNHCR APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF CHECHEN [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. The UNHCR informed the Embassy about its appeal to President Yushchenko to prevent the extradition of Chechen Refugee Lema Susarov to Russia and to release him from detention so that he can be resettled to Finland. Susarov [...]	2008-02-21 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF UP
08KYIV408	UKRAINE: REGIONS PROPOSES PACKAGE TO UNBLOCK RADA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Rada failed to open as scheduled on February 21 with Regions continuing to blockade the rostrum. However, opposition leader Yanukovych proposed an end to the blockade in exchange for positive Rada consideration of ten legislative initiatives. A parliamentary rou [...]	2008-02-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV417	UKRAINE: STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) As requested, Ambassador conveyed the points reftel to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ohryzko February 22, and asked that Ukraine move ahead with recognition of Kosovo. Ohryzko said that Ukraine was "checking all possibilities," but cautioned that the process would "take some time." The FM w [...]	2008-02-22 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV419	UKRAINE: VERDICT AND SENTENCING IN GONGADZE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer Valentyna Telychenko, who represents the wife of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told us that she expected a verdict and sentencing for the three men accused of killing Gongadze by early March; according to press reports, March 3 could be the final day of the trial. Th [...]	2008-02-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV453	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH PUSHING FOR NEW COALITION, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 25 meeting, Party of Regions leader Yanukovych reiterated to the Ambassador all his old points about Ukraine's relations with NATO not requiring a MAP at this juncture, then proceeded to lay out three scenarios for the Rada, all of which would change the current [...]	2008-02-27 12:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV455	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR IN LVIV HEARS VIEWS ON EURO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 19-21 visit to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, the Ambassador met with the First Deputy Oblast Governor Valery Pyatak, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy, and a group of young local politicians representing the political parties Pora, Svoboda, Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV474	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Meetings with Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy, Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria, Regions MP Andriy Klyuyev, and Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov in the past week revealed that efforts are being made to reformat the coalition, but opinions varie [...]	2008-03-04 13:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV504	UKRAINE: COALITION STABLE FOR NOW, RADA GETS BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Rada returned to work on March 6 after nearly a month's impasse, while Presidential Chief of Staff Baloha reassured the Ambassador that there was no plan to undermine the Prime Minister. Baloha said that he believed that Tymoshenko was conspiring against Yushchenko and he mad [...]	2008-03-07 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV522	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIRMS COALITION UNITY, [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and President Yushchenko met late March 11 to discuss Ukraine's bid for a NATO MAP at the April 2-4 Bucharest Summit. The Ambassador told President Yushchenko that President Bush was talking to NATO Allies about MAP for Ukraine and that the U.S. believes that unity [...]	2008-03-13 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV527	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
08KYIV606	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Kyiv provides a historic opportunity to acknowledge the democratic transformation that has occurred in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution and to encourage further steps to consolidate reform and bring Ukraine fully into Europe. You will encounter intense interest i [...]	2008-03-21 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP
08KYIV709	UKRAINE: RADA REOPENS, BUT TENSIONS PERSIST [...] (C) Summary. The Rada reopened in plenary session April 8 after a two-week break and immediately went into a long recess amid recriminations that various factions were plotting against each other. However, all sides managed to find a temporary solution to the disagreements of the day, allowi [...]	2008-04-08 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV722	WILL UKRAINE JOIN RUSSIA'S WTO WORKING PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: A GOU official recently told the press that Ukraine did not plan to join Russia's WTO Working Party, even though Ukraine looks set to join the WTO within a matter of months, well ahead of Russia. (Note: Ukraine's parliament April 10 ratified the protocol of accession, details sep [...]	2008-04-10 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP RS
08KYIV729	UKRAINE'S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ITS WTO PROTOCOL OF [...] The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) on April 10 ratified Ukraine's protocol of accession to join the WTO. The ratification followed approval of the protocol by the WTO's General Council on February 5. Out of the 450 total Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Rada, 411 voted in support of the access [...]	2008-04-10 12:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV756	UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED - [...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...]	2008-04-15 07:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV771	UKRAINE: CRACKS IN THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the President, Prime Minister, OU-PSD, and BYuT all say they want the democratic coalition to last, public infighting, growing distrust, and mutual recriminations are making the tenuous majority even shakier. An April 16 spat erupted over the vote for the President's law [...]	2008-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV774	UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]	2008-04-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV803	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ENTERS CONSTITUTIONAL GAME [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has begun speaking publicly and forcefully for transforming Ukraine into a parliamentary system, possibly as part of an effort to force President Yushchenko into cooperation and to take away the President's lead in reforming the constitution. She first r [...]	2008-04-24 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV832	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. With early Kyiv mayor and city council elections scheduled for May 25, and 150 candidates already declared, the race to control the capital city is being seen as an early showdown in the run-up to the presidential elections in late 2009/early 2010. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BY [...]	2008-04-25 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV873	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL GAME HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and adviser to the Prime Minister Zadorozhniy separately described to the Ambassador that BYuT-Regions collaboration on a new constitution was a reality that would move along quickly and that cooperation between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymo [...]	2008-05-07 14:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV874	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO/TYMOSHENKO RIVALRY HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU's ambitious privatization plans have fallen victim to the political rivalry between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko (Refs A and B). Following the latest iteration of their drawn out privatization battle characterized by dueling decrees, court rulings [...]	2008-05-08 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD EIND UP
08KYIV902	UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING, BUT ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Cracks in the coalition appeared to widen May 12-13 as the two sides faced off in the Rada and in public comments from President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. Privately, Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that coalition was de facto dead, because the President had set hi [...]	2008-05-13 16:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV915	UKRAINE BECOMES WTO MEMBER ON MAY 16, BUT FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine joins the WTO on May 16, marking a major success for the country's economic reform efforts. Accession is marred, however, by Ukraine's failure, due to domestic political turmoil, to pass five laws promised as part of accession negotiations. One of the five is the law de [...]	2008-05-15 16:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV922	UKRAINE: STAYING FOCUSED ON THE LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Official Kyiv appears determined to sink into another round of political turmoil and infighting (reftels) that could last for months. It will make our work here more difficult and could damage some of our short-term goals. However, it is critical that we not lose sight of our lon [...]	2008-05-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV924	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Oleksandr Sagan, recently-appointed Chairman of the State Committee of Nationalities and Religions, discussed a wide variety issues including inter-ethnic relations, the status of religious freedom, and migration policy -- all of which fall [...]	2008-05-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV951	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-19 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP
08KYIV954	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO GETS HIS CABMIN LAW [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko won a tactical victory on May 16, when Prime Minister Tymoshenko's faction in the parliament backed down after a week's stand-off and agreed to vote for the new law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which the President has been pushing for since December. Yushchen [...]	2008-05-20 11:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV960	UKRAINE: COALITION TOGETHER FOR NOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary. For now, Ukraine's fragile coalition is holding itself together -- barely-- for a variety of reasons and in spite of the public bickering and threats, and could continue to muddle along for weeks or months. All parties are reluctant to return to expensive and time-consuming new [...]	2008-05-21 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV965	UKRAINE: GONGADZE KILLERS APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT, [...] (C) Summary. Valentyna Telychenko, the attorney for the widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told EmbOff that she was satisfied with the March 15 convictions of three former police officers, but that she would request reduced sentences for two of the defendants when they make their fi [...]	2008-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV97	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR MEETS NEW GOVERNMENT; [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's plan to request a MAP at the April NATO Bucharest Summit dominated discussion during visiting Senator Richard Lugar's January 15 meetings with President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and opposition representatives. Yushchenko expressed the strong hope that Ukraine's request [...]	2008-01-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV975	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYORAL ELECTION REMAIQHIGHLY [...] (C) Summary. With the May 25 elections for the Kyiv mayor's office and city council drawing nearer, heated accusations of cheating and sabotage among the major players are increasing as all prepare for the vote, the outcome of which is still unpredictable. Also troubling, a majority of mem [...]	2008-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08LAGOS104	CENTRAL BANK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo on March 6 to express U.S. concerns about planned restrictions on foreign investment in Nigerian banks. Soludo remained firm in his intention to press forward with the new rules. While foreigners [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS11	NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told the Consul General on January 3 that under President Yar'Adua the NDDC has begun to receive funding, a notable switch from President Obasanjo's days. The NDDC Master Plan is scheduled to develop the Niger Delta [...]	2008-01-10 16:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS116	NIGERIA: WIDESPREAD IPR VIOLATIONS INCREASE COSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The prevalence of software piracy in large, established Nigerian companies and in the movie industry hinders Microsoft in identifying domestic partners in the fight to enforce intellectual property rights. U.S. company Schlumberger faces theft of proprietary information required [...]	2008-03-28 06:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS118	NIGERIA: EDO NDDC PROJECTS APPEAR TO BENEFIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Edo State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on March 12 showed visiting Nigeria desk officer Andrew Silski four projects around Benin City, including school blocks, road construction, and a solar powered water project. Emboffs were unable to det [...]	2008-04-01 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SENV NI
08LAGOS121	NIGERIA: EXPERT TESTIMONY IN VOTE STEALING SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Forensic evidence is providing new insights into vote rigging during the April 2007 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The state tribunal is the only election court thus far to allow forensic evidence, setting a precedent for the country. Visual aids especially are educati [...]	2008-04-03 14:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS122	NIGERIA: NEW GAS POLICY MAY SLOW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's recently announced natural gas policy will likely slow development of domestic and export natural gas projects. The policy relies on cross-subsidies from commercial and industrial users for development of electrical power projects. The policy and regulation are vague [...]	2008-04-04 10:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS13	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS REJECT CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: The fragile peace agreement between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants began unraveling in December 2007 and it now appears violence will escalate in early 2008. Criminals (Ateke Tom),militants (the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and Tom Polo),an [...]	2008-01-11 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI

08LAGOS151	NIGERIA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH DELTA STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 27 March meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff members (Staffdel) Michael Phelan and Neil Brown, Godwin Akpobire (Head of the Delta State Integrated Development Project) complained that international donors insufficiently consult with state governments when [...]	2008-04-24 13:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS152	Appeal Court Voids Election of Bayelsa Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, a federal appeals court overturned the election of Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva. Pursuant to the court's order, on April 16 the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Werinipe Seibarugu, was sworn in as acting governor pending a new election to be held within 90 days. [...]	2008-04-24 14:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS153	NIGERIA: IBB CONFIDANT SAYS YAR'ADUA HAS FOOD [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ukandi G. Damachi (strictly protect throughout),confidant of former military head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) told Pol-Econ Chief that President Yar'Adua is ill with food poisoning. The remainder of the conversation followed a line of argument we have he [...]	2008-04-24 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08LAGOS154	Nigeria: Stakeholders Assess Impact of Port Reforms [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's port reform program, which has turned over state-owned and operated ports to private concessionaires, has significantly improved efficiency of port operations and reduced vessel demurrage and turn around time. However, delays in customs clearance resulting from Nigeria's [...]	2008-04-25 11:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS157	NIGERIA: GAS PRICE AGREED TO BUT POLICY CONFUSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiations between upstream gas producers and the Government of Nigeria have established a price for domestic natural gas of USD 0.50 per thousand standard cubic feet. A USAID contractor said Nigeria's Minister of State for Energy (Gas) Emmanuel Odusina had balked at supply [...]	2008-04-28 09:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS167	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Company will replace Willbros as its primary pipeline contractor. The pipeline received its first natural gas for testing in late April and is expected to be begin free flow of natural gas by the end of May. Because it lacks compressors, t [...]	2008-05-09 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS168	NIGERIA SPOT REPORT: BAYELSA PDP BOMBED 2 DAYS [...] (SBU) The secretariat building of the Bayelsa State People's Democratic Party (PDP) was bombed with dynamite on May 8, two days before the state PDP chapter was to announce former governor Timipre Sylva as its candidate and begin campaigning for the gubernatorial by-election. A reliable conta [...]	2008-05-09 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS177	NIGERIA: US COMPANY BOAT HIJACKED; PORTUGUESE, [...] (SBU) The motor vessel Lordes Tide, contracted to Chevron and owned by US company Tidewater Marine, was hijacked by unknown gunmen on May 13 en route from Onne (River State) to Escravos (Delta State). A high ranking Chevron contact confirmed to Econoff on May 14 that two expatriates, the Port [...]	2008-05-15 10:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS18	NIGERIA: ENUGU GOVERNOR'S ELECTION NULLIFIED FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Enugu State Election Tribunal annulled the April election of Governor Sullivan Chime (People's Democratic Party) on January 18 on the grounds of gross electoral malpractice and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. Former Chime godfather Governor Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) who [...]	2008-01-23 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
08LAGOS189	EXXONMOBIL PESSIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASED NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, the number two executive at ExxonMobil in Nigeria said he's not optimistic that Nigerian crude oil production will increase significantly in the next few months. Mark Ward placed the blame on the government of Nigeria's failure to reinvest in onshore and nea [...]	2008-06-03 10:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV VE NI
08LAGOS196	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persisten attempts by former Presidential Advisor Andy [...]	2008-06-06 11:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS197	NIGERIA: ICITAP ASSESSES LAGOS, EDO TRAINING NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of a State Department anti-trafficking grant to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide investigative training t Nigerian law enforcement agencies, two International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) representatives visited Benin City, Edo St [...]	2008-06-06 12:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM NI
08LAGOS198	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persistent attempts by former Presidential Advisor And [...]	2008-06-06 12:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS199	NIGERIA: WILL GON RAISE GAS PRICES AS YEAR LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The year-long agreement between the GON and labor union on gasoline prices comes to an end this month. Unions and the government are already holding informal talks on the future of subsidized gasoline prices. In 2007, the subsidy totaled USD 1.6 billion. While the increasing w [...]	2008-06-06 12:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ELAB PGOV NI
08LAGOS201	NIGERIA: AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT BANK OR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) role in establishing the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC),which was set up in 2007 as an alternative to the African Development Bank (ADB). The AFC is owned by African banks (44 percent),i [...]	2008-06-10 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS202	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST NAPTIP ZONAL OFFICE GROWING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, the Director of the Southeast National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) office told PolOffs child and infant trafficking to augment family size, obtain domestic help and for ritual purposes, is growing. Revised adoption polici [...]	2008-06-10 07:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI NI
08LAGOS211	NIGERIA: BAKASSI ATTACKS RESULT IN REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 06:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS212	NIGERIA: EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RAISES CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) held a seminar May 15-16 to determine under what conditions Nigeria might sign the European Union's (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Manufacturers contend that high overhead costs [...]	2008-06-17 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS219	NIGERIA: ATTACK, LABOR UNREST DISRUPT CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: An attack on a Chevron Nigerian Limited pipeline in Delta State has forced the company to shut-in production of 120,000 barrels of oil per day. The company does not know who was responsible for the attack nor does it have an estimated date for repair. Chevron's Managing Directo [...]	2008-06-24 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS224	NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEES REMAIN IN NEED [...] (C) Acting Consul General spoke on June 22 with Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout),Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly. He said that the individual from his organization who has been in Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a school, has noted a decrease in [...]	2008-06-26 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM
08LAGOS226	NIGERIA: OGONI BRACING FOR SHELL SUCCESSOR [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee (strictly protect throughout),of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) told Acting Consul General June 6 and 24 that President Yar'Adua's announcement that Shell would lose its concession in Ogoniland came as a surprise. The Ogoni will soon engage [...]	2008-06-27 12:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS227	NIGERIA: AMCIT TIDEWATER CAPTAIN RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Amcit Captain Jackie Stone, kidnapped from a Tidewater boat under contract to Chevron June 19, was released unharmed and returned to the United States June 20. The kidnapping occurred 27 nautical miles off the Bayelsa/Delta coast as armed men returned from a 3:00 am attack on Shel [...]	2008-06-30 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
08LAGOS232	NIGERIA: MOSOP LEADER: BUNKERING AT HEART OF NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee (protect throughout),a leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) decried the deterioration of the situation in the Niger Delta, and implied that bunkerers may have incited the attack on the Bonga offshore oil rig. According to Mittee, repre [...]	2008-07-02 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS233	NIGERIA: NOT SUMMIT BUT DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, JTF [...] (C) Summary: Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark said he has worked to bring "relative peace" to Delta and Bayelsa States ever since President Yar'Adua attached the Niger Delta to his seven point plan. Clark believes the Niger Delta needs not another summit conference but development and jobs, especia [...]	2008-07-02 16:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS235	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...]	2008-07-05 09:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS241	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS242	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS243	NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEE SITUATION IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Acting Consul General spoke July 7 with Nzam Ogbe, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross Rivers State. Ogbe said that the refugee situation had stabilized and that the situation was under control. The Governor had visited Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a primary school, and [...]	2008-07-10 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM
08LAGOS244	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MILITANTS LEARN NON-VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary: U.S. scholar Dr. Bernard LaFayette led training in the principles and practice of nonviolence for 600 Niger Delta militants; the training was sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through Nigeria's Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN). Sheriff Mulade, Nationa [...]	2008-07-10 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KDEM NI
08LAGOS245	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA YOUTH LEADER ON CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout),President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Acting Consul General July 4 that youths from the Gbaramatu Kingdom blew up the Chevron pipeline while he was in the United States; Tom Polo allowed the youths to take the equipment a [...]	2008-07-10 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS246	NIGERIA: BAYELSA GOVERNOR CALLS GGESS EXCELLENT [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa Governor Timipre told Acting Consul General June 17 that he sees the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) meetings as an excellent forum in which to discuss the Niger Delta; he wants to open dialogue between Bayelsa State and the United States as well. Silva has [...]	2008-07-10 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET NI
08LAGOS249	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE NDDC & NATIONAL OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A Delta State Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) representative told Poloff on May 6 that state NDDC offices are now empowered to create a due process mechanism similar to that adopted by the national office in Port Harcourt. Delta State's three large road construction p [...]	2008-07-10 14:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV EPET ECON NI
08LAGOS268	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR RUMORED IMPEACHED BUT [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, twenty of twenty-four Ogun State House of Assembly members began impeachment proceedings against Governor Gbenga Daniel (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Media reports state that many of the legislators then went into hiding, fearing assassination attempts. Both Gover [...]	2008-07-21 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS281	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...]	2008-07-21 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS283	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS284	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS29	NIGER DELTANS PREDICT MORE OF THE SAME IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta ethnic leaders, government officials and civil society members told visiting African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss and the Ambassador that they remain hopeful that a permanent peace can be negotiated, but feel manipulated by the greed and hypocris [...]	2008-02-04 11:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS291	NIGERIA: ONDO PEACEKEEPERS RIOT, DEMAND SALARY [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, hundreds of soldiers previously part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Liberia rioted over nonpayment of the salary due them for their service. Military officials described the non-payment as an accounting mistake; soldiers say the salaries were being stol [...]	2008-07-25 05:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS298	NIGERIA: ABIA GOVERNOR'S CONVOY ATTACK ALLEGED [...] (U) Summary: A July 22 attack on Abia Governor Theodore Orji's (People's Progressive Alliance, PPA) convoy, alleged by the Governor's office to have been an assassination attempt, may have further widened the political divide in Abia State. Tension has risen over the failure of the appeals [...]	2008-07-31 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS299	NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST GUBERNATORIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 15, a federal appeals court in Cross River State canceled the election of Governor Liyel Imoke, and ordered a new election within 90 days. On July 11, an appeals court in Enugu upheld the election of Governor Sullivan Chime. Also on July 11, a court of appeals validat [...]	2008-07-31 12:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS302	NIGERIA: LOCAL INVESTOR SAYS POWER PROJECTS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with Resources Officer, Adewale Audifferen, former Managing Director of General Electric Nigeria, now Vice President for Power at Global Energy Nigeria (GE),said independent power projects (IPPs) like the Geometric Plant being built in Abia State are the mo [...]	2008-08-01 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS303	NIGERIA: TINAPA BUSINESS RESORT REMAINS DORMANT [...] (U) One year after its official opening in April 2007, under the administration of former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort in Calabar, developed at a cost of naira 45 billion (USD 380 million) remains dormant. The failure of the Government of Nigeri [...]	2008-08-01 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS305	NIGERIA: MILITANTS TELL THEIR STORIES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 100 formerly militant Niger Delta youths graduated from nonviolence training sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN) with trainers from the University of Rhode Island's Center for the Study of Peace and No [...]	2008-08-04 12:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS308	NIGERIA: ONDO GOVERNOR AGAGU REMOVED BY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Ondo Governor Olesegun Agagu's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) election was overturned July 25 by an election tribunal, which declared the Labor Party (LP) candidate Olusegun Mimiko election winner and governor. Agagu plans to appeal the tribunal ruling; Mimiko alleges Agagu plan [...]	2008-08-05 05:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS310	NIGERIA: MASSOB MEMBERS REFUSED BAIL; [...] (C) Summary: The federal government July 31 opposed an application for bail for 84 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB, a group which advocates independence for Southeastern Nigeria),who are standing trial at the Federal High Court in Enugu on [...]	2008-08-05 09:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS313	NIGERIA: SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENCE TRAINING DEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary. Nonviolence training for Niger Delta militant youth conducted by a team from the University of Rhode Island, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies under Dr.Bernard LaFayette, Jr., is becoming increasing popular with militants according to the National Chairman of the Foundation [...]	2008-08-06 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM NI
08LAGOS314	NIGERIA: FIVE ATTACKS; NO AMERICANS INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary: Five separate attacks on foreign interests in the Niger Delta, including one attack on the Nembe pipeline, occurred in Rivers State between July 24 and July 30. No Americans were involved in the incidents. On July 24, the local press reported that the Movement for the Empancipa [...]	2008-08-06 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS315	NIGERIA: REPORT CASTS DOUBTS ON VIABILITY OF AFRICA FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, news media reported the submission of a report by the Presidential Committee set up by President Yar'Adua to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo's role in setting up the Africa Finanace Corporation (AFC),a multilateral development c [...]	2008-08-07 07:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS317	NIGERIA: BAKASSI FREEDOM FIGHTERS, IN LEAGUE WITH [...] (C) Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout),Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly, told Pol-Econ Chief July 10 that youths from the southern Bakassi peninsula, calling themselves Bakassi Freedom Fighters, put on a show of force near the village of Ikang around mid-day Ju [...]	2008-08-11 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
08LAGOS321	NIGERIA: LAGOS' THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The partial closure of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge, the arterial road between the city's commercial islands and the mainland, will last from early August to October, severely disrupting already congested traffic. The Federal Government and the Lagos State Government's (LASG) [...]	2008-08-11 12:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS322	NIGERIA: GGESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Subcommittee on Sustainable Development (SSD) of the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) met on July 14 in Akwa Ibom (AI) State. Participants for the State Government, international oil companies, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and banks agreed to provi [...]	2008-08-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON EPET NI
08LAGOS323	NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ASSESSES SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout),President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloffs on July 23 that key players both inside the state governments in the Delta and among the various militant groups operating in the Niger Delta have no interest in ending the vi [...]	2008-08-12 06:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS324	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery met July 25 with Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (Action Congress). Fashola briefed the U/S on his efforts to develop Lagos State and was generally optimistic about the progress of democracy in Nigeria. Fashola [...]	2008-08-13 10:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EFIN ELTN EAGR NI
08LAGOS328	NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE SEEKING PEACE WITH MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs on August 1, Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State reported efforts by Bayelsa State to negotiate a permanent peace with militant groups operating in the State. Kemedi indicated that key militant groups had a [...]	2008-08-18 11:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS33	NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: MILITANTS KILL MILITARY [...] (SBU) In the early morning of February 3, militants attacked a military houseboat stationed near a Shell facility in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa, killing Nigerian navy personnel, according to local papers. Jomo Gbomo, reportedly a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( [...]	2008-02-07 09:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS341	NIGERIA: NATIONAL TAX POLICY ELICITS MIXED RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's Draft National Tax Policy (DNTP) proposes sweeping reforms to the current tax system, including a shift from direct to indirect taxation; a simplified tax regime; and centralized tax authorities at the federal level. The private sector considers the formulation of a na [...]	2008-08-28 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS344	NIGERIA: POWER STRUGGLE SURFACES AT NDDC [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),Ambassador Sam Edem, was suspended from office for allegedly paying around $4 million to a witch doctor to cause harm to his rivals, notably the Managing Director of the NDDC, Timi Alaibe. According to a [...]	2008-08-29 15:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET NI
08LAGOS35	OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ALLEGE IRREGULARITIES IN BY ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 13:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS353	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO HALT STOCK MARKET'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nigeria adopted a series of measures and commissioned a Presidential Advisory Team to halt the decline in the Nigerian stock market. Since March, the market recorded a 30 percent loss in market capitalization. Industry interlocutors feared that the policy meas [...]	2008-09-08 06:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS356	NIGERIA: GOVERNOR IMOKE (PDP) WINS CROSS RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 23, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the re-election ordered by a Federal Appeals Court on July 15. While the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) claimed the election was free and fair, opposition parties an [...]	2008-09-08 11:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS357	NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...]	2008-09-08 11:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI
08LAGOS358	NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...]	2008-09-08 11:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CM NI
08LAGOS364	NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE MOVES ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State told Poloffs in conversations on June 11, July 12 and August 1 that during Governor Timipre Sylva's (People's Democratic Party) first year in office his Bureau has taken concrete steps to ensure [...]	2008-09-16 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS365	NIGERIA: MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON, SHELL FACILITIES [...] (SBU) Militants associated with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked Chevron and Shell oil facilities in Rivers State on the evening of September 13. A Chevron contact confirmed the company's Robertkiri flowstation was attacked. The flowstation has been shut-i [...]	2008-09-17 16:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV NI
08LAGOS366	NIGERIA: MILITANT ATTACKS REDUCE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Nigeria's Acting Managing Director Andrew Fawthrop (strictly protect) said his company has lost 30,000 barrels per day of oil production recently and he estimates Nigeria's total daily production has fallen to 1.6 to 1.7 million barrels per day. He said recent events in [...]	2008-09-17 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EFIN PINR NI
08LAGOS367	NIGERIA: IJAW LEADERS REPORTEDLY WORKING TO STEM [...] (U) Summary: Chief Edwin Clark, former Minister of Information, and other Ijaw elders have been engaged in talks with leaders of militant groups to attempt to halt the "oil war" (Ref B, Septel),according to a report in the September 17 Vanguard. Although the militant leaders have agreed to [...]	2008-09-19 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET ENRG NI
08LAGOS368	NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Shell's Vice President for Africa, Ann Pickard (strictly protect),said a September 13 attack on a Shell natural gas node in Rivers State may impact the supply of gas to Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, but she downplayed the impact of recent attacks on Shell's current o [...]	2008-09-19 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV RS NI
08LAGOS369	NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL WORRIES ABOUT ESCALATION OF [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 18, two ExxonMobil Nigeria executives told Energyoff that while September 13-16 attacks in Rivers State did not reduce oil production from their fields, they are concerned about growing instability in the state and the impact it might have on facilities which serve [...]	2008-09-19 16:41:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS374	NIGERIA: MILITANTS ASK MITTEE FOR HELP FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, told Pol-Econ Chief September 17 that he has been barraged with calls from militants seeking help for villagers wounded in the on-going conflict in Rivers State. He has confirmed that villagers we [...]	2008-09-24 07:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS375	NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS ON CHAIRMAN'S PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In press reports, Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta described his vision of how the Committee would function in the September 14 editions of Vanguard and The Guardian. According to the press articles, in addition to reviewing past r [...]	2008-09-24 07:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS376	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GOVERNORS FORUM [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador,s first trip to Kwara State in western Nigeria, she had an opportunity to have several meetings with Kwara State Governor and head of the powerful Governor,s Forum (GF),Bukola Saraki September 21-22. He met with the Ambassador just after finishing a 3-hour sess [...]	2008-09-24 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM KDEM NI
08LAGOS377	ANPP LEADER: "NIGERIA IN A STATE OF INSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the first civilian governor of Edo State and now a leader in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP),told Poloff and Polspec on September 10 that he believed Nigeria is "slowly sliding into anarchy" as a result of "institutional collapse" which he blamed on [...]	2008-09-24 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON ELTN NI
08LAGOS378	NIGERIAN: LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS PUSH FOR IMPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Nigeria (PMGMAN) is lobbying the Government of Nigeria (GON) for an import ban on additional pharmaceutical products, claiming that local manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet Nigerian demand. Should the GON impose an import ban, m [...]	2008-09-25 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EAID ECON PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS382	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DELTA UNREST WORSE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 20 meeting, Levi Ajuonuma (strictly protect),Group General Manager for Public Affairs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said unrest in the Niger Delta is hurting oil revenues far more than senior NNPC officials are publicly admitting. Because [...]	2008-09-26 12:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS CH NI
08LAGOS384	NIGERIA: MARITIME AND SAFETY AGENCY SEEKS TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),in a July 18 meeting with EconOff, requested technical assistance in the areas of personnel training and capacity building. In response to a 2008 International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report that [...]	2008-09-26 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EFIS PGOV IZ NI
08LAGOS385	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND INTERAGENCY TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27 interagency team visit to Bayelsa State to discuss development and political issues, Governor Timipre Silva told Ambassador (POL-ECON Lagos notetaker) that he, the other Niger Delta Governors, as well as the leadership in Abuja are growing impatient with mili [...]	2008-10-02 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS386	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador led an interagency team to Bayelsa September 27 for a one-day orientation trip to look at possible partnerships through a pilot program that would focus on youth needs and development (see septel on these issues),but also had the opportunity, on the three hour drive fr [...]	2008-10-02 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS393	NIGERIA: DHRF GRANT IMPROVES PRISONERS' PLIGHT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 12, 2008 workshop funded by a 2007 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grant, and coordinated by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD),brought together representatives of the prisons service, police, judges and other stakeholders to discuss issues related t [...]	2008-10-03 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS394	NIGERIA: NAPTIP SEES RISE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 17 meeting, an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) told PolOff the current increase in international trafficking parallels an increase in sophistication of the traffickers; insufficient [...]	2008-10-03 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS398	NIGERIA SURPRISES WITH MODEL PROGRAM FOR SEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 07:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON NOAA EFIS SENV NI
08LAGOS399	NIGERIA: SURREAL SUMMIT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN AKWA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an "Infrastucture Summit" held September 18 and 19 the government of Akwa Ibom State laid out its development strategy and attempted to interest the private sector in public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state. Representatives of Akwa Ibom's civi [...]	2008-10-08 09:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS405	NIGERIA: OD TRAINING SUCCESSFUL BUT REVEALS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 18-19 two-day Optical Disc (OD) Enforcement workshop, Nigerian government agencies made progress in better understanding major deficiencies in Nigeria,s IPR enforcement. Despite the intentional harmful attempts by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to sab [...]	2008-10-15 07:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS409	PIRACY SLOWLY KILLING NIGERIAN COASTAL FISHING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NOAA EPA FWS NI
08LAGOS41	CHEVRON AND EXXON FACE CHALLENGES, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on their operating locations, Chevron and ExxonMobil (EM) face distinct challenges in operating in the Niger Delta. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss, the Ambassador, and Econoff (note taker) visited Chevron's Escravos oil and gas complex in Delta State and EM's [...]	2008-02-08 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS415	NIGERIA: CONOCOPHILLIPS POWER PLANT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Expansion of a 480 megawatt power plant in Delta State, which would double the plant's capacity, has stalled because the state power company consistently fails to make payments while demanding the power supply contract be renegotiated. ConocoPhillips, part owner of the plant in [...]	2008-10-22 12:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI
08LAGOS427	Nigeria: Abia Commissioner of Finance Describes Progress on [...] (U) Summary: In an October 9 visit to the ConGen Lagos, Abia Commissioner of Finance, Max Adindu said that the state had increased revenue by 27 percent, in part because of an innovative program that utilizes the market unions as tax collectors. Abia has equipped 120 high school laboratories a [...]	2008-10-28 14:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS428	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS; DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Executives at Chevron and Shell have expressed doubts about the potential for new exploration and production in deep water off the Nigerian coast. Additionally, a manager for an American oilfield service company said on October 22 that both Shell and Chevron are cutting their 2009 [...]	2008-10-29 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS430	NIGERIA: REPORTS OF "BABY FARM" DEMONSTRATE GAP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 8 BBC News article claimed the discovery of a "baby farm" in Enugu, which was allegedly holding pregnant women hostage, then selling their babies to traffickers after birth. While an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and [...]	2008-10-31 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP NI
08LAGOS431	NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS PARTY SWEEPS LAGOS LOCAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and PolSpec observed the Lagos State Local Government's (LASG) local election on October 11. In the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs),the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) refused to contest, and expectat [...]	2008-11-03 06:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS439	NIGERIA: EDO COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Edo State, Austine Momodu, told PolOffs October 24 that the priorities of Governor Oserheimen Osunbor (PDP) included building roads, rehabilitating hospitals and building police b [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELTN SENV NI
08LAGOS44	SOUTHERN NIGERIAN VOICES: EXPECT NEW ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: NGO contacts recommended international donors focus on strengthening civil society and Nigerian institutions and told PolCouns that President Yar'Adua's political hands are tied until the election tribunal determines his fate. Presidential candidate for the African Democratic C [...]	2008-02-11 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08LAGOS440	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS441	NIGERIA: IMO STATE PROMOTES MICRO-ENTERPRISES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 17 visit to the Consulate, Imo State Executive Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Empowerment, Ambrose Obioha, claimed the state is focused on building the capacity of its youth and making strides to tap the potential of its natural resources. Entrepreneurship [...]	2008-11-10 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI NI
08LAGOS446	NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI
08LAGOS447	NIGERIA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OSHIOMHOLE WINS EDO [...] (U) Summary: On November 11 the Appeals Court for Edo State confirmed the decision of the Edo State Election Tribunal that had declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the governorship, Adams Oshiomhole, the winner of the April 2007 gubernatorial election. Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, [...]	2008-11-13 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS448	NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...]	2008-11-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS449	NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...]	2008-11-14 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS461	NIGERIA: LAGOS LABOR UNIONS ACTIVE; POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 8-13 visit to Lagos by Tu Dang of the Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, local labor union officials said that the use of casual labor in the oil industry is their top concern. Labor leaders are also worried about the sa [...]	2008-11-19 14:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SENV NI
08LAGOS463	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SEAFARERS' [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of Nigerians engaged in maritime trades by training 5000 Nigerians overseas and expanding domestic training facilities. In the long term, Nigeria wants to become a net [...]	2008-11-21 07:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETDR PGOV EWWT KCRM NI
08LAGOS464	NIGERIA: NGO BRINGS URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 07:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI NI

08LAGOS473	DIRECTOR OF NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director A.B. Okauru (strictly protect) met with Poloffs on November 19 to discuss his sudden resignation from the NFIU on November 18 and the current state of affairs within the organization. He told Poloffs he resigned upon learning o [...]	2008-11-21 13:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV CASC KCOR KCRIM NI
08LAGOS474	THE VIEW FROM NIGERIA ON THE NIE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Nigeria presents a picture of a country on a downward spiral with gradually worsening economic, political and social conditions which, over the next five years, should produce increased political instability, civil [...]	2008-11-21 16:15:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS478	NIGERIAN GEOPHYSICISTS DISCUSS POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the annual convention of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists November 17-21, the head of the association said Nigeria has 40 billion barrels in unconventional oil deposits in Osun and Ogun States. The Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) acknowledged the [...]	2008-11-26 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS479	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Oronto Douglas (strictly protect throughout) told Pol-Econ Chief November 22 that Delta State Governor Uduaghan, with the support of the Vice President, has brought peace to the troubled Warri South and Burutu local Government Areas ( [...]	2008-11-28 05:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS480	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AWARDS SPECIAL SELF-HELP [...] (U) Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Sanders signed agreements with seven non-governmental organizations to implement Mission's Special Self-Help grants for 2008. Grantees received a ceremonial check and participated in a training on administration of grant funds. The event was featured i [...]	2008-11-28 05:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS481	NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT II: PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, RESPECT [...] (U) Summary: Participants at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group's power sector forum held October 22 agreed that private sector funding is crucial if Nigeria is to attain 70,000 megawatts of electricity, projected to cost USD 50 billion, by 2020. Forum participants concluded that Nigeria needs [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS483	NIGERIA: U.S.-BAYELSA PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador led the second meeting with Bayelsa State officials on November 20 in Lagos as part of the Mission's pilot program on engaging individual states. The Ambassador-led USG delegation welcomed Bayelsa Governor Timipre Silva and a team of State Commissioners, House of [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS484	NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS486	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE ATTRACTS BUSINESSES WITH LAND, LABOR, [...] (U) Summary: Governor Gbenga Daniel has branded Ogun "The Gateway State", increased Ogun State's internally generated revenue eight fold since taking office in 2003, and attracted over 100 new manufacturing companies to the state. Ogun's land, labor, and transportation are all less expensive t [...]	2008-12-03 07:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS488	NIGERIA: CONSULATE GENERAL SENIOR STAFF OFFSITE [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General and Consulate senior staff held an off-site at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),in Ibadan, Oyo State November 6-8. The Consul General and staff toured the University of Ibadan and met with university's Vice Chancellor. The Vice Cha [...]	2008-12-10 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER SCUL EAGR PGOV NI
08LAGOS489	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST, SOUTHSOUTH INFASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State's Geometric independent power project (IPP),projected to be operational April 2009, has started construction on only one substation to date. Akwa Ibom's (AI) IPP, scheduled for testing in December 2009, will generate 165 megawatts (MWs) of power, 65 of those for distr [...]	2008-12-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS493	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...]	2008-12-12 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS500	NIGERIA: PIPELINE EXPERT SAYS 73 PERCENT OF NIGER [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of oil services company Nestoil, Ernest Azudialu, told PolOffs on November 17 that most oil spills in the Niger Delta occur because 73 percent of pipelines are corroded and need to be replaced; pipelines, which have a technical life of 15 years, have often been in [...]	2008-12-17 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EPET SENV NI
08LAGOS501	NIGERIA: MILITANT CAMPS CONTROLLED BY DISTANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS505	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS GON NOT READY FOR JOINT [...] (C) Summary: The chairman and managing director of Pan Ocean Oil Company, Dr. Festus Fadeyi (strictly protect),said on December 16 that the GON and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) do not fully understand the implications of plans to turn the country's oil company joint vent [...]	2008-12-19 13:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS507	NIGERIA: WITHOUT GON ENFORCEMENT, IMPOVERISHED [...] (C) Summary: Environmental lawyer Simon Amadoubogha told PolOffs on November 18 that Nigerian states lack the capacity to enforce existing environmental legislation and all cases involving international oil companies are tried in Federal Courts, making it difficult for affected communities to b [...]	2008-12-22 12:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PGOV EPET NI
08LAGOS508	NIGERIA: CRIME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Simon Amadoubogha, an environmental activist and lawyer based in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa, told PolOffs on November 18 in Lagos that crime has become a way of life in the Niger Delta as more and more people engage in illegal bunkering or low-risk hostage taking. A boat to transpo [...]	2008-12-22 12:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PTER NI
08LAGOS509	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA GOVERNORS TAP UTOMI TO [...] (C) Summary: Governors of the south-south states have chosen Patrick Utomi, Lagos Business School Dean and 2007 presidential candidate, to spearhead an integrated development strategy for the region. With the Governors, Utomi has recruited well-respected business leaders to create public-priva [...]	2008-12-22 14:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS513	NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...]	2008-12-29 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
08LAGOS514	NIGERIA: EDO'S NEW GOVERNOR SEEKS RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress (AC),who assumed the governorship of Edo State on November 12 following an Appeals Court ruling which voided the gubernatorial election results of 2007, told PolOffs in his offices in Benin City on December 17 that he intends to make radica [...]	2008-12-29 06:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ELAB ENRG NI
08LAGOS516	NIGERIA: COURT NULLIFIED SENATORIAL ELECTION IN ANAMBRA [...] (U) Summary: A Federal Appeals Court has confirmed that no election was held in the Anambra South Senatorial District on April 21, 2007. The Court ordered the election rerun within 90 days. The decision is significant for its straightforward finding that no election was held. End Summary. 2 [...]	2008-12-29 11:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS517	NIGERIA: OVER AC OBJECTIONS, EKITI HELD LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Over objections by the Action Congress (AC),which had complained that the State Independent Electoral Commission's (SIEC) composition was not in accordance with the constitution, Ekiti State held local government area (LGA) elections on December 20. The AC did not participate in [...]	2008-12-29 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS518	NIGERIA: UNION LEADERS EXTOL LABOR'S PERFORMANCE IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employees (NUPENG) played a role in mobilizing volunteers for the campaign of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who ran with the support of both the Action Congress (AC) and Labor Party (LP). Labor volunteers also supported Labor Par [...]	2008-12-29 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS520	Nigeria: Experts Say Nigerian Economy Faring Better Than [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, Economic Associates (EA),a firm of economists reviewed the Nigerian economy in 2008 at its annual economic outlook session in Lagos. EA analysts said commodity prices, particularly oil, are Nigeria's major link to the global economy, although a dearth of foreign ca [...]	2008-12-30 06:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS524	(S) NIGERIA: NSA MUKHTAR - A CLOSET EXTREMIST WE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador had a one-plus hour meeting with National Security Advisor Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar on December 22 to discuss a range of issues, including the recent internecine violence in the northern city of Jos. Mukhtar also voiced his criticism of our bilateral r [...]	2008-12-31 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL NI
08LAGOS57	NIGERIA: CHEVRON CONSIDERS GMOU MODEL SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron has deemed its global memoranda of understanding (GMOUs) "largely successful" in building a sustainable community-driven approach to development, according to Femi Odumabo, Executive Director and General Manager of Chevron's Policy, Government and Public Affairs office. [...]	2008-02-13 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS60	NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS ENUGU'S [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair visited Enugu, which claims the highest percentage of American citizen residents of any state in Nigeria. The American Corner in Enugu has done educational outreach for more than 1,000 students. Calvary Foundation, recipient of Democracy, Human Rights [...]	2008-02-14 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SENV CASC NI PHUM
08LAGOS61	NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF CROSS [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair heard Cross River State PDP Governor Imoke's vision for the ethnically-diverse state and his criticisms of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the federal government as ineffective in assisting further development. A customs official told [...]	2008-02-14 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM CASC SOCI NI
08LAGOS64	DELTA STATE, DESOPADEC: MAJOR & MINOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delta State's Integrated Development Project and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) made a joint presentation to the Mission's FCS officer. DESOPADEC plans to order modular refineries and gas gathering plants to jump start the local economy [...]	2008-02-15 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS68	NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...]	2008-02-22 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI
08LAGOS69	NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: IJAW YOUTH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the pre-eminent Ijaw youth organization in Nigeria, notified Poloff on February 18 that he was beaten by military Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bayelsa on February 16. Ekiyor and 60 IYC members were headed to Op [...]	2008-02-22 13:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS70	NIGER DELTA: AMAECHI PLEDGES TO SECURE RIVERS IN 3 [...] (C) Summary: Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State told OSAC contacts on February 7 that Port Harcourt would be safe enough in three months for expatriates to return. As kidnappings have decreased oil bunkering has risen, filling militant coffers, according to security contacts. The milita [...]	2008-02-22 14:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS75	SHELL WORRIES ABOUT CHINESE IN NIGERIA; CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Shell's Vice President for Africa Ann Pickard met with the Ambassador on February 20. She admitted that the company badly miscalculated the new Nigerian administration and is playing catch up to ExxonMobil and Chevron. She claims new Nigerian petroleum legislation could lead to [...]	2008-02-26 08:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI CH
08LAGOS76	U.S. COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING HAMPERED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: While the National Housing Policy (NHP) of 2002 intended to promote private investment in the housing sector, a number of laws (including the Land Use Act and Primary Mortgage Institution Act) need amending to achieve this. An American owned housing development company plans to b [...]	2008-02-26 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS77	NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...]	2008-02-27 10:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS
08LAGOS92	NIGERIA: PDP CONGRESSES, CLASHES LAY GROUND FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) state congresses held February 28 throughout the south reflect the fractured nature of the party. Party factions in Oyo, Enugu, and Anambra states held parallel congresses in defiance of court injunctions. The congresses in Edo and Bayelsa states [...]	2008-03-10 06:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS93	NIGER DELTA: CORRUPTION PERMEATES ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) and assistant consultant to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) told us in February that DESOPADEC pays off House of Assembly members to ensure they will pass future DESOPADEC budgets, [...]	2008-03-10 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS94	NIGER DELTA GOSSIP ON THE MOVERS & SHAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Godknows Igali says Henry Okah is being held in a secure facility in the north; Tom Polo is taking the position that, although Okah is a rival, he should not be harmed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta Governor Uduaghan are finding it difficult to disarm youths in Ba [...]	2008-03-10 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAHORE208	PML-N BLASTS APPOINTMENT OF NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 President Pervez Musharraf, with at least the tacit agreement of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari, nominated Salman Taseer, media mogul and former caretaker Federal Minister for Production and Industries, as Governor of Punjab province. The Pakistan Mus [...]	2008-05-16 14:30:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08LAHORE209	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS NAWAZ SHARIF ON USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and members of the country team briefed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his closest advisors on USG assistance programs and the terrorist threat on May 15. This was similar to the briefing provided to Ambassador Durrani and ANP leader Wali Khan at CIA headquarter [...]	2008-05-22 05:59:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK
08LAHORE219	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Punjab Governor Salman Taseer on June 13. Taseer stated the lawyers' movement Long March had flopped, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was bent on confrontation with President Musharraf, the majority of Pakistan People's Party [...]	2008-06-23 11:53:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
08LAHORE221	NAWAZ INELIGIBLE TO CONTEST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise verdict, the Lahore High Court ruled on June 23 that Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ineligible to contest the June 26 National Assembly by-elections. In the same ruling, his brother Punjab Chief Minister and [...]	2008-06-24 15:02:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PK
08LAHORE233	BOUCHER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON SHAHBAZ SHARIF WEARING CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher paid a courtesy call on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Shahbaz outlined his priorities for the Punjab, expressing concern that terrorist cells already present in the province could be activated in light of the Federally Adminis [...]	2008-07-17 12:47:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08LAHORE234	NAWAZ REMAINS FIXATED ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Nawaz said the judges' restoration issue was a matter of principle not subject to political compromise. Nawaz expressed lukewarm support for the Federally Administered Tribal [...]	2008-07-17 12:57:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08LAHORE260	PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY WORKING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE [...] (C) Principal Officer met August 26 with PPP Central Executive Member and Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly Qasim Zia to review Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) efforts to wrest control of the Punjab provincial government from its former coalition partner, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz [...]	2008-08-28 11:00:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
08LAHORE276	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SHARIFS ARE TOO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Ambassador Patterson September 30 that Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz have ignored the growing extremist threat in the Punjab. Taseer, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),criticized the Sharifs' focus on pol [...]	2008-10-07 06:05:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EFIN PK
08LAHORE289	PUNJAB POLITICIANS FOCUSED ON U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a series of October 9 meetings, Punjab politicians told Director of the Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh (SCA/PB) Brent Hartley that the bilateral relationship remained critical for Pakistan to survive the series of crises currently underway. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM [...]	2008-10-21 10:28:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
08LAHORE290	MASSIVE BLACKOUTS PROMPTS PUNJAB PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Multi-hour blackouts, known locally as "loadshedding," over the past week sparked several protests in and around Lahore October 20 and 21. Protestors have told reporters that while overbilling by the Lahore Electricty Supply Company (LESCO) had made them angry, frustration over the worse [...]	2008-10-22 06:11:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PK ENRG PGOV
08LAHORE291	BT COTTON WILL NOT BE QUICK FIX FOR PUNJAB'S TEXTILES, WHICH [...] (C) Summary: Leadership of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Punjab Zone) told Poleconoff October 17 that the global crisis has resulted in a 15-20 percent drop in exports during the last three months. Moreover, the lack of bank liquidity has constricted capital, making it difficult [...]	2008-10-22 06:11:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG PK ETRD
08LAHORE295	NO CHANGE IN PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TERRORISM POLICY LIKELY -- [...] (S/NF) Summary: In... [...]	2008-10-28 08:35:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER EFIN ENRG PK
08LAHORE302	(S/NF) EXTREMIST RECRUITMENT ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB [...] (S/NF) Summary: During recent trips to southern Punjab, Principal Officer was repeatedly told that a sophisticated jihadi recruitment network had been developed in the Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan Divisions. The network reportedly exploited worsening poverty in these areas of the [...]	2008-11-13 10:30:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KISL PK
08LAHORE309	BLASTS MAR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENT IN LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Three small blasts at an international cultural festival in Lahore November 24 injured two persons; no Americans were injured. The Punjab police arrested one suspect, a 16-year-old Afghan worker. Although no group has taken credit, most commentators speculated that the explosion [...]	2008-11-24 14:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
08LAHORE313	MOST PUNJABIS BELIEVE INDIAN GROUPS ARE BEHIND MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: Although a few Punjabis see the possibility the Mumbai attacks could have been launched in Pakistan, overall politicians and lawyers in Punjab province believe that India should look to internal insurgent groups as the sole actors of the Mumbai attacks. After Prime Minister Manmohan S [...]	2008-12-03 13:02:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08LAHORE314	GOVERNOR TASEER KEEPS PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ALERT [...] (C) Summary: In response to a series of critical letters that Punjab Province Governor Salman Taseer sent to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in November, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah circulated incriminating photographs depicting Taseer and his family as un-Islamic. Although the leaders of [...]	2008-12-06 11:40:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER
08LAHORE315	NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTANIS WERE INVOLVED IN [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham December 6 he is convinced Pakistanis were involved in the Mumbai attacks and he would push for strict action against the responsible extremists. Sharif point [...]	2008-12-09 07:43:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN PK
08LAHORE318	JAMAATUD DAWA BAN HASTILY IMPLEMENTED IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab police confirmed that they detained twelve Jamaatud Dawa (JUD) leaders and sealed their offices as part of a December 11-12 crackdown directed by the Ministry of the Interior. According to the police and eyewitness accounts, mosques, madrassahs and hospitals run by Jamaatud Dawa [...]	2008-12-12 15:13:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN PK IN
08LAHORE320	CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO CONTINUE STRONG JUD [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate wi [...]	2008-12-15 07:32:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN
08LAHORE325	CORRECTED COPY: CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate with the [...]	2008-12-18 11:36:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN
08LAHORE326	PUNJAB SHUTS DOWN JUD ADMINISTRATION BUT KEEPS SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: The Punjab provincial government has taken steps to shut down JUD offices and take over the administrative functioning of ten schools and 18 dispensaries while ensuring that people continued to receive necessary services. Provincial authorities related that they could easily handl [...]	2008-12-20 08:50:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PK IN
08LAHORE328	GOVERNOR TASEER BLASTS PUNJAB'S CHIEF MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 10:31:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PK
08LAPAZ1006	ADM BREAKS RANKS, CUTS DEAL TO EXPORT COOKING OIL [...] (C) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) struck a deal with the government of Bolivia to restart exports of cooking oil. The American company stands alone among the four principal cooking oil exporters in its decision to negotiate with the Morales Administration and accept conditions on exporting. [...]	2008-04-30 22:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ1018	EVO'S MAY DAY DECREES AND REMARKS [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to a relatively small crowd of a few thousand on May 1, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the state would "take immediate control" of Italian-owned telecommunications company Entel and three foreign-owned hydrocarbon companies (septel). Morales tried to soften the [...]	2008-05-02 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EINV EPET IT BL
08LAPAZ1021	BOLIVIA: TWO DAYS TO MAY 4, OUR PREDICTIONS [...] (C) With just two days remaining before Santa Cruz' May 4 autonomy statute referendum separating wild speculation from more well-grounded prognostication is increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, this cable attempts to forecast what may happen. We expect the referendum to pass with a wide ma [...]	2008-05-02 21:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1023	WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]	2008-05-02 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ1024	BOLIVIAN MAY DAY GAS NATIONALIZATIONS [...] (C) President Morales announced on May 1 the next step in "consolidating the nationalization" of the hydrocarbon sector begun two years ago. In a series of decrees, the government mandated the acquisition of a 50 plus 1 percent shares of the three capitalized companies of Andina, Chaco, and [...]	2008-05-02 22:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1044	BOLIVIA: AFTER SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE, WHAT NEXT? [...] (U) Despite sporadic violence between pro- and anti-autonomy groups, the "Yes" vote in the May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum won by a landslide -- 85 percent to the "No" vote's 15 percent. The abstention rate, between 25-35 percent, was quite low considering the efforts (including the bu [...]	2008-05-05 21:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1045	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Attempting to control food price inflation is clearly a priority of the Morales administration. However, policies to date have not helped stimulate production, but rather are likely to dampen domestic agricultural activity in the future. Higher food prices have provoked protests, but by [...]	2008-05-06 13:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1055	ORURO: STEPCHILD OF BOLIVIA'S ALTIPLANO [...] (C) Summary: Oruro--the smallest and least-populated of Bolivia's three altiplano departments or states--and its capital city Oruro are predominantly indigenous (Quechua or Aymara),poor, and loyal to the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Oruro city's main claim to fame is the UNE [...]	2008-05-07 18:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV PREL PINR PGOV BL
08LAPAZ1082	BOLIVIA: RECALL SURPRISE -- A HIGH RISK GAMBIT [...] (C) In a surprise move on May 8, Bolivia's opposition-controlled Senate passed a law proposed originally by President Evo Morales that provides for a recall referendum on the President and Bolivia's nine prefects (governors). Evo signed off on the law a few hours later. The Senate has opted [...]	2008-05-09 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1088	EVO CALLS FOR TALK, PREFECTS CONTINUE WITH AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Four days after a majority of voters in the eastern lowland department (state) of Santa Cruz voted for autonomy, President Evo Morales publicly invited the prefects to meet on May 12. "I want to call on the prefects of the nine departments, Monday afternoon in La Paz, to discuss, debate [...]	2008-05-09 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ111	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY TAKES BACK SEAT [...] (C) The Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG) is facing a funding crisis heading into the new year. The termination of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and an unwillingness to accept administrative controls mandated by the P.L. 480 program leave SENASAG [...]	2008-01-15 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA EINV BL
08LAPAZ1129	RECALL REFERENDUM BACKFIRING ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) With nearly a week's worth of hindsight the opposition is starting to recognize that their move to approve President Evo Morales' recall referendum legislation was likely an ill-conceived strategy. The chances of unseating Evo, while not impossible, are remote. Meanwhile, the other arg [...]	2008-05-14 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1137	BOLIVIA: SANTA CRUZ BEGINS IMPLEMENTING AUTONOMY [...] (U) The departmental government of Santa Cruz, eager to show its population the benefits of autonomy and to regain the national spotlight from the recall referendum (reftel),will be begin implementing its autonomy on May 15. While largely symbolic (names changes),there are two concrete me [...]	2008-05-15 21:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08LAPAZ1149	HARDER EUROPEAN LINE ON EVO [...] Summary. After almost two months of a Bolivian government campaign to curry international opinion and sponsor delegations from the OAS and neighboring countries, three prominent European leaders have complained publicly about the Bolivian governments "nationalizations" of private hydrocarbon [...]	2008-05-16 20:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1150	BOLIVIA: TWO VISIONS OF AUTONOMY FOR POTOSI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12 and 13, Emboff met with Potosi departmental (state) Prefect Mario Virreira and Potosi city Mayor Rene Joaquino. The department of Potosi is one of the three altiplano departments that have formed the majority of support for the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party, wh [...]	2008-05-16 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ1154	SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA: SECOND CITY'S ECONOMY NOT [...] (SBU) Under the spotlight surrounding the autonomy votes, the Department of Santa Cruz is often portrayed as wealthy and white, and the movement for autonomy is simplistically characterized as a struggle over resources. While there is some truth in these generalizations, none of them adequat [...]	2008-05-19 17:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS PREL PINR EAGR EAID BO
08LAPAZ1164	BOLIVIA: JOAQUINO GROUP PLANS "THIRD OPTION" [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Emboff met with Rene JOAQUINO Cabrera, mayor of the town of Potosi and leader of the small opposition group Alianza Social (Social Alliance, or AS.) Representatives of the regional opposition recently noted that AS was fielding a candidate in the upcoming prefect elect [...]	2008-05-20 16:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ1166	BOLIVIA: USAID PORTFOLIO REVIEW UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable updates REFTEL A, which announced the launching of the sensitive Government of Bolivia (GOB) review of the USAID portfolio. The review continues, although in recent weeks the GOB has announced it will accelerate the process by cutting out previously requested program [...]	2008-05-20 19:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1168	EVO: ALIENATING FRIENDS, SEEKING NEW ONES [...] (C) Side by side with his friend Cuban Ambassador Rafael Dausa, President Evo Morales leveled a new barrage of old accusations against the USG on May 19. Meanwhile, the Italians and Peruvians both expressed their displeasure with recent Morales statements and actions. The Italian Ambassado [...]	2008-05-20 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BL
08LAPAZ1175	AGRICULTURAL DEMARCHES DELIVERED, BOLIVIAN FOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche regarding the U.S. candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Ref. A) to Carmen Timeo, the new head of the Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG). The [...]	2008-05-21 20:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
08LAPAZ1189	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE, GOB UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 Bolivia's constitutional capital of Sucre again erupted into violence leaving dozens wounded as residents opposed a planned visit by President Evo Morales. Despite the initial presence of police, military and pro-government social groups, Evo was forced to cancel his v [...]	2008-05-27 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ120	THE ELECTORAL COURT UNDER THREAT: AN INSIDER'S VIEW [...] (C) Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero, whose term ended on January 7, discussed his views on the court, its accomplishments, and challenges facing the institution with Emboffs this past week. Mr. Romero called the firing of three of the court's key division dir [...]	2008-01-16 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1214	BOLIVIA: BENI AND PANDO VOTE JUNE 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The northern states of Beni and Pando will hold their autonomy referenda on Sunday, June 1st. There has been scattered violence resulting in injuries but no deaths between pro-government and pro-opposition/autonomy forces in the week leading up to the vote. Both groups have block [...]	2008-05-30 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM BL VE CU
08LAPAZ1233	CODEL DODD VISIT TO BOLIVIA MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite aircraft problems, CODEL Dodd was able to visit La Paz for meetings with Vice President Garcia Linera, joined by the Foreign Minister, and with opposition leader former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga. The Vice President said his government was interested in better re [...]	2008-06-03 14:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID SNAR BO
08LAPAZ1234	BENI/PANDO AUTONOMY VOTES: OPPOSITION VICTORIES [...] (C) Summary: Both the opposition and government are in spin overdrive following the June 1 autonomy referenda in the departments (states) of Pando and Beni. With exit polls and early official results predicting pro-autonomy votes in excess of 80 percent, the government relied on arguments tha [...]	2008-06-03 17:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1243	BOLIVIA: IS EVO TURNING TO ILLEGAL ARRESTS? [...] (C) Without an arrest warrant, six police officials abducted, transported to La Paz, and incarcerated pro-Sucre (anti-government) activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez on June 2. Sandoval, his wife, and daughter were injured in the arrest. The government appeared to initially deny the acti [...]	2008-06-03 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ1244	EVO NATIONALIZES GAS TRANSPORT COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Sunday, June 1, President Evo Morales issued yet another decree nationalizing a portion of the natural gas sector in Bolivia. The decree, signed by Morales on June 2 in a takeover ceremony in Santa Cruz, states that the Bolivian state energy company YPFB will takeover Tranredes [...]	2008-06-03 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1258	BOLIVIA: DETAINEE FORCED TO CONFESS AGAINST US? [...] (SBU) Citing insufficient evidence, a judge ordered released anti-government activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez, who was illegally abducted and incarcerated by a police intelligence unit on June 2. The prosecutor in Sandoval's case had already decided not to press charges due to the gove [...]	2008-06-04 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ1261	BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT LOSING INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: Less than two weeks after President Evo Morales had to cancel his visit the constitutional capital of Sucre because of violent protests, it appears that Evo and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are losing control of sectors that used to be considered strongly pro- [...]	2008-06-04 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EINV EAID BL
08LAPAZ1264	BOLIVIA & ATP-DEA: EXPORTING FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATP-DEA) was extended in February of 2008 for another ten months for Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Although the preferences are crucial to the textiles industry, the private sector is growing tired of the exhausting lob [...]	2008-06-05 15:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KTEX BL PINV PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1284	BOLIVIA: SANCHEZ BERZAIN ASYLUM MAKES EMBASSY [...] (C) On June 5, Bolivian press outlets began reporting that the USG had granted political asylum to former Minister of Defense Carlos Sanchez Berzain. President Evo Morales and his supporters have long blamed Sanchez Berzain and President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada for the 60 deaths and [...]	2008-06-06 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1289	MIXED SIGNALS FOR JUNE 9 EMBASSY PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts are providing widely divergent estimates (from 150 to several thousand) regarding participation estimates for a June 9 march which will culminate at the Embassy. Contacts tell PolOff radical Alteno leaders are trying to artificially graft an anti-U.S. theme onto [...]	2008-06-06 23:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BO
08LAPAZ1290	BOLIVIA: JULY 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #1 1030 EST [...] (U) A scheduled march on the Embassy has begun, with crowds leaving government-stronghold El Alto and heading into La Paz as of 0900. Crowds are expected to arrive between 1000 and 1100. Currently the Embassy has additional police protection with tear-gas and crowd control armor. The CAC ha [...]	2008-06-09 14:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1291	BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #2 1130 EST [...] (U) The first of the scheduled marchers have arrived at the Embassy: led by Ponchos Rojos (indigenous militia),the protesters have encircled the compound, with approximately 3000-5000 protesters at the front entrance. Ponchos Rojos and youth groups leading the march are shouting anti-autonomy [...]	2008-06-09 15:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1292	BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #3 1610 EST [...] (U) After numerous attempts to break through the police line at the front of the Embassy, protesters throwing dynamite and fireworks were dispersed at 1300 by police using teargas and water cannon. As of 1610 the Ambassador has returned to the Embassy and RSO has given the all-clear. 2. (U [...]	2008-06-09 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1294	BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR [...] SUMMARY: In response to State 43120, Labor Officer held meetings with USAID, the Bolivian Ministry of Labor, NGO Proadolescente, and UNICEF. Three areas of concern regarding the use of child labor and forced labor are the sugar, Brazil nut, and mining industries. Sources were not able to gi [...]	2008-06-10 17:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB BL EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
08LAPAZ1301	BOLIVIA: AFTERMATH OF MARCH ON EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, after a weekend of anti-U.S. rhetoric from El Alto leaders and public statements from President Morales (accompanied by the Cuban ambassador) blaming the USG for granting asylum to ex-Defense Minister Sanchez Berzain, thousands of Altenos protested in front of the Emba [...]	2008-06-10 21:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1352	IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...]	2008-06-13 22:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA
08LAPAZ1354	BOLIVIAN BISHOP ON EMBASSY ATTACK AND DIALOGUE [...] (C) In response to the June 9 violent protest by several thousand El Alto residents against the Embassy, the Ambassador met with El Alto Bishop Jesus Juarez Parraga to discuss the mood of the people of his archdiocese. The Bishop explained that the protest leaders are simply political oppor [...]	2008-06-16 18:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1357	TREASURY VISIT: BOLIVIA'S ECONOMIC FORECAST [...] (C) On June 9-10, Marie Ewens, International Economist at the Treasury Department visited La Paz. In meetings with representatives across the financial sector, four general themes emerged. First, large international reserves and a fiscal surplus will allow Bolivia to withstand any foreseea [...]	2008-06-16 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN

08LAPAZ1358	LUGO VISIT: TRAVELS WITH EVO [...] (S) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales was once again forced to change his domestic travel plans because of opposition protests June 13 and 14. Since April, Morales and other senior officials have been blocked frequently from opposition strongholds despite increased rhetoric from securit [...]	2008-06-16 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PA BL
08LAPAZ1359	EVO PRAISES DEMONSTRATORS, CLAIMS USG CONSPIRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with a Bolivian magazine reproduced in the leading La Paz newspaper on June 15, Evo again alleged a USG "conspiracy" in Bolivia and suggested a USG plot to kill him. Also on June 15, during an donation in his base of El Alto, President Evo Morales praised the June [...]	2008-06-17 11:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1388	BOLIVIA: EVO CONTINUES TO LASH OUT [...] (SBU) Despite a public statement that outlined the Department's concerns over the safety of the Embassy and the Bolivian government's responsibilities under the Vienna Convention, Evo and his ministers are now trying to twist the Ambassador's recall to Washington to suit their own propaganda n [...]	2008-06-19 16:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1391	BOLIVIA: BARELY REASSURING ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In a June 19 interview in La Paz daily La Razon, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman said, "We have given (the USG) assurances that (the Embassy) will not suffer incidents, that there will be no greater difficulties, that they can be sure that the National Police will [...]	2008-06-19 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1395	TARIJA'S TURN: AUTONOMY VOTE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] (C) The vote for autonomy in the department (state) of Tarija will take place on Sunday, June 22. In line with the three previous autonomy votes in Santa Cruz, Beni, and Pando, polls indicate that support for autonomy will be over 70 percent. Additionally, Tarijenos made clear that Presiden [...]	2008-06-20 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ1406	CHARGE REITERATES SECURITY CONCERNS TO VICE FM [...] (C) Summary. Charge and EcoPol Counselor reiterated Post's security concerns in the aftermath of a violent June 9 protest at the Embassy to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez. The Charge delivered a diplomatic note asking that appropriate action be taken regarding a march organizer who con [...]	2008-06-23 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ODIP KLIG KTIA BO
08LAPAZ1409	BOLIVIA: USG REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS [...] Embassy La Paz proposes to host a USG regional energy officers conference August 19-21. The goal will be to share information about South American energy affairs and coordinate energy sector reporting. A Department official (TBD) will help establish a reporting agenda and additional coordina [...]	2008-06-23 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN
08LAPAZ1411	TARIJA: ANOTHER WIN FOR AUTONOMY MOVEMENT [...] (C) The department (state) of Tarija overwhelmingly approved its autonomy referendum on June 22. Exit polls indicate that autonomy was approved by some 80 percent of those voting (abstention was around 35 percent). The vote clearly adds momentum to the now autonomous eastern lowland states [...]	2008-06-23 22:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1412	BOLIVIA: ON RECALL, EVO LINKS USG AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Five opposition prefects (Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Tarija, and Cochabamba) have rejected the recall vote currently scheduled for August 10. In an interview after Tarija's June 22 landslide "Yes" autonomy vote, the prefects called into question the legality of the scheduled rec [...]	2008-06-23 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1419	BOLIVIA'S RECALL SCRUM: DEMO-CRAZY IN ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 opposition prefects rejected the recall referenda scheduled for August 10 and challenged President Evo Morales to call new elections for the prefects and the president in which incumbents would not run. The central government responded by describing the opposition p [...]	2008-06-24 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1420	BOLIVIA: AFTER OWN MISTAKES; PODEMOS BLAMING US [...] (C) Summary: We are seeing increased signs of frustration with the United States from senior PODEMOS Party opposition contacts as the August 10 recall referendum for President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) approaches. Former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, the head of [...]	2008-06-24 22:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO BO
08LAPAZ1425	BOLIVIAN BILAT MILITARY/POLICE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales called on police to stop working with the United States June 24, casting doubt on government assurances to ensure Mission security. In the last two weeks the government canceled Bolivian participation in a U.S.-sponsored hemisphere-wide special for [...]	2008-06-25 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KTIA BL
08LAPAZ1426	BOLIVIA: NEW AND ONGOING ATTACKS ON USAID [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, the six coca-growing federations of Chapare (President Evo Morales' most loyal support base) and five mayors of the region announced their intention to expel USAID from the region. In a blatantly political move, these groups accused USAID of conspiracy and even suppor [...]	2008-06-25 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL EAID ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1427	NEW EU POLICY ADDS TO BOLIVIA'S MIGRATION CRISIS [...] (U) The EU's June 18th decision to require its members to either regularize or expel undocumented immigrants hit hard in Bolivia, a country with around a quarter of its population abroad and 500,000 of these migrants currently residing in Europe. The Bolivian Government responded with threa [...]	2008-06-26 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PREF PGOV ECON
08LAPAZ1434	US BUSINESS IN BOLIVIA: A ROUNDTABLE OF CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 25, the Charge hosted a breakfast with the lead officials of nine U.S. companies operating in Bolivia that included an OSAC briefing delivered by the RSO. While it is clear that all of the company representatives are worried about the current political situation and frustrated by [...]	2008-06-26 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1435	EVO ENDORSES U.S.-FREE CHAPARE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales offered a far-reaching endorsement of the June 25 announcement by cocalero leaders and five mayors from the Chapare region that USAID should be expelled. Morales saluted the announcement and broadened the scope to include all U.S. presence in the Ch [...]	2008-06-26 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1441	CHUQUISACA ELECTION: EVO TO LOSE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. Residents of Chuquisaca Department (state) will vote for a new prefect (governor) June 29. Polling data suggests a convincing win by Savina Cuellar, an ex-member of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party who is running with opposition support. The opposition is focusin [...]	2008-06-27 19:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1453	BOLIVIAN SECURITY ASSURANCES STILL FAR FROM IDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a response to our diplomatic note presented June 19, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided us a note (text para 8) that continued to defend its actions regarding the June 9 attack on the Embassy. Although the MFA said it will comply with its Vienna Convention [...]	2008-06-30 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1454	CHUQUISACA DEALS EVO ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C) Summary. Savina Cuellar won June 29's election for Prefect of Chuquisaca Department (state governor) with between 56 and 62 percent, according to exit polling. As expected, the government accepted the results and voting was generally peaceful (reftel a). Three students have been detained [...]	2008-06-30 22:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ1460	BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...]	2008-07-01 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE
08LAPAZ1484	U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS: MFA BLAMES THE VICTIM [...] (C) PolOff, USAID's Alternative Development Officer, and USAID Legal Advisor delivered diplomatic note 205/08 (see para 7) to the Foreign Ministry's Americas Section Chief Estela Mendoza and U.S. Desk Officer Yuri Arce on July 1. The diplomatic note raises concerns over the breaking and enteri [...]	2008-07-03 19:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1485	BOLIVIA-PERU: FRUSTRATIONS WITH EVO [...] (C) Steadily deteriorating relations between Peru and Bolivia erupted in July 1 war of words between Presidents Morales and Garcia. The spat was triggered by a Morales' call for Peruvians to resist the imposition of U.S. army bases in Peru. Following the recall of the Peruvian Ambassador, [...]	2008-07-03 19:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL PE
08LAPAZ1487	BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR RETURNS; ATTACKS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. Two hours after the Ambassador landed in La Paz July 2, Minister of Government Rada held a news conference stating his hope that the Ambassador is returning to resume a "diplomatic role" and avoid "political activism." Rada accused the Ambassador of only returning to reunite a fra [...]	2008-07-03 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1499	BOLIVIA ACCUSES PEACE CORPS OF BEING INTEL AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Peace Corps has come under verbal assault from the Bolivian government. In a speech given from Caracas July 5, President Evo Morales accused organization volunteers of having taking pictures of him and other South American leaders in December 2006. Morales echoed the opinion in [...]	2008-07-07 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ150	BOLIVIA: POOR PROGNOSIS FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) President Evo Morales and opposition prefects publicly maintain a relatively optimistic outlook on talks to reach a national accord; but, both sides appear privately to be advancing more cynical agendas. A national accord would require Morales and the opposition to agree to a funding me [...]	2008-01-23 16:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1522	RECALL PRIMER 1 OF 3: OPPOSITION UNITY PAINS [...] (C) Summary. Just two days after opposition members of the Bolivian Congress attempted to change the rules of the recall referendum, prefects from Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando announced July 4-6 that they would submit to the referendum without modification. Cochabamba Prefect Manfred [...]	2008-07-08 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ1523	RECALL PRIMER 2 OF 3: CONALDE'S RISING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The strength of the National Democratic Council (CONALDE),a pro-autonomy group of the prefects (governors) and civic committees from five opposition-led departments (states),was bolstered by recent opposition electoral victories. But divisions that erupted last week concerning [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ECON ENRG EPET BL
08LAPAZ1529	RECALL PRIMER 3 OF 3: ARE THEY IN IT TO WIN IT? [...] (C) Summary: As both opposition and government campaigns for the August 10 recall referendum move ahead full throttle and pick up rhetorical steam, back channel signs point to doubts on both sides about the recall process. The opposition architects of the May 8 recall referendum have always [...]	2008-07-09 22:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1533	EVO'S REGIONAL TRADE BLOCK BACKLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to irritate his Andean neighbors by criticizing their plans for free trade with the United States and the European Union (EU.) As the negotiations for the deals grow closer, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) member states tell the Embas [...]	2008-07-11 13:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD BL
08LAPAZ1536	PONCHOS ROJOS' MIXED MESSAGE: BLOOD AND PEACE? [...] (C) Summary: The Ancoraimes chapter of the pro-government Ponchos Rojos militia group handed over 10 obsolete weapons to the government July 9. The public event was spun by the government to emphasize the alliance between the government and the Ponchos Rojos and the ability of the government t [...]	2008-07-11 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ1573	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON AND INL PDAS MCGLYNN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy La Paz welcomes A/S Thomas Shannon and PDAS William J. McGlynn to Bolivia July 21-23. Although President Morales and a number of his close advisors have accused the USG, the Ambassador, and the Embassy of conspiracy during the past year, recent weeks have brought the gove [...]	2008-07-18 18:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID BL ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1574	BOLIVIA'S VOTER SYSTEM: RIPE FOR FRAUD? [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Court is facing strong opposition criticism concerning its ability to effectively organize and implement the August 10 Referendum. Plagued with internal tensions and coordination problems with the National Police and scandals over discrepancies in the natio [...]	2008-07-18 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1588	BOLIVIAN GAS: STATE CONTROL DIGS DEEPER [...] (C) In June, Vice President Garcia Linera outlined the Bolivian government's plan to increase state involvement in the economy through nationalizations, the creation of productive enterprises, and the enlargement of state sectorial companies. The consequences of this state-oriented approach [...]	2008-07-22 12:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1596	BOLIVIA: NEW TAX REGIME COMPLICATES FINANCES FOR [...] (C) The ramifications of a change in tax law decreed December 2007 are only now becoming apparent in many sectors of the Bolivian economy. The two-part decree first dictates that companies adjust their asset values for inflation and declare any gain in value as earnings. Since the companies [...]	2008-07-24 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PET EINV BL ENRG EMIN
08LAPAZ1632	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA DOUBTS AND CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fate of the currently-scheduled August recall referenda (for President Morales, Vice President Garcia Linera, and the prefects) continues to be in doubt. On July 22 the Constitutional Tribunal's only sitting judge recommended a delay which the National Electoral Court rejec [...]	2008-07-29 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1633	BOLIVIA RECALL: TARIJA'S COSSIO MORE SECURE [...] (C) In the weeks leading up to the June 22 autonomy vote, the prefect (governor) in Bolivia's gas rich southern state of Tarija, Mario Cossio, looked vulnerable to be recalled in the August 10 vote. However, the overwhelming passage of autonomy, combined with Cossio's efforts to blunt past [...]	2008-07-29 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1634	EVO: THE "LAW" WILL NOT HOLD BACK "CHANGE" [...] (SBU) In recent public statements, President Morales admitted to knowingly taking illegal steps to enact his reforms, as he sees current laws slowing down his "change" process. This declaration comes at the same time departmental courts are criticizing the National Electoral Court (CNE) for [...]	2008-07-30 12:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1645	A/S SHANNON MEETINGS WITH SANTA CRUZ LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon met separately July 23 with Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas and with a group of ten private business leaders. Costas and the businessmen briefed Shannon on the history of the autonomy movements in Bolivia's Eastern [...]	2008-07-31 17:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1646	BOLIVIA: A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH FRIENDS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon, PDAS McGlynn, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Andrew Bowen, and the Ambassador met with representatives of the Friends Group--Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina--on July 22 to share opinions of the state of Bolivian politics. Friends Group members expressed their fr [...]	2008-07-31 18:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1655	63RD UNGA: BOLIVIA'S DELEGATION SPECULATION [...] (U) Embassy contacts at the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations tell us there will be no official delegation list for the UNGA General Debate September 23-October 1 until after the August 10 recall referendum on the mandates of President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) [...]	2008-07-31 23:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1657	BOLIVIA: ELECTORAL COURTS CHANGE RECALL RULES [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation offered to the diplomatic corps on August 1, National Electoral Court President Jose Exeni announced that the National Court and seven of nine Departmental (state) courts had agreed to modify the rules for revocation of the prefects: now more than 50 percent will [...]	2008-08-01 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1658	BOLIVIA: IRREGULARITIES IN ID AND VOTER ROLLS [...] (C) Summary: Concerns are rising over the trustworthiness of Bolivia's voter rolls in the lead-up to the August 10 recall referenda. A Venezuelan-funded free ID-card program is seen as partisan and riddled with errors. Individual departments are announcing large numbers of irregularities in [...]	2008-08-01 20:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1667	A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon, accompanied by INL PDAS McGlynn, the Ambassador, DCM, and Emboff, met at 5 a.m. on July 23 with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, Minister of Government Alfredo Rada, Presidential Spokesman Ivan Canelas, an [...]	2008-08-04 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR BL
08LAPAZ1671	HOW THE BOLIVIAN MEDIA REPORTED A/S SHANNON'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: A/S Shannon's visit to Bolivia got widespread front page attention. Most media reported the visit as a positive effort to calm tensions in bilateral relations. Media mocked Bolivian President Evo Morales, attempt to show the upper hand with the A/S by setting his meeting at fiv [...]	2008-08-04 19:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL EAID KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1695	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA WILL EXACERBATE RIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Although the opposition could try to stop the recall referenda, it seems almost certain that the election will take place on August 10. Already sporadic confrontations in connection with various strikes have caused deaths and injuries: while not expected, there could be violent [...]	2008-08-07 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL KDEM ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1706	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #1 1220 EDT [...] (U) Voting on the referenda to determine whether President Evo Morales, Vice President Garcia Linera, and eight of nine departmental (state) prefects will continue in their posts has begun in a generally calm and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella group of organizations providi [...]	2008-08-10 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1707	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #1 1220 EDT [...] (U) Voting on the referenda to determine whether President Evo Morales, Vice President Garcia Linera, and eight of nine departmental (state) governors will continue in their posts has begun in a generally calm and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella group of organizations provid [...]	2008-08-10 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1708	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #2 1515 EDT [...] (U) Voting continues in a generally peaceful and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella organization providing election observers, reports to USAID that there are isolated incidents of minor irregularities: campaigning too close to the polls and one individual with a gun who was d [...]	2008-08-10 18:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1709	BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #3 1830 EDT [...] (U) Voting closed at 1800, and while official counts are not expected for many days, unofficial polls indicate that President Morales will continue in his post, with vote projections at about 60 percent approval nationwide. According to some exit polls, Morales lost the vote in four department [...]	2008-08-10 22:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1716	BOLIVIA: VOTE OVER, EVO GAINS, NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Voting in the August 10 recall referenda transpired with relatively few allegations of irregularities and no significant violence. The potential for conflict over voting rules (based on the law passed by congress or the 50 percent plus 1 compromise negotiated by the courts) see [...]	2008-08-11 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1720	MUCH ADO ABOUT CHAVEZ IN RECALL CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition tried to make Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its main issue, along with inflation and unity, in its August 10 recall referendum campaign. Although the opposition failed to unseat Morales, (ref a),it still considers Evo's close association with Chavez a "fatal" we [...]	2008-08-12 12:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ174	VENEZUELAN CHECKS: THEORY AND PRACTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government announced $48 million in Venezuelan aid for 2008, a drop from the $54 million claimed for 2007. The funds will go to the "Bolivia Changes, (President) Evo (Morales) Delivers" campaign to provide checks to municipal governments. Although the Association of [...]	2008-01-24 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1741	SANTA CRUZ REACTION TO RECALL REFERENDA RESULTS [...] (C) Emboff spoke with several Santa Cruz political and civic leaders in the wake of the August 10 Bolivian recall referenda. In the department of Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas obtained over 67 percent in favor (Si) while President Evo Morales received around 40 percent. The Santa Cruz le [...]	2008-08-13 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC
08LAPAZ1749	EVO'S DEEPENS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LIBYA, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Presidential advisor Mojtama Samare Hashemi came to La Paz August 13 to congratulate Bolivian President Evo Morales on his recall referendum victory and to advance $1.1 billion in promised Iranian investment and assistance to Bolivia. Also on August 13, Bolivia and Libya [...]	2008-08-14 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EPET BL IR LY
08LAPAZ175	MORALES CABINET SHUFFLE REMAINS HARDLINE [...] (SBU) President Morales initiated his third year in office by changing four of his sixteen cabinet ministers. Signaling that economic growth is a priority, three of the four positions are economic. Substantive changes are unlikely however, as none of the new ministers holds sufficient clout [...]	2008-01-24 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ1750	BOLIVIA: VOTING IRREGULARITIES TAINT REFERENDA [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the August 10 recall referenda, opposition politicians drew attention to problems with the voter rolls, pointing to the fact that the Venezuelan-funded free-ID program had targeted areas of Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) sympathizers, increasing the number of re [...]	2008-08-15 10:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1752	BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE RESUMES, THEN COLLAPSES [...] (C) Summary: The central government and the prefects of Tarija, Beni, Pando, Chuquisaca, Oruro, and Potosi met August 13 and 14, along with representatives of Santa Cruz prefect Ruben Costas, who remained in Santa Cruz participating in a hunger strike. The central government's dialogue agenda [...]	2008-08-15 13:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1774	GOVERNMENT INSIDER OUTLINES POST-RECALL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Minister of Water Gustavo Adolfo Morales told PolOff August 13 that under no circumstances would Bolivian President Evo Morales resort to a "hard line" strategy to ensure passage of a draft constitution. He further outlined a post-August 10 recall referendum strategy, allege [...]	2008-08-18 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1775	BOLIVIA: CLASHES IN SANTA CRUZ, DIVISIONS WIDEN [...] (C) Five opposition departments (states) have called for a one-day strike on August 19 to demand the return of hydrocarbon tax revenues from the national treasury to departmental coffers. Violence is possible in various areas of the country, as Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) aligned peasant [...]	2008-08-18 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ1793	BOLIVIA-US TRADE: THE FACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Bolivian government looks towards the December 2008 expiration date on their unilateral trade preferences with the U.S., the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATP-DEA,) it is worth examining the impact it would have on Bolivia if it were not to be renewed. [...]	2008-08-21 15:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL KTEX BL
08LAPAZ1802	BOLIVIA: NATIONAL OPPOSITION PARTY IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. After opposition party PODEMOS failed to collect and submit the required 58,000 signatures to maintain legal status, the Bolivian National Electoral Court stripped PODEMOS of its legal political party status. Evo's August 10 recall referendum victory was an especially hard defeat [...]	2008-08-21 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1813	BOLIVIA: THE PLOT CURDLES [...] (C) Summary: Divisions between the national government and the departmental (state) governments widened over the weekend as President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) allies met to push forward their agenda for "change" and the opposition departments continued to pursue the [...]	2008-08-25 20:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ182	OAS SYG ENDORSES EVO, PROVIDES GOB POLITICAL COVER [...] (C) Following a meeting with President Evo Morales, Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza publicly declared that the OAS and the community of the Americas fully back Bolivia's process of transformation, argued that there is no reason for concern with reg [...]	2008-01-25 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1822	AMBASSADOR VISITS SANTA CRUZ: MOOD PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Santa Cruz on August 25 to participate in a USAID-sponsored Special Olympics event, attend the opening of a major trade fair, attend the premier of a NAS-sponsored film festival on trafficking in persons, and to meet with Prefect (Governor) Ruben Costas and othe [...]	2008-08-27 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL
08LAPAZ1824	EVO TO VISIT LIBYA, IRAN ... AND ALASKA? [...] (U) Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca announced August 26 that Bolivian President Evo Morales plans to visit Libya August 30 and 31 and Iran September 1 and 2 (anticipated in reftel a). "We have various (bilateral) projects (under consideration with both countries) and we want make our rela [...]	2008-08-27 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA IR LY BL
08LAPAZ1828	BRAZIL IN BOLIVIA: BIOFUELS AND PETROBRAS [...] (C) Last year, the Brazilian Ambassador in La Paz called relations with Bolivia "tense and dense." Lula's subsequent visits have seemingly put the relationship back on course. However, official Brazilians working in Bolivia are subject to sudden mandates from Brasilia and the Ministry of For [...]	2008-08-28 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1829	BOLIVIAN FIRMS COMMIT TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR [...] (U) At an August conference organized by the Bolivian Institute for External Commerce (IBCE),the private sector made public its efforts to eradicate child labor and adopt corporate social responsibility measures. Bringing together members from the private sector (agricultural, industrial, f [...]	2008-08-28 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1839	EVO TAKES A PAGE FROM CHAVEZ, RULES BY DECREE AND [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his trip to Libya and Iran, President Evo Morales issued a supreme decree setting December 7 as the date for a nationwide referendum on the governing-MAS party's draft constitution, which would allow for Evo's re-election for two additional five-year terms. At the [...]	2008-08-29 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1840	EVO'S UNGA DELEGATION DESPERATELY SEEKING OBAMA [...] (C) An MFA insider and senior staffer of the Bolivian MFA's Policy Planning Section provided PolOff with information about the Bolivia's UNGA delegation August 29 that contradicts some publicly released information and discounts the possibility of a substantive bilateral meeting on the margins [...]	2008-08-29 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ185	BOLIVIA: INDIGENOUS OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Bolivia has for many years reached out to Bolivia's indigenous communities through a series of innovative and successful programs. USAID Bolivia has always focused its significant assistance programs on the poorest and marginalized groups, which are usually i [...]	2008-01-28 13:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL OAS
08LAPAZ1851	MIL-MIL RELATIONS: MOD OPTIMISTIC, DESPITE SIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told EmbOffs August 22 that mil-mil relations are "good" and poised to improve following President Evo Morales' lead to improve relations generally. San Miguel said "misunderstandings" are at the root of mutual suspicions of USG and Bolivian [...]	2008-08-29 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ186	BOLIVIA: REPERCUSSIONS OF UN DRIP [...] (C) On November 7 President Evo Morales signed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into law. The new law contradicts existing land laws, and therefore will be subject to judicial interpretation when it begins to be cited in legal cases. Post has not found any evidence that [...]	2008-01-28 13:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL OAS
08LAPAZ1865	BOLIVIA: AUTONOMY, THE CHACO, AND DESPAIR IN TARIJA [...] (C) The southern, gas-rich department (state) of Tarija has called an election on November 30 to select a departmental parliament, as called for in its autonomy referendum. The parliamentary elections will be the first among the autonomous opposition departments and was moved forward two mo [...]	2008-09-02 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL PINR KDEM
08LAPAZ1866	EVO PLANS REELECTION, CLASHES WITH ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, the National Electoral Court made public a series of interpretive letters that challenged President Evo Morales' supreme decrees of August 28. The National Court demanded laws (through congress) to call for the referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) co [...]	2008-09-02 22:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1873	BOLIVIA: EVO'S IRANIAN VISIT [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales finished an official two-day visit to Libya and Iran by issuing a joint statement with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring that the "interference of the United Nations Security Council (in Iran's nuclear program) has no legal or technical justificatio [...]	2008-09-03 18:38:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1878	BOLIVIA: CONFLICT OVER REFERENDUM AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 1, the National Electoral Court (CNE) made public a series of interpretive letters that challenged President Evo Morales' supreme decrees of August 28 (ref A). The CNE demanded laws (through congress) to call for the referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitu [...]	2008-09-03 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1905	ENERGY: BOLIVIA AND THE REGION [...] (C) On the margins of the annual Bolivian Chamber of Hydrocarbons (CBH) event, Embassy La Paz hosted a meeting for regional energy officers August 19-21 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Over the past two years, the focus of energy security in the region has changed. No longer is Bolivia seen as a po [...]	2008-09-05 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1920	FOR LEGAL COVER, EVO ASKS CONGRESS FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to provide a legal veneer to his prior decree calling for a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution and possibly to distract attention from the contents of the constitution itself (including the provision allowing for re-election of the Presid [...]	2008-09-08 21:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1921	BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO SUCRE [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Goldberg traveled to Bolivia's constitutional capital of Sucre to participate in the official launch of the Sucre Virtual Presence Post (VPP) and to meet newly-elected Prefect Savina Cuellar. While in Sucre, the Ambassador also visited two USAID projects [...]	2008-09-08 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PTER SNAR BL KPAO
08LAPAZ1931	BOLIVIA: "TRANSFORMATION WITH VIOLENCE" MOST LIKELY [...] (SBU) The largest daily newspaper in La Paz ran a three page story over the weekend based on interviews with political figures. The article identified five possible outcomes to the current political stalemate from "Dialogue and Peaceful Transformation" to "Civil War." According to the pane [...]	2008-09-09 16:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1935	ECONOMIC CABINET CHANGE: STATE ECONOMY COMING [...] (C) On September 8, Evo Morales again shuffled his cabinet. Gone are the more pragmatic ministers Graciela Toro and Javier Hurtado, as Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) politicians assume the reins at the Ministries of Hydrocarbons and Rural Development. Carlos Villegas and Susana Rivero, th [...]	2008-09-09 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL PINR ASEC
08LAPAZ194	BOLIVIA: MINISTER SAYS USG SUPPORTS DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Summary: After a January 24 statement in which Police Commander Miguel Vasquez acknowledged that the police intelligence unit has been spying on politicians (mostly opposition) and journalists, the media have added a number of possible spying targets (the Catholic church, foreign embassie [...]	2008-01-28 21:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ1941	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS, GOVT INSTALLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Starting late morning September 9, civic groups and university students in opposition-aligned departments (states) attacked and took over government installations. The focus of the attacks included buildings belonging to government agencies, Entel (the recently-nationalized form [...]	2008-09-10 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1942	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECLARES AMBASSADOR PNG [...] (C) Summary: One day after the Bolivian government informed Post that DEA agents were indefinitely expelled from the Chapare, President Evo Morales announced on national television September 10 that Ambassador Goldberg is persona non grata and requested that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca [...]	2008-09-10 23:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1950	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ1964	CHARGE MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Charge met with Bolivian FM David Choquehuanca the night of September 14 to raise concerns about possible protests at the Embassy and in the Zona Sur residential neighborhood planned for September 15 and 16. The Charge asked the Foreign Minister for security guarantees and for the Bo [...]	2008-09-15 14:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL CASC PGOV PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1966	BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE DESIRED BUT DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Publicly, both the opposition and the government say they want to meet for dialogue. As a show of good faith, the opposition has called off regional road blocks. Based on past statements, however, there seems to be little will to compromise. The opposition has said it absolutely requires [...]	2008-09-15 15:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1970	BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 15:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ1973	EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]	2008-09-15 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ1980	MAS TO BLOCKADE CONGRESS AMID DIALOGUE TALK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government representatives met on September 12 to discuss opening a formal dialogue to end the increasingly violent east-west conflict. Those discussions continued September 14 and 15. However, opposition sources concede they have low expectations and are primaril [...]	2008-09-15 23:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ1981	BOLIVIA: WHAT EVO TELLS HIS PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary. A member of congress with President Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party provided PolOff with rundown of Morales' latest meeting with MAS congressional representatives. Morales allegedly told the congressmen that "new friends" like Venezuela and Iran could make up [...]	2008-09-15 23:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ODIP OFDP BL
08LAPAZ1985	BOLIVIA: UNASUR DECISION BOLSTERS EVO [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales applauded the UNASUR (group of South American presidents) decision in his September 16 press conference, thanking UNASUR for its "full support" and using the UNASUR declaration to lash out at the opposition. "I hope that the opposition authorities respect UNASUR" Mo [...]	2008-09-16 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1993	WILL EVO/MEDIA LUNA GIVE PEACE A CHANCE? [...] (C) Summary: There was a glimmer of hope for a negotiated solution to Bolivia's increasing violent political standoff early September 16, when the government apparently canceled plans to force through legislation calling for a January 25 referendum on a controversial draft constitution and a r [...]	2008-09-16 22:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1995	BOLIVIA: REACTION TO "DECERTIFICATION" [...] (C) The Charge notifified VFM Hugo Fernandez (FM Choquehuanca was not available) at 1600 that President Bush had found that Bolivia had failed demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and international obligations. The Charge explained the reasons for the decision: inadeq [...]	2008-09-16 23:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ20	BOLMIL'S PREDICTABLE PROMOTIONS AND RED LINES [...] (C) Summary: Promotions of Bolivia's military high command announced January 2 appeared free from overt political manipulations. However, President Evo Morales and both incoming and outgoing armed forces commanders made calls for increasing government influence in the military and using the m [...]	2008-01-03 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON BL
08LAPAZ2004	BOLIVIA: DEAL AND DIALOGUE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government-aligned groups initially reacted positively to the news of a "pre-negotiation" agreement between President Morales and opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio (who negotiated on behalf of the opposition association CONALDE.) The agreement supposedly call [...]	2008-09-18 11:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EPET PHUM BL
08LAPAZ2005	CN PROGRAMS SURVIVE DECERTIFICATION BACKLASH (FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government's public backlash for the September 16 USG decision to decertify Bolivian counter-narcotics efforts as failing demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and internal obligations was less harsh than anticipated. Outreach to Bolivian officia [...]	2008-09-18 11:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2019	DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...]	2008-09-18 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL
08LAPAZ2036	BOLIVIA: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS RATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition prefects and civic leaders are meeting in Cochabamba with representatives of the central government in an attempt to negotiate an agreement that would avoid further violence after clashes have left many dead. Outside observers including the EU, religious organizations, [...]	2008-09-19 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ2037	BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL

08LAPAZ2054	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECREES INTERIM PANDO PREFECT [...] (U) Amid fanfare and high-ranking government and military guests, Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed Deputy Navy Commander Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze as the new interim Pando Department Prefect (state governor) September 20. Bandeira replaces Leopoldo Fernandez, who was taken into cu [...]	2008-09-22 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2055	LIBYA PRESSES EVO TO JOIN SOUTH ATLANTIC ALLIANCE [...] (S) Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact provided PolOff an English-language copy of a Libyan-draft treaty for a South Atlantic Treaty Organization targeted at South American and African nations. The draft agreement appears to combine elements of a free-trade agreement with NATO-like [...]	2008-09-22 21:38:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECIN EMIN EAGR EIND MARR
08LAPAZ2056	DIALOGUE: EVO PUSHING, OPPOSITION WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: The central government pushed hard the night of September 21 for the opposition to sign an agreement on the "framework" of the dialogue, but the opposition is thus far holding out. Government-aligned social groups have besieged the city of Santa Cruz and announced that they will [...]	2008-09-22 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ2072	EVO THREATENS, SANTA CRUZ CLASH POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Announcing that he had left an agreement signed, President Evo Morales left Bolivia September 22 to attend the UNGA in New York. Morales also said that the siege of the city of Santa Cruz would be immediately suspended if the prefects would sign the agreement that guarantees a law [...]	2008-09-23 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ2073	BOLIVIAN DRUG CZAR: CN COOPERATION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres told EmbOffs September 22 that the government would continue bilateral counter-narcotics efforts so long as USG funding was not cut. Caceres said the inclusion of waiver to continue CN assistance tempered cabinet reaction to the Sep [...]	2008-09-23 22:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2087	QUIET IN SANTA CRUZ, PANDO PREFECT STILL IN CUSTODY [...] (SBU) Following President Evo Morales' order that government-aligned social groups suspend their siege of Santa Cruz for 48 hours, Bolivia is relatively calm on September 24. The city of Santa Cruz canceled its founding day ceremonies and parades because of food shortages and the possibility [...]	2008-09-24 22:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ21	BOLIVIA'S MACRO-ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Entering 2008, the Bolivian economy seems likely to suffer the consequences of recent political mismanagement. In 2007, overall GDP growth slowed to between 3.8% and 4.2% (well below the 5.6% average for the region) and almost all sectors of the economy are showing the effects of sever [...]	2008-01-04 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL
08LAPAZ2111	BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...]	2008-09-26 21:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2118	BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...]	2008-09-29 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2127	BOLIVIA: EVO DETERMINED ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: "For good or for bad," President Evo Morales declared on September 27 that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution would go forward. Amidst calls from his own ministers and party-members to modify elements of the draft constitution, Evo declared himself unwilling to [...]	2008-09-30 14:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM BL
08LAPAZ214	EU ELECTION MONITORS UNCOMMITTED, BUT EYES ARE OPEN [...] (C) A European Union (EU) election observer advance team met with Emboffs and explained that many issues need clarification before the EU can commit to sending an observer team to monitor up to three referenda -- a presidential and prefects recall referendum which seems increasingly unlikely [...]	2008-01-30 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2140	BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON THE WAY? [...] (C) Summary: A negotiated agreement between the regional opposition and the government seems increasingly unlikely, despite the scheduled October 5 resumption of talks. Constitutional analysts point to endemic problems with the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution, including the [...]	2008-10-01 22:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ2150	EVO BANS DEA FLIGHTS [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would ban DEA overflights October 2, a decision he claimed was based on the strong Bolivian public sentiment to stand up to "the empire" in order to recover national sovereignty and dignity. "Two days ago I received a letter from the DEA of the United [...]	2008-10-03 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2151	EVO'S DEADLINE FOR DIALOGUE, OPPOSITION ARRESTS [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales officially announced that Sunday, October 5 will be the last day of dialogue, while also saying that arrests of opposition leaders will continue. During an event in the opposition department of Tarija (where the arrest of opposition leader Jose Vaca took place days [...]	2008-10-03 19:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2165	BOLIVIA: TALKS FAIL, MORALES PLANS PRESSURE TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Formal talks between the remaining opposition prefects (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, Chuquisaca--the Pando prefect is still in government custody) and the government ended on October 5. Opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio announced that the two sides "have not made any agreement t [...]	2008-10-06 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ2166	MORALES' NOT SO EXCELLENT UNGA ADVENTURE; DEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA insider and one of Bolivia's UNGA organizers provided PolOff October 4 with an inside look at the Bolivian UNGA delegation's schedule. President Evo Morales had heated discussions with EU officials, telling one the EU "could leave" Bolivia if it wanted, Choquehuanca had a [...]	2008-10-07 11:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ2175	BOLIVIA: CONGRESS READYING FOR VOTE OR SIEGE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are now considering pushing this week for a vote in congress on a law to convoke a constitutional referendum. The opposition has a majority in the Senate and therefore can reject a law passed by the MAS-majority [...]	2008-10-07 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2176	WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES [...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...]	2008-10-07 21:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2178	PANDO MASSACRE DISPUTED; HINTS OF PREFECT'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Congresswoman Ana Lucia Reis (Movement Toward Socialism, Pando) told PolOff October 5 that President Evo Morales told government-aligned lawmakers he may have to free Pando Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez. Reis also disputed the government's characterization of the September [...]	2008-10-08 13:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VE BL
08LAPAZ2192	BOLIVIA: MORALES ON ATPDEA, CASTRO, AND CHE [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke to supporters on October 7, downplaying recent USG decisions regarding ATPDEA, lauding Che Guevara, and citing the advice of his friend and ally Cuban President Fidel Castro. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATPDEA: "Won't Affect Us At All" - - - - - - [...]	2008-10-09 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2197	SANTA CRUZ: WORN DOWN AND DISPIRITED [...] (C) Emboff met with Santa Cruz political, civic and business leaders on October 7-8. The mood within the Santa Cruz leadership is dispirited. All believe that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) constitutional referendum will pass and that it will be almost impossible to defeat Morales' c [...]	2008-10-09 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
08LAPAZ2202	OPPOSITION CONGRESSMAN'S DIALOGUE REALITY CHECK [...] (C) Summary: Despite public comments to the contrary, opposition Congressman Peter Maldonado told PolOff October 10 that a latest round of congressional talks regarding the draft constitution had "no chance of success." Although Maldonado backpedaled a bit, confirming that sectors of all pol [...]	2008-10-10 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ2220	BOLIVIA: MORALES RALLIES (SOCIAL) TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales joined approximately 5000 marchers for the first kilometer of their journey from Oruro province to the city of La Paz, where they plan to encircle the congress to "encourage" passage of a law to convoke a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draf [...]	2008-10-14 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2241	VICE FM: BILAT RELATIONS COULD GET WORSE [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met with Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez October 15 to discuss the state of bilateral relations. Fernandez rejected the notion that the relationship had bottomed out, stating that relations "could get worse" as the government evaluates the merits of continuing bilateral [...]	2008-10-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM PHUM BL
08LAPAZ2245	OPPOSITION GEARS UP LAST RESORT "NO" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition strategist Javier Flores told PolOff October 15 that ongoing congressional negotiations to change the draft constitution are a "show." He asserted that both sides had agreed to engage in another round of negotiations for tactical reasons, but that both were turning the [...]	2008-10-16 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2252	EVO'S QUEST FOR THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) "social movement" groups began to arrive in La Paz on October 17, with the stated goal of encouraging or forcing the congress to pass legislation calling for a referendum on the MAS draft constitution. Negotiations on the text of the constitution ar [...]	2008-10-17 18:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2255	MFA TO MISSIONS: SIEGE ON CONGRESS JUST A PARADE [...] (C) Summary: MFA representatives explained the government's position on recent political developments to Ambassadors from the Americas October 16. The MFA representatives thanked Ambassadors for UNASUR's September 15 declaration, which "forced the opposition to the negotiating table." The MF [...]	2008-10-17 19:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2262	BOLIVIA: AGREEMENT (AND SIEGE) "CLOSE" [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters are converging on the congress, marching from the south through the residential areas and from El Alto with President Evo Morales leading the main column that originally gathered in Oruro almost a week ago. A one-day strike has been called in El Alto, school [...]	2008-10-20 15:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2263	BOLIVIA: GONI EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez and Former Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman came to the Embassy as expected on October 17 and delivered about 3,000 pages of documents to be notarized; the documents are part of the still-unfiled extradition request for ex-President Gonzal [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM CJAN CASC BL
08LAPAZ2268	BOLIVIAN DEAL: EVO GETS REFERENDUM, NO THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: In a welcome day of calm with up to 100,000 pro-Evo Morales demonstrators descending on La Paz, Bolivia's congress began voting October 20 to make changes to the text of the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution and to hold a referendum on the constitution on January [...]	2008-10-21 16:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PINR KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2284	BOLIVIA: REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary and action request: The immediate threats that initially prompted Mission Bolivia's request for Authorized Departure status have dissipated, and an agreement between the national opposition and the government is likely to bring a period of calm as both sides prepare for a January 25 [...]	2008-10-22 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC PGOV BL
08LAPAZ2285	BOLIVIA: TEARS AND TANTRUMS AFTER THE COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: One day after the final voting on a compromise that will give President Evo Morales his January 25 referendum on a modified draft constitution, reactions vary widely. Evo's teary welcome of the announcement (and declaration that he can now die happy) reflects the high stakes at p [...]	2008-10-22 21:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2293	EVO THANKS DIPCORPS, ACCUSES USG [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales addressed the diplomatic community October 23, showering them with praise for helping him reach an October 21 compromise with the opposition on a draft constitution. Morales portrayed the compromise as a one-sided affair in which the radical opposition was f [...]	2008-10-23 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
08LAPAZ2300	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT ASKS SECRETARY FOR HELP [...] (C) The President of Bolivia's Senate sent the letter, translated in its entirety in paragraph three, to the Embassy October 17. Oscar Ortiz was elected as President of the Senate for a one-year term in January, 2008. Ortiz is a contact of officers in Embassy's EcoPol Section and Front Offic [...]	2008-10-27 13:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR OPDC OPRC BO
08LAPAZ2305	USG AGENCIES AGAIN IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of government attacks on the DEA suggest that the Morales Administration will decide whether or not to expel DEA based on the "independent" decision of Chapare-region cocalero leaders. Morales and MAS leaders railed against DEA "infiltrators" October 25 and 26, c [...]	2008-10-27 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2307	BOLIVIA: DEMARCHE DEAD LETTER OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Responding to a negative shift in the Foreign Ministry's working-level relationship with the Embassy, we are reevaluating how to deal with the MFA. Well before the expulsion of Ambassador Goldberg and expulsions of USAID and DEA from the Chapare, the MFA had been increasingly un [...]	2008-10-28 12:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ODIP OPDC KDEM IAEA BO
08LAPAZ2311	BOLIVIA: DECEMBER 09 ELECTIONS: OFF TO THE RACES [...] (C) Summary: Opposition politicians are beginning to position themselves for the possible December 2009 presidential election. A presidential election will only take place in December 2009 if the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution is passed, and some politicians (particularly i [...]	2008-10-28 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
08LAPAZ2368	BOLIVIA: DEA GIVEN 90 DAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy sees a potential opportunity to encourage the Bolivian government to begin the DEA's 90-day departure period with the start of the new U.S. administration (thus buying more time). Any time gained could benefit us, since Evo faces another election in December 2009, and [...]	2008-11-05 15:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2370	FRACTURED BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION UNITING AGAINST EVO? [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with Bolivian opposition contacts suggest several parties are making serious efforts to form a united front against President Evo Morales before the December 2009 elections. The head of the Unidad Nacional (UN) party, Samuel Doria Medina, has proposed to create a "Un [...]	2008-11-05 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL KDEM PGOV PREL PINR
08LAPAZ2374	BOLIVIA: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE PANDO [...] (C) Summary: A series of interviews with Post contacts, including with Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and National Unity (UN) party Deputies, has shed light on the Bolivian government's contradictory statements on when it will lift the state of siege in Pando, and also on the continued detent [...]	2008-11-05 17:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2375	VICE MINISTER CACERES FLOATS DEAL FOR DEA STAY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up meeting with the NAS Director and DEA country attache after President Morales' November 1 announcement that DEA would be expelled, Vice Minister of Social Justice Felipe Caceres suggested an alternate solution, which he says he has run by Morales. Under Caceres' p [...]	2008-11-06 13:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ2388	NO MAS RESPECT - CENTRAL BANKER DUMPED [...] (C) The President of the Central Bank of Bolivia, Raul Garron, was officially removed from his post on November 5. His replacement will be former Minister of Planning Gabriel Loza. Hours before the official announcement Garron met with Econoff and speculated about the possible reasons for hi [...]	2008-11-06 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2391	BOLIVIA: EVO'S WISH LIST FOR OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales saluted the victory of President-elect Obama, offering support and expressing a sense of kinship with the President-elect, whom he characterized as coming from "the most discriminated sectors... from enslaved sectors." Raising hopes for a sea cha [...]	2008-11-07 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2392	BOLIVIA'S NEW CONSTITUTION: MAS WINS [...] (C) Summary: On October 21, President Evo Morales announced that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and the opposition had reached a compromise to update the text of the MAS draft constitution, which will go to a national referendum on January 25. Some of Evo's hard-core MAS supporters [...]	2008-11-07 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2393	BOLIVIA: PARTIES GEAR UP FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian presidential elections are expected to take place in December 2009 and "only" 15 parties are registered on the national level. Given that it takes a minimum of eight months to register a political party, unaffiliated candidates and parties with lapsed credentials have r [...]	2008-11-07 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2395	SANTA CRUZ FEELING DEFEATED [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz political and civic leaders have run out of money and energy to aggressively oppose the Morales government. They will not run a "No" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum, which they believe will pass no matter what they may do. Instead, they are [...]	2008-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON PINR BL
08LAPAZ2396	BOLIVIA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV
08LAPAZ24	EVO AVOIDS SUCRE, JUSTICE MINISTER UNWELCOME TOO [...] (U) Protesters in Sucre hurled insults and firecrackers and proceeded to block Justice Minister Celima Torrico and members of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party from leaving Bolivia's Supreme Court building following the inauguration of the 2008 judicial year. With strong police protection [...]	2008-01-04 18:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ2440	BOLIVIA'S "EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION" [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise appointment on November 7, President Morales replaced former Education and Culture Minister Magdalena Cajias with Roberto AGUILAR Gomez, former rector of the state-university Mayor San Andres and former vice-president of the constitution-drafting Constituent Assembly [...]	2008-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR BL
08LAPAZ2447	BOLIVIA: MAS ECONOMIC RECIPE FOR A DIFFICULT YEAR [...] (C) Prominent La Paz economic authorities generally agree that the current international economic crisis will not severely impact Bolivia until April or May of next year. While Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) policy during yet another "election year" in Bolivia will cushion many Bolivians ag [...]	2008-11-14 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2449	BOLIVIA: WARNING NEW FRIENDS AND OFFENDING THE OLD [...] (SBU) With a phrase oft-repeated in the last two weeks, President Evo Morales confirmed that "if anyone wants the DEA to return, well first they have to end the government of Evo Morales," adding, "there can't be an armed uniformed group managing the armed forces and the police like the DEA use [...]	2008-11-14 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2458	BOLIVIA: BEFORE U.S. VISIT, EVO LASHES OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days before his November 16 departure for the United States, where he will speak at the OAS and UN and meet with U.S. representatives (Dodd, Lugar, Baukus and possibly others),President Evo Morales and his closest cabinet advisors lashed out at a wide selection of USG ta [...]	2008-11-18 13:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2462	ELECTION OBSERVER REQUEST FROM GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Post has received a Diplomatic Note from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting we provide election observers for the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum (informal translation attached). This request has [...]	2008-11-19 17:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ2464	BOLIVIA: MAS CONTINUES PURGE OF JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are moving aggressively once again to bring to heel dissident members of the country's judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and to install new justices more amenable to the MAS vision. Recent [...]	2008-11-19 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2477	BOLIVIA'S BENI: STILL RESISTING EVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian department (state) of Beni is commonly referred to in the press as part of the "wealthy lowland opposition" but statistics prove that most of the population live in extreme poverty. Struggling farmers, including a colony of Canadian Mennonites, fear sweeping land refo [...]	2008-11-24 17:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR PGOV BL
08LAPAZ2480	TARIJA: DEFENDING THE HOME TURF -- PASSIVELY [...] (C) Opposition leaders in the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija are disheartened by their failure to halt the national advance of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) agenda. While the departmental government will come out officially against the new MAS constitution, a vig [...]	2008-11-25 20:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM BL SNAR ASEC EFIN
08LAPAZ2483	BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...]	2008-11-26 17:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2507	COCHABAMBA: MORE CONCERNS AND SUSPICIONS [...] (C) In meetings with the Private Business Federation of Cochabamba, former Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa's spokesman, and the civic organization umbrella group Confidence Network, all expressed concern about the consequences of DEA's expulsion from Bolivia, the imminent approval of President M [...]	2008-12-03 15:20:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BL ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2508	BOLIVIA: EVO RENEWS ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (C) The National Democratic Council (CONALDE, an association of opposition civic leaders and prefecture authorities) has announced that it will meet December 9 to form a defensive block in the face of ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) arrests of opposition leaders. The meeting is also in [...]	2008-12-03 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2532	U.S. FURNITURE MAKER FACES BOLIVIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SumaPacha is a Bolivian subsidiary of North Carolina-based ForestWorld. It is one of the largest woodcrafting plants in Latin America and is located in El Alto, the poor, largely indigenous city adjoining La Paz. Founded twenty years ago by a Bolivian graduate of the University of Nor [...]	2008-12-04 20:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ELAB
08LAPAZ2543	UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]	2008-12-05 23:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2566	EVO TAKES ON THE CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: Recent sermons from Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas raising concerns about increases in narcotrafficking have unleashed a torrent of government criticism of Terrazas, the Catholic Church in general, and the Church's tax-exempt status. Terrazas maintains his views are endorsed by [...]	2008-12-10 22:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR VT BL
08LAPAZ2567	BOLIVIA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Emboff met with Daniel Caceres, president of Social Control Movement (MCS) which is comprised of leaders of social groups and unions, including the nationally powerful mining cooperative union and a number of small business associations. Caceres was a 2008 Intern [...]	2008-12-11 15:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2569	BOLIVIA: EVO ATTACKS PRESS FOR CORRUPTION COVERAGE [...] As more evidence is made public about Presidency Minister Quintana's alleged deal to allow contraband to be smuggled out of the country in return for political support, many groups (including allies of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party) are calling for Quintana's resignation. Congress [...]	2008-12-11 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID BL
08LAPAZ2571	CARDENAS/OTHERS POSITION THEMSELVES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President Victor Hugo Cardenas announced he will run in the December 6, 2009 presidential election. Cardenas is rallying the opposition against the government's proposed constitution, which he called "exclusionary, incomplete, illegal, and self-contradictory." The dr [...]	2008-12-12 17:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ2575	SANTA CRUZ CIVIC SPIRIT REVIVING [...] (C) Summary: The arrest and "deportation" to La Paz of three members of the Union of Santa Cruz Youth, combined with government threats against other civic leaders and activists, have served to re-energize civic spirit in Santa Cruz. The "NO" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional re [...]	2008-12-12 20:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ2581	"LITERACY ACCOMPLISHED:" LIBERTAD ACT AND [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a vi [...]	2008-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD KDEM BL CU
08LAPAZ259	SANTA CRUZ CALLS FOR MAY 4 VOTE ON AUTONOMY WHILE [...] (U) The Ambassador's January 31-February 1 visit to Santa Cruz coincided with Prefect Ruben Costas' call for a referendum on the Santa Cruz autonomy statute to be held on May 4, 2008. The prefect and the departamental council issued a resolution calling for the vote, and the Constitutional Co [...]	2008-02-08 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAS EAID MGMT PINR BL
08LAPAZ2591	BOLIVIA: EU DEMARCHES EVO ON DEA [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, representatives from EU Embassies in La Paz demarched Bolivian President Evo Morales on the expulsion of DEA and the lack of availability of EU counternarcotics cooperation. EU delegate Ivo Hoefkens announced to the press that the EU is worried about the increase [...]	2008-12-17 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2601	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...]	2008-12-18 12:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2604	CHARGE'S VISIT TO COCHABAMBA [...] (C) The Charge made a one day trip to Cochabamba on December 15 to highlight the U.S. Mission's positive agenda, which goes forward despite strained relations. During his trip he participated in donations to a USAID street children's shelter, and visited the NAS supported Trafficking in Per [...]	2008-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2606	BOLIVIA: COCHABAMBA CAMPESINOS OUTSIDE EVO'S CAMP [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 Emboff met with Ruben Lopez and Gonzalo Quispe, leaders of the Federacion de Campesinos de Cochabama (Cochabama small-farmers federation.) Lopez and Quispe emphasized that they were aligned with the original CSUTCB (a national confederation of small-farmers) and no [...]	2008-12-18 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2613	EVO-CUBA LOVEFEST: YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales has turned up the anti-U.S. rhetoric in the last two weeks, making increasingly virulent demands that the incoming Obama Administration change course on Cuba or face the wide-spread expulsion of U.S. Ambassadors from Latin American countries (Bolivi [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CU BL
08LAPAZ2614	BOLIVIA: GAS COMPANIES CAN WAIT MORALES OUT [...] (C) Headaches, frustrations, and uncertainty are constant for the private hydrocarbon companies that remain in Bolivia, but profits and potential are also a reality. As a result, the companies are generally taking a long-term perspective which assumes that the policies of the Morales admini [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2623	BOLIVIA: MORALES MANIPULATES MEDIA OWNERS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales continues on the offensive against the media, part of a long-running campaign against the Bolivian media. Through verbal and financial assaults, the Bolivian Government is attempting to manipulate the way news is reported in this country. The GOB uses fin [...]	2008-12-22 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ODIP OIIP KPAO EAID BL
08LAPAZ2626	BOLIVIA'S JUDICIAL SHOWDOWN: MAS WINS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party scored a double victory over the opposition in a Congressional showdown over new judicial appointments on December 20. It revitalized the National Electoral Court (NEC),which it needs to execute and sanction the results of [...]	2008-12-22 21:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM BL PINR
08LAPAZ2633	MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...]	2008-12-23 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL
08LAPAZ266	BOLIVIA: PREFECTS PROMISE PROTESTS IF TALKS TANK [...] (SBU) Bolivia's National Democratic Council (consisting of the autonomy-seeking eastern and lowland departments or states) met on February 7 to declare that they will grant President Evo Morales until February 13 to respond to their demands on autonomy and resources to the departments. If the [...]	2008-02-08 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ2669	GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK: BOLIVIAN ECOTOURISM [...] SUMMARY. Known as the "Tibet of the Andes," Bolivia has long relied on beautiful mountains, lush valleys and the opportunity for adventure for its tourism industry. As more of Bolivia's mystique is revealed to the outside world, ecotourism experts continue to clash on how to develop (or not) o [...]	2008-12-30 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2670	MORALES BASHES GOLDBERG PINATA ONE MORE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with cabinet on December 30 to evaluate his third year in office, Bolivian President Evo Morales justified once again his decision to expel Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg. Morales noted that with the departure of Ambassador Goldberg, the political opposition had "bottomed o [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR OPDC OPRC BL
08LAPAZ2671	BOLIVIA CONDEMNS "ISRAELI CRIMINAL AGGRESSION" [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) In response to the violence in the Gaza strip, on December 29 Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca condemned Israel for its "criminal aggression." "We completely disapprove," Choquehuanca told press and announced that Bolivia had demanded that the United Nations (UN) int [...]	2008-12-31 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	IS ASEC PGOV PINR PREL KTER BL
08LAPAZ296	BOLIVIA: "TRUCE" DURING NATURAL DISASTER? [...] (U) On February 11 La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado proposed a 60-day truce between the central government and the opposition prefects so that the country could focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Originally President Evo Morales praised del Granado for the idea. On February 12, [...]	2008-02-12 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ301	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2008. Piracy and counterfeiting remain serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation remains weak, and enforcement remains inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especia [...]	2008-02-14 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KIPR BL
08LAPAZ302	FLOODS BRING TRUCE, AND DELAYS POLITICAL CONFLICT [...] (U) The Bolivian government and opposition have called a truce in their political conflict so that the country can focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Following the suggestions of several political figures, President Morales urged the opposition on February 12 to halt any acti [...]	2008-02-14 23:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ303	BOLIVIA: "SPYING" CHARGES FEED EVO'S PROPAGANDA [...] (C) Summary. Fulbright student Alex van Schaick reported to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry February 7 that he had been asked by Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer to report contacts with Venezuelan and Cuban nationals to the Embassy. Van Schaick told an ABC News.com stringer in La Paz th [...]	2008-02-15 00:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KLIG VE BO
08LAPAZ313	BOLIVIAN BUSINESS: GAS, PAPER, AND MILK MAS STYLE [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) vision of their 21st century economy is taking shape, but it only echoes the disasters of the past. The government recently announced the creation of state run milk processing and paper plants. These plans make little economic sense and were seemingly [...]	2008-02-15 18:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ314	BOLIVIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Post decided not to deliver reftel demarche on Kosovo as it would be counterproductive to the goal of the demarche and would unnecessarily irritate already sensitive bilateral relations. In the current political climate, the Bolivian government would only use such a demarche to argue we ar [...]	2008-02-15 18:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UN YI EU BO
08LAPAZ329	GOB RESPINS ANTI-U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government attempted to renew and, in some cases, repackage old allegations against the U.S. February 16-18. Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened to show USAID the door if it continues undermining his administration. As proof, Morales provided the example of a po [...]	2008-02-19 23:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ373	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO BOLIVIA FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel, including Representatives Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC) visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 18-20. While in La Paz, the Codel enjoyed an hour-long meeting with President Evo Morales; met a cross-section of Bolivian politicians, med [...]	2008-02-21 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR OPDC OPRC OREP ECON ETRD
08LAPAZ374	BOLIVIAN SPY SCANDAL: CONTINUED EMBASSY ACCUSATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to an unfolding domestic spy scandal the former National Intelligence Directorate (NDI) chief Jose Luis Centellas testified before a Senate Commission and stated that the Embassy "manages" many different intelligence groups and maintains records on all Bolivian citiz [...]	2008-02-21 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ386	BOLIVIA SPY SCANDAL: POLICE CHIEF BACKS USG STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian National Police (BNP) commander Miguel Vasquez testified before a Senate commission and refuted Minister of Government Alfredo Rada's espionage allegations against the Embassy and a USG-funded police unit. Vasquez rejected accusations that the unit did not report to h [...]	2008-02-22 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ406	EVO LAYS OUT STRATEGY TO APPOVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Despite continuing calls for dialogue, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has laid out an aggressive strategy for pushing through its draft constitution. The MAS' goal is simple; organize a national referendum on the MAS draft constitution before the opp [...]	2008-02-25 22:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ407	EVO LAYS OUT STRATEGY TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Despite continuing calls for dialogue, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has laid out an aggressive strategy for pushing through its draft constitution. The MAS' goal is simple; organize a national referendum on the MAS draft constitution before the opp [...]	2008-02-25 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ408	EVO IRKED BY AMBASSADOR/INDIGENOUS LEADERS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and members of the Public Affairs and EcoPol sections met with indigenous leaders (particularly leaders of the eastern lowlands) on February 21 to discuss their view of the situation for indigenous Bolivians under President Evo Morales. Many of the participants de [...]	2008-02-25 23:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
08LAPAZ428	WANTED: IMPROVED RELATIONS, BUT WITH A NEW [...] (SBU) The Bolivian government has reacted negatively to news that the Ambassador had a public meeting with eastern lowland indigenous leaders, arguing that it was interference in Bolivia's domestic affairs and proof that the USG is conspiring against the Morales administration (reftel.) While [...]	2008-02-26 22:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ432	MOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Walker San Miguel told the Ambassador February 26 that the Bolivian government has a new sense of urgency to conclude an anti-narcotics agreement with the USG. San Miguel and the Ambassador agreed to a high-level March 3 meeting to discuss a potential agreement t [...]	2008-02-27 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ433	BILAT "RELAUNCH": HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. During a February 26 lunch meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told the Ambassador not to overreact to accusations against the USG. The Ambassador explained that continued baseless USG criticisms can only have a negative impact on bilateral [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR BL
08LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: TRUCE REJECTED, CONFRONTATION EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Garcia Linera's call for a two-month truce has been rejected by the opposition and by social groups aligned with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Sporadic violence around the country has left a number of people injured, and both the MAS and the [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ435	IRANIAN DCM: U.S. CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Hojjatollah Soltani arrived in Bolivia February 25 to open the Iranian Embassy. The building is nearly ready and staff will move in next week. Soltani discussed plans to establish a television station in the Chapare region with the Bolivian media. Although the station w [...]	2008-02-27 23:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IR BL
08LAPAZ441	CEMENT: A WINDOW INTO THE BOLIVIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian economy is ripe for more domestic production. International prices are high for its principle export products and the economy is overflowing with liquidity. However, overall growth is constrained by a fear of government actions and a lack of investment in basic infrastruc [...]	2008-02-29 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL ELAB

08LAPAZ457	EVO BEATS CONSPIRACY/WAR DRUMS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales is taking conspiracy charges to new levels of absurdity. Morales said March 2 that the United States uses its South American counter-narcotics efforts as a smokescreen for military intervention and political meddling. Morales linked a perceived upturn in an [...]	2008-03-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ46	EVO BLASTS ELECTORAL COURT, ITS PRESIDENT, AND USG [...] (C) President Evo Morales used an unscheduled appearance at the 2008 inauguration of the National Electoral Court (CNE) to launch a diatribe against the CNE, the USG and the highly respected outgoing CNE President, Salvador Romero. Evo characterized himself as a "victim" of the "USG manipula [...]	2008-01-07 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ462	BOLIVIAN GAS: BEGGAR THY NEIGHBOR [...] (SBU) Bolivia is struggling to cope with stagnant national gas production, increased contractual obligations, and growing domestic demand. In an effort to largely allay Argentinean fears of energy shortfalls over the winter months, President Morales met with the Presidents of Brazil and Arge [...]	2008-03-03 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ464	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO CONGRESS ENCIRCLEMENT [...] (SBU) In response to the February 28 government orchestrated violent encirclement of the national congress and subsequent passage of three laws (two on the MAS proposed constitution and the other on state autonomy referendums) the regional opposition group known as CONALDE held an emergency [...]	2008-03-03 21:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL PGOV PHUM PREL
08LAPAZ465	VP RATIONALIZES RULING PARTY'S ACTIONS TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) The Bolivian government invited the entire diplomatic corps to lunch March 3 to explain its position regarding recent events. On February 28, the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) rammed through legislation to convoke a national referendum on its draft constitution while pro-MAS mo [...]	2008-03-03 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ483	WOULD BOLIVIAN MILITARY GO ALONG WITH A CRACKDOWN? [...] (S) Summary: Although Post believes the Bolivian military would still balk at participating in a crackdown on the opposition in the Media Luna departments as we assessed in November 2007 (reftel d),some changes since then make the probability greater. First, the current senior military leade [...]	2008-03-04 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	BL ECON MARR PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ485	AN IMPARTIAL ELECTORAL COURT IN BOLIVIAN REFERENDA? [...] (SBU) As Bolivia's opposing political forces face off at the ballot box in 2008, the National Electoral Court (CNE) )- which oversees the electoral process -- faces some of its toughest challenges since Bolivia's return to democracy in the early 1980s. President Evo Morales' Movement Toward [...]	2008-03-04 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ505	BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON MALDIVES' [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC BL
08LAPAZ521	BOLIVIA: LAWLESSNESS AND LYNCHINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to block opposition congress members from entering Congress, thus allowing MAS bills to pass uncontested, come at a time when Bolivians are worried over what seems to be an increasing sense of lawlessness in the [...]	2008-03-06 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ522	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRODUCTION/MICROENTERPRISE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by USAID Deputy Director, and Emboff, met with the new Minister of Production and Microenterprise Dr. Javier Hurtado Mercado on March 5. Dr. Hurtado is an accomplished businessman and also a member of the USAID-Quinoa Global Development Alliance. During the m [...]	2008-03-06 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ETRD PREL BL
08LAPAZ537	FORMER EVO ALLY LEADS PARALLEL STATE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) At a rally of several thousand Sucre residents, Sabina Cuellar Leanos, a former member of Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS),was selected to be Chuquisaca department's (state) interim prefect (governor) on March 6. Ariel Iriarte remains the Morales administration's pick for i [...]	2008-03-07 20:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ538	BOLIVIA: MAS MOB ATTACKS PEACE PROTEST [...] (C) A small peace protest against Evo Morales' government organized by university students turned violent on Thursday night when a mob affiliated with the ruling Movement Towards Socialism Part (MAS) violently disrupted the gathering. The police resorted to tear gas and water cannons to dis [...]	2008-03-07 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC BL
08LAPAZ554	BOLIVIAN MFA INSIDER: PARANOIA PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, Emboff met with Jorge Caballero (strictly protect),a director and career member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Caballero claimed that the MFA was responsible for Bolivia's neutrality in the recent tensions between Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. Caballero su [...]	2008-03-11 17:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ56	EVO RECASTS HIMSELF AS PEACEMAKER [...] (C) Summary: Despite heated rhetoric leading up the event, a January 7-8 meeting between Bolivian President Evo Morales and nine department prefects (state governors) was surprisingly conciliatory. Participants agreed to attempt to resolve demands from opposition-led departments with a nation [...]	2008-01-08 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL VN BL
08LAPAZ560	ELECTORAL COURT RESOLUTIONS MUDDY WATERS [...] (C) The National Electoral Court (CNE) issued two resolutions March 7 dealing setbacks for the referendum plans of both President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition. The first calls for a postponement of a national referendum on the MAS' draft constitution and reque [...]	2008-03-12 18:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ561	SANTA CRUZ: NO TURNING BACK AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The Santa Cruz Departmental Electoral Court is moving forward with plans to hold the May 4 referendum on the autonomy statute, ignoring an order from the National Electoral Court to cease and desist. Given that the referendum is being financed by the Santa Cruz Prefecture, there [...]	2008-03-12 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BO
08LAPAZ589	BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...]	2008-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ611	SANTA CRUZ TO EVO: DIALOGUE AFTER MAY 4 VOTE [...] (C) Santa Cruz leaders are determined to hold their autonomy referendum on May 4. At the same time the Morales' government is trying to stop the referendum. Evo's latest offer to have the Catholic Church facilitate a dialogue is taken with skepticism and the reply "call us on May 5th." Aut [...]	2008-03-17 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08LAPAZ614	BOLIVIAN GAS: THE STATE COMPANY IN CHAOS [...] (C) While the Bolivian government publicly presses the gas companies to increase investments, ironically the biggest obstacle may be the government itself in the form of the national hydrocarbon company YPFB. The company is involved in all aspects of the Bolivian gas industry, yet it enjoys [...]	2008-03-18 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ615	WILL BOLIVIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RISE AGAIN? [...] (C) President Evo Morales' Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party appears to have a renewed interest in Bolivia's highest constitutional court )- after two years of harassing the court's members with pay cuts, impeachment charges, and threats from pro-MAS groups. Bowing to pressure, nine of [...]	2008-03-18 23:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ625	BOLIVIA: AMB MEETING WITH NATIONAL UNITY MAYORS [...] (SBU) At the invitation of the head of National Unity party leader Samuel Doria Medina, the Ambassador and officers from EcoPol and USAID met with 22 of the Bolivia's 23 National Unity mayors (one mayor was unable to attend.) Doria Medina organized the gathering of his party's mayors so that t [...]	2008-03-19 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL EMIN BL PINR SENV
08LAPAZ638	BOLIVIAN EXPORT BAN COULD DEVASTATE ECONOMY [...] (C) On March 19, President Morales issued a decree banning the exportation of four types of cooking oil. If maintained for any length of time, the move would destroy the most important sector of the economy in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz and force the withdrawal of American firm [...]	2008-03-20 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ647	ATTACKS AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Attacks against the press are frequent in Bolivia, but the number and severity of these attacks has risen over the past two years. The Superintendent of Telecommunications issued and then retracted after a public outcry a policy stating that published or transmitted information, even if [...]	2008-03-24 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ665	BOLIVIA: "DIALOGUE, WHAT DIALOGUE?" [...] (C) President Evo Morales announced on March 14 that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party was prepared to talk with the opposition with the presence of the Catholic Church as mediators or, as the Church prefers, facilitators. The opposition responded with a series of conditions )- the [...]	2008-03-26 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ670	EXPORT BAN STRETCHES TO SIX DAYS [...] (C) The devastating ban on Bolivian cooking oil exports has now been in effect for six days. The Morales Administration, according to the Vice President in a meeting with the Ambassador March 26 (Septel),is determined to guarantee the supply of cooking oil at affordable prices. They are pre [...]	2008-03-26 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ693	BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...]	2008-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL
08LAPAZ694	BOLIVIA: EVO AND AUTONOMY, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Although isolated incidents of violence are already occurring and will continue up to the scheduled May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, we do not expect the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to take military or police action against the opposition departments (states) [...]	2008-03-28 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC EAID BL
08LAPAZ706	505 AGREEMENT/PEACEKEEPING: SIGNS OF SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff and MILGP Commander delivered reftel diplomatic note March 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara. An exchange of diplomatic notes constituting an agreement consistent with Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is required [...]	2008-03-31 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIA KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ707	BOLIVIA COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCRS, BUT DEFENDS IRAN; UN TO STAY IN NY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel speaking points and non-papers. Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara told poloff Bolivia would abide by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 restrictions on transfer of dual use items. Although Guevara said he could not go into technical details [...]	2008-03-31 22:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR BL ECON MNUC
08LAPAZ711	BOLIVIA: COMMUNITY JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, Emboff meet with Vice Minister of Community Justice and Human Rights Valentin TICONA Colque. Also present was Director of Community Justice Petroni FLORES Condori. Emboff had requested the meeting to learn more about community justice under the new draft constituti [...]	2008-04-01 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ717	SANTA CRUZ: MAY 4 AS A PANACEA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 26-28 visit to Santa Cruz, American Presence Post officer found the city surprisingly calm and optimistic, although individual Santa Cruz citizens are outraged. They cite an increasingly long list of grievances and complaints against the central government, and the [...]	2008-04-02 15:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO BL
08LAPAZ719	EVO,S SPOKESMAN RESIGNS, REVEALING INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary: In an abrupt move, Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party insider Alex Contreras officially resigned as the government's spokesman on April 1. Contreras is a long-time friend and confidant of Bolivian President Evo Morales, and his departure reveals serious fissures and in-fightin [...]	2008-04-03 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PINR PREL PGOV
08LAPAZ720	VMOD VARGAS: "WE WILL NOT FIRE ON BOLIVIANS" [...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with PolOff and MILGP Commander, Vice Minister of Defense (recently Armed Forces Commander) Wilfredo Vargas registered disappointment with "the government" for not concluding a peaceful negotiated end to the opposition-GOB standoff. He said the military does not [...]	2008-04-03 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ735	NEW PUSH FOR DIALOGUE: SHOW BEFORE THE SHOWDOWN? [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called for renewed examination of third-party facilitated negotiations with the opposition March 31, in conjunction with an April 1 La Paz visit by OAS envoy Dante Caputo. Caputo met with Santa Cruz opposition leaders April 2. Choquehuanca said [...]	2008-04-03 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ747	RADA REHASHES AMBASSADOR CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (U) Government Minister Alfredo Rada again accused Ambassador Goldberg of trying to divide Bolivia April 6. Rada said Goldberg was using the same tactics used to divide Kosovo from Yugoslavia to "dismember" Santa Cruz Department (state) from Bolivia. "He knows perfectly well these processes, [...]	2008-04-07 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ751	BOLIVIA: PRE-MAY 4 DIALOGUE HOPES ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: Despite much-publicized government urgency to head off Santa Cruz Department's (state) May 4 autonomy referendum through dialogue with the opposition, Bolivian government contacts are privately accepting they cannot head off the referendum and are looking at a post-May 4 strategy. [...]	2008-04-07 17:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ810	BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]	2008-04-09 22:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ836	BOLIVIA AND THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS [...] (C) Post identified Graciela Toro, Minister of Planning and Development, and Javier Hurtado, Minister of Production and Micro Enterpise, as the two most important players in the Bolivian government regarding the Monterrey Consensus. Both were named to their ministerial positions in January 2 [...]	2008-04-11 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN BL
08LAPAZ854	DIALOGUE: MUCH ADO ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VOICES [...] (C) Summary. OAS Political Secretary Dante Caputo seemed resigned to the fact that the opposition is holding firm to a May 4 date for an autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz Department (state) and will not sacrifice it as a means to expedite a new round of negotiations with the government. Caput [...]	2008-04-15 22:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ872	BOLIVIA'S TINY MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Bolivia has a small Muslim community. Estimates range from between 300 to 1000, out of a total population of 9 million. Most in the established Muslims community were born in Bolivia and converted, or are the descendants of Palestinian or Lebanese immigrants that have long-lived in Bol [...]	2008-04-16 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ9	BOLIVIA: VERY LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY 7 TALKS [...] (C) With the holiday season "truce" coming to an end, it appears that the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition are preparing to resume where they left off in early December with belligerence and bluster. While President Evo Morales and the five prefects of opposition-led [...]	2008-01-03 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ927	EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS GROUP STANDING UP TO EVO [...] (C) Poloffs met with six representatives of the recently formed group "Alianza Plaza Abaroa" (Abaroa Plaza Alliance) on April 14. The Alliance is a newly formed political movement compromised mostly of middle-class La Paz residents. They claim their primary objective is to stand for the pro [...]	2008-04-22 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ935	MFA ASSURES UNSCR COMPLIANCE DESPITE WARM IRANIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara April 22, emphasizing Bolivia's Security Council Resolution obligations for travel restrictions, financial institution monitoring, and trade restrictions regarding Iran. Poloff also left Spanish-langua [...]	2008-04-23 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC BL
08LAPAZ983	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...]	2008-04-29 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ99	BOLIVIAN MILITARY PULLS OUT OF WHINSEC [...] (C) Incoming 2008 Bolivian Army Commander General Freddy Mackay Peralta told Military Group officers January 11 that the army would no longer send officers to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Georgia. Mackay said the decision was "political [...]	2008-01-14 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ999	SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE: PLANS FOR A "BIG PARTY" [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 24-27 visit to Santa Cruz (including the capital city and the rural towns of San Javier and Concepcion),American Presence Post officer's (APP) interlocutors downplayed fears of violent confrontation and predicted the May 4 autonomy referendum would be a "big part [...]	2008-04-30 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO ASEC BL
08LEIPZIG21	GERMANY'S ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM [...] (U) This is a Mission-wide message and has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin and Consulates Frankfurt, Munich, Duesseldorf, and Hamburg. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Germany has extensive government and civic efforts against right-wing extremism, including legal and constitutiona [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS GM CASC PREL
08LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...]	2008-03-18 13:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE146	GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...]	2008-03-25 11:42:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE152	GABON: RITUAL CRIME ON THE RISE [...] (U) The number of suspected ritual killings in Gabon is on the rise ahead of scheduled April 27 local elections. Members of civil society and some religious leaders have denounced this practice. Government has had little to say on the subject, however. There has been extensive coverage of th [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO KCRM GB
08LIBREVILLE179	GABON: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Post has consulted closely with Ambassador Reddick, currently presenting credentials in Sao Tome, and provides these additional comments concerning trafficking in persons in Gabon and the proposed placement of Gabon on the Tier 2 Watch List. This cable reflects her views. Credible inde [...]	2008-04-15 12:59:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GB
08LIBREVILLE189	AMBASSADOR'S COMMENT ON GABON'S 2008 TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Allow me to weigh in personally on the question of Gabon's TIP ranking. I am sorry that I was away presenting credentials in Sao Tome last week when much of the dialogue on this issue occurred. 2. (SBU) Gabon's TIP record is not perfect, but a fair reading of its record in 2007 shows [...]	2008-04-21 16:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GB
08LIBREVILLE564	GABON: FRENCH GENERAL DESCRIBES STRENGTHS, [...] (C) The senior French military officer in Central Africa provided visiting AF/C Deputy Director Siria Lopez with a tour d'horizon of French military perspectives on activities of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS/CEEAC),including ECCAS's 700-person peacekeeping operation [...]	2008-12-01 15:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AO BY CM CT CD CG CF EK GB
08LIBREVILLE569	GABON: STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-06 09:11:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV GB
08LIBREVILLE574	GABON: RESHUFFLE OF SECURITY POSTS MAY STACK THE [...] (C) In a move that caught some senior military officers by surprise, Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba has carried out a wide-ranging reshuffle of senior military and security posts. Though many of the changes were routine, the breadth of the shakeup appears unprecedented, at least [...]	2008-12-06 11:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GB
08LIBREVILLE579	GABON: STUDENTS PROTEST, TEACHERS' STRIKE RESUMES [...] (U) Hundreds of secondary school students organized impromptu protests throughout the city of Libreville December 15 upon learning that their teachers had walked out on strike. The protests disrupted traffic on major Libreville thoroughfares. There were reports of some students throwing sto [...]	2008-12-15 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB CASC GB
08LIBREVILLE580	GABON SEEKS ALIGNMENT WITH AU ON POSSIBLE UNPKO TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 15:20:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SO GB
08LILONGWE109	MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]	2008-02-25 05:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE157	MALAWI: MISSION REQUEST FOR ELECTION SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission is making progress in preparation for the May 19, 2009 presidential and parliamentary elections by engaging stakeholders, refining plans, and defending a $37.3 million USD budge [...]	2008-03-14 09:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE158	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATIONS MAKING PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since gaining a quorum of commissioners in mid-January, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made progress both on preparations for the May 2009 general elections, and in overcoming opposition criticism of their impartiality. On March 6, the MEC announced its electoral ca [...]	2008-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE159	MALAWI: SPEAKER A RELUCTANT MEDIATOR BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: Despite public pressure to call the next session of the National Assembly, National Assembly Speaker Louis Chimango remains stuck between President Mutharika, who wants to further delay implementation of Section 65, and the opposition, which demands immediate action on the controv [...]	2008-03-14 10:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE160	MALAWI: FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES USED FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Malawi's fertilizer subsidy program, coupons were supposed to be distributed by Ministry of Agriculture officials only to the poorest 1.5 million households. There are a number of indications, however, that one of President Mutharika's signature programs has been used by G [...]	2008-03-14 10:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID MI
08LILONGWE167	MALAWI: PRESSURE GROWING ON PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA TO CONVENE [...] Summary: Public pressure is growing against President Mutharika's stand not to convene Parliament prior to the necessary budget session in May-June as long as the opposition insists on implementation of anti-floor-crossing provisions of the constitution. Malawi's leading civil society organiz [...]	2008-03-14 11:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE17	MALAWI: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET HAS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Jan. 7, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Joyce Banda to discuss the much-reported impending switch of recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China. While confirming press reports that two ministers had made two exploratory trips to Beijing, she said the minis [...]	2008-01-09 08:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TW CH MI
08LILONGWE172	MALAWI INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Following is Embassy's update for the annual President's Report on AGOA, in response to reftel request. Paragraphs/topics are organized according to the report template and instructions. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers: The Government of Malawi (GOM) has made [...]	2008-03-18 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV MI
08LILONGWE197	MALAWI - POLITICAL PARTIES CLASH IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Beginning with incidents last December, violence between supporters of former president Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF) and President Bingu Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been increasing in Machinga, the home district of Muluzi. Early clashes r [...]	2008-04-03 11:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE20	MALAWI: SCENESETTER FOR INITIAL MCC COMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Lilongwe welcomes the Jan. 13-17 visit of the MCC delegation led by Vice President for Compact Development John Hewko. News of Malawi's selection for compact eligibility has generated considerable excitement; President Bingu wa Mutharika mentioned the achievement [...]	2008-01-10 13:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON MI
08LILONGWE201	MALAWI - VP CHILUMPHA TO CHALLENGE MULUZI FOR UDF [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha officially announced his intention to run against former president and current United Democratic Front (UDF) chairman Bakili Muluzi for the party's presidential nomination. The UDF will choose its nominee at a convention on April 24, ov [...]	2008-04-07 12:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE221	MALAWI - SPEAKER CONVOKES PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION VOWS IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Speaker of the National Assembly announced April 5 that the next session of parliament will begin on April 28, almost eight months after President Mutharika dismissed the last session. Opposition leaders from both the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Malawi Congress Pa [...]	2008-04-15 05:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE24	MALAWI: ANALYSTS CRITICIZE MUTHARIKA, BUT EXPECT HIM TO WIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Five of Malawi's most influential political scientists told poloff that President Mutharika, while ably managing the economy, has not upheld the rule of law; some fear that he may become more autocratic if his party can win a majority in the upcoming elections. Regionalism rema [...]	2008-01-14 05:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
08LILONGWE252	MALAWI: OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) boycotted the opening of Malawi's National Assembly on April 28, refusing to attend the opening speech given by President Mutharika. The boycott continued on day two of the session, with only 10 of the [...]	2008-05-02 08:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE253	MALAWI - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, the following information is provided for preparation of U.S.-China policy dialogues. China and Malawi established formal diplomatic relations a mere four months ago and engagement between the U.S. and Chinese Missions has so far been limited. China has alre [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CH MI
08LILONGWE263	MALAWI: PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION (FINALLY) BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, President Mutharika invited leaders of the political opposition for talks to resolve the impasse over Section 65 of the constitution. This marks the first time the President and opposition have discussed compromising on the issue in their three-year-old dispute. Comme [...]	2008-05-09 10:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE280	MALAWI: COUP RUMORS, ARRESTS CLOUD POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Five prominent members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party and three active duty generals in the Malawi Defense Forces (MDF) have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow President Mutharika. The arrests occurred on May 13, casting a long sh [...]	2008-05-16 10:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM MI
08LILONGWE286	MALAWI: TREASON SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, the Lilongwe High Court granted bail to eight alleged coup plotters and told government that the two documents submitted as evidence failed to satisfy requirements to further detain the suspects. The eight suspects, which include three active-duty brigadier generals, [...]	2008-05-22 12:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MI
08LILONGWE294	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MULUZI ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, police arrested former president Bakili Muluzi as he exited the airplane in Lilongwe on return from a trip to the United Kingdom. Muluzi was immediately escorted to a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) plane and flown to Blantyre where he was detained under "house arrest" at [...]	2008-05-27 11:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE307	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MALUZI RELEASED ON BAIL, RALLY [...] (SBU): Summary: On May 30, former president Bakili Muluzi was granted bail and released from house arrest. Muluzi was arrested on May 25 upon his return from the UK (ref A) as a suspect in an alleged coup plot, but was never charged. The High Court in its ruling cited the case of the previous [...]	2008-06-02 13:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE336	MALAWI: ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU MIRED IN DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) continues to fail to meet targets for investigations and prosecutions, resulting in only one conviction in the first quarter of the year. ACB Director Alex Nampota cited retention difficulties due to inadequate pay and benefits compared to the priv [...]	2008-06-12 10:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID MI
08LILONGWE361	MALAWI: SADC MINISTERIAL TROIKA VISITS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 10:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MI
08LILONGWE366	MALAWI: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED AS MEDIATORS [...] (C) On June 20, Speaker Louis Chimango suspended the National Assembly after the legislature failed to pass the national budget by President Mutharika's stated June 20 deadline. Coincidentally, the June 20 meeting was prevented by demonstrations that blocked opposition MPs from entering State [...]	2008-06-23 13:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE387	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) On July 2, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that senior Malawian officials still had not discussed recognizing Kosovo's independence, and he did not believe they would [...]	2008-07-08 07:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV YI KV MI
08LILONGWE389	MALAWI: RELIGION AND POLITICS A COMBUSTIBLE MIX IN [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's population has been strongly influenced by Christian missionaries and Muslim slave traders for over one hundred years. Most Malawians define their identity primarily by region (northern, central or southern) and by religion. Unlike many other Africans, Malawians identi [...]	2008-07-08 08:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE393	MALAWI: MUTHARIKA'S BROTHER KEY TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Minister of Information and Civic Education John Bande says Dr. Peter Mutharika, the President's brother, has become the gatekeeper to the President. Bande said that Mutharika and his brother saw his presidency as a "miracle of fate" and intended to use the opportunity to [...]	2008-07-09 05:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE40	MALAWI RECOGNITION OF BEIJING ONE YEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: On January 14, Foreign Minister Joyce Banda officially announced Malawi's change of recognition from Taipei to Beijing. The announcement noted the establishment of diplomatic ties between Malawi and the People's Republic of China as of December 28, 2007. Formal Government approva [...]	2008-01-18 11:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW CH MI
08LILONGWE480	MALAWI - ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a period of uncertainty due to budget disputes and slow-moving donor contributions, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is now on track to hold successful elections in May 2009. The U.S. Mission has pl [...]	2008-08-13 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE50	MALAWI: PRESIDENT WINS ELECTORAL COMMISSION COURT CASE [...] Summary: On January 17, a Malawi High Court Judge upheld President Mutharika's appointments to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). President Mutharika appointed the nine commissioners in February 2007 but the two major opposition parties, the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Malawi Cong [...]	2008-01-24 11:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV
08LILONGWE543	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES PROBLEMS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3, Charge4 d' Affaires Sullivan met with Justice Anastazia Msosa, the Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Msosa acknowledged problems in the voter registration exercise and described measures to correct them. Msosa noted that the MEC had been bols [...]	2008-09-17 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE554	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 06:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MI
08LILONGWE56	MALAWI: UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT - NO LONGER UNITED [...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Front (UDF) governed Malawi from its return to democracy in 1994 until President Mutharika's unexpected break with the UDF in 2005. Former President Bakili Muluzi continues to preside over the UDF, but his grip on both the party and its mostly southern elec [...]	2008-01-28 14:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MI
08LILONGWE573	MALAWI: MULUZI EXPLAINS WHY HE MUST COME BACK [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 discussion with the Charge d'Affaires, former president Bakili Muluzi admitted he selected Mutharika as a successor over many senior UDF officials, nearly splitting his own party. Muluzi defended the selection based on Mutharika's economic reform experience, but [...]	2008-09-26 09:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE594	MALAWI: PARLIAMENT FAILS TO MEET ON SECTION 65, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika publicly confirmed September 29 that he would not recall the National Assembly as agreed in late August when Parliament passed the national budget (reftel). The agreement, negotiated by opposition and government leaders in Parliament but never endoresed publ [...]	2008-10-06 11:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE620	MALAWI - REGULATOR TRYS TO PULL THE PLUG ON MULUZI-OWNED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) revoked the broadcasting license for privately owned and pro-opposition Joy Radio on October 17, effectively closing it down. MACRA argued that the station's ownership was transferred illegally to former President Bakili Mul [...]	2008-10-22 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE63	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) INITIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) team headed by VP John Hewko visited Malawi January 13-17 to initiate the compact development process following Malawi,s selection as compact eligible in 2007 (reftel). The visit provided an opportunity to meet with a variety of stakehol [...]	2008-01-29 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KMCA MCC PGOV PREL MI
08LILONGWE646	MALAWI: TEMBO TELLS AMBASSADOR "I'VE CHANGED" [...] (C) Summary: During a Nov. 4 meeting with Ambassador Bodde, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate John Tembo claimed he and his party had changed since Malawi's one-party state era. Ironically, Tembo's comments came just two days after Tembo ran unopposed at the MCP's national co [...]	2008-11-12 14:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MI
08LILONGWE667	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Anastasia Msosa described the ongoing difficulties with voter registration and expected challenges in next May's elections. In particular, Msosa expects challenges to the voters' roll, [...]	2008-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE676	MALAWI: MULUZI TELLS AMBASSADOR CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's initial call on Bakili Muluzi,the former president said he will not seek an early decision from the Malawi Electoral Commission regarding his candidacy for next May's elections because he believes the Constitution clearly allows it. Muluzi contends that his [...]	2008-11-26 13:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE682	MALAWI: COMMANDER RECONFIRMS PEACEKEEPING GOALS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with General Marko Chiziko, Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF),Chiziko thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. military support, including the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program of which he himself was a graduate. Chiziko rei [...]	2008-12-01 11:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KPKO MI
08LILONGWE701	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over five months until Malawi's May elections, the registration period is limping toward the finish line with delays, material shortages and poor expenditure tracking, but with what appears to be a high-quality voter roll. Voter registration will now likely conclude i [...]	2008-12-09 10:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE710	MALAWI: SUPPORTIVE OF UN SOMALIA FORCE BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with principal secretaries at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel points regarding Somalia. PS Livuza from the MFA indicated that Malawi would support a resolution authorizing a UN peacekeeping operation in Somalia as [...]	2008-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SO MI
08LILONGWE723	MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY - THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) remains dominant in the Central region of Malawi, but the party is unlikely to attract voters in the South and the North. While party president John Tembo claims he and the party have evolved since his days as the right-hand man of dictator Hastin [...]	2008-12-19 08:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI

08LILONGWE94	MALAWI: PRESIDENT FIRES TWO IN CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika reshuffled his cabinet on Feb. 8 for the sixth time since taking office in 2004. Mutharika removed Minister of National Defense Bob Khamisa, who is involved in a fertilizer subsidy coupon scandal, and Minister of Health Marjorie Ngaunje. Despite criticism fr [...]	2008-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA MI
08LILONGWE95	MALAWI STILL QUIET ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 11, Ambassador requested a meeting through the principal secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss Kosovo independence. The principal secretary preferred that Minister of Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda, who was out of the capital, discuss the matter with the Ambassa [...]	2008-02-13 14:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU MI
08LIMA1012	PERU'S REGIONAL RELATIONS POST EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Following the successful EU-LAC summit in May, poloffs spoke to contacts inside and out of government about Peru and the region. Peru's relationship with Brazil got a boost in post-summit bilateral meetings focused on promoting Brazilian investment here. Lima has also publicly [...]	2008-06-11 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PINR PE
08LIMA1046	PROTESTS IN SOUTH HIT TWO REGIONS [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters in the southern Moquegua region have blocked two major transportation arteries and temporarily took police hostages in a dispute with the neighboring region of Tacna over the distribution of mining canon moneys. The Council of Ministers (PCM) on July 16 su [...]	2008-06-17 23:17:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PINR PE CASC
08LIMA1107	OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]	2008-06-26 21:33:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PE PGOV PINR PREL
08LIMA1108	OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]	2008-06-26 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1114	GOP EXPLORES CUBA ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOP's approach to Cuba is reflected in President Garcia's rhetoric: critical of restrictions on freedom while acknowledging incipient reforms. In a sign that the GOP's approach could lead to a diplomatic thaw, Peruvian Health Minister Hernan Garrido Lecca recently traveled to [...]	2008-06-30 18:01:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1124	DELUGE OF DECREES FOR FTA IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) The Garcia Administration issued nearly 100 legislative decrees over the past few months to implement the provisions of the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and to improve Peru's competitiveness in the global economy. Sixty-four of these were ublished last week, including laws aim [...]	2008-07-01 22:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR SENV KIPR USTR PGOV EAID PE
08LIMA1131	GOP FED UP, WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR TO BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 30th indefinitely recalled its Ambassador to Bolivia in response to an appeal by President Evo Morales for the Peruvian people to rise up in protest against an imaginary US base in Peru and to support a planned July 9 national strike. President Alan Garcia on July [...]	2008-07-02 23:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA114	FORE VISIT: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore offered U.S. assistance for PTPA implementation and thanked Peru for its support in the UN Security Council. Belaunde lauded the state of bil [...]	2008-01-22 13:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1153	NATIONAL STRIKE ON JULY 8TH - 9TH [...] (C) Summary: On July 8th to 9th, a variety of leftist unions, parties, and social movements across Peru will join a general strike against the government called by Peru's largest and most radical union, the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). A relatively new organization called [...]	2008-07-07 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1170	NEW ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINISTER FOR PERU? [...] (C) It's been an open secret for many months that Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza is leaving. But recently, IMF veteran Luis Valdivieso's name has come up unofficially as his replacement. While insiders have confirmed the moves to us, there is still no official announcement. The [...]	2008-07-09 14:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
08LIMA1191	NATIONAL STRIKE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, STRONGEST IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 8th and 9th, thousands of Peruvians across the country joined a national strike to protest against the government's failure "to fulfill its promises" and the rising cost of living. The strike generally proceeded peacefully, with a manageable protest in Lima, and roadblock [...]	2008-07-14 13:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1213	LEFTIST GROUPS STIR ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT IN AYACUCHO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with local government and civic leaders during a June 23-24 visit to Peru's southern region of Ayacucho. Those leaders described the region's population generally as spirited and rebellious types who were suspicious of outside influence. As such, the region remains fert [...]	2008-07-16 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PTER PE
08LIMA1338	PERU 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The following is an updated version of post's submission (ref A) for the State Department's 2008 527 Report (ref B). The updates are to Claimant D's cases. 2. (U) Begin text. The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a [...]	2008-08-13 16:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE
08LIMA1345	PERU: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND/OR FORCED LABOR IN [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information on child and/or forced labor in the production of goods in Peru. Information on child and/or forced labor in Peru is limited. Most child labor in Peru occurs in the service sector and is therefore not applicable to this [...]	2008-08-14 16:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PE PGOV PHUM SOCI
08LIMA1348	PRESIDENT GARCIA AT TWO YEARS: WEAKENED BUT [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia enters the third year of his presidency facing the same principal challenges that have confronted his government since he took office in July 2006: how to turn Peru's strong growth into benefits for the entire population. Peru grew 9% in 2007 and the governme [...]	2008-08-14 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON PE
08LIMA1380	INDIGENOUS STRIKES IN THE AMAZON [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous Peruvians in various parts of the Amazon on August 9 launched an indefinite strike aimed at protecting indigenous lands against the alleged threat of an influx of outside investors. The protestors' principal demand is that the government revoke presidential decrees (pa [...]	2008-08-19 22:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV PHUM PE
08LIMA1413	INDIGENOUS STRIKES SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress voted decisively August 22 to overturn presidential decrees governing land tenure and ownership in the Amazon regions, ending protests led by indigenous groups (ref). Many observers accused the government of imposing decrees on indigenous populations without consultin [...]	2008-08-25 22:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1453	POVERTY IN PERU DECREASING SUBSTANTIALLY [...] Poverty in Peru dropped in 2007 to under forty percent, a substantial 5.2 percentage points below the 2006 level of 44.5%, the GOP's National Institute of Statistics (INEI) announced recently. The poverty reduction is consistent with high growth rates of recent years, including 9% GDP growth i [...]	2008-09-04 12:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
08LIMA1507	CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY [...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]	2008-09-12 21:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1508	PERU RESPONSE: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA151	PERU 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, enables Peru to attract additional investment by clarifyin [...]	2008-01-28 20:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
08LIMA1552	IMPOVERISHED APURIMAC REGION: ON BRINK OF MINING [...] (C) Summary: Apurimac ranks as Peru's second most impoverished region and is best known to the outside world for its periodic political turbulence. Two mega-mining projects could transform this predominantly agricultural region with massive, multi-billion dollar investments. The prospect of [...]	2008-09-22 15:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EMIN PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1603	A WEEK OF PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: The Moquegua Region "Defense Front" launched October 1 the first of several protests planned by social movements across southern Peru during the coming week. In neighboring Tacna Region, where leaders are locked in a dispute with Moquegua over mining royalties, the Regional Presi [...]	2008-10-02 21:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1638	OCTOBER 7TH PROTESTS ATTRACT FEW [...] (U) National strikes on October 7th organized by the Communist union CGTP failed to attract wide-spread support (Reftel) and were almost completely overshadowed by the oil-for-contracts scandal that hit the GOP this week (Septel). According to press reports, small, largely peaceful marches oc [...]	2008-10-09 22:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1639	CORRUPTION SCANDAL PUTS GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: A brewing scandal involving alleged kickbacks to government officials and APRA party insiders threatens to shake up the cabinet. The opposition has hinted that more sensational audio tapes potentially incriminating Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo and Health Minister Hernan Gar [...]	2008-10-09 23:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EPET SOCI EINV PE
08LIMA1653	PERU'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: REFORMED RADICAL, [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia has named Yehude Simon, the respected Regional President of Lambayeque, as Peru's next Prime Minister. A political pragmatist with a radical past, Simon's appointment has helped stem the hemorrhaging from a corruption scandal (ref) and shore up Garcia's vulnerabl [...]	2008-10-14 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1659	PERU CABINET SHUFFLE: LESS THAN A CLEAN BREAK [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia swore in a reconstituted cabinet on October 14, in which six new cabinet members were installed while ten Ministers from the old government were re-appointed, including in Foreign Affairs, Defense, Finance and Foreign Commerce. Apparently selected to lend an "apo [...]	2008-10-15 22:43:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1699	SHINING PATH TERRORISTS ENTER CAMP OF US MINE, [...] (C/NF) According to press reports, a group of 30 to 50 armed Shining Path terrorists on October 20 entered the base camp of an exploration project operated by US mining firm Doe Run, located in a mountainous part of northern Ayacucho. Other sources said the terrorists gathered the mine workers, [...]	2008-10-22 23:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1707	PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...]	2008-10-23 22:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE
08LIMA1714	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 16:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1716	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 20:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1731	MORE SOCIAL CONFLICT IN THE PROVINCES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, several social conflicts in different parts of Peru have erupted, testing local security forces, regional governments and new Prime Minister Yehude Simon. In separate incidents in Cusco, Moquegua, Tacna, Cajamarca, and San Martin protestors demanding (or [...]	2008-10-31 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
08LIMA1732	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LIMA1733	PUCALLPA MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian ... =======================CABLE ENDS============================ id: 176319 date: 10/31/2008 22:10 refid: 08LIMA1733 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 312210Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9522 INFO WESTERN HEMI [...]	2008-10-31 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
08LIMA1748	REPORT OF RADICAL PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November APEC Summit, diverse political groups have announced plans for rallies and protests. Among these, the Lima newspaper Expreso recently published an article warning that a small ultra-nationalist fringe group linked to jailed radical leader Antauro Hum [...]	2008-11-04 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR PE
08LIMA1765	GOP DECLARES EMERGENCY TO QUELL VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP on November 4th declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Tacna and directed the military to maintain order after violent protestors attacked and burned several government buildings. The protests erupted on October 30th after Congress passed a bill that woul [...]	2008-11-07 15:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PE ASEC
08LIMA177	TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]	2008-01-31 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA1809	PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR AMBUSH [...] (U) Authorities are blaming remnants of the Shining Path ("Sendero" or "SL") terrorist group for a November 16 ambush that killed three police and severely wounded another. The group was traveling in the south-central department of Ayacucho when it came under machine gun fire from an undetermi [...]	2008-11-17 21:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA1813	PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] (U) In response to State 88447, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email. 2. (U) TRADE SUMMARY The 2008 data is current as of August 2008. The U.S. goods trade [...]	2008-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV
08LIMA1865	ARMY COMMANDER'S REMARKS SOUR RELATIONS WITH CHILE [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Chilean remarks by Army Commander General Edwin Donayre have tensed the Peru/Chile bilateral relationship. While the remarks were made two years ago in a private military gathering, a Peruvian Congressman recently forwarded a YouTube video of them to Chilean legislators, pr [...]	2008-12-03 21:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PINR CI PE
08LIMA1868	TWO MINISTRIES QUIETLY SHUFFLED [...] (C) In a low-key November 29 ceremony, President Garcia made two quiet changes to his new cabinet. Enrique Cornejo shifted from his position as Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation to take over Veronica Zavala's portfolio in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. (A r [...]	2008-12-03 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1876	PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peruvian National Police (PNP) suspect that Shining Path forces in the Upper Huallaga Valley (SL-UHV) ambushed a police convoy November 26, killing five and injuring four others. Observers speculate the attack may have been retribution to earlier drug seizures by police in the [...]	2008-12-05 19:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC PE
08LIMA194	FORE VISIT: FOSTERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of US Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore, during her January 10-11 visit to Peru, underscored the importance of public, private and civil society collaboration to foster development. To this end, Director Fore attended a signing ceremony on January 10th to launch a partn [...]	2008-01-31 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR PINR PE
08LIMA196	"SHINING PATH": WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The terrorist organization "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso or SL) is currently comprised of two distinct groups, according to analysts. One consists largely of long-time SL members and "true believers" in the Maoist ideology who are reportedly working within civic organizations a [...]	2008-02-01 17:42:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA304	PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...]	2008-02-21 23:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE
08LIMA389	RADICALS HIJACK CUSCO PROTESTS; CITY LOSES APEC [...] (C... id: 144228 date: 3/4/2008 17:59 refid: 08LIMA389 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0950 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0389/01 0641759 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041759Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8088 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION P [...]	2008-03-04 17:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA390	SUSPECTED "BOLIVARIAN" TERRORISTS DETAINED AT [...] (SBU) Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) February 29 in the northern region of Tumbes arrested seven alleged members of the "Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee" (Coordinadora Nacional Bolivariana -- CNB),including the organization's pr [...]	2008-03-04 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL EC PE
08LIMA397	GARCIA SEEKS SOLUTIONS WITH "AGITATED" CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa flew to Lima on March 4th to meet President Alan Garcia on the first stop of a regional tour to drum up support for his country in the aftermath of Colombia's raid on the FARC inside Ecuador. According to a readout from Peru's Foreign Minister, Co [...]	2008-03-05 21:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO EC PE
08LIMA417	DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Instructed by President Garcia, a commission of experts presented draft legislation on March 3 establishing an Environment Ministry in Peru and outlining its structure and responsibilities. After discussion and tweaking by the Council of Ministers, the GOP plans on creating the Ministry [...]	2008-03-07 16:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN PGOV USTR PE
08LIMA470	UNIONS LOOK AT THE PERUVIAN LABOR SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many political analysts and labor officials agree on the fundamental labor issues facing the government of Peru as implementation of the U.S. and Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) draws closer. The most pressing is reducing the size of the informal economy and providing mo [...]	2008-03-14 21:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON PE
08LIMA480	EUROPEAN NGOS, LOCAL RADICALS, AND VENEZUELA PLAN PROTESTS AGAINST EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 22:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA488	FINANCE MINISTER, CENTRAL BANKER TALK TO TREASURY DAS [...] SUMMARY. Finance Minister Luis Carranza and Central Bank President Julio Velarde told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill March 8 that they were concerned about the appreciation of the Nuevo sol vis a vis the weakening dollar, and the inflation that they attributed to increases [...]	2008-03-18 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE
08LIMA489	GOP INVESTIGATES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In response to its growing concern about Venezuelan government meddling in Peru, the Garcia administration has arrested suspected "Bolivarian" terrorists and launched a public information campaign to highlight the threat. A congressional sub-committee found that Caracas has a th [...]	2008-03-18 22:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE PE
08LIMA490	REGIONAL PRESIDENT PROPOSES AUTONOMY FOR PUNO [...] (C) Summary: Puno Regional President Hernan Fuentes on March 16 publicly proposed converting his region into an autonomous federal state. This latest proposal follows several initiatives by Fuentes that have irked the central government, including a recent decree decriminalizing coca. Fuente [...]	2008-03-18 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO PE
08LIMA564	"ARC OF THE PACIFIC" INITIATIVE QUIETLY PROGRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Eleven Latin American governments led by Peru's President Alan Garcia launched the "Arc of the Pacific" initiative in Cali, Colombia in January 2007 as a new forum to promote Latin American economic and political integration. The Arc initiative so far has held two ministerial-lev [...]	2008-04-02 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PE
08LIMA663	THE ALBA HOUSE THREAT [...] (C) Summary: The primary purpose of the so-called "ALBA houses" established within Peru during the last year is to spread Bolivarian propaganda via programs like the Venezuelan "Miracle Mission" that provides eye surgeries to poor Peruvians. The most sober reports suggest there are between ni [...]	2008-04-16 18:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PE PINR
08LIMA72	PERU TAKES CHILE BORDER DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summar id: 137434 date: 1/15/2008 22:55 refid: 08LIMA72 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0072/01 0152255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 152255Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7654 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNC [...]	2008-01-15 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA739	PERU'S "SUCCESS": A VIEW FROM THE LEFT [...] (C) Summary: Whatever the manifest positive impact of Peru's economic success, many Peruvians have failed to benefit from it, according to our labor, social sector and "anti-systemic" contacts. This situation has led to a rising sense of frustration and discontent with the government, exacer [...]	2008-04-29 18:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR PE
08LIMA745	GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...]	2008-04-30 18:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR PE
08LIMA805	PERU: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY 2008 [...] (C) Poloff on May 7 contacted MFA Chief of International Security and Disarmament Liliam Ballon regarding reftel demarche. Ballon explained that the MFA had forwarded to Peru's MOD our invitation to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) outreach workshop May 29 in Washington. Ba [...]	2008-05-07 21:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
08LIMA825	PERU: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 12:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PE
08LIMA845	"SUMMIT OF THE PEOPLES" COUNTER-SUMMIT LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian leftist groups and European NGOs on May 13th launched a four-day-long Summit of the Peoples as a counterpoint to the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Summit (May 13th-17th). The main event will be a rally on May 16th attended by Bolivian President Evo Morales a [...]	2008-05-13 21:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA895	ANTI-SUMMIT PEACEFUL, GENERAL SECURITY A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The "Summit of the Peoples" anti-summit (May 13-16) that coincided with the Latin America and Caribbean - European Union Summit (EU-LAC) last week proceeded peacefully despite government concern. The anti-summit attracted thousands of social movement leaders from Peru, Latin Ameri [...]	2008-05-20 21:33:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC REL PINR PE
08LIMA948	MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...]	2008-05-30 20:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE
08LISBON1012	PORTUGUESE OPPOSITION SEEKS NEW LEADER [...] (C) Summary. In the race to lead the major center-right party, the able and unifying Manuela Ferreira Leite faces the polarizing but canny Pedro Santana Lopes. Santana Lopes, a former party leader and Prime Minister, has a significant faction behind him, but his widely disparaged government makes m [...]	2008-04-26 08:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PO
08LISBON1050	PORTUGAL: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post does not have any investment disputes to report regarding the GOP nationalizing or expropriating property, repudiating or nullifying contracts, and/or taking any other action with the effect of seizing ownership or control of the property of any United States citizen. 2. Post's contact [...]	2008-04-30 13:38:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
08LISBON1078	BURMA: APRIL GAERC CONCLUSIONS ACCURATELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 17:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM
08LISBON1130	PM SOCRATES HEADS TO VENEZUELA: OIL-FOR-FOOD AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Socrates has two principal objectives for his visit to Venezuela May 13-15, according to his diplomatic advisor for Latin American issues, Frederico Ludovice. He intends both to strengthen ties to the 500,000-strong community of Portuguese citizens resident in Venezuela [...]	2008-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV VE PO
08LISBON1155	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with President Cavaco Silva on May 13 for a full hour (half an hour longer than scheduled). The warm, candid discussion mainly covered Kosovo, Afghanistan, and European energy security. Cavaco Silva also raised Guantanamo rendition flights and Venezuela. On Kosovo, Ca [...]	2008-05-14 16:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ENRG PGOV PINR MARR PO AF SR VE
08LISBON1234	PORTUGAL: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] SUMMARY: When it comes to rising cost of food and agricultural commodities, Portugal is one of the most vulnerable member-states in the European Union (EU). In fact, the average Portuguese family will spend 620 euros (974 USD) more for food in 2008 - a 38% increase over 2007. This vulnerabi [...]	2008-05-23 16:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LISBON1238	NEW POLICIES NEEDED FOR KOSOVO AND LEBANON; OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent reported that the EU ministers needed to quickly develop an alternative strategy for the mission transition in Kosovo to avoid a gap between the UN and EU forces. She added that Portugal was in "no rush" to recognize Kosovo at this poin [...]	2008-05-23 17:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1279	CONTACT UPDATES FOR LEADING PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT [...] This is in response to reftel request for updated information for Portuguese leaders. Country: Portuguese Republic Date: May 28, 2008 Head of Government Last/Family Name: Socrates First/Middle Names: Jose Conventional Usage: Jose Socrates Formal Title: Prime Minister of the Portugu [...]	2008-06-02 09:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PO
08LISBON1291	ISAF ALLIES WEIGHING IN WITH PORTUGAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. Resident Ambassadors from NATO nations with uncaveated and militarily significant contributions to ISAF gave the ambassador a readout June 2 of their views regarding Portugal's contributions to that mission. While none of them have lobbied the GOP regarding the withdrawal of [...]	2008-06-02 17:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF PO
08LISBON1343	PORTUGAL RELUCTANT TO NAME NATIONS IN U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Portugal would like to keep the U.S.-EU Summit declaration language on Latin America general, according to MFA Director for American Affairs Helena Coutinho. Regarding Cuba in particular, Coutinho said the EU preferred private engagement on human rights issues and was concerned that "si [...]	2008-06-09 16:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PO
08LISBON1397	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent outlined internal EU disagreements on how best to proceed on Zimbabwe, Cuba, and the Olympics, but underscored that the group was largely united on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) and Georgia. [...]	2008-06-16 14:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1402	BLOCKADE SPARKS PANIC AT THE PUMPS AND IN STORES [...] (U) A three-day truckers' blockade protesting rising fuel costs triggered panic gas purchases as people flocked to fill their gas tanks before the supply ran out. The blockade, which began on June 9, visibly affected southern Portugal, including Lisbon. After just 48 hours, several supermarke [...]	2008-06-16 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ELAB PO
08LISBON156	PORTUGAL'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly dive [...]	2008-01-18 08:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PO
08LISBON157	PORTUGAL'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly dive [...]	2008-01-18 08:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PO
08LISBON1592	PORTUGAL REMARKS ON POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID BMGT EUN
08LISBON1655	PORTUGAL POLDIR: CONCERN ON IRAN, WAIT ON KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary. While just absorbing his portfolios, new MFA Political Director Nuno Brito relayed his optimism for a negotiated suspension of Iranian uranium enrichment. Brito also doubted Portugal would recognize Kosovo before September, but would maintain its support for NATO and EU missi [...]	2008-07-11 13:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC PGOV PO YI KV IR
08LISBON1674	PORTUGAL AIRLINE AGAINST BIODATA COLLECTION BURDEN [...] Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) conveyed to Consul General and PolEconOff the strong concern of the Portuguese flag air carrier TAP about proposed regulations for biometric data collection by airlines under the US-VISIT program. In the July 11 meeting Deputy Director General for [...]	2008-07-14 15:00:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON1725	PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW THE PACK AT JULY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA Officer Pedro Almeida predicted that, after last month's busy Lisbon Treaty debate, this GAERC agenda would be non-controversial and cover the usual business. He told us that Portugal would support EU consensus on Iran, Somalia, Chad, and Zimbabwe, despite some res [...]	2008-07-18 10:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1726	PORTUGUESE MOJ GOALS ON GUINEA-BISSAU, A CRY FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Portuguese MOJ recommends three immediate projects to aid rule of law efforts in Guinea-Bissau. Recognizing the difficulty of operating with the host government and frustrated with the pace of decision-making in the U.N., MOJ officials asked us to share the MOJ's views with [...]	2008-07-18 10:49:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PU PO
08LISBON1782	PORTUGAL LIKELY TO OPT FOR INDIRECT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Portugal agrees that Colombian insurgent groups, which continue to hold more than 700 captives hostage, are using a cruel and inhumane tactic and should be urged to stop immediately. MFA Director for South American Affairs Joao Baptista told us that Portugal fully agrees with our criticis [...]	2008-07-23 15:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO PO
08LISBON1815	PORTUGAL: NO PROBLEMS ON NAM, TURKEY, OR SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 16:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PO IR SY TU
08LISBON1975	PORTUGAL DEFERS TO EU ON STRONGER BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (U) Portugal continues to support the EU consensus regarding sanctions against Burma, according to Joao Terenas of the MFA's Asia Office. Terenas thanked us for the briefing on stronger U.S. sanctions but declined to comment on the prospects for stronger EU sanctions pending further discussio [...]	2008-08-08 17:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD BM PO
08LISBON1976	PORTUGUESE FM AMADO EXPLAINS STANCE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) In a cordial, one-on-one dinner with the Ambassador on August 7, FM Luis Amado confided that domestic political considerations and the Portuguese-Serbian relationship had delayed Portugal's recognition of Kosovo thus far. Nevertheless, he told the Ambassador that the GOP would recognize Ko [...]	2008-08-08 17:20:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PO
08LISBON221	PORTUGUESE VIEWPOINTS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 28-29 [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of the GAERC meeting on January 28 and 29. She offered frank insights into the internal EU discussions on Kosovo, Iran, Kenya, and on the new practice of "restricted sessions." 2. [...]	2008-01-25 17:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2301	LISBON SEEKS LOW PROFILE ON RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Post delivered ref demarches on Russia/Georgia and Kosovo/ICJ. Portugal does not want a public role in condemning Russia over the conflict in Georgia. The Portuguese are hoping for a lessening of current rhetoric in order to put greater emphasis on the Six Point Plan. Separ [...]	2008-08-29 15:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS KV RS PO
08LISBON2388	PORTUGAL FOCUSES ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal is expected to remain in the background on most of the Gymnich discussions this week including Russia and Georgia, the Middle East, and EU Security Strategy, but will take the lead on the Trans-Atlantic presentation. Portuguese FM Amado will prompt the EU ministers [...]	2008-09-05 08:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL PGOV PHUM
08LISBON2514	PORTUGAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AT SEPTEMBER 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal has no plans to present or direct discussion at the September 15-16 GAERC meeting. MFA officials expressed cautious optimism about political developments in Zimbabwe and Belarus. They told us that the GOP fully supports EU efforts to stabilize the Somali coast and Geo [...]	2008-09-12 17:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI TU GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2589	PORTUGAL HAS NO COMMENT ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 11:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PO
08LISBON2595	PORTUGUESE NATO CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarches, Portuguese MFA Deputy Director for Security and Disarmament Paolo Teles da Gama told us September 19 that he had been tasked by Political Director Nuno Brito to develop options for further Portuguese contributions to the International Security Assistance For [...]	2008-09-19 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF AL HR IZ PO
08LISBON2596	PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA DEMARCHE [...] (C) DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Portuguese MFA diplomatic advisor Francisco Ribeiro Menezes on September 19. Menezes expressed firm support for the US position in the disputes with Bolivia and Venezuela, adding that Portugal had taken note of US "moderation". Sayin [...]	2008-09-19 17:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PO BL
08LISBON2597	PORTUGAL REGRETS FOR 23 SEPTEMBER EU27 CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 17:34:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON2629	(S/NF) PORTUGAL: "WE KNOW CHAVEZ IS A CRAZY MAN [...] (C) Summary: Hugo Chavez visited Portugal on September 27, at the end of a trip that included stops in Cuba, China, Russia, and France. Portugal has warmed towards Venezuela recently and become the EU nation most visited by Chavez over the past year. In addition to protecting the large Portuguese p [...]	2008-10-07 10:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON2635	PORTUGAL ON PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 14:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM PO
08LISBON2636	PORTUGAL: FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSES STRAIN BUT NO [...] Portuguese banks and financial institutions have adequate capital to ensure solvency and limited exposure to the devalued assets plaguing larger financial institutions elsewhere in Europe, yet the Portuguese public is nervous about recent difficulties of large U.S. and European institutions a [...]	2008-10-08 15:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PO

08LISBON2641	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS TOUGHER LINE ON BELARUS AT [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA officials Isabel Ferreira and Florbela Cardy stressed that Portugal and the EU agree with the main points of reftel demarche on Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus. While Portugal plans to follow the EU consensus on most votes, Cardy did mention that Portugal and the Ne [...]	2008-10-09 15:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	BO GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2643	PORTUGAL RESPONSE: NATO AND UNGA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PO AF IZ
08LISBON2648	(SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...]	2008-10-16 12:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON2658	PORTUGAL'S PARTICIPATION IN EULEX (C-RE8-01061) [...] (C) Following Portugal's recent recognition of Kosovo (Ref A),Portuguese MFA Deputy Director for Security and Defense Luis Leandro da Silva told us that they fully support the EU Mission. He further noted that, although not every EU member state recognizes Kosovo, the EU has achieved consensu [...]	2008-10-22 12:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL EUN KV PO
08LISBON2659	PORTUGAL'S 2009 BUDGET TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Portuguese Government's 2009 budget request maintains the record low budget deficit that was achieved last year (2.2% of GDP). There are no major policy or spending shifts in the budget request and, for that reason, there was little significant criticism from opposition pa [...]	2008-10-22 13:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PO
08LISBON2672	PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON BOSNIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 12:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PO
08LISBON2689	(C) WHY PORTUGAL IS SOFT ON RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Portugal has shown itself to be notably reluctant to criticize Russian misbehavior in recent months. There is no single reason for this, but rather a combination of Portugal's new economic diplomacy, a desire to find a "balance" on tough issues, and some preconceptions on the [...]	2008-11-03 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS PO
08LISBON2690	PORTUGAL'S TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE LUSO-BRAZILIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 28, Brazil hosted the Ninth Luso-Brazilian Summit in Salvador, Brazil. The summit is held biennially to discuss common bilateral agendas, and this year included discussions on the financial crisis, the status of the Doha Round and the signing of ten bilateral commercia [...]	2008-11-04 09:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV BR PO
08LISBON2694	PORTUGAL BANK NATIONALIZATION RATIFIED [...] (U) The Portuguese parliament ratified the nationalization of Banco Portugues de Negocios (BPN) announced by Finance Minister Teixeira dos Santos on November 2. The takeover, the first bank nationalization in Portugal since 1975, was prompted after days of negotiation failed to produce an a [...]	2008-11-07 11:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PO
08LISBON2698	AFRICA COMMAND DCMA COORDINATES WITH PORTUGUESE [...] (U) Summary: Africa Command DCMA Amb. Yates conducted meetings with civilian interlocutors in Lisbon November 4 to develop potential partnerships, particularly in Lusophone Africa. Representatives from the Ministries of Interior and Justice lauded existing trilateral cooperation with the US i [...]	2008-11-07 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL XA PO
08LISBON2699	PORTUGAL REITERATES OUTSTANDING BOSNIA COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Florbela Cardy and Isabel Ferreira of the Portuguese MFA expressed general Portugal and EU agreement with reftel points. Cardy stressed EU resolve for Bosnia to meet its 5 2 Agenda commitments and downplayed concerns about the EU/Russia summit. Cardy said the EU is encouraged b [...]	2008-11-07 17:20:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN BK RS IZ AF BM PO PHUM
08LISBON2702	PORTUGAL ON GAERC SUPPLEMENT DEALING WITH RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 10:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV RS PO
08LISBON2708	MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE FORMIN AMADO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stephenson met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Amado November 13 and touched on a range of key topics. Amado is laying the political groundwork for an increase in Portugal's contribution to ISAF in Afghanistan, but new boots are unlikely to hit the ground before early [...]	2008-11-13 17:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON2728	PORTUGAL CONCERNED WITH DEA EXPULSION, HOPES EU [...] (C) Portugal shares U.S. concerns regarding potential increased coca cultivation, drug trafficking, and crime as a result of the GOB's expulsion of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). In response to reftel demarche points, MFA Director for Latin America Joao Baptista told us that Portugal and [...]	2008-11-21 15:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR PO
08LISBON273	PORTUGUESE PM SOCRATES REPLACES TWO MINISTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid growing criticism by the public over service cutbacks and other austerity measures, Prime Minister Socrates accepted the resignations of the Ministers of Health and Culture on January 29. Both outgoing ministers were publicly criticized for mishandling aspects of their por [...]	2008-02-01 14:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PO
08LISBON2736	PORTUGAL - GPAF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV PO
08LISBON2754	PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 10:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU PO
08LISBON2756	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU CONSENSUS ON ALL DECEMBER 8-9 [...] (SBU) Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU shares US concerns about Pakistan, the Western Balkans, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Middle East as outlined in reftel demarche. She further noted that Portugal fully agreed with the draft conclusions to be p [...]	2008-12-05 17:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON2765	PORTUGAL TO SEND MEDICAL UNIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Jorge Roza de Oliveira, Diplomatic Adviser to Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, told us December 5 that Portugal would provide additional contributions to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in the wake of the Portuguese C-130,s December 2008 departu [...]	2008-12-11 09:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF PO
08LISBON2769	PORTUGAL URGES EU TO ACCEPT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado sent the letter below to his European Union counterparts December 10 calling for an EU response to help the U.S. close the Guantanamo detention center, specifically by accepting detainees for resettlement. (U) Begin text of letter: Lisbon, 10 Dec [...]	2008-12-12 14:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PREF PO CU
08LISBON2780	PORTUGAL: PROBLEMS AT THE LUSO-AMERICAN FOUNDATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In 1985, with the USAID mission to Portugal closing its doors, the U.S. and Portuguese governments created the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon to address Portugal's development challenges and to promote U.S.-Portuguese cooperation. The USG subsequently contr [...]	2008-12-15 16:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AMGT EAID OEXC SCUL PO
08LISBON2781	CODEL HASTINGS AND THE OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Hastings visited Portugal to report to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Joao Soares regarding Hastings' recent trip through North Africa and the Middle East. Hastings will develop a proposal to allow the OSCE,s Maghreb partners to participate more fully in OSCE [...]	2008-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OSCE PGOV PO PREL
08LISBON2788	PORTUGAL: NUCLEAR ENERGY OVERVIEW [...] The following presents the information requested reftel regarding civilian nuclear energy in Portugal, provided by Teresa Tavares, Deputy for International Relations at the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Bento Morais Sarmento, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Energy and [...]	2008-12-18 11:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PO
08LISBON350	PORTUGUESE LAMENT ELUSIVENESS OF EU KOSOVO UNITY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Portuguese MFA political director said he expects the EU to take as long as a week or two to achieve a consensus EU reaction to a Kosovar declaration of independence. He said some member states have made preparations difficult, that final negotiations cannot take place un [...]	2008-02-12 17:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV MOPS PO ZL
08LISBON395	PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO IN OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 09:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV UN YI EU PREL OSCE PO
08LISBON427	PORTUGUESE POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 18-19 [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha stressed that the February GAERC would be focused heavily on how to coordinate a unified response to a Kosovar coordinated declaration of independence (CDI). In addition, she responded to reftel points on the Middle East, Chad, Kenya, and Myanmar [...]	2008-02-19 12:19:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN PO
08LISBON509	PORTUGUESE RESPOND TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal has several suggestions and goals to ensure active participation in the Community of Democracies (CD),clear missions with results, and reforms to reinvigorate non-Convening Group member states, according to MFA Deputy DG Antonio Ricoca Freire. Nevertheless, the MFA ha [...]	2008-02-27 16:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PO
08LISBON510	PORTUGAL-U.S. BILATERAL COMMISSION; KOSOVO, [...] (U) Summary. The 23rd U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission examined the state of the bilateral relationship. Portugal will not remove its battalion in Kosovo, supports NATO membership for three MAP countries, and will present its action plan for the Community of Democracies in the near future. [...]	2008-02-27 16:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS KDEM PGOV ELAB PO XH AF
08LISBON511	PORTUGAL: NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (SBU) The selection of Raul Castro as Cuba's president will not alter Portugal's support for the EU's dual-track approach of pressing for political reform while actively engaging members of civil society. The MFA Americas Director does not foresee any radical change but does see possible eco [...]	2008-02-27 17:05:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU EUN PREL PO
08LISBON584	PORTUGAL WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON VISA WAIVER [...] (SBU) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Lisbon's Consul General delivered reftel points to representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, top officials indicated that Portugal 'fully shares' the EU Commission's view that visa [...]	2008-03-07 12:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KPAO CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER PO
08LISBON594	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON THE MARCH GAERC [...] (SBU) Assistant EU Correspondent Pedro Severo de Almeida responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of March's GAERC meeting. He confirmed that the ministers planned to discuss the Balkans, Middle East Peace Process, Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Iran. He also noted the possibil [...]	2008-03-10 12:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF IR GG IS PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON70	TREATY OF LISBON: PORTUGAL TO AVOID REFERENDUM [...] (U) Portuguese Prime Minister Socrates confirmed in the National Assembly January 9 that he will not submit the EU reform treaty (the "Treaty of Lisbon") to a national referendum. Instead, he will send it to the National Assembly for parliamentary ratification. 2. (U) Socrates' governing S [...]	2008-01-09 16:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PO
08LISBON811	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Director: Your visit to Portugal will be the first high-level ONDCP visit since 1998 and underscores both our interest and concern about increasing cocaine flows through Portugal into Europe. As you may know, Portugal saw a marked increase in cocaine seizures in 2005 and 2006, fol [...]	2008-04-03 08:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC PO
08LISBON874	PORTUGAL STRENGTHENS ITS COUNTERTERRORISM TOOLS [...] (C) Portugal has faced a lower threat profile than nearby European nations despite its proximity to past terrorism targets like Spain, the UK, and Morocco. Nevertheless, the government of Portugal (GOP) has heeded the warnings from the attacks in London in 2005 and Madrid in 2004 by enhancing [...]	2008-04-10 16:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PO
08LJUBLJANA107	INTERIOR MINISTER ON VWP, DATA SHARING, AND MORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 5 meeting with Charge dQAffaires (CDA) Maryruth Coleman, Interior Minister Dragutin Mate offered insight into the European UnionQs internal divisions over the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP),[...]	2008-03-05 15:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL EUN ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA113	SLOVENIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) On March 5, Slovenia's Parliament convened in an extraordinary session and voted 57-4 to recognize Kosovo. It approved the Government's Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo, which the Cabinet had adopted on February 21 (ref A). The MPs supported the position of FM Rupel, who represente [...]	2008-03-06 11:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA114	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10-11 GAERC [...] (C) In their March 5 meeting, European Correspondent Aljaz Arih told ADCM that the Foreign Ministers would issue Council conclusions on Bosnia and Herzogovina, the Stability Pact/Regional Cooperation Council (RCC),Afghanistan, Pakistan, the WTO, and Zimbabwe. He noted that other than the Cou [...]	2008-03-06 11:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE SI
08LJUBLJANA115	SCENESETTER FOR A/G MUKASEY AND DHS CHERTOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your visit. You will be the first USG Cabinet level visitors to Slovenia since it assumed the EU Presidency at the beginning of this year, and your meetings and events during your stay should bolster our already close ties with this country. From the o [...]	2008-03-06 16:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI
08LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA122	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT [...] (SBU) On March 12, Emboff met with Polonca Smole, desk officer for Iran at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to urge Slovenia, in its role as president of the Council of the European Union, to issue a statement after Iran's parliamentary elections condemning the elections for [...]	2008-03-13 07:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA127	SLOVENIA AGREES WITH U.S. VIEWS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On March 18, Emboff met with Matjaz Marko from the Asia and Pacific Division at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver reftel talking points urging Slovenia to make clear to the Burmese regime that the planned May referendum on the regime's draft constitution should adhere [...]	2008-03-18 15:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM SI
08LJUBLJANA134	USAID LAC A/A BONICELLI DISCUSSES CUBAN TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 13 - 14, USAID Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean Paul Bonicelli met with Slovene officials to discuss U.S. - EU cooperation on development assistance to Cuba if and when a true transition on the island occurs. All Slovene officials agreed that d [...]	2008-03-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAD PGOV CU SI
08LJUBLJANA141	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 26, A/DCM delivered reftel's points on the March 28-29 Gymnich to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih noted that, in keeping with Slovenia's focus on the Balkans during its Presidency, FM Rupel had decided to devote the second day of the informal FMs' meeting to the Western Ba [...]	2008-03-26 11:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PHUM IS SY LE RS CH SI
08LJUBLJANA142	EU COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS - LISBON STRATEGY, CLIMATE AND [...] (U) The March 13-14 European Council resulted in the launch of the second cycle of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, ratification of the EU's climate and energy package, and proposals to create greater stability in the financial markets. Slovenian Prime Minister and EU Council [...]	2008-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA145	SLOVENIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, MFA Director of Division for Security Policy Stanislav Vidovic discussed with Emboff Slovenia's expectations for the April 2 - 4 NATO Summit in Bucharest. Vidovic expressed doubt that Slovenia will announce any increase or restructuring of its International Security [...]	2008-03-27 15:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EUN SI NATO
08LJUBLJANA146	SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY AT THE HALFWAY POINT [...] (C) Slovenia has made the most of its limited resources during the first three months of its EU presidency by focusing on what it knows best and turning to outside sources for assistance in other areas. Slovenia appears more amenable than many previous small-country presidencies to seek guid [...]	2008-03-28 15:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI
08LJUBLJANA159	ECOFIN CONCLUSIONS - FIGHTING INFLATION, [...] (SBU) The Informal Meeting of the Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) held at Brdo April 4-5 produced no surprises as the Minsters for Finance and European Central Bank (ECB) governors from the 15 eurogroup members met to discuss "efficient and effective" strategies for contr [...]	2008-04-07 18:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA176	AS ITF CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF DEMINING, PM/WRA [...] (C) On April 10 - 11, PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and Senior Advisor on Conventional Weapons Destruction Mark Adams visited Ljubljana to attend the 20th Session of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) Advisory Board and an Honorary Session to mark [...]	2008-04-16 15:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PGOV SI
08LJUBLJANA185	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) On April 24, A/DCM delivered the April 28-29 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the GAERC would issue conclusions on Burma, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and the Western Balkans. He noted that Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and China/Tibet/Olympics were not on the agenda. [...]	2008-04-24 13:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SI
08LJUBLJANA188	SLOVENIA ENCOURAGES GREECE AND MACEDONIA TO [...] (C) On April 22, Emboffs met with MFA Security Policy Division official Darja Golez to deliver reftel points asking Slovenia to urge Greek leadership to renew its commitment and exert greater flexibility in negotiating a solution to the Macedonia name issue. Golez stressed that Slovenia strongl [...]	2008-04-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GR MK SI
08LJUBLJANA189	USDOC DYCK VISIT TO SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON TEC AND BILATERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck's early April meetings with senior officials SIPDIS from the Slovene government centered on the importance of moving the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) forward and stressed the value of increasing bilateral [...]	2008-04-28 07:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA195	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Slovenia is an EU and eurozone member with a high level of political and economic stability. Rising food prices have not yet had any environmental impact in Slovenia. The main political and economic impact of increases in consumer food prices in Slovenia is in regards to inflation. Slov [...]	2008-04-30 10:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA20	EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LUNCH FOCUSES ON KOSOVO [...] (C) At the January 11 EU luncheon, EUR A/S Dan Fried urged the EU Political Directors not to delay Kosovo's independence, anticipated after the second round of the Serbian elections February 3. The Slovenian Chair, Political Director Mitja Drobnic, and A/S Fried both recognized how far the EU [...]	2008-01-15 16:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA200	SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY CALLING FOR FREE AND FAIR [...] (C) On May 5, Emboff met with MFA Asia, Africa, and Pacific Division Third Secretary Matjaz Marko to deliver reftel points urging the GOS to join the US in speaking out against the flawed May 10 referendum in the pre- and post-referendum periods. Marko said the Slovenian EU Presidency had pr [...]	2008-05-05 15:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM SI
08LJUBLJANA207	SLOVENIA SENDS AID TO BURMA AND WORKS ON LARGER EU [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA State Secretary Matjaz Sinkovec on May 9, Charge d,Affaires Maryruth Coleman inquired about the GOS relief efforts to Burma and urged the GOS to join the U.S. in encouraging the Burmese regime to allow international relief teams access to the affected areas as soon as [...]	2008-05-09 14:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BM SI
08LJUBLJANA208	EU TRANSPORT MINISTERS FOCUS ON TRAN-EUROPEAN [...] (U) At their May 6 informal meeting, EU transport ministers examined the status of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and discussed measures needed to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020. At a related press conference, Slovene Minister of Transport and Transport Council p [...]	2008-05-12 12:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN EAIR EWWT SENV PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA212	SLOVENIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Slovenia for the U.S.-EU Summit provides an excellent opportunity to acknowledge the remarkable progress made in this small but dynamic country since your visit in 2001. Over the past seven years, Slovenia's own accomplishments reflect progress to a Europe that is [...]	2008-05-14 07:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA218	SLOVENIA FOLLOWS EU POSITION ON LEBANON CRISIS AND [...] (C) On May 19, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Miljan Majhen, MFA Minister Plenipotentiary in the Division for Asia, Africa and the Pacific and European Union (EU) COMEM and COMAG Chair, conveying strong support of the Arab League's mediation of the Lebanon crisis and for the agreement annou [...]	2008-05-20 16:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR SI
08LJUBLJANA219	CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR URGES EU TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) During his May 5-6 visit to Slovenia to meet with EU transport officials during the informal meeting of EU transport ministers, Congressman James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, suggested increased U.S.-EU cooperation to set global standards f [...]	2008-05-20 17:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT SENV PREL PGOV EUN OREP SI
08LJUBLJANA223	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 26-27 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 21, A/DCM delivered the May 26-27 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the "jumbo" GAERC, which would include Development and Defense Ministers, would issue conclusions on Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, the Western B [...]	2008-05-21 18:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08LJUBLJANA23	EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA MEETING FINDS COMMON [...] (C) At the January 11 U.S. - EU Troika meeting, A/S Fried and EU Presidency, Council, and Commission representatives generally found common ground on Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Burma. On Iran, the EU advised that even a weak UNSCR would help pave the way for stronger EU sanctions. The [...]	2008-01-18 08:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA231	SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY RELEASING A STATEMENT [...] (C) On May 23, Emboff discussed Burma donor's conference reftels with MFA Asia, Africa, and Pacific Division Third Secretary Matjaz Marko. Emboff urged the GOS to join the U.S. in speaking out against the Burmese regime if an agreement is not reached during the Burma conference to allow an i [...]	2008-05-23 14:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM SI
08LJUBLJANA235	SLOVENIAN FM LOOKING FORWARD TO U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) At a May 28 lunch, Foreign Minister Rupel stressed to the Ambassador that Slovenia hoped the message of the June 10 U.S.-EU Summit would be our strong transatlantic partnership. He added that the bilateral meetings should not be as prominent. FM Rupel also highlighted the helpful role of [...]	2008-05-29 09:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI
08LJUBLJANA237	SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION [...] (C) On May 30, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Barbara Susnik, MFA U.S. Desk Officer and COTRA National delegate, and informed her of the USG positions regarding U.S.-EU Summit Declaration text on issues relating to Latin America and Missile Defense. An anxious Susnik worried that it would [...]	2008-05-30 14:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PHUM PREL CU SI
08LJUBLJANA238	AMBASSADOR GHAFARI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, four days after arriving in Ljubljana, Yousif B. Ghafari presented his credentials as the new U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia to President Turk. At a follow-on courtesy call the President and the Ambassador agreed on the need for greater U.S. business activity in Sloveni [...]	2008-05-30 15:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI
08LJUBLJANA24	EUR A/S FRIED URGES SWIFT COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) In each of his bilateral meetings in Ljubljana January 10-11, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed the U.S.-EU Summit, saying that it is likely to be in June and planning is underway. In meetings with the PM's advisors and the MFA, they identified possible themes for the summit as regional issues, [...]	2008-01-18 10:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA245	SLOVENIA TO CONSIDER INFORMATION FUSION CENTER [...] (C) On May 30, DCM Maryruth Coleman met with Director Joze Romsek of the Slovene Ministry of Interior (MOI) Police Directorate (PD) to discuss the concept of an Information Fusion Center (IFC). The DCM suggested that Slovenia consider developing an IFC to facilitate the sharing of intelligenc [...]	2008-06-05 13:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER MASS ASEC PREL MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA255	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) On June 12, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the June 16-17 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said the GAERC, which had a very long agenda, would issue conclusions on Cuba, the Western Balkans, Somalia, Sudan, DRoC, and Central Asia (without a discussion). The FMs would sen [...]	2008-06-12 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE CU
08LJUBLJANA256	MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON DEPLOYMENTS, ACQUISITIONS, [...] (C) In a June 11 introductory call on Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, Ambassador Ghafari expressed appreciation for Slovenian Armed Forces support of the June 9 - 10 POTUS visit and for the contributions Slovenia has made to NATO missions in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Erjavec thanke [...]	2008-06-12 13:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS MARR MCAP SI
08LJUBLJANA29	SLOVENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ESDP DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD [...] (C) On January 17, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpaper to Andrej Slapnicar of the MFA Security Policy Division, who stated that Slovenia appreciates U.S. support for the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) deployment to Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) and noted t [...]	2008-01-23 05:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN MARR PGOV PREL CD SI
08LJUBLJANA293	SLOVENIA EU PRESIDENCY - HUMANITARIAN AID FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 13:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EUN BM SI
08LJUBLJANA299	SLOVENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On July 1, A/DCM discussed the upcoming July 11 Kosovo Donors Conference with Leon Marc, head of the MFA's Division for Southeastern Europe, and encouraged Slovenia to pledge at the EC-sponsored donors' conference. Marc said that although the government had not yet cleared the amount of th [...]	2008-07-01 09:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV UNMIK YI KPKO KVIR SI
08LJUBLJANA32	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 28 GAERC [...] (C) In their January 24 meeting, Deputy European Correspondent Aljaz Arih explained to ADCM that now that Slovenia had the Presidency, it would not express strong positions on the issues. Instead, Slovenia's main task was to organize the GAERCs and put all the issues together. He said, howev [...]	2008-01-24 16:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR IS SY SI PGOV PK KE
08LJUBLJANA323	SLOVENIAN RESPONSE FOR JULY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs met with Aljaz Arih, Head of the CFSP Unit at the MFA, to deliver reftel points in advance of the July 22 - 23 for the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. IRAN ---- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Emboff urged the Government of Slovenia (GOS),[...]	2008-07-18 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08LJUBLJANA33	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS FURTHER PRESSURE ON BURMA BUT [...] (C) On January 23, Emboff met with Ambassador Janez Premoze, Chairman of the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party (COASI),to urge Slovenia and the EU to adopt a ban on the import of gems and hardwood originating in Burma (per reftel A) and to review any plans by Slovenian or EU companies to invest [...]	2008-01-25 13:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EPET EUN BM SI
08LJUBLJANA330	SLOVENIA ADOPTS STRICTER LAW PROTECTING SEXUAL RIGHTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, 2008, Slovenia will implement a new law regarding sexual crimes against minors. This new penal code establishes harsher sentences and new regulations. The most significant changes include a lifetime registry for offenders, the criminalization of possessing child [...]	2008-07-25 14:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA345	SLOVENIA NOT IN FAVOR OF NEW EU BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On August 5, emboffs met with Jasna Lhotka, Minister Plenipotentiary at the MFA's Asia, Africa and the Pacific Division, to notify Slovenia of the new U.S. sanctions on Burma and to seek Slovene views on the prospects for further tightening of EU sanctions targeting the Burma regime. Lhot [...]	2008-08-05 14:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM SI
08LJUBLJANA348	SLOVENIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS WITH SARG, BUT NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW SI
08LJUBLJANA349	SLOVENIA RELIEVED TURKEY'S ACCESSION PROCESS CAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 15:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA350	SLOVENIA AGREES TO KEEP PRESSURE ON FARC [...] (C) On August 5, Emboffs met with Natasa Furlan, MFA Americas Division, to encourage the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to condemn FARC human rights abuses and terrorist acts and to use its good offices to urge governments that provide support to the FARC to take demonstrable steps to terminate [...]	2008-08-05 15:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL EUN COL VE HR AF SI
08LJUBLJANA365	U.S. PROPOSED ELEMENTS FOR EU STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA389	SLOVENIA: EU SPEAKS WITH "ONE VOICE" ON RUSSIA'S [...] (C) On August 28, DCM met with Ambassador Ada Filip-Slivnik, Head of Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage Slovenian opposition to Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (reftel A). She said that she was surprised that Medved [...]	2008-08-29 09:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA398	SLOVENIA PREDICTS "DIFFICULT" SEPTEMBER 5-6 GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 4, Emboff delivered the points on Georgia and non-Georgia topics in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting (refs A and B) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Although Gymnichs are usually relaxed, Arih predicted that this one would be difficult because of Georgia. [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA407	JANSA COULD TURN BRIBERY ALLEGATION TO HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The September 1 Finnish TV program accusing PM Janez Jansa of accepting a bribe of up to 21 million euros in connection with the Slovenian Ministry of Defense 258 million euro deal to buy 135 Finnish Patria armored motorized vehicles (AMVs) has started a firestorm in Slovenia in [...]	2008-09-05 15:58:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR MASS SI
08LJUBLJANA408	JANSA COULD TURN BRIBERY ALLEGATION TO HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The September 1 Finnish TV program accusing PM Janez Jansa of accepting a bribe of up to 21 million euros in connection with the Slovenian Ministry of Defense 258 million euro deal to buy 135 Finnish Patria armored motorized vehicles (AMVs) has started a firestorm in Slovenia in t [...]	2008-09-08 14:58:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR MASS SI
08LJUBLJANA413	SLOVENIA PREDICTS "BORING" SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Emboff delivered our points in advance of the September 15-16 GAERC meeting (reftel) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih, who commented that this would be a "pretty boring GAERC." Arih said there would be Council Conclusions on Somalia, which would be the GAERC's mos [...]	2008-09-11 14:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZI SOCI YI TU GG RS
08LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UP FOR GRABS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conventional wisdom holds that incumbent PM Janez Jansa's Slovene Democratic Party (SDS) will win a plurality of votes on September 21, despite being dogged by scandal. However, most observers also expect the combined weight of the Left opposition parties to be greater than tha [...]	2008-09-11 14:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA42	SLOVENIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (U) Post has determined that there are no/no critical infrastructure or key resources (CI/KR) in Slovenia (as defined in para 4 of reftel) which - if destroyed, disrupted or exploited - might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the security, national economic security, national public [...]	2008-02-01 11:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER
08LJUBLJANA421	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: MARGINAL IMPACT ON [...] (C) Slovenia's September 21 parliamentary elections will either continue PM Janez Jansa's center-right government or bring in one led by a center-left coalition. In either case, however, we expect Slovenia to continue its deep, strong relationship with the U.S., and its active engagement in th [...]	2008-09-15 16:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA429	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS ON BOLIVIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 15:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASECSI KDEM SI
08LJUBLJANA431	LEFT STAGES SURPRISE UPSET IN SLOVENIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Unofficial results from the September 21 parliamentary elections indicate that the center-left Social Democrats (SD) defeated the center-right Slovene Democratic Party (SDS),leader in the governing coalition. SD won 30.5 percent of the vote, resulting in 29 parliamentary seats, [...]	2008-09-22 11:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA454	SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON RUSSIA'S NEIGHBOURS AT OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) On October 9 Emboff delivered our points in advance of the October 13 GAERC meeting (ref A) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih indicated that the FMs' discussions of Georgia at the GAERC would be linked t [...]	2008-10-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SI EUN PHUM
08LJUBLJANA459	SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Future Prime Minister Borut Pahor assured the Ambassador October 9 that he would continue the current government's foreign policy. However, he did not allow himself to be drawn into a discussion of details, and he alluded to conflicting demands from his likely coalition partners [...]	2008-10-14 06:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA460	SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA461	SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA468	SLOVENIA TO LEAVE DECISION ON SUPPORTING AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 15:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AF SI
08LJUBLJANA482	PM JANSA GIVES INCOMING GOVERNMENT THE BENEFIT OF [...] (C) During a one-on-one lunch with the Ambassador, outgoing PM Janez Jansa predicted that - with the exception of Iraq - Slovenia's foreign policy would not change much under the new center-left government, and that the U.S.-Slovenia relationship would continue to be strong. The consensus for [...]	2008-10-24 13:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MASS EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA486	SLOVENIA DUBIOUS EU WILL DO MUCH ON BOSNIA [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Leon Marc, Head of the Division for Southeastern Europe, to relay USG views on the deteriorating situation in Bosnia and Herzegovinia, per reftel. Marc stressed that the best leverage the EU has is the message that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can only enter [...]	2008-10-29 13:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK EU SI
08LJUBLJANA488	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...]	2008-10-30 13:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK
08LJUBLJANA502	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS BORUT PAHOR AS SLOVENIA'S NEW [...] (SBU) On November 7, Parliament voted 59 to 24 to confirm Borut Pahor, leader of the Social Democrats (SD),as Slovenia's Prime Minister. He immediately took office even though the rest of the government is not formed. It had been clear since SD's win in the September 21 elections that Pahor [...]	2008-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SI

08LJUBLJANA507	PM PAHOR PROPOSES CABINET [...] (C) On November 11, PM Borut Pahor announced his 18-member Cabinet, which includes five women and seven non-party candidates. Pahor will propose his cabinet to parliament the evening of November 13. We expect parliament to confirm the cabinet by November 21. Pahor succeeded in satisfying hi [...]	2008-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SI
08LJUBLJANA508	ITF ADVISORY BOARD REACHED CONSENSUS ON FUNCTIONAL [...] (C) On November 11, James Lawrence, acting director of PM/WRA, and emboff attended the semiannual Advisory Board meeting for the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) (reftel). The Advisory Board discussed the strategic review and strategic options for ITF's [...]	2008-11-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PGOV SI
08LJUBLJANA509	SLOVENIA: DEA EXPULSION CAN ONLY HARM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM BL SI
08LJUBLJANA517	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NATO MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (U) This is a guidance request; please see para 5. 2. (C) Slovenia strongly supports a decision at the December ministerial to offer Georgia and Ukraine's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP). In a November 19 meeting, MFA NATO-policy Advisor Tadej Rupel said that Slovenia's suppor [...]	2008-11-19 15:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA53	Tour of the Horizon with the Justice Minister [...] (SBU) In a February 6 meeting with Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Maryruth Coleman, Justice Minister Lovro Sturm outlined judicial reforms over the last two years including new buildings and increased staffing. He also previewed forthcoming legislative proposals that will give high courts new author [...]	2008-02-11 06:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS CASC KCRM SI
08LJUBLJANA536	SLOVENIA HOPES FOR PROGRESS ON CROATIA BY DECEMBER [...] (C) On December 3, Emboff met with Acting European Correspondent Darja Gruban to deliver reftel's talking points for the December 8-9 GAERC. Gruban predicted that the Foreign Ministers would spend a fair amount of time on the draft conclusions for the European Council, especially on economic [...]	2008-12-04 07:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ZL IS PK CG TU SI
08LJUBLJANA537	NEW SLOVENIAN FM IS "PRO-AMERICA," BUT GIVES [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar stressed that he was pro-American and that Slovenia wanted to continue to deepen its transatlantic ties. He confirmed that Slovenia would withdraw its two instructors from Iraq, either at the end of December o [...]	2008-12-05 12:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON MARR HR SI
08LJUBLJANA542	SLOVENIA'S NEW DEFMIN LOOKING FOR NATO NICHES TO [...] (C) In a December 9 meeting with the Ambassador, new Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic stressed both the importance of U.S. support and training for Slovenia's armed forces and the need for Slovenia to develop niche capabilities within NATO. She confirmed that Slovenia would likely withdraw its [...]	2008-12-11 10:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SI
08LJUBLJANA561	SLOVENIA HESITANT ON BURMA SANCTIONS, BUT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 16:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BM SI
08LJUBLJANA60	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO [...] (C) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, MFA Head of Department for OSCE and CoE and Chairman of COSCE, who stated that Slovenia fully agrees with the U.S. view of Serbia's efforts to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism after an anticipated declaration of independenc [...]	2008-02-12 15:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI
08LJUBLJANA66	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 18 GAERC [...] (C) In their February 13 meeting, European Union Division Director/Deputy Political Director Matej Marn told A/DCM that the February 18 GAERC would focus on Kosovo, which would be the first item on the external relations agenda. He hoped that the debate on other topics would be short. He expe [...]	2008-02-13 16:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN IR IS PGOV AADP
08LJUBLJANA72	CHARGE DISCUSSES ENERGY, KOSOVO WITH SLOVENIAN [...] (SBU) On 12 February, Charg met with Igor Bavcar, the CEO of Istrabenz--one of Slovenia,s largest conglomerates, which has holdings of 65 companies in the energy, tourism, investment, food, and IT sectors--to discuss issues ranging from Instrabenz,s latest business ventures to the upcoming Slo [...]	2008-02-15 11:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG BEXP PGOV PREL SENV SI
08LJUBLJANA78	SLOVENIA PREPARING TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 19, Charge met with an expansive FM Rupel to urge Slovenia to recognize Kosovo as quickly as possible, per reftel. Observing that Charge was "preaching to the choir," FM Rupel sketched out Slovenia's plans for recognition. According to Rupel, Slovenia's Cabinet will meet on F [...]	2008-02-19 12:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA82	SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...]	2008-02-21 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA83	SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...]	2008-02-22 06:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA89	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 24, Charge delivered reftel's points to State Secretary Matjaz Sinkovec and also to Director of the Americas Division Roman Kirn, and urged Slovenia to work toward a process of political change that leads to a democratic end. Noting appreciation for our views, both officials c [...]	2008-02-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CU SI
08LJUBLJANA99	SLOVENIA PROVIDES NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON [...] (SBU) On 29 February, Emboff delivered reftel talking points on concerns about the Maldives' resolution on climate change and human rights to Andrej Kranjc, Secretary for International Affairs at the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. Kranjc, who handles climate change is [...]	2008-03-03 05:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG MV SI
08LOME138	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER TO DLIELC [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army officer selected to attend the General English Language Training on 05 May 2008 through 15 August 2008 and the Language Instructor/Basic on 18 August 2008 through 20 February 2009, at DLIELC. 2. Information about the Arm [...]	2008-03-31 09:12:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME187	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER AND [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army officer and one civilian selected to attend the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Seminar 29 June 2008 to 11 July 2008 in Washington D.C. 2. Information about the two participants is as follows: Name: BITENIWE, Koum [...]	2008-04-24 15:35:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME248	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE POLICE AND GENDARMES TO [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for 30 Togolese police and gendarmes selected to attend trafficking in persons training sponsored by the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) in the Department of Justice. The course will take place June 23, 2 [...]	2008-05-23 12:55:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME257	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICER LTJG [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Navy officer to attend the Specialized English Language training program and Navy/Coast Guard training from 25 June to 05 December 2008. Specialized English language Training: 25 June -29 August 2008 International Crisis C [...]	2008-06-03 14:42:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME272	GOVERNMENT OF TOGO RE-ENGAGES ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Togolese Government highlighted the revival of the moribund National Commission for Combating Corruption and Economic Sabotage at the launch of a national workshop in Lome on implementing the UN Anti-Corruption Convention. In his keynote address, the Prime Minister announce [...]	2008-06-10 12:35:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EIND TO
08LOME286	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE POLICE OFFICER TO ATTEND [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Police Officer nominated to attend the Cybercrime Workshop in Cotonou, Benin on July 9-11, 2008. 2. Name of nominated Police officer is as follows: Name: Kombate, Yendoula Rank: Police Superintendent Unit: Togo Police Forc [...]	2008-06-17 14:36:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME373	TOGO: UFC HOLDS 2ND PARTY CONGRESS, CHOOSES [...] (C) Summary. The Union of the Forces of Change (UFC),the largest opposition party in Togo, held its 2nd party Congress on July 18-19 in Lome, Togo. The party released a number of resolutions concerning the political way forward and chose its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections. Aside [...]	2008-07-23 17:40:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TO UV
08LOME388	TOGO'S OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL: INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: The Togolese officer candidate program is progressing towards regionalization by accepting students from the sub-region, and strives to prepare cadets for PKO missions. The curriculum now includes modules on human right principles. The teaching staff tailors instruction to prepare [...]	2008-07-29 11:55:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MCAP PGOV KPKO TO
08LOME403	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICER LT [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Navy officer to attend Navy/Coast Guard training from 03 September to 05 December 2008. International Crisis Command and Control: 03-19 September 2008 International Leadership and Management: 19-26 September 2008 Interna [...]	2008-08-05 16:58:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME597	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER MAJOR [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army officer to attend HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development training from 4 through 13 December 2008. 2. Information about the participant is as follows: Name: Kodjo Patanaam ABALO Rank: Major Unit: Togolese [...]	2008-10-21 17:46:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME680	GOT PROPOSES 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary. The GOT Council of Ministers adopted a draft of the 2009 budget bill during its weekly meeting on November 5. The budget focuses on priority sectors recommended by the country's interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, completed in April. The proposed budget was sent to the National [...]	2008-12-10 17:11:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV TO
08LOME686	TOGO: CAR PARTY HOLDS CONGRESS, DISCUSSES FUTURE [...] The third largest political party in Togo, the Action Committee for Renewal, held its party congress October 17-18. There were several unexpected surprises, including the presence of the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio and the election of a new president [...]	2008-12-12 14:14:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TO
08LOME687	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICER [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Navy officer selected to attend the Patrol Boat Training in Norfolk, VA from December 29, through February 2009. 2. Information about the participant is as follows: Name: Agrigna, Sama Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Togolese Armed [...]	2008-12-16 08:03:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME688	TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICER APS [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Navy officer selected to attend the Africa Partnership Station (APS) training in Naples, Italy and Ship Riders Training starting in Norfolk, VA from January 5, through June 3, 2009. 2. Information about the participant is as f [...]	2008-12-16 08:03:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LOME77	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE GENDARMERIE OFFICERS TO [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese Gendarmerie officers nominated to attend the regional MET seminar Conakry, Guinea on March 31 through April 4, 2008. 2. Names of nominated Gendarmerie officers are as follows: Name: Kondoh, Essohouna Rank: Sergeant Major U [...]	2008-02-21 14:54:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
08LONDON1001	A COLLECTIVE YAWN GREETS HMGâ€™S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Criticism and indifference from British political leaders, foreign policy analysts, and media greeted the publication of HMG's first National Security Strategy (NSS),an initial reaction echoed in many of the Whitehall ministries to which the NSS was directed. UK opposition leaders [...]	2008-04-08 12:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON UK
08LONDON1013	UK ON ENCOURAGING GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 14:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ UK
08LONDON1014	(C) HMG CONSIDERING OPTIONS IN AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) Foreign Office Zimbabwe Section Chief Ben Llewellyn-Jones confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Prime Minister Brown had urged South African president Thabo Mbeki to use his influence in an effort to bring a positive end to Zimbabwe's political crisis when the two men meet on April 6. Llewe [...]	2008-04-09 14:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EC PGOV PREL SA UK EU UNSC ZI
08LONDON1017	HMG LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON GAINS OF NATO [...] (C/NF) According to FCO Deputy Director for Security Policy Chris Holtby, HMG shares U.S. views that the results of the NATO Bucharest Summit were better than expected going in, and looked forward to working closely with us to move forward soon on the outcomes which fell short of expectation [...]	2008-04-09 15:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO EU UK
08LONDON103	(S) IRAN: UK READOUT ON EL BARADEI'S LONDON [...] (S) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei raised no new points during his January 7 meetings in London with Foreign Secretary Miliband and other senior UK officials, ahead of El SIPDIS Baradei's visit later this week to Tehran. Per ref, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told London Ir [...]	2008-01-10 17:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1091	LONDON MAYORAL ELECTION: A NATIONAL BELLWEATHER? [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 Londoners go to the polls to elect a new Mayor. The incumbent, Labour's Ken Livingstone, is looking to win his third successive term in office but faces a tough challenge from the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson. At present the race is too close to call. A lot i [...]	2008-04-16 16:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1113	PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADORâ€™S CT FUND [...] (U) Embassy London welcomes the offer made by S/CT Ambassador Dailey for S/CT to consider granting funds of up to 50,000 USD to support projects to counter violent extremist ideology. Embassy London submits the following two proposals: 2. (C) REVERSE RADICALISM: Working with Her Majesty's Governm [...]	2008-04-18 14:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UK
08LONDON1135	(C) AN UPDATE ON HMG EXPECTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Foreign Office's Zimbabwe section indicated on 21 April that time is running out for Robert Mugabe. Ineffective African mediation efforts may still yield positive results if all interested parties, including the African Union and the United Nations, coordinate with [...]	2008-04-22 12:31:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UN UK EU SA CH ZI
08LONDON1151	(C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY The Chinese government has threatened action against BP assets on the mainland if the company does not halt new projects in disputed South China Sea waters. BP would like to keep any reactions to Chinese pressure over the company's activities in the South China Sea within commercia [...]	2008-04-23 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL CA VN UK
08LONDON1160	REPORTS THAT BRITAIN IS IMPORTING PAKISTANI IMAMS [...] (C) Summary. The British press has reported that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that Britain would launch a SIPDIS new initiative to bring "moderate Pakistani Imams" to preach in Britain. Poloff spoke April 24 with the Head of the Home Office's Prevent Unit Paul Morrison who said the initiat [...]	2008-04-24 13:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK UK
08LONDON1172	UK EXPECTS THE BALKANS TO DOMINATE APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects the Balkans to be the key discussion item at the April 27-28 GAERC; the UK is still pushing to have a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA) with Bosnia signed at this GAERC, but expects it will slip to the May GAERC. According to Martin Shearman, EU Corres [...]	2008-04-25 14:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK ZI IR IS CH BM UK
08LONDON1176	UK FOOD SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS PM BROWN'S CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 22, PM Brown-hosted meeting to address increases in food prices, participants disagreed about future trends and the impact of biofuels, agreed that action needed to be taken both for immediate social protection and longer-term agricultural investment, and that care s [...]	2008-04-25 16:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PGOV UK
08LONDON1183	WESTERN SAHARA: UK UNDECIDED ABOUT UN STATEMENT [...] (C) The UK has not yet decided whether to make a statement at the April 29 UNSC meeting on the renewal of the mandate for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO),FCO North Africa Team Leader Robert Dixon told us in response to reftel demarche. If the UK does decide to [...]	2008-04-28 13:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UK FR MO AG WI UNSC
08LONDON1224	CODEL SMITH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Summary. On the heels of their trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Codel Smith traveled to London April 29 for meetings with senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),MI-6, and Department for International Development (DfID). The MOD and MI-6 talks focused on counterterrorism and coun [...]	2008-05-01 11:56:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL AF PK IZ UK
08LONDON1241	MAY 1 ELECTIONS: BROWN IS BLUE AND CAMERON [...] (C/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing heavy losses in his first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister. With two thirds of the results counted from yesterday's local council elections in England and Wales, projections put Labour at just 24 percent of the total vote; th [...]	2008-05-02 17:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV UK
08LONDON1277	UK STATEMENT ON BURMA'S FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 10:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM UK
08LONDON1300	ICI: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL PROBABLY ATTEND [...] (SBU) UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband will probably lead the UK delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. The UK is not planning any deliverables for the meeting, FCO Iraq Group officers [...]	2008-05-09 13:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ UK
08LONDON132	HORMUZ STRAITS INCIDENT: ALLEGEDLY AN IRGC [...] (S/NF) Summary. A long-time Embassy contact, reportedly relaying information from a close friend who is an active duty member of the Iranian military, told Poloff the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Naval Forces) independently planned and led the January 6 feint by [...]	2008-01-15 17:43:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IR LE SY UK KR
08LONDON1338	(C) UK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON GERMAN OBSTINACY [...] (C) In response to refs a and b, Andrew Ford, Head of the International Security and Arms Control Security Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),reiterated HMG's position that the USG's unwillingness to participate in the Oslo process has been an impediment to a successful agre [...]	2008-05-13 16:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS PGOV NATO GM UK
08LONDON1386	SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LONDON1397	(C) UK PREPARING TO DESIGNATE MILITARY WING OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK government is preparing to designate the military wing of Hizballah as a terrorist organization in the next two to three weeks, FCO Middle East and North Africa Director (NEA A/S-equivalent) John Jenkins told DCM May 19. The UK recognizes that the USG would like it to [...]	2008-05-19 16:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IR SY LE IZ UK
08LONDON1424	UK SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA CONFERENCE BUT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel on the Burma donors conference to Nigel Boud, Burma Director in the British Foreign Office, on May 21. Boud said HMG's objectives for the conference "tally exactly" with those of the USG. HMG's overall goal is to gain immediate access for humanitarian assistance [...]	2008-05-21 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UK
08LONDON1426	THE UK AND AFRICA: WHAT THE FCO'S STRATEGY REFRESH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Following the FCO's recent "strategy refresh" of its priorities, FCO and Africa Directorate leadership have held extensive internal discussions on what the new strategy will mean for Africa. FCO plans to develop a more comprehensive foreign policy for Africa -- not just a deve [...]	2008-05-22 07:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL XA UK
08LONDON1433	IRAN: UK GRANTS ASYLUM TO VICTIM OF TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Reversing an earlier decision, and in the wake of considerable coverage in the UK press, the Home Office on May 20 granted asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who had claimed persecution by Iranian authorities. The HMG decision was not a finding of systematic persecution of homosex [...]	2008-05-22 12:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EU IR NL UK
08LONDON1449	UK BY-ELECTION RESULTS PORTEND BIG PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. For the first time in 30 years, the UK's Conservative Party has taken back a parliamentary seat from the Labour Party, winning a huge upset victory in the May 22 Crewe and Nantwich by-election. By giving David Cameron's Tories 49 percent of the vote - as opposed to 31 percent [...]	2008-05-23 13:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1452	IRAN: FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS UK TO LEAD FINANCIAL [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Milliband is "very aware" of the centrality of financial measures, both multilateral and bilateral, to the creation of effective pressure on Tehran, and has told the FCO that HMG will be "at the forefront" of international financial efforts against Iran and will push its EU pa [...]	2008-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy London	SECRET	ECON ETTC KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL IR PK UK
08LONDON1456	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EU UK
08LONDON1577	HOME SECRETARY SELLS THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL; [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 14:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PK UK
08LONDON1606	DESPITE GRIM MILESTONE, HMG VOWS TO STAY THE [...] (C) Summary. UK media gave extensive coverage to the killing of three paratroopers by a suicide bomber as they were conducting a routine foot patrol in Helmand province on June 8. The incident pushed the total number of soldiers killed over the seven years of British military presence in Af [...]	2008-06-11 17:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF UK
08LONDON1619	TORY SHADOW HOME SECRETARY DAVID DAVIS RESIGNS [...] (U) Conservative Party "Shadow" Home Secretary David Davis, and one time rival to David Cameron for the Conservative Party leadership, has unexpectedly resigned in protest of the House of Commons vote June 11 authorizing the detention without charge of British citizen and foreign terror suspe [...]	2008-06-12 16:40:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER UK
08LONDON1620	USUN AMB KHALILZAD REVIEWS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Khalilzad told UK national security advisor McDonald that he was realistic about the difficulties of completing a SOFA and strategic framework agreement with Iraq by July, but saw some progress on the ground. In Afghanistan, he believed the SGSR needed to fill key slots and [...]	2008-06-12 16:40:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IZ IR
08LONDON1623	UK ON CUBA, IRAN AND OTHER ISSUES AT THE JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials provided to Poloffs on June 12 the responses below to ref points on key GAERC agenda items, as well as a general readout of UK expectations for the June GAERC meeting. Cuba ---- 2. (C) The UK supports lifting the EU's Restrictive Measures on Cuba at the Jun [...]	2008-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID ZL ZK IR IZ IS CU
08LONDON1632	UK "DISAPPOINTED" WITH USG DECISION ON POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The British Government is "disappointed with the USG decision to 'disengage'" with the UNHRC. Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Foreign Office Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group Susan Hyland and Human Rights UN officer Paul Edwards. The British Gover [...]	2008-06-16 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM UN UK
08LONDON1688	IRAN WANTS QUIET DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 15:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINF PREL IR UK XF ZP ZR
08LONDON1709	(C/NF) UK CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, PM FOREIGN [...] (SBU) UK Chief of Defense Staff Sir Jock Stirrup's June 24 public assertion that the concurrent deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan are severely taxing the capabilities of the British military provoked heavy media criticism of HMG's ability to effectively fight both conflicts. Stirrup told [...]	2008-06-26 10:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP AF IZ UK
08LONDON1763	HMG WILL JOIN U.S. IN DEMARCHING GOVERNMENTS TO [...] (SBU) The UK concurs with the U.S. view that recent progress of Pristina government and international community stabilization efforts presents another opportunity to lobby those countries that have not already done so to recognize Kosovo's independence. FCO Balkans Deputy Director Adam Bye [...]	2008-07-02 15:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UNAUS YI EU KVPR UK
08LONDON1771	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER NICK CLEGG OUTLINES THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nick Clegg, MP and leader of the Liberal Democrats, called for the UK to adopt the UN's "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine in his first major foreign policy address. In his speech, titled "Terms of Intervention" and delivered at Chatham House on June 23, Clegg enumerated criteria t [...]	2008-07-03 09:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL UK
08LONDON1777	FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND SUBMITS RENDITION [...] (S/NF) Foreign Office Director for Defence and Strategic Threats Simon Manley informed Poloff July 2 that the Foreign Office would submit Foreign Secretary Miliband's written statement on rendition to Parliament July 2, for entry into Parliamentary records July 3. Manley said the statement (see [...]	2008-07-03 11:28:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER UK
08LONDON1837	FOREIGN OFFICE SEES BROWN-MEDVEDEV TALKS LEADING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev used their first one-on-one meeting at the G8 summit to build a friendly rapport rather than "score points" on smaller contentious issues, said the Foreign Office (FCO) to members of the diplomatic community. According t [...]	2008-07-10 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG PREL UK RS
08LONDON1842	FOREIGN OFFICE "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" THAT HMG [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is "cautiously optimistic" that the Law Lords will grant HMG's final appeal and block the court-ordered resettlement of Chagossian islanders seeking to return to their ancestral home. Though the Lords' decision is not expected before late [...]	2008-07-11 16:36:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IO MARR MP PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1886	UK'S LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: LOOKING FOR INFLUENCE NOT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats, launched July 17 their "Make It Happen" campaign to communicate the party's core values and vision for the UK. In what is clearly Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg's latest attempt to build an ideologically consistent platform for a party often [...]	2008-07-18 14:23:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON189	EL BARADEI ON HIS TEHRAN VISIT: SEES IRANIANS AS [...] (C/NF) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei told UK Foreign Secretary Miliband January 17 that during El Baradei's visit to Tehran last week Iranian officials appeared "very relaxed" and seemed to be feeling no pressure on the nuclear file. Miliband's conversation with El Baradei reported [...]	2008-01-18 18:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1919	SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...]	2008-07-23 12:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR SU UK
08LONDON1924	CENTRAL ASIA/TURKMENISTAN: UK PRIORITIES IN [...] (C) The head of Turkmenistan's National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights in the Office of the President, Shirin Ahmedova, and the Turkmen Deputy Minister of Justice's early July visit to the UK was a result of HMG's long-term strategy to gradually increase engagement with Turkmenistan as it [...]	2008-07-23 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IAEA PGOV ZK UK
08LONDON1939	A POLITICAL BODY BLOW TO GORDON BROWN AS LABOUR [...] (C) Summary. The Scottish National Party's 365 vote victory in yesterday's Glasgow East by-election over Labour is another body blow to Gordon Brown's political fortunes and, in the immediate aftermath, has fueled speculation that Brown could face a leadership challenge this fall, when MPs return t [...]	2008-07-25 11:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON1991	(C/NF) WHO WOULD REPLACE GORDON BROWN AS UK PRIMEREF: A. LONDON 1939 B. LONDON 1704 [...] (C/NF) Summary. As Gordon Brown lurches from political disaster to disaster, Westminster is abuzz with speculation about whether he will be replaced as Prime Minister and Labour Parxty leader, and, if so, by whom. Right now, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Justice Secretary Jack Straw are the [...]	2008-07-31 10:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON1997	UK AGREES ON NEED TO HELP COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) HMG is "100 percent on the same page as the United States" regarding FARC and the need to aggressively combat narcotics trafficking, Tony Kay, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Colombia and Venezuela Desk Officer told us July 31 during a discussion of reftel demarche. Kay stressed that UK [...]	2008-08-01 10:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER CO UK VE
08LONDON2029	ENERGY'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT ON THE UK [...] (SBU) Summary. The UK faces two major energy challenges: a rise in fuel poverty and decreasing domestic oil and gas production. Current estimates put the number of households suffering from fuel poverty at 4.5 million according to the National Energy Action, an independent charity. Additionall [...]	2008-08-04 17:28:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV ECON SENV UK
08LONDON2055	UK PLEASED WITH FIRST MONTH OF FRENCH PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. France has "listened to" London during the first month of the French Presidency of the EU, especially on issues of current importance to the UK such as Zimbabwe and Iran, and the FCO tells us HMG is optimistic about prospects for the remainder of the Presidency. Despite initial concer [...]	2008-08-06 15:27:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EUN ETRD IR UP FR UK
08LONDON2060	IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...]	2008-08-07 14:19:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK
08LONDON2070	UK DOESN'T EXPECT STRONG NEW BURMA SANCTIONS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 09:26:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD UK BM
08LONDON2084	SOMALIA: BEHIND THE SCENES OF UK SUPPORT TO [...] (C/NF) Following his mid-June visit to Somaliland, FCO Minister of State Kim Howells began questioning HMG's decision not to recognize Somaliland and started advocating internally for HMG to give greater support to Somaliland, according to FCO Somalia Research Analyst Cedric Barnes. Barnes said on [...]	2008-08-08 15:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR SO UK
08LONDON2107	GEORGIA: HMG PREDICTS TOUGH DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD [...] (C/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and South Caucuses Office Director) Louise Savile predicted a tough diplomatic struggle ahead to return the situation in Georgia to the status quo ante August 6. As an example, she cited part of an August 13 telephone exchange between FM Miliband and Russian [...]	2008-08-13 14:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RU GG UK
08LONDON2143	PAKISTAN: UK SEES MUSHARRAF'S DEPARTURE AS A 'GOOD THING' BUT NOT A SOLUTION REF: A. STATE 88734 B. ISLAMABAD 2750 LONDON 00002143 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 09:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK
08LONDON2169	IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...]	2008-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2180	(C) WESTERN SAHARA: UK SUPPORTS VAN WALSUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI UK
08LONDON2188	SOMALIA: UK-BASED DIASPORA AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary. Known as the "invisible community," the UK's Somali Diaspora has historic roots in Britain but has surged significantly in the last twenty years to an estimated 250,000 to 380,000. With recent immigration increases attributed to family reunification and re-location of other EU [...]	2008-08-26 08:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ATFN SOCI EAID SO UK
08LONDON2204	WALES: WHO WILL REPLACE FIRST MINISTER MORGAN WHEN [...] (C) Speculation is rife in the Welsh media and among Welsh political insiders as to whom the Labor Party would "parachute in" to rescue the party in Wales and replace Welsh Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who has announced he will resign as First Minister in 2009, but retain his seat in [...]	2008-08-28 12:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UK
08LONDON2211	UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; â€œON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]	2008-08-28 17:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08LONDON2218	UK PERSPECTIVE ON NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 12:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV MARR UK
08LONDON2233	(S/NF) UK CONSIDERING ENGAGEMENT WITH HIZBALLAH MINISTER, POLITICAL OFFICIALS REF: A. NEA/ELA-EMBASSY LONDON EMAILS B. LONDON 1396 C. LONDON 1292 D. LONDON 1968 [...] (S/NF) The UK is considering granting authorization to the British Embassy in Beirut to meet with Lebanese Minister of Labor Mohammad Fneish, a member of Hizballah, and other Hizballah party officials, FCO Levant Group Head Benjamin Saoul and Cabinet Office Desk Officer Brian Jones told us separate [...]	2008-09-02 15:56:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IZ UK
08LONDON2243	PAKISTAN: UK ASSESSMENT AND MEDIUM-TERM THINKING, SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP REF: LONDON 2143 Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 08:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK
08LONDON2283	IRAN: UK'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON EU DYNAMICS AND IRAN SANCTIONS PROSPECTS REF: A. SECSTATE 95257 B. SEPT 2 LONDON EMAIL (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR [...] (C) Summary: Recent Embassy conversations on Iran with regular Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts suggest the UK's approach on Iran nuclear policy will continue to be tough-minded and practical, favoring direct engagement if feasible, but not optimistic on prospects either for broad EU [...]	2008-09-09 16:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR UK
08LONDON2304	COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG BRINGS NEW ENERGY, SCOPE FOR LINKAGES WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 10:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM FJ RW UK
08LONDON2363	(C/NF) NICK CLEGG TRIES TO GIVE UK VOTERS A REASON TO VOTE LIB DEM REF: A. LONDON 1886 B. LONDON 732 Classified By: Minister Political Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b/ d). [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON240	(U) HAIN RESIGNATION TRIGGERS LIMITED CABINET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Peter Hain resigned on January 24 as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and for Wales after SIPDIS the Electoral Commission referred to the police his failure to report donations to his 2007 campaign for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. The Hain resignation came o [...]	2008-01-25 17:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR UK
08LONDON2451	UK PM GORDON BROWN REASSERTS HIS LEADERSHIP AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE, BUT DAVID CAMERON LOOMS REF: A. LONDON 2163 B. LONDON 2010 C. LONDON 623 D. LONDON 1991 [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Gordon Brown succeeded in reestablishing his authority at the Labour Party's Fall Conference in Manchester September 20-24, cutting the Conservative Party's lead in half in post-conference polling and buying himself some time against a serious leadership challenge. Brown [...]	2008-09-25 16:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON2477	AFRICA AND UK: NEW FCO AFRICA DIRECTOR ADAM WOOD AND CHANGES TO THE AFRICA DIRECTORATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR XA UK

08LONDON2496	DAVID CAMERON USES HIS PARTY SPEECH TO DEFINE HIMSELF AND REBUT LABOUR CLAIM THAT NOW IS NO TIME FOR A NOVICE REF: STATE 2451 [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Conservative Leader David Cameron used his lengthy, sober speech to the Tory Conference today to rebut Prime Minister Brown's charge that "now is not the time for a novice" to move into Downing Street (ref). Cameron told conference delegates that in a time of financial cris [...]	2008-10-01 16:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK
08LONDON2525	GORDON BROWN RESHUFFLES CABINET TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 16:26:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON2542	PM BROWN DOES THE UNEXPECTED IN ADDRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: The past 72-hours have seen dramatic political maneuvering in London to confront the deepening economic crisis. The first surprise was PM Brown's appointment of his long-time nemesis, the highly controversial figure, Peter Mandelson as business secretary, followed by the creati [...]	2008-10-06 14:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2556	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS STEALS THE THUNDER FROM [...] Summary and comment. (C) The Conservative Party's fall conference, which closed the UK political party conference season on October 1, ended with a whimper rather than the expected bang. Turmoil in the world's financial markets overshadowed Tory leader David Cameron's attempts to portray his party [...]	2008-10-07 12:10:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK
08LONDON2603	BROWN RECEIVES BOUNCE FROM BAIL-OUT PLAN; [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.K. government's agreement to pump GBP 37 billion into three of Britain's largest banks, along with similarly dramatic moves undertaken in the U.S. and in the rest of Europe, buoyed, at least temporarily, London's stock markets, with minor gains posted in the first two days of t [...]	2008-10-15 14:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2642	UK FULLY SUPPORTS FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 14:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK UK
08LONDON2643	UK/RUSSIA RELATIONS: HARD-HEADED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. FCO Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Director Michael Davenport told DCM that HMG was conducting "parallel exercises" involving Cabinet, Intelligence and Foreign Office principals, designed to give PM Brown a clearer picture of Russian foreign policy making processes and recommendatio [...]	2008-10-20 15:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UK
08LONDON2651	USDP EDELMANâ€™S OCTOBER 15 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (S/NF) Summary. The UK is pessimistic about Pakistan, especially in light of President Zardari's poor leadership and the bad economy, although they praise efforts by Pakistani President Zardari to cooperate with Afghan President Karzai, UK senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Foreign [...]	2008-10-21 17:03:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK ECON KNNP MOPS PTER AF FR
08LONDON2673	PAN AM 103 BOMBER HAS INCURABLE CANCER; LIBYANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convicted Pam Am 103 bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi has inoperable, incurable cancer, but it is not clear how long he has to live, according to two separate medical opinions obtained by officials at Greenock prison near Glasgow, where Megrahi is currently serving a life sentence. Pre [...]	2008-10-24 06:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LY UK
08LONDON2691	IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff),that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...]	2008-10-24 18:14:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON272	IRAN: UK SAYS EU DESIRE FOR THIRD UNSCR MEANS NO [...] (C) Summary: The UK expects no new EU steps on autonomous measures against Iran before a March 10-11 GAERC ministerial, due to the desire of most EU governments to have the legal and political cover of an approved third UN Security Council Resolution in place before any further EU action, ac [...]	2008-01-29 18:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2735	UK WILL LOBBY IN EU FOR ROBUST EU APPROACH TOWARDS BOSNIA; NEW UK AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA TO ARRIVE SOON REF: A) STATE 113894 B) DONEGAN/FOOKS EMAIL 10/17 [...] (C) The UK concurs with the U.S. view (ref a) that political progress in Bosnia has either stopped or is moving in the wrong direction, and will use the time remaining before the November 10 GAERC to lobby its EU partners for a strong statement on Bosnia. According to FCO Bosnia Team Leader Daisy O [...]	2008-10-28 17:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK EU UK
08LONDON2765	CONSERVATIVE PARTY CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY BROWNâ€™S [...] (C) PM Brown's relatively deft performance (ref b) in handling the economic crisis over the past month has caught the Conservative Party off-guard, and the Tories' response to the crisis has been regrettably tepid, Michael Fallon, Tory MP and senior Tory member of the Treasury Committee, House of C [...]	2008-10-31 15:33:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2785	BOSNIA, EU-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, AND DRC ARE ON THE UK'S AGENDA AT NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Miliband intends to impress on his EU counterparts that worsening trends in Bosnia require a unified EU message, and to highlight the need for political action in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),during the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. The UK Governm [...]	2008-11-03 17:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV EUN GA IR IZ CG RS UK
08LONDON2789	IRAN: FURTHER READOUT ON GHALIBAF VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Tehran Mayor and possible 2009 Iranian Presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf while on a mid-October visit to Tokyo made comments suggesting he may support a marginally less confrontational approach to the nuclear issue, according to informal readout provided London Iran W [...]	2008-11-04 13:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PGOV PREL UK JA IR
08LONDON2899	COTE D'IVOIRE: UK ON ELECTIONS, DDR, AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK "does not buy into" the French view that Cote d'Ivoire's elections were delayed for technical reasons, and HMG thinks elections could have taken place on time, albeit with some technical problems, had there been the political will, FCO West Africa Team Leader Jonathan Drew told [...]	2008-11-19 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV IV FR UK
08LONDON2964	AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT KARZAI NOT CONFIDENT ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a November 25 meeting in Kabul, Afghan President Karzai told FS Miliband that it would be difficult or impossible to hold a credible Presidential election. He said that Afghanistan's USD 13.4b of reserves, were the &best in the world." Miliband commented to Karzai that, after [...]	2008-11-28 15:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF UK
08LONDON2968	PAKISTAN: MILIBAND'S "POSITIVE" NOVEMBER 25 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband had a "positive" November 25 trip to Pakistan, FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey told us November 28. The two main objectives of the trip were outreach on counter radicalization efforts and support for the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) ownersh [...]	2008-11-28 16:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK UK
08LONDON3001	EU/PAKISTAN: HMG REQUESTS USG INFLUENCE THE SWEDES [...] (C/NF) HMG wants to hold an EU-Pakistan Summit under the EU's Swedish presidency in the second half of 2009, but is having trouble convincing the Swedes that a summit would add significant value to what the international community is trying to accomplish in Pakistan, according to FCO Pakistan [...]	2008-12-02 10:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD PK SW UK
08LONDON3041	LONDON P3 CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: During a P3 working discussion hosted in London November 10 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),both the British and French participants stressed that their countries remain committed to UNSCR 1540 Committee goals, but agreed that the Committee needs to be more focused and mo [...]	2008-12-04 16:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PARM UK
08LONDON3042	(U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...]	2008-12-04 16:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PREL PINR UK
08LONDON305	IRAN: NAMES PROPOSED BY UK AND FRANCE FOR EU ASSET [...] (C/NF) Providing further details of UK efforts to obtain autonomous EU sanctions against Iran (see ref),the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on January 30 gave London Iran Watcher (Poloff) a list of 18 entities and 14 individuals that the FCO says the UK and France have jointly proposed to EU [...]	2008-01-31 17:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPRP PGOV ETTC IR UK
08LONDON3062	PAKISTAN: LYALL GRANT AND BOUCHER AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Boucher and Foreign Office Political Director Lyall Grant agreed on the need for Pakistan, and especially General Kayani, to close down Lashkar e Taiba operations and move on to reform of the intelligence service. Lyall Grant observed there would be less political [...]	2008-12-08 16:51:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN PK CH UK
08LONDON3079	HMG SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN ESTABLISHING [...] (U) Guidance request. See para 4. 2. (C/NF) HMG will announce early in January 2009 an interagency initiative on international regulation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). The announcement will be in the form of a written ministerial statement, which will include an invit [...]	2008-12-09 16:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR PTER DS UK
08LONDON3152	SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS [...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...]	2008-12-17 17:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PBTS UK
08LONDON3197	LIBERTAD ACT: IPNUT FOR UK [...] (C) The following pertains to the UK's involvement in and relations with Cuba, keyed to questions posed in reftel: 2. (C) Has the UK worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- Yes. The UK's policy toward Cuba continues to be based upon the EU Common Position [...]	2008-12-22 17:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PHUM PGOV CU UK
08LONDON3215	IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...]	2008-12-24 11:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON621	UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown' government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll b [...]	2008-02-29 11:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON630	IRAN NUCLEAR: UK COMMONS REPORT WILL CALL FOR DROPPING SUSPENSION; FCO DISCOUNTS REPORT'S IMPACT REF: A. LONDON 4204 B. EMBASSY DAILY OF JANUARY 31 C. 2008 D. GAYLE-NEA/IR FEBRUARY 29 E-MAIL [...] (C) The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on March 2 will urge a major change in HMG and collective western policy on Iran's nuclear program, most notably the dropping of the suspension requirement before there can be direct talks on nuclear issues with Tehran. According to an excerpt f [...]	2008-02-29 16:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON634	UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown's government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll [...]	2008-02-29 17:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON639	UK LABOUR SPRING CONFERENCE: GOOD INTENTIONS BUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Labour Party Spring Conference, held February 27 - March 2 in Birmingham, was characterized by low energy, poor attendance, and a lack of charismatic leadership, despite serving as a kick-off to the party's campaign for the May 1 local elections in England and Wales. In his Marc [...]	2008-03-03 17:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON646	HMG RAISES GUANTANAMO TRANSFEREES' ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO Legal Advisor Daniel Bethlehem raised February 22 with Legal Advisor John Bellinger, III HMG's concern over the USG response to HMG's earlier notification to the USG of allegations of mistreatment made by recent Guantanamo transferees. Bethlehem underscored that HMG woul [...]	2008-03-04 13:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UK
08LONDON650	HMG HAS RAISED CONCERNS WITH EU COMMISSIONER [...] (C/NF) HMG agrees the upcoming visit of EU Commissioner Louis Michel to Cuba is "not the smartest timing," and has raised directly with Michel the importance of underscoring the EU's dual-track policy, including meeting with civil society, during the visit, according to Foreign Office EU Corr [...]	2008-03-04 15:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN CU UK
08LONDON658	NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 17:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EI UK
08LONDON660	NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE [...] (C/NF) Political Advisors in the British Government's Northern Ireland Office told the Embassy March 5 that the NIO, "broadly speaking, doesn't think Paisley,s resignation will be destabilizing." Poloff spoke with the Northern Ireland Office,s Katy Petaffe and John Todd. Todd confirmed that [...]	2008-03-05 18:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EI UK
08LONDON676	(C) C-DI8-00223: PROBABLE UK REACTION TO DUTCH [...] (S) In response to ref questions, Post informally contacted Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group regarding measures HMG may be taking in preparation for the release of the Dutch anti-Islam video. To the best of the Diplomatic Protection Group's knowledge, no specific protective [...]	2008-03-06 17:29:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL UK
08LONDON677	UK COUNSELS PATIENCE ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] (c) Summary. HMG recognizes the issue of legal competency between the EU Commission and member states in the area of visa policy is "complicated," but London supports extension of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to other EU members and wants to complete its own bilateral visa MOU with USG [...]	2008-03-06 17:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO CMGT CVIS PREL PTER UK
08LONDON727	UK SUPPORTIVE OF WHA PDAS KELLY'S VIEWS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. FCO Director of the Americas Chris Wood was supportive of U.S. policy on Latin America, praising progress in Colombia in particular during a visit by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly March 7. Wood agreed Venezuela and Bolivia were worrisome and that Cuba had not changed since Fidel's illne [...]	2008-03-11 17:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL
08LONDON732	UK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS RECOVERING FROM PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's Liberal Democrat Party limped into its spring conference in Liverpool March 7-9 following a disastrous performance in the House of Commons March 5 during the debate over a possible referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, a performance which plunged Nick Clegg into the first crisis [...]	2008-03-12 09:27:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR EU UK
08LONDON762	(SBU) NEW PAKISTAN COALITION POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE, [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's election victors will probably form a government within a week, but lingering differences of opinion may make the coalition unstable, according to Laura Guy, Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Pakistan and India-Pakistan Relations Section. The PPP and t [...]	2008-03-13 17:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD PHUM EU PK UK
08LONDON763	DEMARCHE TO UK ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, and following up on earlier discussions between Embassy and Department visitors with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on how best to coordinate public statements on Iran's Majles elections, London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel points and draft USG s [...]	2008-03-13 17:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR UK
08LONDON803	DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt outlined on March 10 to Yvette Cooper, British Treasury Deputy Secretary-equivalent, USG efforts to stimulate the U.S. SIPDIS economy and address problems in the U.S. housing market. Cooper described efforts to revitalize the securitization [...]	2008-03-18 15:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV UK
08LONDON823	HMG AGREES WITH BURMA DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM -- [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Nick Alexander, head of Burma policy in the Foreign Office on March 19. Alexander said the UK is in complete agreement with points contained in reftel, underscoring HMG agreement that the Burmese "roadmap" as currently constituted is faulty. He shared UK talkin [...]	2008-03-19 18:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM EU UN UK
08LONDON878	BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...]	2008-03-27 09:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS
08LONDON92	(SBU) SUDAN: UK SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) The UK considers the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) vital to full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the future of security in Sudan, according to Peter Lord, Senior Political Officer for North-South Issues in FCO's Sudan Unit. (Lord happens to be an American [...]	2008-01-10 16:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM SU UK
08LONDON929	DAVID CAMERON TELLS JOHN MCCAIN TORIES WONâ€™T BREAK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conservative party leader David Cameron told Senator John McCain the Tories won't break ranks with HMG on policies affecting British troops in battle. Cameron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told McCain and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that Prime Minister [...]	2008-04-01 09:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR IZ AF IS IR PK UK
08LONDON930	WILLIAM HAGUE SAYS â€œNEAR DEATH EXPERIENCEâ€ HAS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told the DCM the Tories are "more likely to win than lose" the next general election. High approval ratings in the polls allow the Conservative Leader David Cameron a "latitude to maneuver" that he does not possess when the polls are running ag [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR AF UK
08LONDON957	HMG VIEWS SITUATION IN PAKISTAN AS "BETTER THAN EXPECTED"; DESCRIBES NEW PM AS "SOLID" [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 15:40:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER UK
08LONDON966	HMG ON HOW TO MOVE THE EU ON BURMA, SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] 4 (b,d) Â [...]	2008-04-03 14:19:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC EFIN ETTC EU BM UK
08LUANDA1023	DOS SANTOS'S CHINA VISIT DEMONSTRATES STRONG BILATERAL TIES [...] SUMMARY: President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' December 16-19 visit to China aimed to strengthen formal ties between the two states, focusing on aviation, business, and technical cooperation. The ministerial delegation accompanying Dos Santos concluded accords in those areas, while Dos Santos per [...]	2008-12-31 13:40:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AO
08LUANDA119	ANGOLA OPTIMISTIC THAT ITS ELECTIONS WON'T MIRROR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Angola is moving ahead toward September legislative elections. Catch-up voter registration is slated for April and May. CIPE, the inter-ministerial body carrying out the voter registration, will provide the National Election Commission (CNE) a map with proposed locations for a [...]	2008-02-11 19:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
08LUANDA1282	BRAZILIAN OIL WORKER KILLED IN CABINDA PROVINCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 06:12:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA131	ANGOLA: PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Luanda received and reviewed one anti-trafficking project proposal in response to the Department's invitation for project submission. 2. (U) Project summary: a) Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Angola b) Requested Funding: $350,000 c) Pro [...]	2008-02-12 16:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PBTS PHUM AO
08LUANDA194	"THE ANGOLAN" -- ELECTORAL BULLETIN VOL. I [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- This is the first of a series of updates by Embassy Luanda as Angola prepares for parliamentary elections in September 2008. Key points include: -- The National Electoral Commission (CNE) holds managerial conference -- Election stakeholders call for political t [...]	2008-03-10 09:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA195	CNE INVITES EU ELECTORAL OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) On Monday, March 3rd the National Electoral Commission (CNE) formally invited the European Union to observe Angola parliamentary elections currently slated for September 5-6, 2008. In a March 6 conversation with the Ambassador, European Commission Head of Delegation Joao Gabriel Ferreir [...]	2008-03-10 09:57:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA222	EXPAT SECURITY THREATENED IN CABINDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GRA remains tight-lipped about recent attacks against expatriates in Cabinda province, and the lack of a transparent investigation into the attacks makes it difficult to know if separatist politics or simple banditry are motivating the criminals. The increased danger posed t [...]	2008-03-14 15:07:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINT EPET AO
08LUANDA23	REINING IN POLICE EXCESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Angolan national police have responded quickly to a recent spate of high-profile police shootings of unarmed civilians. Officers involved were dismissed and face possible criminal charges, and two high-ranking commanders were transferred. Although this response will not be [...]	2008-01-10 07:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA231	STAFFDEL RAISES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS AND CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 18 ) 22 visit to Angola, Senate Professional Staff Members Michael Phelan and Neil Brown engaged senior Angolan leaders on transparency, the upcoming legislative elections, and the role of energy in our bilateral relationship. The Angolan interlocutors were [...]	2008-03-26 06:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP ECON OPET EAID AO
08LUANDA248	UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ORDERED TO CLOSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recently learned that on March 4th, 2008, the GRA sent a note verbale to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) - Geneva, declaring that Angola will not sign an MOU formalizing the status of th [...]	2008-03-28 13:26:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA249	VIGNETTES FROM STAFFDEL PHELAN'S MEETINGS IN LUANDA [...] (C) Summary: StaffDel Phelan's March 18-22 visit to Angola provided an opportunity to engage with a wide range of Angolan leaders on issues of importance to our bilateral relationship. Although the overall theme of the visit focused on investment climate, transparency, and Angola's request for [...]	2008-03-31 09:35:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN AO
08LUANDA253	GOVERNMENT BUILDING COLLAPSES, KILLING AT LEAST 24 [...] (U) The six-story building housing the National Department of Criminal Investigation (DNIC) collapsed in the early morning of March 29, 2007. According to the Ministry of Interior, 181 people - 36 employees and 145 detainees - were inside the building at the time of the collapse. Most of the [...]	2008-03-31 17:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA255	GRA ASSERTS UNHRO CLOSURE DOESN'T DIMINISH HUMAN [...] (SBU) During a March 31 meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jorge Chicoti, Ambassador Mozena expressed disappointment over the GRA's decision to close the Human Rights Office (HRO) in Angola (reftel) . The Ambassador said that while the decision to close the office was Angola's to [...]	2008-03-31 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV AO
08LUANDA258	ENGAGING ANGOLA ON DESTROYING EXPIRED MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: GRA concerns at the highest level over the 2007 arms depot explosion in Maputo offer an opportunity to expand U.S. cooperation with Angola on destruction and/or toward improved physical security and stockpile management of the country's vast stocks of expired munitions. Although [...]	2008-04-01 16:58:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AO
08LUANDA264	FINDING A WAY TO CONTINUE UN HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS [...] (U) This is an action message - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Contrary to what Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jorge Chicoti told us on March 31 (ref A),the GRA (via a note verbale dated April 1) ordered the Human Rights Office in Angola (HROA) to close out all programs and cease ope [...]	2008-04-02 19:08:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA317	REAPING THE BENEFITS OF PEACE IN KWANZA SUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Devastated during Angola's 27-year civil war, the once embattled province of Kwanza Sul is on the mend. Ongoing U.S.-funded demining programs are key to the government's success in reopening primary and secondary roads and agricultural land. U.S. assistance in partnership with Ch [...]	2008-04-21 17:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KHDP AO
08LUANDA319	REQUEST FOR STOCKPILE SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 18 meeting, the Angolan National Police requested that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) conduct stockpile security and management training in Luanda in late May 2008. Despite the probable time pressures caused by short notice, post stands ready to assist D [...]	2008-04-22 17:06:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MASS PTER MARR PARM KHDP AO
08LUANDA336	PREPARATIONS FOR MAY 28-31 ECONOMIC OUTREACH [...] Post warmly welcomes the May 28-31 interagency visit of senior U.S. officials to Angola, including Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation John Simon (to be confirmed),and AF Deput [...]	2008-04-30 05:52:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV AO
08LUANDA338	ALL QUIET ON ZIMBABWE AS MOMENTUM SHIFTS TO MUGABE [...] (U) One week after the visit of A/S Frazer and NSC Senior Director Bobby Pittman to Angola to consult with President Dos Santos (ref A) on the issue of Zimbabwe, the GRA has yet to make a public statement on the crisis. News reports in the state run press have been minimalist, focused on the [...]	2008-05-02 12:00:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AO ZI
08LUANDA368	ENGAGING ANGOLA TO GET SERIOUS ON PROTECTING HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 7 call on Minister of the Interior, General Roberto Leal Monteiro "Ngongo," the Minister acknowledged Angola's human rights challenges and the need for the GRA to tell more effectively how it intends to tackle these problems. He accepted that the imp [...]	2008-05-08 19:03:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA411	ASSEMBLY PASSES ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, 2008 the National Assembly passed a series of amendments to the electoral and registration laws, most of which affect various timelines in the registration and electoral process. Opposition parties strongly opposed the changes, particularly the extension of deadlines [...]	2008-05-27 13:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA432	DOS SANTOS SET TO CALL ELECTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (U) SUMMARY: It appears President Dos Santos will officially call on June 4 for legislative elections to be held on Friday, September 5. In his address to open the June 3 Council of the Republic meeting, Dos Santos reported that the National Election Commission (CNE) had assured him condition [...]	2008-06-03 17:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA434	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS CONVOKED FOR SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (U) On June 4th presidential decree, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos formally convoked legislative elections for September 5, 2008. The decree has not been formally published, but the signing of the decree was announced via press communique. Informal translation follows: The Admin [...]	2008-06-04 16:33:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA466	CIVIL SOCIETY CRITICIZES GRA'S ZIMBABWE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Angolan civil society, intelligentsia, and political parties condemned the GRA's failure to take a strong public stance against human rights violations in Zimbabwe during a June 10th conference on "Democracy and the Respect for Human Rights in Zimbabwe." Conf [...]	2008-06-11 09:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA471	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL. II [...] (U) In This Issue: -- Reaction to Convocation of Election -- In-Fighting Threatens PRS and FNLA Campaigns -- UNITA Concerned by Acts of Political Intolerance -- EU Plans Electoral Observation Mission --------------------------------------------- -- Stakeholders React to Convocation of [...]	2008-06-11 16:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA535	MPLA, UNITA OPT FOR FRESH FACES IN SELECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on the preponderance of new faces on candidate lists submitted by the ruling MPLA and main opposition party UNITA, National Assembly's membership will change radically following the September 5 legislative election. In addition, the political field narrowed dramatically w [...]	2008-07-12 03:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA536	CHINA's ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-13 07:34:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECPS EFIN PREL SENV AO CM
08LUANDA537	SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN JEFFERY'S VISIT TO ANGOLA [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome your July 21-22 visit to Angola. Your visit, the highest level USG visit to Angola since Secretary Powell's four-hour stop in September 2002, manifests what the Angolan government most wants from America: respect. I hope your visit presages more high level [...]	2008-07-14 11:59:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP JEFFERY REUBEN ECON PGOV EAID AO
08LUANDA555	A PREVIEW OF SEPTEMBER'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 5, 2008 legislative election will be Angola's first in 16 years and only the second in its history. Although the country's political landscape is difficult to read, an analysis of Angola's electoral system, the electoral playing field, and the results of the 1992 el [...]	2008-07-21 09:45:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA556	AS ELECTIONS APPROACH... WILL ANGOLA BE READY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Angola's legislative elections (the first in 16 years) only 45 days away, the National Election Commission (CNE) has made impressive progress in making arrangements for the polls, but daunting challenges remain. Challenges include timelines required to print and distribute t [...]	2008-07-21 13:07:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA563	EU OBSERVATION MISSION AT RISK [...] (C) The local EU delegation has expressed growing concerns about prospects for a successful EU observation mission for the September 5 legislative elections. According to local EU sources, both the EU and GRA are holding fast to their respective positions on a Memorandum of Understanding - the [...]	2008-07-23 17:45:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA564	14 PARTIES APPROVED TO RUN IN LEGISLATIVE RACE [...] (U) On July 23, Angola's Constitutional Court authorized ten political parties and four coalitions to run in the September 5 legislative elections. The final list of participating entities contains few surprises; nine of the ten parties are currently represented in Parliament. The four coali [...]	2008-07-24 19:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA567	EU AGREES TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION SANS MOU [...] (SBU) The EU has agreed to send an observation mission for the September 5 legislative elections without a signed MOU (reftels). In a July 25 phone call with the Ambassador, the European Commission Head of Administration Luis Martinez said that the EU headquarters in Brussels has stated in a w [...]	2008-07-25 18:39:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA568	EU AGREES TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION SANS MOU [...] (SBU) The EU has agreed to send an observation mission for the September 5 legislative elections without a signed MOU (reftels). In a July 25 phone call with the Ambassador, the European Commission Head of Administration Luis Martinez said that the EU headquarters in Brussels has stated in a w [...]	2008-07-25 18:39:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA574	U/S JEFFERY VISIT SETS THE STAGE FOR DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola rolled out the red carpet to receive Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agriculture Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during his July 21-22 visit to Luanda. In meetings with key players in Angola's economic equation (government, international oil companies, ba [...]	2008-07-28 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAID
08LUANDA585	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL. III [...] (U) In This Issue: -- Opposition Victory Seen in Major MPLA Reversal -- And there were 14: Quick Decisions made on Party Appeals -- Constitutional Court Shakes up the Electoral Process -- Media Reaction: Local Papers Mock Small Parties' "Disorder" Opposition Victory Seen in Major [...]	2008-07-30 14:07:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA592	SADC TROIKA MEETING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY [...] (SBU) The SADC Troika meeting scheduled for Friday, August 4th has been postponed indefinitely, according to a July 31 public statement issued by President dos Santos' Office of Administrative Support. This statement confirms information given to the Ambassador by the South African Ambassador [...]	2008-07-31 14:28:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA593	GRA HOPES FOR NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN PRETORIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 4th meeting with Ambassador Mozena, Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda expressed hope that the ongoing negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and opposition MDC parties would result in a power-sharing agreement. Absent such an agreement, Zimbabwe could ex [...]	2008-08-04 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI AO
08LUANDA595	PRESIDENT'S SPEECH KICKS OFF OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) In a nationally-broadcast speech to mark the launch of the official 30-day campaign period for the September 5 legislative elections, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos lauded how the "achievement of peace" has allowed the country to consolidate its political institutions, and pledg [...]	2008-08-05 15:03:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA596	ANGOLA'S CURRENT AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE [...] (SBU) The Angolan private weekly newspaper, Angolense, published an article on page 35 entitled, "Foresight into the MPLA's Next Government." The article posits that Angola's current Ambassador to the United States, Josefina Pitra Diakite, is a serious contender to be Foreign Minister in the [...]	2008-08-05 15:08:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP PGOV AO
08LUANDA598	FOREIGN MINISTER CONCEDES "ERRORS" IN EXPELLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a friendly, hour-long meeting with Ambassador Mozena on August 4th, Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda highlighted the GRA's desire for deeper economic ties with the U.S., admitted "errors" in the conduct of expulsions of illegal Congolese immigrants, and downplayed a r [...]	2008-08-05 19:45:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA615	CIVIL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES ELECTION OBSERVATION PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 25 press conference, the NGO Plataforma Eleitoral (Electoral Platform) announced its plan for civil observation of the September 5 legislative elections. The Plataforma plans to deploy 2,623 civil society observers on election day, providing electoral observation in a [...]	2008-08-08 15:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA616	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL. IV [...] (SBU) In This Issue: - Media Space Tightens with Halt to Radio Call-In Shows - MPLA and UNITA Shine, Others Stumble at Starting Gate - The Trouble with Campaign Financing - Extended School Closure During Electoral Period Media Space Tightens with Halt to Radio Call-In Shows ------ [...]	2008-08-08 15:35:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA666	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL VI [...] (U) In This Issue: - UNITA President Give Police Generally High Marks - All Hands on Deck: MPLA and UNITA Recall Staff - Catholic Church Scolds UNITA-Supporting Priest - Beauty Queen Relinquishes Crown to Support the FpD - High-Tech System Helps Voters Identify Polling Stations [...]	2008-08-22 15:59:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA687	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL VII [...] (U) In This Issue: - UNITA Accuses MPLA of Political Violence and Intimidation - Dos Santos Notes MPLA's Past Failures - An Odd Twist to the MPLA Campaign - Small Parties Run Out of Steam - Walking the tightrope... UNITA Accuses MPLA of Political Violence ----------------- [...]	2008-08-29 19:19:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA691	THE NITTY GRITTY: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ANGOLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola's legislative elections on September 5 represent the culmination of a massive logistical undertaking. The process has been sophisticated, imperfect, impressive, and chaotic. Ultimately, however, we assess that the electoral process will be viewed as a credible vehicle to [...]	2008-09-03 17:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA692	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL VIII [...] (C) In This Issue: - Parties Wrap Up Campaign Period - UNITA Predicts Holding 3 Seats in Huambo - Credentialing Problems for Observers and Monitors - Insufficient Civic Education Creates Confusion in Benguela - Possible SINFO Engagement in Electoral Process - Villagers Eject [...]	2008-09-03 17:54:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA693	ELECTION EVE PREDICTIONS: PEACEFUL, CREDIBLE, [...] (SBU) Angola is fast approaching a pivotal moment in its much troubled history. Within hours, polling booths across Angola will open for the first time in 16 years and only the second time in the history of the nation. At 7:00 AM on Friday, September 5, about 12,400 voting stations are slate [...]	2008-09-04 17:43:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA694	"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL IV [...] (C) In This Issue: - Logistics, Logistics, Logistics... - MPLA Predicts Big Victory - UNITA's Forecast for Bie - PADEPA Rally Drowned Out by MPLA - FpD, EU Observation Head Grounded by President dos Santos - Rejected Poll Workers Angry, Confused - Spot Report from Uige: [...]	2008-09-04 20:29:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA704	MPLA SUSTAINS COMMANDING LEAD IN VOTE TALLY AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling MPLA has maintained its overwhelming lead as vote counting continues, with over 81 percent of the vote as counting nears completion. Eleven of the 13 opposition parties and coalitions have conceded defeat. International observation missions have universally praised [...]	2008-09-10 12:48:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO
08LUANDA715	EMBASSY CONGRATULATES ANGOLA ON PEACEFUL, ALBEIT FLAWED, [...] (U) The Ambassador on September 9 released a statement on the September 5-6 legislative elections, as observed by the U.S. Embassy Election Observation Team. The statement congratulated the Angolan people for their peaceful participation in the election, pointed out the ruling party's advantag [...]	2008-09-10 19:06:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO

08LUANDA723	OFFICAL RESULT FOR 17 PROVINCES IN - LUANDA DELAYED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (CNE) released final results for 17 of Angola's 18 provinces on September 14; Luanda's results were withheld due to a challenge from UNITA. The MPLA won all of the seventeen provinces, taking over 80 percent of the vote in 12 of them. UNITA has [...]	2008-09-16 13:08:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO

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