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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08MAPUTO1228 | INL-FUNDED BORDER GUARDS STOP PAKISTANI SMUGGLERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supported by INL funds, the US G and the Government of Portugal jointly developed a program to train and equip Mozambican border guards. The training bore fruit on November 26, when graduates of the program detected and participated in the joint task force that interdicted two [...] | 2008-12-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CLOK MZ PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
08MAPUTO1235 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO COOPERATING ON HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to reftel meeting, the Charge met with Russian Ambassador to Mozambique and Swaziland Igor V. Popov on November 25 at the Russian Embassy. The meeting dealt with generalities of our respective bilateral relationships with Mozambique, but also provided an opportu [...] | 2008-12-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID RU MZ |
08MAPUTO1247 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER DEC 18 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the 2008 visits of Ambassador Yates and Major General Altshuler from AFRICOM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa [...] | 2008-12-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP ECON ETRD EINV KPKO EAID |
08MAPUTO1248 | PRESIDENT GUEBUZA ON CHOLERA THREAT AND ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Health Minister Ivo Garrido has sent health teams to the provinces of Gaza, Manica, Tete, Zambezia, and Niassa, bordering both Zimbabwe and Malawi, to prepare for the potential spread of a cholera epidemic across the border from Zimbabwe, saying that health authorities are on "maximum [...] | 2008-12-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI TBIO SENV MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO1250 | BEIRA MAYOR TO LEAD NEW NATIONAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Beira, Daviz Simango, the independent breakaway candidate (Ref B),has been decisively re-elected as Mayor of Beira (Ref A),the historic stronghold of longtime opposition party RENAMO, making Beira a test case for a new style of independent third-party democracy, breaking a [...] | 2008-12-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO1251 | CAFE SOL, AN EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mozambique is ranked 141 out of 181 economies on the World Bank's "Doing Business8 report (Ref A),which means that Embassy Maputo's outreach to U.S. companies and investors in this challenging business environment is especially important for their success. The Mission plays [...] | 2008-12-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO1253 | BIOFUELS IN MOZAMBIQUE: MORE ANALYSIS [...] (U) This cable represents the fourth in a series in an innovative collaboration in energy/resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Maputo Political/Economic officer visited energy/minerals projects in north [...] | 2008-12-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EAGR SENV MZ SF |
08MAPUTO1255 | FRUIT FLIES MENACE MOZAMBIQUE EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In September and October, an ongoing fruit fly infestation resulted in a ban on Mozambican fruit and vegetable exports to South Africa and Swaziland, causing significant damage to farmers, particularly banana exporters who lost an estimated $2 million. Thanks to quick action [...] | 2008-12-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD EINV MZ SF |
08MAPUTO1257 | THE CHANGING FACE OF ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a large Muslim minority, estimated to range between 20 and 40 percent of the total population, or 4 to 8 million adherents, the role of Islam and Muslims in Mozambique continues to grow in importance. Since the eighth century, Islam has developed along the Swahili coast in M [...] | 2008-12-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PTER SCUL MZ |
08MAPUTO126 | GUEBUZA LAMENTS CAUSES OF CIVIL DISORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Guebuza called in the Charge February 6 and said that poverty and a lack of security were the main causes of recent protests in Maputo. Guebuza said the GRM has a good program to combat poverty, pointing with appreciation to many joint efforts with the USG, but express [...] | 2008-02-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR MZ |
08MAPUTO1270 | AFRICA COMMAND'S AMBASSADOR YATES VISITS MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 1-3 visit to Mozambique, Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) Ambassador Mary Yates discussed the potential for the Government of Mozambique (GRM) to take part in Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs) with the Minister of Defense and the Minister of the [...] | 2008-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO1285 | MOZAMBIQUE REQUEST FOR TED TRAINING AND [...] SUMMARY: Charge received a request in December from the Mozambican Minister of Fisheries Cadmiel Muthemba for more U.S. support to train companies and fisheries inspectors on the use of Turtle Exclusion Devices ("TEDs") to overcome Mozambique's weak system of protection and allow the GRM to b [...] | 2008-12-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO1286 | MOZAMBIQUE POLICE TARGETED BY ORGANIZED CRIME, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high profile shootings of members of the Mozambican police (PRM) and a spree of violent crime suggest that criminal elements have infiltrated Mozambican law enforcement. Armed attacks within Maputo appear more brazen by the day. Mozambique,s most notorious criminal, A [...] | 2008-12-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SNAR MZ |
08MAPUTO1291 | NOV 19 ELECTION TRANSPARENT WITH SOME PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 4, 2008 national announcement of municipal election results confirmed the landslide victory of majority party Frelimo which won at least 41 of the 43 mayoral races and majorities in 42 of 43 municipal assemblies. Voter turnout was high for a municipal election, wit [...] | 2008-12-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO133 | MOZAMBIQUE: FY2008 ESF TIP PROJECT [...] Post proposes the following anti-trafficking in persons projects in response to reftel: A) Name of Applicant: International Office for Migration - Mozambique B) Requested Funding: $323,518 C) Project Title: Capacity Building for Law Enforcement and Service Providers in Mozambique D) [...] | 2008-02-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC MZ |
08MAPUTO149 | GRM NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 06:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO164 | CUBA AND MOZAMBIQUE: A LONG AND CONTINUING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than 3500 Mozambicans have studied in Cuba since 1977; many of them now occupy important positions in the Government of Mozambique (GRM) and in the ruling FRELIMO party, even as close advisors to current President Armando Guebuza. Relations between the two countries' gov [...] | 2008-02-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MZ |
08MAPUTO166 | RESCHEDULING PROPVINCIAL ELECTIONS: BIPARTISAN [...] SUMMARY: Mozambique's first provincial elections have been postponed; a new date has not yet been set but elections may be held in conjunction with national Presidential and Assembly elections in November 2009. In a show of pragmatic cooperation, ruling party FRELIMO and the major opposition [...] | 2008-02-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO190 | 'ABDUCTED' CHILDREN CASE STIRS TRAFFICKING DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: The discovery of 39 children being trucked more than 2000 kilometers in squalid conditions reignited debate regarding trafficking in persons in Mozambique. Although the parents asserted that the children were being sent to Islamic schools for religious training, none of the heads of [...] | 2008-02-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KOCI MZ |
08MAPUTO191 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family me [...] | 2008-03-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ |
08MAPUTO220 | FM AGREES TO BILATERAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND TO [...] (U) Note: This report was written February 26 but final transmission was delayed. While FM Abreu was dismissed from her duties on March 10, this conversation and the issues discussed will serve as a basis for our first meeting with the new Foreign Minister. End Note. 2. (U) Summary: In [...] | 2008-03-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KHUM EAID MZ ZI KPKO |
08MAPUTO222 | RENAMO LEADER DHLAKAMA'S POLITICAL ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with the Charge, Afonso Dhlakama, leader of opposition party Renamo, said that Government bureaucracy and corruption were scaring off foreign investment. He expressed concern about the strength of election institutions while noting that he was traveling exte [...] | 2008-03-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MZ |
08MAPUTO231 | Mozambique's Agricultural Sector Ripe for U.S. Investment [...] SUMMARY: Only 12 percent of Mozambique's arable land is under cultivation. Mozambique's agriculture minister is actively courting international agricultural investment. U.S. agribusinesses are ramping up operations in Mozambique. The GRM is reviewing a national biofuels strategy, and the c [...] | 2008-03-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV EINV ENRG PGOV TBIO MZ |
08MAPUTO233 | DAS THOMPSON SEES MOZAMBIQUE'S CHALLENGES AND USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 2-3 visit to Maputo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Carol Thompson met with the Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidency to urge the GRM to strengthen the business environment, participate in peacekeeping operations, and recognize Kosovo's independ [...] | 2008-03-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MZ |
08MAPUTO241 | PRESIDENT GUEBUEZA SACKS THREE MINISTERS, DEMOTES [...] (C) In a rare cabinet reshuffle on March 10, President Armando Guebuza sacked the Transportation, Justice, and Environment Ministers, and demoted Foreign Minister Alcinda Abreu to the less prestigious Environment Ministry. The three incoming ministers are considered to be capable technocrats. [...] | 2008-03-19 08:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MZ |
08MAPUTO252 | INVITATION FOR BIDS REHABILITATION AND [...] 787/08/T004 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: Dr. Zeferino Martins, Director COREP Q SECRETARIADO EXECUTIVO Programa Integrado da Reforma da Educacao Profissional Av. Mao Tse Tung, 72 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) [...] | 2008-03-25 09:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO253 | INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] 787/08/T006 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: Mr. Domingos Colaco, Procurement Officer Ministry of Science and Technology Av. Patrice Lumumba, 770 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 315 167 Fax: (258 21) 315 166 [...] | 2008-03-25 09:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO254 | INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF [...] 787/08/T005 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. National Directorate of Fisheries Economics Ministry of Fisheries Av. Consiglieri Pedroso, 347 Q 3rd Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 315 167 Fax: (258 21) 315 166 [...] | 2008-03-25 09:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO261 | ARREST OF HUMAN TRAFFICKER RENEWS CALLS TO PASS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 20, Mozambique Television (TVM) ran an extensive story on two teenaged Mozambican girls trafficked to South Africa and forced into prostitution. The case is particularly significant because it represents the first time that authorities have apprehended a suspected traffic [...] | 2008-03-26 07:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ |
08MAPUTO305 | REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ON TECHNICAL [...] 787/08/T007 2. 04/09/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: National Directorate of Water Av. 25 de Setembro, 942 Q 11th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 312 568/9 QNational Director of Water Tel: (258 21) 310 902 -Head of Water Res [...] | 2008-04-09 15:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO310 | VISIT OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT PROMISES CLOSER [...] (U) Summary. Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva made a state visit to Mozambique March 24-27, the first by a Portuguese head of state in more than ten years. The visit was widely described as the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Portugal and Mozambique and was highlighte [...] | 2008-04-11 05:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PO MZ |
08MAPUTO321 | NEW MOZAMBICAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In an initial call on new Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi April 15 (other issues reviewed septel),the Charge stated that the USG viewed the situation in Zimbabwe as increasingly dire, that it was imperative to get democratic resolution soonest, and pressed for the GRM to take on a more a [...] | 2008-04-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO322 | MOZAMBIQUE ADOPTS COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-TIP LAW: [...] (SBU) On April 10, Mozambique's National Assembly unanimously passed an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) law, becoming the first country in SADC to adopt such comprehensive legislation. The adoption was the result of a "perfect storm" in recent months, including a constant lobbying effort by [...] | 2008-04-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MZ PHUM SMIG |
08MAPUTO323 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER--"DUTY TO STRENGTHEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an introductory call by the Charge, new Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi discussed Zimbabwe (ref A) and indicated his support for greater bilateral political and economic dialogue with the USG. Baloi urged for better coordination in-country among international donors. He ex [...] | 2008-04-18 16:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KDEM AMGT EAID MZ |
08MAPUTO324 | ARMS SHIPMENT FOR ZIMBABWE DENIED ENTRY TO [...] (C) After receiving reports that a ship carrying Chinese arms destined for Zimbabwe had left Durban, South Africa and was headed to Mozambique, the Charge contacted the Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana early in the morning today to urge that the GRM not permit the arms to transit M [...] | 2008-04-19 18:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT MASS MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO339 | CHINESE MAKE SECOND APPROACH ON ARMS SHIPMENT FOR [...] (C) Last Monday evening, April 21, Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana called the Charge to inform him that the Chinese Government had again requested permission for the Chinese ship with arms for Zimbabwe to be given access to a Mozambican port. The Minister was under the mistaken [...] | 2008-04-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT MASS ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO35 | THE FLOODING IN MOZAMBIQUE: FACTS AND BACKGROUND [...] SUMMARY: FLOOD LEVELS OF THE ZAMBEZE RIVER IN MOZAMBIQUE CONTINUE TO RISE, BUT ARE STILL WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE (GRM) HAS NOT YET DECLARED A DISASTER. AT THIS POINT IN THE RAINY SEASON, THESE LEVELS DO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL F [...] | 2008-01-11 05:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT MZ EAID |
08MAPUTO354 | BUSINESS LICENSES NOW ISSUED IN A SINGLE DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM recently announced that commercial licenses for small businesses will be issued in a single day and location. The change comes on the heels of recommendations by post on how to reduce poverty in Mozambique and suggests that President Guebuza's administration recognizes [...] | 2008-04-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO365 | TSVANGIRAI VISITS MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) visited Maputo on April 23. The visit was personally coordinated by the leader of Mozambique's opposition party Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, who arranged for Tsvangirai to meet with former president Joaqu [...] | 2008-04-24 17:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO371 | CIVIL SOCIETY MORE CRITICAL OF ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At an April 22 roundtable on the Zimbabwean elections organized by the Center of Mozambican and International Studies (CEMO),local academics, press, and NGOs expressed serious concerns regarding SADC's indifference to the post-election situation in Zimbabwe. Throughout the half- [...] | 2008-04-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ZM MZ |
08MAPUTO373 | MOZAMBIQUE-UNHCR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Poloff met on 4/21 with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss UNHCR initiatives concerning Zimbabwe since the March 29 elections. Akyeampong noted that a UNHCR team from Geneva had recently visited Mozambique to work with the GRM on a contingency plan for [...] | 2008-04-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO380 | PRIVATE AIR CARRIER FAILS, STATE AIRLINE EXPANDS [...] Private Mozambican airline Air Corridor may not fly again as both of its Boeing 737s are grounded in South Africa with major maintenance problems. The company began operating in 2004 and suffered from several safety and maintenance incidents over the course of its existence. (Note: Embassy [...] | 2008-04-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO381 | UNHCR-MOZAMBIQUE FOCUSES ON LOCAL INTEGRATION, [...] (U) Poloff met recently with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss the first-of-its-kind UNHCR pilot transition program for operations at the Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province. Akyeampong described the 2006-2008 UNHCR country plan which focuses on prov [...] | 2008-04-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG MZ |
08MAPUTO399 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MOZAMBIQUE [...] This message responds to the request (ref A) for Mission Maputo's analysis on how rising food and agricultural commodity process are affecting Mozambican society. As instructed, it also lists post's recent cables on agricultural issues. ------ Demand ------ 2. Mozambique's most impo [...] | 2008-05-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO406 | NO GRM REACTION TO ZIM ELECTION RESULTS; [...] (U) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's delayed release of results from the March 29 presidential elections was met with minimal official reaction locally. The GRM has yet to make an official statement, aside from a brief public comment in mid-April by a Vice Minister for Foreign Relations, u [...] | 2008-05-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO466 | MANAMO PARTY CHIEF MAXIMO DIAS TO RETIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, small opposition party MANAMO leader Maximo Dias announced his retirement and the closure of his party. He spoke about FRELIMO's theft of the 1999 elections, a $12 million offer of assistance made to RENAMO for the 2004 elections, and President Gueb [...] | 2008-05-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO467 | MANAMO PARTY CHIEF MAXIMO DIAS TO RETIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, small opposition party MANAMO leader Maximo Dias announced his retirement and the closure of his party. He spoke about FRELIMO's theft of the 1999 elections, a $12 million offer of assistance made to RENAMO for the 2004 elections, and President Gueb [...] | 2008-05-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO470 | INCREASE IN VIGILANTE KILLINGS EXPOSES BROKEN [...] (U) Mozambique has registered a significant rise in the number of re ------------------- NUMBERS TRENDING UP ------------------- 2. (SBU) According to prominent Mozambican sociologist Carlos Serra, th ------------------------------ THE ROOT OF VIGILANTE KILLINGS ---------------------- [...] | 2008-05-20 14:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MZ |
08MAPUTO472 | INCREASE IN VIGILANTE KILLINGS EXPOSES BROKEN [...] (U) Mozambique has registered a significant rise in the number of reported vigilante killings, from 17 in 2006, to 31 in 2007, to 30 in the first four months of 2008. The increase is the result of several factors, including a rise in the cost of living, growing crime rate, lack of police pres [...] | 2008-05-21 06:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MZ |
08MAPUTO473 | "VIRTUAL" TECHNOLOGIES MEET POLITICAL AND POPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stage is set for modern communications technologies to play a key role in future protests in Mozambique. Cell phone ownership is increasingly common and internet access is growing rapidly. Demonstrators honed their skills and began to see the power of managing civil prote [...] | 2008-05-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECPS MZ |
08MAPUTO475 | RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points with VFM Henrique Banze on May 12 and new Transportation Minister Paulo Zucula on May 15 (Note: Zucula was most recently the director of Mozambique's Disaster Response Agency, which would have a key role in any humanitarian efforts for Zimbabwean refugees enter [...] | 2008-05-22 06:09:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO480 | SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM ASSISTS 47,000 [...] The Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique is an integral part of the U.S. Mission. It allows the Executive Office to respond quickly to requests from local communities for assistance that have an immediate impact while furthering our mission policies and objectives and b [...] | 2008-05-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO487 | MOZAMBICAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 22, as the xenophobic violence in South Africa entered its second week, the Mozambican government (GRM) declared a state of emergency to deal with a massive influx of thousands of Mozambican citizens fleeing the violence. GRM border immigration authorities stated that from [...] | 2008-05-23 16:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO49 | ARCHBISHOP COMPARES POLITICAL SITUATION TO [...] (U) In a recent interview with the journal 'Magazine Independente,' Jaime Pedro Goncalves, Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique's second largest city),expressed concern at what he views as political discrimination against pro-Renamo regions of the country. Perceived as a Renamo supporter, he ind [...] | 2008-01-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO498 | FOREIGN MINISTER BALOI ON ZIMBABWE AND VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi told the Charge that the Mozambican Government (GRM) continues to monitor the situation in Zimbabwe closely through its Embassy and various Mozambican envoys sent to Zimbabwe. When pressed about the GRM's "silent diplomacy" and the nee [...] | 2008-05-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO502 | MOZAMBIQUE FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITH SMOKE AND [...] (C) More than three years after a new administration was elected on an anticorruption platform, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) has shown little success in the fight against corruption. International NGOs, most donors, and some small but dedicated elements of civil society express constant [...] | 2008-06-02 05:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM MZ |
08MAPUTO511 | ENERGY, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES INVESTMENT INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: The GRM recently hosted its first international conference on extractive industries and the energy sector, with representatives of more than 100 multinational companies in attendance. Mozambican ministers highlighted opportunities in energy generation and transmission, petroleum, [...] | 2008-06-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EINV KNNP MZ |
08MAPUTO512 | MOZAMBIQUE: ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Mozambique currently is actively involved in Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). In the past eighteen months, in conjunction with the DAO: (1) an AIS/MSIS system was installed in five locations along the Mozambican coastline, (2) five small boats, worth more than $500,000, were donated to th [...] | 2008-06-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08MAPUTO532 | LABOR MINISTRY REPORTS THEFT OF $8 MILLION FROM [...] (U) On June 2, a commission of inquiry established by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) announced that USD eight million had been stolen from the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) between 2002 and 2008. The commission's findings indicate that the theft involved a series of fraudulent ope [...] | 2008-06-05 15:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO533 | GRM COMMITS TO EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY; [...] (U) The non-profit Center for Public Integrity (CIP) recently hosted a workshop on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),in conjunction with international institutes Revenue Watch and Southern African Resource Watch. The seminar comes soon after the GRM Finance Ministry an [...] | 2008-06-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EINV KNNP MZ |
08MAPUTO538 | GRACA MACHEL: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Former First Lady of Mozambique Graca Machel told the Charge May 27 that the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa has severely damaged relations between Mozambique and South Africa. Referring to the recent history of violence in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, Machel n [...] | 2008-06-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO539 | U.S. COMPANY PROMISES $5 BILLION OIL REFINERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. company Ayr Logistics recently announced the signature of design documents to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, on the coast of the Northern province of Nampula. The development, valued at over USD $5 billion, would start operating within the next seven years, and con [...] | 2008-06-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON EWWT PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO546 | SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (U) The crisis in Zimbabwe continues to have political, economic, and humanitarian spillover effects on Mozambique. While the Mozambican government (GRM) denies that Zimbabwean refugees enter Mozambique, NGOs paint a different picture. Border controls at the Machipanda crossing at the Zimbabwe [...] | 2008-06-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO566 | MOZAMBIQUE TO COMMIT ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO568 | MOZAMBIQUE: NO DISPUTES FOR 2008 INVESTMENT [...] There are currently no investment disputes that would qualify Mozambique for inclusion in the 2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. 2. This cable was also cleared by FCS Johannesburg. Chapman [...] | 2008-06-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EINV KIDE MZ |
08MAPUTO60 | MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...] | 2008-01-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ |
08MAPUTO616 | NUMBER OF ZIMBABWEAN POLITICAL REFUGEES ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with the UNHCR representative in Maputo to discuss the Zimbabwe political situation's affect on Mozambique and subsequently visited the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border towns of Machipanda, Manica, and Chimoio on June 26-27 to gauge the situation on the ground prior [...] | 2008-07-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG PREF PGOV MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO636 | U.S. ELECTIONS: MOZ ASKS "WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?" [...] SUMMARY: The Charge spoke on July 1 to an audience of 60 including members of civil society, the diplomatic community, several minority party leaders and press about the U.S. elections in a panel-debate hosted by the Center for Mozambican and International Studies (CEMO). Audience members f [...] | 2008-07-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MZ |
08MAPUTO637 | U.S. ELECTIONS: MOZ ASKS "WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?" [...] SUMMARY: The Charge spoke on July 1 to an audience of 60 including members of civil society, the diplomatic community, several minority party leaders and press about the U.S. elections in a panel-debate hosted by the Center for Mozambican and International Studies (CEMO). Audience members f [...] | 2008-07-10 06:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MZ |
08MAPUTO648 | DUTCH HOLD MEETING ON ZIMBABWE CONTINGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with friendly diplomatic missions on July 11 at the Dutch Embassy to discuss contingency planning for any future potential citizen evacuations from Zimbabwe into Mozambique at the Mutare border crossing in Manica province. The Dutch Charge openly expressed his missi [...] | 2008-07-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO651 | TIP GRANT SIGNING CEREMONY WITH LOCAL NGO A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 3, the Embassy hosted a well-attended signing ceremony to award a two-year, $300,000 G/TIP grant to Mozambican NGO Rede CAME (Network Against Child Abuse). All major media outlets, representatives from 15 Mozambican NGOs involved in the fight against trafficking in women a [...] | 2008-07-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG MZ |
08MAPUTO652 | SANT' EGIDIO'S PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The Charge spoke with former president Joaquim Chissano about Zimbabwe on July 10 at a reception hosted by Sant' Egidio founder Andrea Riccardi. Chissano said initially he did not want to speak about Zimbabwe but preferred to discuss Uganda. Nevertheless, he believed that Mbeki was d [...] | 2008-07-16 09:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO666 | PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE: "WE'RE DEFENDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: After being told that the GRM's stance on Zimbabwe harms the government,s international reputation and that a stronger effort--beyond quiet diplomacy--is imperative, Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumabana claimed that the GRM views Mugabe as a dangerous madman who could in [...] | 2008-07-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO669 | MOZAMBICAN MEDIA FAULTS WEAK CIVIL SOCIETY FOR LACK OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge hosted a lunch on July 17 for six top independent media editors, at which discussion of Zimbabwe dominated. The editors expressed disappointment with the Government of Mozambique's (GRM) silence on the issue, in part a symptom of weak civil society organizations in [...] | 2008-07-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO675 | ECONOMY SLOWS: ZIMBABWE, ENERGY PRICES FAULTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) reported first quarter 2008 GDP growth of 3.5 percent, down from 8.1 percent growth in the same quarter last year. Increases in prices of fuel and food--which appear to be negatively impacting the economy and minimizing GRM attempts to bring [...] | 2008-07-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO714 | NOVEMBER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AN ACCURATE GAUGE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of Mozambican political parties and civil society met in early July to review preparations for the November 19 municipal elections. The participants identified three elements critical to the success of the elections: transparency in the election process, party contro [...] | 2008-07-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO715 | BFIF HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. INVESTORS [...] SUMMARY: In an environment of increased investor interest and economic growth in Mozambique's economy, Embassy Maputo drew upon the Department of State's FY08 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) and partnered with the Foreign Commercial Service to successfully craft a range of activit [...] | 2008-07-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ECON ETRD MZ |
08MAPUTO729 | HEALTH MINISTER: WE MUST COOPERATE BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge met with the Mozambican Minister of Health, Dr. Ivo Garrido, on July 3 to discuss the planned $1 billion USG investment in the Mozambican health care sector over the next five years via the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and President's Malaria [...] | 2008-07-29 09:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KHIV SOCI MZ |
08MAPUTO748 | CORRUPTION CONCERNS LEAD SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent press reports highlight the decision of Sweden, a member of 19 donor countries (G19) who engage in direct budget support, to reduce its untargeted direct budget support to the Government of Mozambique (GRM) due to shortcomings in the areas of transparency and good gove [...] | 2008-08-05 15:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO751 | FRAUD ALLEGATIONS, VOTER REGISTRATION, BUDGET: [...] SUMMARY: Voter registration for the November 19 local elections ended August 4; more than 90 percent of eligible voters have registered. The Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) estimates the elections will cost $15 million. In July, several media outlets reported alleg [...] | 2008-08-06 08:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO777 | THREE POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Maputo City Court sentenced three police officers to 21 years' imprisonment each and ordered the officers to pay $25,000 to the families of three prisoners executed by the officers in April 2007. The conviction is the result of an independent investigation condu [...] | 2008-08-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO781 | GRM CONDEMNS MAURITANIA COUP, STILL SILENT ON [...] (U) On August 11, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) unilaterally condemned the coup d'etat in Mauritania, calling it a violation of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the principles of the African Union. The statement issued by the GRM Ministry of Foreign Affairs off [...] | 2008-08-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO782 | U.S. ELECTIONS INSPIRE INTROSPECTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to the great public demand here for information and insight on the U.S. elections, Public Affairs hosted Mozambican university students for a pair of programs on July 31 and August 5. In learning more about democracy in the United States, the students, who are looking [...] | 2008-08-15 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
08MAPUTO784 | MOZAMBIQUE - CHINA'S RICEBASKET? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Government (GoC) and businesses continue to expand commitments and investments in Mozambique; China is now the sixth largest foreign investor. Long-standing interests in natural resources are complemented by new investments in agriculture-especially rice, along with [...] | 2008-08-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV SENV KCOR PGOV MZ CH |
08MAPUTO791 | DECENTRALIZATION INITIATIVE INCREASES LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A rural development/decentralization initiative using low-interest loans implemented by the GRM has brought resources to remote districts that often see relatively little state investment and has generated some increased local participation in decision-making regarding the pro [...] | 2008-08-19 11:14:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO802 | IN SADC TROIKA, MOZAMBIQUE UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE [...] (SBU) On August 16 and 17, the 28th Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government in South Africa elected Mozambican President Armando Guebuza as Deputy Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security Cooperation. Guebeza is part of a "troika" that includes former chair [...] | 2008-08-22 09:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO803 | CRIME RATES STABLE, BUT VIOLENT CRIME IS UP [...] (SBU) According to law enforcement officials, crime rates in Maputo for July and August--traditionally a period of increased crime for the city (ref A)--have remained stable compared to the same timeframe in previous years. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that these numbers may mask a c [...] | 2008-08-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC MZ |
08MAPUTO828 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE, [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the 2007 visits of First Lady Laura Bush, MCC CEO Ambassador John Danilovich, and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, your presence in Mozambique will [...] | 2008-08-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP ECON ETRD EINV KPKO EAID |
08MAPUTO837 | USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] This is a reply to reftel requesting assistance to USITC in its investigation of select industries in sub-Saharan Africa. Post notes that Mozambique does not have an export industry in the agriculture sectors of coffee, shea butter, and tropical fruits, as specified reftel. In the mining and [...] | 2008-09-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV KTEX MZ |
08MAPUTO846 | FRELIMO FAILS TO RE-NOMINATE POPULAR MAYOR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23, members of the FRELIMO Committee for the City of Maputo met behind closed doors for 13 hours to determine the party's candidate for the upcoming November 19 municipal elections. In a surprise move, members selected current Minister of Youth and Sport David Simango [...] | 2008-09-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO847 | MOZAMBIQUE AWASH IN A SEA OF COUNTERFEITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff and visiting CommOff canvassed a wide spectrum of stakeholders in regards to intellectual property (IP) from August 13-21. Mozambique is making some headway, as the issue is gaining some attention at the highest levels--President Armando Guebuza made two public state [...] | 2008-09-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO857 | FOREIGN MINISTER BALOI ON ZIMBABWE, SADC TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi was very frank in his appraisal of the crisis in Zimbabwe and Mozambique's role via the SADC Troika (ref A). Baloi said the Troika had taken on specific mediation interventions, and he described President [...] | 2008-09-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO869 | AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP STATION INPUT FY09 - MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
08MAPUTO872 | FB REF: IMOPETRO/CACL/02/2008 FOR THE SUPPLY AND SHIPMENT [...] 787/09/T009 2. 09/04/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: The Managing Director IMOPETRO Rua da Imprensa, 256 - 4th Floor Suite 403/406 P.O. 1412 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 301 847/302 190 Fax: (258 21) 302 278 [...] | 2008-09-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO875 | TRANSFRONTIER CONSERVATION AREAS AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT [...] 787/09/T010 2. 09/04/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: Bartolomeu Soto, Project Coordinator and Head of the TFCA Unit Transfrontiers Coordination Areas Unit (TFCAU)/Ministry of Tourism Av. 25 de Setembro, 1123 - 4th Floor Suite [...] | 2008-09-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO876 | SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE FARMER INCOME SUPPORT PROJECT - [...] 787/09/T012 2. 09/04/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. MCA - Mozambique Procurement Agent Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 267, Edificio JAT IV, 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 305 577 Fax: (258 21) 311 160 E-mail: jbo [...] | 2008-09-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO877 | SIMPLIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISP - REF. [...] 787/09/T014 2. 09/11/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. MCA - Mozambique Procurement Agent Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 267, Edificio JAT IV, 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 305 577 Fax: (258 21) 311 160 E-mail: jbo [...] | 2008-09-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO878 | SIMPLIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISP - REF. [...] 787/09/T014 2. 09/11/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. MCA - Mozambique Procurement Agent Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 267, Edificio JAT IV, 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 305 577 Fax: (258 21) 311 160 E-mail: jbo [...] | 2008-09-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO901 | RENAMO SENDS ITS POPULAR MAYOR PACKING TOO [...] (C) SUMMARY: RENAMO leadership chose not to nominate the incumbent mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango, as that party's candidate in November municipal elections. Simango, a competent technocrat who has ably administered the city over the past five years and who enjoys widespread popular support, [...] | 2008-09-17 17:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO914 | PIPER SENECA PA-34 CRASHES IN BEIRA KILLING SIX [...] According to news reports and eye-witness accounts, a U.S.-made twin engine PA-34-220T Piper Seneca, registered in Durban, South Africa as ZS-LTX, crashed at 14:30 on Saturday September 20, approximately 30 meters offshore from the seaside Palmeiras neighborhood on the outskirts of Beira in S [...] | 2008-09-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MZ |
08MAPUTO919 | PARTY-VOTER DISCONNECT ENGENDERS GRASSROOT CHANGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: There are indications that democracy may be taking greater hold at the grassroots level in Mozambique. The refusal of both major political parties to support the re-election of popular mayors in Maputo and Beira, the country's two largest cities, may be a serious miscalculation. [...] | 2008-09-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO927 | FORMER MINISTER OF INTERIOR ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, police arrested former Minister of Interior Almerino Manhenje and eight other citizens on charges of corruption. Politics seems to have played a role in this particular case, and the timing coincides with growing concerns by donors that the Mozambican governmen [...] | 2008-09-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV MZ |
08MAPUTO929 | QUIET DIPLOMACY 'SUCCESS' IN ZIMBABWE LAUDED, YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique's public reaction to the Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement remains positive, with the Government of Mozambique (GRM) taking credit via its efforts in the SADC Troika and the two countries' historically strong relationship. The crisis in Zimbabwe has done economic d [...] | 2008-10-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO932 | QUIET DIPLOMACY 'SUCCESS' IN ZIMBABWE LAUDED, YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique's public reaction to the Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement remains positive, with the Government of Mozambique (GRM) taking credit via its efforts in the SADC Troika and the two countries' historically strong relationship. The crisis in Zimbabwe has done economic d [...] | 2008-10-02 08:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO933 | QUIET DIPLOMACY 'SUCCESS' IN ZIMBABWE LAUDED, YET [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 08:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO934 | GRM AND PRESS UNEASY ABOUT ZUMA'S RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mozambican press has carefully analyzed the potential implication of Jacob Zuma's rise to power in neighboring South Africa. Concerns include potential regional implications of domestic conflict inside South Africa, particularly given the political, economic, and trade ties [...] | 2008-10-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ SF |
08MAPUTO958 | SWEET DREAMS: MOZAMBIQUE'S SUGAR INDUSTRY GROWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mozambican sugar industry is a significant employer and is expected to double production over the next three years, targeting duty-free access to the EU via the Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative. Ethanol production is under consideration, and may provide a complementar [...] | 2008-10-06 18:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ENRG ECON EPET SENV |
08MAPUTO959 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Maputo submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information. 2. Country: MOZAMBIQUE Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Between October 2007 and October 2008 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued efforts to establi [...] | 2008-10-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ELAB PTER MZ |
08MAPUTO963 | U.S. ELECTIONS PROGRAMS A BIG DRAW IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: Responding to the enthusiastic Mozambican interest in the U.S. Presidential race, Public Affairs Maputo continues to organize successful elections-related events, with several more planned in the final month of campaigning. These events have been excellent opportunities to engage ke [...] | 2008-10-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
08MAPUTO969 | USTR REINVIGORATES TIFA WITH MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 28 to October 1 visit, USTR Director for African Affairs Bill Jackson met with a variety of government and private sector stakeholders in Maputo to reinvigorate the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The second high-level Trade and Inve [...] | 2008-10-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG EPET SENV MZ |
08MAPUTO972 | RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable responds to Ref B's request to provide an overview of the current physical infrastructure conditions of land transport (road and rail),maritime transport, and electricity in Mozambique to include capacity, state of repair, and state of technology; an overview of the [...] | 2008-10-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON EINV MZ |
08MAPUTO981 | COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLY AND [...] 787/10/T015 2. 10/15/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. MCA Q Mozambique Procurement Agent Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 267, Edificio JAT IV, 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 305 577 Fax: (258 21) 311 160 E-mail: jbowlin@ [...] | 2008-10-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO982 | EXECUTION OF TECHNICAL, SOCIAL AND WORKS [...] 787/10/T016 2. 10/15/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. MCA Q Mozambique Procurement Agent Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 267, Edificio JAT IV, 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 305 577 Fax: (258 21) 311 160 E-mail: jbowlin@ [...] | 2008-10-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MAPUTO983 | PRE-SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DETAILED [...] 787/10/T017 2. 10/15/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. ANE Q Administracao Nacional de Estradas Gabinete do Director Geral Av. de Mocambique, 1225 POB 403 Maputo, Mozambique Fax: (258 21) 475 533 ----------------------- [...] | 2008-10-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
08MASERU104 | LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON HCOC, UN RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On April 21, Poloff met with Europe and Americas Director P. P. Makosholo at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver demarches on Lesotho's ascension to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC, Ref A),the U.S.-EU sponsored UN Prisoners on Conscience de [...] | 2008-04-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP PARM PHUM KSCA ETTC TPSA IR |
08MASERU106 | LESOTHO: REGAL HOSPITALITY FOR SWAZILAND'S KING [...] SUMMARY: King Mswati III of Swaziland, accompanied by Queen Lantentesa, various princes and princesses, cabinet ministers, and traditional chiefs, made an April 9-11 state visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho. While King Mswati has visited Lesotho on several occasions for SADC and other regional [...] | 2008-04-23 06:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID WZ LT |
08MASERU107 | LESOTHO: A DEFENSE FORCE WORTH SUPPORTING [...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's growth as an emerging regional military partner is significant. Senior military leaders have publicly embraced AFRICOM and its objectives; the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) participates fully in all USG training opportunities, encourages professionalism within its ranks and [...] | 2008-04-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS MCAP MOPS MARR LT |
08MASERU11 | LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...] | 2008-01-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT |
08MASERU112 | LESOTHO: POWER PROBLEMS BELIE EARLY ELECTRICITY CONFIDENCE [...] SUMMARY: Although Lesotho officials confidently predicted early in the year that domestic hydropower production would shield the country from the South African electricity crisis (reftel),an early arrival of winter has hastened seasonal electricity needs and demonstrated that Lesotho's power [...] | 2008-04-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ENRG ECON LT |
08MASERU119 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - DEA [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),respectively [...] | 2008-05-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU12 | LESOTHO: WORSENING PERFORMANCE IN HEALTH SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to coordinate its response to widespread poverty, the Government of Lesotho launched its Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in 2004. The recently released review of progress under the PRS between 2004 and 2007 revealed troubling data indicating declining health sector per [...] | 2008-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KWMN TBIO LT |
08MASERU120 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS SENIOR LEADERS [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Ministry of Defense and National Security respectively. [...] | 2008-05-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU123 | LESOTHO: ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES, DEA EXECUTIVE PRECURSOR [...] Embassy Maseru submits the personal information on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) respectively. 2. Data on the two nominated individua [...] | 2008-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU127 | LESOTHO: SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 10:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO LT |
08MASERU130 | LESOTHO: LOCAL STAFF COMPENSATION LOSES GROUND [...] SUMMARY: Recent economic, labor, and commercial reporting and U.S. Mission Maseru's LE Staff Compensation Questionnaires provide growing evidence that post's LE staff compensation plan is not sufficiently competitive in the local market to effectively recruit and retain qualified staff. Sinc [...] | 2008-05-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN ECON AMGT KICA LT |
08MASERU134 | LESOTHO APRIL 2008 ECONOMIC ROUND-UP: FOOD, SHELTER, AND [...] In this addition: -- Prime Minister Inaugurates New Housing Project -- Malawi Donates Food to Lesotho -- EU Plans E136 of Support for Lesotho Over Next Six Years -- Government Launches HIV/AIDS Guide for SMEs --------------------------------------------- - Prime Minister Inaugurates [...] | 2008-05-14 04:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB PGOV KHIV LT |
08MASERU135 | LESOTHO: ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS ON GOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived in Maseru aboard a private plane on May 13 for an afternoon of meetings with senior GOL officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that said the visit "follows the announcement of presidential elections i [...] | 2008-05-14 05:58:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI LT |
08MASERU136 | LESOTHO: ZIMBABWE UN DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TSVANGIRAI MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa regarding UN and SADC engagement on the crisis in Zimbabwe. Tsekoa expressed particular appreciation for recognition of SADC's leadership role in seeking a peaceful resolution to the electoral [...] | 2008-05-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UNSC ZI LT |
08MASERU137 | LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS OUTREACH [...] (U) In response to reftel, post knows of no dissidents from un-free nations who are living in exile or seeking asylum in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Post has confirmed this with Lesotho's Commissioner of Refugees at the Ministry of Home Affairs. 2. (SBU) Post notes the case of one Cuban doctor [...] | 2008-05-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU LT |
08MASERU142 | LESOTHO: UNKNOWN GUNMEN ATTACK POLICE AND MILITARY UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of six unknown gunmen attacked several Lesotho military and police units on the evening of May 13, seizing official weapons but leaving their victims unharmed. A prominent military representative confirmed the basic outline of these events to Emboff, including a police al [...] | 2008-05-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU143 | LESOTHO: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE PGOV LT |
08MASERU144 | MASERU EAC CONVENES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) The Deputy Chief of Mission convened the EAC on May 16 to consider Embassy Maseru's security posture and threat levels in light of recent attacks on Lesotho military and police units (reftel) . Representatives of all Embassy sections and agencies - including the Assistant Regional Securit [...] | 2008-05-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC LT |
08MASERU148 | LESOTHO: INCREASING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES IMPACT [...] SUMMARY: As Lesotho is a food deficit country which imports about 80% of its commodities from South Africa, rising international food prices have a strongly negative impact on Basotho households. The structure of Lesotho's economy and, in particular, its heavy reliance on South Africa, leave [...] | 2008-05-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU149 | LESOTHO: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Per reftel request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods, post contacted representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO),Lesotho's Office of the Commissioner of Labor, and the Ministry of Trade. Post was not able to d [...] | 2008-05-20 05:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI LT |
08MASERU151 | LESOTHO: TAXI TROUBLE BLOCKS GOVERNMENT BUSES [...] SUMMARY: On the morning of May 20, private taxi drivers and owners attempted to block GOL-owned buses from operating in Maseru, the latest clash over government efforts to undercut the ability of taxi associations to paralyze public transport. The May 20 confrontation, at which police fired [...] | 2008-05-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
08MASERU152 | LESOTHO: BRAZEN CARJACKING AND FIREFIGHT STARTLES MASERU [...] According to eyewitness accounts, at approximately 6:00 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, May 20, there was a heavy exchange of gunfire near the Maseru Cathedral traffic circle in the central business of the capital city. Employees of a U.S.-based NGO located at an adjacent office building took [...] | 2008-05-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU155 | LESOTHO: TAXI PROTESTERS GIVE GOL ULTIMATUM [...] On the morning of May 26, the Maseru Taxi Association's Regional Committee led a group of several thousand members and supporters to protest their dissatisfaction with the recent introduction of Government of Lesotho bus services (reftel),disrupting public transportation for about three hours [...] | 2008-05-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU157 | MASERU: SUPPLEMENTAL REPRESENTATIONAL FUNDING REQUEST [...] Embassy Maseru respectfully requests a supplemental allocation of $2,500 in representational funds in order to support post's official Fourth of July celebration as well as additional events designed to advance implementation of two Presidential initiatives (a nascent MCA Compact and an expand [...] | 2008-05-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT OPRC KPAO LT |
08MASERU158 | LESOTHO: CLASHES OVER GOVERNMENT BUSSES ESCALATE [...] On the morning of May 29, groups of individuals blocked taxis and government busses in several Maseru neighborhoods from picking up or transporting passengers. According to eyewitnesses, some members of these protest groups, apparently in an effort to provide ad hoc support to taxi operators [...] | 2008-05-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC LT |
08MASERU159 | MASERU EAC CONVENES IN RESPONSE TO TRANSPORT CLASHES [...] (SBU) Charge convened the EAC on May 30 to consider Embassy Maseru's security posture and threat levels in light of recent violent clashes among police and individuals protesting the GOL's use of buses for public transportation (refs A and B). Representatives of all mission sections and agencie [...] | 2008-05-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU163 | LESOTHO: TAXI CONFRONTATION DE-ESCALATES [...] SUMMARY: Following several weeks of escalating tensions associated with the Government of Lesotho's recent introduction of public buses, the Maseru Region Transport Association emerged from talks on May 30 with the Deputy Prime Minister to announce, after deliberations with its taxi owner mem [...] | 2008-06-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC LT |
08MASERU164 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) student scheduled to attend the International Military Education Training (IMET) Program on Medical Logistics at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas. The course will begin on [...] | 2008-06-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU165 | MASERU EAC DISCUSSES 4TH OF JULY SECURITY POSTURE [...] (SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 3 to review post's security posture with respect to the upcoming July 4th holiday (reftel). Participants included MCC, PEPFAR (representing CDC, USAID),CONS, Peace Corps, IMO, and A/MO. 2. (SBU) Currently, U.S. Mission Mase [...] | 2008-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | SECRET | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU167 | WILL POWER HIP-HOPS ACROSS LESOTHO [...] SUMMARY: From May 6-12, American Hip Hop Artist Will Power conducted a high impact, dynamic program in the Kingdom of Lesotho on the history of hip-hip music. In his numerous events, ranging from university lectures to rural jam sessions to live mass audience performances, he projected a vit [...] | 2008-06-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL PREL EAID LT |
08MASERU168 | LESOTHO: WORRYING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Inflation in Lesotho continues to erode economic gains and the purchasing power of salaried employees. The year-on-year increase in the consumer price index reached 10.7% in March 2008, as reported by the nation's Central Bank as well as the Bureau of Statistics, sources which typic [...] | 2008-06-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AFIN AMGT LT |
08MASERU172 | LESOTHO: GOL LINKS ATTACKS TO DEFUNCT INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) held a "security briefing" for GOL officials, the diplomatic corps, and local press to display items recovered over the last year associated with various anti-government attacks (reftels A and B),including automatic weapons an [...] | 2008-06-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC LT |
08MASERU174 | LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON TIP, MARITIME ISSUES, AND FAO [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, Poloffs met with Mr. Yengane from the Europe and Americas Desk in the Lesotho Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the 2008 TIP report, the Global Maritime Partnership, and the U.S. FAO candidate. Regarding the TIP report, Mr. Yengane appeared more interested in Lesoth [...] | 2008-06-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EFIS PHUM |
08MASERU175 | LESOTHO: REBIRTH OF EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION [...] SUMMARY: On April 11, Ambassador Nolan hosted 30 members of the U.S. Exchange Programs Alumni Association at the Chief of Mission residence in Maseru. The Public Affairs Section (PAS) gathered the association, established three years ago but generally inactive, in order to reinvigorate the g [...] | 2008-06-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL LT |
08MASERU177 | LESOTHO: SPEAKER HITS HOME RUN FOR EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION [...] SUMMARY: The week of June 2, IIP speaker Phyllis Shearer-Jones visited Lesotho and engaged in an intense program on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the diversification of Lesotho's exports to the United States. Ms. Jones addressed various interest groups including apparel [...] | 2008-06-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP ECON ETRD PREL EAID LT |
08MASERU178 | LESOTHO TO ATTEND UN ZIMBABWE ROUNDTABLE, SEND 31 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge spoke on June 18 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Tebollo Metsing, who, after conferring with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa, said that "Lesotho would most certainly participate" in the UN roundtable on Zimbabwe (ref A). Lesotho's election monitor [...] | 2008-06-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM UN ZI LT |
08MASERU18 | LESOTHO: DELEGATION LIST FOR AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Maseru submits the following list of Lesotho's delegation to the upcoming African Union Summit: -- Prime Minister (PM): Pakalitha Mosisili (head of delegation) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA): Mohlabi Tsekoa -- Prime Minister's wife: 'Mathato Mosisili [...] | 2008-01-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL XA LT |
08MASERU180 | LESOTHO: AGOA FORUM, IRAN PACKAGE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND FOOD [...] SUMMARY: On June 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Mr. P. P. Makosholo, Europe and Americas Desk Director at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, learning that: a) while the GOL has received AGOA forum invitations (ref a),their delegation has not been finalized; b) Lesotho's MFA app [...] | 2008-06-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM EAID ETRD TBIO ECON EAGR IR LT |
08MASERU181 | LESOTHO: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Maseru submits the following updated contact information for Government of Lesotho officials. All individuals on this list speak English fluently. Head of State Title: His Majesty King Letsie III Point of Contact: Senior Private Secretary, Mabotse Lero [...] | 2008-06-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL LT |
08MASERU184 | LESOTHO: ELEVENTH AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT DELEGATION [...] In response to REFTEL, Embassy Maseru submits the following information regarding Lesotho's delegation to the 11th African Union Summit from June 30 to July 1, 2008. 2. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, Head of Government, will lead the GOL delegation. He plans to arrive at Sharm El-Shei [...] | 2008-06-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM OVIP XA LT |
08MASERU185 | LESOTHO: TAXI ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR FOUR-DAY STRIKE [...] SUMMARY: At a press conference on June 24, leaders of the Maseru Region Transport Association, accusing the GOL of bad faith negotiations, announced plans for a nationwide taxi strike from June 30 through July 3. One spokesperson advised residents of Maseru to stay at home for the duration o [...] | 2008-06-24 16:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU188 | LESOTHO: POLITICAL OPPOSITION SUPPORTS TAXI STRIKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, the leaders of Lesotho's primary opposition parties held a press conference to express their support for the June 30 nationwide transport sector strike planned by the Maseru Region Transport Association (ref A). Various opposition speakers urged the public to observe t [...] | 2008-06-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU190 | EAC CONVENES IN ANTICIPATION OF NATIONWIDE STRIKE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. convened the EAC on June 27 to review U.S. Mission Maseru's security posture and contingency planning in anticipation of a nationwide, four-day transportation strike that organizers plan to commence on Monday June 30 (reftels). Representatives of all agencies and E [...] | 2008-06-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU194 | LESOTHO: TAXI STRIKE COMMENCES PEACEFULLY [...] On Monday June 30, a nationwide taxi strike commenced in Lesotho and was widely observed by minibus and taxi operators. Maseru's downtown business and retail establishments, however, were mixed in their observation of the protest action. Crowded GOL-operated buses, the source of the taxi comm [...] | 2008-06-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU196 | LESOTHO: EARLY TAXI STRIKE END POSSIBLE [...] On July 1, the leadership of the Maseru Region Transport Association (MRTA) held a press conference at the African Episcopal Church at which they announced their willingness to suspend their current strike, originally scheduled to last through July 3, pending the outcome of a meeting with the [...] | 2008-07-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU199 | LESOTHO: TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] On July 2, the Maseru Region Transport Association (MRTA) suspended their strike action during a continuing dialogue with the GOL regarding their use of government-owned buses for public transportation (reftel). Traffic returned to a semblance of normalcy on the streets of Maseru, and most bu [...] | 2008-07-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU205 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) student scheduled to attend the International Military Education Training (IMET) Program at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The Adjutant General Basic Officer Leader co [...] | 2008-07-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU207 | LESOTHO JUNE 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: PUBLIC ACCOUNT PROBLEMS, [...] In this edition: -- Auditor General Criticizes Lesotho's Public Finances -- Government, with MCC Backing, Promotes Competitiveness -- Japan Gives Lesotho Almost $2 Million for "Structural Adjustments" --------------------------------------------- ------- Auditor General Criticizes Lesotho [...] | 2008-07-16 09:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ELTN LT |
08MASERU208 | NOMINATION FOR REGIONAL CLO TRAINING - MASERU [...] Post identifies the following areas of focus as priorities for the CLO: welcoming and orientation, community liaison and events planning, and family member referral. 2. Maseru is a 20% hardship post and the CLO serves a vital role in maintaining post morale, and this training wou [...] | 2008-07-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT LT |
08MASERU212 | MASERU RESPONSE TO OBO BUDGET CALL FOR M&R REQUIREMENTS [...] Post Name: Maseru 2. Post submits three changes to Maseru's existing list of 7901 Maintenance and Repair (M&R) requirements: -- Addition of a new requirement - installation of a second fuel tank (diesel) and remote fill point. -- Revision of an existing requirement - cost estimate to $ [...] | 2008-07-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT LT |
08MASERU215 | MASERU REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL 7901 FUNDING [...] Maseru respectfully requests supplemental 7901 funding to be allocated for the following projects. A. Repair and maintenance of the Chief of Mission Residence (GO property #1001),to include excavation, concrete removal, and replacement of significant broken concrete walkways and [...] | 2008-07-22 18:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABUD AFIN LT |
08MASERU224 | MASERU 7902 PROJECT STATUS UPDATE [...] In response to a recent request for an update by Area Management, the current status of outstanding 7902 projects are as follows: 2. Project ID# XJ-RY-0087, Consular Improvement Initiative Project -- Project was started. Architectural and quantity surveying services commenced i [...] | 2008-07-31 16:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN LT |
08MASERU230 | MASERU REQUESTS FSN EXECUTIVE CORPS ASSISTANCE [...] Maseru requests AF LES Executive Corps training support at the earliest possible opportunity. 2. We have experienced a high rate of turnover in both LES and USDH staff over the past two years. Hands-on training assistance would be extremely beneficial to the entire management team. Unfo [...] | 2008-08-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT LT |
08MASERU242 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER [...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA). a) Name: Teboho Vitalis MASAILE Gender: Male Date of bir [...] | 2008-08-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS LT |
08MASERU243 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses. a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Da [...] | 2008-08-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU252 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Servic [...] | 2008-08-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT |
08MASERU253 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and Customs Officers from the Lesotho Revenue Aut [...] | 2008-08-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT |
08MASERU271 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES - MASERU [...] Ambassador Nolan delivered subject demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs at the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Entry into Force launch on September 17, 2008. 2. The GOL assured the Ambassador of their continuing support on all issues raised in reftel A. [...] | 2008-09-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN LT |
08MASERU274 | LESOTHO: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL request, post provides the following information on high-level Lesotho government officials who will attending the 63rd UN General Assembly. A. Attendance of head of state: - His Majesty King Letsie III will not attend. B. Attendance of head of government: - [...] | 2008-09-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LT |
08MASERU29 | LESOTHO: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. The Kingdom of Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors favorably. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is p [...] | 2008-02-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR OPIC KTDB LT |
08MASERU290 | EMBASSY MASERU REQUEST FOR POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO LT |
08MASERU303 | LESOTHO: SADC NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL, VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LT BC PREL ASEC |
08MASERU306 | LESOTHO UPDATE: POLITICAL CLIMATE MARRED BY INTRA-PARTY [...] Summary: Since May 2008, rumors have emerged about internal disputes and power struggles within the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and within the two major opposition parties, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Basotho National Party (BNP). According to local analysts [...] | 2008-10-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
08MASERU317 | MASERU: F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINS LT |
08MASERU321 | LESOTHO SUPPORTS SADC EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION IN [...] Ambassador Nolan discussed reftel points with Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa during a meeting on October 24 at United Nations Day. Minister Tsekoa stated that the government of Lesotho continues to strongly support the SADC's lead on the subject of Zimbabwe. He referred the Ambassador to a [...] | 2008-10-29 06:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZI LT |
08MASERU324 | UPDATE ON SECURITY FEATURES OF LESOTHO PASSPORT- CORRECTED [...] Summary: On October 21, 2008, Consular Officer Lillie J. Kamanu visited the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Passport Services to obtain information about security features of Lesotho's passport. The passport is required identification for primary school leavers and fo [...] | 2008-11-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT |
08MASERU327 | CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI [...] Embassy Maseru received a congratulatory letter from the Kingdom of Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha B. Mosisili for President-elect Barack Obama the afternoon of November 6. 2008. 2. Text of the letter is as follows: Your Excellency, Today, Lesotho joins the entire world in congrat [...] | 2008-11-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV OPRC LT |
08MASERU328 | LESOTHO: "CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" UNITES DIVERSE [...] Summary: On November 4, 2008, Mission Maseru hosted an election-night reception at the Chief of Mission residence (CMR). The evening's theme was "A Celebration of American Democracy". All Mission staff members worked at the event, which was attended by over 300 guests. There was a diverse [...] | 2008-11-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | LT PGOV OIIP ZU |
08MASERU336 | LESOTHO POLITICAL UPDATE: NEW POLITICAL PARTY LAUNCHED [...] Summary: Disgruntled former members of Lesotho's main opposition political party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC),held a political rally on November 9, 2008 and indicated their intention to form a new political party in the coming days. On November 2, 2008, the ABC celebrated its second an [...] | 2008-11-14 04:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
08MASERU338 | WOMEN IN THE MILITARY TCT TO LESOTHO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 22:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MASS MOPS MCAP LT |
08MASERU344 | LESOTHO: PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI CHALLENGES MUGABE [...] Summary: Lesotho's Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, called for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to conclude a power-sharing deal with the opposition. Mosisili confronted Mugabe with the fact that he does not have a majority in Parliament. At a press conference held in Maseru on Novembe [...] | 2008-11-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
08MASERU346 | LESOTHO: UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON PROPOSED GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 16:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV LT EFIN |
08MASERU35 | LESOTHO TO HOST FEB. 27-29 LDC TRADE MINISTERS MEETING [...] According to local government and diplomatic sources, the Government of Lesotho, through its Ministry of Trade and Industry, will host a meeting February 27-29 for Ministers of Trade from WTO-member Least Developed Countries (LDC). Lesotho, currently the chair of the WTO LDC Grouping, has obt [...] | 2008-02-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO USTR LT |
08MASERU370 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 19-VISIT TO LESOTHO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM LT |
08MASERU384 | LESOTHO LIFTS SUSPENSION ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION [...] On December 10, 2008, Consular Chief met with Ms. Limakatso Chisepo, Director of the Department of Social Welfare in the Ministry of Health, in regards to the suspension of the international adoption of children in Lesotho. Ms. Chisepo stated that after the investigation of the issue by the [...] | 2008-12-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KOCI LT |
08MASERU387 | LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO "DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LT |
08MASERU389 | A/S FRAZER VISITS THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM OF LESOTHO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZI OVIP LT |
08MASERU41 | LESOTHO SHIELDED FROM SA ELECTRICITY CRISIS, BUT ENERGY [...] Summary: Unlike many countries in the region, Lesotho's domestic hydropower capacity and low energy needs shield much of the nation from the effects of South Africa's current electricity crisis. The Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC) feels confident that it can continue a steady power sup [...] | 2008-02-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV LT |
08MASERU43 | LESOTHO: ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY EVENT WELL RECEIVED [...] SUMMARY: On January 22, U.S. Embassy Maseru held a highly successful event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ambassador Rob Nolan addressed some 125 participants, including Lesotho's First Lady and numerous community leaders, with a message on the relevance of [...] | 2008-02-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL LT |
08MASERU44 | LESOTHO JANUARY 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: TOURISM, NUTRITION, [...] In this edition (January 2008): -- Lesotho's First Annual Tourism Conference -- Nutrition Survey Indicates No Major Malnutrition -- GOL Promotes Improves Farming Techniques -- 2007 Quarter Four in Review (annual inflation tops 10%) ----------------------------------------- Lesotho's First [...] | 2008-02-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV EAID EAGR PGOV LT |
08MASERU45 | LESOTHO GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lesotho Government's senior spokesperson stated publicly in January that the GOL had uncovered a plot by opposition political parties to assassinate government ministers and business figures, an issue he revisited with the Ambassador during a January 30 courtesy call. In the [...] | 2008-02-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
08MASERU5 | LESOTHO DECEMBER 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: IT, IPR, CLINICS, [...] In this edition: -- GOL To Add Information Technology to School Curriculum -- Regional IPR Organization Meets, Promotes Regional Cooperation -- Government Clinics to Provide Free Services in 2008 -- China Loans Lesotho Capital for Telecommunications Expansion ----------------------------- [...] | 2008-01-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EINV ETRD LT |
08MASERU51 | GAP INC SEES CLOUDY SKIES FOR LESOTHO'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY [...] Summary: According to a regional representative of Gap, Inc., the largest buyer of Lesotho-made garments, the company's U.S. orders from Lesotho are gradually declining due to long lead times in sourcing, limited technology to produce higher value-added textile products, and low domestic inve [...] | 2008-02-26 11:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ECIN EIND EINV ELAB PREL LT |
08MASERU62 | LESOTHO: 2008 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE [...] Lesotho 2008 Country Commercial Guide Chapter 1: Doing Business in Lesotho The economy of Lesotho, a mountainous southern African nation completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is based on agriculture, livestock, light manufacturing, water exports, earnings from the Souther [...] | 2008-03-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO LT |
08MASERU67 | LESOTHO: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 10:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON LT |
08MASERU68 | LESOTHO: ENERGY REPORTING REQUIREMENT INFORMATION [...] In accordance with reftel request, Embassy Maseru submits the following information with regards to our mission's energy portfolio. The answers below are in response to reftel paragraph 4, point A through point D. A. Embassy Maseru's energy portfolio resides in the Economic/Commercial un [...] | 2008-03-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV APER ABUD ENRG LT |
08MASERU72 | LESOTHO: GOL DISCUSSES TRADE COMPLEXITIES FACING LDC'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. Government of Lesotho (GOL) officials and local business leaders discussed a range of national economic challenges publicly and in private meetings with Ambassador Nolan, Charge, Deputy USTR Ambassador Allgeier, and AUSTR Liser prior to, and on the margins of, a February 27-29 Le [...] | 2008-03-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO PREL LT |
08MASERU73 | LESOTHO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following extensive interviews with local experts, law enforcement officials, and members of Lesotho's civil society, post has not identified a substantiated case of trafficking in persons in the Kingdom of Lesotho. In drafting this report, sources informed post of a case involvi [...] | 2008-03-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG LT |
08MASERU75 | LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SOLIDIFY DOHA POSITIONS AT MASERU [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kingdom of Lesotho's Ministry of Trade and Industry hosted a Least Developed Countries (LDC) Trade Ministers' Conference February 27-29 in Maseru. During the conference, which produced a "Maseru Declaration" on LDC positions, trade representatives from 36 developing nations [...] | 2008-03-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO LT |
08MASERU76 | LESOTHO: EXPANDED BUDGET SUPPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE, CIVIL [...] SUMMARY: In February, Minister of Finance and Development Planning Dr. Timothy Thahane presented a 2008/2009 budget to Lesotho's Parliament that towers 23% over last year's government expenditures. Minister Thahane praised new government initiatives, such as increased spending on infrastruct [...] | 2008-03-12 19:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EAID PGOV LT |
08MASERU77 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: [...] | 2008-03-12 19:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU79 | LESOTHO: INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] In accordance with reftel, post submits the following information for the President's 2008 report on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). ------------------------- AGOA Trade and Investment ------------------------- 2. Lesotho's exports to the United States under AGOA and Ge [...] | 2008-03-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN LT |
08MASERU81 | MASERU LDC MINISTERIAL: COTTON-4 PUSH FOR SPECIFIC U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates representing the "Cotton Four" (C-4) block of African cotton-producing nations (Mali, Benin, Chad, and Burkina Faso) expressed frustration with the slow pace of the WTO Doha negotiations during a February 28 meeting in Lesotho with Deputy USTR Ambassador Allgeier and A [...] | 2008-03-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO LT |
08MASERU83 | LESOTHO: SPEAKER REQUEST ON BECOMING AN AGOA EXPORTER [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Embassy Maseru requests a speaker to address how small, non-apparel manufacturers can export to the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to build upon Lesotho's success as a textile and apparel exporter under AGOA. This program will directly s [...] | 2008-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL OEXC LT |
08MASERU84 | LESOTHO: SPEAKER REQUEST ON THE HISTORY OF HIP HOP [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Embassy Maseru requests a speaker to capitalize on the growing influence of hip hop music and associated poetry among youth in Lesotho. In connection with Embassy Maseru's MSP goal of "Promoting Mutual Understanding and Support for Foreign Policy," post requests a speaker [...] | 2008-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL OEXC LT |
08MASERU85 | LESOTHO: SPEAKER REQUEST ON YOUTH HIV/AIDS ISSUES [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Embassy Maseru requests a strong speaker who can effectively reach youth audiences on issues of HIV/AIDS including the culturally sensitive topic of male circumcision. This speaker will support the Lesotho Government and PEPFAR's continuing fight against the devastation c [...] | 2008-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL OEXC LT |
08MASERU88 | NORMALLY COMPLIANT LESOTHO SENATE REJECTS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In a stunning demonstration of rare political independence, on March 19 Lesotho's Senate, the upper house of the nation's Parliament, defeated a controversial constitutional amendment which had been approved by the elected lower house of the Parliament on February 8. Local observers [...] | 2008-03-20 17:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
08MASERU89 | LESOTHO: 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Lesotho is committed to fiscal transparency and accountability and works closely with the IMF and the World Bank on the issue. Lesotho currently lacks the capacity with regards to internal financial controls necessary for top tier financial reporting, especially in [...] | 2008-03-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL LT |
08MASERU92 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY [...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: MOEKETSI SAMUEL RANK: INSPECTOR S [...] | 2008-03-28 06:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MASERU94 | LESOTHO: GOL SHARES CONCERNS ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI LT |
08MASERU95 | LESOTHO MARCH 2008 ECONOMIC ROUND-UP: ELECTRICITY, SADC, AND [...] In this edition: -- Electricity Rates Hiked to Curb Demand -- SADC Labor Group to Meet in Maseru -- IMF Executive Visits Lesotho -- "Towards a Poverty Free SADC" -------------------------------------- Electricity Rates Hiked to Curb Demand -------------------------------------- 2. [...] | 2008-04-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM LT |
08MATAMOROS259 | MATAMOROS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On 08/29/08, Consul General Cecilia Elizondo-Herrera convened an expanded Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to provide a briefing on the projected course of Hurricane Gustav, and to review post preparations. 2. (U) CG Elizondo-Herrera related that the hurricane was projected to [...] | 2008-08-29 22:43:00 | Consulate Matamoros | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AEMR AMGT APER CASC ASEC KFLO MARR |
08MBABANE193 | SWAZI ELECTIONS: A PRIMER ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL WZ |
08MBABANE194 | SWAZI POLICE UNION LOSE IN SUPREME COURT [...] SUMMARY: On May 23, Swaziland's Supreme Court upheld the High Court's ruling denying police and correctional officers union the right to register as a union. The unregistered Swaziland Police Union (SWAPU) and Swaziland Correctional Officers Union argued they have the right to form and regist [...] | 2008-07-08 04:19:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ |
08MBABANE197 | PROBLEMS STILL PLAGUING SWAZI AIRPORT [...] SUMMARY: Since January 2008, safety conditions at Swaziland's Matsapha International Airport have attracted increasing attention from the local press and public. The main problems affecting the airport are unreliable back-up generators, bird strikes, and an unresolved labor union dispute. I [...] | 2008-07-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB CASC ASEC TSA WZ |
08MBABANE236 | SWAZILAND - MCC BACK ON RADAR [...] SUMMARY: On August 8, 2008, Ambassador Maurice Parker met with King Mswati III and discussed a variety of topics, including Swaziland's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) scorecard and qualification possibilities. King Mswati showed extreme interest and said he would organize a committee to [...] | 2008-08-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMCA WZ |
08MBABANE240 | LEGAL CHALLENGES TO SWAZI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM WZ |
08MBABANE244 | TRADE UNIONS CHALLENGE SWAZI DEMOCRACY, MAKE COMPARISONS [...] SUMMARY: On July 21, the Southern African Trade Union Coordinating Council (SATUCC),a regional labor umbrella organization, called for a boycott of goods destined for Zimbabwe and Swaziland. On August 10-11, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU),a SATUCC member, hosted a Zimb [...] | 2008-08-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD KDEM WZ ZI |
08MBABANE344 | MBABANE: MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINDOM OF [...] The following message is being transmitted from the The Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Dr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini to Senator Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States. QUOTE On behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, t [...] | 2008-11-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OPDC OVIP PREL WZ |
08MBABANE345 | SWAZILAND ECONOMIC REACTION TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. Swaziland, thus far, has been insulated from the global banking crisis. Other parts of the economy, however, such as the textile industry, are beginning to feel the effects of the international recession. END OF SUMMARY. BANKING AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE 2. Local companies attribute [...] | 2008-11-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MBABANE353 | SWAZI KING APPOINTS NEW CABINET THAT SUGGESTS CHANGE, BUT DIRECTION LOOKS MIXED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ |
08MBABANE355 | SWAZILAND: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TARIFFS Swaziland is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO),the Southern African Customs Union (SACU),the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC),and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). As a member of SACU, Swaziland's tariff policies are generally de [...] | 2008-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MBABANE356 | Swazi Government Cracks Down on Opposition [...] SUMMARY: The September 19 detonation of a small bomb (reftel),which detonated early and killed two of the suspected instigators but left no structural damage, was the catalyst for King Mswati III's decision to make fighting "terrorism" his number one concern. The King's choice of a new gover [...] | 2008-11-19 03:21:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ |
08MBABANE358 | SWAZIS REACT TO U.S. ELECTION RESULTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 5, approximately 140 people attended the Embassy's "Election Breakfast." High-ranking government officials, academicians, political organizations, and religious, labor and civil society members attended the event. The event took place about a month and a half after Swazi [...] | 2008-11-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO WZ |
08MBABANE389 | COMESA GIVES SWAZILAND TIME TO MANEUVER [...] SUMMARY. The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland's (GKOS) trade office has secured a two year extension of its Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) derogation. The derogation gives Swazi goods preferential price treatment on a non-reciprocal basis. COMESA's intention to cre [...] | 2008-12-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
08MBABANE397 | SWAZI POLICE TARGET LABOR, CIVIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] SUMMARY: In the two months following King Mwsati III's appointment of Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini and the government's ban on four political organizations, Swazi police have detained, beaten or threatened numerous members of political organizations, trade unions, and civil society. On No [...] | 2008-12-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM WZ |
08MELBOURNE12 | TOP VICTORIAN CIVIL SERVANT TO HEAD DEPARTMENT OF [...] (SBU) Terence "Terry" Francis Moran AO (born October 19, 1947) will replace Peter Shergold AC as Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) in early March. Moran has been Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet since 2000, formally Victoria's top civ [...] | 2008-02-08 04:29:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AS |
08MELBOURNE123 | Melbourne Businesses See Tough Times Ahead [...] (SBU) Melbourne business leaders predict that Australian GDP growth will slow to approximately two percent in the coming three quarters. While most are not using the word recession, there is an expectation that jobs will be lost, commodity prices will fall and belts will have to be tightened. [...] | 2008-10-24 06:15:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH AS |
08MELBOURNE125 | Australian Auto Industry Braces for Tough Times [...] (SBU) The Australian automotive industry, headquartered in Victoria, is in for tough times. With Toyota worried, GM/Holden pressed and Ford on the ropes, industry leaders are expressing concern over the future of Australia's biggest manufacturing industry. A perfect storm is brewing for an au [...] | 2008-11-03 00:04:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE136 | Global Financial Crisis Claims Next Victim in Victoria [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has found its latest victim in Victoria's building sector. A dearth of financing and sagging consumer confidence have put the brakes abruptly on Victoria's ten year construction boom. While the Rudd government will soon announce an AU $300 million (US $194 mi [...] | 2008-11-19 05:13:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE137 | Global Financial Crisis Batters GM/Holden [...] (SBU) GM/Holden's Chairman, Mark Reuss believes that the Australian auto industry's largest foe is sagging consumer confidence. Reuss is pursuing alternative financing to help struggling dealerships and believes the Rudd government's recently announced car plan will help the industry adapt and [...] | 2008-11-28 03:24:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE141 | Australian Counterterrorism Ambassador on Progress, [...] (SBU) During a November 26 address, Australia's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, Bill Paterson indicated that his country would maintain its focus on Southeast Asia by stepping up operational capacity there. Recounting his recent visit to the United States, Paterson said he had been struck by [...] | 2008-12-07 21:11:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV AS |
08MELBOURNE144 | Tasmania Weathers Global Financial Crisis - So Far [...] (SBU) Tasmanians told Consul General during his first official visit on December 1-3 that Tasmania has weathered the global financial crisis so far, but there are already signs that the state may not escape unscathed. Declining real estate sales have cut into state revenue and tighter credit h [...] | 2008-12-12 01:11:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE145 | Tasmania Weathers Global Financial Crisis - So Far [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 01:17:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE147 | Commodities Downturn Threatens Northern Territory [...] (SBU) The Northern Territory's (NT) economy remains healthy, but is showing early signs of slowing as the global financial crisis works its way through Australia. The Territory's key mining and tourism sectors have softened since September while the NT government continues to tout the US$20 bi [...] | 2008-12-15 20:54:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE149 | Tasmania: Opposition Struggling to Find Foothold [...] (SBU) During a December 1-2 visit to Tasmania, political leaders told Consul General that the Labor party has maintained popularity despite recent political scandals due to a relatively weak opposition. The Greens continue to play a balance of power role in the state and are pushing to return [...] | 2008-12-16 22:43:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08MELBOURNE150 | FORD OPTIMISTIC EVEN AS AUTOMOTIVE SLOWDOWN [...] (C) Despite ongoing challenges in the Australian auto industry, Ford says it is holding its own. Handouts from the Rudd government have been well received by the industry and Ford Australia's CEO remains optimistic. However, Ford is reexamining its position in the highly competitive Australia [...] | 2008-12-18 00:08:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08MELBOURNE151 | Victoria Opposition Leader Remains Upbeat Despite Polls [...] (SBU) Ted Baillieu, Leader of the Victorian Opposition, believes that former Howard Treasurer Peter Costello will run for reelection in the next federal election, signaling a challenge to Malcolm Turnbull for national leadership of the Liberal Party. Baillieu says that he is optimistic about h [...] | 2008-12-22 04:56:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08MELBOURNE22 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING AND COMBATING [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Foreign Affairs Officer Karen Paikin visited Australia January 21-28 to learn about the incidence of anti-Semitism in Australia. Interlocutors from government, law enforcement and the Jewish community acknowledge [...] | 2008-03-05 03:17:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AS |
08MELBOURNE44 | NEW GM HOLDEN CHIEF LOOKS TO ADAPT COMPANY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly arrived General Motors (GM) Holden Managing Director (MD) and Chairman Mark Reuss told Melbourne Consul General and Commercial Officer on May 14 that he intended to increase his company's dwindling market share through changes in marketing and making vehicles that consume [...] | 2008-05-14 07:02:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELTN ECON AS |
08MELBOURNE45 | VICTORIAN LIBERAL PARTY IN DISARRAY [...] (SBU) A divided Victorian Liberal Party is in turmoil following the May 10 sacking of two senior Liberal staffers for their involvement in a web-site critical of Victorian Liberal Leader Ted Baillieu. In retaliation for the firing one of the staffers, who are from a different faction within th [...] | 2008-05-15 06:42:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AS |
08MELBOURNE48 | UNPOPULAR TASMANIAN PREMIER RESIGNS, SURPRISING COLLEAGUES [...] (SBU) Tasmania's beleaguered Premier Paul Lennon resigned suddenly May 26 in favor of his deputy, David Bartlett. Dogged by allegations of corruption over his four years as premier, the abrasive Lennon claimed he left on his terms believing it was time for a generational change. Particularly [...] | 2008-05-27 06:24:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AS |
08MELBOURNE9 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING AND COMBATING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 03:37:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AS |
08MERIDA222 | YUCATAN MAQUILADORA INDUSTRY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ITS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Approximately 200 leaders of Yucatan's business community gathered in Merida on October 23rd to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Maquiladora Association and 26 years of maquiladora activity in the state. Business leaders report already feeling the pinch of the U.S. [...] | 2008-10-28 18:23:00 | Consulate Merida | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1000 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS DESCEND ON MEXICO TO [...] (U) Summary. Congressional staffers from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriation Committee visited Mexico the week of March 24 to discuss the Merida Initiative with government officials and representatives of civil society. [...] | 2008-04-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1001 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS DESCEND ON MEXICO TO [...] (U) Summary. Congressional staffers from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriation Committee visited Mexico the week of March 24 to discuss the Merida Initiative with government officials and representatives of civil society. [...] | 2008-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1003 | MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa visited Cuba March 13 normalizing relations between the two that had chilled considerably in the course of the Fox administration. Espinosa pointedly decided not to meet with the Cuban dissident community and it appears human rights were likel [...] | 2008-04-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU |
08MEXICO1005 | MX #2008-096, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on 10th Annual International Fugitive Investigators Conference, April 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-04-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1010 | MX #2008-098, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Preservacion De La Evidencia, April 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-04-07 21:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1019 | MEXICAN RESPONSE - BRV CEMENT NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. President Hugo Chavez announced April 3 that the BRV would nationalize the cement industry. On April 7, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that foreign companies will be allowed to maintain a minority stake. Mexican company Cementos Mexicanos (Cemex) is the large [...] | 2008-04-07 23:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD MX VE |
08MEXICO1031 | Presidential Advisors Discuss CalderonQs Social [...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President CalderonQs overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inv [...] | 2008-04-08 18:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1039 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for [...] | 2008-04-08 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON IR KCRM KNNP MNUC MX PGOV PREL SNAR MASS |
08MEXICO104 | SCEENSETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CUELLAR TO [...] Welcome to Mexico City and Matamoros. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve [...] | 2008-01-16 19:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX |
08MEXICO1040 | PAN PARTY PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his 3/12 meeting with the Ambassador, PAN Party President German Martinez focused on internal party politics and 2009 elections for the House of Deputies and Governors for a number of key states. Martinez expressed concern about the flow of drug money into election campaign [...] | 2008-04-08 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1049 | C O R R E C T E D C O P Y Presidential Advisors Discuss [...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President Calderon's overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inve [...] | 2008-04-08 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1051 | MX #2008-099, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics Course, 4/24/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-04-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1063 | THE GOM'S FEDERAL POLICE REFORM PLANS AND [...] (U) On February 27, Emboffs met with Hector Sanchez from the Public Security Secretariat's (SSP) Office of International Relations to learn more about the GOM's police reforms and SSP's restructuring plans. This cable outlines the seven goals/guidelines that constitute SSP's "bible" for where the [...] | 2008-04-09 19:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO1072 | CALDERON INTRODUCES ENERGY REFORM [...] (U) Secretary Kessel delivered in the evening of April 8th the Administration's energy proposal, signed by President Calderon, to the "secretario tecnico" of the Senate, Victor Orduna Munoz. The proposal will be presented to the full Senate on April 10 and will be sent to the Energy, Finance, [...] | 2008-04-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
08MEXICO1082 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit comes at a key juncture, as Mexico's military takes stock of its role in Mexico and the world -- and looks at its evolving relationship with its U.S. counterpart in light of ongoing challenges and new [...] | 2008-04-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX OVIP PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
08MEXICO1090 | MX #2008-101, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on 10th Annual International Fugitive Investigators Conference, April 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-04-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1097 | VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...] | 2008-04-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO1104 | MEXICO SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. Turning the page on Mexico's endemic corruption problem is an essential component of President Calderon's efforts to combat organized crime. The Public Administration Secretariat (SFP),created by the Fox administration is at the center of efforts, coordinating a network of IG [...] | 2008-04-11 22:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR MASS KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1113 | MX #2008-102, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification, April 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-04-14 18:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1120 | MX #2008-103, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intelligence Basic Officer Course, 4/29/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-04-14 21:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1132 | CROC MEETING IN MONTERREY MENDS SOME POLITICAL [...] Summary: On April 4-5, the CROC (Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Campesinos) held its 55 th National Council Meeting in the northern Mexican industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The CROC is perhaps the third largest labor federation in the country and its Monterrey meeting was [...] | 2008-04-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO1133 | LEADER OF NUEVO LEON TEACHERS UNION VIGOROUSLY [...] Summary: Mission Mexico personnel recently met with Juan Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez, the head of Section 21 of the teachers, union in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. Section 21 is a part of the National Teachers Union (SNTE) whose members are federal civil service employees. Over the cours [...] | 2008-04-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO1138 | MX #2008-105, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Training, May 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...] | 2008-04-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1141 | MX #2008-106, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Overview, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-04-16 20:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1142 | MX #2008-107, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SOCOM Conference, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-04-16 20:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1150 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR OVERHAUL OF [...] (SBU) Mexican President Felipe Calderon and teacher union leader Elba Esther Gordillo Morales this week agreed to work together to pass much-needed educational reform. Specific reform proposals have not been announced, only general calls to improve ways to evaluate teachers, teacher training, [...] | 2008-04-16 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB MX |
08MEXICO1154 | MX #2008-108, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques on Sexual Assault, May 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-04-17 19:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO116 | MX #2008-007, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-60 Qualifications Course, February 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-01-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1163 | MX #2008-109, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on DOJ/ATF, May 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the d [...] | 2008-04-18 16:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1164 | MX #2008-110, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGAT, on Advanced Anti-Gang Course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-04-18 16:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1171 | MX #2008- 111, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counterdrug Operations Spanish, 6/19/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-04-18 20:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1187 | MX #2008-112, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Taking Clear Fingerprints course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...] | 2008-04-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1188 | MX #2008-113, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intel Officer, Basic, May 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-04-21 18:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1195 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MICHAEL THOMPSON + 3 [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Michael Thompson (D-CA),Mr. Curtis Flood, Mr. Larry Hannauer, and Ms. Meghann Courter for travel to Mexico City from April 24-26, 2008. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Frank Penirian, telephone [...] | 2008-04-21 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX |
08MEXICO1204 | MX #2008-114, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGAT, on Taking Clear Fingerprints course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-04-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1214 | MX #2008-115, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification course, May 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-04-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1215 | SAN DIEGO/BAJA MISSION ADVOCATES FOR BORDER DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The San Diego/Baja California Mission to Mexico, sponsored by the Mexico Business Center and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, met Mexican government officials and analysts during their third annual visit, including Mexican President Calderon; Economy Secretary Eduardo Sojo Guille [...] | 2008-04-23 17:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON MX |
08MEXICO1216 | MX #2008-116, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Helicopter Crew Chief course, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...] | 2008-04-23 21:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1220 | MEXICO ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 23:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL MX |
08MEXICO1226 | MX #2008-117, DOJ LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ, on The Investigation and Prosecution of Human Trafficking Cases course, May 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-04-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1248 | MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR DIRTY WAR VICTIMS [...] Summary: Mexico waged a sporadic campaign against leftist groups in the late 60s thru the early 80s that reportedly produced the disappearance of hundreds. Relatives of those who disappeared have long insisted on justice and demanded the remains of their family members be returned to them. A [...] | 2008-04-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO1255 | MX #2008-118, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Training, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-04-25 21:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO126 | MEXICAN FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES MOVE [...] SUMMARY: On January 11, several hundred federal and state policemen in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora stormed the approximately 1300 striking workers at the Cananea copper mine. The strike at the Cananea mine began in July 2007. GOM federal labor authorities have previously used min [...] | 2008-01-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO1271 | AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF PRESIDENT CALDERON'S [...] (SBU) Econoffs met with several contacts associated with the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in recent months to better understand how they view the Calderon administration,s management of economic policy. Although these contacts generally agree with the Calderon government about what ne [...] | 2008-04-28 19:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINT PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1272 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A regarding how rising food and agricultural commodity prices have affected Mexico. DEMAND ------ 2. (U) Prices of staple Mexican crops -- such as corn, beans, and chicken -- have varied by commodity. For example, increases have been seen [...] | 2008-04-28 21:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR MX |
08MEXICO1291 | MX #2008-119, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue course, May 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-04-29 17:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1295 | MX #2008-120, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation course, May 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-04-29 18:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO13 | MEXICO ESTABLISHES DAILY MINIMUM WAGE FOR 2008 [...] SUMMARY: On Saturday December 22, Mexico,s government announced the establishment of the country,s daily minimum wage for 2008. Mexico,s minimum wage is set annually by a Commission under the auspices of the GOM,s Labor Secretariat at the end of each calendar year. This year the Commission [...] | 2008-01-04 16:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO130 | MX #2008-008, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue course, February 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...] | 2008-01-17 21:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1300 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO COMBAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Felipe Calderon on April 28 announced a new strategy to tackle poverty and social inequalities in Mexico called "Vivir Mejor" ("To Live Better"). This strategy serves as an umbrella for coordinating and improving existing social programs. On the positive side, this st [...] | 2008-04-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
08MEXICO1302 | MEXICO WRESTLING WITH CUBAN MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In FY 2007, 11,625 Cubans reached the U.S. southwest border via Mexico. While some entered Mexico legally, the majority entered illegally by way of the Yucatan Channel -- a much less patrolled route than the Straits of Florida to the north. Until recently, Mexico had enforce [...] | 2008-04-29 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM MX CU |
08MEXICO1316 | VERACRUZ SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS AND LABOR LEADERS [...] SUMMARY: During a recent visit to the eastern costal state of Veracruz Mission Mexico,s Labor Counselor met with a variety of labor leaders, sugar cane producers as well as some state and local government officials. The meetings with government officials were fairly routine courtesy calls wit [...] | 2008-04-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON CVIS SOCI EAGR PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO1317 | MX #2008-121, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud course, May 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-04-30 20:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1319 | MX #2008-122, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, May 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-04-30 20:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1321 | MX #2008-123, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Anti-Terrorism Level and II and Special Reaction course, May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-04-30 20:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1323 | MX #2008-124, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Anti Terrorism Level I and II course, May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...] | 2008-04-30 20:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1331 | SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...] | 2008-05-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX |
08MEXICO1333 | MEXICO EAGER FOR TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON AGP AND [...] (SBU) Top Mexican trade officials are anxious to register concrete progress on the Alliance for Growth and Prosperity (AGP) and the Joint Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) before the end of President Bush's second term. They also want to institutionalize these sorts of cooperative stru [...] | 2008-05-02 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX |
08MEXICO1346 | MX #2008-126, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CT Fellowship, June 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...] | 2008-05-06 19:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1366 | MX #2008-127, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Advanced School, May 18, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 18, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cred [...] | 2008-05-07 21:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1367 | MX #2008-127, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Advanced School, May 18, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 18, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cred [...] | 2008-05-07 21:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1371 | MX #2008-128, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Cyber Crimes Training, June 06, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-05-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO138 | MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE),the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),and Embassy Mexico met with Mexican Secretariat of Energy officials, as well as Senior Executives from Pemex, the Mexican oil and gas monopoly, and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) on [...] | 2008-01-18 17:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET MX |
08MEXICO1410 | MX #2008-130, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Curso de Justicia Restauriva, May 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-05-09 20:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1411 | MX #2008-125, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Foreign Purchaser course, May 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-05-09 21:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1413 | MX2008-129, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on MALLET, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the depar [...] | 2008-05-09 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO142 | FDI IN MEXICO: 2007 GREAT, WHAT ABOUT 2008? [...] Summary: FDI inflows to Mexico for the first three quarters of 2007 topped USD 18 billion and are expected to reach USD 23 billion for CY2007. At the same time, Mexico fell three slots in investment confidence as other countries surpassed it in investment attractiveness. CY2008 will likely se [...] | 2008-01-18 19:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1421 | MEXICO UPDATE ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff stressed again with Armando Vivanco Castellanos, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Human Rights and Democracy, on May 12, the importance the U.S. attached to support for the US-EU sponsored Prisoners of Conscience Declaration at the upcoming UNGA meeting. He assur [...] | 2008-05-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL MX |
08MEXICO1422 | MEXICO DEMARCHED ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL MX |
08MEXICO1432 | MX #2008-133, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Small Arms and Explosives ID course, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-05-13 16:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1433 | NARCO-VIOLENCE SPIKES, TOP COPS TARGETED [...] (SBU) Organized crime killings in 2008 are up over record numbers last year. Large scale shootouts around the country over the last two weeks have left dozens dead. And the cartels are not only killing each other but going after the police as well. Over the last ten days, assassins have ki [...] | 2008-05-13 16:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO1435 | MX #2008-132, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Incident Command System course, May 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-05-13 17:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1436 | MX #2008-131, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC-083, on Combat & Counterterrorism Coordination Seminar, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...] | 2008-05-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO144 | MX #2008-009, STATE/ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from State/ECON, on Customs IPR course, February 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-01-18 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1452 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONFIRMS ITS REPRESENTATIVE [...] After weeks of rumors circulating about his imminent departure, Amerigo Incalcaterra, the Representative of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights officially announced plans to leave Mexico. Liliana Valina, Deputy Representative at the UN High Commission told poloff May 9 that [...] | 2008-05-13 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UN MX |
08MEXICO1455 | MX 2008-134, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Secret Service, on Dignitary Protective Seminar, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-05-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO146 | CAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY WEATHER POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is based on Embassy FAS reporting. 2. (SBU) Summary: Agriculture Secretary Cardenas has become the favorite whipping boy of the entire ag community. There was no surprise that the rhetorical heat from NAFTA opponents has risen since the January 1 implementation of the fina [...] | 2008-01-18 20:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1461 | PRD INTERNAL ELECTIONS: WINNER DECLARED -- BUT IT [...] (SBU) Summary. Two months after its internal elections, Mexico's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is still struggling to identify who won. On April 30, the Party's National Guarantees and Oversight Commission declared Alejandro Encinas, the leader of the Party's United Left Faction (ULF) [...] | 2008-05-14 20:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO1463 | MX 2008-135, U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Service, on Fugitive Apprehension Techniques Training Course, June 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-05-14 21:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1473 | MX 2008-136, ODC, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Interagency Coordination & Combating Terrorism (ICCT),May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...] | 2008-05-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1484 | MX 2008-137, NAS, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...] | 2008-05-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1487 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF FBI DEPUTY [...] (U) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for a variet [...] | 2008-05-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1502 | MX #2008-138, FBI EXPEDITE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Incident Command System, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...] | 2008-05-16 21:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1504 | ANALYSTS DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Market analysts are relatively upbeat about prospects for the Mexican economy due in part to high oil prices and domestic demand. Consumer price inflation is expected to increase again in May and June, and then begin falling slowly. Several local observers believe a watered d [...] | 2008-05-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT MX |
08MEXICO151 | MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX |
08MEXICO1514 | MX #2008-140, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms ID & Trafficking, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-05-19 20:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1519 | MX #2008-141, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms ID & Trafficking, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-05-19 20:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO152 | MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX |
08MEXICO1523 | MEXICO PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (U) In a May 14 briefing to the Trade and Investment Committe of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexican Under Secretary of International Trade Negotiations for the Ministry of Economy Beatriz Leycegui urged the business community to support GOM efforts to improve the competitivene [...] | 2008-05-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX |
08MEXICO1533 | MEXICO IPR UPDATE - APRIL 2008 [...] (U) This cable reports on Mexican reaction to the Special 301 2008 report on Mexico and the following recent IPR-related developments in Mexico: the "International Forum on IPR and the Judiciary" event held in Cancun in February and the establishment of a specialized IPR tribunal to review adm [...] | 2008-05-20 20:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON MX |
08MEXICO1537 | MX #2008-145, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Span Aviator UH-60-FS, June 6, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-05-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1538 | MX #2008-144, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SET/Ranger, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the d [...] | 2008-05-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1540 | CALDERON AND GORDILLO COOPERATE ON EDUCATION REFORM [...] (SBU) On May 15, Teacher's Day in Mexico, President Calderon unveiled the "Alliance for Quality Education" aimed at improving education quality, school infrastructure and teachers' skills based on five pillars: modernization of schools, renewal of teachers' selection and promotion processes, i [...] | 2008-05-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1542 | MX #2008-142, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, June 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...] | 2008-05-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1543 | MX #2008-143, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Techniques, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-05-21 17:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1544 | MX #2008-139, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Estado de Morelos, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...] | 2008-05-21 17:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1552 | MX #2008-146, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on ICTT Seminar, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible evid [...] | 2008-05-21 21:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1564 | MX #2008-147, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Seminar, June 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-05-22 16:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1565 | MX #2008-148, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, June 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-05-22 16:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1575 | MX #2008-149, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counter Drug Operations, June 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-05-22 20:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1582 | MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM [...] (SBU) Poloff encouraged Mexico per Ref (A) to support the candidacy of Ambassador Swing for IOM General Secretary in speaking May 22 to the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),Julian Juarez Cadenas. Juarez noted that the U.S. Perm [...] | 2008-05-22 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX |
08MEXICO1600 | MX #2008-150, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Expeditionary Warfare Course, June 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-05-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1604 | MX #2008-151, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Marco Juridico Nacional e Internacional para combater, sancionar e identificar la Trata de Personas en Mexico, June 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credib [...] | 2008-05-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1608 | MX #2008-152, U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Service, on Fugitive Apprehension Techniques Training Course, June 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-05-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1613 | MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND OAXACA,S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Concerns about domestic violence, migration and Oaxaca's failing economy collide in Oaxaca where poloff met with state government officials, indigenous human rights organizations and local artisans to discuss current problems during a recent visit. State government officials were co [...] | 2008-05-27 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO1617 | MX #2008-153, ICE EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...] | 2008-05-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1618 | MX #2008-154, ICE EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...] | 2008-05-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1619 | MX #2008-155, DHS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DHS, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...] | 2008-05-28 17:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1633 | MX #2008-159, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, June 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-05-28 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1634 | ADDRESSING MEXICO'S PROBLEMATIC RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 22:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC MX PARM |
08MEXICO1635 | MX #2008-156, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on MS13 Gang Training, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-05-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1646 | MX #2008-160, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on ICEATT Undercover Training Program, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-05-29 20:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1647 | MX #2008-160, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on ICEATT Undercover Training Program, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-05-29 20:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1649 | U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...] | 2008-05-29 21:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX |
08MEXICO1653 | MX #2008-158, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Training Course, June 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-05-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1655 | MX #2008-161, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism Level I & II, Special Reaction, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...] | 2008-05-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1659 | MX #2008-163, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Basic Language Instructor Course, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-05-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1671 | CALDERON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ADDRESS RISING FOOD [...] (U) The Embassy Foreign Agricultural Service Section contributed to this report, which responds to questions posed in REF A. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The rising cost of food in Mexico is provoking concerns of another possible outbreak of the sort of political unrest caused by last year' [...] | 2008-05-30 20:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON ENRG PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1674 | MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. Trade between the countries decreased by 10% in 2007. The Government of Mexico (GOM) reached a debt settlement with Cuba that was the first step towards normalizing relations which had turned markedly c [...] | 2008-06-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU MX |
08MEXICO1675 | MX #2008-157, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Cyber & Forensic Computer Training, June 27, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-06-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1677 | MX #2008-164, U.S. Secret Service EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Secret Service, on Dignitary Protective Seminar, June 16, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 16, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. [...] | 2008-06-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1682 | MX #2008-165, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Interview/Interrogation and Defensive Tactics Course, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-06-02 21:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO17 | MX #2008-002, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Information Operations course, January 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-01-04 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1728 | MX #2008-166, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. De Baja California, June 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...] | 2008-06-06 18:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1749 | MX #2008-169, FBI EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Interview/Interrogation and Defensive Tactics Course, June 17, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 17, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX gu [...] | 2008-06-09 20:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1766 | WEAKENING OF GULF, SINALOA CARTELS GENERATES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 21:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO1771 | MX #2008- 168, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Commando School, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-06-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1774 | MX #2008-171, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Chemical Precursor Investigations, June 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-06-10 16:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1777 | INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE DIALOGUE TAMES [...] Summary. The Mexican press has been consumed over much of the last two weeks with criticism of potential "conditions" attached to legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress in the debate over the Merida Initiative. Senior Mexican government officials and Congressional leaders alike have [...] | 2008-06-10 18:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM MASS MX |
08MEXICO1778 | MX #2008-170, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on ILEA Advanced Law Enforcement Course, on June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-06-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1779 | MEXICAN BANKERS DISCUSS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. During roundtable discussions with Embassy officials, bank compliance officers said their institutions base their anti-money laundering (AML) and combating terrorism financing (CTF) practices on international standards. They commented on how difficult it can be to stop illicit [...] | 2008-06-10 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO1784 | MX #2008-172, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on ILEA Advanced Law Enforcement, June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-06-11 16:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1795 | MX #2008-174, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP Aviation Safety Mgt CN, June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-06-11 22:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1799 | MX #2008-173, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Span Maint Mgr CN 1004, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...] | 2008-06-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1800 | PUEBLA ONCE AGAIN THE SITE OF INTENSE DISPUTE [...] Summary: The central Mexican state of Puebla is once again the site of a bitter dispute between two labor groups competing for control of a collective bargaining contract at &Mexmode8, a sport clothing manufacturer. In this latest instance of conflict between workers, groups the competing pa [...] | 2008-06-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO1810 | MEXICO AND CHINA AGREE ON PHASED LOWERING OF [...] (U) Mexico and China avoided a serious trade impasse by reaching an agreement on a transitioned approach to eliminating and/or reducing Mexican anti-dumping (AD) duties on a wide range of Chinese manufactured imports. Assuming the deal is approved by the Mexican Senate (as expected),Mexico w [...] | 2008-06-12 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX PINS MX CH |
08MEXICO1811 | MX #2008-175, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Resolve to Stop Violence Program and Probation Departments and Pretrial Services, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2008-06-12 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1822 | MX #2008-177, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Jungla Commando Course, July 01, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...] | 2008-06-13 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1823 | MX #2008-176, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-06-13 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO183 | MINERS STRIKE FOR BETTER WAGES IN CHIHUAHUA [...] SUMMARY: The month of January is proving to be a difficult one for the National Union of Miners and Metalworkers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSRM),the country,s oldest and largest miners union. On January 11, authorities forcibly ended a six-month old strike by union Local 65 at the Canane [...] | 2008-01-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO1838 | RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...] | 2008-06-16 22:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1839 | MEXICO-CUBA TALKS PRODUCE LITTLE MOVEMENT ON [...] Mexican and Cuban officials met in April to discuss building cooperation on migration issues including combating criminal trafficking rings, resolving an impasse over repatriations, and facilitating the emission of migration documentation. The Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Deputy Director for the [...] | 2008-06-16 22:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM CU MX |
08MEXICO184 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER CARSTENS [...] (C) In a luncheon with Ambassador Garza on January 18, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens speculated that personnel changes in the Calderon Administration are over for right now. He defended agricultural policies that have helped fuel calls for the ouster of Agricultural Minister Cardenas. Ca [...] | 2008-01-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AMGT PINR |
08MEXICO1840 | RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...] | 2008-06-16 22:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
08MEXICO1847 | MX #2008-178, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on K-9 Recertification, July 03, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...] | 2008-06-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO185 | MX #2008-010, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Escuela Militar de Transmisiones Mexico City, February 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...] | 2008-01-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1868 | MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) sold a 41% stake of itself in an initial public offering (IPO) on June 12. After four days of trading, shares of the exchange finished 5.5% lower than the initial price set on June 12, losing ground alongside the broader market. Many consider [...] | 2008-06-19 17:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MX |
08MEXICO1869 | TEACHERS AND PETROLEUM WORKERS UNIONS FORM [...] Summary: On May 30 the leaders of Mexico,s National Teachers, Union (SNTE) and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an alliance to promote &A New Labor Policy in Mexico.8 Reportedly, some 40 other unions joined the teachers and the petroleum workers to help advance this proposal. [...] | 2008-06-19 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG SOCI PINR PGOV PHUM MX |
08MEXICO1873 | MEXICAN SENATOR SANTIAGO CREEL REMOVED AS PAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAN's surprise removal of the party's Senate Leader June 9 stemmed from dissatisfaction with his ability to win passage of an administration-backed energy reform bill. A party insider and a think tank expert told Poloff that Santiago Creel's poor relationship with the media [...] | 2008-06-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG PINR MX |
08MEXICO1889 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON SIGNS CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 8:30am, President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa signed the decree promulgating constitutional reforms for criminal justice and public safety. The amendments must now be published in the official gazette, and will become effective 30 days after publicat [...] | 2008-06-20 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO189 | MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) Action Request. See para. 4. 2. (C) Minister Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, the General Coordinator of Advisors to the Foreign Minister, was reluctant initially about identifying candidates for PDG projects. He thought it would be more appropriate for potential candidates to volunteer [...] | 2008-01-24 20:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX |
08MEXICO1895 | MX #2008-180, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Sensitive Investigative Unit Basic Course, July 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-06-23 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1901 | MX #2008-181, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Financial Investigative Techniques Training, July 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-06-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1907 | MEXICO LAUDS CAFTA-DR TEXTILE CUMULATION AS FIRST [...] (U) Mexico's Economy Secretary and the head of the national textiles chamber praised the impending entry into force of the textiles cumulation provisions in the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) as key to raising Mexican and regional competitiveness (parti [...] | 2008-06-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX PREL ELAB MX CH |
08MEXICO1916 | MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) with its $72 million budget was created in the wake of demands and pressure on Mexico's government to investigate crimes of the "dirty war" and with a mandate to investigate, report and recommend measures to address human rights [...] | 2008-06-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO1928 | MEXICO ON THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points and the updated P5 1 package for Iran (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),on June 20. Juarez commented that he hoped Iran would accept the package and a diplomatic [...] | 2008-06-25 20:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MX |
08MEXICO1930 | MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said the notion of prohibiting Iran from particip [...] | 2008-06-25 21:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MX |
08MEXICO1932 | MEXICO ON SUPPORT FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on support for IAEA inspections in Syria (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors [...] | 2008-06-25 21:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PREL PARM SY MX |
08MEXICO1947 | MEXICO: MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] On June 23 U.S. Embassy Mexico City ESTH counselor and science specialist met with Teresa Bandala, Director General of International Affairs, and Ives Gomez, Director of the Grey Agenda (Toxic Substance Office),in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). They noted th [...] | 2008-06-26 20:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO CA MX |
08MEXICO1961 | MX #2008-182, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Medical Assistant Spanish, August 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...] | 2008-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1962 | MX #2008-183, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia Policias Ministeriales del Estado de Zacatecas a Chihuahua, July 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...] | 2008-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1978 | MX #2008-184, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders, July 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-06-30 16:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1982 | MX #2008-185, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on International Dare Conference, July 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-06-30 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO199 | AMBASSADOR LAGON APPLAUDS PROGRESS, IDENTIFIES [...] Summary: On January 9-12, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Mexican immigration officials and NGOs in Tapachula, Chiapas to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP),especially with regard to Central Americans entering Mexi [...] | 2008-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | APER ELAB KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO2004 | MX #2008-186, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Port Security, July 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-07-01 22:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2017 | BROKEN GLASS AS COMPETING UNIONS CONTEST CONTROL [...] Summary: An extended dispute over which one of two unions would represent the workers at a beer bottle plant in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi (SLP) now appears to be over. The plant in question employs some 800 unionized workers and the two unions involved are the CROC (Revo [...] | 2008-07-02 17:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND SOCI PGOV PINR PHUM MX |
08MEXICO202 | MX #2008-011, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Captain's Career--Spanish, February 6, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before February 6, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post poss [...] | 2008-01-25 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO203 | MX #2008-012, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on C-130 Instructor Pilot, February 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-01-25 21:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2037 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT TO [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: improving security and [...] | 2008-07-03 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX |
08MEXICO2039 | MX #2008-187, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Air Weapons Director Training, July 22, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-07-03 22:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2054 | UNITED FARM WORKERS WANT A PIECE OF THE GUEST [...] SUMMARY: The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) sees a real potential for union organizing and growth in Mexico. This is especially true, the UFW concludes, if the next US presidential administration succeeds with some type of immigration reform. Consequently, a little over a year ago the u [...] | 2008-07-03 23:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CVIS EAGR PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO2055 | MX #2008-188, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Naval Staff College, July 22, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...] | 2008-07-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO206 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH MEXICAN-BASED U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with a group of Mexico based executives for U.S. companies to discuss the economic situation in Mexico. The leaders were pleased with the Calderon Administration's performance. They believed energy reform would be less extensive than needed to stem Mexico's de [...] | 2008-01-25 21:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2072 | MEXICO 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 22:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2073 | MEXICO 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 22:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX |
08MEXICO208 | GOM OFFICIALS DISCUSS MERIDA INITIATIVE WITH CODEL [...] (U) Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX),both members of the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security, paid an official visit to Mexico January 21 and 22 on a Committee fact-finding mission to examine the Merida Initiative and its implica [...] | 2008-01-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX |
08MEXICO209 | MEXICAN CONGRESS TO DEBATE ENERGY REFORM [...] (SBU) With Mexican oil exports at the lowest point in a decade, 1.5 million barrels per day, the Mexican congress will debate energy reform during its spring session. The most significant debate will begin in the Senate led by Francisco Labastida of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI [...] | 2008-01-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
08MEXICO2090 | MX #2008-189, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on C-26 initial and Recurrent Training, July 14, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before July 11, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post [...] | 2008-07-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2103 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) On June 30, Political Minister Counselor contacted SRE's Office of Peace and International Security to urge once again that Mexico recognize Kosovo's independence. Polcons stressed the priority the U.S. attaches to this issue. The Office's Deputy Director General said the GOM appreciate [...] | 2008-07-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MX |
08MEXICO2112 | ASSESSING MEXICAN MILITARY'S HUMAN RIGHTS TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: By historic standards in the region, Mexican military's track record on human rights is good, but not perfect. However, prevailing military attitudes and practices -- and incomplete and inaccurate chronicling of alleged military abuses by human rights organizations -- reinfor [...] | 2008-07-10 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PM PREL SNAR |
08MEXICO2118 | MX #2008-196, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...] | 2008-07-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2120 | MX #2008-191, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Naval Command College, July 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-07-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2121 | MX #2008-194, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Gage Calibration, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-07-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2122 | MX #2008-195, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Valve Maintenance, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-07-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2123 | MX #2008-193, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on C-26 Pilot Initial Course, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-07-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2133 | MX #2008-192, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on NCAGS Basic Course, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-07-11 21:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2160 | SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF, [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico remains key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. With the recent signing of Merida Initiative funding, we are poised to significantly expand counter drug cooperation [...] | 2008-07-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2162 | MX #2008-197, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on C-26 Commandant Pilot Tng, July 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-07-15 17:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2176 | AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR ENVIRONMENT AT STATE [...] SUMMARY: In October 2007 the local offices of several national labor confederations and the government of Jalisco state signed an agreement to reduce the number of threatened strikes and the resulting extortion of businesses that was damaging the state,s economic competitiveness (reftel). Alt [...] | 2008-07-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO218 | MX #2008-014, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent course, February 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-01-28 20:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2184 | U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO MEXICO: THANK YOU FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U/S Jeffery visited Mexico City on July 10-11 where he met with officials from the Mexican Secretariats of Finance (Hacienda),Agriculture (SAGARPA),and Energy (SENER),as well as the head of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX),the state oil company. Energy and biofuels were the key [...] | 2008-07-16 16:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL MX |
08MEXICO2187 | WHO ARE MEXICO'S WEALTHIEST BUSINESS LEADERS? 

 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico, a country where roughly 40% of the "¨population lives in poverty, has 10 people on FORBES "¨Magazine's 2008 list of the world's billionaires. While "¨these individuals have made important contributions to "¨society via the expansion of services to marginalized areas, "¨j [...] | 2008-07-16 20:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV MX |
08MEXICO219 | MX #2008-015, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Jump Master, February 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-01-28 20:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2190 | MEXICO OUTREACH WITH ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Eduardo Matias Lopez Ferrer, President of the Cuban-Mexican Civic Association in Mexico, and his wife on June 27, to express support for his organization in response reftel request to meet with dissidents from un-free nations who are living in exile in Mexico. 2. (SBU [...] | 2008-07-16 21:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CU MX |
08MEXICO2198 | MX #2008-198, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, August 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-07-17 20:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO220 | MX #2008-013, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Counterterrorism Fellowship, June 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-01-28 20:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2201 | TABASCO DIGGING OUT FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Villahermosa, Tabasco to assess recovery efforts from the floods of last October and the consequent political ramifications. State government officials, including the Governor Andres Granier (PRI) gave themselves high marks for coordination of national and int [...] | 2008-07-17 20:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID PHUM MX |
08MEXICO221 | MX #2008-016, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Combined Strategic Intelligence Training, February 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...] | 2008-01-28 20:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2217 | AN IMAGE OF A TYPICAL MEXICAN LABOR LEADER [...] CLASSIFIED LABOR COUNSELOR KEVIN L. RICHARDSON REASONS 1.4 (b and d) 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With very few exceptions the image held by the general public in Mexico of a typical labor leader is extremely negative. More often than not labor leaders are seen as corrupt figures who live dishones [...] | 2008-07-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EAGR PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO2218 | ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C/NF) Poloff met separately with Enrique Palos, Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE),and Lior Keinan, Political Counselor and Press and Cultural Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City, on July 3 and 8, respectively, to di [...] | 2008-07-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PARM PREL IS MX |
08MEXICO222 | MX #2008-017, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Intelligence, March 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-01-28 20:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2232 | MX #2008-201, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, August 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...] | 2008-07-21 17:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2233 | MX #2008-200, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, August 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-07-21 18:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2235 | MX #2008-199, FBI/Legat EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI/Legat, on Basic Terrorism, August 4, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before August 4, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses n [...] | 2008-07-21 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO224 | MX #2008-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Jump Master, March 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...] | 2008-01-28 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2241 | MX #2008-202, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer, August 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-07-22 15:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2250 | MX #2008-203, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Senior Executive Seminar, August 22, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-07-23 14:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2276 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF AND GOM OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Michael Chertoff met with GOM security cabinet officials during an official visit to Mexico July 17-18 to discuss issues related to U.S.-Mexico law enforcement cooperation. He attended the GOM,s National Security Council meeting on July 18 and met s [...] | 2008-07-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO23 | DRAFT COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2323 | MX #2008-206, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Information Analysis Narco-Terrorism, August 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-07-28 19:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2327 | MX #2008-207, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Strategic Threat Interdiction Symposium, August 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...] | 2008-07-28 20:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2332 | MX #2008-208, FBI/Legat LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI/Legat, on Street Survival, August 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-07-29 16:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2334 | MX #2008-205, Bureau of ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Bureau of ATF, on Ballistics Seminar, August 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-07-29 18:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2335 | APPROACHING THE THIRD RAIL: MEXICO'S BIG PARTIES [...] (SBU) With the conclusion of the Senate debates on the Calderon Administration's proposal for reforming the state-owned petroleum monopoly PEMEX, leaders of the three major parties (the right-leaning ruling National Action Party, or PAN; the more centrist opposition Institutional Revolutionary [...] | 2008-07-29 18:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EFIN MX |
08MEXICO2336 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Deputy PolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of the Department of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, Landy Esquivel, 7/29, to stress the importance the U.S. placed on keeping up pressure on the FARC in the wake of the recent rescue of the hostages in Colombia. Esquivel drew attention [...] | 2008-07-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO VZ MX |
08MEXICO2337 | NEW MILITARY HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTORATE STILL A WORK [...] (C) Summary: The Mexican military's reluctance to fully engage the public, media, or even other elements of the Mexican government on human rights seriously undermines its image here and abroad. In January 2008, SEDENA created a Directorate General for Human Rights, to improve the institu [...] | 2008-07-29 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
08MEXICO2338 | MX #2008-212, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, August 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-07-30 17:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2339 | MX #2008-210, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, August 11, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before August 11, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credib [...] | 2008-07-30 17:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2348 | UNION USES FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROMOTE HOME [...] SUMMARY: The Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM),Mexico,s largest labor federation, is expanding an initiative it began earlier this year to improve living conditions for workers into the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The initiative being implemented under union auspices uses GOM f [...] | 2008-07-31 16:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
08MEXICO2349 | MX #2008-211, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics Course, August 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-07-31 17:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2350 | MX #2008-213, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics Course, August 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-07-31 17:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2353 | SUBJECT: MILITARY JUSTICE -- AND JUSTICE REFORM-- [...] (C) Summary: Stung like most Mexicans by the U.S. Senate's (now abandoned) dictate that it divest itself of prosecutorial authority over soldiers accused of human rights abuses, Mexico's military remains reluctant to cede this territory to civilian prosecutors. Procedures are in place to i [...] | 2008-07-31 22:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
08MEXICO2358 | MX #2008-214, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Ballistics Seminar, August 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-08-01 17:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2366 | UNION SEES BEER BOTTLE FACTORY RELOCATION AS A [...] Summary: Partly as a result of a dispute over union representation at a beer bottle plant in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi (REF A) a portion of the factory is now being relocated. The dispute at the plant was never over whether or not the plant would be unionized but rather ov [...] | 2008-08-01 18:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND SOCI PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO2371 | PGR SHAKE-UP [...] (C) According to post's law enforcement community (LEC),evidence from A U.S. law enforcement source (see reftel) uncovered high-level corruption within the Attorney General's Office (PGR) -- suggesting several officials had been compromised by the Sinaloa cartel. The evidence, shared with At [...] | 2008-08-01 18:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2382 | DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S [...] On 28 July 2008, Andrea G. Bottner, Director of the Office of International Women's Issues at the State Department, visited Mexico City. Bottner was accompanied by Sandra Mayoral Pedroarias, Deputy Director of the Office of International Women's Issues, and Sue Else, President of the Nationa [...] | 2008-08-04 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV PREL PHUM |
08MEXICO2385 | MX #2008-216, ECON-State Department LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ECON-State Department, on Customs IPR Training, August 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-08-04 21:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2390 | MX #2008-215, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Course on Identifying victims of human trafficking, August 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...] | 2008-08-05 17:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO240 | FEAR OF U.S. RECESSION RATTLES MEXICAN MARKETS [...] (SBU) The Mexican stock market is down 3.3% this month on fears that the U.S., Mexico's largest trading partner, could slip into recession. Real GDP growth currently is expected to slow this year to 1.5-3.0% from an estimated 3.1% in 2007 and 4.8% in 2006, due largely to the economy's tight li [...] | 2008-01-29 20:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2400 | MX #2008-218, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Gage Calibration, August 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-08-05 21:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2413 | MX #2008-217, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Pilot Instrument Procedures Course, August 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-08-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2415 | MX #2008-220, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Gage Calibration, August 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-08-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2416 | MX #2008-219, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Gage Calibration, August 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-08-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2417 | MX #2008-221, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on IERW 1004, August 11, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before August 11, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible e [...] | 2008-08-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2421 | RE: STATUS OF THE FEDERAL POLICE REFORMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2426 | EPR-GOM "DIALOGUE" HELPING TO KEEP THE PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. In late April, adherents of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) requested a dialogue with the GOM to discuss the status of two disappeared members and offered up the names of several public figures they wanted to serve as intermediaries. However ambivalent about working thro [...] | 2008-08-06 21:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2427 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MEXICAN HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 23:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MX |
08MEXICO2453 | CALDERON'S CHIEF OF STAFF REPLACES SOJO AT ECONOMY [...] (SBU) President Calderon announced that Eduardo Sojo would be leaving the helm of the Economy Secretariat in order to head up the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. Calderon assigned his Chief of Staff and longtime political confidante, Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, to succeed Sojo as Secre [...] | 2008-08-08 22:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX |
08MEXICO2455 | MX #2008-222, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Information Analyst Counter-Narco Terrorism Course, August 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...] | 2008-08-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2464 | MX #2008-225, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Curso-Taller sobre deteccion e identificacion de victimas de trata de personas, August 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...] | 2008-08-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2465 | MX #2008-224, USAID EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Course on Managing Human Trafficking cases, August 26, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before August 26, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. [...] | 2008-08-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2470 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico remains key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Although President Calderon has made great strides in taking on Mexico's drug cartels and improving public [...] | 2008-08-12 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
08MEXICO2489 | MX #2008-230, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Maritime Officer Course, August 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-08-14 16:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO249 | MX #2008-019, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation on Sexual Assault, February 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...] | 2008-01-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2490 | MX #2008-228, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation Course, August 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-08-14 16:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2491 | MX #2008-226, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, August 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...] | 2008-08-14 16:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2492 | MX #2008-227, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, August 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-08-14 16:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2493 | MX #2008-229, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT-DLI Balic English Instructor, August 27, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-08-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2497 | TWO ERRANT LABOR FEDERATIONS RETURN TO THE FOLD [...] SUMMARY: In 2006 the CROC (Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Campesinos) and the CROM (the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers),respectively the third and fourth largest labor federations in Mexico, led a group of unions that withdrew from the Congress of Labor. The Congress o [...] | 2008-08-14 17:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO2498 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR SPECTER'S VISIT TO MEXICO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: improving security and the rule of law, attack [...] | 2008-08-14 18:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON OREP MX |
08MEXICO250 | MX #2008-020, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics course, February 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-01-30 16:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2540 | MX #2008-231, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program in Advanced Security Studies, September 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...] | 2008-08-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2546 | MX #2008-232, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, August 1, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before August 01, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post po [...] | 2008-08-19 21:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2560 | MX #2008-233, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Joint Operations, September 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-08-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2575 | MX #2008-235, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics Course, September 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-08-21 17:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2576 | MX #2008-234, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Small Arms & Basic Explosives ID, September 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-08-21 17:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2579 | MX #2008-236, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Training for Ministerial Police from Baja California State, September 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-08-21 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2598 | MX #2008-233, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Joint Operations, September 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-08-22 20:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2599 | MX #2008-237, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Regional Canine Instruction Course, 9/10/08. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-08-22 20:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2600 | MX #2008-237, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Regional Canine Instruction Course, 9/10/08. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-08-22 20:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2602 | MX #2008-238, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Search and Rescue, 9/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...] | 2008-08-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2603 | MX #2008-238, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Search and Rescue, 9/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...] | 2008-08-22 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2614 | MX #2008-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Mission Commander, 9/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...] | 2008-08-25 18:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2615 | MX #2008-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Mission Commander, 9/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...] | 2008-08-25 18:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2625 | UNDERLYING PROBLEMS RESURFACE IN PEMEX WORKERS UNIONS [...] SUMMARY: Recently a group of some 40 dissidents within the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM),the sole union for Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, briefly took over the offices of the labor organization's national headquarters. The dissidents said they took over the union headquarters as a [...] | 2008-08-26 21:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CVIS EAGR PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO263 | MEXICO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO CEDAW IN [...] Mexico's Foreign Ministry (SRE) sent AmEmbassy Mexico a dipnote requesting the USG support Mercedes Barquet Montane as Mexico's candidate to the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in elections scheduled for when CEDEW convenes for its 41 rst co [...] | 2008-01-30 22:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV USUN KWMN PHUM MX |
08MEXICO2638 | MX #2008-241, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on AML/CTF Training for SAT Supervisors, September 10, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 10, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. [...] | 2008-08-28 16:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2641 | MX #2008-240, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Advanced Tactical Operations, September 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-08-28 21:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2657 | GOM PROPOSES NEGOTIATING BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Summary: During bilateral consultations under the Western Gap Treaty and the Treaty on Maritime Limits, the Government of Mexico (GOM) formally proposed opening negotiations with the United States (USG) on an agreement to regulate the exploitation of transboundary - both maritime and land [...] | 2008-08-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2669 | MEXICAN LEADERS SIGN SECURITY ACCORD RESPONDING TO [...] Civil society organizations have organized a massive demonstration on August 30 calling upon the government to respond with greater urgency to rising levels of violent crime. In response to the public clamor over the serious security challenges Mexico faces, senior Mexican government official [...] | 2008-09-02 17:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO267 | MEXICO TAKES ON BOARD U.S. VIEWS ON PDG PROGRAMS, [...] Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel A points to Lorena Larios, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Office of International Policy on Human Rights, conveying appreciation for GOM interest in the PDG and calling attention to the importance the PDG attached to projects that aim to impro [...] | 2008-01-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM POL PREL WHA IZ MX |
08MEXICO2673 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleagues to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: imp [...] | 2008-09-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX |
08MEXICO2675 | MX #2008-245, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...] | 2008-09-03 21:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2681 | UNDER PRESSURE, CALDERON TALKS OF POLICE SHAKEUPS [...] (U) Summary: Reacting to growing public and political pressure to achieve results in the fight against organized crime and violence in Mexico, President Calderon signaled that the removal of a senior Public Security official was part of a stepped up effort to revitalize the leadership of nat [...] | 2008-09-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2682 | DEMONSTRATORS DEMAND GOM ACTION ON RISING LEVELS [...] (SBU) Summary. Tens of thousands of Mexicans on marched in Mexico City on August 30 to protest rising levels of violence, with demonstrations taking place in over 80 other Mexican cities, as well as a number of U.S. cities. The demonstration was inspired by the recent kidnapping and murder o [...] | 2008-09-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2683 | MX #2008-248, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-09-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2684 | MX #2008-249, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...] | 2008-09-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2685 | MX #2008-246, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-09-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2686 | MX #2008-247, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-09-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2692 | MX #2008-250, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-09-04 20:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2697 | MX #2008-251, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Hostage Negotiation Seminar, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-09-04 21:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2702 | MX #2008-252, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Prison System Techniques, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-09-04 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2703 | MX #2008-253, FBI EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on SSP Leadership Executive Course, September 17, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 17, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. [...] | 2008-09-04 22:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2721 | MX #2008-254, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue MTT, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-09-05 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2728 | MEXICO ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-06 00:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNGA KV MX |
08MEXICO273 | MX #2008-021, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Development of Anti-TIP Task Forces, February 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...] | 2008-01-31 18:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2747 | MX #2008-255, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI,on Forensic Training, in Guadalajara, Mexico, 09/25/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...] | 2008-09-09 20:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2752 | MX #2008-256, RSO EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 22, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guide [...] | 2008-09-09 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX PTER ASEC |
08MEXICO2753 | PRESIDENT CALDERON DELIVERS HIS "STATE OF THE [...] Summary. President Calderon presented the written version of an annual report on the &state of the union8 to Congress on September 1. Over prior decades, Mexico's president would deliver this report orally to Congress. Over the summer recess, however, Congress passed legislation that amen [...] | 2008-09-09 21:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB |
08MEXICO2755 | DEMARCHE ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Mendivil at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),underscoring (per reftel points) the USG's commitment to multilateral efforts to protect and promote human rights [...] | 2008-09-09 22:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08MEXICO2758 | MX #2008-257, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, Culture of Lawfulness, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...] | 2008-09-10 17:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2764 | CALDERON SUBMITS 2009 BUDGET TO CONGRESS; SPENDING ON [...] (U) With oil revenues down, President Calderon submitted a 2009 federal budget proposal that increases spending on security and social programs. The proposed budget, presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Sept. 8, rose by 5.7 percent in real terms over the budget approved in 2008. Spending fo [...] | 2008-09-10 22:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PINR ENRG PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2765 | GOM'S PROPOSES INCREASES IN SECURITY AND JUSTICE [...] On September 8 the GOM sent the 2009 budget to Congress for debate and approval. The most eye-catching aspect of the budget was President Calderon's announcement of a "near 40 percent" increase for security and justice. According to our math, security spending in real terms would actually ris [...] | 2008-09-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2766 | GOM PROPOSES INCREASES IN SECURITY AND JUSTICE [...] On September 8 the GOM sent the 2009 budget to Congress for debate and approval. The most eye-catching aspect of the budget was President Calderon's announcement of a "near 40 percent" increase for security and justice. According to our math, security spending in real terms would actually ris [...] | 2008-09-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2773 | MX #2008-258, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Regional Canine Course, in Laguna del Pino, Guatemala, September 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-09-11 17:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2774 | IPR TRAINING FOR MEXICAN CUSTOMS AT MAZATLAN [...] (U) The Embassy, together with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, held a three-day training seminar on detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcement officials at the Pacific Coast Port of Mazatlan from [...] | 2008-09-11 17:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2790 | MX #2008-259, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Sensor Aircraft Training, in Hermosillo, Mexico, October 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...] | 2008-09-12 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2793 | PRI REVVING UP FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: PRI has sought over the past two years to recover from Roberto Madrazo's disheartening third place finish in the hard fought 2006 presidential race and is now gunning for big gains in the 2009 legislative and regional elections. PRI is looking to restructure the party from the [...] | 2008-09-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB MX PGOV PINR PREL |
08MEXICO2808 | CALLS FOR ACTION, BUT NO LEADS IN MORELIA GRENADE [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the September 15 grenade attacks which claimed at least seven lives and injured scores, the Calderon government deployed an additional 1200 federal troops, plus more than 300 elements of the federal police to Morelia. The center of Michoacan's state capital i [...] | 2008-09-17 19:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2811 | MX #2008-261, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Culture of Lawfulness, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-09-18 17:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2813 | MX #2008-260, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms ID, in Coahuila, Mexico, October, 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...] | 2008-09-18 21:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2815 | MEXICO ON NICARAGUAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 21:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL GG NU RU MX |
08MEXICO2819 | MEXICO SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP BID [...] Mexico's Foreign Ministry has sent Post diplomatic notes seeking USG support for the GOM's bid to become a member of the following UN bodies: -- ECOSOC's Commission on Sustainable Development for the period 2010-2013 which apparently comes up for a vote in April 2009. Mexico touts its own [...] | 2008-09-18 22:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON UN MX |
08MEXICO2826 | MX #2008-262, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Preservacion de la Evidencia, in Durango, Mexico, October 6, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...] | 2008-09-19 21:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2834 | MEXICO,S SUPREME COURT (SORT OF) RULES IN FAVOR OF [...] Summary: On September 10, Mexico,s Supreme Court issued a ruling that would require the use of secret ballots in union elections. Previously, under Mexican Federal Labor Law, secret ballots were an option but not a requirement. The governmental bodies responsible for establishing the procedu [...] | 2008-09-19 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG PHUM PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO2838 | MEXICO ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 22:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV UNGA EAID MX |
08MEXICO2847 | MX #2008-263, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...] | 2008-09-22 22:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2851 | MEXICO ON GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON IAEA BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 22:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC MX |
08MEXICO2859 | UNION AND NATIONAL ELECTIC COMPANY REACH AGEEMENT [...] Summary: Mexico,s state owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Sole Union of the Electrical Workers of the Mexican Republic (SUTERM) recently signed a significant new agreement on pension reform. The agreement will appreciably reduce the CFE,s mid to long term pension costs by ra [...] | 2008-09-23 19:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG PGOV SOCI ECON PINR MX |
08MEXICO2866 | BILL INTRODUCED TO STRENGTHEN IP PROTECTION [...] (U) Summary: As part of the Calderon Administration's comprehensive strategy against organized crime, a ruling party Senator has introduced a bill to amend the Mexican Customs Law and give Mexican customs officials' additional tools to protect trademark owners. The proposed legislation autho [...] | 2008-09-24 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON |
08MEXICO2877 | POOR TEST RESULTS STARTS TEACHERS, UNION ON SLOW [...] Summary: This past May Mexico,s Secretary of Public Education (SEP) and the National Teachers Union (SNTE) signed an agreement called the &Alliance for Quality Education.8 One of the main elements of this agreement stipulated that applicants for teaching positions in Mexico,s public schools w [...] | 2008-09-25 18:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO2889 | MX #2008-264, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Civil Military Relations (CCMR),in Mexico City, Mexico, October 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-09-26 21:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2890 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USOAS AMBASSADOR AND [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleague to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy o [...] | 2008-09-26 21:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP MORALES HECTOR |
08MEXICO2891 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On September 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Medivil at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE). Although Torres had no substantive response regarding the Mexican Government's position, she agreed to [...] | 2008-09-26 21:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
08MEXICO2900 | MX #2008-265, ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ECON, on USPTO GIPA Enforcement, in Alexandria, VA, October 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-09-29 21:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2917 | MEXICO MARKET REACTION - SEPT. 29 [...] (U) The Mexican stock market's index, the IPC, fell 6.4% on Monday, September 29 and the inter-bank Peso depreciated to 11.04 pesos to the dollar and to 11.15 pesos to the dollar in retail markets. President Calderon instructed Finance Minister Carstens to follow the markets' development very [...] | 2008-09-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2918 | MEXICO MARKET REACTION - SEPT. 29 [...] (U) The Mexican stock market's index, the IPC, fell 6.4% on Monday, September 29 and the inter-bank Peso depreciated to 11.04 pesos to the dollar and to 11.15 pesos to the dollar in retail markets. President Calderon instructed Finance Minister Carstens to follow the markets' development very [...] | 2008-09-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2926 | MX #2008-266, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on ILEA Justice Sector Security Training Program in San Salvador, El Salvador, 10/15/2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/15/2008, but no later than 10 business days per [...] | 2008-10-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2927 | MX #2008-266, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on ILEA Justice Sector Security Training Program in San Salvador, El Salvador, 10/15/2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/15/2008, but no later than 10 business days per [...] | 2008-10-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2928 | MEXICO'S PRI TALKS TOUGH ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] Summary. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of late has ramped up criticism of President Felipe Calderon's handling of Mexico's security problems, probably in large part to rally support and to distinguish itself from Calderon's National Action Party (PAN) in the runup to the 2009 leg [...] | 2008-10-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO2929 | SCENESETTER - OAS HEMISPHERIC SECURITY MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The American Embassy in Mexico City welcomes your upcoming visits. The October 6-8 OAS Hemispheric Security Ministerial is taking place at a time in Mexico when law enforcement and security issues are occupying a prominent place in the country's national agenda as never before. [...] | 2008-10-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MASS KCRM MX |
08MEXICO2948 | STATE LEVEL TEACHERS UNIONS PROTEST EDUCATION [...] Summary: In recent weeks there has been growing discontent among the state level Locals of the National Teachers Union (SNTE) against the &Alliance for Quality Education8 agreement signed this past May between the GOM and the union,s national leadership (Ref B). The discontent has resulted [...] | 2008-10-03 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI MX |
08MEXICO2951 | AFI PROTESTS: ANGST IN THE RANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Last week's protests by elements of Mexico's Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) -- which sparked the subsequent takeover of AFI headquarters by SSP's Federal Police in the early morning of September 26 -- stem from widespread anxiety among rank and file investigative police o [...] | 2008-10-03 19:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO2952 | MX #2008-270, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics Training, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, October 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-10-03 19:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2953 | MX #2008-269, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS in Mexico City, 10/17/2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/17/2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence o [...] | 2008-10-03 19:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2954 | MX #2008-268, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, in Culiacan,Sinaloa, 10/22/08. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-10-03 19:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2959 | MX #2008-271, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Specialized English Training, Lackland AFB, Texas and Eglin AFB, Florida, 11/15/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...] | 2008-10-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2960 | MX #2008-272, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Specialized English Training and Flight Safety, in Lackand AFB, Texas and Kirkland AFB, 11/15/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...] | 2008-10-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2965 | MX #2008-273, AID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from AID, for observation trip to Mac Allen, Texas on 10/31/08. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-10-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2977 | MEXICO STOCKS DROP, PESO WEAKENS AFTER HOUSE BAILOUT VOTE [...] SUMMARY. The IPC, Mexico's stock market index, plummeted on Friday Sept. 31, despite the approval of a financial bailout by the U.S. House of Representatives. The IPC plunged 4.32% on Friday, totaling a 10.2% weekly decline, one of the worse performances since 2000. The peso also fell to 11.2 [...] | 2008-10-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV MX |
08MEXICO299 | MX #2008-022, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Highway Interdiction/Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D. course, February 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...] | 2008-02-01 18:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2996 | MX #2008-267, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Training for Ministerial Police from Zacatecas, in Zacatecas, Mexico, October 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2008-10-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3014 | GOM SHARPENS FOCUS ON TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIRS - FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: A technical workshop on transboundary reservoirs in Cuernavaca October 3-4 was organized to provide senior GOM officials with information on possible models for negotiating a bilateral treaty with the U.S. In attendance were numerous academic experts and consultants. The leve [...] | 2008-10-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO302 | NEW LEADERSHIP AT VOLKSWAGEN UNION [...] SUMMARY: In early January a new leadership team took formal control of the union at the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The Puebla Volkswagen plant employs approximately 11,000 workers and is one of, if not the, single largest employers in the sta [...] | 2008-02-01 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PROV PHUM EIND PINR MX |
08MEXICO3048 | MX #2008-274, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Training Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-10-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3060 | MX #2008-278, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption (DIILS),in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2008-10-15 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3088 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO BY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Embassy community I warmly welcome you to Mexico for your discussions with Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa on October 22-23. You are arriving as Mexico enters a period of some peril on a number of fronts. President Calderon and his government continue to enjoy the s [...] | 2008-10-17 19:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MX |
08MEXICO3090 | MX #2008-276, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT International Defense Management Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, November 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human r [...] | 2008-10-17 21:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3091 | MX #2008-279, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT International Defense Management Course (DRMI),in Mexico City, Mexico, November 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...] | 2008-10-17 21:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3092 | MX #2008-283, DOJ LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ, on The investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, in Mexico City, Mexico, October, 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...] | 2008-10-17 21:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3099 | CALDERON LOOKING TO CRACK DOWN ON DRUG DEALERS [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties are responding cautiously to President Calderon's proposed legislation intended to strengthen Mexico's laws against small-time drug dealers. The most publicized provision of the new law is a measure to send individuals possessing small quantities of drugs to tre [...] | 2008-10-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3102 | CUBAN-MEXICAN MOU ON MIGRATION: GOOD NEWS, BAD [...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque will sign an MOU with Mexico today that could have Cuba taking back significantly greater numbers of the illegal Cubans detained en route to the U.S. each year by Mexican immigration authorities. He will also extend an invitation to President Cald [...] | 2008-10-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KMIG KCRM CU MX |
08MEXICO3103 | MX #2008-282, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Basic Course, in Quantico, Virginia, November 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-10-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3108 | : MEXICANS DIFFER ON THE EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL [...] Summary: Mexican opinion makers, academics, legislators and government officials are expressing vastly different views with regard to the effect on Mexico of the ongoing US financial crisis. Beyond the purely financial crisis, the areas of primary concern for Mexicans in this broader econom [...] | 2008-10-20 22:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SMIG SOCI PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3109 | MX #2008-277, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Protection Training Course, in Beltsville, Maryland, November 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-10-20 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3111 | MX #2008-284, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Protection Training Course, in Beltsville, Maryland, November 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-10-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3114 | MX #2008-280, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Hazardous Materials Management (HAZMAT/SMEE),in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...] | 2008-10-21 18:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3116 | YUCATAN SEEKING TO REMAIN AN OASIS OF TRANQUILITY [...] (C) Summary. Local government officials and civil society representatives from the state of Yucatan insist their state is more peaceful than the rest of Mexico. The discovery of some eleven bodies in the center of the Merida, the capital of Yucatan, on August 28, served a graphic reminder th [...] | 2008-10-21 20:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR KCRM PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO3137 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Eduardo Jordan, marketing agent for Bushmaster, and Oswaldo Luna Valderrabano of La Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP),and spoke by phone with Lieutenant Colonel Raul Manzano Velez in the Office of Commercialization of Armaments and Municions at the Secretariat of National [...] | 2008-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3139 | MX #2008-286, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT DIILS Legal aspects, in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 6, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 6, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guid [...] | 2008-10-23 18:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3140 | MX #2008-285, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Study Tour - Juvenile Justice and Community based on services for adolescents at risk, in MacAllen, Texas, November 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credib [...] | 2008-10-23 18:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3141 | MX #2008-287, RSO EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on 2008 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference (IACP),in San Diego, California, November 6, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 6, 2008, but no [...] | 2008-10-23 18:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3146 | OAXACA: MORE OF THE SAME, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: On 7-9 October, Poloff visited Oaxaca state and met with a representative from civil society, the President of the State Human Rights Commission, and various government officials, including Governor Ulises Ruiz. Two years after the unrest in 2006, the rift between human rights or [...] | 2008-10-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO3155 | MX #2008-292, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, in Durango, Mexico, November 3, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before October 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...] | 2008-10-23 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3156 | MX #2008-291, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management Seminar, in Puebla, Mexico, November 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3157 | MX #2008-289, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation and Preservation of Evidence, in Toluca, Mexico, November 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...] | 2008-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3162 | CALDERON ANNOUNCES NEW SECURITY ADVISOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 18:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3165 | MX #2008-294, USAID EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Produracion de Justicia y Trata de Personas, in Mexico, D.F., 11/6/2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 11/6/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross v [...] | 2008-10-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3171 | MEXICO'S PRD REMAINS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY [...] (CONFIDENTIAL) SUMMARY: Having exacted concessions from lawmakers struggling to finalize energy reform legislation, Mexico's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) should be celebrating its political gains this week. Instead, party banner carrier Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is threatening to f [...] | 2008-10-24 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3172 | MX #2008-288, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course, Patrick AFB, Florida, 11/14/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...] | 2008-10-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3173 | CUBAN FM SIGNS MIGRATION MOU WITH MEXICO, RECEIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KCRM PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO3175 | CUBAN FM SIGNS MIGRATION MOU WITH MEXICO, RECEIVES [...] (U) Summary. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque visited Mexico October 19-22 signing a bilateral migration accord and extending an invitation to President Calderon to visit Cuba. Both sides took pains to put behind them the ill will that characterized relations during the Fox admini [...] | 2008-10-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SMIG KCRM PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO3176 | MX #2008-290, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Hostage Negotiation Course, in Guadalajara, Mexico, November 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-10-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3178 | MEXICO REBUILDING TIES TO VENEZUELA, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. President Felipe Calderon has attempted since taking office to repair ties with Venezuela, and the Foreign Ministry has said that Mexico is slowly making improvements. Nevertheless, several points of friction, such as the lack of a Venezuelan ambassador in Mexico City, suspicions about [...] | 2008-10-27 18:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3183 | MEXICO'S SECURITY REFORM MOVING AHEAD IN FITS AND [...] (C) Summary. Mexican President Calderon has submitted to congress a series of proposals to improve government performance on security matters, the most significant of which probably are police reorganization, reform of the Attorney General's Office, and the renovation of a National System for [...] | 2008-10-28 17:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3184 | MX #2008-294, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP),in Washington, D.C., November 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-10-28 20:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3185 | MX #2008-295, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH60 Helicopter Repairer, in Fort Eustis, Virginia, November 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-10-28 20:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO320 | MX #2008-024, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Highway Interdiction/Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D. course, February 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-02-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO321 | MX #2008-023, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Tecnicas de Investigacion Criminal, February 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-02-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3210 | MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES TEPID ENERGY REFORM PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following seven months of often acrimonious debate, the Mexican Congress on October 28 approved a modest energy reform package - focused almost exclusively on oil - which will give greater financial autonomy and more decision making power to the state owned oil company Pemex. [...] | 2008-10-29 23:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3214 | MX #2008-296, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP),in Washington, D.C., November 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-10-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3222 | MX #2008-299, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT International Management Course (DRMI),in Mexico City, Mexico, November 10, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credibl [...] | 2008-10-30 23:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3228 | MX #2008-297, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Hazardous Materials Management (HAZMAT/SMEE),in Mexico City, Mexico, November 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...] | 2008-10-31 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3229 | MX #2008-303, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, November 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...] | 2008-10-31 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3230 | MX #2008-302, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Course, in Acapulco, Mexico, November 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-10-31 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3231 | MX #2008-301, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, in Culiacan, Mexico, November 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-10-31 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3232 | MX #2008-300, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, in Leon, Mexico, November 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...] | 2008-10-31 16:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO324 | CONTESTED ELECTION BETWEEN TEXTILE UNIONS WILL [...] SUMMARY: In late 2007 the labor authorities in the central Mexican state of Puebla organized an election to determine which of three competing textile unions would represent the workers at the Vaqueros Navarra blue jeans factory. The election followed months of negotiations, intense competi [...] | 2008-02-05 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO3243 | MX #2008-298, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT CCMR, in Mexico City, November 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-10-31 22:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3276 | MX #2008-304, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Ballistics Seminar, in Reynosa, Mexico, November 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-11-04 23:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3282 | QUERETARO BOASTS PROSPERITY, COMBATS INTOLERANCE [...] Summary. The state of Queretaro located some 160 km northwest of Mexico City boasts a pleasant climate, a rich historical tradition, and a growing economy. The state's governor proudly told visiting Deputy PolCouns that Queretaro typically grew several points above the Mexican national aver [...] | 2008-11-05 22:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SMIG KCRM PHUM MX |
08MEXICO3283 | MX #2008-305, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course, in Hurlburt Field AFB, Florida, November 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human r [...] | 2008-11-05 23:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3285 | MOURINO DEATH A BLOW, BUT UNLIKELY TO UNDERMINE [...] (C) Summary. The tragic death of Juan Camilo Mourino, along with several colleagues at Mexico's Secretariat of Government (SEGOB),represents a personal blow for President Calderon, and the loss of talented professionals, but should neither undermine the president politically nor prove to be [...] | 2008-11-05 23:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3289 | NATIONAL TEACHERS UNION: HANDING OUT HUMMERS WHILE [...] Summary: In recent weeks Mexico has experienced growing discontent among the state level Locals of the National Teachers Union (SNTE) against the &Alliance for Quality Education8 agreement signed this past May between the GOM and the union,s national leadership (Ref A). The goal of the agre [...] | 2008-11-06 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO3292 | MX #2008-307, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation Course, in Veracruz, Mexico, November 21,2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-11-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3293 | MX #2008-306, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Advanced Security Studies, in Marshall Center, Germany, December 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...] | 2008-11-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3313 | MX #2008-308, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Pacific Rim (CHDS),in Palo Alto, California, December 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-11-07 22:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3340 | MEXICO'S ECONOMY HIT BY GLOBAL CRISIS; PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jitters over the depth of the global economic downturn, the drop in oil prices, and foreign investors' flight to quality have hurt domestic financial markets. The financial crisis and the downturn of the U.S. economy is adversely affecting the Mexican economy, reflected in a dec [...] | 2008-11-10 23:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3342 | CALDERON NAMES FERNANDO FRANCISCO GOMEZ MONT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early morning press conference November 10, President Calderon named Fernando Francisco Gomez Mont to replace Juan Camilo Mouri$o, who perished in last weekQ,s jet crash in Mexico City. Gomez Mont is hailed by many in his party as a solid pick, who will help knit PAN t [...] | 2008-11-10 23:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3343 | CNDH AND PGR SQUARE OFF OVER BRAD WILL CASE [...] Summary. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and its Attorney General's Office have released two separate reports on the shooting of Amcit journalist Brad Will in October 2006 that places the two institutions at odds. CNDH insists its investigation of forensic evidence demonstr [...] | 2008-11-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3345 | MEXICO?S ECONOMY HIT BY GLOBAL CRISIS; PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jitters over the depth of the global economic downturn, the drop in oil prices, and foreign investors? flight to quality have hurt domestic financial markets. The financial crisis and the downturn of the U.S. economy is adversely affecting the Mexican economy, reflected in a de [...] | 2008-11-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3385 | NOMINATION FOR IQBAL MASIH AWARD ) MEXICO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP MX |
08MEXICO3403 | MX #2008-310, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D., in Distrito Federal, Mexico, December 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-11-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3404 | MX #2008-310, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D., in Distrito Federal, Mexico, December 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...] | 2008-11-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO343 | MX #2008-025, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DISAM Foreign Purchaser course, February 27, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-02-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3434 | MX #2008-311, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT CCMR, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-11-19 22:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3435 | MEXICO'S LOCAL ELECTIONS ROUNDUP: PRI ASCENDENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was the big winner in five of six state elections in 2008, leading many analysts and press pundits to refer to these elections as a collective bellwether for the 2009 legislative and gubernatorial elections. Although PRI victories to da [...] | 2008-11-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3436 | MX #2008-313, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism Course, in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...] | 2008-11-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3437 | MX #2008-312, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Pacific Rim (CHDS),in Palo Alto, California, December 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...] | 2008-11-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3439 | MX #2008-314, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Medical Assistance, in Fort Benning, GA, Dec 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-11-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3467 | MX #2008-315, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP),in Washington. D.C., Dec.12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...] | 2008-11-24 17:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3491 | ENERGY REFORM - WAITING TO READ THE FINE PRINT [...] (SBU) Summary: The energy reform package approved by the Mexican Congress in late October is complex - and in some areas vague. Many experts are waiting to see the bylaws and new contract templates before making a final judgment on what impact the legislation will have. In the meantime, the [...] | 2008-11-25 20:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3493 | UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMS WITH [...] Summary: Mission Mexico,s Consular Section recently organized a conference in Dallas on H-2A visa processing. During this event an official of the United Farm Workers (UFW) shared with Labor Counselor (an invitee at the conference) his union,s concerns about the problems they believe exist i [...] | 2008-11-25 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CVIS EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO3498 | CALDERON CONTINUES ANTI-CORRUPTION SWEEP [...] (C) Summary. The Calderon administration's anti-corruption initiative Operation Cleanup most recently produced the arrest of the head of Interpol in Mexico and a former Deputy Attorney General/anti-drug czar. While the revelations of narco-infiltration into the upper echelons of law enforcem [...] | 2008-11-25 22:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3503 | MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points November 26 on the IAEA's reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that the Government of Mexico (GOM) conti [...] | 2008-11-26 18:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX |
08MEXICO3513 | SPANISH TELCOM APPEARS TO SUSPEND CODE OF CONDUCT [...] SUMMARY: The largest single a call center operation in Mexico is a subsidiary of the Spanish telecommunication company Telefonica. The Spanish companyQ,s Mexican subsidiary, Q&Atento MexicoQ8, employs over 18,000 workers located in 15 call centers. Telefonica corporate literature prominently [...] | 2008-11-28 19:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI MX |
08MEXICO3530 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Mexico has uncovered a misstatement on the license request by Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad (TPS) in conducting a pre-license end-use check (reftel). Although TPS did not identify the correct end-user of abrasion resistant steel plates from U.S. supplier Kam [...] | 2008-12-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3536 | MX #2008-316, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Special Forces, in Fort Bragg, N.C., December 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...] | 2008-12-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3537 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City. With the imminent roll out of the Merida Initiative you are coming at an excellent time to discuss our bilateral law enforcement agenda and your visit will accentuate the importance we place on Mexico as a partner in the war on drugs and [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO354 | MEXICAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO TAKE ON LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Since taking office in December 2006, the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon has launched a number of reform initiatives aimed at making long range national improvements. To date his administration has worked with the Congress to move forward in areas like fiscal, elect [...] | 2008-02-08 18:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO3550 | MX #2008-317, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Intelligence Fellows Program, at Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., December 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of [...] | 2008-12-03 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3556 | MX #2008-318, USAID EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on First Latin American Forum of Human Trafficking and Justice, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 15, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before December 12, 2008. 2. Post [...] | 2008-12-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO357 | MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS INFLATION, GROWTH, AND [...] (U) Key cabinet members and economists discussed economic challenges for the Mexican economy at a seminar hosted by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) last month. Bank of Mexico Governor Ortiz said that the impact of the 2007 fiscal reform on inflation may be smaller than [...] | 2008-02-08 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO3571 | MX #2008-319, USAID EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Forum on Trafficking in Persons and Justice, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 15, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before December 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no cre [...] | 2008-12-04 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3574 | AN IFE PERSPECTIVE ON MEXICAN ELECTORAL REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. The 2009 legislative and gubernatorial elections will test the efficacy of electoral reforms passed last year, some of the most significant of which include changes to campaign financing and access to media. How the reforms play out next year probably will determine whether the l [...] | 2008-12-04 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO358 | MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM POL WHA MX |
08MEXICO3586 | NARCO-VIOLENCE SPIKES; BORDER AFFECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican media redoubled their focus on the country's spiral of violence, noting that &drug-related8 killings had either approached or topped 5000 for the year, so far. While tallying the actual number of such killings is a highly inexact science here, it is clearly evident t [...] | 2008-12-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO359 | MEXICO TO ATTEND UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM TO [...] Graciela Gomez Garcia, Director for the International Crime Prevention Unit at Mexico's Foreign Ministry (SRE),told PolOff February 8 that Mexico's newly appointed Special Prosecutor for Violent Crimes Against Women, Maria Guadalupe Morfin Otero, would lead Mexico's delegation to the upcoming [...] | 2008-02-08 23:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG MX |
08MEXICO3594 | ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR MEXICO'S PRD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jesus Ortega, newly confirmed president of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),this week heralded the beginning of a new period of greater stability for his party. However, his assumption to the presidency has done nothing to quiet the bitter factional tensions among Mexico [...] | 2008-12-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3595 | PGR MAKES ITS CASE, AGAIN, ON BRAD WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexico's Office of the Attorney General (PGR) provided Emboffs with a three-hour brief on its investigation into the death of Amcit journalist Brad Will who was shot and killed in the course of civil unrest in Oaxaca in October 2006. Much of what PGR presented tracked with p [...] | 2008-12-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3604 | MX #2008-321, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-12-08 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3610 | MX #2008-320, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-12-08 22:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3612 | MEXICO'S PIRACY SURVEY - SURVEY SAYS . . . [...] (U) Summary: AmCham Mexico just released its second annual nationwide survey of consumption habits for pirated goods in Mexico. Three-quarters of the Mexican population knowingly purchase pirated products, mostly CD's and DVD's, due primarily to their lower prices as compared to the original [...] | 2008-12-08 22:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON |
08MEXICO364 | MX #2008-026, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. de Morelos course, March 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...] | 2008-02-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3650 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 11 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2008-12-11 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
08MEXICO3655 | U.S. COUNTRY TEAM SUPPORT OF USNORTHCOM FY09 1206 [...] (U) A STRONG MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING OUR COMMON NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) AND COUNTERNARCOTICS (CN) GOALS. SINCE ITS STAND-UP IN 2002, USNORTHCOM, IN CONCERT WITH MY COUNTRY TEAM, HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPROVING OUR MILITARY RELATIONS [...] | 2008-12-12 17:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTIA MARR MAS MX PM PREL PTER |
08MEXICO3670 | LEFT-OF-CENTER CONVERGENCIA PARTY STRUGGLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With legislative elections next summer that could determine its fate as a political party, Mexico's small left-of-center Convergencia is casting around for strategies that will help maintain its viability. On December 10, the party cemented a new alliance with the small, far-l [...] | 2008-12-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3672 | MX #2008-322, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Public Affairs Qualification Course, in Ft Meade, MD, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-12-15 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3686 | MX #2008-324, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Drug and Criminal Investigation, in Mexico City, January 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...] | 2008-12-15 23:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3689 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with President Mauricio Natale and his assistant, Jose Eduardo Llanos, of Blindajes Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (whose commercial name is Global Armor) November 25 about the end-use check on license 050126003 (reftel). Natale confirmed the order for steel armor plates from Astrall [...] | 2008-12-15 23:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3690 | MEXICO'S 75 POINT SECURITY PACT: 100 DAYS LATER [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon's government has made genuine progress against the obligations outlined in last summer's 75 point security pact, purging law enforcement institutions of many corrupt officials, getting Mexico's legislature to boost security spending in the 2009 budget and estab [...] | 2008-12-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3692 | MX #2008-323, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Aviator (UH-60FS),in Ft. Rucker, AL, January 07, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-12-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3695 | MX #2008-332, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counterdrug Operations, in Fort Benning, GA, January 06, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-12-16 22:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3696 | MX #2008-328, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on IP Pilot Instruments Procedures, in Lackland AFB, TX, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-12-16 22:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3697 | MX #2008-327, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Helicopter Crew Chief, in Lackland AFB, TX, January 06, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...] | 2008-12-16 22:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3715 | MX #2008-329, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Avionics Comm/Nav Equipment, in Lackland, TX, January 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-12-17 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3716 | MX #2008-330, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Pneudraulics System Technician, in Lackland AFB, TX, January 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...] | 2008-12-17 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3717 | MX #2008-331, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Technician Course, in Lackland AFB, TX, Jan 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-12-17 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO373 | MX #2008-27, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP UH60 Maintenance Test Pilot, 3/03/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-02-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3730 | MX #2008-334, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Power Train, in Fort Eustis, VA, January 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-12-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3731 | MX #2008-336, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Military Police Investigator, in Fort Leonarwood, MO, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-12-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3732 | MX #2008-337, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Information Operations, in WHINSEC, Fort Benning, GA, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...] | 2008-12-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3733 | MX #2008-335, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Maintenance Manager, in Fort Lucker, AL, January 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...] | 2008-12-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3735 | MX #2008-338, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Electrician, in Fort Eustis, VA, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-12-18 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3736 | MX #2008-333, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Command & Staff College, in Fort Leonarwood, MO, January 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...] | 2008-12-18 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3742 | MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 23:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX |
08MEXICO3743 | MEXICO: TAKING STOCK OF LEGISLATIVE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congress' work this session fell short of its 75 point security pact promises, but the legislation that did pass represents important steps forward in judicial and security reform and restructuring. The path to approving the legislation was not without some debate and concessio [...] | 2008-12-18 23:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3752 | AGREEMENT ON TARIFF REDUCTION SCHEME [...] (U) Summary: After a protracted negotiation, the Calderon Administration has reached an agreement with Mexico's private sector to reduce or eliminate tariffs on imports from non-FTA partner countries. The agreement also includes a promise to simplify and expedite Mexican customs procedures. [...] | 2008-12-19 19:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON |
08MEXICO3755 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 19 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2008-12-19 23:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
08MEXICO3777 | MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 18:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX |
08MEXICO3778 | MEXICO ON FORMER PRESIDENT ERNESTO ZEDILLO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 23:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX |
08MEXICO3779 | SOLDIER KILLINGS PROMPT NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN GUERRERO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican military has deployed over 300 members of elite units as part of its efforts to track down the perpetrators of the killings and beheadings of eight military soldiers, seven whose bodies were discovered early December 21 in Guerrero and another on December 9. The as [...] | 2008-12-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR MX |
08MEXICO379 | MX #2008-030, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP Aviation Safety Mgt, 06/02/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...] | 2008-02-12 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3793 | MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on increasing financial pressure on Iran (reftel) December 24 to Fernando Gonzalez in the Office of the UN Security Council at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Gonzalez commented that the Government of Mexico (GOM) supports full implementation of the Se [...] | 2008-12-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MX |
08MEXICO3794 | MX #2008-341, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Captain Career Common Core & Maneuver Captains Career, in Fort Knox, KY, January 13, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before January 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no cred [...] | 2008-12-29 19:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3797 | MX #2008-339, RSO, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Vip Protection for SSP, in San Luis Potosi, January 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...] | 2008-12-29 19:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO380 | MX #2008-035, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. De Morelos, May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...] | 2008-02-12 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3800 | MEXICO'S PRD MODERATES CLOSE RANKS AT EXPENSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new moderate leadership of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),on the heels of its victory in the internal elections (reftel),closed ranks in recent weeks at the expense of small parties and former party standard bearer Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). At its las [...] | 2008-12-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO3807 | MX #2008-344, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Medical Assistance, in WHINSEC, Ft. Benning, GA, January 14, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before January 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...] | 2008-12-30 18:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3808 | MX #2008-342, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Combat Dive, in Fort Bragg, NC, January 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...] | 2008-12-30 18:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3809 | MX #2008-343, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Engineer Operations Spanish, in WHINSEC, Ft. Benning, GA, January 30, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...] | 2008-12-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO381 | MX #2008-032, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition course, February 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3811 | MX #2008-345, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Ranger, at Infantry School, Ft. Benning, GA, January 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-12-30 23:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO3812 | MX #2008-346, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Engineer Operations Spanish, at WHINSEC, Ft. Benning, GA, January 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...] | 2008-12-30 23:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO382 | MX #2008-033, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Forensic Document Laboratory, February 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO383 | MX #2008-034, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. De Morelos, April 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...] | 2008-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO384 | MX #2008-028, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Officer Preparatory, 3/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO385 | MX #2008-029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on PT6A Engine Technician, 3/10/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...] | 2008-02-12 18:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO386 | MX #2008-031, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP Instruments Proc Course, June 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-02-12 18:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO393 | MX #2008-036, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Comprehensive Security Seminar, 2/27/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...] | 2008-02-12 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO395 | MX #2008-038, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Washington Study Tour, March 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-02-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO396 | MX #2008-037, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition course, February 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...] | 2008-02-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO405 | MX #2008-041, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Preservacion de la Evidencia, February 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-02-13 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO406 | MX #2008-039, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on International Postblast Investigation Program, February 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...] | 2008-02-13 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO407 | MX #2008-040, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion De Conflictos, February 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...] | 2008-02-13 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO411 | MEXICO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 21:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM MX PHUM PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO431 | MX #2008-043, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Forensic Document Laboratory, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...] | 2008-02-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO458 | MX #2008-044, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-60 Pilot Instructor course, March 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-02-19 21:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO462 | STRIKING CHIHUAHUA MINERS SETTLE FOR HALF OF LOST [...] SUMMARY: The strike that began some three weeks ago at the Naica lead mine in the northern border state of Chihuahua (REF A) was settled on February 8. The strikers at the Naica mine belong to Local No. 30 of the National Union of Miners and Metalworkers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSRM),M [...] | 2008-02-19 21:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
08MEXICO463 | SAN DIEGO/TIJUANA: INCREASED BORDER VIOLENCE AND [...] (SBU) On February 5, CBP and Poloff met with SRE to discuss the issue of increased violence along the border. CBP specifically noted that border violence problems have increased/worsened in the Tijuana/San Diego area in the past 6 months. CBP informed SRE of the extent of collaboration there h [...] | 2008-02-19 21:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX |
08MEXICO472 | MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-02-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO473 | MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-02-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO474 | MEXICO CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Summary. Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) is a priority for Mexico. The U.S. and Mexico have already established a framework for developing a common approach to CIP. Because Mexico borders the United States, U.S. domestic agencies, including DHS, Northcom, and others have studi [...] | 2008-02-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON |
08MEXICO475 | MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...] | 2008-02-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO492 | MX #2008-046, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Transnational Gang Conference, March 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-02-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO50 | MX #2008-003, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-60 QUAL course, January 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-01-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO501 | Expedited and Amended MX #2008-046, FBI LEAHY VETTING [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Transnational Gang Conference, March 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible on February 28, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. This cable [...] | 2008-02-21 18:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO509 | MEXICO ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV MX |
08MEXICO512 | MISSION INPUT ON 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Mission recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. In the first year of the Calderon administration, there have been significant advances in a number of areas of concern highlighted in last year's report, with little or no progress on others. The advanc [...] | 2008-02-22 12:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON |
08MEXICO515 | MX #2008-050, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-60 Pilot Instructor Course, March 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-02-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO516 | MX #2008-048, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Investigacion Criminal course, March 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-02-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO517 | MX #2008-049, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Investigacion de Homicidios, March 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...] | 2008-02-22 16:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO520 | INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] ESTCOUNS presented the demarche in reftel to Yuriria Guadalupe GARCIA Nunez, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Africa and the Middle East in the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE). Garcia mentioned that Director-General for Science and Technology Maximo ROMERO Jimenez (who is traveling) had info [...] | 2008-02-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY CDG PUOS |
08MEXICO53 | MX #2008-004, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue Maritime, January 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-01-09 17:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO543 | MEXICO CITY'S RESPONSE TO INQUIRY ON FISCAL [...] (U) This cable is Mexico City's response to reftel regarding fiscal tranparency in countries receiving USG assistance monies. 2. (SBU) Mexico has made strides in improving the transparency of its federal budget in recent years, but significant shortcomings remain. Mexico publishes its fed [...] | 2008-02-25 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV MX |
08MEXICO545 | INTER-UNION DISPUTE SPARKS TENSION IN NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: Outside of the greater Mexico City metropolitan area, the northern state of Nuevo Leon is probably one of the most heavily industrialized and certainly the most business friendly entities in the country. Overall, relations between the private sector and organized labor in Nuevo Leon [...] | 2008-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO548 | MX #2008-051, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Inter-Agency Coordination & Combating Terrorism course, May 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...] | 2008-02-26 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO554 | MX #2008-052, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DLI course, March 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...] | 2008-02-27 17:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO56 | MX #2008-006, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue Maritime, January 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-01-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO564 | MX #2008-047, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Boatswain Mate A course, March 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-02-27 21:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO57 | MX #2008-005, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue Maritime course, February 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-01-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO6 | MX #2007-288, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcoticos course, January 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-01-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO608 | IFE REFORMS TAKE HOLD [...] SUMMARY. Electoral reform legislation adopted last September included a provision requiring Congress to replace three of the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) members by December. Congress, however, proved unable to forge consensus around three candidates until February when it agreed to a [...] | 2008-02-29 20:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
08MEXICO609 | JESSICA LEWIS AT LOS PINOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Affairs staff member Jessica Lewis visited Mexico for two days February 20-22 to discuss elements of the Merida Initiative with GOM contacts, independent security analysts and representatives from rights organizations. With her official interlocutors, Lewis di [...] | 2008-02-29 20:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
08MEXICO611 | CORRECTED MX00608 (FORMAT ONLY) -- IFE REFORMS [...] SUMMARY. Electoral reform legislation adopted last September included a provision requiring Congress to replace three of the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) members by December. Congress, however, proved unable to forge consensus around three candidates until February when it agreed to [...] | 2008-02-29 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR AA MX |
08MEXICO613 | USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA BRIEFING ON IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 21:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC MX PARM |
08MEXICO614 | MEXICO-IRAN RELATIONS: A LOT OF TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (C) More than a year after a dynamic new Iranian Ambassador hit the ground running in Mexico, bilateral relations between the two countries have yet to move beyond the symbolic. Economic ties remain limited and soft-power projections by Iran in Mexico have had little public impact. Mexican off [...] | 2008-02-29 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | ENRG MX PARM PEMEX PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
08MEXICO623 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Area Director of International Policy on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Dr. Rodolfo Godinez Rosales, Director for the Environment under the General Direction of Global Themes, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SR [...] | 2008-03-03 23:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MV MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC KGHG |
08MEXICO624 | DEMARCHE: USG PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING [...] Political counselor spoke with Guillermo Hernandez Salmeron, Deputy Director General for Global Affairs at SRE, and David Najera, Coordinator for Special Affairs in the North America Division, to note USG concerns with Mexican plans to table a resolution on small arms trafficking at the upco [...] | 2008-03-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AU MX SNAR |
08MEXICO626 | MX #2008-053, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Strategy Defense Policy, February 19, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, as soon as possible, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible [...] | 2008-03-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO627 | MX #2008-054, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Narcotics, March 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...] | 2008-03-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO63 | INFLATION A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE MEXICAN [...] (SBU) A key challenge for the Calderon administration this year will be containing inflation expectations and bringing the overall inflation rate closer to 3%. The annual consumer price inflation rate hovered around the top end of the government's target range throughout 2007, with end-of-mont [...] | 2008-01-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO630 | ZACATECAS NOTES: STATE OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) A two day trip to Zacatecas state in early February by Embassy Poloff and Monterrey consulate's Polecon chief provided indications that the nearly ten year grip held by the Democratic Revolutionary Party on the state may be loosening. Contacts in politics, government, media and academe [...] | 2008-03-04 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM KDEM MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO633 | MX #2008-055, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on ICI Vehicle Theft course, March 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below EXCEPT [...] | 2008-03-04 20:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO639 | MX #2008-056, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Study Tour to Colombia and Chile, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...] | 2008-03-05 18:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO640 | MX #2008-057, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Crisis Command Control, April 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-03-05 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO656 | MX #2008-57, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, March 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-03-05 22:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO662 | MX #2008-059, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Course, March 10, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before March 10, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses [...] | 2008-03-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO667 | AMENDED MX00656 -- MX2008-58, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is a corrected version of MX00656. 2. Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, March 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...] | 2008-03-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO668 | AMENDMENT TO MX00656 -- MX #2008-58, NAS LEAHY VETTING [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, March 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-03-06 21:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO676 | MEXICO RESTRUCTURES CUBAN DEBT, SRE ESPINOSA TO [...] (C) Summary. On February 18, 2008, Mexico Bancomext announced that an agreement had been reached to refinance the USD 400 million in debt owed by Cuba. President Calderon had previous stated that restructuring the debt was important to strengthening ties between the two countries. Foreign S [...] | 2008-03-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU MX |
08MEXICO691 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 7, 2008 [...] (SBU) President Calderon on March 3 announced a series of measures aimed at helping the Mexican economy weather the U.S. economic slowdown. The package includes reductions in provisional income tax payments between March and June 2008, reductions in corporate payments to the social security i [...] | 2008-03-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
08MEXICO7 | MX #2008-001, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counterdrug Operations -- Spanish, January 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...] | 2008-01-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO713 | NARCO-KILLINGS UPDATE [...] (SBU) According to figures from the National Center for Information, Analysis and Planning in order to Fight Crime (CENAPI),there were over 2,400 organized crime-related homicides in 2007, compared to an estimated 2,120 in 2006. The majority of these killings continue to occur in states tradi [...] | 2008-03-11 19:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX |
08MEXICO714 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF AND MINISTER MOURINO DISCUSS [...] C) Summary DHS Secretary Chertoff stressed with Mexico's Minister of Government Mourino the importance the U.S. attached to greater access to Special Interest Aliens (SIAs) illegally in Mexico. He requested Mexico consider requiring passenger manifest information on a mandatory [...] | 2008-03-11 19:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SNAR KHLS MX |
08MEXICO721 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MEXICO722 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MEXICO742 | MX #2008-060, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Search and Preservation of Evidence, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-03-13 18:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO743 | MX #2008-061, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intelligence in Combating, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-03-13 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO744 | MX #2008-064, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on JT Combat Warfight, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that t [...] | 2008-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO745 | MX #2008-063, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Pathfinder, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the depa [...] | 2008-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO746 | MX #2008-065, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Flight Safety off/Jet Engine Mishap, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...] | 2008-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO747 | MX #2008-062, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism Security, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...] | 2008-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO748 | MX #2008-066, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-IN Helo Mech, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...] | 2008-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO749 | GROWTH IN REMITTANCES TO MEXICO STAGNATES [...] (SBU) Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico grew by only 1% last year to total USD 23.98 billion. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) attributed the fall to a combination of factors, including a slowdown in the U.S. economy, particularly in the construction sector, stricter U.S. immigration controls, a [...] | 2008-03-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
08MEXICO750 | DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY JACOBSON MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Roberta Jacobson met with Mexican human rights/rule of law and security NGOs to address concerns about human rights and security related to the GOM's recent counter narcotics push and possible expanded U.S.-Mexico law enforcement cooper [...] | 2008-03-13 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO757 | MX #2008-067, LEGATT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legatt, on Mallet, 3/28/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the depar [...] | 2008-03-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO768 | MEXICO ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] Acting PolCouns stressed with Minister Jose Antonio Zabulguitia, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of the Office of Regional Organizations and Mechanisms in the Americas, the importance the U.S. attached to using the 3/17 OAS Consultations to focus on the future and better address tr [...] | 2008-03-14 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC MX |
08MEXICO779 | MX #2008-073, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification course, April 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-03-18 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO780 | MX #2008-074 (second group),DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification course (second group),April 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...] | 2008-03-18 19:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO79 | MEXICAN LABOR UNIONS (SORT OF) UNITE TO PROTEST [...] SUMMARY: Many of the factions within Mexico,s &official8 labor unions recently used the anniversary of a little known labor event to protest anticipated price hikes in gasoline and in items considered part of a basic basket of goods. The unions called on Mexico,s Secretaries of Labor and Econ [...] | 2008-01-10 22:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PINR MX |
08MEXICO790 | TOTAL 2008 FDI IN MEXICO MEETS PREDICTIONS [...] Summary: Bancomext, the Mexican export finance organization, and the Secretariat of Economy have released total 2007 inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. As predicted, total FDI was USD 23.2 Billion. First time direct investments continued to make up the bulk of FDI inflows. The fin [...] | 2008-03-18 19:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV MX |
08MEXICO8 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 17:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA |
08MEXICO801 | MX #2008-071, LEGATT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legatt, on Street Survival Techniques Training, 4/4/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...] | 2008-03-19 15:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO802 | MX #2008-072, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combatting Terrorism, 4/16/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...] | 2008-03-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO803 | MX #2008-069, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer, 3/31/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that th [...] | 2008-03-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO804 | MX #2008-068, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Leadership and Management, 3/31/2008). 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...] | 2008-03-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO805 | MX #2008-070, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer, 4/11/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that th [...] | 2008-03-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO81 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B. [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...] | 2008-01-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR OVIP MUKASEY MICHAEL MX |
08MEXICO810 | MX #2008-079, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from LEGAT, on IV San Salvador International Gang Conference, April 7, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before April 7, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. [...] | 2008-03-24 18:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO811 | MX #2008-075, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Joint Transition Course, April 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-03-24 18:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO812 | MX #2008-076, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Airborne/Jumpmaster, April 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-03-24 18:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO814 | MX #2008-077, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification and Trafficking, April 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-03-24 18:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO821 | MX #2008-078, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Engineer Operations, April 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-03-24 20:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO825 | MX #2008-080, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combatting Terrorism course, April 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-03-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO866 | RETAINING THE MANDATE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC |
08MEXICO873 | MX #2008-085, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combating Terrorism course, April 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...] | 2008-03-27 19:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO874 | MX #2008-084, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Army War College course, April 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...] | 2008-03-27 19:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO875 | MEXICO TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE DPRK SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 20:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO881 | MX #2008-086, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Tecnicas de Entrevista, April 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...] | 2008-03-28 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO886 | THE FARC IN mexico 

Classified By: POL Officer Frank Penirian. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM PINR SNAR MX |
08MEXICO89 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL CUELLAR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation headed by Representative Henry Cuellar for travel to Mexico City from January 20-22, 2008. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Teresa Perez, telephone 52 (55) 5080-2000 ext 4241; fax [...] | 2008-01-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX |
08MEXICO891 | MX #2008-087, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism Level I and II, August 6, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-03-28 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO896 | MX #2008-092, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Set/S.F. Combat Diver Qualification course, April 18, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...] | 2008-03-31 20:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO898 | MX #2008-090, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Set/Army War College, April 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...] | 2008-03-31 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO899 | MX #2008-091, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Set/Military Police Investigator course, April 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...] | 2008-03-31 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO914 | MX #2008-093, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request for participants in a DOJ/ATF Firearms Identification and Trafficking course to commence in Mexico City on April 10, 2008. The trafficking of arms into Mexico from the U.S. represents a very sensitive issue for [...] | 2008-03-31 20:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO931 | OAXACA TEACHERS PROTEST OVER DELAYED UNION [...] (U) Summary: The dispute between Section (Local) 22 of the National Teachers Union (SNTE) and the state government of Oaxaca that began in mid-2006 as a labor action and grew into a political crisis has been relatively quiet of late. The quarrel between the teachers and the Oaxaca government [...] | 2008-04-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
08MEXICO944 | President Calderon's Economic Development [...] (U) The pillar of President CalderonQs economic development strategy for Mexico is to preserve macro- economic stability in order to prevent a return to economic crises that periodically devastated Mexico during the 1980Qs and 1990Qs. While the economic stability Mexico has enjoyed since 2001 [...] | 2008-04-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
08MEXICO949 | PRESIDENT CALDERON'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (U) The pillar of President Calderon's economic development strategy for Mexico is to preserve macro-economic stability in order to prevent a return to economic crises that periodically devastated Mexico during the 1980's and 1990's. While the economic stability Mexico has enjoyed since 2001 h [...] | 2008-04-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD PINR MX |
08MEXICO959 | MEXICO DEMARCHED ON UNSCR 1803 ON IRAN, INCLUDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 20:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC NSG PARM UNSC IR MX |
08MEXICO96 | MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 17:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX |
08MEXICO964 | MEXICO CANDIDACY TO UNSC [...] Julian Juarez, the Deputy Director General of the Office of Peace and International Security in the Foreign Ministry's UN Office, advised Deputy PolCouns 4/2 that Mexico had secured GRULAC's support for Mexico's bid for a UNSC seat for the 2009-2010 term. Mexico appreciated the importance of [...] | 2008-04-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM UN MX |
08MEXICO965 | MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU |
08MEXICO966 | MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa visited Cuba March 13 normalizing relations between the two that had chilled considerably in the course of the Fox administration. Espinosa pointedly decided not to meet with the Cuban dissident community and it appears human rights were likel [...] | 2008-04-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU |
08MILAN15 | AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: [...] (SBU) Alitalia cuts at Milan's Malpensa go into full force as of April 1, 2008. Flight reductions of over 25 percent of Malpensa's traffic and more than one third of its intercontinental routes will have an immediate, significant impact on the region's economy starting with job cuts of at le [...] | 2008-02-01 17:39:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELAB ETRD IT KPRV |
08MILAN68 | ITALY'S EDISON: IRANIAN GAS NOW, NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) Edison CEO Quadrino told the Consul General that Europe will need to increase natural gas imports dramatically to meet increased demand and counter predicted supply shortages through 2020. New nuclear energy production is the long-term answer, but cannot realistically be brought online s [...] | 2008-04-18 11:10:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET IT IR |
08MILAN69 | ITALY'S EDISON: IRANIAN GAS NOW, NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) Edison CEO Quadrino told the Consul General that Europe will need to increase natural gas imports dramatically to meet increased demand and counter predicted supply shortages through 2020. New nuclear energy production is the long-term answer, but cannot realistically be brought online s [...] | 2008-04-18 11:10:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET IT IR |
08MILAN73 | ITALY: PRIORITIES FOR PROBABLE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Ignazio La Russa is the most likely candidate for Minister of Defense in Berlusconi's government. If given this portfolio, he said he would work to quickly increase MOD's budget, increase Carabinieri police patrols for domestic security, and try to establish military summer camps for Ita [...] | 2008-04-23 08:29:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TBIO MARR MCAP IT |
08MILAN83 | NORTHERN ITALY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Berlusconi's People of Liberty (PdL) and Northern League (LN) coalition won every region in Northern Italy (excluding the autonomous regions of Val D'Aosta and Trentino-Alto Adige which elect local parties). The Northern League virtually doubled its vote share in the North, largely at the [...] | 2008-04-24 15:43:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT |
08MINSK100 | Embassy Minsk Input for Reports to Congress on Energy [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD BO |
08MINSK101 | HEFTY LIBEL JUDGMENT UPHELD FOR INDEPENDENT PAPER [...] (SBU) A three judge appeal panel of Minsk's City Court upheld the December 20, 2007 verdict of libel against the independent newspaper "Novy Chas" (reftel). The panel left in place a BYR 50 million (USD 23,245) judgment against the paper and a BYR 1 million (USD 465) judgment against journali [...] | 2008-02-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KPAO BO |
08MINSK102 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: BELARUS [...] (C) Post believes three objects in Belarus meet the definition of critical infrastructure (ref A): the Druzhba oil pipeline, the gas pipelines, and the Sosniy nuclear research facility. The USG actively engages Belarus to improve security at Sosniy. End summary. Druzhba Oil Pipeline ---- [...] | 2008-02-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET | ASEC ECON PTER PREL BO |
08MINSK103 | KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidential Administration. Rybakov offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (C) In recent weeks the Belarusian state press has been highly critical of USG and EU policy on Kosovo's [...] | 2008-02-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO |
08MINSK11 | REGIME ANNOUNCES STEPS TO LIQUIDATE OPPOSITION COMMUNISTS [...] (U) On January 2, the Belarusian Justice Ministry announced plans to initiate liquidation proceedings against the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC). The announcement came one month before the party's six-month suspension is set to expire (ref A). Authorities allege that the par [...] | 2008-01-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM BO |
08MINSK111 | TIMELINE FOR 2008 BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Though only a presidential decree can set the date of parliamentary elections in Belarus, thanks to various press statements by Central Election Commission Chair Lidiya Yermoshina, it is an open secret that these polls will be held on or about September 28, 2008. According to Belarusian [...] | 2008-02-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM BO |
08MINSK112 | JCIC-DIP-08-001 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT START JCIC BO |
08MINSK115 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 15, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Entrepreneurs in Baranovichi Protest Regulations (para. 2) - GOB to Introduce New Requirements for Popular Majors (para. 3) - Gomel Opposition Activists Fined and Jaile [...] | 2008-02-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK116 | KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE REPEATED TO BELARUSIAN MFA [...] (SBU) On February 15 A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Sergey Sergeyev, Head of the MFA's North America Department, and Counselor Ilona Yurevich. Sergeyev offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (SBU) Post fully expects official Minsk to join Moscow and B [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO |
08MINSK118 | SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
08MINSK119 | POLICE PREVENT DEMONSTRATION ON CENTRAL SQUARE [...] (C) On February 18, security forces prevented several dozen protestors from gathering on October Square in central Minsk, although a small group was allowed to protest elsewhere. Police took in eight persons, including Aleksandr Milinkevich, for several hours of questioning to prevent them f [...] | 2008-02-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECON PINR BO |
08MINSK120 | ANDREY KLIMOV IS FIFTH POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) On February 15, the Belarusian authorities freed opposition politician and former MP Andrey Klimov from a prison in Mozyr. His early release belies suspicions that Lukashenko would wait for a response from the West before releasing additional political prisoners. Aleksandr Kozulin still [...] | 2008-02-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK121 | STRONG NEGATIVE GOB REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Belarusian MFA have issued strong statements against Kosovo's February 17 declaration of independence, with Lukashenko even chastising Russia for not taking steps sooner on Serbia's behalf. Belarus' negative reaction to Kosovo's independence declaration was [...] | 2008-02-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO YI KV |
08MINSK123 | KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO YI KV |
08MINSK126 | BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2008. Belarus has made modest progress in protecting IPR over the past year. Pirated optical media remains the norm, and is readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores; enforcement was minimal and [...] | 2008-02-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON BO |
08MINSK127 | NOTIFICATION OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT PINS KTIA KSPA BO |
08MINSK129 | SDVIZHKOV RELEASED AFTER COURT COMMUTES SENTENCE [...] (U) Belarus' Supreme Court on February 22 commuted independent journalist Aleksandr Sdvizhkov's sentence for reprinting the infamous cartoons of Mohammed (ref A) from three years to time served. The court cited Sdvizhkov's health concerns -- on February 21 he was moved to a prison hospital i [...] | 2008-02-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK13 | ACTIVIST ACQUITTED AS GOB DIVIDES AND CONQUERS [...] (C) A court found for a pro-democracy activist on January 8, signaling last minute rearrangements in how authorities will respond to a planned January 10 protest. Potentially hundreds of market vendors affected by Presidential Order 760 could turn out, in part motivated by offensive remarks b [...] | 2008-01-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK130 | KLIMOV HOPES TO SURVIVE TO SEE A DEMOCRATIC BELARUS [...] (C) Recently released political prisoner Andrey Klimov told Ambassador that Lukashenko could still release Aleksandr Kozulin. Klimov argued that Lukashenko grew tired of dependence on Moscow and would consider whether he could safely make a move toward the West. Klimov said those responsibl [...] | 2008-02-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK132 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 22, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Small Businessmen Fined and Jailed (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Expelled From University (para. 3) - Malady Front Activists Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Opposition Fac [...] | 2008-02-22 12:26:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK133 | Utility Prices Up for Households, Businesses [...] In January the Government of Belarus increased utility rates for households and rate increases for industry are set to take effect in April. Both price hikes are attempts to cut costs by reducing the heavy subsidies the GOB pays to utility services providers. Lukashenko, fearing public backla [...] | 2008-02-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV BO |
08MINSK139 | IRINA KOZULINA DIES, FUNERAL AWAITS HUSBAND'S [...] (C) Irina Kozulina, wife of political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, died February 23 from breast cancer. Kozulin's daughters have officially requested his release to participate in the funeral, tentatively scheduled for February 26. The family reportedly will [...] | 2008-02-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK14 | REGIME'S NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) On January 1 a GOB decision came into force that replaced exit permit stamps in Belarusian passports with an "electronic black list" of persons banned from travel outside Belarus. The first uses of the new policy to ban travel for opposition political and civil society activists have alr [...] | 2008-01-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK143 | KOZULIN URGES CONTINUED PRESSURE ON REGIME [...] (C) Political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin was released on a three-day furlough February 26 to attend his wife's funeral. Kozulin met Ambassador just hours after his release and expressed his thanks to her and the people of the United States for their efforts on his behalf. Kozulin said that h [...] | 2008-02-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK144 | FREED JOURNALIST DESCRIBES THREE MONTHS IN JAIL [...] (C) Journalist Aleksandr Sdvizhkov thanked the United States for its role in securing his release before prison damaged his health even further. He held out hope that Lukashenko would bend before international pressure and make Aleksandr Kozulin's furlough permanent. Sdvizhkov spoke of the [...] | 2008-02-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK145 | IRINA KOZULINA RESTS IN PEACE, LUKASHENKO WORRIES [...] (C) Overflow crowds packed the February 26 and 27 funeral services for Irina Kozulina held in downtown Minsk. Opposition figures and Minsk residents both paid their respects to her and took the opportunity to express their support to her political prisoner husband Aleksandr, who had been furl [...] | 2008-02-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK147 | SUPPLEMENT TO BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW SUBMISSION - [...] (SBU) This cable provides supplementary information to reftel based upon a February 25 meeting at Belarus' National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP),the competent authority in the GOB on IPR issues. NCIP leadership argued that bringing the collective rights holders association under t [...] | 2008-02-28 12:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BO |
08MINSK148 | KOZULIN EXTENDS HAND TO LUKASHENKO IN WEB CHAT [...] (SBU) One day after his wife's funeral, political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin offered an olive branch of forgiveness to Aleksandr Lukashenko, "for the good of the country." Kozulin is in the final hours of a three-day furlough that was approved to facilitate [...] | 2008-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BO |
08MINSK150 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 29, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Undertakes Brief Speaking Tour (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Cleared of Criminal Charges (para. 3) - Business Activists Barred From Kozulina Funeral (p [...] | 2008-02-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG IR BO CU |
08MINSK151 | EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...] | 2008-02-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO |
08MINSK153 | OPPOSITION COALITION'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARS [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition at long last looks set to finalize its list of potential candidates for parliamentary elections due in September. At the same time the UDF would still consider opening up slots to nationally known opposition figures who as of yet refuse to com [...] | 2008-03-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK160 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 07, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Detained Seven Times in Two Days (para. 2) - Protestants and Youth Warned About Activities (para. 3) - Soligorsk Small Business Activist Jailed (para. [...] | 2008-03-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KIRF BO |
08MINSK161 | REGIME STRENGTHENS RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN CLERGY [...] The GOB has introduced stringent procedures for Belarusian religious associations that invite foreign clergy to work in Belarus. The Plenipotentiary Representative for Religious and Nationality Affairs (PRRNA) that authorizes foreign religious workers' activities now has the right to deny req [...] | 2008-03-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF BO |
08MINSK164 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS DEMAND AMENDMENT OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) A group of local religious leaders led by the New Life Church launched a campaign to pressure the GOB to change Belarus' restrictive 2003 Religion Law. Leaders from various religious groups met with Ambassador to discuss their campaign plans. The following week, the group conducted a pr [...] | 2008-03-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL KIRF BO |
08MINSK165 | UNSCR 1803/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) DCM delivered a copy of UNSCR 1803 (with annexes) along with reftel points March 7 to Andrey Rzheusskiy and Ilona Yurevich, Counselors of the MFA's North America Department. 2. (C) While Rzheusskiy offered no substantive comment on the resolution, he did raise a February 29 interview [...] | 2008-03-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO |
08MINSK168 | REGIME REPEATS "SUGGESTION" THAT AMBASSADOR [...] (C) DCM was summoned Saturday March 8 to meet with MFA Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko and North America Head Sergey Sergeyev. Lazerko provided a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/UMB) which repeated the key points made verbally by Deputy Foreign Minister Gaysyonok March 7 (ref A),[...] | 2008-03-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP BO |
08MINSK169 | THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS OF MALADY FRONT DETAINED BY [...] (C) Thirty-two members of the youth NGO "Malady Front" were detained by police March 9 while holding an organizational meeting at the Minsk office of the Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. Katya Galitskaya, external relations coordinator for the group, told Pol/Econ Chief that "Malady Fron [...] | 2008-03-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK17 | OPPOSITION, ENTREPRENEURS STAND TOGETHER FOR [...] (C) On January 10, between 1,500-2,000 demonstrators gathered on Minsk's October Square to protest new regulations driving small entrepreneurs out of business. At one point the protestors blocked off traffic at a main intersection. Authorities began their crackdown before the demonstration, [...] | 2008-01-11 15:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK170 | GOB "CLARIFIES" NEW EXIT PERMIT DATABASE [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press conference March 5 to "clarify misperceptions" about its newly implemented electronic exit permit database. Officials stressed that the implementation of the new system was not increasing the number of citizens banned from traveling abroad. H [...] | 2008-03-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK172 | NO IMMINENT ECONOMIC CRASH IN BELARUS - IFI [...] (C) World Bank Regional Director for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Paul Birmingham told representatives of Minsk's diplomatic corps March 10 that he sees little likelihood of an economic crisis in Belarus in the short term. Birmingham noted that the Belarusian authorities had managed to weathe [...] | 2008-03-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IBRD EBRD BO |
08MINSK174 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TEMPORARY DEPARTURE WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met March 12 with leaders of the Belarusian opposition to inform them of her impending departure for consultations in Washington. She reassured them that U.S. policy would remain firm: the release of all political prisoners is a precondition for any bilateral dialogue on impro [...] | 2008-03-13 08:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BO |
08MINSK18 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - No Investigation into Fedaruk Beating (para. 2) - Top Election Official Promises Strict Regulations (para. 3) - Neo-Nazis Threaten Regional Journalists (para. 4) - Pre [...] | 2008-01-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID BO |
08MINSK181 | EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE, STAFF [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver the U.S. response to a recent Belarusian diplomatic note, MFA representatives presented Charge with a new note informing the Embassy that Ambassador Stewart's return to Belarus can take place only after the return of Belarusian Ambassador Khvostov to Washington [...] | 2008-03-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP OFDP BO |
08MINSK184 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 14, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Grodno Activists Campaign for "European Belarus" (para. 2) - Protestant Pastor Fined (para. 3) - Former Prisoner to Monitor Judicial Abuses (para. 4) - Independent Jou [...] | 2008-03-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK185 | TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO LENGTHY JAIL TERM [...] On March 3, a Gomel district court sentenced a local 59-year-old woman to 11 years in a minimum security jail on human trafficking charges. The unnamed defendant was convicted under the TIP-specific Criminal Code Article 181 "Kidnapping Human Beings for the Purpose of Exploitation," which all [...] | 2008-03-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM BO |
08MINSK190 | KEEPING EMBASSY MINSK IN OPERATION: POST'S CURRENT [...] (U) This message has been reviewed by the full country team and cleared by section chiefs and agency heads (Charge, A/DCM, CONS, PAO, A/POL/ECON, MGT, RSO, DATT, RAO, AID) and is submitted in advance of the interagency meeting to discuss the subject issue at 10:00 local time in Washington on M [...] | 2008-03-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AMGT ASEC ODIP APER CMGT BO |
08MINSK191 | MFA DEMANDS EMBASSY MINSK CUT STAFF TO 17 [...] (C) MFA America's Department Director Vadim Lazerko called in Charge March 17 to repeat the Ministry's request that the Embassy cut its staff to seventeen, the number of diplomats and staff at Belarus' Embassy in Washington and New York Consulate General. Lazerko said the Embassy had until 3 [...] | 2008-03-17 17:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ODIP AMGT CMGT PINR BO |
08MINSK194 | MARCH MADNESS: GOB SEEKS TOP 25 WORLD BANK RATING [...] (C) On March 4, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree abolishing the notorious "Golden Share" rule that permitted re-nationalization of privatized firms. Analysts agree the GOB made the move as part of a campaign to increase foreign investment into Belarus. In and of itself, the end of "Gold [...] | 2008-03-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK195 | GOB SLOW TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-SEMITIC THREAT [...] (C) Poloff met March 14 with Yakov Basin, a Jewish community leader, to discuss an anti-Semitic threat letter sent by the Vitebsk cell of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity (RNE) group to the editor of a regional independent daily in January. Basin stated that the editor had filed the case with th [...] | 2008-03-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK197 | DIVIDED THEY CAMPAIGN IN THE FALL [...] (C) Calls for a unified slate of opposition candidates in fall parliamentary elections failed to dissuade an opposition leader from organizing an alternate slate of candidates on a so-called European list. So far candidates from the main coalition slate, with a few exceptions, chose not to ac [...] | 2008-03-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK199 | CHARGE DEMARCHES MFA ON STAFFING DEMANDS, CONSULAR [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points March 20 to MFA A/S- equivalent Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko. Noting that the USG is considering its response to the GOB's request to for the U.S. Embassy in Minsk to reduce its staff, Charge challenged the request as being inconsistent with the [...] | 2008-03-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP CASC OFDP PHUM AMGT BO |
08MINSK20 | REPRESSION AFTER JANUARY 10 PROTEST CONTINUES [...] (C) The GOB continued its repression of both individuals and organizations involved in last week's large demonstration against new small business regulations. Simultaneously the GOB sent out a feeler for further negotiations, which activists rejected. The GOB's rapid reaction indicates its [...] | 2008-01-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK201 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 21, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Rallies in Support Of Political Prisoners (para. 2) - Pro-GOB "Belaya Rus" Membership Rises (para. 3) - BKGB Admits Control over Internet Access (para. 4) - [...] | 2008-03-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR BO |
08MINSK203 | REGIME DEMAND FOR STAFF REDUCTION: FRENCH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Charge met March 21 with French Ambassador Mireille Musso, currently representing the Slovenian EU Presidency in Minsk, to discuss her March 19 demarche to Foreign Minister Sergey Martynov on the continued demand of the Belarusian regime (ref A) for the U.S. Embassy to significantly redu [...] | 2008-03-21 14:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ODIP AMGT BO |
08MINSK208 | CHARGE DELIVERS RESPONSE ON STAFF CUTS TO MFA [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points and the ref B list of 17 U.S. diplomatic staff to remain in Belarus to MFA A/S-equivalent Americas Department Director Amb. Vadim Lazerko March 24. Charge noted that the USG's decision to accede to Belarusian demands to cut staff was made reluctantly and he [...] | 2008-03-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP CASC OFDP PHUM AMGT CMGT BO |
08MINSK215 | REGIME TO DEMAND EMBASSY STAFF REDUCTION TO [...] (S/NF) As reported ref A, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov informed Charge March 25 that unless the U.S. reversed the guidance issued by the U.S. treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control March 6, Charge would be summoned to the MFA on Monday March 31 and infor [...] | 2008-03-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL OFDP AMGT CMGT BO |
08MINSK217 | STATE MEDIA ACCUSES EMBASSY OF ESPIONAGE [...] (C) In its "analytical" program "Panorama of the Week" Belarusian State Television Channel One included a seven- minute piece accusing Post's Surveillance Detection (SD) Team of espionage and Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) of being an undercover agent of the FBI. [Note: An [...] | 2008-03-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PINR BO |
08MINSK219 | REGIME VIOLENTLY DISRUPTS OPPOSITION RALLY [...] (C) Riot police violently broke up a peaceful March 25 rally/march held in Minsk to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. Charge, A/DCM, and a few EU colleagues observed the start of the march, which gathered over 1000 participants in spite of suffoc [...] | 2008-03-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK221 | BKGB MAKES UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON FREE PRESS [...] (SBU) Independent media report a massive nationwide crackdown against the independent media in Belarus. According to one press source, the BKGB are searching the offices of representatives of foreign-based media outlets including USAID-funded European Radio for Belarus (ERB),Radio Racija, an [...] | 2008-03-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | BO KPAO PHUM PINR PREL |
08MINSK223 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 28, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Pastor Charged (para. 2) - Gomel Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Residents Protest Chemical Plant Construction (para. 4) International Rela [...] | 2008-03-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG PARM VE BO |
08MINSK224 | LUKASHENKO'S POPULARITY STABLE, BUT OPPOSITION TO POLICIES [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data from March 2008, while the popularity of Aleksandr Lukashenko remained around 40 per cent, opposition to some of his regime's policies -- like benefit cuts, the travel ban and the introduction of atomic energy -- was significant. Though d [...] | 2008-03-31 09:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PINR BO |
08MINSK225 | MINSK UNABLE TO SUPPORT SUMMER INTERN IN 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER AMGT BO |
08MINSK23 | 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus [...] Per reftel, the follow is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The government of Belarus officially welcomes foreign investment, which is seen as a source of new production technologies, jobs and hard currency. T [...] | 2008-01-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTDB OPIC USTR BO |
08MINSK236 | BELARUS DEMANDS EMBASSY CUT STAFF TO FIVE [...] (C) As expected (refs A, B),Belarusian A/S-equivalent MFA Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko presented Charge with a diplomatic note announcing that Belarus would reduce its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York to six (Ambassador plus five),and demanding that the U.S. redu [...] | 2008-03-31 17:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT BO CMGT OFDP PGOV PINR PREL |
08MINSK237 | FOLLOW UP ON BFIF-FUNDED IBP TRAVEL TO CONEXPO [...] BFIF-funded IPB travel to the March 10-14 Conexpo Trade Show generated over a dozen expressions of interest and included the highest number of participants from Belarus to date. Post recruited nine organizations in construction and related businesses which sent a total of twenty representativ [...] | 2008-04-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO |
08MINSK24 | YOUTH ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION [...] (C) Charge met January 14 with youth activist Andrey Tenyuta who discussed the oppression that the regime subjects him to as a result of his activities as a member of Malady Front. Tenyuta said he narrowly escaped commitment to a mental institution due to his beliefs. He also described the [...] | 2008-01-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK247 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 05, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Entrepreneurs' Leader Charged with Petty Theft (para. 2) - Mogilyov Oblast Residents Protest Nuclear Plans (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to One Year of "Khimiya [...] | 2008-12-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK25 | Belarus Seeks Greater Energy Independence [...] Following Belarus' dramatic dispute with Russia in late 2006 over energy price increases, the GOB intensified efforts to reduce energy consumption and diversify energy supplies. Announced plans include inviting foreign investors to upgrade industry, burning more locally available fuel, and de [...] | 2008-01-15 16:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EPET ENRG BO |
08MINSK257 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK258 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK259 | BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...] | 2008-12-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BO |
08MINSK260 | BELARUS: REGIME AGREES TO IMF TERMS, BUT WANTS [...] (SBU) IMF mission member Neven Mates reported to Charge December 19 that the GOB had agreed to the IMF's conditions (detailed ref A) but wants USD 3 billion whereas IMF headquarters were telling the IMF mission now in Minsk that more than USD 2 billion would be difficult to achieve. 2. (S [...] | 2008-12-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK261 | BELARUS: TWO INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REGISTERED AND [...] (SBU) PAO met with Editor-in-Chief of Narodnaya Volya (NV) Yosif Seredich December 11 to discuss the independent newspaper's experience since receiving permission November 27 to be distributed via the state-owned distribution network, Belsayuzdruk. According to Seredich and other evidence, bo [...] | 2008-12-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO BO |
08MINSK262 | BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is the submission by Embassy Minsk for Part One of the 2008-2009 INCSR. Please note that post is operating under extreme conditions with only five American staff. Please direct any questions about this report to EUR/UMB. 2. Summary: Belarus remains a transit route for traff [...] | 2008-12-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS BO |
08MINSK263 | BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...] | 2008-12-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK264 | BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...] | 2008-12-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO |
08MINSK265 | BELARUS: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD ON FURTHER [...] (SBU) Head of the Belarusian Presidential Administration Vladimir Makey received Charge for a one-on-one, 30-minute meeting December 24. He reported to Charge that "positive political steps" would continue, to include an initiative by the Presidential Administration to form a group or council [...] | 2008-12-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON PINR BO |
08MINSK269 | BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND NATURAL GAS: WHEN HIGH PRESSURE IS A [...] (SBU) Although the Belarusian and Russian presidents agreed in principle December 22 on a new natural gas supply and payment formula for 2009, actual numbers are still being sorted out even as the new year arrives. Gazprom has not released Belarus from its contractual obligation to pay the wo [...] | 2008-12-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EFIN BO |
08MINSK270 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vandals Attack Human Rights Group Office (para. 2) - GOB Registers Hare Krishna Communities (para. 3) - Opposition Activists Dismissed (para. 4) - Independent Journalis [...] | 2008-12-31 13:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON BO |
08MINSK3 | LUKASHENKO NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS - 2007 A BAD YEAR, [...] (SBU) Lukashenko's 2007 New Year's Eve address -- by far his most widely viewed speech each year -- stressed his perennial themes of security and economic development despite threats from abroad. In contrast with last year, however, Lukashenko presented threats to Belarus as originating almos [...] | 2008-01-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BO |
08MINSK30 | JANUARY 21 PROTEST MAY FURTHER SHAKE REGIME [...] (C) A large turnout for entrepreneurs' demonstrations planned for Minsk and the regions January 21 could convince the GOB to compromise over Presidential Order 760. Alternatively, weak attendance could embolden the regime to strengthen its already considerable crackdown against activists supp [...] | 2008-01-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR ECON BO |
08MINSK31 | YOUTH ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN RUNUP TO DEMO [...] (C) Ten youth activists were arrested January 16. Three were arrested while at Minsk's Central District Court to observe a trial, while the other seven were detained following "Solidarity Day" protests calling for the freedom of political prisoners. According to witnesses present at one of [...] | 2008-01-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK32 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - More Entrepreneur Leaders Jailed (para. 2) - BKGB Detains Journalists, Raids Apartment (para. 3) - Activist Journalist Banned From Travel (para. 4) - BPF Invites Persp [...] | 2008-01-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK34 | BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes a catalog show at an agricultural products exposition. Second, post proposes accompanying an International Buyers Program (IBP) delegation to CONEXPO in Las Vegas, March 1 [...] | 2008-01-18 18:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO |
08MINSK42 | ENTREPRENEURS' PROTEST DISPERSED BY SPETSNAZ [...] (C) On January 21, sole proprietors and their supporters staged their second large protest in downtown Minsk this month and agreed to protest again February 18. The crowd of approximately 1,500 then marched toward parliament before Interior Ministry troops in full riot gear dispersed them. P [...] | 2008-01-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON BO |
08MINSK44 | REGIME FREES SECOND POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) Political prisoner and Malady Front Chair Dmitriy Dashkevich was freed late January 23. Dashkevich, who was originally incarcerated in 2006 for participation in an unregistered organization, is the second of Belarus' internationally recognized political prisoners to be freed in less than [...] | 2008-01-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BO |
08MINSK49 | THIRD POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) The Belarusian regime freed political prisoner Yuriy Leonov late January 25. Former political prisoner and prisoner rights activist Timofey Dranchuk reported earlier on January 25 to Pol/Econ Chief that Leonov would be released shortly. A friend and business partner of recently released [...] | 2008-01-25 17:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK50 | FREED POLITICAL PRISONER AVTUKHOVICH DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador met January 24 with entrepreneur Nikolay Avtukhovich, the first of three recently released political prisoners (reftel). Avtukhovich discussed his imprisonment, terms of his release, and his future plans. His fighting spirit intact, he plans to continue his struggle against o [...] | 2008-01-25 17:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK51 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Journalist Sentenced for Mohammed Cartoons (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned from Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Elderly Activist Fined for Newspaper Distribution (para [...] | 2008-01-25 17:27:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK59 | RUMORED S-300 SALE TO IRAN UNLIKELY [...] (U) This message has been cleared by the Minsk DATT. Summary ------- 2. (C) The GOB denied reports that it plans to sell an S-300 surface-to-air missile to Iran. A correspondent covering the defense industry also found such a deal highly unlikely, although he suggested Belarus could s [...] | 2008-01-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PINR BO |
08MINSK60 | JUST-RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER DASHKEVICH MEETS [...] (C) Ambassador met January 29 with opposition youth organization Malady Front (MF) leader Dmitriy Dashkevich, the second of three recently released political prisoners. Dashkevich discussed his imprisonment and his plans for re-assuming leadership of MF, and expressed his gratitude to the Emb [...] | 2008-01-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK61 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OPPOSITION ON RELEASE OF [...] (SBU) Participants: Belarusian Opposition --------------------- --Yuriy Gubarevich, Deputy Chair, For Freedom Movement (FF) --Sergey Kalyakin, Chair, Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) --Viktor Korniyenko, Deputy Chair, For Freedom Movement (FF) --Anatoliy Lebedko, Chair, United Civic [...] | 2008-01-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BO |
08MINSK63 | GOB AND SME REPS TALK PAST EACH OTHER ON BUSINESS [...] (C) In a novel twist, the government made a public showing of attending a conference organized by one of the main business associations in Belarus. Analysts and business leaders put forth common complaints about government regulations and a generally oppressive business climate. GOB partici [...] | 2008-01-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON BO |
08MINSK67 | GOB OFFICIALS OUTLINE ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (U) On January 16 and 17, poloff attended the Legal Workshop for Member States of the CIS on the Criminal Aspects of Countering Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism. The workshop was sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...] | 2008-01-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PTER MNUC PGOV BO |
08MINSK72 | ANALYSTS PREDICT GENTLE ECONOMIC DECELERATION [...] (C) Two leading independent economists told visitors from EUR/ACE that Belarus' economy outperformed dire expectations in 2007. They predicted a drop in GDP growth rates through 2011 unless the regime unexpectedly embarked upon reforms necessary to attract foreign investment. The economists [...] | 2008-02-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK73 | MORE DELAYS WITH UNIFIED OPPOSITION SLATE OF [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces' (UDF) drafting of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections remains a work in progress. A host of factors, including internal Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) elections and the recent 15-day detention of United Civic Party Chair Anatoliy L [...] | 2008-02-01 14:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
08MINSK74 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 1, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Expelled Activist Drafted into Military (para. 2) - New Life Church Receives Warning (para. 3) - Activists Jailed for Unsanctioned Rally (para. 4) - New Generation Pro [...] | 2008-02-01 15:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK79 | GOB RELEASES FOURTH POLITICAL PRISONER: YOUTH [...] (C) The regime released political prisoner Artur Finkevich February 5, making him the fourth political prisoner freed since January 18. The move suggests the GOB will move forward with its plan to liberate all political prisoners, although the most difficult cases remain. End summary. Ar [...] | 2008-02-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK8 | BELARUSIANS' FEAR OVER ECONOMY GROWS [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data from December 2007, public opinion on the state of the Belarusian economy has become decidedly pessimistic. Eighty-five per cent of respondents identified price hikes as one of the most serious problems facing the country, while the port [...] | 2008-01-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR BO |
08MINSK83 | TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 83 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BO |
08MINSK85 | LOST OUR LEASE -- REAL ESTATE AS A MEANS OF REGIME [...] (C) Representatives of the independent media, civil society and political opposition in Belarus report increasing pressure from landlords, including astronomical rent increases or termination of leases. The increasing use of this old tactic -- often indirect and sometimes buttressed with arguments [...] | 2008-02-08 11:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
08MINSK86 | FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER LEONOV MEETS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met February 1 with entrepreneur Yuriy Leonov, a political prisoner who was released by the regime January 25. Leonov discussed the conditions of his imprisonment, his plans for the future, and expressed gratitude to Ambassador for the Embassy's support. End summary. "I Ho [...] | 2008-02-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MINSK87 | NUCLEAR EXPORT DENIALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BO IR |
08MINSK88 | UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO |
08MINSK89 | HCOC "INREACH" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BO |
08MINSK90 | THIRD 2008 ENTREPRENEURS' PROTEST NO CHARM [...] (C) The two main organizers promoting Belarusian entrepreneurs' protests recently split over whether to support a demonstration on February 18. In any case, neither figure foresees the government compromising in the near term. While the regime appears willing to allow the leaders and their [...] | 2008-02-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECON PINR BO |
08MINSK91 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 08, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Communist Party Resumes Activities (para. 2) - BKGB Questions Belarusian Christian Democrat (para. 3) - Opposition to Campaign for Youth Activist Release (pa [...] | 2008-02-08 16:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08MINSK92 | LIBERATED YOUTH VALUES BELARUS' FREEDOM ABOVE HIS [...] (C) Malady Front (MF) leader and former political prisoner Artur Finkevich told Ambassador he did not seek personal freedom within a totalitarian state. He vowed that MF would continue to support Belarusian democratization and show solidarity for all those repressed within Belarus. He thank [...] | 2008-02-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR BO |
08MINSK99 | ACTIVIST'S MOTHER DISCUSSES SON'S DETENTION, TRIAL [...] (C) Ambassador met February 7 with Tatyana Kim, mother of detained youth activist Andrey Kim. Kim described the difficulties her son's attorney has been facing in court, and the support he has received from prominent members of the opposition. End summary. Youth Facing Six-Year Imprisonme [...] | 2008-02-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08MONROVIA100 | DRUG SMUGGLING VESSEL BROUGHT TO MONROVIA [...] (SBU) On January 29, French navy vessel Tonnerre intercepted and boarded Liberian flagged merchant vessel Blue Atlantic in international waters approximately 500 kilometers south of Liberia. The French boarding party found the merchant vessel carried 2.4 tons of cocaine carried in 92 barrels [...] | 2008-02-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PRGOV ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA1003 | LIBERIA: GOL BANS EXPORT OF UNPROCESSED RUBBER [...] The GOL has announced a ban on export of unprocessed rubber to protect the local industry. The Ministry of Commerce says the ban, strongly supported by the rubber sector in Liberia and in the works for about two years, is intended to tackle the growing problem of rubber theft. To further sup [...] | 2008-12-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON LI |
08MONROVIA1005 | LIBERIA: SOLID IPR FRAMEWORK; NO ENFORCEMENT (YET) [...] Summary: The Liberia Copyright Office (LCO)plans to launch a national anti-piracy program and is requesting USG support. Liberia has a robust legal framework to support intellectual property protection but requires an effective law enforcement and judicial capacity to enforce it and broader p [...] | 2008-12-08 16:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON LI |
08MONROVIA1006 | LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...] | 2008-12-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI |
08MONROVIA1018 | NSDD-38-COM APPROVAL FOR DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | AODE KMRS AMGT LI |
08MONROVIA103 | "BLUE ATLANTIC" COCAINE DESTROYED [...] (C) Minister of Justice Philip A.Z. Banks told Ambassador February 4 that he personally oversaw the destruction of the cocaine February 1 seized from the merchant vessel "Blue Atlantic" (reftel). While he admitted that the destruction process was initially inefficient and hazardous, he was sa [...] | 2008-02-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA1032 | LIBERIA: Minister of Commerce embraces reform [...] (U) Summary: Liberia's new Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) is embracing reform on all fronts. The Ministry's lawyer is coordinating top-to-bottom review of all commercial legislation and moving ahead with plans to institute alternative dispute resolution for commercial cases. The GO [...] | 2008-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV EAGR ECON PINR LI |
08MONROVIA1034 | POST REQUESTS AFRICOM ASSESSMENT ON REMOVAL OF WRECKS FROM [...] Embassy Monrovia reaffirms its request for DoD assistance in conducting an assessment on the feasibility of removing the primary vessels blocking access to the commercial wharf in the Port of Monrovia. Two wrecks, the Torm Alexandra and an adjacent pilot tender ship, are presently blocking one [...] | 2008-12-16 09:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL LI |
08MONROVIA1037 | LIBERIA: TAYLOR'S FORMER PARTY HOLDS 5000 PERSON [...] (SBU) Former President Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Party (NPP) organized a rally in Monrovia December 13 to solidify its membership base and begin preparations for its 2011 election campaign. An enthusiastic crowd of 5000 party leaders, members, and ex-combatants from the National Pat [...] | 2008-12-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LI |
08MONROVIA1041 | BAD TRAFFICKING PRESS CAUSES GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent negative press in the international and local media about trafficking cases and the badly regulated adoption system has spurned government action. The Minister of Labor held a special anti-human trafficking taskforce meeting on November 29 to develop a new draft strategy, [...] | 2008-12-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS LI |
08MONROVIA1049 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS DIVIDED OVER SETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Contact Group on Liberia (ICGL) engaged the House and Senate leadership December 18 to press them to pass the legislation needed for preparations for the 2011 elections to begin (reftels). The Legislators were divided over how to choose a threshold population and [...] | 2008-12-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA1059 | LIBERIA: SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SUSPENDED SENATE [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Liberia issued an order December 18 calling for the immediate removal of Senator Lahai Lasannah as Acting Senate President Pro Tempore and the immediate reinstatement of Suspended Pro Tempore Isaac Nyenabo. The Senate suspended Nyenabo by simple majority vote on Augus [...] | 2008-12-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA1063 | LIBERIA: KENDEJA CULTURAL CENTER -- NO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The RLJ Kendeja Hotel construction is proceeding in anticipation of a March 2009 opening. Ref C reported some of the controversy surrounding the launch of the project, and Ref B requested an update on the status of relocation of the displaced Kendeja cultural center. During a December 1 [...] | 2008-12-29 17:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA1064 | LIBERIA: TRC SUBMITS FIRST VOLUME OF FINAL REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted a confidential copy of Volume I of its final report, including its key findings and recommendations, to the GOL December 19, meeting the recommended December 21 deadline to avoid potential legal complications. TRC C [...] | 2008-12-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA1067 | LIBERIA: Encouraging Investment? [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with the Ambassador, two top GOL officials confirmed that they expect the revised Investment Code to pass quickly after the legislature convenes in mid-January. President Sirleaf has called on her Cabinet to expedite major concession agreements, but investors [...] | 2008-12-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA1072 | LIBERIA: GUINEAN JUNTA DELEGATION CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (U) A Guinean delegation headed by National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) vice president Brigadier General Mamadou Camara called on President Sirleaf in Monrovia December 30 in her capacity as chair of the Mano River Union. President Sirleaf used the occasion to press the junta [...] | 2008-12-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GV LI |
08MONROVIA116 | LIBERIA: ARCELORMITTAL INITIATES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, announced in December 2007 that it is increasing its investment in Liberia by US$500 million to a total of $1.5 billion. ArcelorMittal's Liberian subsidiary, Mittal Steel Liberia (MSL),has initiated preparatory activities at it [...] | 2008-02-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV LI PGOV |
08MONROVIA117 | LIBERIA STUMBLES IN AUCTION OF TWO NEW IRON ORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has struggled - if not stumbled - in efforts to award the first two iron ore concessions tendered since the Contracts and Concessions Review of 2006 and the arrival of the Sirleaf administration. The President announced during her January 28 An [...] | 2008-02-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV EMIN PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA130 | LIBERIA G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 17:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LI |
08MONROVIA139 | LIBERIA: ENERGY FROM RUBBER WOOD CHIPS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL continues to pursue medium-term power sources but is stymied by indecision. Buchanan Renewable Energy (BRE, a Canadian firm) has proposed using chips from rubber trees to provide 17-34 MW of energy in Monrovia, with the possibility of similar smaller scale biomass power [...] | 2008-02-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAGR EAID EINV SENV ECON OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA154 | LIBERIA: PESTS and AGOA: SPS STRUCTURE ESSENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL is counting on agricultural exports, including timber projects, to jump-start the economic recovery. In meetings with GOL officials, USDA and APHIS regional representatives made it clear that an effective and internationally recognized sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) s [...] | 2008-02-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD LI |
08MONROVIA165 | LIBERIA: NASCENT TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of Liberia's communications infrastructure was destroyed in the 14-year civil war. Cell phones are ubiquitous but there are no land line phones. Internet access is expensive and bandwidth is limited. All electricity in Monrovia is privately generated except 2.5 MW (soon t [...] | 2008-03-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AORC LI |
08MONROVIA242 | LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT RATIFIES AMENDED FIRESTONE CONCESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Liberian Legislature ratified March 27 the Amended and Restated Concession Agreement signed by the Government of Liberia (GOL) and Firestone Liberia on February 22. The new Agreement concludes extended negotiations between the GOL and Firestone to modify a concession extensi [...] | 2008-03-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND ETRD EINV LI |
08MONROVIA248 | LIBERIA: TRC BRINGS SOME RECONCILIATION TO COUNTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently concluded one-week public hearings in five of Liberia's fifteen counties, and will head out again to the remaining counties after a two-week break. The hearings were positively received and the traditional leaders of eac [...] | 2008-04-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ECON PREL LI |
08MONROVIA249 | LIBERIA: PORT SECURITY REMAINS A PROBLEM IN MONROVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Port Security remains deficient in Liberia and the Port of Monrovia is unlikely to reach compliance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code anytime soon, but technical and financial assistance could accelera [...] | 2008-04-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI |
08MONROVIA252 | LIBERIA: INITIAL TIMBER CONTRACTS MARK MILESTONE BUT RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberia has marked another step towards the resumption of legal commercial logging by awarding new timber concessions for the first time since United Nations timber sanctions were imposed in 2003. The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) held a bid opening ceremony February 29 t [...] | 2008-04-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV SENV LI |
08MONROVIA255 | LIBERIA: AGOA Workshop Roaring Success, but a lot to do [...] Summary: The first-ever Africa Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) workshop held in Monrovia March 20-21 attracted strong participation by members of the business community, GOL officials, members of civil society organizations, and the press. The presentations by the inter-agency USG delegation, [...] | 2008-04-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID EINV ELAB EAGR EFIN ECON LI |
08MONROVIA30 | LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOL Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) opened public hearings January 8 for the first time in its history. This round of hearings will continue through July 31 and carries the theme "Confronting our Difficult Past for a Better Future." President Sirleaf called on a [...] | 2008-01-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EAID LI |
08MONROVIA32 | LIBERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of san [...] | 2008-01-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTBD OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA325 | LIBERIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 60% of Liberians are estimated to live below the poverty line and price increases hit hard. Liberia is heavily reliant on imported food, of which rice is the most important. Imported rice supplies over half of domestic consumption and prices at the retail level are up as [...] | 2008-05-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL ECON LI |
08MONROVIA336 | LIBERIA: 21 REFORMS TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has announced 21 reforms to improve Liberia's ranking in the IFC "Doing Business" index by enhancing the business climate. The rapid progress reflects President Sirleaf's commitment and the productive collaboration between the GOL and the business community to target r [...] | 2008-05-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA LI |
08MONROVIA345 | LIBERIA: U.S. FIRM SHOWS INTEREST IN AIRPORT INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-based aerospace and advanced technology firm Lockheed Martin (LM) is developing a proposal to manage civil aviation assets in Liberia. The Liberian Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) invited an LM team to visit Liberia in February and April, 2008, to assess the scope of a po [...] | 2008-05-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI |
08MONROVIA377 | LIBERIA: ONGOING POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN CDC PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A month-long power struggle inside Liberia's most popular opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC),was not resolved at National Elections Commission (NEC) hearing, and the case has been sent to the Supreme Court. If there is no solution before the CDC's 2009 [...] | 2008-05-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA407 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: KENDEJA HOTEL [...] (U) The following response to reftel is based on information gleaned during the May 19-23 visit of OPIC officers Kenneth Angell and Barbara Gibian, on post's interaction with the Kendeja project prior to that meeting, and on information gleaned from Liberian officials and others who either supp [...] | 2008-05-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA409 | LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET CONTINUES ON RIGHT TRACK [...] (U) Liberia's $277 million draft budget for 2008-09 provides a 38.8% increase over last year, with the focus on supporting poverty reduction and specific emphasis on boosting civil service salaries and funding education. (Note: All amounts are in US dollars. End note.) It is divided into a [...] | 2008-05-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LI |
08MONROVIA417 | LIBERIA: HOME USE ONLY CD-ROM FOR LES [...] This is to confirm that there are no local laws or regulations restricting the importation and distribution of anti-virus software to LES. 2. Information requested in para 7 of reftel is detailed below: DCM Brooks Robinson Economic-Commercial Officer Lucy Abbott IMO Lloyd Cammel Numb [...] | 2008-05-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVIR AADP ACOA ASEC AMGT OIIP KRIM KPAO KSEP LI |
08MONROVIA427 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES [...] (SBU) The possibility of electricity generated from abundant locally-available fuel is tremendously appealing. The BRE/MacBain team presents a compelling case, but there are some assumptions and uncertainties that do not yet appear to have been resolved. 2. (SBU) Econoff participated in a Fe [...] | 2008-05-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA430 | LIBERIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...] | 2008-06-02 11:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE LI |
08MONROVIA435 | LIBERIA: CELL PHONE COMPANIES FEND OFF REGULATOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since passage of the Telecommunications Law a year ago (ref B),the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has demonstrated a lack of sophistication in regulating the sector. The Embassy, with other international partners, has raised concerns with the GOL regarding LTA's he [...] | 2008-06-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ECON AORC LI |
08MONROVIA446 | LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...] | 2008-06-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI |
08MONROVIA466 | LIBERIA: RECENT CLASHES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The rising pattern of violence over land is emerging as a serious threat to the stability of Liberia. Land disputes have been occurring since the end of the civil war, but it appears that attacks between factions are becoming more organized and more deadly. The open use of autom [...] | 2008-06-17 19:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA476 | LIBERIA'S PRS: PEACE AND SECURITY PILLAR - A [...] (C) Summary: The Liberian National Security Strategy, upon which the security section of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is based, has not yet been made public, but the GOL is moving ahead on the basis of the strategy. The PRS process has forced the Liberians to begin to plan long-term, [...] | 2008-06-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PRGOV ASEC MARR MASS CJAN KJUS LI |
08MONROVIA477 | SUBJECT: LIBERIA'S PRS: GOVERANCE AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sustainable peace and poverty reduction in Liberia require an unambiguous break from the poor governance and disrespect for the rule of law that led to Liberia's crippling civil war. The Governance and Rule of Law (GRL) Pillar of the GOL's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is ch [...] | 2008-06-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA48 | LIBERIA: THIRD SESSION OF 52ND LEGISLATURE OPENS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Senate and House of Representatives of Liberia opened the third session of the 52nd Legislature January 14 with two separate ceremonies. Though the ceremonies were largely procedural and did not outline much regarding the 2008 legislative agenda, every speaker expressed than [...] | 2008-01-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA487 | FALLOUT FROM CHUCKIE TAYLOR INVESTIGATION [...] (S/NF) For the past 10 days a team from FBI and the AUSA have been in Liberia in connection with the prosecution in Florida on torture charges of Chuckie Taylor, the son of former Liberian head of state Charles Taylor. The team has taken photos and made measurements of several sites witnesses [...] | 2008-06-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA50 | LIBERIA: GIRL'S DEATH REVEALS STRAINS WITHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Around 150 students peacefully demonstrated outside of Embassy Monrovia January 11, calling for the USG to pressure the Government of Liberia (GOL) to reinvestigate the suicide of 13-year-old Merideh "Angel" Togba. The girl was found hanging in her guardians' bathroom November 30 [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KJUS LI |
08MONROVIA51 | LIBERIA'S COMMERCE MINISTER AND TIFA/AGOA UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Commerce is committed to progress under TIFA and is already planning for the AGOA workshop and an AGOA Resource Center. Plans are underway for a standards lab in Monrovia that will permit sanitary and phyto-sanitary tests. The Minister supports establishment of [...] | 2008-01-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAGR ECON EAIR OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA52 | LIBERIA'S COMMERCE MINISTER AND TIFA/AGOA UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Commerce is committed to progress under TIFA and is already planning for the AGOA workshop and an AGOA Resource Center. Plans are underway for a standards lab in Monrovia that will permit sanitary and phyto-sanitary tests. The Minister supports establishment of [...] | 2008-01-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAGR ECON EAIR OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA528 | HDAC CODEL ENGAGES LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE ON ETHICS [...] SUMMARY. In a successful visit to Liberia June 29-July 1, the U.S. House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),led by U.S. Representative David Price (D-NC),held six workshops for the Liberian Legislature in the newly renovated Capitol building. The CODEL visited the port city of Buchanan, [...] | 2008-07-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KCRI LI |
08MONROVIA567 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
08MONROVIA578 | TRC ENTERS THEMATIC HEARINGS PHASE, REQUESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently completed individual public hearings in all fifteen counties and has now entered its "thematic public hearings" phase. The various themes include: women, children and youth, economic crimes, religious and traditiona [...] | 2008-07-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON LI |
08MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: THE BUDGET, LEGISLATORS, MOF, AND GEMAP, [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Bureau of the Budget (BOB),Augustine Ngafuan, expects the budget to pass this week assuming the full House accepts decisions made by the relevent legislative committees. If it does not pass this week, the GOL will be "in a state of crisis." He shared c [...] | 2008-07-31 17:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA592 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-QAIDA-AFFILIATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
08MONROVIA607 | LIBERIA: EMBASSY UNVEILS PLAQUE IN HONOR OF SLAIN AMCIT [...] SUMMARY: The Charge unveiled a plaque July 30 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral in Monrovia in honor of five American nuns who were killed in 1992 during Liberia's civil conflict. The unveiling ceremony was attended by approximately 150 people including the Catholic Apostolic Administrat [...] | 2008-08-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EAID ECON LI |
08MONROVIA608 | LIBERIA: FINAL PASSAGE OF 2008-2009 BUDGET SHOWS TREMENDOUS [...] (U) The Senate passed a $298 million 2008/2009 fiscal budget August 4, which is $21 million higher than the initial submission by the executive branch and $116 million more than last year's initial budget (REF C). However, when last year's supplemental budget and actual (rather than projected [...] | 2008-08-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA612 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT TURNS TO YOUNG TECHNOCRATS FOR NEW [...] (U) President Sirleaf has promoted Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee (LRDC) Coordinator Natty B. Davis to Minister of State Without Portfolio to oversee overall coordination of economic policy. She also has nominated two young American-educated officials to build her new economi [...] | 2008-08-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR LI |
08MONROVIA613 | LIBERIA POLICE STRUGGLES TO REFORM, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberia National Police (LNP) faces numerous challenges as the Government of Liberia (GOL) increasingly looks to its security agencies to counter internal threats, most recently via an anti-crime campaign. The LNP leadership finds itself called upon to provide an effective po [...] | 2008-08-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM MASS PHUM PREL LI |
08MONROVIA618 | LIBERIA: FIRESTONE LIBERIA CONCLUDES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING [...] (U) Firestone Liberia concluded a labor agreement August 6 with the Firestone Allied Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAAWUL). The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) covers over 4,000 workers and provides wage increases of 24% for rubber tappers (from a little over US$3 to just under [...] | 2008-08-11 18:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA619 | LIBERIAN SENATE SUSPENDS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Pro Tempore of the Senate Isaac Nyenabo was suspended for six months by a simple majority motion, after a resolution calling for his removal from office failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote. He is accused of allowing the Senate to be a puppet of the Executive Br [...] | 2008-08-11 19:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA63 | LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...] | 2008-01-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI |
08MONROVIA647 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT WAIVES TAXES FOR LOW-SALARIED WORKERS [...] (U) The GOL announced an Executive Order August 14 that waives income tax for salaried workers earning less than US$70 a month. The GOL statement explained the action was necessary "to address the increased need to mitigate economic shock and hardship, a consequence of the global increase in t [...] | 2008-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA649 | LIBERIA: POWER PROJECT PREVAILS IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Buchanan Energy's John MacBain informed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other top officials August 14 that the OPIC Investment Committee's approval of a US$112 million loan for their proposal to generate electricity from rubber wood chips (Ref B) made at OPI [...] | 2008-08-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ENRG PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA650 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LI |