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00BOGOTA10666	2000 TERRORISM REPORT (COLOMBIA) [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY BOGOTA'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL: A. RESPONSE OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO TERRORISM: COLOMBIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL (A BRANCH OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE) CONTINUES TO GIVE HIGH P [...]	2000-12-05 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CO

00BOGOTA3734	FARC INAUGURATES CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) AMIDST GREAT FANFARE AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS, THE FARC ANNOUNCED APRIL 29 ITS "CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY," THE "BOLIVARIAN MOVEMENT." FARC CHIEF MARULANDA SAID THE CLANDESTINE CHARACTER OF THE PARTY WAS INTENDED TO PROTECT ITS MEMBERS FROM A SYSTEMATIC MURDER CAMPAIGN SUCH AS [...]	2000-05-03 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER MASS PINR PHUM CO
00BOGOTA6096	COLOMBIAN TERRORISM - DEFENSE OFFICIALS PAINT [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR CURTIS W. KAMMAN. REASON 1.5(B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MIKE SHEEHAN AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SOLIC) BRIAN SHERIDAN MET WITH COLOMBIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE LUIS RAMIREZ, THE COMMANDER OF MILITARY FORCES FERNANDO TAPIAS, AND [...]	2000-07-13 22:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CO PINS
01BOGOTA10584	FARC RESISTS RE-STARTING TALKS/SLAMS U.N. [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-27 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
01BOGOTA500	LATEST MASSACRE PART OF ON-GOING PARA OFFENSIVE [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 17, SOME 26 RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY NEAR THE TOWN OF OVEJAS IN NORTHERN SUCRE DEPARTMENT WERE MASSACRED, APPARENTLY BY PARAMILITARIES BELONGING TO THE NORTHERN BLOCK OF SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OPERATING [...]	2001-01-19 22:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CO
01BOGOTA5460	COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT/FARC BEGIN HUMANITARIAN [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (U) ON JUNE 16, THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE FARC BEGAN THE PLANNED EXCHANGE OF CAPTURED SOLDIERS AND POLICEMEN FOR IMPRISONED FARC GUERRILLAS WITH THE FARC RELEASE OF 29 POLICEMEN AND SOLDIERS AND THE GOC RELEASE OF 11 [...]	2001-06-18 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV PREL PINS MARR CO
01BOGOTA5539	FARC ANNOUNCE INTENTION TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL 250 [...] No summary [...]	2001-06-19 23:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV PREL CO
01BOGOTA7805	UPDATE ON OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST [...] (C) AS REPORTED REFTEL, ON AUGUST 17 THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION TO DESTROY MOBILE FARC UNITS SEEKING TO ATTACK MILITARY TARGETS IN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS. ON AUGUST 27, FARC SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER "MONO JOJOY" PUBLICLY ACKNOWLE [...]	2001-08-29 00:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO
01BOGOTA8352	OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST WINDS DOWN [...] (C) THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY'S (COLMIL) "SEVENTH OF AUGUST" OPERATION, LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 17 AGAINST A 1,300 STRONG FARC FORCE IN THE EASTERN COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS OF GUAVIARE AND META IS WINDING DOWN. THE JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, [...]	2001-09-14 17:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO
01BOGOTA8685	FARC KIDNAPS FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND 10 OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE CONSUELO ARAUJO NOGUERA AND SOME 10 TO 25 OTHER HOSTAGES WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE FARC NEAR VALLEDUPAR, CESAR DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 24. ARMY SOURCES CLAIM THE HOSTAGES' CARS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FROM THE AIR IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION NORTH [...]	2001-09-25 23:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL CO
01CARACAS182	CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA: IT WON'T GET BETTER [...] (C) THE RIVALRY BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING, WITH ROOTS REACHING BACK AS FAR AS THE BREAK- UP OF GRAN COLOMBIA INTO SEPARATE STATES. OVER THE YEARS, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES - AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES - MANIFESTED ITSELF AS A PER [...]	2001-01-22 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CO
02BOGOTA1025	PUBLIC PROTESTS GROW IN THE FACE OF FARC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS THE FARC'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT PASTRANA MET WITH HIS TOP MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ADVISORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COMBAT THE GUERRILLA ATTACKS. MEANWHILE, POPULAR ATTITUDES ARE HARDENING AGAINST THE FARC, AS PEOPLE TAKE TO TH [...]	2002-02-04 11:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS CO
02BOGOTA10338	FARC KIDNAPS PRESIDENT OF LATIN AMERICAN BISHOPS [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 11, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATIN AMERICAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE (CELAM) AND BISHOP OF ZIPAQUIRA, JORGE ENRIQUE JIMENEZ, WAS KIDNAPPED IN A RURAL AREA NEAR PACHO, CUNDINAMARCA. TWO ARMED MEN KIDNAPPED THE BISHOP ALONG WITH A PARISH PRIEST. THE 60 YEAR-OLD JIMENEZ WAS TRAVELING TO S [...]	2002-11-12 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
02BOGOTA11477	COLOMBIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THIS IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INPUT ON THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR COLOMBIA. AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF FIGHTING AMONG GOVERNMENT TROOPS, GUERRILLAS AND PARAMILITARIES, COLOMBIANS ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM. TWO COLOMBIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]	2002-12-16 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CO
02BOGOTA3159	FARC RESUMES ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: FARC ACTIONS AGAINST THE MILITARY, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, AND COLOMBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FLARED DURING A THREE-WEEK PERIOD FOLLOWING THE END OF THE DESPEJE. SINCE THEN, FARC ACTIVITY AGAINST THE POPULATION HAD BEEN MINIMAL, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK: FROM MARCH 24 TO 27, FARC REBELS [...]	2002-04-08 23:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO
02BOGOTA3281	DETAILS ON FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTERLOCUTORS UNEQUIVOCALLY CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA (REFTEL). EMBASSY INTERLOCUTORS IN THE GOC FEEL THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ORDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FARC AND ELN C [...]	2002-04-11 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS VE CO
02BOGOTA6886	FARC THREATS CAUSE ENTIRE TOWN TO FLEE [...] VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF PUERTO ALVIRA, META DEPARTMENT, HAVE FLED BECAUSE OF THREATENED GUERRILLA ACTIONS. PUERTO ALVIRA IS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS, IN SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA, NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE FORMER DEMILITARIZED ZONE. IN MID-JULY, AND A [...]	2002-08-02 19:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PREF CO
02BOGOTA7088	FARC INAUGURATION DAY VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 7, PRESUMED MEMBERS OF THE FARC'S URBAN MILITIAS CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF BOGOTA. THE FIRST ATTACK, WHICH TARGETED A GOC MILITARY INSTALLATION, WAS PROBABLY MEANT TO CONFUSE AND DISTRACT THE COLOMBIAN SECURITY SERVICES. SEVERAL HOURS LAT [...]	2002-08-09 00:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CO
02BOGOTA9640	FARC KILLS PRIEST, ATTEMPTS TO KIDNAP BISHOP [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 17, TWO ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN SUCRE AND CALDAS DEPARTMENTS WERE ASSASSINATED AND THE FARC IS BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE KILLINGS. THE FIRST MURDER TOOK PLACE IN CHALAN, SUCRE. (NOTE: SUCRE IS IN ONE OF THE URIBE ADMINISTRATION'S "REHABILITATION ZONES [...]	2002-10-22 23:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
02VATICAN1152	SANT'EGIDIO THANKS UNCLE SAM AND CHIDES [...] (U) ANDREA RICCARDI, FOUNDER OF THE SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, HOSTED AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS 2/19 AT A DINNER IN RECOGNITION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01152 051435Z USG. RICCARDI EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR CONTINUIN [...]	2002-03-05 13:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CO CU IT MZ PHUM PREL SOCI VT ZL
03BOGOTA286	MASS GRAVE SITE DISCOVERED IN CAQUETA [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE GRAVES OF OVER 100 VICTIMS OF PARAMILITARY ATROCITIES IN CAQUETA DEPARTMENT. THE VICTIMS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ALLEGED FARC SYMPATHIZERS WHO WERE TORTURED AND EXECU [...]	2003-01-15 00:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PTER PINS PGOV CO
03BOGOTA342	FARC KIDNAPS CIVILIANS FOR CAR BOMB ATTACKS [...] (U) IN ITS LATEST WAVE OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN ARAUCA, THE FARC REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPING CIVILIANS AND USING THEM AS UNWITTING SUICIDE DRIVERS OF CARS LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. ONCE THE CARS REACH THEIR TARGET, THE EXPLOSIVES ARE DETONATED VIA REMOTE CONTROL. SINCE JANUARY 8, THERE HAVE BE [...]	2003-01-15 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
03BOGOTA3994	FARC KILLS TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES [...] (S) ON MAY 5, THE FARC EXECUTED TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES- ANTIOQUIA GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND PEACE ADVISER GILBERTO ECHEVERRI- IN AN AREA NEAR URRAO, ANTIOQUIA DEPARTMENT. EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO THE FARC ALSO HAD KIDNAPPED WERE KILLED AS WELL. SOURCES INDICATE [...]	2003-05-06 00:07:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
03BOGOTA9806	TOP FARC COMMANDER KILLED BY COLOMBIAN ARMY [...] (S) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 19, THE COLOMBIAN ARMY KILLED EDGAR NAVARRO, ALIAS "MOCHO," DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE FARC'S TEOFILO FORERO MOBILE COLUMN (TFMC),ONE OF THE FARC'S MOST ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE UNITS. THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE NAVARRO, WHICH ENDED WITH HIS DEATH, WAS BASED ON EFFECTIVE USE [...]	2003-10-20 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS CO
03GUATEMALA2727	GUATEMALA ON COLOMBIAN'S SIDE DECLARATION AT OAS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 18:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CO GT OAS
03MONTREAL999	YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...]	2003-07-30 13:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO
03PARIS5741	FRENCH DENY NEGOTIATING WITH FARC FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) DURING AN AUGUST 7 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER VILLEPIN'S CABINET DIRECTOR PIERRE VIMONT ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, CHARGE ASKED DIRECTLY WHETHER FRANCE HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THE FARC IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF FRENCH-COLOMBIAN CITIZEN INGRID BETANCOURT. VIMONT EXPLICITLY DENIED TH [...]	2003-08-07 19:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO BR FR
03SANTODOMINGO6002	DEMARCHE ON COLOMBIA AND OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE - [...] Post on October 24 delivered talking points reftel, regarding the proposed side declaration of support for Colombia at the OAS Special Conference on Security, to MFA acting director of international organization affairs Ambassador Radhis Abreu de Polanco. She informed us that our points had b [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER
03SANTODOMINGO6875	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO. 200301573 [...] Post regrets the delay in fulfilling the request as stated in Reftel, but finds the request as worded, "for all documents related to the Ambassador since his arrival at post", too broad in scope. 2. Please provide clarification in a more specific and/or defined scope for this request. KU [...]	2003-11-28 12:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF SNAR PREL CO
03TEGUCIGALPA1792	HONDURAN AUTHORITIES SEIZE APPROXIMATELY 525 KILOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28 Honduran authorities seized approximately 525 kilos of cocaine from a Colombian go-fast boat that was forced to beach near the remote northern coastal region of Limon, Colon. The vessel was first interdicted by the Honduran Navy at approximately 17:45, some nine nauti [...]	2003-07-29 20:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC CO HO
04ASUNCION232	PARAGUAY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICIZES FARC LINKS [...] (U) On 2/14, Paraguayan Attorney General Oscar Latorre held a press conference (ref A) during which he released the following evidence linking Patria Libre party member Osmar Martinez to FARC leader Rodrigo Granda and implicating the FARC in supporting the kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas, daughter [...]	2004-08-27 14:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA
04BOGOTA1	CONGRESS PASSES FISCAL REFORM, FOR REAL THIS TIME [...] (SBU) The Uribe Administration's fiscal reform bill, which passed on December 20 but was in danger of being overturned by the courts on technical grounds (reftel). The bill was corrected and re-passed in special session December 29. WOOD [...]	2004-01-02 14:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON CO PGOV
04BOGOTA1017	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: DECEMBER 2003 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the December Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were over 2400 tracks sorted, of which 26 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one pPhase I and two Phase II events during the month of December. ABD program issu [...]	2004-02-02 13:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
04BOGOTA10484	SUCRE DEPARTMENT: STRUGGLING WITH SECURITY AND [...] (C) During a visit to Sincelejo, capital of Sucre Department, Embassy officials observed that security is improving only slowly in this traditionally violent area, where the Uribe administration briefly gave the police and military state-of-emergency powers in 2002. The notorious Montes de Ma [...]	2004-10-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ASEC PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA1067	MAJOR COLOMBIAN PRINT MEDIA TRENDS FALL 2003 [...] This report on Colombian media covers the period September - November 2003. In this time frame, major Colombian print media (dailies El Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, La Republica, and Portafolio, and weeklies El Espectador, Semana, and Cambio) published 88 editorials, op-eds, and other signed commen [...]	2004-02-03 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA1092	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, a major internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities has created an environment in whic [...]	2004-02-03 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
04BOGOTA111	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RULES THAT ONE REFERENDUM ITEM [...] (U) On January 2, the National Electoral Council (CNE) released the official results of the October 25 political and economic reform referendum. The CNE concluded that one of fifteen referendum items met the twenty-five percent registered voter threshold required for approval. Item One, whic [...]	2004-01-07 15:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR CO
04BOGOTA112	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: VALLEDUPAR AND CESAR [...] (C) Politics and economics in the northern department of Cesar are heavily influenced by the interests of a small number of prominent families and the depredations of illegal armed groups. Despite the distractions posed by feuds within the local aristocracy and the active presence of the FARC, [...]	2004-01-07 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS MCAP ECON SNAR SOCI CO
04BOGOTA11205	RESTREPO OUTLINES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PROCESS TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo presented the government's demobilization plan for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the diplomatic corps. Seven AUC groups will demobilize between November 3 and December 18 and the GOC continues to insist [...]	2004-11-02 14:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO AUC
04BOGOTA11206	URIBE REJECTS AUC PROPOSAL TO JOIN MILITARY [...] (U) President Uribe shot down a United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) proposal that demobilized paramilitaries be incorporated into the armed forces. On October 28, Uribe said that members of an illegal armed group who demobilize would be given generous reinsertion benefits but would no [...]	2004-11-02 14:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PTER PHUM SNAR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA11207	URIBE ASKS VATICAN TO BROKER PRISONER EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) On October 28, GOC High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo wrote an open letter to Papal Nuncio Beniamino Stella proposing that the Catholic Church mediate an exchange of 15 prisoners from both the GOC and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Face-to-face negotiat [...]	2004-11-02 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CO
04BOGOTA11217	GOC SEEKS CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ILO COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 28, Vice Minister for Labor Affairs Luz Stella Arango briefed embassies of ILO Governing Body (GB) members on GOC cases before the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) scheduled for discussion at the ILO Governing Body meeting in November. She also requested support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO ILO
04BOGOTA11331	SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN 2005 DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (U) The GOC's 2005 central defense budget is 9.2 trillion pesos, an approximately seven percent increase over 2004 (reftel). Defense spending has grown over 50 percent since 2001. The 2005 increase will fund over 16,000 new uniformed police and military, including three Army mobile brigades, [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS SNAR PINR MCAP PTER ECON CO
04BOGOTA11339	THE UN'S FUTURE IN COLOMBIA \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with UN special advisor on \ Colombia James LeMoyne at the latter's request on October 28 \ and 30. LeMoyne said that the EU would release a new policy \ paper on Colombia in January 2005 which would lead to an more \ engaged approach. On demobilization, LeMoyne repor [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA11373	GOC IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS DENY ENTRY TO FOUR INTERNATIONAL UNION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of October 30-31, GOC immigration officials denied entry to four international labor leaders, including one U.S. citizen, and cancelled the tourist visas of approximately 60 others, while permitting them to stay for a period of three days pending resolution of t [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CVIS CASC CO
04BOGOTA11421	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH FATHER JOAKIN MAYORGA [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Father Joakin Mayorga visited the Embassy to discuss the status of an investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") into accusations made by two Army officers that he had committed criminal misrepresentation. In February, Mayorga alleged -- on [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS PTER PINR CO
04BOGOTA11422	REP BALLENGER RECEIVES ORDER OF SAN CARLOS MEDAL [...] On October 27, President Uribe presented Representative Cass Ballenger with the Order of San Carlos medal and thanked him for his long-standing support. On the margins of the ceremony, Ballanger told Uribe about his trip to the USAID alternative development projects in Putumayo Department and [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID CO CODEL
04BOGOTA11548	ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11571	COLOMBIA WOULD BE FURTHER IN THE RED IF NOT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. With oil trading at around USD 50 a barrel, Ecopetrol's windfall profits continue to rise. GOC officials have stated privately that were it not for the record revenues of the state oil company, the GOC would not make its 2004 deficit target of 2.5 percent of GDP. End Summary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET CO
04BOGOTA11586	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11694	COLOMBIA - NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS [...] (U) Embassy Bogota hosted a dinner on November 8 to raise awareness of the landmine problem in Colombia (reftel). Fifty guests, including members of the Vice Presidency's Anti-Personnel Mine Office, NGOs, the diplomatic corps, and international organizations, listened to remarks from landmine [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KHDP CO
04BOGOTA11705	LIBERAL PARTY SANCTIONS NINE SENATORS FOR [...] (U) On November 8, the Liberal Party suspended nine senators for ten months for breaking with the party's official position and voting in favor of legislation to permit Presidential reelection. Internal party rules require members of Congress to vote the party line. Prior to the move, the p [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
04BOGOTA11735	OAS URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR AUC PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) On November 9, OAS Mission Chief Sergio Caramagna, in charge of verifying the paramilitary peace process, publicly urged the international community to give more support to the government's plan to demobilize the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). In a statement to Colombia's l [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA11752	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Uribe welcomes the visit of President and Mrs. Bush with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --Floods in Northern Colombia, more than 150,000 persons affected --Demobilization and reinsertion of up to 3,000 paramilitary terrorists in the next two months --U.S. support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO
04BOGOTA11753	PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES DEMOBILIZATION DETAILS [...] (C) On November 12, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo reviewed for the Ambassador recent developments in demobilizing the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and clarified key steps in the process. Restrepo's principle concern is that without adequate security, the Revolutionary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS SNAR PHUM PINR PREL CO AUC
04BOGOTA11756	CSJ DETERMINES ARAUCA CASE TO BE HANDLED BY [...] On November 11, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSJ) determined that the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") will maintain control of and continue to investigate the August 5 deaths of three trade unionists killed in Saravena, Arauca Department, by members of the Colombian Army's 18t [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PINR PTER PGOV ETRD KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11758	URIBE RETIRES ARMY COMMANDER, RETAINS REST OF HIGH [...] (C) On November 10, Minister of Defense Uribe announced changes to the Armed Forces high command: Armed Forces Commander General Ospina and all the service chiefs except Army Commander Major General Carreno will remain in their positions. Carreno will retire. Joint Task Force Omega Commander [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR CO MOPS
04BOGOTA11791	COLOMBIA WILL ABSTAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CO UNGA
04BOGOTA11817	DEFENSE MINISTER DENIES CONJUGAL VISIT WITH [...] (C) On November 16, Defense Minister Jorge Uribe requested a meeting with the Ambassador to explain an article in El Nuevo Herald that claimed he had made a conjugal visit to a woman imprisoned in Medellin. The woman, Dora Adriana Alzate Restrepo, was arrested and sentenced to nine years in ja [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR CO PGOV
04BOGOTA11863	COLOMBIA'S VIEW ON ANTI-ISRAELI RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS CO
04BOGOTA11864	AMBASSADOR VALENCIA REPORTS ON ELN-GOC [...] (C) Ambassador Valencia, the Mexican facilitator for talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the GOC, briefed the Ambassador on recent communications between the two sides on November 16. On October 8, the ELN offered to meet with the GOC in Mexico but demanded the GOC provide a [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR PREL CO ELN
04BOGOTA1187	COLOMBIA NATIONAL POLICE PRESENCE IN CONFLICTIVE AREAS: [...] ONE OF PRESIDENT URIBE'S TOP STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES HAS BEEN TO "CONSOLIDATE STATE CONTROL" OVER COLOMBIAN TERRITORY BY REESTABLISHING A PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE PRESENCE THROUGHOUT COLOMBIA. IN AUGUST 2002, WHEN PRESIDENT URIBE TOOK OFFICE, 158 OF COLOMBIA'S 1098 MUNICIPALITIES (EQUIVALENT TO U.S. [...]	2004-02-04 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA1198	URIBE ON PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting with Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation, President Uribe stated that he was instructing his Administration to offer paramilitary leaders two options: relocation to so-called "concentration zones" for those who agree to demobilize or prosecut [...]	2004-02-05 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO
04BOGOTA12265	PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) On November 27, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador on developments in the peace process with the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC): -- Bananero Bloc: demobilization is complete. Thirty-seven are implicated in major crimes and will stay in the demobili [...]	2004-12-01 14:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS PREL PINR CO
04BOGOTA12275	FISCALIA INVESTIGATES TAOIST COMMUNITY IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, officials from the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") raided a Taoist commune located in a remote region of Santander Department to investigate allegations that the commune's leadership was involved in opium production and kidnapping. The allegations we [...]	2004-12-01 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS CASC CO
04BOGOTA12290	REELECTION PASSES HOUSE [...] (U) On November 30, the House of Representatives approved legislation to reform the Constitution to permit Presidential reelection (two terms maximum). Each article of the legislation was voted and passed in the range of 100-115 (of 166 total members) in favor. The only remaining legislativ [...]	2004-12-01 19:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12326	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COLOMBIA REVIEW [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia,s cautious Cuba policy. While Colombia has cut off and reestablished diplomatic relations to Cuba multiple times in the past, the bilateral relationship is currently stable, with Colombia generally exercising [...]	2004-12-02 13:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU CO
04BOGOTA12360	COLOMBIANS CREATE NEW CARIBBEAN JOINT COMMAND FOR [...] (U) On November 17, the Colombian military (COLMIL) announced the creation of a new joint command for the Caribbean coastal region, designed to maximize the military's assets in that area. The Caribbean Joint Command will cover the area from La Guajira Department in northeast Colombia to Choc [...]	2004-12-02 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12409	AUC DEMOBILIZATION ON A SHOESTRING [...] (U) The GOC has begun demobilization of the 3,000-4,000 United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) by the end of 2004. According to OAS mission chief Sergio Caramagna and staff, they are being forced to improvise and go without key supplies, including tables, phones, and bathrooms. End su [...]	2004-12-03 22:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PINR PREL KJUS CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12410	GOC PARDONS 23 FARC GUERRILLAS [...] (U) On December 2, the GOC pardoned 23 imprisoned members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Those pardoned were guilty only of membership in an illegal armed group; no guerrillas guilty of violent crimes were eligible for pardon. They will be released from prisons througho [...]	2004-12-03 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA12424	A/S TAYLOR MEETING WITH MOD URIBE [...] (U) December 1, 2004, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- A/S Francis X. Taylor Col. Simeon Trombitas, Milgroup Commander Col. William Graves, Defense Attache Mark Hunter, RSO Pamela Fierst, Special Assistant Dana Brown, notetaker Colombia [...]	2004-12-06 16:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER CO
04BOGOTA12434	A/S TAYLOR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ASEC CO KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
04BOGOTA12512	GOC REACTS STRONGLY TO U.S. ATTORNEY PRESS [...] (SBU) Late on December 6, Camilo Ospina, President Uribe's Legal Advisor, contacted the Ambassador to voice the President's strong concerns over the press conference by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida on the extradition of Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela to the effect that [...]	2004-12-07 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA12575	NAS Monthly Report November 2004: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November we sprayed 13,062 hectares of coca and completed the fourth poppy campaign of the year. Plan Colombia helicopters supported a request for a medical evacuation by the 9th Brigade. During November the CNP destroyed 20 Cocaine HCL labs. CNP also captured over 1.5 metr [...]	2004-12-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA12598	FARC PROPOSES NEW DEMILITARIZED ZONES FOR [...] (U) On December 3, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique dated November 28, changing one of its long-standing requirements for a humanitarian exchange. The communique appears to pre-date the GOC's December 2 release of 23 (with 12 more expected) FARC members [...]	2004-12-09 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CO FARC
04BOGOTA12602	THREE MORE AUC DEMOBILIZATIONS [...] (C) The GOC continues to demobilize elements of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). As of December 8, 510 out of about 1,500 paramilitaries from the Catatumbo Bloc had registered in their demobilization zone in Norte de Santander Department. They are scheduled to publicly demobi [...]	2004-12-10 00:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12603	UN MAY CONSIDER DDR PROGRAM FOR COLOMBIA; [...] (C) Begin Summary: UN Special Advisor on Colombia James LeMoyne, visiting Bogota this week, told major donors on December 8 that the UN was considering a demobilization, disarmament and reintergration (DDR) program for Colombia, assuming certain conditions were met. UNDP is also exploring th [...]	2004-12-10 00:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA12689	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, NOVEMBER [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during November 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP) coordinated several training courses during November. They included the following: "Investigator as a Witness" (i [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA12692	COLOMBIAN 3RD QUARTER GDP GROWTH MISSES THE MARK [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOC released 2004 Q3 GDP figures showing a sluggish 2.43 percent growth rate. GOC forecasts had predicted a 3.9 percent increase. Colombia's expected 2004 GDP growth rate of 4 percent can now only be achieved if Q4 GDP growth reaches 5 percent or higher. These numbers are [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO
04BOGOTA12734	MILITARY AND THE MEDIA CONFERENCE AIMS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Summary: On December 2, Embassy Bogota and the Ministry of Defense co-sponsored the third annual Public Forces and Journalism Seminar to improve military-media communication. Almost one hundred media and Armed Forces members (including the police) attended the meeting in Paipa, Boyaca Dep [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PHUM CO
04BOGOTA12736	AUC COMMANDER MANCUSO DEMOBILIZES WITH CATATUMBO [...] (C) Over 1400 members of the AUC's Catatumbo Bloc -- including AUC military commander Salvatore Mancuso -- demobilized in a public ceremony in Norte de Santander Department on December 10. The Bloc surrendered over 1500 quality weapons, as well as over 150 pieces of real estate in the region. [...]	2004-12-15 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CO AUC
04BOGOTA12769	COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SHUTS DOWN TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) On November 26 and 27, elements of the Plan Colombia-supported Counter Drug (CD) Brigade captured two FARC cocaine hydrochloride (HCL) labs during Operation Hurricane in Guaviare department. 2. (SBU) The first lab, in the Vaupes river/Miraflores area, had two chemical recycling vats ( [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
04BOGOTA1280	COLOMBIAN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During A/S Wayne's January 28-29 trip to Bogota, Colombian government and business leaders expressed strong support for an FTA. They recognized, however, that they have a great deal of homework to do before they are ready to negotiate. Moreover, they expressed concern that na [...]	2004-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR CO FTA
04BOGOTA12829	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12835	TAMPA AIRLINES: PROCEED WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary. Post has no objection to Ex-Im Bank's financing of a Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft for Tampa Airlines based on currently available information. Embassy recommends that Ex-Im proceed with caution, however, based on results of a recent meeting between DEA and Tampa Airlines and T [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA12846	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12860	NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON REELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress has reformed the Constitution to permit presidential reelection. Implementing legislation is pending for the upcoming session. Legal challenges are likely. A showdown between two high courts is also a possibility. End Summary. 2. (U) On December 14, the Senate [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12901	COLOMBIA INSTITUTES CAPITAL CONTROLS ON INVESTORS [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Uribe announced in an evening press conference on December 14 that Colombia would be instituting capital controls investments entering Colombia. This move comes after a year-long appreciation of the peso (14 percent over the past year) and a three day period just befor [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO
04BOGOTA12903	GOC OFFERS TO MEET WITH FARC TO FACILITATE [...] (U) On December 20, the GOC reiterated its willingness to revoke its extradition order against Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Commander Ricardo Palmera (aka "Simon Trinidad") if the FARC releases 63 hostages, including the three U.S. contractors, before December 30. The GOC exp [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM ASEC PINR PGOV CO FARC
04BOGOTA12938	DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH PEACE [...] (U) December 14, 2004, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, notetaker Colombia -------- Luis Carl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR CO AUC
04BOGOTA12939	AUC'S CALIMA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (C) The Calima Bloc, the fifth paramilitary group to demobilize in 2004, demobilized near a small village in northern Valle del Cauca Department on December 18. Bloc members, most from the departments of Valle del Cauca or Antioquia, turned in over 500 weapons. The police have increased thei [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12945	Guarded Optimism at First Year Anniversary of [...] Just hours after the November 25 demobilization of AUC's Bananero Bloc combatants in Turbo, Antioquia Department (reftel),the first anniversary of the demobilization of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) was celebrated in the department capital of Medellin. With banners emblazoned with the slog [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12953	CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN COLOMBIA [...] Leading companies are implementing strategically-focused corporate social responsibility programs in Colombia. Each year, private companies donate millions of dollars to fund education, health, and recreational initiatives throughout the country. The private sector is also providing managemen [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12960	TRANSPARENCY OF COLOMBIAN BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Per Secstate 239929, post has spoken to appropriate Colombian government authorities and has responses to questions posed by Washington. 2. (U) Military Expenditures are audited by the National Comptroller, which works on an annual cycle to audit each aspect of military expenditu [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CO MOPS
04BOGOTA12984	DAS SHAPIRO AND DAS FARRAR MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (U) December 16, 2004, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- INL DAS Jonathan Farrar WHA DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director David Henifin, Deputy Director for WHA/AND Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS Phyl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA13000	HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) Although Post concurs with the Department's assessment of Colombia as "non-compliant" with the Hague Abduction Convention, Post notes legislation to implement the Convention is moving through the Colombian Congress. There are also positive developments in judicial training and cooperatio [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KOCI CO
04BOGOTA13087	GOC PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT TO G-24 [...] (SBU) On December 15, President Uribe, Vice President Santos and several other GOC officials presented a human rights status report to the G-24 Ambassadors and NGO representatives in preparation for the London Declaration follow-up conference in Cartagena on February 3-4, 2005. The proceeding [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER EAID CO
04BOGOTA13139	DAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH FATHER DARIO ECHEVERRI [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 11:15-12:15 a.m., Espicopal Conference, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, POL (notetaker) Colombia -------- Fat [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR PREL PGOV CO ELN
04BOGOTA13168	PEACE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Senator Carlos Gaviria -- a self-declared presidential candidate in 2006 -- told poloffs to expect lawsuits against the recently approved constitutional amendment authorizing presidential reelection and expressed concerns about a possible clash between high courts over the [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO

04BOGOTA13170	COLOMBIA TO RATIFY COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL CO
04BOGOTA1318	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH FM BARCO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 6, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and FM Carolina Barco discussed paramilitary demobilization and the OAS resolution on its verification mission, Colombia-Venezuela relations, and President Uribe's February 8-14 visit to Europe. End Summary. 2. (U) At the Fe [...]	2004-02-09 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CO VE EU
04BOGOTA13216	YEAR END RESULTS OF AUC PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) In 2003 and 2004, the GOC demobilized over 3,600 paramilitaries from the AUC. They turned in well over 1,000 weapons and other supplies, which were inventoried by the OAS verification mission. 2005 will be the most challenging year for the peace process; the GOC is commited to demobilizin [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA13217	OVERVIEW OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Passage of presidential reelection reform and implementing legislation for a new criminal procedure code were the principal accomplishments of the last session of Congress. Political wrangling prevented the Congress from dealing effectively with key pension and tax reform bills [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KJUS CO
04BOGOTA1356	URIBE'S MEETING WITH INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation met with President Uribe and FM Barco on February 4. Reftel details the portion of the meeting devoted to paramilitary demobilization and extradition issues. Barco expressed guarded optimism regarding the OAS vote on Se [...]	2004-02-10 15:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER SNAR CO EU
04BOGOTA1388	MAYOR GARZON'S UNEVENTFUL FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Bogota mayor Luis Eduardo "Lucho" Garzon's first month in office was largely uneventful. Garzon has not attempted to steal President Uribe's limelight, and has been virtually silent on security issues. Instead, Garzon has talked up social issues. Thus far, however, he h [...]	2004-02-11 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO CU
04BOGOTA144	CODEL FRIST'S MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist met separately with Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria, Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina Barco, and Vice Minister of Trade Claudia Maria Uribe. Senator Frist also had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming fr [...]	2004-01-07 23:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KSUM PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO CODEL
04BOGOTA153	SENATOR FRIST'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe in Cartagena on January 4. Uribe made a pitch for additional helicopters and more efficient delivery of spare parts and inquired about the possibility of A-10 Warthogs for the counternarcotics fight. [...]	2004-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SNAR ECON CO EC MX PGOV
04BOGOTA1558	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the January Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were over 4800 tracks sorted, of which 42 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase I and one Phase III event during the month. ABD program issues of concern [...]	2004-02-13 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
04BOGOTA1563	COLOMBIAN UNEMPLOYMENT AT SEVEN-YEAR LOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reflecting the economy's 3.5 percent increase in 2003, Colombia's unemployment rate has fallen to 12.3 percent, a seven year low. Underemployment has increased slightly to 31.9 percent. Unemployment continues to be a top issue among the public. Some analysts, while praising th [...]	2004-02-17 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB CO PGOV
04BOGOTA1657	WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING CALI OPIC APPLICATION [...] Per reftel, Econoffs reviewed Women,s World Banking Cali (WWB) and have found it to be a reputable organization. WWB was established in 1982 and is known in Latin America as a financially sound microcredit agency. It won the Inter-American Development Bank,s Award for Excellence in Microfinanc [...]	2004-02-17 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CO
04BOGOTA1680	GOC TAKING ACTION AGAINST PARAMILITARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Since agreeing to a unilateral cease-fire in late November 2002, Colombia's major paramilitary groups -- the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),Central Bolivar Bloc (BCB) and Eastern Alliance have committed at least 370 murders, kidnappings, and other human rights violations nat [...]	2004-02-18 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO AUC PGOV
04BOGOTA1703	PLAN COLOMBIA PHASE II [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. THE GOC HAS PRESENTED EMBASSY WITH A FINAL DRAFT OF ITS PLAN COLOMBIA PHASE II, 2006-10, DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT URIBE AND HIS CABINET. GOC AND EMBASSY SOLICIT WASHINGTON AGENCY POLICY REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE DOCUMENT. PLEA [...]	2004-02-18 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO PGOV
04BOGOTA1704	APPREHENSION IN URABA FOR AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a USAID contracting team tasked to analyze the GOC's demobilization plans for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),USAID personnel, and poloff visited Apartado, in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The GOC expects to implement an AUC demobiliza [...]	2004-02-18 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA1748	UNHCHR REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in Colombia is finalizing its report for Geneva on the GOC's compliance with its 27 human rights recommendations. The report is likely to criticize the GOC for slow and uneven implementation of the recommendations [...]	2004-02-20 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO UNGA
04BOGOTA1764	THE LAST COLOMBIAN MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT A PUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 12, the GOC reinstalled police forces in Murindo, Antioquia department, a region in Uraba that has long lacked a public security presence. Murindo was the last of Colombia's 1,098 municipalities (equivalent to a U.S. county) to receive a public security force -- completing a [...]	2004-02-20 20:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SNAR CO
04BOGOTA1980	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: MEDELLIN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Colombia's vibrant second city, Medellin, February 11-12. National Police commander Ruben Carrillo noted a continued downward trend in violent crime and a lack of recidivism on the part of reinserted former paramilitary fighters. Mayor Sergio Fajardo complained [...]	2004-02-25 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS EAID CO UN
04BOGOTA2019	HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION: COLOMBIA [...] Reftel A provided Embassy Bogota's comments regarding Colombia's compliance with the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. Ref e-mail B communicated that the Office of Children's Issues has decided to identify Colombia as a country not in compliance with the convention in the upc [...]	2004-02-27 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC PREL CO
04BOGOTA2020	TRADE MINISTER STATES COLOMBIA'S NEW MARKET BASED [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 16, 2004, the Colombian government implemented a new import system that provides tariff reductions for importers that purchase domestic production of corn (both white and yellow),grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and cotton. The new system replaces the restrictive i [...]	2004-02-27 15:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON CO FTA
04BOGOTA2067	AZNAR VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (U) Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar came to Colombia to express his solidarity with President Alvaro Uribe's fight against terrorism and to underscore Spanish assistance to Colombia. He also addressed a forum on Democracy and Development in Latin America, organized by the International Fo [...]	2004-02-27 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PGOV CO SP VE
04BOGOTA2071	FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...]	2004-02-27 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC
04BOGOTA2115	ACADEMIA TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect. 2. (SBU) Three researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of London, working in conjunction with an Economics Professor at Augusta State University in Georgia with whom post had already been in contact, recently provided us [...]	2004-03-01 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PROP ELAB CO
04BOGOTA2187	COLOMBIA MEETS IMF FISCAL DEFICIT TARGETS [...] (U) The GOC announced February 25 that it met the IMF target of 2.8 percent of GDP for its 2003 fiscal deficit. The GOC cut current expenditures and froze some investment projects, especially in the energy sector, in order to achieve this result. The announcement was greeted positively by ma [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA2198	GOC HARD LINE ON DEMOBILIZATION MAKES [...] (C) The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia's (AUC) Centauros Bloc -- which is heavily invested in drug trafficking and involved in a struggle with a rival paramilitary bloc over control of territory and narcotics interests -- publicly announced it will not demobilize without firm GOC secur [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2199	COLOMBIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Approximate amount of time spent to prepare this report: 30 hours. -------- Overview -------- 2. Colombia is a significant source of tr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA2313	PROSECUTOR GENERAL OSORIO AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 5, Prosecutor General (Fiscal General) Osorio said that he had accepted the resignations of two senior Fiscalia officials and dismissed several others in an effort to clean house. He will also allow the Fiscalia,s prosecutors to elect a [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KCRM PHUM SNAR PREL PTER ASEC CO PGOV
04BOGOTA2434	GOC CONTINUING TO CONFRONT PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) Summary: In the face of AUC and other paramilitary groups' failure to fulfill the unilateral cease-fire pledge (reftel),the security forces continue to confront paramilitaries throughout the country. Since the beginning of 2003, almost 3,000 paramilitaries have been captured, killed, or [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR PGOV ASEC CO AUC
04BOGOTA2561	PARAMILITARY PEACE DIFFICULTIES [...] (S) At the instruction of President Uribe, Peace Negotiator Restrepo met with the Ambassador to discuss difficulties in the GOC's negotiations with the AUC paramilitaries. Restrepo said the AUC had called for written guarantees from the GOC that, during the concentration phase, AUC members fa [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER CO AUC
04BOGOTA2634	WILL CONGRESS COME THROUGH FOR URIBE? [...] (SBU) Summary: In January, President Uribe, in an effort to nudge a recalcitrant Congress toward passage of new reforms, announced plans to form three high-level special commissions to formulate proposals in the areas of economics, justice, and administration of the state. On February 17, t [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KJUS PTER CO
04BOGOTA2635	DRAFT AGREEMENTS ON INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE AND [...] At the request of the Vice Minister of National Defense (MOD) for Policy, MOD staff and Post (NAS and MilGp) have prepared two draft agreements (Appendices) that seek to integrate the MOD and the Colombian Military and National Police in the critical areas of intelligence and communications, [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2692	GOC ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT LABOR RIGHTS [...] (U) To address the international community's concerns about human rights violations against trade union members, Vice-President Santos briefed ambassadors of member states of the ILO's Governing Body on GOC advances in promoting workers' human rights and tripartite dialogue. In addition to ci [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CO
04BOGOTA2764	UNHCHR PRESENTS ITS 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UN
04BOGOTA2806	INL A/S CHARLES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with President Uribe on March 15, INL A/S Charles and Ambassador Wood welcomed Uribe's March 22-25 visit to Washington, lauded the decrease in violence under Uribe, stressed the need for eradication in national parks, and reiterated the importance we place on extrad [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2840	ECUADOR PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-day visit to Colombia, Ecuador's President Lucio Gutierrez met with President Alvaro Uribe, FM Carolina Barco, Bogota Mayor Lucho Garzon, and business leaders; spoke to a joint session of Congress; and was honored with Colombia's highest medal. Border control, immigr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER PREF CO EC
04BOGOTA2912	COLOMBIA GOES BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON PENSION [...] (SBU) Faced with the impending default of the Public Pension Fund (managed by the Institute for Social Security),the GOC is once again attempting to overhaul its public pension system. This marks the Uribe administration's third attempt to fix the problem, after the 2002 pension reform was [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA3102	GOC CONCERNED ABOUT UN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Charge was called to the Foreign Ministry on March 26 by Acting Minister Jaime Giron to discuss the GOC's reservations about two aspects of the UNSC Draft Resolution on Children and Armed Conflict. Referring to the resolution's operative paragraph 7bis, Giron expressed concern about the [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO UNSC
04BOGOTA3103	THE FUTURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY: THE EMBASSY COUNTRY TEAM RECENTLY COMPLETED ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK IN ARAUCA DEPARTMENT. IN THAT TIME THE US HAS TRAINED ALMOST A BATTALION AND A HALF OF COUNTERGUERRILA SOLDIERS, CONDUCTED NUMEROUS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE VISITS, AND ESTABLISHED A COMBINED INTELLIGENCE CENTER [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PHUM CO TAGS
04BOGOTA3373	UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN [...] (SBU) British Petroleum (BP) and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Producers (ACP) hosted a briefing for British and U.S. emboffs on ACP's draft work plan regarding the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) for the extractive industry. ACP and BP requested USG and UK as [...]	2004-04-01 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PHUM PREL CO
04BOGOTA3393	COLOMBIAN ARMY ATTACK ON POLICE UNIT SPARKS [...] (C) The deaths on March 19 of eleven people -- seven anti- kidnapping police and four civilians -- at the hands of the Colombian Army (COLAR) in Narino department has sparked controversy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Army have presented contradictory accounts of the incident, and P [...]	2004-04-01 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR MOPS ASEC CO
04BOGOTA3479	DC-3 Accident March 28, No Injuries [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Colombian National Police (PNC) DC-3 aircraft (tail number PNC 0214) crashed upon landing in Caruru, Vaupes Department, on March 28. No injuries or fatalities resulted, but an initial inspection has concluded that it is not economically feasible to repair the aircraft. PNC a [...]	2004-04-02 21:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CO
04BOGOTA3486	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ICRC HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CO FARC ELN AUC
04BOGOTA3544	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH HIGH [...] (C) On April 2, Ambassador met with High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo to discuss the paramilitary peace process and, especially, to confirm that the GOC would give paramilitary leaders no assurances regarding their possible extradition to the U.S. Restrepo explained recent chang [...]	2004-04-05 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINR PREL PTER PINS PHUM PGOV SNAR CO ELN
04BOGOTA3545	DECIPHERING THE SIZE OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) According to the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD),at least 20,000 Colombian terrorists, both paramilitaries and guerrillas, have deserted or been captured or killed in combat with government forces since President Alvaro Uribe took office in August 2002. Still, the estimated numerical [...]	2004-04-05 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR CO AUC ELN FARC
04BOGOTA3618	ANTI-NARCOTICS UNIT MEMBERS OBJECT TO POLYGRAPHS [...] (SBU) On April 4, Bogota's El Espectador newspaper published an article about complaints by members of the Fiscalia's Anti-Narcotics and Maritime Interdiction Unit (UNAIM) about polygraph exams recently administered by the FBI. The exams were mandated by Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") [...]	2004-04-07 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3628	GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...]	2004-04-07 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL
04BOGOTA3676	COLOMBIAN AVIATION: THE ONLY WAY IS UP [...] (U) Summary: 2003 was a tough year for Colombian airlines due to a drop in passenger traffic and high operational and fuel costs. Avianca, the nation's largest carrier, entered Chapter 11 reorganization in New York, and is up for sale. A Brazilian consortium has offered to take over Avianc [...]	2004-04-12 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR CO
04BOGOTA3703	COOPERATION WITH CANADIAN EMBASSY IN BOGOTA ON VISA [...] (U) Summary: Reftel recommended that posts share information with Canadian colleagues regarding visa processing, and offered a "template" for cooperation. The Consular Section in Bogota has long enjoyed a close relationship with the Canadian Embassy in Colombia. Using the ideas provided i [...]	2004-04-12 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA CMGT CVIS CA CO
04BOGOTA3714	MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...]	2004-04-13 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3775	NEW "LAW OF JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION" SUBMITTED TO [...] (U) At an April 12 meeting with the local diplomatic corps, High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo provided the following detailed sequence for the operation of the draft &Law of Justice and Compensation,8 a new version of the previous &alternative sentencing" or "conditional parole" [...]	2004-04-14 17:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS PHUM PINR CO
04BOGOTA3872	A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF COLOMBIA'S SECURITY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR PTER CO
04BOGOTA3894	UPDATE ON COLOMBIAN DRAFT LEGISLATION TOUCHING ON [...] (S) Summary: The Colombian House of Representatives is close to a final vote on criminal procedure code reforms. The GOC, supported strongly by the Embassy, is pushing for status quo on the article that addresses extradition. A sizable number of congressmen, however, continues to advocate n [...]	2004-04-16 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA3913	FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LABOR VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) During a meeting with four participants in a USDOL-funded exchange program for at-risk trade unionists, we learned that paramilitaries had targeted at least three of them because of their leftist political activism, rather than their trade union membership. Carlos Rodriguez, the moderate [...]	2004-04-19 13:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PTER ELAB SOCI CO
04BOGOTA3943	PRM'S A/S DEWEY'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (U) PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey visited Colombia March 7-10. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significant reduction in the number of internally displaced persons since the Uribe Administration took office 18 months ago. Many cautioned, however, that this positiv [...]	2004-04-20 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO
04BOGOTA3944	PRM'S A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES DISPLACEMENT, PEACE [...] (SBU) As part of his March 7-10 visit to Colombia, PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey met with PRM partner organizations that provide short- and medium-term assistance to displaced persons. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significant reduction in the number of internal [...]	2004-04-20 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO
04BOGOTA4058	HOUSE DEFEATS MEASURE TO MODIFY EXTRADITION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 15:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4060	TERRORIST FINANCE ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) The complex relationship between drug traffickers, money launderers and terrorists led the Government of Colombia (GOC) to take a broad, multifaceted and multi-institutional approach to combating illicit finance. Colombia has worked extensively with the USG to find, investigate and freez [...]	2004-04-22 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CO EUN
04BOGOTA4128	PERU'S PRESIDENT TOLEDO VISITS COLOMBIA [...] Summary: Border security and economic cooperation topped the agenda when Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo made a two-day visit to Colombia April 15-17. Toledo signed a 35-point Joint Declaration with President Alvaro Uribe. The Declaration called for: cooperation and coordination between [...]	2004-04-22 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PTER SNAR CO PE
04BOGOTA4176	CASTANO'S FATE UNKNOWN [...] (C) Carlos Castano's fate remains unclear after an April 16 armed confrontation between Castano's personnel and unidentified individuals in Antioquia Department. The most often heard scenario is that Castano's brother and fellow paramilitary commander Vicente Castano was behind the attack in [...]	2004-04-23 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA4214	COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...]	2004-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4238	CONGRESSMAN DIAZ BALART'S BOGOTA VISIT [...] (U) Begin Summary. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart visited Colombia April 12-14. He received two awards from the Colombian Congress; both were presented for the Congressman,s efforts on behalf of Colombians in the U.S. Diaz-Balart met with President Uribe and senior GOC officials. End Summa [...]	2004-04-26 19:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO CODEL
04BOGOTA4278	URIBE GIVES PUBLIC ULTIMATUM TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) On April 27, President Uribe issued an ultimatum to the country's illegal paramilitaries, warning that if they do not accept the GOC's conditions for peace talks -- including a verifiable cease-fire and a concentration of troops -- Government security forces will combat them until they are [...]	2004-04-27 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR ASEC CO ELN FARC
04BOGOTA4297	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD AND PEACE [...] (C) On April 27, Ambassador spoke to Minister of Defense Uribe and Peace Commissioner Restrepo about that day's presidential declaration on the peace process (reftel). 2. (C) Minister Uribe said that the declaration had been composed the day before and had been reviewed before issuance by h [...]	2004-04-28 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR ASEC CO ELN
04BOGOTA4318	USG PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF US-ANDEAN [...] (U) To addressees from Ambassador William B. Wood. 2. (SBU) Colombia,s Minister of Commerce and the GOC,s lead FTA negotiator have approached post to request that the USG send as complete a delegation as possible to the upcoming FTA talks in Bogota, May 18-19. Both officials stressed the p [...]	2004-04-28 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV ECON CO KLAB FTA
04BOGOTA4319	THREE ALLEGED IRA MEMBERS ACQUITTED ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Three Irish citizens -- Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan -- were acquitted on charges of training Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in the use of explosives and urban terrorist tactics. The three men were, however, found guilty of entering the cou [...]	2004-04-28 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4326	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agriculture will probably be one of Colombia's most sensitive sectors in the FTA negotiations, due to its historical role and the sector's high level of government intervention. The U.S. has comparative advantage in the products most protected by Colombia, particularly wheat, cor [...]	2004-04-29 14:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4328	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Colombia are largely governed by Andean Community decisions, which are interpreted by GOC law. The latter complies with the WTO, though in key areas Colombian protection is weaker than TRIPS protections. Enforcement of IPR law is the princi [...]	2004-04-29 15:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4332	PROSECUTOR GENERAL CONTINUES REFORMS AMID CRITICISM [...] (S) Although he cannot evade responsibility for presiding for thirty-three months over an institution polluted by corruption, Prosecutor General ("Fiscal") Luis Camilo Osorio has followed through on his promise to remove officials who fail polygraph exams or are otherwise suspected of corrupti [...]	2004-04-29 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4448	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman and SOUTHCOM Commander met President Uribe, Minister of Defense Uribe, and the acting Foreign Minister. Ambassador also attended. U/S Grossman underscored continuing U.S. support for consolidation of Plan Colombia and for Plan Patriota. He expressed support for [...]	2004-04-30 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PREL PHUM SNAR PINS CO
04BOGOTA4475	INSURANCE ISSUES IN FTA NEGOTIATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] Following is post's response to REFTEL request for information on Colombia's insurance sector in preparation for FTA negotiations which begin on May 17. 2. Begin Questions and Answers: Q: Has the country engaged in any treaties in which they grant insurance-sector preferences to another [...]	2004-05-03 18:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4476	COLOMBIA HOPES TO INCREASE EXPORTS VIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A liberalization trade agreement between trading blocks Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) will go into effect July 1. The deal gives Colombia increased market access to 216 million consumers in Mercosur countries. Key agricultural goods will receive 15 years of [...]	2004-05-03 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4483	COLOMBIA TAX REFORMS OF LIMITED BENEFIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA4506	U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH VICE-PRESIDENT SANTOS [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman met Vice-President Santos. Grossman said that the USG supports Plan Patriota, and praised the GOC's accomplishments in combating narcotics and terrorism. The U/S stressed that the USG will insist on maintaining extradition as an effective law enforcement tool, a [...]	2004-05-03 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4507	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (U) April 29, 2004, 1:45-2:30pm, U.S. Embassy Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- U/S Marc Grossman Ambassador William B. Wood General James T. Hill, SouthCom Ambassador Daniel A. Johnson, POLAD Col. Napoli, Southcom Stewart Tuttle, Deputy Political Counselor Charles Barclay, WHA [...]	2004-05-04 11:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4511	IMF VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Commending the Government of Colombia (GOC) on its impressive growth over the last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found that the short term outlook for Colombia is positive and expects the Colombian economy to meet revised macroeconomic targets. The positive macr [...]	2004-05-04 15:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA4534	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: CUSTOMS ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite previous reforms to Colombia's customs administration, more modernization is needed to fully support trade under an FTA. The customs bureaucracy itself hampers trade, lacking specialized staff and equipment, and suffering from high management turnover. Pilferage in customs [...]	2004-05-04 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4632	PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION PASSES FIRST TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for passage of legislation to permit immediate presidential reelection are mixed. As Constitutional reform, the proposal faces a challenging vote hurdle. Approval requires eight votes: committee and plenary, both chambers, this session and next. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-06 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
04BOGOTA4633	SECURITY FORCES PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE MISHAPS AND [...] (C) Over the past month, the security forces have committed serious errors, including friendly fire events, accidental civilian killings, and incidents involving possible drug-related corruption. Once incident in particular has exacerbated already tense police-military relations. The GOC has [...]	2004-05-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR ASEC CO
04BOGOTA4636	ASSET SEIZURE AND DEMOBILIZATION FUNDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request (please see paragraphs 2 and 12) in reply to reftel request for information about Colombian Law 793 of 2002, "La Ley de la Extincion de Dominio." ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Colombia has two laws that address asset forfeiture and seizure, one criminal [...]	2004-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4709	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: FINANCIAL SERVICES ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombia's financial services sector is distinguished by a regulatory framework that restricts multi-banking and seeks to control money laundering and capital flight. International financial services firms are restricted to those with a subsidiary in the country, and use of forei [...]	2004-05-10 14:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EFIN CO FTA
04BOGOTA4820	COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE CAPTURES TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) ON APRIL 25 AND 28, THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE PLAN COLOMBIA SUPPORTED COUNTER DRUG (CD) BRIGADE SHUT DOWN TWO FARC COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HCL) LABS DURING OPERATION ZEUS IN SOUTHERN NARINO DEPARTMENT. 2. THE FIRST LAB, NEAR THE MIRA RIVER AND LLORENTE, HAD FOUR CHEMICAL RECYCLING VATS [...]	2004-05-11 20:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4839	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: TELECOMS AND NON-FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Telecoms and other non-financial services account for 59 percent of Colombia's GDP. Despite two waves of liberalization, regulatory barriers still protect state-owned service providers from private and foreign firms. Barriers to foreign providers of professional services are fa [...]	2004-05-11 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4875	COLOMBIA HAS NO PLANS FOR REPRESENTATION IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 23:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL IZ CO
04BOGOTA4888	COLOMBIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY TO VISIT FAA [...] (U) Summary. Sub-Director from Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plans to visit FAA in Miami and Washington to discuss recent FAA inspection. The GOC was not pleased with the results of the inspection, and is taking steps to comply with FAA recommendations. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In [...]	2004-05-13 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CO
04BOGOTA4947	GOC REACTION TO ARREST OF COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The GOC has sought to calm passions following Venezuela's arrest of some 90 purported Colombian paramilitaries (Ref A). President Uribe called for a thorough investigation and welcomed the actions of neighboring countries to prevent illegal activities of Colombians abroad. A c [...]	2004-05-14 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO VE
04BOGOTA4950	SETTLEMENT OF ECOPETROL STRIKE HINGES ON [...] (SBU) Twenty-two days into the Syndicated Workers Union's ("Union Sindical Obrero," or USO) strike against Ecopetrol -- Colombia's state-owned oil company -- the lone issue remaining on the negotiation table is whether Ecopetrol will re-hire nearly 180 workers dismissed for their participation [...]	2004-05-14 23:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EPET PHUM CO
04BOGOTA4951	NEXT STEPS IN PARAMILITARY PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador and Peace Commissioner Restrepo discussed the paramilitary peace agreement. The paramilitary leaders have a month to concentrate. Restrepo speculated they agreed after almost destroying the talks because: (1) the government had followed a consistent line a [...]	2004-05-17 12:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR KJUS CO OAS ELN
04BOGOTA5068	Bogota Mini Dublin Group Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bogota Mini Dublin Group held a biannual meeting on May 11 to discuss the ten recommendations for Colombia agreed upon in November, 2003. This session acknowledged the USG's leadership in counter-narcotics cooperation with the GOC. Several examples of bilateral programs were [...]	2004-05-17 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO UN
04BOGOTA5077	GOC INITIATES INTERAGENCY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Three months ago the GOC, with SOUTHCOM assistance, established the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI). The Center is directed by presidential adviser and International Assistance Coordinator Luis Alfonso Hoyos and is staffed by more than ten ministries and agencies. It will [...]	2004-05-18 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER PREL PINS CO
04BOGOTA5234	LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USG SUPPORT TO DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) This is an Action Request: Embassy Bogota requests that the Department urgently work with both DOJ and USAID to resolve legal ambiguities that inhibit our ability to support aspects of desertion and demobilization programs in Colombia. In particular, we need a ruling on whether, and when [...]	2004-05-22 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA5265	TAINTED RIME-5 OFFICERS DISMISSED [...] (S/NF) In January 2004, Colombian military officials provided Army Commander Major General Carreno with evidence that five officers from Army Regional Intelligence Center 5 (RIME-5),including its commander, were collaborating with paramilitary groups. The officers were suspected of sharing i [...]	2004-05-24 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PINR PTER CO
04BOGOTA5276	THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...]	2004-05-24 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA5282	PROGRESS IN CESAR DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Officials and residents of Cesar Department praise President Uribe's security improvements. The cities and highways of Cesar's central valley are far safer than they were a year ago, and the economy has grown slightly. However, guerrillas and paramilitaries find refuge in the hi [...]	2004-05-24 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON SNAR VE CO FARC
04BOGOTA5305	BOGOTA'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND PROPOSAL [...] Background: Colombia remains embroiled in a prolonged internal armed conflict now involving three major narcotics-funded terrorist organizations. The conflict has fueled thousands of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the illegal armed groups and has led to a ser [...]	2004-05-25 21:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA5326	Update on Eradication in Colombian National Parks [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to dispel misinformation about the aerial eradication program and illicit coca cultivation in national parks, the Colombian National Police (CNP) recently hosted two over-flights of affected parks. Participants, including key legislators, opinion leaders, and the me [...]	2004-05-26 20:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV PREL CO
04BOGOTA5327	GOC ORDERED TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF [...] On May 25, the Administrative Tribunal of Arauca department ordered the Government of Colombia to pay 2 billion pesos (approximately USD 770,000) to the families of 17 persons killed in an Air Force bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca department, in December 1998. The Tribunal rul [...]	2004-05-26 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PTER PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA66	2003 REVIEW OF THE COLOMBIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Colombian economy performed well during President Alvaro Uribe's first year in office and will end 2003 on a positive note. A significant increase in exports to the United States helped stabilize an economy constrained by the internal armed conflict and challenged by a sign [...]	2004-01-05 20:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CO
04BOGOTA85	SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...]	2004-01-06 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC
04BOGOTA88	NAS BOGOTA MONTHLY REPORT [...] This is a summary of NAS Bogota activities for November 2003. Eradication and Interdiction ---------------------------- 2. Eradication: In November, the Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 6,268 hectares of coca. Spray aircraft and support helicopters took a total of six hits from [...]	2004-01-06 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR MOPS CO
04BOGOTA8898	MOD DEFENDS COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Carolina Barco and Minister of Defense Jorge Uribe briefed foreign diplomats on individual demobilization, hometown soldiers, and the informants network. The event was a review of accomplishments that highlighted the GOC's successes and downplayed its challenges. Minis [...]	2004-09-01 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM CO
04BOGOTA8899	DRUG TIES RELATED TO GUAITARILLA POLICE DEATHS [...] (C) On August 30, the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) announced that it had closed the disciplinary investigation into the March 19 Army-Police clash in Guaitarilla, Narino Department. According to the televised announcement, the Procuraduria will press charges for alleged neglig [...]	2004-09-01 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MOPS CO

04BOGOTA8906	CONCERNS FROM THE U.S. FLAG CARRIERS [...] (SBU) Summary. At the midyear point, the three U.S. flag airlines, American, Continental, and Delta, all report higher earnings in 2004 than in 2003. All three managers voiced concerns over the civil aviation authority, Aeronautica Civil (CAA),the association of Colombian travel agencies (A [...]	2004-09-02 14:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CO
04BOGOTA8907	OPEN SKIES AND THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary. On 25 August 2004 DCM Milton Drucker and Econoff met with Aeronautica Civil (CAA) Director Juan Carlos Velez to discuss Open Skies. Velez requested another one year extension of the 2000 agreement because he said Colombia was not ready for Open Skies, specifically Open Skies for [...]	2004-09-02 14:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CO
04BOGOTA9090	2004 FISHING CERTIFICATE UNDER VASQUEZ-SACCIO [...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED DIPLOMATIC NOTE DST No. 43972/805 DATED SEPTEMBER 2, 2004, TRANSMITTING FISHING AUTHORIZATIONS, ISSUED BY THE COLOMBIAN INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (INCODER) AND RESOLUTION NO. 0202 OF AUGUST 9, 2004 FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF MARITIME AFFAIRS (DIMAR),FOR FISHING VESSELS [...]	2004-09-08 19:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS CO
04BOGOTA9093	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION MEETING ROUND-UP, [...] The following is an update of some Plan Colombia-related activities reported during the Embassy Plan Colombia Implementation Meetings of August, 2004. --- RSO --- 2. Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program Managers Ed Lee and Jim Schnaible visited post from August 16-21. The purpose o [...]	2004-09-08 19:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO KPRM
04BOGOTA9117	13 THOUSAND HECTARES SPRAYED IN COLOMBIA: NAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication aircraft sprayed a total of 12,959 hectares of coca and 658 hectares of poppy in August. Anti-Narcotics Police units captured and/or destroyed over 67 metric tons of cocaine, 1.2 metric tons of cocaine base, 10 tons of pressed marijuana, and 24 kilograms of heroin t [...]	2004-09-09 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA92	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES PRESIDENT AND FM ON SPECIAL [...] (C) As requested by reftel, Ambassador Wood demarched President Uribe on January 4, 2004 and Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on January 5, both in the company of Senator Bill Frist. In the meeting with Barco, Senator Frist himself urged Colombian support for USG proposals at the Special Summit [...]	2004-01-07 11:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM CO OAS
04BOGOTA9200	COLOMBIA'S "HOMETOWN SOLDIERS" PROGRAM [...] (C) The GOC's "Hometown Soldiers" Program has become a hallmark of President Uribe's Democratic Security Policy. The program is designed to supplement regular military units with platoons of local soldiers that perform basic security functions. A valuable outcome of the program has been great [...]	2004-09-13 15:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA9206	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] Embassy reiterated reftels demarche and explained the US human rights certification process and special cases of concern to Acting FM Jaime Giron on September 7. Giron expressed the GOC's commitment to facilitating the certification process and said he would pass our specific concerns to FM C [...]	2004-09-13 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CO
04BOGOTA9241	COLOMBIAN BANKING REGULATIONS STABILIZE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's banking regulators aided struggling banks through the banking crisis of the late nineties and have continued this work by strengthening banks against risk. Colombia has implemented internal regulation to ensure against another banking crisis while also implementing Ba [...]	2004-09-13 23:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA9243	STRONG PERFORMANCE IN THE COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Colombian banking sector appears to have finally recovered after struggling through a crisis from 1999 through 2003. Banks recorded record profits in the first semester of 2004 and the GOC continues to take steps to further strengthen the sector, such as fulfilling IMF comm [...]	2004-09-14 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BOGOTA9311	ILO STUDY: REMOVING POLITICS FROM LABOR RELATIONS [...] (C) The relationship between labor violence and political activity is widely accepted by labor leaders and academics in Colombia. For many trade unionists, unions act as surrogate political parties and avenues for political activity. Because illegal armed groups perceive trade unionists, part [...]	2004-09-14 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER CO ILO
04BOGOTA9325	PRESIDENT SIGNS REVISED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (U) On August 31, President Uribe signed into law a new criminal procedure code consistent with Colombia's transition to an accusatory criminal justice system. Approval of the code by the Colombian Congress was a somewhat novel example of cooperative relations between the GOC and both houses o [...]	2004-09-15 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS CO
04BOGOTA9358	AUGUST AIR BRIDGE DENIAL UPDATE: ABD COMPLETES [...] (U) Summary: This is the August 2004 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. This message also includes an overview of the program's achievements in its first year. During August, there were two Phase III events and two Phase I events, including one arrested pilot. There [...]	2004-09-15 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
04BOGOTA9364	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE AND [...] (C) Summary. On September 9, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman had separate meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Vice-President Francisco Santos in Cartagena. Grossman thanked Uribe and Santos for their efforts to secure the safe release of the three American [...]	2004-09-16 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS CVIS CO
04BOGOTA9437	ELN WILLING TO TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (U) On September 6, the Central Command (COCE) of the National Liberation Army (ELN) formally responded to the GOC's August 3 communiqu reported reftel. The ELN's written response criticized the GOC for its delay in responding to the ELN's June 4 negotiating proposal and for failing to addres [...]	2004-09-16 21:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM EAID KJUS PINR CO ELN
04BOGOTA9519	POWERFUL PARAMILITARY COMMANDER KILLED [...] (U) On September 20, the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") publicly confirmed that United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) commander Miguel Arroyave Ruiz was killed. Arroyave commanded the AUC's Centauros Bloc and was participating in peace talks with the government. The reasons [...]	2004-09-20 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PHUM PINR CO
04BOGOTA9526	FISCALIA ISSUES PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS IN [...] (S/NF) On September 16, the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") issued preventive detention orders against one officer, two enlisted men, and a civilian informant in the ongoing investigation of the killing of three trade unionists on August 5. The three soldiers had been in Fiscali [...]	2004-09-20 22:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER KJUS CO ILO
04BOGOTA9661	GOC DELIVERS BLOWS TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: GOC security forces dealt two major blows to paramilitary forces this month. In early September, elements of an Antinarcotics Police Airmobile Company ("Junglas") seized a large cocaine HCl laboratory believed to belong to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in Val [...]	2004-09-22 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO AUC
04BOGOTA9676	VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...]	2004-09-23 15:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL
04BOGOTA9686	SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The following are short capsule overviews of significant political and human rights events in Colombia during the week of September 13. ---------------------- Meta Notables Murdered ---------------------- 2. (U) On September 14, the bullet-riddled bodies of former El Dorado (Meta [...]	2004-09-23 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON CO
04BOGOTA9698	VISITING EMBASSY BOGOTA? [...] (U) Due to the large volume of visitors to US Embassy Bogota and due to the Congressional Capacity Count restrictions for US personnel in Colombia, Post is outlining requirements for country clearance approval for all official visitors. Except under very exceptional circumstances, Post requi [...]	2004-09-23 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KJUS MARR PREL CO
04BOGOTA9699	COLOMBIA MILITARY PROGRESS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (S) The Colombian Military (COLMIL) continues to make progress combating illegal armed groups. The number of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),National Liberation Army (ELN),United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),and smaller illegal armed group members killed, captured, o [...]	2004-09-23 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA97	RELEASED ELN HOSTAGE DISCUSSES KIDNAPPING [...] (C) On December 24, poloff met with Israeli citizen Ido Guy, who had been released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) two days earlier af over three months in captivity. Guy was accompanied by Israeli securit liaison Guy Ner, who had been posted at the headquarters of the Colombi military's [...]	2004-01-07 12:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS CO ELN
04BOGOTA9702	WHO ARE THE PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS? [...] (C) Paramilitary groups participating in peace talks in Santa Fe de Ralito submitted a list to the OAS of their 14-member negotiating team and 19 commanders who are present in the concentration zone. The largest paramilitary group represented in the zone is the AUC, which is commanded by thre [...]	2004-09-23 21:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR KJUS PINR PHUM CO AUC
04BRUSSELS4677	DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]	2004-10-29 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5216	EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT RESPONSE ON [...] (SBU) We reviewed REF A points with Judith Gebetsroithner of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's cabinet and Margarita Comamala of the Council Secretariat on December 7 and 8, respectively. Neither had any specific comment or reaction on the Great Lakes, Middle East or Colombia (the latter of whic [...]	2004-12-09 17:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG TU RW EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS733	EU VISIT GIVES URIBE LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's February 9-10 EU visit resulted in a cooperation and information sharing agreement between Colombia and Europol. He got little from the Commission on an EU/Andean trade pact, or a 10 year GSP extension. EC officials said that they would have no [...]	2004-02-20 11:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM EAID ETRD CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04PANAMA1000	ANOTHER PANAMANIAN MADAM IN JAIL; IMMIGRATION [...] (C) According to GOP police reports, an alleged child prostitution ringleader, Elizabeth Archibold Diaz, surrendered herself to the Policia Tecnica Judicial (PTJ) on April 14, 2004. She was accompanied by her attorney and, to date, remains in custody. Archibold is alleged to be the masterm [...]	2004-04-30 12:34:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SMIG CO PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA1116	PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...]	2004-05-07 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2923	PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...]	2004-12-03 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2937	PANAMA, THE G4 AND "PLAN PUEBLA" [...] (C) Mexican President Vicente Fox publicly endorsed Panama's inclusion in the G3 (Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico) during his November 2-3 visit to Panama. According to MFA Advisor Nils Castro and International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas, the GOP's primary interest in joining the G [...]	2004-12-06 21:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG PM CO VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2997	PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS: GOP COOPERATES, COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Since the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) established a permanent office in Panama in April (reftel),the GOP has cooperated increasingly with the UNHCR and other NGOs to assist the approximately 821 displaced Colombians in the Darien border area. Under the Torrijo [...]	2004-12-16 18:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA548	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]	2004-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA813	PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS--UNHCR PERMANENT OFFICE, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 21:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA823	PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...] (C) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges against Israeli national Shimon Yalin Yelinek, currently residing in Panama, for his alleged role in smuggling Nicaraguan military weapons to the paramilitary [...]	2004-04-07 19:29:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KCOR PTER KJUS PM NI CO GA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04ROME4682	ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL [...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...]	2004-12-10 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN
04ROME561	ITALY: COLOMBIA NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S VIEW, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT URIBE RETURNED TO BOGOTA WITH MIXED RESULTS FROM HIS EUROPEAN VISIT. HIS ADDRESS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED DUE TO CONTINUED EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON BETTER PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES. [...]	2004-02-13 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANTODOMINGO796	GODR VOTES WITH US ON OAS COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS [...] Poloffs delivered urgent request for GODR to vote for a resolution to establish an OAS mission to support the peace process in Colombia. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, deputy director of the International Organizations desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, discussed the resolution with Dep [...]	2004-02-09 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER AORC CO DR
04SAOPAULO493	SPECIAL ENVOY REICH'S MEETING WITH JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) SUMMARY. White House Special Envoy for the Western Hemisphere Otto Reich met with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu on Sunday, March 21 at a private residence in Sao Paulo. During the course of the relaxed and open 90-minute conversation, the two touched o [...]	2004-03-26 12:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO BL CU VE BR UNHCR US
04THEHAGUE2367	UNGA 59/COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA CORE GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 15:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CO NL UNGA
05ACCRA829	REFUGEES IN GABON -- AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ref Coord, PRM/A Program Assistant, and Poloff (Embassy Libreville) met with refugees in Libreville on April 14 to address resettlement, protection, and repatriation issues. In response to a small pro-settlement demonstration earlier in the week, we explained that the 41 cases [...]	2005-05-04 07:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF GB EG CO
05ASUNCION1119	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS AND DEBERNARDI [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Paraguayan authorities filed formal charges against 14 of 28 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas and located the house where kidnappers held Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi for 64 days in 2001. Members of the left-wing Patria Libre Party (P [...]	2005-09-02 16:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR KCRM PA CO BR
05ASUNCION1435	PARAGUAY AND COLOMBIA DISCUSS COUNTER-DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: An official Colombian counter-drug (CD) delegation traveled to Asuncion November 2-4 to hold bilateral CD discussions with the GOP. As a result of those discussions, the GOP and GOC established a bilateral, interagency CD commission and three working groups. Upon their arrival, [...]	2005-11-22 13:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR PA CO
05ASUNCION1440	PARAGUAY: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 21:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO PA OAS
05ASUNCION199	THE FARC AND PARAGUAY: ALLEGATIONS OF KIDNAPPING [...] (S) Summary: AG claims that FARC involvement in Paraguay is growing, asserting he has information from GOC sources to back his statement. AG has a history of exaggeration and his claims need to be verified, but it appears that the GOP is increasingly concerned about foreign leftist influence i [...]	2005-02-08 19:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM KJUS PINR SNAR CO PA
05ASUNCION211	COLOMBIAN EMBASSY URGING GOP TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT [...] (S) Colombian PolOff Raul Sanchez advised PolOff that the GOC wants the GOP to publicize as much information as possible regarding the FARC's involvement in the Cecilia Cubas kidnapping and other crimes in Paraguay, prior to President Uribe's meeting with President Chavez next week. The Colomb [...]	2005-02-10 13:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA
05ASUNCION212	CUBAN MEDICAL SUPPORT TO PARAGUAY AND AN OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ending of the Cuban Doctor program by the GOP, and concurrent GOP fears of increased ominous leftist influence and activities, presents an opportunity for the USG to draw President Duarte farther away from the allure of Cuba and Venezuela. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Reftel note [...]	2005-02-10 17:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR CU CO VE PA
05ASUNCION403	PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA AGREEMENT ON SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: During President Duarte's March 7 visit to Bogota, he and Colombian President Uribe issued a Joint Declaration committing their respective countries to assist each other in the fight against organized crime, particularly kidnapping but also arms trafficking, drug trafficking, mone [...]	2005-03-23 10:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MOPS SNAR KCRM PA CO
05ASUNCION411	PARAGUAY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INTRODUCE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez publicly announced the GOP's plans to introduce a Mercosur human rights protocol that would provide for the suspension of any member state that violates human rights. The GOP hopes to garner other members' support for the protocol [...]	2005-03-23 20:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CU CO PA VE
05ASUNCION416	PARAGUAY PETITIONS UNCHR FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez called on the members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) meeting in Geneva to assist the GOP in prosecuting and punishing criminals responsible for kidnappings, such as in the recent case of former Paraguayan [...]	2005-03-28 09:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION596	PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (U) In furtherance of the Joint Declaration on security cooperation and assistance that Presidents Duarte and Uribe signed in Bogota on March 7 (ref A),Vice-Presidents Castiglioni and Santos signed an Action Plan on security, in Bogota, on April 19. In the Action Plan, the GOP and GOC agree [...]	2005-05-03 12:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION668	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATION [...] (U) As reported in the press, a dissident Patria Libre party (PPL) member testified that a Colombian national who advised the PPL faction responsible for the kidnapping and murder of former President Raul Cubas's daughter, Cecilia Cubas (ref B),recommended that the group kill Ms. Cubas after [...]	2005-05-18 20:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM AR BO BR CO PA VE
05ASUNCION815	PARAGUAY: KIDNAPPINGS AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary. An individual arrested in connection to the Ceclia Cubas kidnapping led investigators to the site where Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi was held after she was kidnapped in November 2001. A Paraguayan prosecutor confirmed press reports clearly linking the two kidnappings. He al [...]	2005-06-24 17:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM CO BR PA
05ATHENS776	INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 14:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE GR
05BOGOTA10027	STRONG ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] Summary: Public support for the re-election of President Uribe generally focuses on the administration's security policy. The recent performance of the macro economy, however, suggests the President's economic policies have been likewise successful. While significant improvements in macro i [...]	2005-10-25 18:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
05BOGOTA10037	DEFINING JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In early October, Minister of Interior and Justice (MOI/J) Sabas Pretelt met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and other high-level GOC officials to discuss the Justice and Peace (J&P) law eligibility of demobilized paramilitaries and ot [...]	2005-10-25 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10055	VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS ELATED ABOUT REELECTION; [...] (C) Director of Andean Affairs Philip French and DCM Drucker called on Vice President Francisco Santos and MFA Acting Vice Minister for Bilateral Affairs Mauricio Gonzalez separately on October 19. Santos, speaking minutes after the announcement that the Constitutional Court approved reelecti [...]	2005-10-25 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO EC
05BOGOTA10060	PEACE COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON DISCUSSIONS WITH AUC [...] (C) On October 21, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador and WHA/AND Director Phil French on his discussions with AUC leaders regarding conditions for reinitiating negotiations on future demobilizations. AUC negotiators were skeptical of resuming negotiations if the GOC t [...]	2005-10-26 11:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10061	VICE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OTALORA REPORTS ON JUSTICE [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Vice Prosecutor General Otalora on October 20 to discuss the status of the Justice and Peace (J&P) Unit, the new oral accusatory justice system, and extradition. French recognized the significant progress made in Colombia on various bilateral fronts, [...]	2005-10-26 11:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA10062	COLOMBIA: WANTS CONSENSUS BUT NEEDS SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Summit of the Americas Coordinator Francisco Gonzalez on October 24. Gonzalez agreed that much progress was made at the October 3-7 SIRG, but that more negotiation is needed before the Summit Declaration can be signed. He was confident, however, that [...]	2005-10-26 14:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KSUM CO OAS
05BOGOTA10106	ELN PEACE HOUSE AT ONE MONTH: INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The "ELN Peace House" was inaugurated one month ago after the GOC and National Liberation Army (ELN) leadership released imprisoned ELN spokesperson Gerardo Antonio Bermudez Sanchez, AKA "Francisco Galan," for three months to help establish peace talks. Galan has spent his first month unde [...]	2005-10-26 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10152	COLOMBIA SUPPORTS HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref demarches to Coordinator for the U.S. and Summit for the Americas Francisco Gonzalez on October 18. Poloff thanked the GOC for its co-sponsorship of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance resolution (ref A) and asked the GOC to encourage other countries to join in co-sponsor [...]	2005-10-27 22:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA CO
05BOGOTA10157	UNHCR REPS CAUGHT IN FARC ATTACK ON VILLAGE IN [...] (C) UNHCR officials were caught in the crossfire of a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack on a remote village in southern Putumayo Department near the Ecuador border October 23-24. UNHCR reps (none of whom were injured) were participating in a joint effort with the GoC to reg [...]	2005-10-28 15:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINS CO UN
05BOGOTA10164	CARAMAGNA POSITIVE ON OAS VERIFICATION MISSION'S [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Organization of American States (OAS) Verification Mission Director Sergio Caramagna on October 21 to discuss financial and political support for the mission. Caramagna explained that a lack of resources had limited the mission's capacity to assist the [...]	2005-10-28 17:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO OAS
05BOGOTA10167	Colombian Civil Aviation Response to Open Skies [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA10176	REQUESTS TO URGE EU TO TABLE MEANINGFUL [...] SUBJECT DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO ANDRES ESPINOSA, TRADE ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, AND RAFAEL BARBOSA, ADVISOR FOR THE DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. ESPINOSA NOTED IN HIS RESPONSE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE CAIRNS GROUP, THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA IS SE [...]	2005-10-28 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR CO
05BOGOTA10178	VISA REVOCATIONS: A HARD HIT ON COLOMBIAN CRIMINALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent months, the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) revoked a large number of non- immigrant visas (NIV) granted to Colombian nationals who are members of violent gangs and terrorist organizations, wanted and captured narcotics traffickers, family members benefi [...]	2005-10-28 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG CO KHUM
05BOGOTA10204	Colombian Civil Aviation Response to Demarche on [...] During an October 26 meeting with the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Fernando Sanclemente, DCM raised USG concerns regarding mandatory travel agent fees for airline ticketing. Sanclemente said he will be meeting with travel agency representatives next month, but du [...]	2005-10-31 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA10230	FORMER PRESIDENT GAVIRIA HIGHLIGHTS PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Former President Cesar Gaviria told Polcouns October 28 that paramilitaries are threatening and intimidating Liberal Party candidates and office holders, and claimed President Uribe's efforts to combat such activities are conspicuous by their absence. The Liberal Party would continue to [...]	2005-11-01 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA10231	URIBE'S PARTY CHIEF SAYS PRESIDENT NEEDS SOLID [...] (C) Juan Manuel Santos, President Uribe's hand-picked leader of the new Uribista political party ("Partido de la U"),told Polcouns October 28 it is imperative that Uribe win a solid working majority in March legislative elections. Only with an "ample and faithful" majority could Uribe pursue [...]	2005-11-01 13:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CO ELN
05BOGOTA10232	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS JUDGED TO BE IMPROVING [...] (U) Colombian government officials, academics, and international military speakers discussed civil-military interaction at an Embassy co-sponsored seminar on October 26. Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate reported that the civilian-military relations were "mature" and improving under the [...]	2005-11-01 13:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10238	MANCUSO OUT, NEW SPOKESPERSONS FOR DEMOBILIZED [...] (C) Representatives of 11 demobilized Colombian United Self-Defense Groups (AUC) factions have removed Salvatore Mancuso as AUC spokesperson and replaced him with three leaders: Diego Murillo, AKA "Don Berna," Antonio Lopez, and Eduard Cobos, AKA "Diego Vecino." The AUC replaced Mancuso becau [...]	2005-11-01 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO AUC
05BOGOTA10314	GOC WILL GIVE REPARATIONS TO VICTIMS OF 1997 [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 12, FOREIGN MINISTER CAROLINA BARCO SAID COLOMBIA WOULD GIVE REPARATIONS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 1997 MAPIRIPAN MASSACRE AND IN GENERAL FULFILL ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE CASE, FOLLOWING THE INTER AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECISION AGAINST COLOMBIA IN THE MATTER, RE [...]	2005-11-02 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA10336	NGOS SHARE CONCERNS OVER JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW AND [...] (SBU) On October 20, representatives from five leading human rights NGOs met with WHA/AND Director Philip French to provide their assessments of human rights conditions in Colombia. Three NGOs expressed concern over paramilitary demobilizations and the implementation of the Justice and Peace [...]	2005-11-02 19:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS CO
05BOGOTA10377	COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS UNDER PUBLIC ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last few months our counternarcotics programs, particularly aerial eradication, have received substantial negative publicity and public comment. The discussion risks making the spray program even more of an issue in the upcoming Colombian elections than would normally b [...]	2005-11-03 19:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10389	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the month, approximately 7,893 hectares of illicit crops were sprayed, giving a year-to- date total of 120,101 hectares of coca and 1,546 hectares of poppy sprayed. One contract spray aircraft pilot and a Counterdrug (CD) Brigade dog handler and his dog were killed duri [...]	2005-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA10390	AUC LEADERS SEEK DEAL ON EXTRADITION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo, para-friendly Senator Moreno de Caro, OAS Verification Chief Caramagna and National Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation member Jaime Jaramillo have all passed messages to the Ambassador suggesting that paramilitary leaders want to cut deals on extradi [...]	2005-11-04 15:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10391	REPARATIONS COMMISSION MEMBER CRITICIZES HOSTILITY [...] (C) National Commission on Reconciliation and Reparations member Jaime Jaramillo said November 2 that the Commission's work is going well despite the frequent and transparent hostility of the Attorney General's office (procuraduria) representatives during Commission meetings. Jaramillo said [...]	2005-11-04 15:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO
05BOGOTA10392	VICE PRESIDENT ON "POST-CONFLICT"; PROMINENT [...] (C) Vice president Francisco Santos said at a restorative justice conference November 2 that Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process was a "post-conflict situation" requiring deft management if Colombia was to avoid "the problems of Central America or the Southern Cone" on crime and hu [...]	2005-11-04 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO FARC AUC
05BOGOTA10396	HISTORIC LOW TURNOUT FOR CARTAGENA MAYORAL [...] (C) On October 30, a record low number of Cartagena's residents voted to return controversial doctor-turned-politician Nicolas Curi to the mayor's office for a third, non-consecutive term. Seventy-eight percent of eligible voters stayed home during the special election. Curi's main opponent [...]	2005-11-04 15:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA10399	PEACE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES GOC INTENTION TO [...] (C) On November 1, in an official communique, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo declared that the GOC intended to hold the United-Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the December 31, 2005 demobilization deadline, or be met with military confrontation. He also announced that no AUC [...]	2005-11-04 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA10419	CD BRIGADE COMMANDER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit by NAS Bogota and INL personnel on October 27, the Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) Commander made twelve recommendations to improve the CD BDE's support to spray operations. His principal recommendations included standing up a fourth combat battalion with air asset [...]	2005-11-04 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA10447	ILO REGIONAL REPS REQUEST U.S. FUNDING FOR [...] (U) On October 26, Director of the Andean Subregional Office for the International Labor Organization J. Ricardo Hernandez met with Political Counselor to review ILO's Colombia program and solicit continued U.S. support. The program has sought to promote dialogue between enterprise and labor [...]	2005-11-04 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV CO ILO
05BOGOTA10448	ELN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN ECUADOR PREACHES [...] (U) On October 30, News Channel One (NoticieroUno) reported that several National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas had crossed the border into Ecuador to offer a Catholic mass to fellow Ecuadorian guerrillas. The footage showed ELN member alias "Diego Cristobal" preaching to roughly 30 people [...]	2005-11-05 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SOCI CO EC
05BOGOTA10497	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING EXPECTED NOVEMBER 11 [...] Colombia's Constitutional Court is expected to rule Friday, November 11 on the Electoral Guarantees law, which sets out the presidential campaign "rules of the game" for incumbents seeking second terms. A leading weekly newspaper, which accurately predicted the Court's recent reelection deci [...]	2005-11-07 20:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10498	COLOMBIAN THINK TANK SEEKS TO ADVANCE ELN PEACE [...] (C) The consultative process underway between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Colombian advisors is unlikely to lead to substantive peace talks with the GOC unless the international community, especially the United States, nudges the parties forward, according to Ideas for Peace (Ideas P [...]	2005-11-07 20:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10565	BODY OF AFRO-COLOMBIAN LEADER ORLANDO VALENCIA [...] (C) On November 2, a senior government official informed the Embassy that the GOC had positively identified the body of kidnapped Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia, discovered on October 24 after a nine-day search (reftel). The GOC continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding hi [...]	2005-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA10640	COLOMBIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 15:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC CO
05BOGOTA10641	COLOMBIA: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 15:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR CO
05BOGOTA10642	COLOMBIA: NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 16:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NU CO
05BOGOTA10683	MOD AND UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SIGN ACCORD; GOC [...] On November 8, Minister of Defense Camilo Ospina Bernal and Director of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia (OHCHR) Michael Fruhling signed a cooperation agreement on human rights training for the Colombian military that meets another of the High Commissioner fo [...]	2005-11-16 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL CO
05BOGOTA10686	COURT APPROVES ELECTORAL GUARANTEES LAW; NO [...] (U) Summary: As expected, the Constitutional Court approved the electoral guarantees law, the final remaining legal hurdle to President Uribe's running in the May 28, 2006 presidential election. The Court made some changes to the original law, toughening campaign finance rules and limiting [...]	2005-11-16 14:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA1070	SCENESETTER FOR CARTAGENA DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Embassy Bogota welcomes the U.S. Delegation, led by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios, to Cartagena for the Feb. 2-4 follow-up conference to the London Declaration of July 2003 on international support for Colombia. This is a GOC-hosted meeting for the 24 London Declaration signatories p [...]	2005-02-01 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM CO
05BOGOTA1071	AUC'S SOUTHWESTERN ANTIOQUIA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) The 126 members of the Self Defense Forces of Southwestern Antioquia demobilized on January 30, bringing the total number of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) members to have demobilized since December 2003 to 4,699. Senior paramilitary commanders Salvatore Mancuso and Erne [...]	2005-02-02 13:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS
05BOGOTA1078	DCM MEETS WITH VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) On January 31, DCM met with GOC Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Camilo Reyes. Reyes had asked for the meeting as the first of what he hopes will be regular monthly meetings to discuss key bilateral issues and areas of mutual concern. In response to questions from the DCM, Reyes touched [...]	2005-02-02 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA1079	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, it has been ravaged by an internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities for over 40 year [...]	2005-02-02 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
05BOGOTA1081	GOC LIKELY TO AUTHORIZE ELN MEETING WITH [...] (C) On January 29, GOC High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador that the GOC was on the verge of an agreement with the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command (COCE) to allow COCE representatives safe passage to Mexico to engage in face-to-face talks with Gover [...]	2005-02-02 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CO ELN
05BOGOTA10845	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On November 4, the Ambassador met with four representatives of the human rights NGO Peace Brigades International (PBI). The Ambassador thanked PBI for its hard work and cooperation with the Embassy on relating sensitive human rights cases. PBI raised concerns about protection for labor l [...]	2005-11-21 14:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA10846	DEMOBILIZATION TO RESUME; TIMETABLE UNDER [...] (C) The GOC and AUC negotiators have agreed to extend the December 31 deadline for the remaining demobilizations of approximately 10,000 paramilitaries for an additional period, expected to be no more than 60 days. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo has reiterated that the new deadline mu [...]	2005-11-21 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA10847	DRUG CZAR WALTERS MEETING WITH MOD OSPINA AND [...] (U) November 10, 2005, 8:00-9:00, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- John P. Walters, Director ONDCP Patrick Ward, ONDCP A/D Richard O'Connor, ONDCP Julie Connor, Narcotics Affairs Section Director Col. Kevin Saderup, MilGroup Commander Col. Brian Butcher, D [...]	2005-11-21 15:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID CO

05BOGOTA10848	COUNTER-DRUG BRIGADE CHANGE OF COMMAND [...] (U) The Colombian Army Counter- Drug Brigade (CD BDE) will be getting a new commander in mid-December. Brigadier General (BG) Jorge Octavio ARDILA Silva will replace outgoing CD BDE Commander BG Luis Felipe PAREDESParedes Cadena, who will assume command of the 2nd Brigade in Barranquilla. [...]	2005-11-21 16:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS PINR CO
05BOGOTA10889	NEWS FROM THE FARC FRONT [...] (U) On November 20, President Uribe authorized Peace Commissioner Restrepo to organize an international commission to help facilitate a hostage exchange with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Restrepo had earlier called on the FARC to commit itself to a cease-fire and peace ta [...]	2005-11-22 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10890	DIAGNOSTIC RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN FROM [...] Summary. Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol confirmed that a small container of diagnostic radioactive material was stolen from one of its facilities in early October. The material is used to measure flow rates through its oil pipelines and contains a very low concentration of Cesium-137 [...]	2005-11-22 15:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ENRG EPET CO
05BOGOTA10891	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTER'S NOVEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his visit to Colombia, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters met with the Director of Colombia's National Directorate on Dangerous Drugs (DNE),Juan Vives. Dr. Vives and his DNE colleagues briefed Director Walters on DNE activities, includi [...]	2005-11-22 15:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10892	ELECTORAL GUARANTEES DECISION BOLD BUT RISKY MOVE [...] (C) The Constitutional Court's ruling in favor of the Electoral Guarantees law was a bold but risky move that some say could call into question the court's legitimacy. The court essentially rewrote the law to avoid sending it back to the Congress for amendments. A Congressional rewrite would [...]	2005-11-22 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA10893	GOC REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING OF ILO-SPONSORED [...] (U) The GOC has requested that the U.S. help finance the ILO's Special Program for Colombia, outlined in reftel. The Embassy supports the program and recommends funding at least three of the four projects because they assist in the demobilization and reinsertion process, address major concer [...]	2005-11-22 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM CO ILO
05BOGOTA10895	GOC REOPENS PEACE NEGOTIATION OPTION WITH ELN [...] (U) On November 13, in response to a letter from the guarantors group of the "Peace House" initiative with the ELN, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo issued a call to the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command leaders to begin negotiations with the government under the auspices [...]	2005-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10949	ARMED CONFRONTATION IN VICINITY OF SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) On November 17 the Embassy received reports from the NGO Fellowship of Reconciliation that there had been an attack by the military on residents of the Peace Community of Arenas Altas, in the municipality of Apartado, Antioquia Department. The Arenas Altas Peace Community is near the Peac [...]	2005-11-23 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CO
05BOGOTA10950	COLOMBIA,S AIR SAFETY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. Troubling developments in Colombia,s civil aviation sector have brought to post,s attention that Colombia,s last FAA safety assessment took place in 1999. Recent plane crashes and questions concerning the integrity of the CAA,s safety oversight function suggest, at the least, th [...]	2005-11-23 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA10952	COLOMBIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's submission to the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraphs 7-10. Embassy POC is Poloff Liliana Gabriel, unclass email gabriell@state.gov 2. (SBU) GENERAL ASSESSMENT: SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION [...]	2005-11-23 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC CO
05BOGOTA10953	NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING; IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Poloff delivered the points contained in Ref A to Coordinator for the United States and Canada Francisco Gonzalez, stressing the need to make clear the international community's serious concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Gonzalez promised to pass them to Diana Aguilar, Director of M [...]	2005-11-23 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	IAEA PARM PREL AORC KNNP KISL IR CO
05BOGOTA10963	MILITARY JUSTICE: REFORMS ON TRACK, BUDGET FALLS [...] (C) On November 17, Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes, Director of Colombia's Military Penal Justice system, noted that reforms were moving forward but budget constraints were becoming problematic. He hopes the Colombian Senate approves the first wave of Congressional reforms, introduce [...]	2005-11-25 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10967	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy provides the following responses regarding avian and pandemic influenza preparedness in Colombia. -------------------------- PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -------------------------- 2. (SBU) DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREV [...]	2005-11-25 16:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CO
05BOGOTA10990	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS [...] (C) National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez briefed Ambassador on November 10 on the commission's positive progress to date. Pizarro was highly encouraged by the support CNNR has received from the international community and the Catholic a [...]	2005-11-28 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA10991	DEVELOPMENTS IN CONGRESS AND THE LEAD-UP TO MARCH [...] (C) Summary: With less than a month remaining in the current session, the only major item to pass Congress thus far is the 2006 budget. A law aimed at approving Colombia's compliance with the Hague Convention on child abduction is pending conference committee approval. Opposition to Uribe [...]	2005-11-28 15:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CO
05BOGOTA10992	ELN WARMING TO NEGOTIATION OPTIONS, FARC NOT MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, ELN Spokesperson "Francisco Galan" announced that the ELN was ready to begin establishing peace talks with the Colombian government. Civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas reported optimism that the ELN could be successful in this negotiation effort. At the same tim [...]	2005-11-28 15:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10999	COLOMBIA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 19:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA CO
05BOGOTA11044	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. During a two-hour meeting with President Uribe on November 9, ONDCP Director John Walters praised GOC efforts to reduce the supply of cocaine and reviewed ONDCP statistics reflecting U.S. consumption, Colombian cultivation (vs spray levels) and potential production, and Andean po [...]	2005-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11058	DRUG CZAR WALTERS DISCUSSES PEACE AND JUSTICE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, 2005, ONDCP Director John P. Walters met with Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran Arana and several members of his staff. During the hour-long meeting the two expressed their appreciation for the cooperation that both countries have shown each other in their mutu [...]	2005-11-29 19:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	DOJ OPDAT PGOV PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11084	DIALOGUE ON A FRAMEWORK FOR A STRATEGIC DEFENSE [...] (S) Per reftel, Polcouns and DATT initiated dialogue on a framework for a strategic defense relationship with VMOD Andres Penate and COLMIL's General Padilla on November 22, and with MFA Vice Minister Reyes on November 23. The three officials constitute the internal GOC working group on the m [...]	2005-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	MARR MCAP PARM PREL CO US PGOV
05BOGOTA11115	COLOMBIA WILL CONSIDER OBSERVERS FOR BOLIVIAN [...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Hector Arenas Neira and Bolivia desk officer Marcela Rodriguez on November 30, stressing the need for additional observers for Bolivia's December 18 general elections. Poloffs noted that the Government of [...]	2005-12-01 16:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA11123	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Per reftel, in honor of Human Rights Day Ambassador Wood will deliver remarks on December 16 at the graduation of 80 public officials from a USAID-sponsored certification course on human rights. 2. (U) Two other organizations will also host events in honor of Human Rights day. On Satu [...]	2005-12-01 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO CO
05BOGOTA11182	Colombia's efforts towards enhancing security of [...] The NNSA and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) previously agreed to allocate USD 36,000 towards enhancing the radioactive material repository at the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas). The goal of the partnership is to improve Colombia's radioactive material security [...]	2005-12-02 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ENRG CO
05BOGOTA11256	G/TIP REPORTS OFFICER REVIEWS COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS [...] On November 6-7 G/TIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and Poloff conducted meetings with the GOC, international organizations and NGOs regarding trafficking in persons from and through Colombia. Colombia continues to prevent trafficking through programs with heavy involvement of NGOs, internation [...]	2005-12-05 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB CVIS CO
05BOGOTA11257	Colombia's Capital Control Regime - Ineffective and [...] SUMMARY: Colombia's Central Bank has used capital controls to provide macroeconomic stability both before and after the liberalization of the economy since 1967. The latest controls were enacted in late 2004 in hopes of stemming the flow of speculative capital as a response to exporter complai [...]	2005-12-05 17:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CO SIPDIS
05BOGOTA11290	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM BUDGET TO INCREASE [...] (C) During a meeting with Vice Minister of Defense Jorge Eastman on December 1, DCM raised the need for an adequate budget for military justice reform. Eastman said he had been speaking with Military Penal Justice director Puentes on the matter. The GOC believed this was a high priority and t [...]	2005-12-05 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11357	PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) President Uribe relieved Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O) Commander General Fracica, who was in charge of carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, because he had failed to produce concrete results against high value targets (HVTs),Uribe's top security objective. Frac [...]	2005-12-07 19:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER MOPS FARC CO
05BOGOTA11435	ELN-GOC TALKS HAVE SOME CHANCE OF SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The meeting between the GOC and the ELN in Cuba next week is the first formal encounter between them in almost four years and should be considered a breakthrough, but few are optimistic success will come easily. The talks will be exploratory with an open agenda, assisted by Norway [...]	2005-12-09 22:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA11459	GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...]	2005-12-12 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA11460	URIBE'S CAMPAIGN TEAM PREPARES TO LEAVE [...] (C) President Uribe's comunications advisor Jaime Bermudez said December 7 that Uribe advisor Fabio Echeverri would run the president's reelection campaign. He would be joined by Bermudez, Uribe private secretary Alicia Arango, spokesperson Ricardo Galan (all of whom would have to leave thei [...]	2005-12-12 17:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
05BOGOTA11461	GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...]	2005-12-12 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA1159	AUC'S LA MOJANA BLOC DEMOBILIZES AND MANCUSO STEPS [...] (U) Summary: 110 members of the La Mojana Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) demobilized on February 2. They received Reincorporation Program IDs, took a demographic survey, and renounced AUC membership. Six members faced active arrest warrants. The bloc was active in [...]	2005-02-04 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC
05BOGOTA11611	PRESIDENT URIBE ACCEPTS "INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION" [...] (C) President Uribe announced late on December 13 that the GOC has accepted an "international commission" (representatives from France, Switzerland, and Spain) suggestion to establish a 65 square mile "security zone" in the Valle del Cauca to conduct hostage exchange talks with the FARC. The [...]	2005-12-14 19:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA'S REACTION TO U.S.-PERU FTA [...] Summary: GOC policy makers are putting a positive public spin on Peru's decision to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. on December 7. With the Peru agreement, Colombia now has a clear understanding of the way forward to completion of its own FTA. Critics are suggesting the GOC [...]	2005-12-14 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CO FTA
05BOGOTA11620	TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "secur [...]	2005-12-14 23:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA11686	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING GOC RESPONSE TO ORLANDO [...] (C) On December 12, 2005, the Ministry of Foreign Relations sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy regarding a November 22 meeting between Ambassador Wood and Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on the subject of murdered Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia (copy faxed to WHA/AND). As reported [...]	2005-12-16 12:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA11700	REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, President Uribe announced his intention to run for reelection. Uribe's 90-minute radio interview on November 29 caused debate, as National Electoral Council (CNE) head Guillermo Mejia questioned equality of access for opposition candidates. A separate CNE magi [...]	2005-12-16 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO CO
05BOGOTA11742	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARAMILITARY ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, Ambassador hosted a breakfast for Senator Rafael Pardo, Liberal Party presidential nomination candidate, and prominent critic of the GOC on paramilitary (AUC) demobilization and the Justice and Peace Law. Pardo criticized the law as weak on justice, reparations, [...]	2005-12-19 19:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11743	SFRC STAFFER MEACHAM DISCUSSES DRUGS, [...] (C) SFRC staffer Carl Meacham discussed GOC counternarcotics efforts, paramilitary demobilization, extradition, and Venezuela with senior GOC figures during his December 11-14 visit to Bogota. (Meacham's meeting with President Alvaro Uribe is reported reftel.) Inspector General Edgardo Maya [...]	2005-12-19 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CO
05BOGOTA11783	ICRC REP ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) RefCoord met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer December 19. Schaerer (protect) expressed disappointment that the GoC immediately made public its acceptance of an international commission's plan on December 13 (see reftel) to conduc [...]	2005-12-20 15:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS CO FARC
05BOGOTA11786	COLOMBIAN CERD CANDIDATE PASTOR ELIAS MURILLO [...] Post provides the following additional information about Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez, Colombian candidate for the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. The Embassy, particularly the Public Affairs Section (PAS),has collaborated with Pastor Murillo on several cultur [...]	2005-12-20 16:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA118	COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]	2005-01-05 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA11814	DAS DIRECTOR PENATE MAY RESIGN OVER URIBE REPROACH [...] (C) On December 20, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that he was upset with President Uribe for excoriating him in public after he tried to correct the record regarding Venezuelan allegations that GOC military officials were working with forme [...]	2005-12-20 22:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	MOPS PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA11816	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE, [...] (C) On December 17, Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt and Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran met with the Ambassador to discuss the Ambassador's December 16 speech in which he urged that Justice and Peace law benefits be withdrawn from paramilitaries who interfered with a free and f [...]	2005-12-21 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA11850	2006 HAGUE COMPLIANCE REVIEW -- COLOMBIA [...] Per reftel, paragraph 4, Bogota proposes the following text for use in compiling the next Hague Compliance Report on Colombia. The proposed language reflects significantly improved work on behalf of the Colombian executive and legislative branches on Hague issues, but continuing and serious [...]	2005-12-21 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI CO
05BOGOTA11862	ICRC CHIEF REVEALS FARC AND ELN CONTACTS ON POLICE [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cros (ICRC) Colombia Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said December 21 the FARC and ELN had called him the previous day to make arrangements to transfer 29 police hostages to ICRC custody. The army located the hostages before the ICRC could finalize [...]	2005-12-22 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11901	COLOMBIA: SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Avantel, a U.S. affiliated telecommunications company in Colombia, continues to assert that Colombia has not been in compliance with its telecommunications trade agreements. According to Avantel, Colombia has not offered complete and fair access to and use of public telecommu [...]	2005-12-23 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD CO
05BOGOTA11926	GOC-ELN TALKS: CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR PROVIDES [...] (C) One of the five civil society guarantors for the GOC-ELN talks, Moritz Akerman, said December 26 the ELN wanted to end its insurgency and run candidates for mayoral offices in 2007. The ELN would like to participate in the 2006 Congressional and presidential polls but only by "consulting [...]	2005-12-27 19:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA11952	DUTCH MANUAL ERADICATION AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) According to the Dutch Embassy in Bogota, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is increasing its support to manual eradication and alternative development projects in Colombia's National Parks. The two new programs listed below will be started in CY2006: A. "Forced Manual Eradication o [...]	2005-12-28 18:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11959	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, 2005, representatives from various European countries and the U.S. met to review the Group's annual report on Colombia and to solicit additional information from member countries. The report's main point is that eradication and interdiction numbers for Colombia [...]	2005-12-28 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL CO EC
05BOGOTA11995	MULTILATERAL STRATEGY ON AERIAL ERADICATION NEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. -------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Government of Ecuador (GOE) has proposed a UN study on the alleged negative health effects associated with the Government of Colombia's (GOC) aerial spraying of glyphosate near Ecuador's northe [...]	2005-12-29 18:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL CO EC OAS UN
05BOGOTA12022	FARC ATTACK KILLS 29; MILITARY CONCEDES ERRORS [...] (C) The FARC killed 29 Colombian soldiers from the counter-guerrilla 12th Mobile Brigade in a December 27 attack about 105 miles south of Bogota, one of the highest casualty figures in a single attack during President Uribe's term. Colombian intelligence officials suggest the 12th Mobile Brig [...]	2005-12-30 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR CO
05BOGOTA12023	SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...]	2005-12-30 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA12024	SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...]	2005-12-30 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA12031	PEACE COMMISSIONER RECAPS YEAR-END STATUS WITH [...] (C) On December 28, the Ambassador reviewed all peace processes with Colombian Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo. Regarding the ELN, Restrepo told the Ambassador that he had successfully resisted ELN pressure -- abetted by the French and especially the Norwegian facilitators -- to move [...]	2005-12-30 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA1296	PRESIDENT URIBE MEETS WITH USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Uribe expressed his gratitude for U.S. support of Colombia during his February 3 meeting with USAID Administrator Natsios, before the opening of the International Donors Conference on Colombia in Cartagena. In a wide ranging discussion, Uribe reviewed outstanding human [...]	2005-02-09 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR EAID CO
05BOGOTA1297	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNODC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) On February 3, Ambassador met with Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and local UNODC representative Ambassador Sandro Calvani on the margins of the international cooperation meeting in Cartagena. Ambassador expressed concern [...]	2005-02-09 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PREL PINR CO
05BOGOTA1306	URIBE OPENS CARTAGENA COORDINATION AND [...] Summary: On February 3 in Cartagena, President Uribe addressed representatives of 28 nations and multilateral organizations (still termed the G-24) at the day-long International Coordination and Cooperation Conference for Colombia. Uribe stated that Colombia is not in conflict, but rather a [...]	2005-02-09 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PTER KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1397	NAS Monthly Report January 2005: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 15,723 hectares of coca and finalized plans for a large manual poppy eradication campaign to start in February in Narino. A Colombian Army helicopter carrying sixteen Counter-Narcotics (CD) Brigade soldiers and four crewmembers [...]	2005-02-14 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA1457	INPUT FOR S TESTIMONY ON COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 19:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1604	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]	2005-02-18 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA162	2004 COUNTER-TERRORISM WRAP-UP [...] (C) In spite of limited air mobility and ground support/fixed wing aircraft and the challenge of supporting some 17,000 troops of Plan Patriota operating in hostile jungle, the security forces made great advances in 2004, re-taking 11 FARC-run villages and destroying over 400 FARC camps. Else [...]	2005-01-06 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM ASEC CO
05BOGOTA164	CHEVRONTEXACO'S OUTLOOK ON COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 22, Ambassador Wood met with ChevronTexaco's Chairman of the Board, David O'Reilly, and other ChevronTexaco executives to discuss oil and gas related issues in Colombia. O'Reilly was pleased with the relationship between Colombia and ChevronTexaco, and said his co [...]	2005-01-06 20:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV CO
05BOGOTA1660	DEMOBILIZATION LAWS: COMPETING DRAFTS IN SPECIAL [...] (C) On February 9, the GOC formally presented to Congress its version of a law that would impose alternative sentences on members of illegal armed groups accused of serious crimes who demobilize and comply with specific conditions. A group of Colombian legislators led by Senator Rafael Pardo f [...]	2005-02-18 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PTER PINR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1696	SO FAR SO GOOD: BOGOTA MAYOR GARZON'S FIRST YEAR [...] (U) Bogota's left-of-center mayor, Luis Eduardo ("Lucho") Garzon, has avoided controversy and generally refrained from speaking out on national issues, particularly public security. Garzon has drawn relatively little criticism for his administration's management of the city, although his gove [...]	2005-02-23 11:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CO
05BOGOTA1705	MILITARY JUSTICE TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS REFORM [...] Summary: Director of Military Justice Brigadier General Puentes has proposed a two-phase reform strategy to present to Congress in March and July of this year. While the plan does not establish an independent body outside of the Ministry of Defense, it does attempt to overcome recurring compl [...]	2005-02-23 13:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHUM MOPS CO
05BOGOTA1706	PEACE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, President Uribe rejected Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo's offer to resign and authorized him to suggest changes to the GOC's draft demobilization law. Restrepo explained to the Ambassador that he fears the current GOC draft law would discourage demobiliza [...]	2005-02-23 13:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1728	U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] February 14, 2005, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. Participants: ---- U.S. ---- Marc Grossman, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Baxter Hunt, P Special Assistant Kiersten Stiansen, notetaker Nohemy Katta [...]	2005-02-23 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER PINR KJUS EAID CO
05BOGOTA1735	U/S GROSSMAN AND SENATOR PARDO DISCUSS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, visiting U/S Grossman and Ambassador discussed the status of draft demobilization legislation with Senator Rafael Pardo. U/S Grossman expressed the U.S. desire that any legislation be transparent, workable, and put the paramilitaries out of business. Pardo worr [...]	2005-02-23 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
05BOGOTA174	FACILITATING GOC MEETING WITH UN HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 7 and 8. 2. (C) Summary: Relations between the GOC and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogota, in particular with the approach of director Michael Fruhling, remain strained. Per ref a, the GOC views the OHCHR office he [...]	2005-01-06 21:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO UNSC
05BOGOTA1750	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Carolina Barco told U/S Grossman on February 14 that the GOC was satisfied with the international donors conference in Cartagena, in particular with USAID Administrator's speech and the NGO declaration. The latter would be a solid foundation on which to deepen GOC [...]	2005-02-24 12:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA1768	PROCEDURAL ISSUES AND LEGAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress is gearing up to debate demobilization legislation in a special session convened by the GOC. In a meeting with U/S Grossman on February 14 (septel),President Uribe said the earliest possible resolution of the law would be mid-June. Our senior Congressional interloc [...]	2005-02-24 15:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PTER CO AUC
05BOGOTA1775	ELN PEACE TALK'S ADVANCES AND RETREATS [...] (C): Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia met with the Ambassador on February 18 to report on progress this year. Although January saw positive commitments by both the ELN and GOC on negotiation pre-requisites (ref a),the process stalle [...]	2005-02-24 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA1918	MASSACRE OF 13 PERSONS IN URABA AREA [...] (C) On February 24, Embassy received reports that eight persons, including three members of the peace community of Apartado, had been killed, dismembered, and buried in two separate graves in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The Government of Colombia immediately sent members of the F [...]	2005-03-01 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA1928	TAMPA AIRLINES REVISITED [...] (C) As stated previously in Reftel A, Post again has no objection to Ex-Im Bank's financing of a Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft for Tampa Airlines based on currently available information. A noteworthy change in the last two months has been the involvement of Tampa Airlines' security offices [...]	2005-03-01 20:01:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA1929	GOC FIRES LEAD IPR NEGOTIATOR FOR THE FTA [...] (SBU) On February 24 Commerce Minister Botero and FTA chief negotiator Gomez announced that the GOC removed Colombia's lead intellectual property negotiator, Luis Angel Madrid. Javier Gamboa, Madrid's deputy, will now lead the Colombian IP team. Botero and Gomez fired Madrid after findin [...]	2005-03-01 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CO FTA
05BOGOTA1999	PEACE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FINDS NO THIRD MASSACRE [...] (U) On March 1, local representatives from the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) told Embassy that no third massacre site had been found, as had been previously reported (reftel). Two separate commissions, each made up of members of the peace community, went to the towns of Las Nieves and La [...]	2005-03-02 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2001	COLOMBIA: SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Per reftel, Econoff met with appropriate Colombian government authorities, including the GOC's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT),and provides the following responses to complaints about excessive mobile to mobile termination rates, excessive fixed to mobile termination rates, an [...]	2005-03-02 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ECPS CO
05BOGOTA2011	FARC REPEATS EXCHANGE TERMS AND ATTACKS [...] (C) On February 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique reiterating its interest in a humanitarian exchange of prisoners with the GOC. Such an exchange, according to the FARC leadership, would have to include Simon Trinidad (extradited to the U.S. in Decem [...]	2005-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA2052	COMBINED COLOMBIAN POLICE AND ARMY AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Army (COLAR) helicopters recently supported a Colombian National Police (CNP) airmobile assault on cocaine hydrochlide (HCL) processing laboratories. The eight-day operation was notable not only for its operational results - three laboratories were destroyed and nearl [...]	2005-03-03 19:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA2156	REINSERTED GUERRILLA CLAIMS FARC RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (S/NF) On March 2, Embassy officials met with reinserted FARC guerrilla member, Elkin Dario Tuberquia (strictly protect),and 17th Battalion Commander Lt. Colonel Nestor Duque Lopez. Tuberquia alleged that the FARC was responsible for the killings of the eight individuals as the three men, in [...]	2005-03-04 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA221	COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY IN 2004 LOOKED STRONG, BUT... [...] (C) Summary: While the Colombian economy posted positive results in 2004, the sustainability of such performance is still in question. On the macroeconomic side, growth reached almost 4 percent; IMF targets for the budget deficit, inflation, and reserves were either met or exceeded; publi [...]	2005-01-07 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA2216	LIBERAL PARTY LEADER ON PLANS FOR 2006 ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Senator Juan Fernando Cristo, the President of the Officialist Liberal Party (PLC),told us that his party's planning for the 2006 electoral season is still in the early stages. Cristo believed that a nationwide party primary would be the vehicle to select its presidential nominee. He [...]	2005-03-07 22:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
05BOGOTA2217	TWO MAJOR LEFT PARTIES LIKELY TO FORM ELECTORAL [...] (C) In recent meetings with poloffs, Senators Samuel Moreno and Carlos Gaviria, heads of leftist parties Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and Democratic Alternative (AD, Alternativa Democratica),respectively, confirmed the conclusion of negotiations to form an electoral alliance for 2006 Co [...]	2005-03-07 23:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
05BOGOTA224	TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE FTA, AND THE NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary. While the telecommunications chapter in the Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) should conclude at the next round, Colombia will be unable to fully enjoy the benefits of the chapter without either privatization or joint ventures as well as more autonomy for the Colombian Regulator [...]	2005-01-07 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS CO FTA
05BOGOTA2266	COLOMBIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Officer spent 55 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions as noted in paragraphs 18-21 of reftel. --------- [...]	2005-03-09 13:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
05BOGOTA2304	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM: REDUCTION IN OIL EXPORTS DUE [...] (C) Summary: The Cano Limon pipeline has been hit eight times this year, generating losses of over USD 25 million (more than the losses in 2004). The area attacked has also changed, with half the attacks in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander Department, where repairs are more diffic [...]	2005-03-09 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
05BOGOTA2306	GOC PRESENTS NEW DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (C) The GOC submitted to Congress on March 4, its revised Law for Justice and Peace, based on input from Peace Commissioner Restrepo, the Deputy Prosecutor General, "Uribista" congressmen, and others. Formal debate began in the Senate and House First Committees on March 8. The draft Law for [...]	2005-03-09 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PREL CO
05BOGOTA2348	PBI REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRM PEACE COMMUNITY WILL [...] (C) On March 4, Embassy officials met with local representatives of Peace Brigades International (PBI),who described their visit to the massacre site of eight civilians in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department and confirmed that the "peace community" to which the victims belong will not co [...]	2005-03-10 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2367	COLOMBIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Botero and FTA chief negotiator Gomez emphasized the GOC's need to close FTA negotiations by June and the commitment of the Colombian negotiating team to do so. Botero and Gomez also expressed their desire to advance [...]	2005-03-11 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EINV KIPR CO FTA
05BOGOTA2505	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...]	2005-03-15 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2526	A CLOSER LOOK AT DEMOBILIZED AUC DEATHS [...] (C) Thirty-two out of 3,784 demobilized paramilitaries have been killed since the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) began demobilizing in 2004. This figure does not include the nineteen members of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) killed in Medellin, whose demobilization was not held [...]	2005-03-16 15:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER SNAR CO OAS
05BOGOTA2555	EMBASSY BRIEFS GOC ON USG EFFORTS ON TRAFFICKING [...] On March 11, Consul General, Fraud Unit Chief, and Political Officer briefed Government of Colombia (GOC) officials and representatives from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on U.S. efforts to combat trafficking in persons. This was the fourth briefing IOM has organized betw [...]	2005-03-17 17:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KJUS KFRD CO
05BOGOTA2561	REGIONAL COLOMBIAN LIQUOR MONOPOLIES TARGET EACH [...] Summary. Emboffs made a recent visit to one of Colombia's regional "licoreras" to learn how these publicly held monopolies manufacture and distribute Colombia's favorite hard liquors, aguardiente (cane liquor) and rum. Emboffs also held a follow on meeting with the Executive Director of the N [...]	2005-03-17 19:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CO
05BOGOTA2563	Colombia's First Oral Trial [...] On March 11, the first trial under the new Criminal Procedure Code took place at "Paloquemao", the main local judicial district and courthouse in Bogota. A standing-room only crowd of about 60 people watched this historic event, including television and print media and the Deputy Prosecutor G [...]	2005-03-17 19:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM SNAR PREL CO
05BOGOTA2564	UNHCHR RELEASES ITS 2004 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) On March 11, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released its 2004 human rights report on Colombia. The report once again characterized the human rights situation in Colombia as "critical," and noted an increased number of reports of State-sponsored extrajudicial killing [...]	2005-03-17 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA2566	AUC REJECTS LAW FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE [...] (C) The AUC publicly rejected the GOC's draft Law for Justice and Peace on March 15. They complained it did not provide genuine reinsertion benefits, generated too much legal uncertainty, should be a statutory law, and imposed unfair prison sentences. In response, the House and Senate first [...]	2005-03-17 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM CO AUC
05BOGOTA2577	COLOMBIA'S CANDIDACY FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC CO UNSC UNGA
05BOGOTA2582	LIVELY DEBATE UNDERWAY ON DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: The week of March 8 saw heated public debate over important aspects of demobilization legislation. The three principal issues that captured attention were: (A) whether the GOC's bill could complicate the extradition of paramilitaries on drug trafficking charges; (B) the desirabil [...]	2005-03-17 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
05BOGOTA2619	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMUNITY ABOUT URABA [...] (C) On March 16, Ambassador met with representatives of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado, who reiterated their statements that the February 21-22 massacre of eight civilians in the area was the work of the Army's 17th Brigade. Ambassador expressed condolences to the community and r [...]	2005-03-18 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO

05BOGOTA2634	UPDATED INPUT FOR ICRAS PROCESS [...] Summary: The 2005 ICRAS draft contains out of date information on the political, economic, and security situation in Colombia. Below, post provides an accurate update for input to the ICRAS process. End Summary. 2. Expected Payments Performance Overview: In 2003, the economy grew at 3. [...]	2005-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIN CO
05BOGOTA2649	CONGRESS PASSES 29 ARTICLES IN DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (C) Before pausing for holy week, Congress passed 29 out of 67 articles in the draft Law for Justice and Peace. Disagreement over controversial issues, including confession, alleged extradition loopholes, and reduction of jail sentences for all prisoners remain unresolved. The GOC will propos [...]	2005-03-22 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PINR PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA2650	UNHCHR FRUHLING DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT WITH [...] (C) On March 18, Michael Fruhling, Director of the Colombia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) briefed the diplomatic community on his recently released report on the human rights situation in Colombia. Fruhling gave a brief overview of the report and rec [...]	2005-03-22 18:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA2674	GOC OFFICIALS DISCUSS URABA MASSACRE CASE [...] (C) During her March 6-9 visit to Bogota, WHA/AND Director Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes (LBSH) met with Vice-President Francisco Santos and Elba Beatriz Silva, Director of the Fiscalia's Human Rights Unit, to discuss the need to show progress in resolving outstanding human rights cases, as well [...]	2005-03-22 21:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2728	COLOMBIA: COCA CULTIVATION ESTIMATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The geographic expanse of Colombia, adverse meteorological conditions, relocation of cultivation to non-traditional growing areas, and the lag between the capture of overhead imagery and analysis combine to frustrate the estimation of coca cultivation in Colombia. Estimates prov [...]	2005-03-23 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2773	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEMINING PAV [...] Country clearance is granted for Allan Schnabel, John Jordan, Stephen Meyer, and Harry McCloy to travel to Bogota April 4-8 2005. Purpose of the visit is to assess the humanitarian demining situation in Colombia. Travelers are requested to advise control officer ASAP if visit is canceled or [...]	2005-03-29 14:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA CO
05BOGOTA2853	INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ACCUSATORY [...] ON JANUARY 1, COLOMBIA INTRODUCED ITS NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF BOGOTA, ARMENIA, MANIZALES, AND PEREIRA. OTHER JUDICIAL DISTRICTS WILL MAKE THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE NEW CODE IMPLEMENTS AN ACCUSATORIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SIMILAR [...]	2005-03-30 18:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM PGOV CO
05BOGOTA2854	DUTCH-FUNDED COLOMBIAN ANTI-IMPUNITY PROJECT [...] (U) For the past six years, the Government of the Netherlands (GON) has supported GOC efforts to investigate and prosecute high-profile human rights cases. In June 2003, the GON agreed to donate 340,000 USD to finance a two-year Anti-Impunity Project focused on resolving prominent cases and d [...]	2005-03-30 18:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
05BOGOTA3040	GOC "READY" TO SPRAY IN PARKS [...] (SBU) GOC Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria informed the Ambassador on March 29 that the Government of Colombia is ready to initiate aerial eradication operations in Colombia's national parks and natural reserves. Spraying in the parks has been a particularly contentious coun [...]	2005-04-04 17:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3041	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...]	2005-04-04 20:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3052	THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary. On March 29, Vice President Santos hosted a meeting on the Voluntary Principles (VPs) process in Colombia. Present at the meeting were the Ambassador, members of the National Committee on Voluntary Principles, and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidenci [...]	2005-04-04 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL CO
05BOGOTA3076	COLOMBIA: CIVAIR'S RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Per ref A, post delivered talking points to Colonel Montealegre, acting director for Aeronautica Civil (CAA),and Carlos Salazar, CAA's Chief of Air Transport. The meeting focused on Avianca's waiver request to the [...]	2005-04-05 17:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA3217	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...]	2005-04-07 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3223	DEMOBILIZATION LAW: THREE CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLES [...] (U) Summary: The Senate and House First Committees have voted on 63 out 67 articles (reftel). Several contentious articles -- to block drug traffickers from benefiting; to call for, but not require, an open statement on crimes and illicit assets by each beneficiary; to allow individual desert [...]	2005-04-07 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PINR PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3224	COLOMBIA OFFICE OF UNHCHR RELEASES HELPFUL [...] (U) On March 22, 2005, the Colombia office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) issued a constructive statement on its website regarding the February 21 massacre of eight civilians in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department, including three members of the peace co [...]	2005-04-07 19:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3235	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Director of Military Penal Justice (MPJ) Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes told Emboff on March 16 that the "shock" reform package (reftel) would be submitted to Congress this week. In preparation for the rollout, Puentes an [...]	2005-04-07 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KJUS MOPS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3248	AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (U) On April 7, the Ambassador was quoted in Colombia's leading daily newspaper El Tiempo about the Law for Justice and Peace. He said, "the Law for Peace and Justice is a matter for the Colombian Congress to decide. As we have said in the past, it is crucial that the Congress adopt a law qu [...]	2005-04-07 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR KJUS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3286	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MARCH, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during March, 2005. ------- DOJ/DEA ------- 2. (SBU) To date US $11.3 million has been invested in the purchase of hardware, software, monitoring suites, the vetting process and maintenance for Operation Esperanza, Col [...]	2005-04-08 19:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA335	PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY BLACKHAWK GOES DOWN IN [...] AT APPROXIMATELY 0020 ON JANUARY 13, A PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY UH-60 BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER WITH 20 TROOPS CRASHED DUE TO BAD WEATHER APPROXIMATELY 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUMACO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARINO, ON COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. 2. THE HELICOPTER WAS CARRYI [...]	2005-01-13 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3361	INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISITS SAN JOSE DE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3390	VOA Delegation Strengthens Relations in Colombia [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a visit to Colombia March 15-16, Broadcast Board Governor (BBG) Blanquita Cullum, Voice of America (VOA) Director David Jackson, and VOA Director for Latin America Richard Araujo met with leading Colombian broadcast journalists and news directors to discuss VOA programming and [...]	2005-04-12 17:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3422	ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...]	2005-04-13 14:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3438	AUC CRITICIZES DEMOBILIZATION LAW AGAIN [...] (C) Several paramilitary commanders gave a press conference on April 10 to say they did not approve of the draft Law for Justice and Peace because it did not provide enough legal guarantees. They said they would break off talks if forced to do so. They did not directly threaten to end negoti [...]	2005-04-13 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3523	EUROPEAN EMBASSIES UNHAPPY WITH CHR CHAIR [...] (C) Dutch Ambassador Frans B.A.M. van Haren told Ambassador on April 13 that he and other European chiefs of mission in Bogota were unhappy with the chair statement on Colombia, currently being negotiated between Luxembourg and Colombia at the CHR. van Haren, who serves as EU president here i [...]	2005-04-14 17:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3528	AVIANCA WANTS TO LOWER TRAVEL AGENT COMMISSION [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Business proprietary information--please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. On April 5, econcouns and econoff met with Avianca's president, Fabio Villegas. According to Villegas, Avianca's new management supports efforts to lower travel agent commission ra [...]	2005-04-14 19:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA3555	DEMOBILIZATION LAW APPROVED IN COMMITTEE [...] (C) On April 12, the Senate and House First Committees finished voting on the Law for Justice and Peace, including on the three most controversial articles (reftel). The changes made to the text provide added safeguards for our ability to extradite drug traffickers. Article 2 on the scope of [...]	2005-04-14 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KJUS PINR PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3636	APIAY DRUG SMUGGLING INCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28 cocaine was discovered on a military aircraft arriving at Fort Bliss, Texas from Colombia. After initial investigation three soldiers were detained and returned to the US. Investigation is ongoing. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 28, 2005 law enforcement authoriti [...]	2005-04-18 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA3691	COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SUCCESSES IN NARINO [...] (U) Summary: Counter Drug (CD) Brigade operations in Narino Department from January to March destroyed 13 HCL labs, captured over 1500 kgs of cocaine HCL and over 5000 kgs of explosives. The 1st and 2nd battalions of the Plan Colombia-supported CD Brigade have been conducting ongoing operatio [...]	2005-04-19 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3695	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Burton's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace proce [...]	2005-04-19 18:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA37	COLOMBIA'S REACTION TO SINGLE MEMBER VETO AND ITU [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on December 21, 2004. On January 3, MFA Coordinator for U.S., Canada, and the Summit for Americas, Francisco Gonzalez, agreed with the Ministry of Communications' official reaction to reftel demarche. The Ministry of Communications' official reply states that [...]	2005-01-04 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ECON CO
05BOGOTA371	PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS REWARD FOR HOSTAGES AND [...] (U) President Uribe addressed the nation from Serrania del Chiribiquete, Guaviare Department, on New Year's Eve highlighting his plans for 2005, including initiating a bounty hunter price against two FARC leaders, and a reward for the release of 63 hostages. Uribe recognized the efforts of th [...]	2005-01-14 16:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA3719	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM CO
05BOGOTA3726	PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...]	2005-04-19 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA3747	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) President Uribe and the embassy welcome the visit of Secretary of State Rice with enthusiasm. Current hot topics SIPDIS include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 5,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected --Extradition [...]	2005-04-19 21:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO
05BOGOTA382	COLOMBIA: OVERVIEW OF MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Although the Uribe Administration can boast important victories in 2004, including Congressional approval of presidential reelection legislation and the introduction of an accusatory criminal justice system, President Uribe's popularity -- which never fell below 65 percent all year [...]	2005-01-14 19:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3827	AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS TO THE AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (U) On April 14, the Ambassador gave the following informal comment to the American Business Council of Colombia. 2. (SBU) Text: I asked Jaime for an opportunity to speak to you today because I believe something important is happening right now that affects all of Colombia, including the [...]	2005-04-21 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM KJUS ECON ETRD CO
05BOGOTA3842	DECLINING OFFICIALIST LIBERAL PARTY LIKELY TO PIN [...] (C) Summary: The Officialist Liberal Party (PLC),Colombia's largest and oldest, has been declining nationally. Several dozen Congressional "dissident" Liberals are set to leave the party and formalize a new political movement, likely to be called Apertura Liberal (Liberal Opening),which p [...]	2005-04-21 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3843	FISCALIA CONTINUES ITS INVESTIGATION INTO URABA [...] (C) On April 18, Poloffs met with Fiscalia Human Rights Unit prosecutor Nelson Casas, who is leading the investigation into the February 21 massacre in Uraba of eight individuals, including three members of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado. Casas told Poloffs that investigators hav [...]	2005-04-21 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3863	COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ [...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...]	2005-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV
05BOGOTA3914	SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA [...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...]	2005-04-25 18:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC
05BOGOTA3925	MILITARY JUSTICE EXONERATES SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN [...] (U) On April 16, the Supreme Military Tribunal, an appellate court for all service-related crimes, exonerated members of the Army involved in an operation the night of March 19, 2004, near the village of Guaitarilla, Narino Department. The operation resulted in a friendly-fire incident that l [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR CO
05BOGOTA3926	MININSTER PRETELT DISCUSSES ASSET FORFEITURE, [...] (C) On April 20, Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt requested a meeting with the Ambassador to discuss: (1) GOC frustration with U.S. delays in responding to a request for a percentage of assets seized from Colombian drug traffickers by the U.S; (2) paramilitary commanders' complai [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL PINR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3927	UPDATE ON DEMOBILIZATION/REINSERTION PROCESS [...] (C) Since 2003, almost 5,000 members of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) have demobilized. The last demobilization was the La Mojana Bloc on February 2, 2005. The GOC has begun to remedy the deficiencies in the reinsertion process. Almost 90 percent of demobilized paramilitar [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ECON SNAR CO OAS
05BOGOTA3928	GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND [...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3929	SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES: [...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS
05BOGOTA3937	GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA [...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]	2005-04-25 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4050	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR [...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]	2005-04-28 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA41	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, DECEMBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during December, 2004. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) On December 21, 2004, twenty-one judicial police investigators and forensic experts graduated from the 240-hour Forensic Linguistic Course taken at [...]	2005-01-04 17:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4101	FUMIGATION IS WORKING: COM'S RESPONSE IN POLITICAL [...] (U) The Chief of Mission responded to press articles challenging the success of eradication efforts in Colombia, and calling for a change in policy in an article published by leading political weekly Cambio on its April 11-18 issue. 2. (U) BEGIN ARTICLE: "There has been a lot of discussi [...]	2005-04-29 15:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV PTER SENV CO
05BOGOTA4131	MOD MEMO ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASE [...] (C) A week after the Senate Second Committee conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel),an undated memo from the Colombian Defense Ministry responding to congressional inquiries on Venezuelan arms purchases was leaked to the press. The secret memorandum was addressed to [...]	2005-04-29 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4141	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND NAVY [...] (C) CODEL Burton was briefed by Defense Minister Jorge Uribe and Naval Operations Commander Vice Admiral Guillermo Barrera on April 23. Uribe said President Uribe's Democratic Security Strategy was designed to combat drug trafficking and terrorism and provided statistics on growing amounts of [...]	2005-05-02 15:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SNAR PHUM CO OVIP
05BOGOTA4146	CODEL BURTON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: During a working lunch with CODEL Burton, President Uribe discussed the successes his government has achieved in security, economics, and the fight against narco-terrorists. He outlined broad, short-term goals in support of his current policies related to demobilization, drug e [...]	2005-05-02 17:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD CO
05BOGOTA4167	MEDELLIN'S REINSERTION PROGRAM [...] (C) In December 2003, 874 members of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) demobilized in Medellin. Since that time, the Mayor of Medellin's office has been implementing a reinsertion program that has provided education and unpaid employment for almost the entire bloc. Community outreach and psych [...]	2005-05-02 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR KJUS CO AUC
05BOGOTA4204	GOC URGES SECRETARY RICE TO LIFT TRAVEL ADVISORY [...] (U) On April 27, Commerce Minister Jorge Humberto Botero gave Secretary Rice a document explaining why the USG should lift the travel advisory for parts of Colombia (faxed to WHA/AND). The paper asserted that the travel advisory does not take into account decreases in murder and kidnapping and [...]	2005-05-03 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PINS ASEC CO
05BOGOTA4232	CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF TWO KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN [...] (SBU) PRIOR TO APRIL, 2005, SAULO SALINAS-OSPINA HAD APPROACHED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 00-099625 (CS) WITH THE PROSPECT OF THE CS TRANSPORTING HEROIN FROM CALI, COLOMBIA TO CHICAGO, IL. 2. (SBU) ON APRIL 6, 2005, THE CS TELEPHONED SALINAS. SALINAS TOLD THE CS HE WANTED THE CS TO COME TO CALI [...]	2005-05-03 21:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4301	ILEA LATIN AMERICA FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN EC CO
05BOGOTA4303	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC CO USOAS
05BOGOTA431	FISCALIA CLOSES CHENGUE MASSACRE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) The Fiscalia announced it has closed its criminal case against retired Rear Admiral Rodrigo Quinonez for his alleged complicity in the January 2001 paramilitary massacre at Chengue. The head of the Fiscalia's Human Rights Unit told Embassy officials that Quinonez's case was handled by a s [...]	2005-01-18 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA4339	GOC DELEGATION TO OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] FM Carolina Barco will lead the GOC delegation to the OAS General Assembly in Ft. Lauderdale. Other senior members will include Deputy FM Camilo Reyes and OAS Ambassador Alvaro Tirado. 2. Embassy Bogota lead POC is poloff Tom Keene (alternate: Brian Walch). WOOD [...]	2005-05-06 20:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC CO OAS
05BOGOTA4342	FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4360	UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On May 3, 2005 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith discussed Colombia's democratic security strategy and concerns about Venezuela with President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe described U.S. assistance as critical to counterterror and counterdrug successes. Feith assured Uribe that [...]	2005-05-10 14:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL MOPS ASEC SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4397	AMBASSADOR TELLS TRADE MINISTER COLOMBIA NEEDS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 18:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR CO
05BOGOTA4466	COLOMBIA: PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROCESS [...] (C) In a May 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo was pessimistic about re-starting a peace process with the ELN. He expressed concern that Cuba and the other "group of friends" countries continued to communicate with the ELN without GOC authorization, [...]	2005-05-12 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KJUS CO PHUH ELN
05BOGOTA4467	OVERVIEW OF COLOMBIAN FEDERAL ELECTORAL ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: This is the first in a series of cables on elections for Congress and President that will take place in March and May, 2006, respectively. The President is elected by nationwide vote. Much like the U.S., House seats are allocated to each department based on population, but the [...]	2005-05-12 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4482	OHCHR DELEGATION VISITS SARAVENA, ARAUCA [...] (U) On April 20, 2005, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) based in Colombia led an international delegation to Saravena in Arauca Department to meet with government officials, NGOs, the military, and religious groups on human rights issues. Local NGOs [...]	2005-05-13 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4534	U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR [...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...]	2005-05-13 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4541	PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) On May 10, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo discussed with the Ambassador his plans to adopt a divide and conquer strategy to demobilize the rest of the AUC. He explained that the GOC would push for two key points in the Justice and Peace law being considered in Congress: (1) that [...]	2005-05-13 21:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA4563	COLOMBIAN IMPUNITY PROJECT SUCCESSES [...] (U) The following is a response to ref A requesting additional information on the Dutch-funded Anti-Impunity Project. The Project continues to achieve notable successes, including bringing high-profile human rights cases to conclusion. The Project strengthens Government efforts to tackle co [...]	2005-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4569	PROPOSED REMINGTON SALE TO INDUMIL INTENDS [...] (U) Post closely examined the proposed sale of Remington munitions components to Industrias Militar (INDUMIL)(reftel). The components would be used for the production of 0.38 spl and 7.65 mm caliber ammunition. INDUMIL officials confirmed that this grade of ammunition is used only for self-de [...]	2005-05-16 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO ETRD
05BOGOTA4570	GENERAL CRADDOCK MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On May 11, President Alvaro Uribe discussed counterdrug strategy, guerrilla attacks in southern Colombia, the AUC peace process, and recent arrests of U.S. military personnel with SOUTHCOM Commander General Bantz Craddock. Uribe expressed concern that if the GOC did not significantly reduc [...]	2005-05-16 18:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM KJUS SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4571	SERPA ON LIBERAL PARTY DYNAMICS AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with two-time presidential candidate Horacio Serpa on May 11. Serpa is resisting the move by former President Cesar Gaviria to take over the Liberal Party (PLC),believing the party would need to form a center-left alliance to effectively challenge President Uribe in [...]	2005-05-16 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA4628	BILATERAL WORKING GROUP JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) On May 4 to 5, a U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith held a SIPDIS Bilateral Working Group with Colombian military and government officials in Cartagena. During the conference, U/S Feith and Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe signed a joint stat [...]	2005-05-17 14:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA4640	CONVICTION RATES AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] Impunity is generally considered one of Colombia's most serious human rights problems. Defining and quantifying "impunity," however, is challenging. Several GOC entities have attempted to characterize impunity in ways that dismiss its severity. However, a careful analysis of the path a case [...]	2005-05-17 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4649	COM'S RESPONSE TO EDITORIAL CHALLENGING AERIAL COCA [...] (U) In response to national leading daily El Tiempo's editorial May 16, "Not in the Parks," (Reftel) affirming that aerial eradication in national parks would lead to irreparable environmental and human damages, COM provided the following response published as a letter to the editor in the sa [...]	2005-05-17 19:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA4806	NAS Monthly Report April 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 16,153 hectares of coca. The CNP destroyed 10 cocaine HCL labs and seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, and 94 kilos of heroin. U.S. and Plan Colombia assets assisted the police in heavy fighti [...]	2005-05-19 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4808	NGO ESTIMATES 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN NEW INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. A respected Colombian NGO, the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) estimated that there were 61,996 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the first quarter of 2005, a 10 percent increase over the same period in 2004. CODHES attributed the rise to an incre [...]	2005-05-20 12:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4931	MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post delivered reftel amendment request to the Colombian government last year proposing to amend bilateral military grant assistance agreements. On April 20, the Colombian Foreign Ministry responded, accepting U.S. terms outlined in reftel. Acceptance brings US-Colombian grant assistance [...]	2005-05-24 14:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA CO
05BOGOTA4959	INDIVIDUAL DESERTION PROGRAM CREATING CONCERN [...] (C) Over 7,000 deserters from the illegal armed groups have entered the GOC's reinsertion program since Uribe took office. The Ministry of Defense controls the first phase of reinsertion when deserters are debriefed for intelligence purposes and given basic humanitarian assistance. Intelligen [...]	2005-05-24 20:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER SNAR KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA4960	COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE [...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...]	2005-05-24 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4961	IDPS REPORT COLOMBIAN NGO COLLABORATING WITH THE [...] (C) On May 12-13, Human Rights Officer, Assistant Army Attache and British Embassy representative traveled to the highly conflictive Uraba region of northwestern Colombia. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and business leaders reported that Justicia y Paz, a Colombian NGO working with commun [...]	2005-05-24 20:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA4962	COLOMBIA: UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited Colombia May 12-14 and briefed the diplomatic community mid-way through her trip, following meetings with senior GOC officials. Arbour and the GOC agreed to set a timetable by the end of June for the GOC to complete i [...]	2005-05-24 20:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CO UN
05BOGOTA4973	PEACE COMMUNITY CONTINUES PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary. NGO Redepaz organized a trip on May 5 for the international community to Apartado for meetings with the peace community, other NGOs and peace communities from other parts of the country. This was the second such visit to highlight peace community concerns over the February 21 ma [...]	2005-05-24 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4998	CONGRESS PREPARES TO DEBATE DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (U) Summary: Debate and article-by-article voting on the demobilization law is likely to begin the week of May 23 in the plenaries of both houses of Congress. The GOC sponsors have submitted a draft to Congress proposing several changes to what was passed in committee. Senator Rafael Pardo [...]	2005-05-24 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PTER PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA5006	MEDIA REACTION: ERADICATION [...] Op-ed in national daily El Tiempo (5/24) by environmentalist and priest Andres Hurtado entitled: "Colombia Needs to be Washed with Dirty Glypho-dirty," argues: "Besides poisoning the soil, glyphosate proves that the truth is modifiable and responds to power... Let us not lie to ourselves: g [...]	2005-05-24 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA5017	Details of Pension Reform Legislation [...] Background: Approximately 6.1 million Colombians receive some sort of public pension assistance. In 2003 COP 5.6 trillion (USD 2.4 billion) went towards the public pension system. In 2004 the number increased to COP 6.7 trillion (USD 2.9 billion). However, while GOC is forced to allocate m [...]	2005-05-25 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN CO
05BOGOTA5060	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, APRIL, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during April, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP),in particular to develop the criminal justice sector dur [...]	2005-05-25 22:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA5083	COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE OPERATION AGAINST DANIEL [...] (SBU) The 1st Battalion of the Plan Colombia supported Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) conducted operations in the department of Narino from January to May. On the last day of their deployment, May 5, the unit conducted an operation against the Colombian Revolutionary Front (FARC) Daniel Aldana [...]	2005-05-26 17:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA5105	COLOMBIAN INTER-FAITH MEETING FOR PEACE [...] (U) On May 19, heads of local religious groups met to launch a collective interfaith effort to help end the conflict in Colombia. The effort will include all major religious groups in the country. Part of the Interfaith Meeting for Peace, launched by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, has also [...]	2005-05-27 12:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CO PREL
05BOGOTA5142	FATHER ECHEVERRI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESSES [...] (C) On May 26, poloffs met with Father Dario Echeverri (strictly protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN),which is authorized by the GOC to reach out to the illegal armed groups with the aim of starting peace talks. The CCN had met with the AUC negotiating te [...]	2005-05-27 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL CO AUC
05BOGOTA5143	KIDNAPPED EU EMPLOYEE NOW FREE [...] (C) Summary: European Union (EU) Delegation employee Carlos Ayala reportedly escaped from captivity on May 23, crossed the border into Venezuela, and made contact with officials there. The next day, EU Delegation Chief in Bogota, Adrianus Koetsenruijter, fielded questions from local and inter [...]	2005-05-27 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER CO VE EU
05BOGOTA5167	POST WELCOMES AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPORT [...] Post welcomes reftel and will use it as authorization to give support to specific aspects of the GOC's demobilization/reintegration program for former AUC members, including: (1) monitoring and evaluation, (2) Reference and Orientation Centers (CROs),and (3) judicial and inter-institutional [...]	2005-05-31 15:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5203	DEPT OF ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY CLAY SELL [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, Clay Sell, met with President Uribe on May 20 during the Colombian Oil and Gas Investment Conference in Cartagena. President Uribe thanked the Deputy Secretary for U.S. support in fighting narcotrafficking and terrorism and asked him to rela [...]	2005-05-31 19:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO
05BOGOTA5207	PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE [...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...]	2005-05-31 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA5217	THE FTA AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOC is now facing increasing opposition from the agricultural sector for the FTA as it becomes clearer that the agreement will negatively affect the interests of some groups. While these groups, interests are being challenged, potential winners are still not clearly iden [...]	2005-05-31 21:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR CO FTA
05BOGOTA5218	LANDMINE CONCERT RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY [...] (U) On May 23, the Vice President's office of Landmine Coordination (Observatorio de Minas) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) co-sponsored a fund-raising concert to benefit the University Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. The performance was [...]	2005-05-31 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KHDP CO
05BOGOTA5222	AGRICULTURE IN THE FTA RAPIDLY REACHING THE [...] (C) Unwillingness to provide a date for agricultural bilats and to exchange informal agricultural offers have brought the FTA negotiations to a crisis point here. The GOC is seriously considering dropping out of the upcoming Guayaquil FTA round (see septel). I recognize that we may not be [...]	2005-05-31 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR CO FTA
05BOGOTA5223	MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE [...] Leading editorial in Medellin-based daily El Colombiano (5/31) entitled: "FTA Is A Priority," notes: "The negotiations on a free trade agreement with the U.S. are entering their final phase. We are starting to hear a few voices expressing a lack of enthusiasm due to an unhurried process, as [...]	2005-05-31 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO FTA
05BOGOTA5272	AMB WOOD MEETING WITH DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS AMB PIET [...] (U) On May 13, the Ambassador discussed drug eradication efforts, demobilization and human rights with Dutch Ambassador At Large For Human Rights Piet de Klerk. AMB de Klerk acknowledged the need for international assistance to battle drugs, but asked if USG policies were making sufficient i [...]	2005-06-01 21:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CO
05BOGOTA5276	COLOMBIA WANTS TO JOIN IATTC - BUT WITH CONDITIONS [...] Summary: The GOC has decided to ratify the Convention on the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC),and will apply to join the Commission at the upcoming IATTC meeting in June. Colombia will ask the IATTC to grant certain conditions to "facilitate" Colombia's ratification of the [...]	2005-06-01 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ETRD CO
05BOGOTA5287	COLOMBIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS FOR ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian charge Sigurd Endresen provided further details to polcouns about the December 2004 reactivation of the Group of Friends for the ELN peace process and deactivation four months later, as well as about Cuban efforts, via the group, to replace Mexico as facilitator. Endre [...]	2005-06-01 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO ELN

05BOGOTA5289	COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT PAOLO CAROZZA FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 13:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM XM CO OAS
05BOGOTA5301	CY-2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Report summarizes support provided to the Colombian National Police (CNP),Colombian military (COLMIL) and other Government of Colombia agencies by the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of Embassy Bogota during CY-2004. This support was provided unde [...]	2005-06-02 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5305	DEMOBILIZATION LAW: ARTICLE 61 AND 64 PASS [...] (SBU) On June 1, the Senate Second Committee and the House Third Committee approved re-inserting articles 61 and 64 into the text of the Justice and Peace Law, which could be debated in the full Congress as early as June 9. Article 61 allows all prisoners to be eligible to reduce their sentenc [...]	2005-06-02 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KJUS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5307	AMBASSADOR VISITS OFFICE OF COLECTIVO DE ABOGADOS [...] On June 1, Ambassador visited the offices of local non-governmental organization, Lawyer's Collective ("Colectivo de Abogados"),to express USG support for the work of the Colectivo and of human rights defenders in Colombia. The Colectivo de Abogados "Jose Alvear Restrepo" is a NGO committed [...]	2005-06-02 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5310	DON BERNA TURNS HIMSELF IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior AUC commander Diego Murillo ("Don Berna") turned himself into authorities on May 27 and agreed to demobilize his several thousand paramilitaries. He is being held in a police-controlled confinement area in Cordoba Department, where he will be investigated and tried for the [...]	2005-06-02 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM PREL KJUS CO AUC
05BOGOTA5312	ILO VOTE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AORC CO PGOV
05BOGOTA5395	COLOMBIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Disarmament Coordinator Diana Aguilar June 1. She said Colombia wants uniform standards for marking of weapons and ammunition, but would be flexible regarding a legally binding document. 2. (C) Trafficking in small arms and light weapons is a cruci [...]	2005-06-03 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO MOPS
05BOGOTA5497	PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5501	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Attorney General Gonzales. The Colombian government is on our side on fighting terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering. The visit comes at an important time for our law enforcement and judicial efforts in Colombia. Embassy Bogota has t [...]	2005-06-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5509	PDI SELECTS ANTONIO NAVARRO AS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 2, the leftist Polo Democratico (PDI) selected former M-19 guerrilla and current Senator Antonio Navarro Wolff as its Presidential nominee at the party's national convention. Despite much-rumored tacit support of Bogota Mayor "Lucho" Garzon for second-place finisher S [...]	2005-06-09 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA5510	FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD [...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...]	2005-06-09 15:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5564	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia's cautious Cuba policy. Cuban influence is assumed in the recently failed Mexican-brokered peace talks between the GOC and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Rumors of Cuban-sponsored campaign financing for [...]	2005-06-10 13:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CO UN
05BOGOTA5565	CARTAGENA ENERGY CONFERENCE HUGE SUCCESS [...] Summary. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell and Assistant Secretary for International Policy Karen Harbert led a delegation to Cartagena May 19-22 to attend an oil and gas investment conference to promote foreign investment and participation in Colombia's energy sector, primaril [...]	2005-06-10 13:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO EINV
05BOGOTA5566	CODEL DAVIS: TERRORISM, DRUGS, FTA IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary. Representative Tom Davis (R-VA),Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, led a Congressional delegation to Colombia June 1 to June 3. Other Government Reform Committee members included Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI),Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD),and Rep. Carolyn Mal [...]	2005-06-10 13:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD OREP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5567	DON BERNA'S BLOCS BEGIN DEMOBILIZING [...] (C) Summary: Following senior AUC commanders "Don Berna," Vicente Castano, and "Javier Montanez" agreement to demobilize at least six blocs, the GOC has been preparing by streamlining the concentration and demobilization process and reaching out to local officials in areas where the blocs domi [...]	2005-06-10 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PGOV CO AUC
05BOGOTA5569	SUMMARY OF MAY 24-25 MEETING WITH COLOMBIA'S CIVIL [...] Summary. On May 24-25, officials from the Departments of State and Transportation (DOT) met with representatives from Colombia's Civil Aeronautics Special Administrative Unit and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogota. The U.S. team raised travel agent commissions, internet fares, safety [...]	2005-06-10 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA5616	ELN'S HEROES OF ANORI BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-nine members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Antioquia surrendered to the Colombian Army's Fourth Brigade on June 1 and agreed to demobilize. The ""Heroes and Martyrs of Anori"" became the first ELN members to demobilize in a mass ceremony. Although the desertions wil [...]	2005-06-13 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN
05BOGOTA5619	OBSERVATIONS REGARDING PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE OVER [...] (C) Summary: During the week of June 6, the press focused on the long-standing rumor that 30-35 percent of Congress is beholden to the paramilitaries. Our best and, in our estimation, "cleanest" Congressional interlocutors believe that figure is roughly on the mark. Overt support for the A [...]	2005-06-13 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM CO AUC
05BOGOTA5657	NAS Monthly Report May 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, the spray program eradicated 11,305 hectares of coca and 45 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Colombian Navy accomplished the largest cocaine HCL fast boat seizure ever- over 15 metric tons. During May, the CNP seized over 18 metric tons of coc [...]	2005-06-14 11:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5671	LIBERALS SELECT GAVIRIA AS PARTY CHIEF; [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, the Liberal Party (PLC) national convention selected former President and OAS SyG Cesar Gaviria as its national party head. Gaviria denounced President Uribe for abandoning and attacking the PLC, wrongheaded policies (most notably an alleged failure to control the p [...]	2005-06-14 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CO
05BOGOTA5735	AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD [...] In response to Ref A, Bogota enthusiastically wishes to participate in the 2005 American Music Abroad program. In particular, we hope to receive a hip-hop group. We request four programming days at any time during the week other than Sunday. We would plan to take the group to two cities with [...]	2005-06-15 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO CO
05BOGOTA5752	COLOMBIA: CODEL DAVIS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Davis met with President Uribe on June 2 during a brief visit to Bogota (septel). CODEL Renzi, on a separate trip, also attended. Uribe thanked the group for U.S. support, outlined the improved security situation, and briefly described Venezuela's approach to the FARC. Uri [...]	2005-06-16 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO PBTS CODEL
05BOGOTA5753	EMBASSY DELIVERS STERN MESSAGE TO GOC ON DON BERNA [...] (C) Summary. Charge delivered message to President Uribe on June 13 and Uribe advisers on June 14 that AUC commander Diego Murillo ("Don Berba") should not be released into the concentration zone for demobilized AUC leaders (as press reports were suggesting),should no longer participate in th [...]	2005-06-16 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CO KJUS AUC
05BOGOTA5762	ATPDEA-RELATED INVESTMENT ACTIVITY DURING 2004 [...] (U) Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)-related investment in Colombia during 2004. 2. Over the past decade, ATPA/APTDEA has provided significant economic benefit [...]	2005-06-16 18:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ASEC CO
05BOGOTA5794	CIUDAD BOLIVAR VIOLENCE DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary: "Ciudad Bolivar," a sector of underprivileged neighborhoods located in southeastern Bogota, has long been notorious for violence and disorder. In May, staffers from Mayor Garzon's office told Poloffs that the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had infiltrated the area [...]	2005-06-17 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA5795	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MAY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during May, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP). DOJ sponsored a three-week visit to the U.S. for 13 eviden [...]	2005-06-17 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA5797	"Don Berna" Stays in Detention: Extradition [...] (U) Summary. On Monday, June 13 the Office of the Attorney General (Fiscalia) determined that Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (a.k.a. "Don Berna") will remain in detention on the farm in Valencia (Cordoba Department). Don Berna will neither be moved to a civilian jail, nor served with any Col [...]	2005-06-17 13:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA5802	CLIPPED WINGS: COLOMBIA'S AIR ASSET LIMITS [...] (S) Colombia's size and terrain make military air operations vital to the nation's security. However, the Colombian Air Force (COLAF) accounts for less than 8 percent of the 2005 defense budget. The COLAF's primary offensive aircraft are based in Cundinamarca and Atlantico Departments, which [...]	2005-06-17 18:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO ETRD
05BOGOTA5880	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the May, 2005, Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by reftel. There were no Phase I/II/III events during this period. 2. (SBU) In May, 2005, 3,011 tracks were noted over Colombia, of which 37 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Five were eventua [...]	2005-06-21 14:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA5888	DRAFT AMENDMENT TO 2004 ANNEX: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) As discussed Ref emails, following is the draft Amendment 1 to the 2004 Annex. This document, when signed, will obligate FY2005 INL funding for Colombia. Draft follows the model approved by the Department to obligate FY2003 funds. FY2004 funds were obligated by the 2004 Annex. Post w [...]	2005-06-21 14:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5979	DRUMMOND LTD. SITE VISIT - LA LOMA COAL MINING [...] Summary. In a recent visit related to the Cartagena Energy Conference (reported reftel),Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell and the DCM conducted a site tour of one of the world,s largest surface coal mining operations in Cesar Department, northern Colombia. Mike Tracy, Preside [...]	2005-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN CO
05BOGOTA5980	AUC'S HEROES OF TOLOVA DEMOBILIZE [...] (U) Summary: Over 450 members of the "Heroes of Tolova Bloc of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) demobilized on June 15. Both government and paramilitary speakers welcomed the move and encouraged demobilizing forces to return to a peaceful, civilian life. Diego Murillo ("Don B [...]	2005-06-23 18:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC
05BOGOTA6013	GOC LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER DELAYS IN THE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Colombian Trade Minister Botero is preparing the domestic audience for further delays in the FTA. In public comments, Botero stated that the negotiations were at their darkest and later reversed the GOC,s long-standing public line by stating that he could not guarantee that th [...]	2005-06-23 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR CO FTA
05BOGOTA6056	JUSTICE AND PEACE BECOMES LAW [...] (U) Summary: More than a year after the government introduced its first draft and after six months of intensive debate, the demobilization legislation commonly known as the "Justice and Peace" law was passed by the Senate and House plenaries on June 20 and 21, respectively, and the conference [...]	2005-06-24 22:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM SNAR PTER CO
05BOGOTA6057	FOMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S COMMENTS ON THE PEACE [...] (U) During former President Clinton's June 22 visit to Colombia, a reporter for national television network Caracol asked him if he supported the peace processes with the paramilitaries and the guerrilla groups. Clinton stated: "Of course, so long as they understand there will be zero toler [...]	2005-06-24 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6060	CONGRESS PASSES PENSION REFORM [...] Summary: On June 20, the Colombian Congress sent pension reform legislation to President Uribe for his signature. The reform, which required a constitutional amendment, will save the GOC over USD 17 billion over the next 50 years. The Uribe administration originally proposed a reform packa [...]	2005-06-24 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN CO
05BOGOTA6089	"COLOMBIA IS ON THE RIGHT PATH," FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (U) During a half-day visit to Colombia June 22, President Clinton expressed unequivocal support for President Uribe and his policies, as well as for the Colombian people. Speaking to a business and leadership forum (Expogestion) with an audience of over 2,000 people - including President Uri [...]	2005-06-27 17:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6141	Proposed FY 2007 Demobilization Assistance [...] (U) Post has requested that a total of $476.753 million in FY2007 Andean Counterdrug Initiative funds be allocated for all Counter Narcotics and Anticrime Assistance programs (Ref A.) In view of the prospect that the GOC will negotiate the demobilization of large numbers of internal combatant [...]	2005-06-28 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD PREL EAID SNAR CO
05BOGOTA6143	HIGHLIGHTS OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite a slow start, Congress completed work on several major pieces of legislation, including the Justice and Peace Law (demobilization),pension reform, implementing legislation for presidential reelection and associated level-playing field guarantees, enhanced legal protecti [...]	2005-06-28 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6208	MASS GRAVE EXHUMATION UNCOVERS GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 22, the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner hosted an international delegation visit to Sucre Department. The group visited mass gravesites in San Onofre, met with victims' families and NGOs in Sincelejo, and spoke with local government and military officials about human rights c [...]	2005-06-29 23:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PTER PGOV SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA6222	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP OF CALI [...] (C) Summary. During a trip to Cali on June 23-24, the Archbishop told the Ambassador that the Mayor's office was struggling with corruption limiting its ability to act, and that the USG should find ways to help support the municipal police. He credited the increase in violence in Cali last y [...]	2005-06-30 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PINR CO
05BOGOTA6223	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF VALLE DE [...] (C) Summary. On June 24 the Ambassador met with the Governor of the Department of Valle de Cauca. The Governor endorsed Uribe's Democratic Security policy and the use of a legal framework like the newly adopted Justice and Peace law to demobilize the AUC and the FARC. He said the FARC may be [...]	2005-06-30 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PINR CO
05BOGOTA6237	FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]	2005-06-30 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6296	COLOMBIA TO KEEP OPTIONS OPEN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-01 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CO UN
05BOGOTA6340	2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is post,s response to reftel request for the 2005 report on U.S. citizen expropriation claims and other investment disputes involving the Government of Colombia. It is worth noting that the two cases in the 2005 report are being decided through normal judicial action or in transparent n [...]	2005-07-05 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN PGOV CASC CO
05BOGOTA6382	Colombian FM Defends Immunity [...] (U) Summary. On June 27, Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco responded to Inspector General (Procurador) Edgardo Maya's written request to submit for congressional approval the 1974 "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Government of the United States rela [...]	2005-07-06 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6448	MINING SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Colombia,s success in reforming regulation of the mining industry has enhanced the sector,s international competitiveness, created a more attractive investment climate, and in conjunction with similar reforms in the oil and gas sector (see reftel A) made the extractive sector the pr [...]	2005-07-08 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN CO
05BOGOTA6450	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING AND NEW LOW INCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. The national banking association,s (Asobancaria) annual conference served as an opportunity for presidential hopefuls to showcase their social agendas. The highlight of the conference was the announcement that banks would make over USD 430 million available in GOC-guaranteed [...]	2005-07-08 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CO
05BOGOTA6495	EX-GUERRILLA AND PARAMILITARY DESCRIBE THEIR LIVES [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Defense (MOD),the agency in charge of the first phase of the individual desertion program for guerrillas and paramilitaries, began recording deserter testimonies on June 24 and invited Emboffs to observe. The MOD interviewed a former paramilitary and former ELN bloc [...]	2005-07-11 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MOPS CO ELN AUC
05BOGOTA6508	NEW MOD CAMILO OSPINA DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) On July 9, the newly-appointed Minister of Defense Camilo Ospina visited the Ambassador to discuss bilateral military cooperation. They discussed a range of issues including human rights, high value targets, funding for military assistance, and the Justice and Peace Law. Ospina stated th [...]	2005-07-12 11:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM PINR CO
05BOGOTA6563	NAS Monthly Report June 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2005, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 9,884 hectares of coca and 41 hectares of poppy. Anti-Narcotics Police (DIRAN) destroyed four cocaine HCL laboratories and captured nine metric tons of cocaine, one ton of cocaine base, and 70 kilos of h [...]	2005-07-13 11:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6598	Four Dead, Two Helicopters Lost in Colombian [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Military forces lost four dead and two helicopters within a span of 48 hours. On July 8, a Plan Colombia-provided UH1-HII (Huey II) operated by the Colombian Army crashed as a result of hostile fire, resulting in four fatalities, including one Colombian national emplo [...]	2005-07-13 21:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA6622	COLOMBIA: MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Colombia remains a major illicit drug producing and trafficking country, the GOC is an unwavering ally in the fight against narcotics production and distribution. Colombia has been an enthusiastic partner in the development of innovative approaches to narcotics interdic [...]	2005-07-14 18:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6669	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...]	2005-07-18 11:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6678	PEACE COMMISSIONER OPTIMISTIC ON AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador on July 11 that dismantlement, security, and justice were key to the peace process's success. He said his responsibility was to deliver AUC members, disarmed and identified, to the justice system and that the Peace and Justice La [...]	2005-07-18 13:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM PREL CO AUC
05BOGOTA6680	FIVE MORE DEMOBILIZATIONS PLANNED [...] (C) The GOC is preparing to demobilize at least five blocs in the coming weeks, including the last of senior AUC commander Don Berna's, and has expressed confidence that the rest of the AUC will be fully demobilized by the end of 2005. The first of the five scheduled blocs, the Montes de Maria [...]	2005-07-18 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS CO AUC
05BOGOTA6681	ACCUSATIONS OF COLMIL THIRD BRIGADE FOOD [...] (C) Patricia Dahl, New York affiliate director of Wisconsin-based human rights NGO, Colombia Support Network (CSN),met with the Embassy on June 27 to discuss alleged food confiscations by the Colombian Military Third Brigade against civilian groups in Alta Naya, Cauca Department. Dahl was a [...]	2005-07-18 14:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CO MOPS PTER
05BOGOTA6682	VP SANTOS SEEKS ADVICE ON EXPLAINING JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, Vice President Francisco Santos sought Ambassador's advice on how to gain support for the Justice and Peace Law while not jeopardizing final AUC demobilizations. The Ambassador urged the GOC to show its seriousness, firmness, and procedural organization immediately. [...]	2005-07-18 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6683	OAS REP ASKS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION FUTURE [...] (C) On July 8, the Ambassador met with Organization of American States (OAS) Peace Process Verification Coordinators Sergio Caramagna and Claudia Vargas at the latters' request. Caramagna told the Ambassador that he appreciated U.S. Congressional support for the GOC's paramilitary peace proces [...]	2005-07-18 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EAID CO OAS
05BOGOTA6710	CANDIDATES FOR COLOMBIA'S NEW FISCAL GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON JULY 7, PRESIDENT URIBE ANNOUNCED THE THREE CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED TO REPLACE THE FISCAL GENERAL (ATTORNEY GENERAL),LUIS CAMILO OSORIO, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NEW FISCAL GENERAL WILL TAKE OFFICE ON AUGUST 1. ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ARE FROM THE C [...]	2005-07-18 21:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6718	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM FOCUSES ON SYSTEMIC FLAWS [...] (U) On July 11, the Ambassador hosted military justice Director Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes to discuss the military justice reform process and encourage transparency. Colombia's Military Penal Justice (MPJ) system has been accused of promoting impunity and responding slowly to cri [...]	2005-07-18 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM MOPS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6847	GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) On July 15, Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and Vice Justice Minister Mario Iguaran presented the Law for Justice and Peace to the diplomatic corps. Iguaran reviewed the law in detail and tried to dispel accusations that it did not encourage full [...]	2005-07-21 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL PTER PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6889	COLOMBIA: JULY 2005 GALLUP POLL RESULTS [...] (U) The survey found that 71% of respondents feel safer today than they did a year ago, up seven percent (64%) from April 2005. Those disagreeing with the statement decreased from 31% in April to 26% in July. As such, a little over a third of Colombians (36%) feel that public order/security is [...]	2005-07-22 20:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6891	SERPA ON 2006 ELECTIONS, BILATERAL RELATIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Liberal Party Presidential nominee hopeful Horacio Serpa discussed national politics at breakfast on July 12. Serpa said under a reelection scenario, President Uribe would win easily. He hoped for a grand left/center-left coalition against Uribe in the first rou [...]	2005-07-22 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO VE BL
05BOGOTA6899	LOCAL USE IN COLOMBIA OF GEOGRAPHIC INDICATORS. [...] This is post's response to reftel request for information concerning the local use of geographic indicators (GIs) in Colombia. 2. According to the Superintendency of Commerce and Industry (SIC),Colombian trademark regulations generally protect the brand name of a product and not the "gen [...]	2005-07-25 12:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR CO
05BOGOTA6914	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...]	2005-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6926	PRESIDENT SIGNS JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW [...] (U) On July 22, President Uribe signed the Justice and Peace Law, just meeting the 20 working day deadline he had to sign after Congress approved the text. Once the law is published in the congressional daily bulletin, probably on Monday, July 25, it will be active and implementation can begi [...]	2005-07-25 16:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PTER PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6928	CENSUS TO CAPTURE SNAPSHOT OF COLOMBIAN LIFE [...] (U) Colombia's Statistics office began the first national census in 12 years in May and hopes to conclude by December Â [...]	2005-07-25 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KHIV CO
05BOGOTA6950	INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY DIMINISHED BY LOSS OF FUNDING [...] (S) The loss of the two airborne reconnaissance low (ARL) platforms due to funding constraints will have a critical impact on both U.S. and Colombian intelligence operations. The arrival of the "Shula Dragon" aircraft on July 15 offset requirements, but without either of the ARLs, our intellig [...]	2005-07-25 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6953	PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR LOZANO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On July 22, the Ambassador reiterated to Presidential Chief of Staff Juan Lozano the warning he had given to other GOC officials about the need to demonstrate GOC seriousness about implementing the Justice and Peace Law within the coming weeks. The Ambassador urged the government to make a [...]	2005-07-25 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7134	MANPADS IN COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT NO; FARC MAYBE [...] (S/NF) The GOC has no MANPADS in its arsenal, no current intentions to purchase them, and no indigenous manufacturing capability. The FARC (formally declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the USG) has demonstrated intent to purchase MANPADS. Numerous unsubstantiated reports indicate tha [...]	2005-07-29 13:33:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA7191	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO CRAWFORD [...] (C) President Uribe's visit to Crawford comes at a key moment and will serve as an opportunity to advance several items in our bilateral relationship. Uribe will thank the President for U.S. political support and financial assistance for the counter-drug, counter-terror, and development effort [...]	2005-07-29 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD MOPS CO
05BOGOTA7312	NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS [...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]	2005-08-02 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7332	INDUMIL'S SAFEGUARDS SUFFICIENT FOR ARMS AND [...] (U) Several U.S. companies have attempted to seek licenses from PM to sell defense articles to the Colombian Military (COLMIL) and Police this year and have been denied, possibly due to concerns about Colombia's end user controls. Military Industries (INDUMIL) is the Colombian government's onl [...]	2005-08-03 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS CO
05BOGOTA7357	INL Flash Report for July 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN CO
05BOGOTA7358	GOC POSES NEGOTIATION OFFERS TO GUERRILLAS [...] (SBU) In mid-June and July, the GOC sent several communiques in an attempt to resuscitate negotiation processes with both the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The GOC hoped to restart preliminary peace negotiations with the ELN w [...]	2005-08-04 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA7359	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN MOD OSPINA [...] (U) July 27, 2005, 10:00-11:00 am, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Peter Husta, Acting MilGroup Commander [...]	2005-08-04 16:18:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7360	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 6:30-7:30 pm, Ambassador's Residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Brian Walch, POL, notetaker Lui [...]	2005-08-04 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7361	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH SENIOR GOC OFFICIALS AND [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 8:00-10:30 pm, Ambassador's Residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood DCM Milton K. Drucker Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Brian Wa [...]	2005-08-04 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD PHUM CO VE BR SP
05BOGOTA7399	COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN [...] Post received on August 2 dipnote DPM/CAI No. 39477 dated March 16 requesting U.S. support for Geraldo Burgos Bernal's candidacy as Director General of the Inter-American Institute for the Child and the Adolescent with Burgos's CV (dipnote and CV faxed to WAH/AND). The candidacy is to be propo [...]	2005-08-04 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CO OAS
05BOGOTA7400	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CO UN
05BOGOTA7401	GOC THANKS USG FOR SUPPORTING MORENO [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP CO
05BOGOTA7402	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 4:00-5:30 pm, Casa de Narino, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Polcouns (notetaker) Luis Guio, Interpreter Colombia -------- [...]	2005-08-04 22:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7415	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO [...] (U) July 27, 2005, 7:00 - 8:30 am, Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Sarah LaGier, notetaker Luis Gu [...]	2005-08-05 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7416	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) July 26, 2005, 2:30-3:30 pm, Ambassador's Office, Bogota 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counse [...]	2005-08-05 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PREL PINR KJUS CO
05BOGOTA7565	UNHCR REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FORMER VENEZUELAN AIR [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-10 18:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CO VE
05BOGOTA7588	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION UPDATE [...] (C) In early August, three more paramilitary blocs demobilized, bringing the total number of demobilized paramilitaries to over 8,700 since 2003. The Liberators of the South demobilized 676 members, the Heroes of Granada demobilized 2,033, and the Self-Defense Forces of Meta and Vichada demob [...]	2005-08-10 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PGOV CO AUC
05BOGOTA7590	NATIONAL CONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) On August 8, PolCouns met with Father Dario Echeverri (protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN). He predicted the FARC would agree to a humanitarian exchange after the Constitutional Court had ruled on re-election because -- regardless of the ruling -- the [...]	2005-08-10 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA7602	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]	2005-08-10 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7621	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, VICE [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) met with President Uribe on August 5 toward the end of his seven day visit to Colombia which focused on the Afro-Colombian community and included stops in Bogota, Tumaco, Beunaventura, Cali, Choco and Cartagena (septel). Meeks told Uribe that the [...]	2005-08-11 18:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA7687	"BOOMERANG AGAINST EXTRADITION:" EL TIEMPO'S [...] Leading national daily El Tiempo's August 12 editorial is highly critical of an extradition bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF THE EDITORIAL: Boomerang Against Extradition "There are times when laws, instead of helping to achieve what they intend to do [...]	2005-08-12 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7712	PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES STATUS OF [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador Wood August 12 that the GOC was making a sincere effort to reach an agreement with the FARC on the terms of a humanitarian exchange, and with the ELN on peace talks, but Restrepo is not confident of the GOC's short term prospects for [...]	2005-08-16 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA7727	COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...]	2005-08-16 19:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC
05BOGOTA7735	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]	2005-08-16 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7737	NAS Monthly Report July 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]	2005-08-16 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7832	COLOMBIAN MILITARY SPENDING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN [...] (U) Vice-Minister of Defense Eastman praised the results of the Security and Democracy Foundation (FSD) and the Latin American Security Defense Network (RESDAL) study of transparency in Colombia's defense budgeting and spending released on 9 August, while acknowledging that more needs to be do [...]	2005-08-19 13:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS ECON KCRM CO
05BOGOTA7840	AFGHAN VISIT TO COLOMBIA OFFERS NEW CN INSIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A six-person delegation from the Afghan government visited Colombia to discuss counternarcotics policy and the joint USG-GOC program. The group met with GOC officials and visited an air base to observe Colombia's aerial eradication efforts. The NAS Acting Director organized br [...]	2005-08-19 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7842	COLOMBIA'S INTERPOL NOMINATION [...] (U) The GOC has requested via dipnote DPM/CAI No. 41746 dated August 2 U.S. support for Jorge Aurelio Noguera Cotes as Member for the Americas of the International Criminal Police Organization (IOCP-INTERPOL) in elections to take place at the 74th General Assembly of the IOCP in Berlin. (Post [...]	2005-08-19 14:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IO PTER CO
05BOGOTA7911	Federal Highway Administration Meets with Roads and [...] Summary. Officials from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of International Programs visited Bogota, Colombia on August 3rd and 4th. They met with officials from the Colombian Department of Transportation as well as experts in the field of highway safety. The trip allowed a [...]	2005-08-22 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN CO
05BOGOTA7922	ICRC ON PROSPECTS FOR TALKS ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) ICRC Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer (protect) said August 18 that he was not optimistic about the prospects for a GOC agreement with the FARC on an humanitarian exchange. He said the ICRC is prepared to accompany FARC members to a meeting place with the GOC and remain with them f [...]	2005-08-22 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO

05BOGOTA8041	GOC RESOLUTION SIGNED ON SPRAYING IN COLOMBIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, Colombia signed a resolution to authorize spraying in national parks if four conditions are met. The first park under consideration for spraying is "La Macarena," located in southeast Colombia; it has been under the effective domination of the FARC for years and [...]	2005-08-25 21:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8050	COLOMBIA ON SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America and Summit of the Americas Coordinator Francisco Gonzalez on August 24. Poloffs stressed the importance of creating a consensus Social Charter, within the framework of the OAS, and noted that Chavez's maneuver subverted the process. [...]	2005-08-25 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KSUM VE CO OAS
05BOGOTA8051	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Coleman's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the Revolutionar [...]	2005-08-25 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA8122	HAITI ELECTIONS: COLOMBIA WILL NOT SEND [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID HA CO
05BOGOTA8123	COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 17:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC
05BOGOTA8156	COLOMBIA WELCOMES SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 23:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KWMN PREL CO UNGA
05BOGOTA8157	MEDIA REACTION: DETAINED AMERICAN SERVICEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 11:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8174	MEDIA REACTION: AERIAL ERADICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8181	COLOMBIA HINTS AT LINK BETWEEN US WHO AND GOC [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KSEP OPDC CO UNESCO
05BOGOTA8182	COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT USG CANDIDACY FOR WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 17:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CO
05BOGOTA8183	URIBE CALLS TO RESOLVE CASES INVOLVING COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) President Uribe called on Colombia's judicial system to resolve a number of high profile cases involving the country's public forces during a townhall meeting in Cartagena August 27. BEGIN SPEECH EXCERPTS: "I was talking to Attorney General Iguarn yesterday and I told him: `Attorney G [...]	2005-08-30 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8197	GOC OFFERS HURRICANE RECOVERY ASSISTANCE [...] On August 30, Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate offered assistance to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Penate, as head of civil defense, offered to make available twenty English-speaking personnel from Colombia's disaster assistance force to help with recovery eff [...]	2005-08-30 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8241	OBSERVATIONS ON UPCOMING COURT DECISION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Commentators continue to differ in their predictions about the Colombian Constitutional Court's decision on President Uribe's reelection. A leading newspaper recently published an extensive article predicting a 6-3 vote in favor of Uribe's reelection, while others suggest diff [...]	2005-08-31 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA8281	PRESIDENT URIBE REITERATES OFFER OF HURRICANE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV KPAO CO
05BOGOTA8284	PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - JULY [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during July 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicial [...]	2005-09-01 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA8290	OAS'S INSULZA AND RIO GROUP SUPPORT DEMOBILIZATION [...] (U) Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza defended the paramilitary demobilization process during his first visit to Colombia on August 29-30. Insulza met with President Alvaro Uribe, Vice President Francisco Santos, the High Commissioner for Peace Luis C [...]	2005-09-01 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8291	POLICE ASSUME CONTROL OF RALITO; PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Emboffs attended demobilization in Santa Fe de Ralito on August 25-26 and witnessed Colombian police taking over from some 300 demobilized paramilitaries, who has been the "security force" there. The police presence remains thin but should expand in the coming weeks. There were two princi [...]	2005-09-01 21:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8292	ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) August 23, 2005, 5:00-6:00 PM, Casa de Narino, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey Taylor, Counselor to the Attorney General Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Thomas Monheim, Associate Dep [...]	2005-09-01 21:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO
05BOGOTA8329	COLOMBIA ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The United States can "count on Colombia's support" at the Summit of the Americas if such support is "crucial," according to the MFA, but Colombia hopes to avoid being in the middle of disputes, especially with Venezuela, unless absolutely necessary. The GOC asked for support for [...]	2005-09-02 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM PGOV ECON CO OAS
05BOGOTA8367	GOC AND FARC FROZEN ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE; [...] (U) FARC "spokesperson" Luis Edgar Devia AKA Raul Reyes communicated on August 22 their demand that the GOC demilitarize certain municipalities as a precondition for talks on a humanitarian exchange. Reyes' statement effectively ended the Catholic Church's offer to mediate a "pre-dialogue" ou [...]	2005-09-06 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PTER CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA8406	CODEL COLEMAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. Senators Coleman and Martinez and Congressman Miller met with President Uribe on August 23 during a brief visit to Bogota. The CODEL told Uribe they had come to thank him personally for his leadership in the fight against drugs and terrorism, and for the vital U.S.-Colombian par [...]	2005-09-07 16:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA8409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the September 9-11 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. Drug eradication and interdiction are at record levels. A nation-wide, multi-phased offens [...]	2005-09-07 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CO CODEL
05BOGOTA8410	DRAFT EU REPORT RECOMMENDS SUPPORT FOR THE J&P LAW [...] (C) A draft EU Bogota Heads of Mission report prepared for the Committee of the Council for Latin America (COLAT) meeting in early September recommended that the EU support the GOC in its implementation of the Justice and Peace law. The draft report recommends specific areas of cooperation, an [...]	2005-09-07 18:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8412	CSI - FAVORABLE CARTAGENA ASSESMENT [...] Summary: The Port of Cartagena impressed visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, and the joint team will recommend that the port be accepted as a Container Security Initiative (CSI) facility. End Summary. 2. On August 30-Sept. [...]	2005-09-07 18:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SNAR PTER CO
05BOGOTA8414	PRESIDENT URIBE ORDERS FTA NEGOTIATING TEAM TO PUT [...] (C) During a September 7 meeting, Foreign Minister Barco took the initiative to inform the Ambassador that after the September 5 meeting with President Toledo to discuss the US-Andean FTA, President Uribe had ordered the Trade and Agricultural Ministers and the lead FTA negotiator to quote p [...]	2005-09-07 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR CO FTA
05BOGOTA8415	TOLEDO SUCCESSFULLY PRESSES URIBE TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Uribe and Peruvian President Toledo met in Bogota on September 5 to discuss the future of the FTA. According to the GOC, Toledo told Uribe that his government was willing to conclude the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. by October and preferred not to do so [...]	2005-09-07 19:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR CO FTA
05BOGOTA8454	FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...]	2005-09-08 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI
05BOGOTA8475	COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE C-26'S [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs requesting assistance in the use of the two Colombian Air Force C-26 aircraft that were modified by the United States Government (USG) for air interception and surveillance. 2. Funding for these aircraft is [...]	2005-09-08 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8485	GENERAL GOMEZ'S REPLACEMENT NAMED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 13:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8495	SUPREME COURT APPROVES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION; [...] (C) On September 7, Colombia's Supreme Court approved the U.S. extradition request for paramilitary commander Diego Murillo, AKA "Don Berna," and transmitted the case to the President for his decision. The approval occurred in much less than normal time for such a decision (less than a third o [...]	2005-09-09 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO AUC
05BOGOTA8513	FARC INTRANSIGENT, ELN IN POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO NEW [...] (U) On September 4, Episcopal Conference President Castro suggested that the FARC consider new peace options to restart negotiations with the GOC but noted that he disapproved of former President Turbay's notion of trading eleven FARC hostages for one imprisoned FARC guerrilla. FARC Spokesman [...]	2005-09-09 22:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA8516	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington September 14-15 for a visit with the legislative branch on the eve of a Constitutional Court decision on his right to seek immediate reelection. The military situation is at a strategic standoff and both the GOC and illegal armed groups appear to be [...]	2005-09-09 22:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PHUM MARR ETRD CO
05BOGOTA8543	West Caribbean Airline's August 16 accident [...] Summary. On August 16, a Colombian airliner operated by West Caribbean crashed in Venezuela along the Colombian border during its flight from Panama to Martinique. All 152 passengers and eight crew members were killed aboard the MD- 82 aircraft. End Summary. 2. In the early hours of the [...]	2005-09-12 14:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
05BOGOTA8545	THE EFFECTS OF LEISHMANIASIS IN COLOMBIA [...] (S) Leishmaniasis, the parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies, is a disease plaguing the military and rural poor in Colombia. Reported civilan cases have risen from 4,000 in 1990 to nearly 10,000 in 2003 to a record 13,000 in 2004. Growth in outbreaks within the Colomb [...]	2005-09-12 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ECON PARM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA8550	COLOMBIAN PROSECUTOR BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT JUSTICE [...] (C) The GOC has taken important steps to implement the Justice and Peace (J&P) law, but much more needs to be done. The most significant steps so far include the naming of J&P Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) and the creation of the National Reconcilia [...]	2005-09-12 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8571	COLOMBIAN AIRLINER HIJACKED; NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING [...] Summary. A Colombian airliner operated by Aires was hijacked today en route to Bogota from Florencia, in Caqueta Department. The twenty passengers included four U.S. contractors ) one American, two Colombians, and one Peruvian. Two Colombian Congressmen are also on board. Upon landing at [...]	2005-09-12 21:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA8586	COLOMBIAN AIRLINER HOSTAGES RELEASED; HIJACKERS [...] Summary. As of 1715 Bogota time, all hostages on board the hijacked Aires flight have been released unharmed, and the two hijackers have surrendered (reftel). Contrary to earlier reports, the father and son hijackers were not former paramilitaries. Rather, they were seeking compensation for [...]	2005-09-12 23:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8588	MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...]	2005-09-13 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO
05BOGOTA8602	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCHR MICHAEL FRUHLING [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Ambassador met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Director in Colombia Michael Fruhling and his deputy, Amerigo Incalcaterra. Fruhling raised several concerns about the implementation of the Law on Justice and Peace, and about huma [...]	2005-09-13 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA8605	MFA INFORMED OF AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR PASTRANA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 21:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8650	STAFFDEL GROVE MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (U) Congressional aides Paul Grove and Thomas Hawkins met with Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on August 30 and representatives of several human rights organizations on August 31 to discuss the paramilitary demobilization process and the Law of Justice and Peace. Restrepo explained th [...]	2005-09-14 14:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA8664	EMBASSY BOGOTA: HIJACK OF COLOMBIAN AIRLINE WITH [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: (SBU) On 12 September 2005 at 1218 pm, a Colombian airliner on a domestic flight to Bogota from Florencia was hijacked. Four Contract Employees from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to include 1 US Citizen, were onboard. As detailed in reftels, the flight landed safely in B [...]	2005-09-14 18:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8695	DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRO-URIBE POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Four center-right political parties -- Radical Change, National Unity, Democratic Colombia, and the Conservatives -- are vying to be the lead vehicle for President Uribe's reelection drive. While all are viable electorally, the continued existence of National Unity and Democr [...]	2005-09-15 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA8696	THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]	2005-09-15 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC CO
05BOGOTA8702	COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Post received on September 12 dip note DPM/CAI No. 49215 dated September 6 requesting U.S. support for Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez's candidacy for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) as well as Murillo's CV (dip note and CV faxed to WHA/AND). Elections will be [...]	2005-09-15 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA8730	BIG RATE DROP FOR FIXED LINE TO MOBILE CALLS [...] Summary. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT) announced a new regulation capping the price of fixed-line to mobile calls on September 13. The regulation requires mobile operators to gradually lower the per minute rate from about 1000 Colombian pesos (COP) (about 44 cents using [...]	2005-09-15 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD CO USTR
05BOGOTA8768	LOWER HOUSE PLENARY SESSION TRIES TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The House of Representatives held an historic plenary session September 7-8 on the island of San Andres, the capital of Colombia's smallest Department, San Andres and Providencia. Despite impassioned and nationalistic statements about Nicaraguan incursions into Colombian terr [...]	2005-09-16 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CO
05BOGOTA8814	COLOMBIA: SECOND QUARTER PERFORMANCE BODES WELL [...] Summary: The Colombian economy continues to grow steadily, fueled by increased exports, a strong peso, and a low, stable inflation rate. These factors in turn increased investor confidence leading to record levels for the stock exchange and a dramatic increase in private investment. While the [...]	2005-09-19 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8816	IRISH THREE EXTRADITION REQUEST SUBMITTED [...] (U) North Irish Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament Jeffery Donaldson visited Colombia the week of September 5 to investigate allegations against the "Irish Three" (Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan) and speak with Colombian officials. Three members of "FAIR" (Fam [...]	2005-09-19 17:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8817	FARC DECLINES GOC PRISONER EXCHANGE, BLAMES GOC [...] (U) On September 16, ANNCOL posted a message from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) People's Army (FARC-EP) declining the Colombian government's offer to hold a prisoner exchange in Bolo Azul, Valle del Cauca Department. The FARC reiterated longstanding demands in the communique an [...]	2005-09-19 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV CO FARC
05BOGOTA8932	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: CUCUTA, NORTE DE SANTANDER [...] (C) Summary: In Cucuta, capital of Norte de Santander Department along the Venezuelan border, political leaders and opinion makers expressed concern about President Chavez's meddling in Colombia and Latin America in general. But few offered specifics. They said Colombia's Armed Forces are [...]	2005-09-21 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ENRG PTER CO VE
05BOGOTA9001	COLOMBIA IN NO HURRY TO APPROVE UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to newly-arrived Colombian Coordinator for UNESCO in MFA's Multilateral Affairs office, Ambassador Carlos Gamba, on September 22. Poloff stressed U.S. concerns regarding the draft Convention's potential for misinterpretation and encouraged the GOC to work [...]	2005-09-22 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD CO UNESCO
05BOGOTA9087	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Colombia's Justice and Peace (J&P) Law, created to process demobilizing illegal armed fighters and compensate victims, directed the GOC to create an institution to manage the National Reconciliation and Reparations Fund. Vice President Francisco Santos structured the National Reconciliati [...]	2005-09-23 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9089	PEACE COMMISSIONER OPPOSES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on September 22 told the Ambassador that the GOC is inclined not to extradite Diego Murillo AKA "Don Berna" at the moment because it would endanger future demobilizations and Don Berna remains an important player in ensuring these demobilizations ha [...]	2005-09-23 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO ELN
05BOGOTA9095	COLOMBIANS PROTEST FRENCH REGARDING FARC [...] (U) The Colombian Foreign Ministry sent the French Ambassador to Colombia a diplomatic note on September 23 protesting France's latest contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in early September, without GOC authorization. The French reportedly sent the envoy to negotiat [...]	2005-09-24 16:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA9232	PRESIDENT URIBE COMMITS PUBLICLY TO SIGNING FTA AS [...] (SBU) During a speech at the Annual National Exporters, Association Conference on September 27, President Uribe stated that he was willing to pay the necessary political cost to quickly conclude the FTA negotiations (translation of remarks below.) Uribe underscored that his support for the FT [...]	2005-09-28 21:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV CO
05BOGOTA9248	CONTINUED COLOMBIAN SUPPORT AT SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Summit of the Americas Coordinator Francisco Gonzalez on September 27. PolCouns followed up with new Multilateral Affairs Office Director Nicolas Rivas on September 28. Emboffs stressed U.S. concerns about the tone and content of the draft leaders' [...]	2005-09-29 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KSUM CO
05BOGOTA9257	RECONCILIATION COMMISSION CONFIRMS PEACE PROCESS \ [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed the status of the Catholic Church's role in peace \ talks between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government. \ He said he believed both negotiations were on hold ) the ELN \ would not advance during Francisco Galan's parole and the \ FARC consistently had refused all [...]	2005-09-29 20:31:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SOCI CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA9269	BOGOTA MAYOR SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH EMBASSY [...] (C) Ambassador Wood met with Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo (Lucho) Garzon on September 22, at the Mayor's request. In a wide ranging discussion, Garzon requested more contact with the Ambassador and Embassy staff to improve information sharing, particularly on security issues. He asked for assis [...]	2005-09-29 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE FARC
05BOGOTA9276	PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...]	2005-09-29 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC
05BOGOTA9294	COLOMBIA COMPLIES WITH 2005 IACHR RECOMMENDATION; [...] The Colombian Government formally accepted responsibility September 29 for the 1989 murder of 12 members of a GOC judicial commission at La Rochela by paramilitary forces, working in collaboration with elements of the GOC military. The Colombian Government's acceptance of responsibility on be [...]	2005-09-30 15:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MARR CO
05BOGOTA9301	CONSERVATIVE PARTY FOCUSES ON WOMEN VOTERS [...] (SBU) The Conservative Party unofficially inaugurated its campaign season with a conference aimed at increasing women's political participation. The event offered data on women's participation in the GOC, as well as criticism of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by the director of a Venezuelan [...]	2005-09-30 16:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CO VE
05BOGOTA9305	SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN PAROLE FOR THREE CUBAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy was contacted by Ms. Liduine Zumpolle, a Dutch national who works with the pro-democracy NGO "Cuba Futuro" about the case of three Cuban nationals who worked in harsh conditions in a shipyard in Curacao. Zumpolle said [...]	2005-09-30 17:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CU CO
05BOGOTA9321	UPDATE ON REELECTION: THINKING OF PLAN B [...] (C) President Uribe and his team are considering contingency plans in the event the Constitutional Court strikes down reelection. The plans that are receiving most attention include a public referendum that would seek to change the Constitution, and the casting of a separate ballot during Ma [...]	2005-09-30 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA9402	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: During August, NAS was the control office for a two-person StaffDel from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs. The aerial eradication program sprayed approximately 10,087 hectares of coca and 78 hectares of poppy for a total of 111,946 hectares of coca an [...]	2005-10-03 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA9413	COLOMBIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AVIAN FLU SENIOR [...] (U) PolOff met with representatives from MFA, the Ministry of Public Health and animal health experts from the Ministry of Agriculture on September 27 to discuss Colombian participation in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and the Senior Officials Meeting (S [...]	2005-10-03 21:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA CO
05BOGOTA9440	JUSTICE AND PEACE UNIT OPENS FOR BUSINESS [...] (C) Justice and Peace (J&P) Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) told Emboffs September 27 that the unit would be open for business the week of October 3. Gonzalez will have 8 of 20 prosecutors available on October 3; he hopes to appoint remaining members [...]	2005-10-04 19:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA9565	OMBUDSMAN AND UNHCR OPEN "HOUSE OF RIGHTS" IN [...] The national Ombudsman inaugurated a "casa de los derechos" (house of rights) in the Altos de Cazuca neighborhood of Soacha, with support from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on September 29. Based on a model used by the UN in El Salvador, the office establishes the first offici [...]	2005-10-07 15:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9566	GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER [...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...]	2005-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC
05BOGOTA9593	NO CHANGE IN EXTRADITION POLICY FOLLOWING AUC [...] (C) In a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Wood on October 7, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo described paramilitary leaders as distrustful of President Uribe and scared of extradition, but confirmed GOC extradition policy would remain unchanged following the October 6 AUC statement s [...]	2005-10-07 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KCRM CO AUC FARC
05BOGOTA9595	FORMER PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ TO RETURN TO ECUADOR, [...] (S) Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez told poloffs October 5 that he intends to return to Ecuador, perhaps within weeks, and expects to be jailed on his arrival. Gutierrez said he wants to run for president in 2006 and would like the U.S. to ensure that his life is protected while in jail [...]	2005-10-07 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EC CO
05BOGOTA9715	DEFENSE ARTICLE REGULATONS FOR COLOMBIA [...] (U) Presidential Decree 2535 of 1993 governs Colombia's weapons imports and manufacturing processes. Per the regulations, Industrias Militares (Indumil) is the only entity in Colombia with the ability to import or manufacture weapons. Once the production or import is complete, weapons become [...]	2005-10-13 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD MARR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA9727	GOC,S EFFORTS TO CLARIFY CNRR,S DUTIES AND [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe and National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro warned during the CNNR's official launch on October 4 that the commission would probably fall short in its efforts to give reparations to all victims. The commission will hold it [...]	2005-10-13 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA9759	TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BOGOTA IN TWO DAYS; [...] (C) Bogota experienced two terrorist incidents in 48 hours. On the evening of October 10, a remote-controlled 50-kilogram explosive device hidden in a parked car was detonated in northern Bogota as Senator German Vargas Lleras's motorcade drove past. Vargas escaped unharmed, but nine Colomb [...]	2005-10-14 18:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CO FARC PGOV
05BOGOTA9785	LABOR AND INDIGENOUS PROTESTS AGAINST FTA FIZZLE [...] Summary. Public concerns over FTA negotiations were highlighted as indigenous groups and the major labor unions held anti-FTA protests around the country this week. While most of the demonstrations were peaceful and smaller than predicted, some protesters were injured and one protester died [...]	2005-10-14 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV CO FTA
05BOGOTA9786	COLOMBIAN SENATE EXPRESSES SORROW, SOLIDARITY WITH [...] On October 7, Embassy received a diplomatic note in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs conveyed the text of Resolution 110, approved by the Colombian Senate on September 27, to the USG. In the resolution, the Senate expresses its sorrow for and solidarity with the victims of Hurricanes Kat [...]	2005-10-14 23:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC CO
05BOGOTA9790	COLOMBIAN PEACE PROCESS: URGENT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 6). 2. (U) The Government of Colombia (GoC) is currently leading an unprecedented peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). More than 18,000 former combatants have laid down their arms since the beginning of the Uribe adm [...]	2005-10-17 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL CO OAS
05BOGOTA9896	COURT SAYS CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN REFORMED TO ALLOW [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, the Constitutional Court ratified legislation reforming the Constitution to allow presidential reelection, including for incumbent President Uribe. A final legal hurdle for Uribe is the Court's approval of reelection implementing legislation, a decision that is d [...]	2005-10-20 17:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ECON CO
05BOGOTA9963	KIDNAPPING OF ORLANDO VALENCIA RECEIVES WIDE [...] (U) Post learned from NGO sources that Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday, October 15. Post has raised Valencia's case at all levels of the GOC to press for quick action to ensure his safety. End summary. --------------------------------- Initial N [...]	2005-10-21 21:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CVIS CO
05BOGOTA9975	DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on October 18, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot said Latin America needed strong regional and multilateral institutions to navigate its future and fortify democratic values. As a Caribbean neighbor, the Netherlands was prepared to help advance this process. The Netherlands [...]	2005-10-24 12:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR XL XM CO VE NL
05BRASILIA2287	FARC SPOKESMAN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL [...] On August 24, Brazilian Federal Police, in cooperation with Interpol agents in Brazil, arrested Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) "spokesman" Francisco Antonio CADENAS at a Sao Paulo bus station under an international order for his capture. The Colombian government has accused Cade [...]	2005-08-25 16:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BR CO
05BRASILIA303	BRAZIL: STATEMENTS ON TERRORISM AT CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ECON BR CO
05BRATISLAVA212	SLOVAKIA: INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON [...] The Director of the Department for Official Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Hulenyi, reports that the GOS does not currently give any bilateral contributions to the Andean region. Latin America is not considered a priority by the GOS, and Hulenyi does not anti [...]	2005-03-15 06:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE LO EUN
05BRUSSELS4172	PDAS SHAPIRO FOCUSES ON ANDEAN REGION WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's November 15 discussions with EU officials focused principally on Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia. On Venezuela, the European Commission (EC) acknowledged that the EU observation mission to the December elections would have to take care not to be seen as [...]	2005-11-23 16:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID VE CO BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS494	DEMARCHE TO EU COMMISSION: ANTI-TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS837	EU ON VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-02 09:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL VE CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUENOSAIRES226	STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO AR DEMARCHE
05CARACAS450	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGINAL REFUGEE [...] The Embassy grants country clearance for Regional Refugee Coordinator Colleen Hoey's visit to Venezuela from February 13-19, 2005 for consultations with Embassy Caracas UNHCR, CARITAS, Jesuit Refugee Service, and Government of Venezuela officials in charge of refugee matters. Embassy point [...]	2005-02-09 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREF PHUM CO VE
05DUBLIN1022	COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...]	2005-08-18 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO
05DUBLIN1050	FOREIGN MINISTER AHERN DISCUSSES NORTHERN IRELAND, [...] (C) Summary. In an August 25 meeting with SFRC Chairman Lugar and the Ambassador, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that continued U.S. support for the Northern Ireland peace process, including through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI),would help to foster reconciliation betwee [...]	2005-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1068	IRISH FM UNAWARE OF EXTRADITION DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and poloff called on Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern August 30 to further advance bilateral judicial cooperation. These issues were discussed during Senator Lugar's visit (reftel) and that of a DOJ team (septel). FM Ahern had asked for more information. 2. (C) FM [...]	2005-08-30 16:32:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1385	UN ASKS IRISH TO TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE; IRISH [...] (C) In a pull-aside discussion November 10, DoJ Secretary General Sean Aylward told the ambassador that the UN has approached the GOI about sending Irish police to train Palestinian police. Aylward asked for U.S. views. The ambassador encouraged him to consider seriously the proposal. We w [...]	2005-11-10 17:33:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PARM IS CO EI
05DUBLIN1409	ADDITIONAL IRISH AID TO OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] On November 16, emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. Stanley confirmed previous Irish SIPDIS contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) Mission in Bogota as the following: --euro 130,000 core-f [...]	2005-11-18 14:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER OAS CO EI
05GENEVA2372	MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO [...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...]	2005-10-03 10:43:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF CO UNHRC
05HELSINKI1015	FINLAND WILL NOT (YET) SUPPORT LISTING THE LTTE AS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Mikko Pyhala, MFA office director for South Asia. Pyhala noted that the GOF has publicly denounced the assassination of the Sri Lankan foreign minister and continues to condemn the LTTE both for other murders attributed to it and for its u [...]	2005-09-26 09:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PTER PREL CO FI
05HELSINKI1204	FINLAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO FI
05KINGSTON2617	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 19:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO JM OAS
05LIMA3926	WHY AN URIBE/TOLEDO MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IS [...] (C) We understand that Peruvian Ambassador Ferrero soon will call on PDAS Shapiro and U/S Burns to request an October meeting between Presidents Toledo, Uribe and Bush. According to Foreign Minister Maurtua, the two Andean leaders decided during their September 5 consultations in Bogota (re [...]	2005-09-11 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PE CO
05LIMA474	COLOMBIAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN [...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez hosted an hour-long discussion between Colombian FonMin Carolina Barco and Venezuelan FonMin Ali Rodriguez on 1/27, aimed at advancing a rapprochement between Colombia and Venezuela. Barco and Ali Rodriguez were in Lima to attend a meeting between An [...]	2005-01-28 16:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CO VE PE
05LIMA5008	PERU ON SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 18:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EAID CO PE OAS

05MADRID1063	SPAIN'S AID PROGRAM IN ANDEAN REGION [...] Econoff met March 13 with Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI) officials in the Subdirectorate General for South America to answer reftel questions. Our contacts noted that Andean countries have been priorities for Spanish Aid for several years, and that most Andean countries wi [...]	2005-03-17 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL CO ECIN PE BL VE SP EUN
05MADRID1140	SPANISH VIEWS ON EU DELEGATION'S MEETINGS ON CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The EU failed to make a persuasive case for lifting the EU arms embargo on China in its recent meetings with USG officials in Washington, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director for disarmament affairs. EU members are now convinced that any decision to lift th [...]	2005-03-23 16:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC CO SP EUN
05MADRID1317	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 11:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ
05MADRID398	SPAIN STATEMENTS AT CARTAGENA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO SP
05MADRID4068	SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER SP CO
05MADRID569	ZAPATERO VENEZUELA POLICY PERPLEXES SPANISH MFA [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' chief official for Andean countries informed poloff February 9 that a majority of officials at the MFA are as perplexed as the U.S. is at President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero's policy of building closer relations with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. [...]	2005-02-11 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP CO VE
05MADRID741	MFA READOUT OF CUBA/VENEZUELA DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request for guidance on Venezuela in paras 4 and 15. 2. (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with polcouns on February 24 to discuss his recent meetings at the Department and the NSC, which he s [...]	2005-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU CO SP VZ
05OTTAWA2764	COLOMBIA MEETING WITH SELECT WHA AND EUR [...] (U) POL M/C made a strong pitch to secure Canadian Political Director Jim Wright for the September 16 Meeting on Columbia. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts made it impossible for him to be in New York on Friday. 2. (U) Canada, however, remains very interested in the future of Columbia a [...]	2005-09-14 19:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CO OPDC PREL PTER PGOV UNGA ON
05OTTAWA3415	CANADA WILL SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Harold Hickman, Deputy Director in the Inter-American Relations Division of Foreign Affairs Canada. Hickman said that Canada is definitely going to provide assistance to the OAS Mission to Colombia, and it could be substantial. The GOC sent an inter-a [...]	2005-11-17 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CO EAID PTER CA PGOV
05OTTAWA448	CANADA SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche on February 11, FAC South America Division Director Jose Herran-Lima told polmiloff that Canada shares USG concerns about the course Chavez is taking and will find a way to convey those concerns to the Venezuelan government. He said that the GOC is conductin [...]	2005-02-14 13:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL VE CO CA
05PARIS549	FRENCH RESPONSE TO GROSSMAN LETTER ON CARTAGENA [...] DCM delivered reftel letter to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on January 26. Below is an informal translation of his response, received January 28. (Original French being faxed to EUR/WE) 2. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF LETTER: Dear Marc, As you underline in your letter, Pre [...]	2005-01-28 19:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV PREL SNAR ECON FR CO
05PARIS6442	FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING" [...] (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counter-terrorism. Deruffe said the French inter-agency process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being listed as [...]	2005-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR
05PARIS7352	FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]	2005-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7831	FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...]	2005-11-17 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER FR CO OAS
05PARIS993	FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...]	2005-02-16 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO
05PRAGUE1655	CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SUPPORT OAS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 15:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO EZ OAS
05QUITO1018	EMBASSY 90-DAY GOALS, CHALLENGES UNDER PALACIO GOVT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In word if not always in deed, Ecuador's Lucio Gutierrez administration qualified as pro-American. President Alfredo Palacio's most definitely does not. Brought to power by street mobs ("forajidos") clamoring for change, Palacio's closest advisor and Cabinet stalwart is gringo-b [...]	2005-05-04 21:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM SNAR PTER ECON ASEC EC CO
05QUITO1024	ECUADORIAN JOINT CHIEF VOWS CONTINUED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Positive atmospherics surrounded the Ambassador's initial call on new Ecuadorian Joint Forces Commander Admiral Manuel Zapater, the admiral recalling fondly their years-earlier meetings in Guayaquil. Zapater promised continued Ecuadorian security collaboration with the United S [...]	2005-05-04 22:55:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1060	MFA LEERY OF CEDING JURISDICTION OVER SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 call on Acting Foreign Minister Marcelo Fernandez, the Charge requested the GoE waive jurisdiction over the F/V Simon Bolivar, an Ecuador-flagged fishing vessel interdicted May 8 while smuggling four tons of cocaine. In his demarche, the Charge revealed the Bolivar [...]	2005-05-11 22:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1169	GOVERNMENT CHANGE FURTHER HINDERS ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the rise to power of President Alfredo Palacio, Article 98's chances in Ecuador sunk from bad to worse. Palacio's right-hand man, Minister of Government Mauricio Gandara, laid down an early marker, claiming there would be "no immunity for U.S. soldiers" during this governm [...]	2005-05-18 23:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR SNAR PTER EC CO KICC
05QUITO1322	DROPPING DOLLAR RAISES PROSPECTS IN TULCAN [...] SUMMARY: Tulcan, capital of Ecuador's Carchi province, bestrides the Panamerican Highway four hours from Quito and four miles from Colombia. Like frontier towns worldwide, Carchi's capital enjoys its share of money changers, truck stops, and customs checkpoints, most visitors clocking in for [...]	2005-06-08 20:36:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PTER ECON ETRD EC CO
05QUITO1404	WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (U) On behalf of Mission Ecuador, General, please accept a warm welcome on your second visit to this fascinating South American nation. Regrettably, your tight schedule forced an agenda trimming -- we initially had you traversing Ecuador's border with Colombia -- but we'll file that itinerary [...]	2005-06-16 13:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1534	FARC ATTACKS FURTHER ALIENATE QUITO, BOGOTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: News of the FARC's lethal attacks in southern Putumayo June 25 spawned a counterproductive but oh-so-Ecuadorian response from politicians in Quito. Rather than condemning the narcoterrorists and acknowledging that border security requires bilateral cooperation, Palacio administ [...]	2005-06-29 15:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1635	BORDER SECURITY DOMINATES PALACIO-URIBE DISCUSSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst a perception of frayed bilateral relations -- due mainly to GoE leaders' anti-Colombia outbursts -- Presidents Alfredo Palacio and Alvaro Uribe briefly met July 7 in Costa Rica. Media here claimed the session was substance-lite and lasted only fifteen minutes; an MFA con [...]	2005-07-12 22:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1643	SUSPECTED FARC MILITANTS DEPORTED [...] (U) Summary: Three suspected FARC militants, captured in a Quito clinic on July 11, were deported to Colombia on July 12. President Palacio telephoned a grateful President Uribe on July 12 to inform him of the capture. One of the suspects is believed to have led the FARC attack on the Tete [...]	2005-07-13 21:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER CO EC
05QUITO1645	STAFFDEL SEES CN, CT GAPS IN ECUADOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Use of Ecuadorian territory by narcotics and alien smugglers dominated discussions during Staffdel Walker, which visited Ecuador July 4-9. A DEA briefing revealed that agency,s eavesdropping weaknesses, exacerbated by Ecuadorian cellular carriers migration from analog to digita [...]	2005-07-14 15:49:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	SNAR PTER MASS PGOV PREL EC CO
05QUITO2132	COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombian Ambassador Carlos Holguin Molina told the Ambassador on September 13 that his government is concerned about deteriorating bilateral relations with the Palacio government. The impending exit of FM Parra would help, but likely not resolve the festering dispute over ae [...]	2005-09-15 16:31:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CO EC
05QUITO2574	MFA PLANS FOREIGN POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: FM Carrion has announced his intention to develop a foreign policy strategy for 2005-2020. He intends to build support for the strategy through a series of topical seminars over the coming year. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolChief and PolOff met on November 8 with Ambassador J [...]	2005-11-10 22:10:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR CO PGOV EC
05QUITO2662	COLOMBIA OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH ON SPRAYING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Vice FM Diego Ribadeneira and Colombian Vice FM Comilo Reyes met in Quito on November 17 to review key bilateral issues for the December 7 ministerial meeting. As predicted, the meeting primarily focused on northern border security issues including migration, refugees [...]	2005-11-21 21:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER SNAR CO EC
05QUITO2822	ECUADOR-COLOMBIA TALKS ADVANCE ON BROAD RANGE OF [...] (C) Summary: The meeting between FM Francisco Carrion and his Colombian counterpart Carolina Barco which took place here on December 7 is being touted by the GOE and the Colombian Embassy here as a success. Both governments committed to increasing security measures along the border region, [...]	2005-12-12 19:37:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO559	LATEST FARC COMMUNIQUE SMACKS OF PAYBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A FARC communique that essentially threatened President Lucio Gutierrez "to keep his end of the bargain or else" hit Ecuadorian presses March 10. Early reactions were as expected: the GoE dismissed the remarks out-of-hand, while a handful of consulted ex-Ecuadorian military re [...]	2005-03-10 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO590	OPENING ADDITIONAL ARTICLE 98 FRONTS [...] (C) DEAL REMAINS FAR OFF: With Guinea-Bissau's February 2 signing, 99 countries have reached Article 98 agreements with the United States. Regrettably, we doubt it's Ecuador that cracks the century mark. Despite our numerous and varied overtures, the GoE continues to consider Article 98's [...]	2005-03-15 16:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER EC CO KICC
05QUITO789	CJCS VISIT SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY, IMPROVED MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Richard Myers' April 11 visit to Quito advanced bilateral relations with Ecuador by signaling our continued commitment to military cooperation, and supported our pro-democracy and pro-stability agenda at a sensitive moment. To President Gutierre [...]	2005-04-12 18:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO962	DEFMIN FOCUSED ON GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH, NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on new Ecuadorian Defense Minister Solon Espinosa April 27. Avoiding mention of the security threats facing his nation, Espinosa instead trumpeted new President Alfredo Palacio's honesty and his administration's intention to raise health standards [...]	2005-04-28 19:08:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS EC CO
05ROME4092	ITALY WILL SEND ASSISTANCE TO OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] MFA Office Director for South America Pietro Benassi confirmed December 16 that Italy would provide support for the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, as requested in Reftel A demarche. Italy had not yet decided whether it would provide monetary assistance to the mission or [...]	2005-12-20 09:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO IT UN
05SANTIAGO1883	COLOMBIA MEETING WITH SELECT WHA/EUR COUNTRIES [...] Poloff delivered Ref B invitation from U/S Burns to Andrea Droppelmann, Special Assistant to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales (the MFA's number 3) on September 12. Droppelmann said she would forward the invitation to Portales, who is currently in Madrid [...]	2005-09-12 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV CO CI ODPC UNGA
05SANTIAGO2352	CHILE LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS MISSION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for the OAS Mission in Colombia to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number 3 in the MFA) on November 16. The Ambassador noted the OAS Mission was playing an essential role in the peace process, [...]	2005-11-16 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER OAS PREL CO CI
05SANTODOMINGO5038	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...]	2005-11-15 17:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO
05SANTODOMINGO5112	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA - [...] (SBU) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasized what is at stake, and urged the Dominican Republic to consider a contribution to the OAS mission in Colombia. We left the basic talking points as a non-paper. Morales seemed [...]	2005-11-18 21:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO542	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez confirmed to the Ambassador on January 27 that he had been helping mediate between the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, and he found both interested in lowering tensions. He remained concerned that the candidacy for OAS SYGEN Francisco [...]	2005-02-04 12:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO799	DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05TEGUCIGALPA1317	HONDURAN STEEL: A FRONT FOR CUBAN MONEY TRANSFERS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, 2005, Mr. Antonio Kattn, owner of Honduran steel company Aceros Alfa, told ECONOFFS that he is facing unfair competition from Cuban government-owned competitor, Aceros Centro Caribe. According to Mr. Kattan, Aceros Centro Caribe is importing production inputs (steel bi [...]	2005-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KJUS PINR ETRD CU CO HO MONY NT
05THEHAGUE2455	4,500 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN NETHERLANDS [...] Dutch police have seized 4,500 kilos of cocaine - the largest cocaine seizure on record in the Netherlands - at the port of Rotterdam. Police kept the August 3 seizure under wraps until the September 4 arrests of 13 suspects from the Netherlands and Colombia. 2. The cocaine, hidden insid [...]	2005-09-09 13:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO NL VZ
05THEHAGUE3109	NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS [...] (U) The Dutch plan to continue, and perhaps increase, their contribution to the OAS Mission in Colombia. On November 17, Dimitri Vogelaar (Venezuela Desk Officer, MFA) shared this information with POLOFF in response to ref A points. 2. (C) FM Bot's recent visit to Bogota has renewed Dutch [...]	2005-11-17 14:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID NL CO
05THEHAGUE540	VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dimitri Vogelaar, MFA Venezuela/Colombia/Peru Desk officer on February 25. Vogelaar said that the EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) in Caracas had discussed this issue in preparation for the March 8 COLAT meeting in Brussels and concluded that it was not an issue [...]	2005-02-28 12:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL VE CO NL
05VIENNA302	STATEMENTS FOR CARTAGENA CONFERENCE: DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna received reftel points at COB on February 1 and conveyed them immediately to Austrian MFA Americas Bureau. Pol Unit followed up on February 2. MFA informed us that the points had reached them after the departure for [...]	2005-02-02 10:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO AU
05VIENNA3735	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA: [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...]	2005-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO AU OAS
05VIENNA796	AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO ANDEAN REGION [...] The GOA focuses its public development assistance (ODA) projects on certain "priority and cooperation countries." None of the Andean states are in this category. Consequently, bilateral projects in the Andean region only accounted for a tiny fraction (0.4%) of Austria's total ODA, which amoun [...]	2005-03-11 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL CO EC PE BL VE AU EUN
05VILNIUS1062	GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 05:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH
05YEREVAN2009	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR OAS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 07:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER CO AM OAS
06ASUNCION1208	PARAGUAY: 12 CONVICTED FOR CECILIA CUBAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twelve of the 15 individuals charged with the 2004-5 kidnapping and murdering Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were convicted November 28. Their sentences,released December 1, range from between 10 and 35 years. Several of the defendants have ties to the le [...]	2006-12-04 21:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KCRM PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION149	PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ACCUSED OF KILLING [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, an undercover Paraguayan National Police officer was shot and killed by automatic gunfire in an ambush in the Department of Concepcion. The leftist Patria Libre Party (PPL) is accused of the killing in retaliation for the February 5 arrests of several relatives and [...]	2006-02-09 22:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PGOV ASEC KCRM PA CO CU VE
06ASUNCION264	COLOMBIAN VP ON FARC AND VENEZUELA IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) Summary: Colombian Vice President Santos visited Paraguay March 2-3 to advance ongoing security cooperation and assistance initiatives with the GOP. The GOC delegation found President Duarte more open to constructive dialogue than in the past, which they attribute to a recent discovery th [...]	2006-03-10 13:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR ENRG PINR PA CO VE EC CH AR
06ASUNCION325	PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SHOPPING FOR [...] (C) On 3/21, Spanish DCM Marta de Blas Mayordomo told PolOff and Colombian PolCouns Raul Sanchez that a lawyer representing the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL),whose military wing has ties to the FARC and was responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a for [...]	2006-03-22 21:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR PA CO VZ SP
06ASUNCION503	PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR [...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...]	2006-05-12 14:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION79	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) Results of a new poll conducted by the Opinion Studies Cabinet (GEO) and sponsored by news daily, La Nacion, indicate approval ratings of the Duarte Administration remain low. -- 35.6 percent of those polled affirmed that Duarte's governance is either "bad or very bad," compared with 36. [...]	2006-01-23 23:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PA CO
06BEIJING23954	NOVEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 21 MFA Press Conference were: - A/S Hill and VFM Wu Dawei held talks on resumpion of the Six-Party Talks but no date has been set for the Talks to resume. -- The MFA Spokesperson had no comment on reports of the "unfreezing" of DPRK accounts in Macao or about th [...]	2006-11-21 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN IN CH MX CO
06BOGOTA10093	GOC AND ELN PEACE TALKS INCH FORWARD, BALL IN [...] (C) The fourth round of GOC-ELN exploratory peace talks concluded October 26, and the parties will start substantive discussions in December. Most commentators regarded the result as positive but said the ELN must commit to a ceasefire implementation date and release kidnap victims before th [...]	2006-10-31 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA10111	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 8:30 AM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Silverman Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Ambassador William B. Wood USAID Mission Director Liliana Ayalde Attorne [...]	2006-11-01 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10112	A/S BURNS' OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH REINTEGRATION [...] (U) October 24, 2006; 8:45PM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador William Wood USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Silverman USAID Director Liliana Ayalde Political Officer Liliana Gabriel (notetaker) COLOMBIA Reinsertion Commissioner Frank Pearl [...]	2006-11-01 15:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10113	U/S BURNS OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (U) October 25, 2006, 10:30-12:00 a.m., Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon PM PDAS Stephen Mull Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Daniel Tomlinson, NSC Patricia Prugh, Attorney Advisor - L Ambassador Willi [...]	2006-11-01 15:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA10114	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 LUNCH MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 1400PM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren DCM Milton Drucker Daniel Tomlinson, NSC Attorney Advisor Patricia Prugh, L Political Counselor John [...]	2006-11-01 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10197	UPDATE ON DRUMMOND GAS DISCOVERY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV VE CO
06BOGOTA10213	FARC ATTACK KILLS 17 POLICE IN CORDOBA [...] (U) In the early morning hours of 1 November, the FARC attacked a police post in the small town of Tierradentro in southeast Cordoba Department. In a six-hour siege, the terrorists struck the police station with gunfire and cylinder bombs, and then they ambushed trucks arriving with reinforce [...]	2006-11-02 18:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10214	ARAUCA AND CATATUMBO: 3 KEYS TO SECURITY [...] (S) Security in Arauca department is much improved, with no pipeline attacks this year and the population increasingly cooperating with the COLMIL. Three keys to this progress are U.S.-funded helicopters for combat air mobility, judicial processes against militias relying on out-of-town pros [...]	2006-11-02 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PROG PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10235	BIOFUELS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary: To conserve domestic petroleum resources and provide a boost to Colombia's sugar sector, Colombian law mandates that 10/90 ethanol be made available for purchase in Colombia's five largest cities by the end of 2006, and throughout the country by 2012. Colombia's sugar industry produc [...]	2006-11-02 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10236	A/S SULLIVAN ASSURES TRADE CONFEDERATIONS ON FTA [...] (C) In a cordial 40 minute meeting on October 25, EB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan said the U.S. shared labor leaders' goal of poverty reduction in Colombia, and explained the FTA would be instrumental toward this end. The presidents of the CUT (555,000 workers),the CTC (55,000 worker [...]	2006-11-02 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO
06BOGOTA10294	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 1100AM. 2. (U) Participants in Holguin Meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns Assistant Secretary for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren NSC - Dan Tomlinson Attorney Advisor Patricia Pugh, L Politica [...]	2006-11-06 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10317	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 5:00 pm. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Nicholas Burns Ambassador William Wood Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Assistant Secretary Patterson HeideBronke John Creamer (notetaker) Colombia President Alvaro Uribe Minster of Defense Juan Manuel San [...]	2006-11-07 12:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD SNAR CO
06BOGOTA10318	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS AND U.S. DELEGATION MEET [...] (C) U/S Burns and the U.S. delegation capped a successful two-day visit to Bogota with a plenary session on October 25 that included President Uribe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Araujo, Minister of Defense Santos, Minister of Commerce Botero and other senior GOC officials. U/S Burns and Uribe [...]	2006-11-07 12:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO EC BL
06BOGOTA10323	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (U) October 24, 2006; 430PM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Daniel Tomlinson, NSC Attorney Advisor Patricia Pugh, L Political Co [...]	2006-11-07 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD PTER KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10325	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 1300PM. 2. (U) Participants in Iguaran Meeting: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Assistant Secretary for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren NSC - Dan Tomlinson Attorney Advisor Patricia Pugh, L Politic [...]	2006-11-07 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10337	LIKELIHOOD OF GOC-FARC HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (U) Prospects for GOC-FARC talks on a humanitarian exchange of FARC political hostages for imprisoned terrorists are bleak, but low-level efforts to resume contact continue. Speaking at the Iberoamerican Summit, President Uribe left open the door to talks, but only if the FARC stops terrorist [...]	2006-11-07 20:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ
06BOGOTA10462	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington for November 13-14 meetings with executive and legislative branch officials in the wake of a highly successful visit to Colombia by U/S for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. Uribe will emphasize the importance to Colombia of ratification of the U.S [...]	2006-11-09 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SNAR EAID ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA10474	FARC PUBLISHES OPEN LETTER TO PROMINENT AMERICANS [...] On November 9, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) posted a letter to prominent Americans on its website (www.farcep.org). The letter, entitled, "Open Letter to the People of the United States," was addressed to academics James Petras and Noam Chomsky, political figures Jesse [...]	2006-11-09 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA10526	GOC EFFORTS TO WIN POPULAR SUPPORT IN CONFLICT [...] The GOC is implementing social action programs to complement military action and to win the support of two million people in conflict zones. Colombian Armed Forces Commander General Padilla strongly supports the program and recently traveled to a remote village to open a rural health clinic. [...]	2006-11-14 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL MARR EAID CO
06BOGOTA1054	NEW COLOMBIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (U) Summary. On January 1 the new Colombian Criminal Procedure Code was introduced in 7 judicial districts: Bucaramanga, Buga, Cali, Medellin, San Gil, Santa Rosa and Tunja. These districts are added to the four which introduced the new Code in 2005: Armenia, Bogota, Manizales and Pereira. [...]	2006-02-03 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL CO JSRP LGAT
06BOGOTA10571	COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA: TIES THAT BIND [...] (C) President Uribe sees Venezuela's polarizing, anti-U.S. focus as a serious problem, but prefers to manage President Chavez rather than confront him. He works to maintain a positive bilateral atmosphere, using joint energy projects and trade to create incentives to moderate Chavez' behavio [...]	2006-11-16 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA10581	INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK
06BOGOTA10596	ARRESTS OF PUBLIC FIGURES WITH ALLEGED [...] (C) On November 17, President Uribe strongly supported the recent law enforcement actions against several Colombian Congressmen for alleged paramilitary ties, and said the State had to proceed with "more severity" when public figures violated the law. The Supreme Court of Justice ordered the [...]	2006-11-17 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10608	CONGRESS AND POLITICAL CLASS SHAKEN BY [...] (C) Summary. The arrest of three congressmen for paramilitary ties--and the prospect of more such arrests--has shaken the Colombian political class, and weakened President Uribe's congressional coalition. U Party insiders claim new leadership elections scheduled for November 26 will revive [...]	2006-11-18 00:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10618	ECOPETROL TO CONSTRUCT PALM OIL BIODIESEL PLANT [...] Ecopetrol announced on November 15,2006 that it intends to build a biodiesel plant in Magdalena Department with an initial investment of USD 23 million. The plant is very close to Ecopetrol's refinery operations at Barrancabermeja, and would begin operations in 2008 (exact date unknown). The p [...]	2006-11-20 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10625	TRUTH COMMISSION SAYS PABLO ESCOBAR PAID LEFTIST [...] A Truth Commission placed primary blame on the M-19 for over 100 deaths resulting from the terrorist group's 1985 attack on the Supreme Court, and said Medellin cartel drug lord Pablo Escobar paid them USD 2 million to commit the assault. The Commission's preliminary report also found the mi [...]	2006-11-20 20:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10637	AUTHORITIES ARREST VENEZUELAN TELESUR [...] (U) On November 19, immigration authorities from the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) detained Freddy Munoz Altamiranda on suspicion of terrorism and rebellion, as he attempted to enter the country through El Dorado Airport. Munoz, a Colombian citizen, is an international corresponde [...]	2006-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM VE CO
06BOGOTA10691	CARAMAGNA SAYS PEACE PROCESS RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (C) Sergio Caramagna, Director of the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS),told us on November 20 that the peace process with the paramilitaries has helped expose the ties between the paramilitaries and politicians. Caramagna was pleased by a recent meeting held with top GOC [...]	2006-11-24 15:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10759	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS [...] (C) Post welcomes the December 2-7 visit of Admiral Stavridis, SOUTHCOM Commander, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military, and police measures. A multi-phased offensi [...]	2006-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA1082	MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL MAYA [...] (C) Summary: Inspector General (Procurador General) Edgardo Maya told poloff on February 1 that he expected the Constitutional Court to affirm the legality of the Justice and Peace law. In Maya's opinion, President Uribe was breaking campaign rules in order to provoke opposition criticism a [...]	2006-02-03 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR CO
06BOGOTA10826	GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON PARAMILITARY LINKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said the GOC is committed to uncovering the truth about paramilitary links to Colombia's political, economic, and military elites, but warned that the process would produce substantial political and institutional costs. He is urging Presid [...]	2006-11-29 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ
06BOGOTA1086	COLOMBIA: AVIAN FLU CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) As requested in Ref A, post's avian influenza (AI) committee has begun to develop preparedness measures against AI, including AI-specific tripwires. For a comprehensive assessment of Colombia's AI preparedness, see Ref B. ------------------------------ Post Avian Influenza Committee - [...]	2006-02-06 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGER EAID PREL KFLU PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10867	COLOMBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar met human rights groups in Bogota and Barrancabermeja. NGOs across the board raised concerns about the reforming of paramilitary groups. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups complained that land issues were at the heart of Colombia,s conflict and highlighted the d [...]	2006-11-30 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10898	PDAS FARRAR VISITS SAN JOSE DE APARTADO AND 17TH [...] (U) On November 13, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar traveled with General Freddy Padilla, Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces, to Apartado, Antioquia Department to meet with local officials, police and military leaders. PDAS Farrar and his delegation also met separately with members of the San Jo [...]	2006-11-30 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CO
06BOGOTA10933	PLAN PATRIOTA - THE SEQUEL [...] (S) Building on the progress of Plan Patriota, Colombia's Ministry of Defense is in the process of planning its 2006-10 campaign. The outlines which follow are still tentative. Operationally the new Plan is more a natural evolution of Plan Patriota than a change of course. The COLMIL's main [...]	2006-12-01 16:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO MARR
06BOGOTA10958	URIBE SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT ACTIONS ON PARA [...] (C) The Supreme Court continues its investigation of paramilitary ties to the Colombian legislators; nine legislators from the Atlantic Coast have now been implicated. Two executive and judicial branch officials have also resigned. President Uribe has publicly urged the Court to pursue all [...]	2006-12-01 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10960	PRESIDENT URIBE'S NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Uribe told the Ambassador November 30 that he strongly supported judicial investigations of paramilitary-political ties, and was committed to defending Colombia,s institutions. He voiced concern about the possible involvement of paramilitary leaders detained in La Ceja [...]	2006-12-01 23:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO EC
06BOGOTA10961	PRESIDENT URIBE'S NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Uribe told the Ambassador November 30 that he strongly supported judicial investigations of paramilitary-political ties, and was committed to defending Colombia,s institutions. He voiced concern about the possible involvement of paramilitary leaders detained in La Ceja [...]	2006-12-01 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO EC
06BOGOTA10976	OPPOSITION CALLS FOR RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a stormy Senate debate on November 29, opposition politicians called on Foreign Minister Araujo to resign "for the good of Colombia" due to alleged family ties to paramilitaries. The FM's brother, Senator Alvaro Araujo, called before the Supreme Court to answer allegations of [...]	2006-12-04 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PREF CO
06BOGOTA10981	CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENT URIBE'S NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: President Uribe told the Ambassador November 30 that he strongly supported judicial investigations of paramilitary-political ties, and was committed to defending Colombia,s institutions. He voiced concern about the possible involvement of paramilitary leaders detained in La Ceja [...]	2006-12-04 18:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO EC
06BOGOTA11005	URIBE TRANSFERS EX-PARAMILITARY LEADERS TO MAXIMUM [...] (C) On December 1, President Uribe ordered the transfer of the 59 ex-paramilitary leaders being held at the "La Ceja" detention center to the Itagui maximum-security prison in Antioquia Department. Uribe said he took this decision because of escape plan rumors, and allegations that the leade [...]	2006-12-04 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11045	GOC-ELN GUARANTORS WILL PUBLISH DRAFT PEACE ACCORD [...] (C) The GOC-ELN civil society guarantors will publicize a draft peace agreement on December 11 aimed at spurring greater progress in the talks. The draft agreement, which guarantor Moritz Akerman said was aimed primarily at the ELN, suggests implementing a ceasefire and release of ELN kidnap [...]	2006-12-06 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA11125	EX-PARAS SAY PEACE PROCESS OVER, BUT DIVISIONS [...] (C) On December 6, a spokesman for 59 ex-paramilitary leaders said the peace process with the GOC was over, in response to the GOC's alleged failure to comply with its peace process commitments. Still, the GOC insisted the process was on track. Sergio Caramagna, Director of the Mission to S [...]	2006-12-07 22:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO

06BOGOTA11162	MAYORS UNDER FIRE FOR MISMANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION IN [...] Mayors in Cali and Barranquilla are under fire for alleged mismanagement and corruption. On December 4, the Procuraduria ordered Cali mayor Apolinar Salcedo removed from office and prohibited him from holding public office for 16 years. In Barranquilla, a court placed mayor Guillermo Hoenig [...]	2006-12-12 13:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1118	SUMMARY - 2005 OIL INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Colombian oil infrastructure attacks increased in 2005, due mainly to FARC offensives in the Putumayo region. While the overall number of oil pipeline and electrical tower attacks increased countrywide from 2004 levels, total figures remain at significantly reduced levels from t [...]	2006-02-06 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
06BOGOTA11293	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS DRAFT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] (C) On December 15, Ambassador Wood met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Consuelo Araujo and Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos to present a revised U.S. draft of the bilateral Strategic Framework Agreement. He stressed we understood the GOC desire to avoid congressional r [...]	2006-12-18 18:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA11300	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ILO PERMANENT [...] (SBU) In a cordial meeting on December 14, Marcelo Castro, the newly-appointed International Labor Organization (ILO) permanent representative to Colombia, said he wanted to maintain a cooperative relationship with the GOC, labor, and employer groups. Castro explained his mandate was to suppor [...]	2006-12-18 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV CO
06BOGOTA11301	FIRST JUDICIAL PROCESS AGAINST EX-PARAMILITARY [...] (C) GOC prosecutors started the "justice" phase of the peace process with the paramilitaries by taking the "version libre" (confession) of a mid-level commander on December 14. Prosecutors will take the confessions of an additional three ex-paramilitaries over the next few days, including Salv [...]	2006-12-18 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11305	GOC-ELN TALKS TO RESUME IN JANUARY; PARTIES SAID [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman told us the peace talks will resume January 15-20 in Havana. Akerman and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo's advisor, Dario Mejia, told us the parties had agreed on an outline of a joint text that would be discussed in January, although [...]	2006-12-18 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM MARR CO
06BOGOTA11321	SAN JOSE DE APARTADO RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RETURN [...] GOC officials representing social development (Accion Social) and human rights (Human Rights Ombudsman) accompanied Armed Forces Commander General Freddy Padilla de Leon to San Jose de Apartado (SJA) on December 16 to hold a community festival aimed at cementing improved GOC relations with loca [...]	2006-12-19 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA11330	A LOOK INSIDE THE ITAGUI-MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON [...] (C) Sergio Caramagna, Director of the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS),told the Ambassador on December 15 he never imagined seeing the ex-paramilitary leaders "behind bars." Caramagna described Itagui maximum-security prison as dark, crowded, and dank. Now mor [...]	2006-12-19 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11338	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS AERIAL ERADICATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo told the Ambassador on December 15 the GOC would continue its aerial eradication efforts near the border with Ecuador despite GOE protests. President Uribe was annoyed that the GOC's moratorium on spraying near the border had resulted in an additio [...]	2006-12-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV PHUM SNAR CO
06BOGOTA11380	UAVS -- "EYES IN THE SKY" FOR COLMIL OPERATIONS [...] (S) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a low-tech, low-cost, and low-risk but potentially high-impact new addition to USG-GOC intelligence cooperation in support of counterterror and counterdrug efforts. Since their arrival in July, a test package of UAVs has provided valuable, real-time ae [...]	2006-12-20 21:10:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA11382	COLMIL CASUALTIES: COMBAT, MINES, AND DISEASE [...] (C) In 2005, 1,058 COLMIL personnel died from combat and other causes (death rate of 0.4 percent). Of this total, 541 were killed in combat or by mines, almost all by the FARC, and 517 died in accidents or other causes. Over 1,700 were wounded (0.7 percent). Land mines are a growing hazard, [...]	2006-12-20 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA11398	POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY PROMPTS SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) There is widespread concern among Colombia's political elite about the possibility of violence directed against one or more political figures related to the ongoing para-political scandal. Less clear is whether the concerns are based on solid information or speculation. Polo Democratic [...]	2006-12-21 19:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11401	PRESIDENT URIBE BACKS COURTS--AND PROVIDES [...] On December 20, at President Uribe's initiative, he and leaders from the Colombian Judicial branch agreed to create a special investigative unit within the Supreme Court to investigate political connections to ex-paramilitaries, and other allegations against government officials. Uribe promi [...]	2006-12-21 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PHUM PINR PINS PREF PREL CO
06BOGOTA11404	POLO: A VIABLE, LEFTIST--AND [...] (C) Summary. A non-violent, democratic, leftist political party--the Polo Democratic Alternative Party--has emerged as a serious political contender. A record turnout elected representatives to a Polo Congress held in early December, and the Polo's three main factions--the center-left, the [...]	2006-12-21 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11405	URIBE CONGRESSIONAL COALITION MOVES TOWARDS AN [...] (C) Summary. In November, President Uribe's U Party elected Senator Carlos Garcia as its new president. Garcia is an effective deal maker with an independent streak. Uribe and Garcia succeeded in passing key legislation late in the recent Congressional term. But four dissidents in the U [...]	2006-12-21 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREF PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11428	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WEALTH TAX, HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Santos said the GOC would use the recently enacted &wealth tax8 to fund items that would have an immediate impact in the war against terrorist groups. He asked the U.S. to advise the GOC on how best to spend these funds; the Ambassador agreed to do so. Santos s [...]	2006-12-21 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO IS EC
06BOGOTA1145	GUARANTORS ASK ELN FOR CEASE-FIRE, HOSTAGE [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman said the guarantors sent the ELN a proposal February 2 that would require the guerrillas to "suspend definitively" all kidnappings and release all hostages within 90 days. In return, the proposal provides that the GOC would allow an ELN nego [...]	2006-02-07 21:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA11453	POLO PARTY DISTANCES ITSELF FROM ARMED STRUGGLE [...] (U) Colombia's left-wing Polo Party has established itself as a leftist political alternative (reftel),but is hobbled by links to now defunct guerrilla movements and weak positions on security. Polo leadership has attempted to distance itself from the armed left, and seems to have genuinel [...]	2006-12-22 12:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA1148	COLOMBIAN SOCIAL SPENDING BUDGET 2006 [...] Summary: The GOC plans to spend COP 46 trillion (approx. USD 20 billion) on social spending in 2006. Since 2002, the Uribe administration has on average increased social spending over 10 percent per year. Social spending accounts for nearly half of the total national budget and represents mor [...]	2006-02-07 22:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA11488	COLMIL: JTF-O ONTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE FOOTING [...] (S) In the Colombian military's main focus area against the FARC, the incoming commander is planning two changes to improve results. First, he will spread battalion formations to widen their area of control and increase chances of enemy contact. Second, he will create new companies dedicated [...]	2006-12-27 19:01:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA1150	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Election updates for the week of January 30 - February 5. 2. (C) More Expulsions For Paramilitary Ties: Colombia Democratica Party leader and Senator Mario Uribe (President Uribe's cousin) announced the expulsion from his party of Rocio Arias and Eleonora Pineda on February 2. Colomb [...]	2006-02-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA1180	FIRST DEMOBILIZATIONS OF THE YEAR INCLUDE BIGGEST [...] (C) On January 20, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Mineros Bloc demobilized 2,789 of its members at a farm outside Taraza, Antioquia Department. This was the biggest single demobilization since the peace process began in late 2003 and the first time that representatives of the [...]	2006-02-08 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1210	TRAVEL AGENCY COMMISSIONS REFORM REMAINS ON HOLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has drafted a resolution that requires an eventual reduction to a 3 percent commission, but asserts it has insufficient political leverage to issue the resolution in the face of continuing opposition from the travel agency association [...]	2006-02-09 16:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CO
06BOGOTA1302	PARTY LEADERS ON BOGUS REPORTS LINKING THEIR U.S. [...] (C) Ambassador Wood met separately with three Colombian political party leaders, at their request, to address their concerns about a recent Cambio magazine article naming the leaders and saying the U.S. would consider revoking their U.S. visas if they did not remove from party lists prospecti [...]	2006-02-10 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1327	PRIMER FOR MARCH 12 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: This cable provides a brief overview of upcoming Congressional elections on March 12, in which 166 House and 102 Senate seats will be decided. Newly elected members will take office for four-year terms starting July 20. Thousands of individuals are running overall, spread over th [...]	2006-02-13 14:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA1328	THE POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO: AN ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The battle for the soul of the Polo Democratico Alternativo (PDA) is underway and its first shots will be fired in March 12 primaries and Congressional elections, followed by the May 28 presidential election. Personality conflicts within the PDA mask real ideological disputes that could [...]	2006-02-13 15:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA1354	EMBASSY'S READ-OUT OF THE JUSTICE AND PEACE DECREE [...] (C) The Embassy is generally pleased with the implementing decree for the Justice and Peace law, which incorporates many of our suggestions: -- It clarifies the eligibility provisions and gives judicial authorities final say over whether they have been met. -- It extends and strengthens th [...]	2006-02-13 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1355	GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW DECREE TO [...] (C) The Minister and Vice Minister of Interior and Justice briefed the diplomatic corps on January 13 on the implementing decree for the Justice and Peace law. They said the guiding principles in writing the implementing decree were "truth" and "reparations" and, as a result, the decree exten [...]	2006-02-13 20:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1369	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR LT. GENERAL CLAPPER [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Lt. General Clapper to Colombia with enthusiasm. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of t [...]	2006-02-14 11:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1383	COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE REDUCES SPENDING [...] SUMMARY: The Colombian constitution requires that the central government transfer funds to departments, which are equivalent to states in the U.S. The transfers are the primary source of revenue for the departments, and fund key programs such as education and healthcare. In some departments, [...]	2006-02-14 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA1393	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Election updates for February 6-10. 2. (SBU) Uribe Campaigns for Congressional Candidates: President Uribe announced he will campaign for Congressional candidates. In an interview with Ahora magazine, Uribe said he "can't be absent from the elections" and needs to "participate" in Co [...]	2006-02-14 20:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA144	WHY JANUARY 2006 IS DIFFERENT FROM JANUARY 2005 IN [...] (C) President Uribe broke the political custom of decades by winning the right to run for re-election. But campaign dynamics are complicating some of his policies. Absent tragedy, we can look to four-and-a-half more years of partnership like the last three-and-a-half years. In the face of [...]	2006-01-06 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1447	THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SUBSTANCE TAKING A BACK [...] (C) Summary: Campaigning for the March 12 Congressional elections is thus far light on substantive issues and platforms. New electoral rules allow voters to cast ballots for individuals rather than parties, which could further erode the parties' ability to maintain legislative discipline in [...]	2006-02-15 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1448	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of the fronts with a slightly different mix of political, military, and police measures, all of which are expensive and at times controv [...]	2006-02-15 16:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1452	COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Post received on February 9 dip note DPM/CAI No. 5371 dated February 6 requesting U.S. support for Dr. Eduardo Valenica Ospina's candidacy for the UN International Law Commission as well as Valencia's CV (dip note and CV faxed to WHA/AND). Elections for 2007-2011 International Law Commission [...]	2006-02-15 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CO
06BOGOTA1537	GREEN OIL -- GOC EFFORTS TO PROMOTE BIOFUELS [...] Summary: The Colombian government promotes the use of biofuels as part of a general strategy to reduce domestic consumption of dwindling oil reserves, reduce air pollution, and develop economic opportunity in the sugar and yucca industries. Recent legislation requires that gasoline contain [...]	2006-02-17 17:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET CO
06BOGOTA1547	PROSECUTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES NEW FISCALIA JUSTICE [...] (U) Colombian Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran on 7 February presided over the launch of the Justice and Peace Unit in the Fiscalia (Prosecutor General's office). In his remarks at the inauguration, Iguaran emphasized that applicants who withhold information or lie would be denied Justice an [...]	2006-02-17 20:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1582	COLOMBIA: CULTURAL CONVENTION NOT ON CONGRESSIONAL [...] (SBU) The GOC voted to adopt the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in October, but has since made no effort to secure the required Congressional approval. The Convention is not currently on the legislative agenda; Congress is out of se [...]	2006-02-21 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL PREL CO
06BOGOTA1583	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Election Updates for February 13-17. 2. (C) Prominent Political Consultants, Part I - The Importance of a Congressional Majority: Three prominent political consultants told us on February 15 that a Congressional majority for Uribe's second term may be less vital than many believe. Col [...]	2006-02-21 14:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA1584	COLOMBIAN FIU (MONEY LAUNDERING PREVENTION UNIT): [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA1642	URIBE THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET IN LA MACARENA [...] (C) President Uribe's frustration with another FARC attack on the security cordon protecting manual eradicators in La Macarena resulted in his reported comment February 16 that he would bomb areas of the park. The February 15 FARC attack killed six police officers and was the third major attack [...]	2006-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO SNAR
06BOGOTA1643	ANALYSIS OF FARC'S POLITICAL-MILITARY STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) According to Colombian security analysts, the FARC's principal short term goals are to sabotage Uribe's reelection prospects; influence Congressional elections with intimidation and funding; and energize leftist constituencies. The FARC, though weakened by the Colombian military's offensi [...]	2006-02-22 16:00:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1664	REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY GETS JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW [...] (C) Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Minority Clerk Nisha Desai met with Prosecutor General (Fiscal) Mario Iguaran to discuss implementation of the Justice and Peace (J&P) Law on February 20. Iguaran thanked Lowey for her [...]	2006-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR KJUS PTER CO
06BOGOTA1666	FARC INTERLOCUTOR SAYS HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (C) Communist Party leader and FARC interlocutor Carlos Lozano told Embassy officials February 21 that the prospect of an humanitarian exchange dialogue between the GOC and the FARC will improve after the May presidential elections. He believes the recent death of a FARC hostage in southern C [...]	2006-02-23 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1815	G-24 DIPLOMATS CRITICIZE UNHCHR REP FRUHLING'S [...] (SBU) On February 23, Departing Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Bogota Director Michael Fruhling presented his annual report on human rights in Colombia to members of the Group of 24. The overwhelming reaction was that the report was unbalanced because it failed to [...]	2006-02-28 21:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CO
06BOGOTA1820	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Election updates for the week of February 20-28. 2. (C) Uribe to Campaign for Congressional Majority: In an effort to assuage concerns that he has not sufficiently promoted congressional supporters, President Uribe officially launched his campaign on February 27. This move will allow [...]	2006-02-28 22:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA1850	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM: SLOW BUT ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. Colonel Rodrigo Martinez, Deputy Director of Colombia's Military Justice System, met with Poloffs on February 28 to discuss military justice reform progress. He said Congress is expected to approve the "shock" reform package, which would create an administrative process for serv [...]	2006-03-01 19:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1870	COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY: STILL DEFYING GRAVITY [...] (Summary) The Colombian economy demonstrated strong growth in 2005, despite the GOC's limited progress in addressing structural economic issues. GDP growth will be close to 5 percent and IMF targets for the budget, deficit, inflation and reserves were either met or exceeded. Public debt is l [...]	2006-03-01 21:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA1887	FARC'S PRE-ELECTORAL ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN COLOMBIA [...] (C) FARC units last week committed two civilian massacres in Caqueta and Huila Departments, resulting in a total of 17 killed and 14 injured and prompting the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights in Colombia to call the acts a war crime. At the same time, FARC Secretariat member Raul Reyes pub [...]	2006-03-02 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1948	YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST RECOMMENDATION [...] Summary. Post recommends that Colombia remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2006. While data protection for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals remained in effect, Colombia continued to face high levels of copyright piracy in 2005. Colombia has the legal tools necessary to combat pir [...]	2006-03-03 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA1965	GOC-ELN EXPLORATORY TALKS MAKE STEADY PROGRESS, [...] (C) The latest round of exploratory talks between the GOC and ELN ended February 28 in Havana. The GOC-ELN joint statement issued February 27 characterized the talks as "satisfactory" and said they would resume in early April, again in Havana. Other participants and observers told us the ta [...]	2006-03-03 22:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR CO
06BOGOTA1967	COLOMBIA'S SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Laura Kirkpatrick, phone number (57-1) 383-2168, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. Please note that answ [...]	2006-03-04 00:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
06BOGOTA1970	BLUE LANTERN HELICOPTERS: CASE TWO HUGHES [...] (C) (SUMMARY): Post has confirmed the location of the missing Hughes 500 helicopters that were being used to move cash and valuables on the north coast of Colombia. The helicopters in question were originally sold to the Israeli government by the USG for military purposes but were converted t [...]	2006-03-06 14:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC CO
06BOGOTA1975	NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: PEREIRA AND [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Coffee Region capitals Pereira (Risaralda Department) and Manizales (Caldas Department) to observe political campaigns in advance of March 12 Congressional elections and presidential primaries of the Liberal and Polo parties. Both cities are strongly pro-Uribe, [...]	2006-03-06 16:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA1976	URIBE HAS CARDS TO PLAY IN MANAGING RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The March 12 Congressional elections -- in which 166 Representatives and 102 Senators will be elected -- are uncharted political territory. Because there is no mid-term election for correction, the Congress elected next week will last through the almost certain second Uribe Administratio [...]	2006-03-06 18:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CO
06BOGOTA1981	NEW ARMY COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL MARIO MONTOYA [...] (C) On February 22, Major General Mario Montoya Uribe was sworn in as the Commander of the Colombian Army (COLAR). Montoya had been Commander of the Army First Division and the Caribbean Joint Task Force, one of Colombia's two major commands. Montoya replaced Major General Reinaldo Castellano [...]	2006-03-06 18:24:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV MOPS PINR CO
06BOGOTA1987	RE-EMERGING PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTED IN [...] (C) The OAS Mission in Colombia released on March 1 its sixth quarterly report, which focused on new and ongoing paramilitary activity in areas where these blocs have demobilized. The OAS also voiced concerns regarding the handling of paramilitary armament and cited the need for continued sup [...]	2006-03-06 19:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2028	URIBE'S ELECTORAL LEAD DECLINES IN LATEST POLL [...] (U) Summary: A poll in daily El Tiempo revealed an 11 percentage point decline in the intention to vote for President Uribe from December 2005 to February 2006. The poll shows Uribe remains over 30 points ahead of closest rival Horacio Serpa from the Liberal Party, and that he would still w [...]	2006-03-07 17:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KJUS CO
06BOGOTA2029	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6 [...] (U) Election updates for February 28 - March 6. 2. (U) ELN To Cease Hostilities During Congressional Elections: Per reftel, On March 2, National Liberation Army (ELN) military commander Antonio Garcia announced the guerrilla group would "not carry out any military action to the detriment [...]	2006-03-07 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
06BOGOTA2030	VALLE GOVERNOR PREDICTS URIBE VICTORY, CRITICIZES [...] (C) Prominent moderate leftist Governor of Valle del Cauca Department, Angelino Garzon, predicted to poloffs that Uribe would win reelection on the first ballot. Garzon will vote for the Polo DemocraticoAlternativo candidate out of loyalty rather than conviction. He criticized national Polo [...]	2006-03-07 18:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA2031	COLOMBIA'S RISING YOUNG POLITICIANS ON MARCH 12 [...] (C) Over a dozen, up-and-coming political candidates from the Liberal, Conservative, Cambio Radical, Polo Democratico Alternativo (Polo),and the "U" parties shared their impressions with poloffs on the March 12 Congressional elections, the role of the paramilitaries, the future of the partie [...]	2006-03-07 19:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA2063	LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE RIVERA ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Liberal party presidential candidate and Senator Rodrigo Rivera Salazar, in a March 3 breakfast with poloffs, reviewed his campaign strategy, forecast the future of his party, and discussed how he would improve Colombia's role in the region. Rivera predicted that he would he would win the [...]	2006-03-08 14:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO
06BOGOTA2076	CUCUTA PERSPECTIVE ON COLOMBIA-VENEZUELAN BORDER [...] (S) Summary: During a pre-election trip to Cucuta (septel will detail electoral issues),an Army commander told poloff that COLMIL forces were prohibited from crossing the Venezuelan border to pursue guerrilla high value targets (HVTs),in contrast to his counterparts on the Ecuadorian borde [...]	2006-03-08 16:00:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER SNAR CO VE
06BOGOTA2127	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR SAYS LATEST TALKS [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas told us that the latest round of exploratory in Havana were more tense than the first round, but resulted in a productive outcome. The next round starts early April, also in Cuba, but Vargas does not expect significant progress until after pre [...]	2006-03-08 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CO
06BOGOTA2141	COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM VALLE DEL CAUCA [...] (C) Poloffs' contacts in Valle del Cauca predicted during March 2-3 meetings the Liberals would win more congressional seats on March 12 than other parties in the Department, but said Uribista parties combined would win nationwide. They also expected President Uribe to carry the department in [...]	2006-03-08 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA2142	NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CUCUTA [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Cucuta, Colombia's fifth largest city and focal point for trade with Venezuela, are calling for job creation, road and infrastructure spending, and better access to health care. A leading Senate candidate, by all accounts, is far outspending rivals and is rumored to h [...]	2006-03-08 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON CO VE
06BOGOTA2202	COLOMBIA'S SMALLER PARTIES NOT GAINING TRACTION [...] (C) Two popular former Bogota mayors, Enrique Penalosa and Antanas Mockus, are struggling to attract support for their newly-formed political parties in the run-up to the March 12 Congressional elections. As the figureheads of the political parties "Por el Pais que Sonamos" (Sonamos) and "Vis [...]	2006-03-10 18:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO
06BOGOTA2204	RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS CHIEF UPDATES [...] (SBU) On March 6, Eduardo Pizarro, president of the National Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR),provided the diplomatic community with a progress report since its October launch. The CNRR was established by the Justice and Peace Law to recommend criteria for victim reparation [...]	2006-03-10 18:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2228	BLUE LANTERN: HELICOPTERS VISITED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC CO
06BOGOTA2237	ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) REF A responded to questions posed in REF B for the 2006 Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. Para. 2 of REF A indicated that some questions from paragraphs 21.A., 23.E., and 23.I. of REF B were outstanding and would be answered when the information was provided. Answers to these q [...]	2006-03-10 23:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
06BOGOTA224	SWISS AMB ON FARC AND ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador Kupfer expressed disappointment on January 6 with the FARC's rejection of the Swiss-led international commission proposal for a humanitarian exchange between the GOC and the FARC. He reported that, despite the setback, international commission members (one from F [...]	2006-01-11 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2282	BLUE LANTERN: EAVESDROPPING EQUIPMENT LICENSE [...] SUMMARY: Post visited the offices of Eagle Commercial on Wednesday, March 8th to verify the information requested reftel. The company was founded in Bogota, Colombia by Arquemidis Bonilla Vega in 1997 and is a registered distributor, importer, exporter, and retailer of electronic and communic [...]	2006-03-14 13:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MX CO US
06BOGOTA2291	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO [...] (C) On March 8, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo shared his views on the ELN, the paramilitary demobilization process, and the country's security situation with the Ambassador over dinner at the residence.Restrepo said the recent round of talks with the ELN in Havana had been difficult, [...]	2006-03-14 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2295	URIBE'S ELECTORAL STRENGTH CONFIRMED BY RESULTS OF [...] (C) Summary: President Uribe handily attained majorities in both houses of Congress in elections on March 12, reaffirming his commanding position heading into the Presidential elections on May 28. Prospects are excellent for eventual Congressional passage of the FTA and maintaining continue [...]	2006-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD KJUS CO
06BOGOTA2500	VIOLENCE AGAINST TRADE UNIONISTS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Violence against trade unionists has diminished significantly, but it remains a problem. Labor leaders now express greater concern with alleged violations of worker's rights, such as the right to organize and collectively bargain, than with violence against workers. So far, Colombian o [...]	2006-03-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PTER PHUM ETRD CO
06BOGOTA2518	FARC IDEOLOGY ON THE BACKBURNER [...] (C) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began in 1964 as a Marxist insurgency dedicated to redressing rural grievances, at a time when the democratic left had been politically marginalized. Over time, illicit activity and alienation from the democratic left have taken the FARC f [...]	2006-03-21 21:06:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2554	FARC DEMOBILIZATION OF 70: LANDMARK EVENT OR [...] On March 7 the GOC announced the demobilization of 70 FARC guerillas and an airplane. As the largest FARC defection in Colombia,s 40-year conflict, symbolically occurring in the insurgency's birthplace, the event was initially hailed as historic. However, within days questions emerged which rem [...]	2006-03-22 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA2657	ELN NEGOTIATOR TO MEET WITH CANADIAN, DUTCH [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantors Moritz Akerman and Alvaro Jimenez outlined March 23 the new schedule for the third round of peace talks in Cuba. ELN negotiator and military commander Antonio Garcia plans to arrive in Colombia from Cuba on April 17 to meet with civil society groups in Me [...]	2006-03-24 20:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CO
06BOGOTA2658	EARLY OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE NEXT CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the resumption of a lame duck Congressional session that will run through June 20, the composition of the next Congress that takes office on July 20 is already center stage. A hypothetical Uribe II Administration (beginning August 7) would count on majorities in both ho [...]	2006-03-24 20:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CO
06BOGOTA2798	NAS PROGRAMS IN ACTION: COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS SUPPORT [...] (U) In support of Colombian Congressional elections held on March 12, NAS-supported aircraft dispersed throughout the country beginning on March 10 to provide quick reaction capability and general lift to national security forces. Overall, the security situation was calm, but in Larandia, Sara [...]	2006-03-28 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR CO
06BOGOTA2804	The Soft Side of Plan Colombia - Special Social [...] SUMMARY. Since the advent of Plan Colombia in 1999, the GOC has spent over USD one billion on special social and economic development programs to fight narcotrafficking, poverty and violence, and the Uribe administration has committed USD 470 million to these programs in the 2006 budget. A [...]	2006-03-29 11:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SNAR CO
06BOGOTA2858	S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND OAS PERMREP MAISTO [...] (C) On the margins of the 6th Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE),Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) John F. Maisto met for an hour with Vice Foreign Mini [...]	2006-03-29 11:37:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
06BOGOTA2902	PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo and Ambassador Wood discussed paramilitary demobilizations; an AUC proposal to employ demobilized paramilitaries as manual drug eradicators; prosecutions associated with the Justice and Peace process; the GOC-ELN exploratory peace talks; and the FAR [...]	2006-03-31 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA2936	COLOMBIAN TELECOM SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (Summary) The telecommunications sector is a major contributor to Colombia's recent economic expansion. Telecom sector growth and investment have been substantial in recent years, driven by a sizeable increase in the mobile services market, but Colombia needs to do more to augment internet s [...]	2006-03-31 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ECPS CO
06BOGOTA2981	SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO GT PM
06BOGOTA2993	COLOMBIA CONSIDERING U.S.CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. candidate for the International Narcotics Control Board (INBC) to MFA's Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes March 30. Cortes said she would pass information about U.S. candidate Ambassador Levitsky to other relevant MFA offic [...]	2006-04-04 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL CO
06BOGOTA3018	COLOLMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE HELO CRASHED AND LOST [...] On 1 April 2006, a Colombian National Police (CNP) Bell 212 helicopter (tail number PNC 0493, but USG titled) crashed while attempting to land in the Magdalena Department near the Sierra Nevada National Park during a resupply mission for manual eradication. Crewmembers were able to extract t [...]	2006-04-05 12:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
06BOGOTA3049	DRUMMOND HAS MAJORITY STAKE IN NEW RAIL CONCESSION [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. based Drummond Co. recently purchased a controlling share of a new rail concession linking Colombia's coal belt in Cesar with the northern coast ports of Cienaga and Santa Marta, resolving one of Colombia's most serious trade irritants. Drummond and other coal companie [...]	2006-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EMIN CO
06BOGOTA309	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] Below you will find AmEmbassy Bogota's submission for the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per Ref. I. Summary Â [...]	2006-01-13 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
06BOGOTA3129	LIBERAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IVAN MARULANDA [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables on the seven vice presidential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections on May 28. 2. (C) Liberal Party presidential candidate Horacio Serpa announced March 28 that Ivan Marulanda Gomez would be his vice presidential running mate. Mar [...]	2006-04-07 20:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA3156	INDUMIL STRUTS CONTROLS IN PREP FOR DDTC LICENSE [...] (C) Embassy officers visited Colombian parastatal weapons importer and manufacturer Industrias Militares (INDUMIL) and verified that the plant meets Department criteria for inventory controls. However, there is no statutory framework in place to ensure continued compliance. At this upstream s [...]	2006-04-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BOGOTA3252	ELN AND CUBAN THINKING ON EVE OF THIRD ROUND OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) The Cubans are becoming more involved in the GOC-ELN exploratory talks, according to Norwegian diplomats and one of the Colombian civil society guarantors. Norwegian Charge in Bogota Sigurd Endresen said the Cubans were at the ta [...]	2006-04-11 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3258	JURY STILL OUT ON PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE IN MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Opinions continue to vary on the potential of paramilitary influence in the Congress following the March 12 elections. Some commentators point to the defeat of the three most blatantly pro-AUC members of Congress (MOCs) as evidence of the erosion of para political influence. Th [...]	2006-04-11 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA3444	PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGERS ON RELATIONS WITH U.S., [...] (U) Summary: Presidential challengers Gaviria, Serpa, Mockus, and Leyva held a televised (one channel) debate on April 6. All save Mockus lamented an asymmetrical U.S.-Colombia relationship and criticized the FTA. The responses on our extradition relationship were more complex. All support [...]	2006-04-19 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD KJUS CO
06BOGOTA3470	COLOMBIA RECEIVED U.S. PLEDGE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 21:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KUNR CO
06BOGOTA3516	MEETING WITH POLO PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE CARLOS [...] (C) In a breakfast with poloffs on April 10, Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA, or Polo) Presidential nominee Carlos Gaviria Diaz acknowledged that President Uribe would be reelected, although perhaps not on the first ballot. Gaviria's short term goal is to push Liberal (PLC) nominee Horacio S [...]	2006-04-21 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
06BOGOTA3573	COLMIL: ABUSE CASES UNDER REVIEW; JUSTICE REFORM [...] (U) By late April the military justice system expects to complete investigations of ten soldiers charged with abusing 21 recruits in January at a military base in Tolima. Final rulings are not expected until mid-summer at the earliest, with further delays possible at multiple stages in the pr [...]	2006-04-21 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PJUS MARR CO
06BOGOTA3574	SENATOR REED MEETS WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE OSPINA [...] (C) In a cordial 50 minute meeting on April 19, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ambassador Wood met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina, Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces General Carlos Ospina, Colombian National Police (CNP) Director Jorge Castro, and Vice Minister of Defense Jorge [...]	2006-04-21 22:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
06BOGOTA3617	SENATE STAFFER RIESER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, SAN [...] (C) Senate Appropriations Committee staffer Tim Rieser met on April 20 with the Fiscalia's (Prosecutor General's office) new human rights unit chief, Leonardo Cabana, and human rights prosecutors. Rieser emphasized his support of the office. He asked about the trend of human rights violatio [...]	2006-04-25 15:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3692	FATHER ECHEVERRI: NEXT ROUND OF ELN/GOC [...] (C) Senate Staffer Tim Rieser and Polcouns met with Father Dario Echeverri, Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (strictly protect),April 21 to discuss GOC talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN). Echeverri believes the next round of talks, scheduled to begin April [...]	2006-04-25 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO

06BOGOTA3701	GOC-ELN TALKS RESUME APRIL 26 IN HAVANA, REAL [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman said the third round of GOC-ELN exploratory talks will resume in Havana April 26, and go through April 29. The parties will discuss administrative business only, leaving substantive discussions to after the May 28 presidential election (most [...]	2006-04-26 17:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR CO
06BOGOTA3760	COURT REJECTS PROCEDURAL CHALLENGE TO JUSTICE [...] (U) On April 24, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Justice and Peace Law is valid on procedural grounds, namely that it was passed in a proper fashion by the Colombian Congress. The seven to two ruling determined that the law as a whole did not affect the fundamental rights of citizens [...]	2006-04-27 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA3764	PROSECUTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATES DAS ALLEGATIONS; [...] (C) Accusations of criminal conduct and electoral fraud continue to swirl around the FBI-equivalent Department of Administrative Security (DAS). President Uribe said the Fiscalia (Prosecutor General) was investigating recent allegations of corruption and paramilitary influence in the DAS and [...]	2006-04-27 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA3765	SEN REED MEETS WITH NGO COLOMBIAN COMMISSION OF [...] (U) Senator Reed did not have an opportunity to clear this cable. 2. (U) Summary. On April 20 CODEL Reed met with Gustavo Gallon, Director of the NGO the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ). Gallon said the Democratic Security policy targets only certain criminals and protects only certa [...]	2006-04-27 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3773	FORMER PRESIDENT GAVIRIA'S SISTER KILLED IN [...] (C) Liliana Gaviria, sister of former President Cesar Gaviria, was killed on the evening of April 27 in what appears to have been a failed kidnap attempt. Police discovered Gaviria's body about 1.5 miles from her apartment complex in Pereira shortly after assailants shot and killed Gaviria's [...]	2006-04-28 18:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV ASEC CO
06BOGOTA3809	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - APRIL 21-28 [...] (U) This is the first in a series of election roundup cables leading up to the presidential elections on May 28, 2006. 2. (SBU) The Latest Polls, Part 1 - Uribe Slips in Polls, But Still Has Commanding Lead: A Gallup poll released April 27, just over a month before the elections, shows U [...]	2006-04-28 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA3814	COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q1'06 [...] (C) This quarterly review of the security outlook in Colombia considers Plan Patriota, FARC, ELN, and paramilitaries. The first quarter of 2006 was dominated by FARC pre-election actions and by large paramilitary demobilizations. Near the end of President Uribe's first term, his security in [...]	2006-05-01 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA3934	COLOMBIA TO SUPPORT U.S. INBC CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PREL UN CO
06BOGOTA3935	COLOMBIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN'S BID FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 17:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KUNR CO
06BOGOTA3986	GOC LAUNCHES PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY RAPPROCHEMENT IN [...] (C) On April 24-25, the new GOC Special Representative for Uraba and officials of several GOC ministries visited Apartado, Antioquia Department, to discuss economic development projects and delivery of social services with local officials and residents. The delegation traveled to the town ce [...]	2006-05-04 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO
06BOGOTA3994	GOC CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND CW [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 16:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CO
06BOGOTA3995	GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel points urging the GOC to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to MFA Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes on April 7. In a May 3 follow up meeting that included Coordinator for [...]	2006-05-05 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
06BOGOTA4001	POLICE REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM: STEADY PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Reestablishment of Police Presence in Conflictive Zones program, which the Uribe Administration initiated with U.S. assistance in 2002, is making significant and steady progress in extending law and order to formerly abandoned municipalities of rural Colombia. The program's [...]	2006-05-05 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
06BOGOTA405	22,000 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUP MEMBERS DEMOBILIZED [...] (U) Over 14,000 of the estimated 25,000 paramilitaries have demobilized since the GOC and the United Self Defense Forces (AUC) signed the Agreement of Santa Fe de Ralito in July 2003. In addition to the dismantlement of most of the AUC's centralized military structure, nearly all the top para [...]	2006-01-18 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4052	OAS SAYS PARAMILITARY CRIMINAL RESURGENCE SERIOUS [...] (C) Claudia Perez, the deputy director of the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process (OAS/MAPP),said that media reports of up to 4,000 demobilized paramilitaries returning to criminal activity mischaracterized a recent OAS report and were significantly exaggerated. The OAS believes about [...]	2006-05-05 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4055	TWO DAY TRANSIT STRIKE PARALYZES BOGOTA [...] (U) On May 2-3, associations representing Bogota,s private bus owners launched a surprise strike, effectively grounding approximately 95 percent of the city's private buses and stranding over 4 million residents. The striking owners demanded changes to the transition regime involving the city [...]	2006-05-05 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD ELAB CO
06BOGOTA4056	CORRECTED COPY: OAS SAYS PARAMILITARY CRIMINAL [...] (C) Claudia Perez, the deputy director of the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process (OAS/MAPP),said that media reports of up to 4,000 demobilized paramilitaries returning to criminal activity mischaracterized a recent OAS report and were significantly exaggerated. The OAS believes about [...]	2006-05-05 23:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4059	CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTORS IN GOC-ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Five of the six civil society guarantors in the GOC-ELN exploratory peace talks told Polcouns on May 5 they were preparing a proposal to present to the parties prior to the fourth round of talks, likely to take place after the May 28 presidential election. The proposal would be crafted as [...]	2006-05-07 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CO
06BOGOTA4066	COLOMBIA'S FRUSTRATION WITH FTA DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The GOC is concerned over what it perceives as bad faith negotiating on the part of mid-level USTR officials. While senior Colombia trade officials have generally been reserved in public statements about the status of the FTA final texts, recent press reports indicate the GOC is [...]	2006-05-08 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CO FTA USTR
06BOGOTA407	ASSESSING THE PARAMILITARY PHENOMENON AFTER [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables focusing on the paramilitary phenomenon in the latter stages of demobilization. Poloffs have discussed with Colombian politicians, academics, and social leaders in Bogota, Medellin and Barranquilla how paramilitaries will evolve as their ranks shrin [...]	2006-01-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4078	EMBASSY MOVES TO 12 MONTH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CO
06BOGOTA4083	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - MAY 1-7 [...] (U) Election roundup for May 1-7. 2. (C) FARC Attacks Local Government Leaders in Run Up to Elections: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has stepped up attakcs on local government officials in the run up to the May 28 presidential elections. To date, 16 city council membe [...]	2006-05-08 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4125	COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA PIPELINE; PIPE DREAM BECOMING A [...] (C) Summary: GOC officials confirmed that a long-planned gas pipeline from La Guajira, Colombia to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela is set to begin construction in July 2006. The pipeline is estimated to cost USD 300 million and will be financed entirely by the Venezuela's national petroleum company [...]	2006-05-10 13:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EPET CO VE
06BOGOTA4141	FARC BOTCHES KIDNAP OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S SISTER [...] (C) The GOC has presented extensive evidence implicating the FARC in the kidnapping and murder of Liliana Gaviria, sister of former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria. Of the five accused, two are under arrest. The suspects are rural combatants without urban experience. The fact that the FARC [...]	2006-05-10 18:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4223	GAVIRIA THINKS FARC BEHIND SISTER'S MURDER, LIKELY [...] (C) Former President and Liberal Party chief Cesar Gaviria agreed with the GOC that the FARC appears to be responsible for the murder of his sister Liliana, although he expressed doubts about the involvement of the FARC's elite Teofilo Forero Mobile Column. Gaviria shared a recent police in [...]	2006-05-12 15:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV CO
06BOGOTA4238	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS FINALLY OUT OF THE GATES, [...] (SBU) President Uribe remains the prohibitive favorite with a lead of some thirty points as the May 28 election approaches. The opposition campaigns have not caught fire with the electorate and the only "dramas" are whether Uribe will win on the first ballot and whether Polo will push the Lib [...]	2006-05-12 21:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
06BOGOTA4264	62,000 HECTARES SPRAYED BY END OF APRIL [...] As of April 30, aerial eradication aircraft sprayed 61,959 hectares of Colombian coca and 232 hectares of opium poppy (raw numbers). April 2006 was the best April in the history of the spray program and also one of the best spray months ever. 2. NAS Bogota's three fleets of spray aircraf [...]	2006-05-15 16:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CO
06BOGOTA4348	FARC URGES VOTING AGAINST URIBE; IMPLIES WILL NOT [...] (C) In recent communications implying the guerillas' intent to refrain from disruptive actions, FARC Secretariat leaders have urged Colombians to participate in May 28 presidential elections. This reversal of past pronouncements may be a face-saving maneuver to mask impotence against the GOC [...]	2006-05-16 23:30:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA435	DAS DIRECTOR PENATE ON VENEZUELA [...] (S) At a British Embassy dinner on January 14, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS, roughly the FBI equivalent) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that Hugo Chavez's entourage remains convinced there is a U.S.-directed conspiracy to kill Chavez with support from Colombia. Penate s [...]	2006-01-18 20:28:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PINR PREL CO
06BOGOTA4351	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - MAY 8-15 [...] (U) Weekly election roundup for May 8-14. 2. (C) Alvaro Leyva Drops Out of Presidential Race: National Reconciliation Movement candidate Alvaro Leyva withdrew from the race on May 13. Leyva, who has maintained links with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and continues to pr [...]	2006-05-17 16:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4469	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BISHOP OF TUMACO, NARINO [...] (C) In a cordial hour-long lunch with the Ambassador, Gustavo Giron Higuita, Bishop of Tumaco, Narino Department (which borders Ecuador),explained that all of Colombia's illegal armed groups were operating near Tumaco, and that the ELN was involved in the region's drug trade. He said illicit [...]	2006-05-19 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SENV SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4503	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AT-RISK COMMUNITIES [...] Summary: The GOC is rolling out social services to fifty-one municipalities recently liberated from FARC or paramilitary influence. The Plan Colombia initiative consists of a five-tiered approach to retaking the territory and stabilizing the regional economy around sustainable agriculture and [...]	2006-05-22 17:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID CO
06BOGOTA4565	LEADING LIBERAL SENATORS ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Three leading Liberal Party (PLC) senators told us recently that Horacio Serpa would defy poll data and finish second in the May 28 Presidential election. They argued the PLC would not disintegrate after the election, but would re-organize in advance of an eventual pendulum swin [...]	2006-05-23 17:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA4584	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - MAY 16-23 [...] (U) Weekly election roundup for May 16-23. 2. (U) Final Polls: Uribe Holds Steady, Serpa Slips: The latest polls, released by Bogota daily El Tiempo May 21, both confirmed the likelihood of Uribe's first round victory and previewed what might be a surprise ending to the race for second pl [...]	2006-05-24 14:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4608	AMBASSADOR AND ICRC DISCUSS U.S. HOSTAGES, ACCESS [...] (C) Ambassador met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Barbara Hintermann (strictly protect) May 22 to discuss follow up to ICRC Juan Pedro Schaerer's recent meetings in Washington with Under Secretary Burns and the NSC. Hintermann said she has established [...]	2006-05-24 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS CASC CO
06BOGOTA4612	MOD OSPINA EXPRESSES DETERMINATION TO MAKE FURTHER [...] (C) Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina asked to see the Ambassador on May 22 to discuss his determination to ensure further progress by the COLMIL in the field of human rights. This followed an April 22 working meeting with the MOD and military high command during which the Ambassador p [...]	2006-05-24 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA4616	CAMPAIGN SEASON INFLUENCES GOVERNMENT-LABOR [...] (C) On April 19th, perhaps influenced by political reasons, an alliance of Colombia's three major trade confederations and a pensioner's group announced a suspension of dialogue with the GOC over lack of GOC action on an alleged trade unionist "hit list," a World Bank report calling for loweri [...]	2006-05-24 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD CO
06BOGOTA4645	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS, TIGHTENS JUSTICE AND [...] (C) The Constitutional Court rejected substantive challenges to the Justice and Peace Law and declared the Law to be constitutional in a May 18 press release, although it rejected some provisions of the Law. The Court's decision generally strengthened the Law's provisions and drew praise fro [...]	2006-05-25 16:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4647	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOCKUS MARGINALIZED BY HIS [...] (SBU) In December 2005 Antanas Mockus was a popular, two-time former mayor of Bogota boasting favorability ratings of 53.2% in Gallup polls. Of the current presidential candidates, only incumbent Alvaro Uribe was viewed more favorably. Despite this, the Mockus campaign has been unable to gai [...]	2006-05-25 18:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA4662	FARC TALKS COMING SOON? SOME THINK SO [...] (C) Peace talks with the FARC are possible in the next few years, according to a group of ten (mainly leftist) Colombian observers. Their surprisingly optimistic outlook is based on a conjunction of factors: military pressure; gains by the democratic left; narcotrafficking difficulties; inte [...]	2006-05-25 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4686	DRUMMOND COAL STRIKE [...] (C) On May 22, approximately 4,000 coal workers from Drummond, Inc. in Cesar Department began to strike (reftel),joining 300 workers already on strike at nearby Swiss coal mining company Glencore. According to Drummond, the strike is capitalizing on the timing of the May 28 Presidential election [...]	2006-05-26 13:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM CO
06BOGOTA4712	FINAL ELECTORAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is the last election roundup before presidential elections on Sunday, May 28. 2. (C) Uribe vs. Gaviria: The Polo's Carlos Gaviria appears to have positioned himself as the second-place finisher on May 28, despite the electoral machinery advantage of the Liberal Party (PLC) and it [...]	2006-05-26 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4729	PRESIDENT URIBE WINS REELECTION IN LANDSLIDE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe was reelected to a second consecutive 4-year term on May 28 in a landslide victory with 62 percent of the vote. Uribe won in 30 of Colombia's 32 Departments. Second place went to the leftist Polo Democratico Alternativo's Carlos Gaviria with 22 percent, which repr [...]	2006-05-29 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
06BOGOTA4750	ESTIMATES ON REGROUPING OF DEMOBILIZED [...] (S) Estimates of the collectively demobilized paramilitaries (30,902 to date) that have regrouped into criminal organizations range from 2 to 4 percent. According to Colombian National Police Intelligence (DIPOL) analysts and the Military's Joint Intelligence Center, 21 new criminal groups h [...]	2006-05-30 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4752	INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TO BLOCK PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY [...] (C) On May 15-19, approximately 16,000 indigenous people and supporters in 9 Departments blocked major highways to protest perceived GOC failure to follow through on land agreements. The demonstrations, which GOC authorities said were instigated and supported by the FARC, also criticized pres [...]	2006-05-30 19:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA4754	COLOMBIA: LOCAL READ OUT ON A/S SHANNON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Representatives from the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean Embassies in Colombia said Assistant Secretary Shannon's visit to Asia to discuss Latin America was a success. All indicated their governments' willingness to continue the dialogue and look forward to future meetings. The Chin [...]	2006-05-30 19:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA4854	COLOMBIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS AT OAS GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 17:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL CO
06BOGOTA4894	A/S SHANNON MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe on May 26. Shannon emphasized U.S. policy in the region was based on cooperation, not confrontation; promoted democratic institutions and values; and addressed poverty, social exclusion, and inequality. Shannon said European offi [...]	2006-06-01 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD ENRG SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4947	COLOMBIA ISSUES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF U.S. OFFER [...] (C) Ambassador Wood encouraged President Uribe's office on May 31 to issue a statement in support of the U.S. offer to join the EU-3 negotiations if Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities (reftel). In a follow up meeting with Foreign Minister Carolina Ba [...]	2006-06-02 15:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOC IR CO
06BOGOTA4982	MINISTER PRETELT TO EXPAND MONITORING OF [...] (C) Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt agreed with the Ambassador May 30 that GOC monitoring of demobilized paramilitaries should be strengthened by involving local authorities more systematically in the process. He asked Vice Minister Penafort to prepare a decree to this effect a [...]	2006-06-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4983	FARC/ELN: TERRORIST TAKEDOWNS REFLECT USG-GOC [...] (S) The GOC captured or killed 29 key midlevel operatives of the country's main guerilla insurgencies, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN),from September 2005 through April 2006. Takedowns were concentrated among three groups -- front com [...]	2006-06-05 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4986	PEACE COMMISSIONER SAYS GOC SHOULD HOLD ELN [...] (C) In a May 26 meeting with Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, the Ambassador said the GOC should apply Justice and Peace Law to the ELN. Restrepo agreed, but said he had found it difficult to persuade others outside of the GOC of the view. Restrepo told the Ambassador that the Cuban [...]	2006-06-05 15:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4987	JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW UNIT CHIEF SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) Justice and Peace (J&P) Law Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez on May 25 said Constitutional Court's May 18 and 19 press releases on the J&P Law had strengthened some of its key provisions and had "legitimized" the Unit's job. He said Court President Jaime Cordoba informed it would be [...]	2006-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4988	PEACE COMMISSIONER TELLS AMBASSADOR ABOUT PENDING [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said in a May 26 meeting with Ambassador Wood that he expects dissident factions of the paramilitary groups to demobilize soon. The GOC expects to confront the few remaining paramilitary groups who refused to lay down their arms. Restrepo said the [...]	2006-06-05 16:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5067	LOSSES MOUNT AS COLOMBIA'S COAL STRIKE CONTINUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN EPET CO
06BOGOTA5142	PRIVATE CARGO PLANE ACCIDENT AT RIO NEGRO; NO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC CO
06BOGOTA5175	GLENCORE SETTLES BUT DRUMMOND STILL ON STRIKE [...] (C) Production has resumed at the La Jagua Ibirico mine after striking workers and the Glencore Corp. reached agreement on a new labor contract late on June 7. Ever Causado, Secretary General of the coal miners' union involved in the strike, told Laboff the settlement included an 8 percent wa [...]	2006-06-08 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EINV CO
06BOGOTA5177	REMITTANCE FLOWS TO COLOMBIA [...] SUMMARY. Remittances to Colombia grew five percent in 2005 to USD 3.3 billion, with the majority coming from the U.S. and Spain. While rapid remittance growth assisted the economic recovery following the 1999 crisis, it has slowed considerably since 2003. Remittances equal 2.7 percent of G [...]	2006-06-08 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SNAR CO
06BOGOTA5197	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN [...] Per refetel, post has no objection pending human subject approval. WOOD [...]	2006-06-09 16:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA CO
06BOGOTA5199	COLOMBIA CONSIDERING FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP CO
06BOGOTA5201	COLOMBIA LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON IRAN AT JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PREL KNNP IR CO
06BOGOTA5297	PROFILE: ANGELINO GARZON, GOVERNOR OF VALLE DEL [...] (C) Valle del Cauca Governor Angelino Garzon is one of the most prominent representatives of the moderate left in Colombia and regarded as a possible presidential candidate from the Polo DemocraticoAlternativo party in 2010. Garzon has privately scorned more radical members of the Polo. He s [...]	2006-06-13 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO
06BOGOTA5330	COLOMBIA'S STOCK MARKET - BACK WHERE WE STARTED IN [...] Colombia's stock market index (IGBC) has fallen more than 30 percent between May 2 and June 12, 2006. On June 8, the index fell 9.47 percent, and on June 12 trading was halted 15 minutes before the closing bell because of a more than 10 percent loss in the value of the index. Overall, the ind [...]	2006-06-13 22:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV CO
06BOGOTA5384	IMPASSE ON DRUMMOND COAL STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Drummond has suspended talks with its coal workers, citing a lack of good faith negotiating on the part of union leaders. While both sides remain far apart on compensation issues (salary and benefits),negotiations appear to be stalled over a "just cause" provision, protecting wo [...]	2006-06-14 15:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EMIN EINV CO
06BOGOTA5395	TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT AT DRUMMOND [...] (C) Early June 14, Drummond reached a tentative agreement with leaders of the miners' union to end the 23 day-long strike. Drummond's President of Coal Operations, Mike Tracy of Drummond, said the agreement would be put to a vote of the union rank and file members later in the day. 2. (C) A [...]	2006-06-14 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EMIN ENRG EINV CO
06BOGOTA5396	COLOMBIA DISCUSSING UN REFORM WITH NAM/G-77 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 18:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA CO
06BOGOTA5458	THE STATE OF COLOMBIA'S DEMOCRATIC LEFT [...] (C) Summary: While the leftist Polo Party's Carlos Gaviria attained some 22 percent of the vote in the May 28 Presidential election (up from its ten percent total in March Congressional contests),much of his vote was a protest against Uribe and not necessarily an endorsement of the Polo. T [...]	2006-06-15 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD ELAB CO VE
06BOGOTA5486	UNION REJECTS TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM [...] (C) According to Mike Tracy, Drummond's President of Coal Operations, the union representing Drummond's striking miners rejected the June 14 agreement which had been reached between the U.S. company and union negotiators (reftel). The union did not hold a rank and file vote. According to Tra [...]	2006-06-15 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EMIN ENRG CO
06BOGOTA5496	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR REVEALS ELN [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman said the ELN wants to declare a unilateral 6-month cease-fire before the fourth round of talks with the GOC on August 12. Within 90 days of the cease-fire, the ELN would release all its kidnap victims, to be verified by an independent commiss [...]	2006-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA5497	COLAR PREDICTS ESCALATION BEFORE NEGOTIATION [...] (S) Commanders of Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),the Colombian military's elite force at the core of the Plan Patriota campaign, see the conflict with the FARC entering a phase of more direct confrontation. They contend the FARC has determined it cannot withstand four more years under re-ele [...]	2006-06-16 15:26:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
06BOGOTA5515	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO [...] (C) A/S Thomas Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on May 25. They exchanged views on Colombia's increasingly active regional diplomacy, Brazil's attitude toward Bolivia and Venezuela, Chavez's disruptive approach on the world stage, and relations with Chile. [...]	2006-06-16 22:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA5526	REPORT ON ARMS SURRENDERED BY THE PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) The ratio of weapons turned in per demobilized paramilitary could be as high as one-to-one, according to MAPP/OAS and GOC experts, if half the demobilizing paramilitaries were not combat troops. However, experts remain concerned about diversion of paramilitary weapons to criminals. End [...]	2006-06-20 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA553	COLOMBIA SUPPORTS CONVENING MEETING OF THE IAEA [...] (C) Polcouns demarched Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Alejandro Borda and others at MFA on January 12, encouraging Colombia to support convening an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors to report Iran to the Security Council because of continued failure to comply with the I [...]	2006-01-23 14:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC KNNP CO
06BOGOTA555	HARDBALL POLITICS BEGIN IN COLOMBIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Colombia's election season is in full swing, with all sides playing political hardball and displaying no sign of letting up. Pro-Uribe parties expelled 5 candidates from party lists recently, apparently because of their paramilitary links, and additional expulsions from all parties (incl [...]	2006-01-23 14:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA5571	COLOMBIA ATPDEA-RELATED ACTIVITY 2005 [...] Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) - related investment in Colombia during 2005. 2. Over the past decade, ATPDEA has provided significant economic benefits to [...]	2006-06-21 14:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ASEC CO
06BOGOTA5588	COLOMBIA: CAPITAL CONTROLS LIFTED [...] After markets closed on June 13, the Ministry of Finance announced the immediate elimination of Colombia's capital control on transitory investment (a tax on foreign capital resident less than one year in country),put in place in 2004 to counter a rapidly appreciating peso. The following day [...]	2006-06-21 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA5603	POSSIBLE GOC-FARC TALKS: VIEW FROM THE COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Reftel outlined reasons why some mainly leftist interlocutors considered GOC-FARC peace talks possible in President Uribe's second term. According to these contacts, the FARC's top demands are land reform, political reconstruction, and social welfare programs, along with a need for perso [...]	2006-06-21 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA5709	COLOMBIAN CONCERNS ON UN DRAFT DECLARATION ON THE [...] On June 23, Poloff delivered reftel tripartite demarche to Ambassador Clara Ines Vargas, MFA Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, and Patricia Cortes, MFA Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada. Poloff explained that the "compromise text" was unacceptable because there wa [...]	2006-06-26 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CO
06BOGOTA5712	DRUMMOND STRIKE ENDS [...] On June 22, the Drummond company and the union representing its workers, SINTRAMINENERGETICA, signed a new labor contract, ending a 32 day strike. Both Mike Tracy, Drummond Director for Mining Operations, and union representative Francisco Ramirez, separately told Emboffs they were "very hap [...]	2006-06-26 13:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EMIN EINV ENRG CO
06BOGOTA576	COLOMBIANS HOPE TO CLOSE USATPA NEGOTIATIONS ASAP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Trade Minister Botero and Chief Trade negotiator Gomez on January 20 to urge rapid Colombian movement toward agreement of a final text. Botero and Gomez indicated a clear determination to reach agreement, but more than any other time, indicated concern ov [...]	2006-01-23 19:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN EAGR CO FTA
06BOGOTA5793	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTORS REPORT NORWEGIAN [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantors Moritz Akerman and Alvaro Jimenez said Norway wants a direct meeting with ELN military commander and negotiator Antonio Garcia. Norway would characterize to Garcia as unrealistic the ELN's proposal that Norway finance the ELN's proposed cease-fire and re [...]	2006-06-27 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA5805	CARAMAGNA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT GOC-AUC PEACE [...] (C) Sergio Caramagna, Director of the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS),told the Ambassador on 23 June that nothing had united AUC leaders more than the Constitutional Court's mid-May press release that previewed the Court's views on the Justice and Peace Law. Caram [...]	2006-06-28 17:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5807	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS COMMISSION [...] (C) National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (CNRR) representatives met for the first time with paramilitary leaders on June 21 to begin discussions about reparations and reconciliation. The CNRR will follow the Justice and Peace Law and international humanitarian law to define vic [...]	2006-06-28 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5894	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN, JULY 3-5 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the July 3-5 visit of CODEL Cornyn to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in Colombia,s history. Close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia are expecte [...]	2006-06-29 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON CO
06BOGOTA5924	FARC COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL HOSTAGE EXCHANGE, [...] (C) In three recent media statements, the FARC has voiced its willingness to discuss with the GOC a humanitarian exchange of imprisoned guerillas for FARC-held hostages, among them three U.S. citizens. FARC spokesperson Raul Reyes also raised the prospect of broader peace talks, but continge [...]	2006-06-30 18:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CASC CO
06BOGOTA5940	COLAR TAKES DOWN FARC GENERAL STAFF MEMBER [...] (S) On June 27 an elite Colombian Army (COLAR) unit killed FARC leader "Juan Carlos," a member of the FARC's General Staff military command (equivalent of the capture of Simon Trinidad in 2004). For the COLAR the takedown is a boost to morale, a credit to its new rapid reaction force units, [...]	2006-06-30 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA6011	AMBASSADOR AND GOVERNOR OF VALLE DEL CAUCA DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood and Valle del Cauca Governor Angelino Garzon met June 28 to discuss development of Colombia's Pacific coast. Ambassador and Garzon agreed that the time had come to focus attention and resources on the Pacific. Garzon, a member of the leftist Polo Democratico Alternativo p [...]	2006-07-06 15:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SNAR CO
06BOGOTA6148	COLOMBIA: STATUS OF THREE HIGH PROFILE COURT CASES [...] (C) In three high profile criminal cases, Colombian Army (COLAR) members have been detained in connection with alleged extrajudicial killings of 29 civilians, charged with narco-related corruption that led to the deaths of 10 counternarcotics police, and a former Justice Minister is on trial [...]	2006-07-10 17:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO KHUM
06BOGOTA6255	MOD OSPINA ASKS SENATOR CORNYN FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and AmbasQdor Wood met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina and top military brass July 4. The Colombian security forces presented counternarcotics program successes, and highlighted areas where more could be done with additional U.S. support. Cornyn ag [...]	2006-07-11 22:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA6257	SENATOR CORNYN'S MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met with President Uribe July 4 to discuss Colombia,s counterterrorism and counternarcotics efforts. Uribe thanked Cornyn for his support, and asked for his help in passing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia. He said drug eradication must ra [...]	2006-07-11 22:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD SNAR CASC CO
06BOGOTA6262	NATIONAL POLICE RURAL SECURITY STRATEGY TO MONITOR [...] (U) At a recent conference, Colombian National Police (CNP) Director General Jorge Castro outlined the CNP's strategy to monitor demobilized paramilitaries in rural areas, protect the civilian population and dismantle new criminal groups. Castro plans to open 400 police substations in the mo [...]	2006-07-12 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA6342	GOC SEEKS MORE ERADICATION, FUNDS OWN SPRAY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Uribe has responded to estimates that coca cultivation is on the rise in Colombia by pressing the GOC and the United States to substantially increase bilateral eradication efforts. After intensive meetings to discuss eradication, Ambassador Wood and Minister of Defense [...]	2006-07-13 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CO SENV KCRM PTER
06BOGOTA6406	ONDCP WALTERS MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS [...] (C) Walters and Santos agreed that increased spraying and manual eradication efforts are necessary. Santos urged the U.S. to work with the Ecuadorian government, noting Ecuador's continued resistance to aerial spraying. Santos confirmed the GOC wants the mandate of the UN High Commissioner f [...]	2006-07-14 19:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM CO EC
06BOGOTA6424	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, ONDCP Director Walters, Ambassador Wood, INL Assistant Secretary Patterson and WHA PDAS Shapiro met with President Uribe to discuss Colombia's counternarcotics efforts. Walters congratulated Uribe on his reelection and offered to enhance coordination and increase dru [...]	2006-07-15 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CO
06BOGOTA6486	NEW INITIATIVE ON CRIMES AGAINST TRADE UNIONISTS [...] (U) On July 5, Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran announced an initiative to speed up the judicial process in cases of crimes against trade unionists. The GOC has earmarked approximately 1.5 million USD to the project, which will target the 1,176 cases of trade unionist violence denounced befor [...]	2006-07-18 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV CO
06BOGOTA6487	GOC, LABOR (EVEN THE ELN?) SUPPORT ILO ACCORD: [...] (C) The GOC believes the Tripartite ILO Agreement (reftel) can help assuage concerns of U.S. Members of Congress opposed to the FTA over perceptions of unfavorable labor conditions in Colombia. Union leaders also maintain a positive view of the accord, and even the ELN has privately praised [...]	2006-07-18 15:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO
06BOGOTA65	FARC COMMUNIQUE REJECTS IDEA OF HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) In a four paragraph written communique dated December 29 (Spanish version emailed to WHA/AND),the FARC rejected the possibility of humanitarian prisoner exchange during the Uribe Administration. While sharply critical of Uribe, the communique welcomed the good offices of France, Switz [...]	2006-01-03 21:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PREL CO
06BOGOTA6549	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S [...] (C) On July 13, the Constitutional Court published its written opinion upholding the Justice and Peace Law. The opinion strengthens the Law in some respects, appearing to place more onerous requirements on demobilized paramilitaries who seek its benefits. AUC lawyers have been scrutinizing [...]	2006-07-19 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA6614	COLMIL CASES TO BE GOVERNED BY CIVILIAN JUSTICE [...] (C) The GOC announced that all criminal cases involving COLMIL defendants will be reviewed by the civilian Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) to decide jurisdiction (military vs. civilian) for prosecution and determination of guilt or innocence. Further, all investigations will be conduct [...]	2006-07-24 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PJUS MARR CO
06BOGOTA6689	COLOMBIA: WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH FISCAL [...] (SBU) On July 10, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro discussed human rights and the Justice and Peace Law with Colombian Prosecutor General (Fiscal) Mario Iguaran. Shapiro was accompanied by Emboffs Colleen Hoey, Paul Vaky, and notetaker Sara Mercado. Shapiro emphasized the U.S. strong interest in promo [...]	2006-07-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR CO

06BOGOTA6759	COLOMBIA'S COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of President Uribe,s decisive electoral victory, the GOC presented its comprehensive tax reform bill to Congress on July 20. The revenue neutral reform includes an overall reduction in the income tax (including reduced marginal rates),offset by a significant expans [...]	2006-07-26 20:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CO

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