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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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05QUITO2677 | FORMER SPANISH PRESIDENT AZNAR PROMOTES TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Spanish PM Aznar told the Ambassador on November 22 that the situation in Latin America is not good, and faulted the USG and Spain, the two countries with the most influence in the region, for lacking a plan to counter rising populism. Aznar was in Quito at the invitati [...] | 2005-11-21 21:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD PREL PINR EC |
05QUITO2683 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration personnel Ismael C. Mike Galvan to Quito, Ecuador December 7-9, 2005 to attend exit briefings with host government and airport officials as a follow-up to the TSA airport assessment at Guayaquil. Embassy POC i [...] | 2005-11-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR |
05QUITO2685 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - LORNA L. JOHN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Lorna L. John, Senior Attorney, International Affairs and Legal Policy Division, AGC-7, FAA, to Quito, Ecuador from November 28, 2005 - December 3, 2005, to review pending aviation law with the civil aviation authority. Embassy POC is Econ Officer [...] | 2005-11-21 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR |
05QUITO2729 | GALAPAGOS TOURISM GROWTH A DELICATE BALANCE [...] Summary: Plans to expand tourism opportunities on the Galapagos island of Isabella are creating new economic alternatives for local fishing communities but raising the worst fears of conservationists. On November 10-12, a well- received USAID-led ecotourism project on Isabella brought togethe [...] | 2005-12-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EFIS ECON PGOV EC |
05QUITO2737 | ECUADOR - INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT BLOCKAGE A DOMESTIC [...] Summary. The blocking of international telephone traffic from the United States to Ecuador over the past 18 months has less to do with the negotiating tactics referred to in reftel than with local political and economic interests. In Ecuador, the blocking of circuits to impede the termination [...] | 2005-12-01 21:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD EINV EC |
05QUITO2743 | TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] In response to reftel, Post,s Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Jefferson Brown, telephone number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 4420. His unclassified email address is brownjt2@state.gov. The Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Donn-Allan Titus, telephone number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 446 [...] | 2005-12-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL EC |
05QUITO2746 | ECUADOR-CHILE: PRESIDENTS SIGN JOINT DECLARATION [...] Summary: During a six hour visit to Ecuador on December 1, Chile's President Ricardo Lagos and President Alfredo Palacio signed seven bilateral agreements and issued a declaration on maritime limits between South American countries on the Pacific. The declaration echoed statements made by b [...] | 2005-12-02 17:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EC |
05QUITO2747 | ECUADOR LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: -- ILO Advisors to Ecuador Named (para. 2) -- Ambassador Highlights Labor Concerns (3) -- Additional Child Labor Inspectors Hired (4) -- Newspapers Highlight Child Labor (5) -- Banana Labor Dispute Update (6) -- Number [...] | 2005-12-02 17:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EC |
05QUITO2762 | Ecuador Focused on TIP [...] Summary: Ecuadorian leaders have recently shown renewed vigor in their effort to battle trafficking in persons and help trafficking victims. Under the direction of Ecuador's First Lady, Maria Paret de Palacio, the government-funded child and family welfare agency INNFA is leading the charge. [...] | 2005-12-07 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV EC |
05QUITO2765 | GOE LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND USTR PORTMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR PREL EC WTO |
05QUITO280 | ECUADOR FAVORING CHILEAN FOR OAS SYG [...] In response to Ref A, Ambassador discussed the upcoming OAS Secretary General election during her February 3 meeting with Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez. Gutierrez mentioned that former El Salvador President Paco Flores, whom the United States backed for the OAS position, would soon visit [...] | 2005-02-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EC ES |
05QUITO2836 | ECUADOR RE-ENTERS BOND MARKET [...] Summary. Ecuador successfully placed about $650 million in bonds on December 7, marking its first return to the private international finance market since its 1999 default. According to Minister of Economy and Finance Magdalena Barreiro, Ecuador will use the proceeds to buy back higher price [...] | 2005-12-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EC |
05QUITO2841 | MEDIA REACTION: ANDEAN FREE TRADE [...] "Peru's Decision on the FTA," an editorial (12/10) in Quito's leading centrist "El Comercio" (circ. 70,000) Quote: " . . . let's hope that Peru's decision and the upcoming Colombian one serve as an alert as to the huge risk [involved] in being left on the margins of neighbors that accept [...] | 2005-12-14 19:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC FTA |
05QUITO2852 | ECUADOR 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR EC FTA |
05QUITO2854 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EFIN KJUS KCRM KHLS KTFN EC |
05QUITO2861 | A TALE OF TWO TELECOMS: ANDINATEL AND STEP-CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Established when the GOE broke up former state telecom Emetel in 1997, Pacifictel and Andinatel have taken divergent paths since their formation. While Andinatel has transformed itself into a profitable enterprise with a new corporate culture, an overstaffed and undeveloped Pa [...] | 2005-12-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EIND EINV EC XR |
05QUITO2862 | ECUADOR - CIVAIR PROGRESS? [...] (U) Summary. After lengthy delays, the GOE finally is making some progress on bilateral Civair issues. Within the span of one week, Ecuador's civil aviation legislation moved closer to congressional vote and the Aviation Council approved the GOE's renewal of its Bilateral Civil Aviation Agre [...] | 2005-12-15 21:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV EC |
05QUITO2866 | ECUADOR: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Quito's contribution to the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism report follows, keyed to questions in Reftel (paras 7-10). Embassy POC is PolOff Jarahn Hillsman, 593-2-256-2890 ext 4471, unclass email Hillsmanjd@state.gov, classified email Hillsmanjd@state.sgov.gov, fax 593-2-254-0712. [...] | 2005-12-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC EC |
05QUITO2876 | MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS AND [...] "Evo Morales' Logic" editorial (12/16) in Quito's leading centrist "El Comercio" (circ. 70,000) Quote: ". . . Evo Morales is leading the polls; he won't make it in the first round and probably some parliamentary alliance will choose his opponent. Thus, in the revolutionary Latin American l [...] | 2005-12-16 23:10:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC |
05QUITO2886 | MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; IMMIGRATION [...] "Evo or not Evo," a column (12/12) by Grace Jaramillo in Quito's leading centrist "El Comercio" (circ. 70,000) Quote: "Difficult, extreme dilemma. Bolivian democracy seemed to have been strengthened with the semi-parliamentary political scheme where no elected president could be sworn in [...] | 2005-12-19 18:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC |
05QUITO2889 | Results Report: Andean Parliamentarian [...] Summary: Participants reported that the trip provided excellent insight into how democracy functions in the US, the role of multilateral institutions and impressions of Latin America. They were particularly struck by the influence and independence of the Congress and the US system of checks [...] | 2005-12-19 22:03:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC EC |
05QUITO289 | ECUADOR'S ECONOMY: DOING WELL FOR THE WRONG REASONS [...] Summary: Despite chronic political instability, Ecuador's economy continues to hum along to the tune of high oil prices, increased oil exports, dollarization (and the resultant stability and low inflation),and responsible fiscal policies. In 2004 the GOE paid down its international debt a [...] | 2005-02-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID PGOV EC |
05QUITO2890 | Results Report: ITT "Trafficking in [...] Summary: The two participants reported the trip was extremely useful and well-designed, and generated many ideas they hope to implement in Ecuador. Though the U.S. has far greater resources, the participants felt that the root problem is the same and the methods for dealing with the issue are [...] | 2005-12-19 22:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC EC |
05QUITO2892 | Results Report: Sub-regional IV program [...] Summary: Esmeraldas Mayor Ernesto Estupinan found the program on "Transparency and Good Governance" to be useful overall, but noted that the program lacked focus on issues of direct relevance to mayors. He felt this was a significant weakness, and that future programs should include meetings [...] | 2005-12-19 22:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL EC KPAO OEXC |
05QUITO2903 | MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; QUITO [...] "Latin American Trend," an editorial (12/20) in Guayaquil's (and Ecuador's) leading center-right "El Universo" (circ. 140,000) Quote: "Ten years ago, Bolivia was showcased by the IMF and the World Bank as the model, the recommended recipe from the Washington Consensus. the Bolivians radic [...] | 2005-12-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC |
05QUITO2907 | OPIC FINANCE INQUIRY RESPONSE ON MICROFINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON EC |
05QUITO2920 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] Embassy Quito submits the following information requested in reftel re "Reinvigorating Public Diplomacy Cultural and Sports Programs." Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. Question A: Which Mission objectives benefit from cultural programs or could be better supported by cultural programs [...] | 2005-12-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL EC |
05QUITO2925 | MEDIA REACTION: TRADE; QUITO [...] "WTO: Discriminatory Globalization," an editorial (12/22) in Quito's leading centrist "El Comercio" (circ. 70,000) Quote: ". . .although it is ironic from the perspective of underdeveloped countries, an agreement was reached, or better still a circumstantial way out so that eight years f [...] | 2005-12-23 16:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC |
05QUITO2938 | MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ON FTA, EU BANANA TARIFF [...] SUMMARY: In a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture Pablo Rizzo, Ambassador Jewell stressed that Ecuador would need to improve its agricultural proposals in the FTA negotiations. Rizzo stated that Ecuador wants to sign an FTA with the United States but is still looking for excep [...] | 2005-12-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID EC FTA |
05QUITO364 | ECUADOR FAVORING INSULZA, EMBASSY PROMOTING FLORES [...] The Ambassador and El Salvador's envoy to Ecuador, Rafael Alfaro, approached GoE FM Patricio Zuquilanda February 2 to promote Fernando Flores's OAS SYG candidacy (Ref B details Flores-specific portions of the Ambassador's most-recent call on Ecuadorian President Gutierrez). Employing points s [...] | 2005-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EC |
05QUITO369 | AMBASSADOR VISITS COASTAL CITY HOSTING FIRST U.S. [...] Summary: During a two-day trip to the northern coastal city of Esmeraldas, the Ambassador visited with local officials and highlighted the positive impact of U.S. assistance on the province. Our emphasis on both security and development resonated, even in a city dominated by the far-left Pe [...] | 2005-02-15 22:44:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KWMN EC |
05QUITO391 | ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE, [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...] | 2005-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
05QUITO400 | ECUADOR "STILL STUDYING" NPT STRENGTHENING [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies officer in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera stated the Foreign Ministry could not yet comment on the U.S. proposal to beef up Nuclear [...] | 2005-02-17 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP EC NPT IAEA |
05QUITO401 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] On February 15, PolOffs delivered a non paper on consolidating support for Haitian elections (Reftel) to Paulo Moreno, the head of the MFA's UN Affairs office, as well as to MFA Human Rights Director General Julio Prado. On February 17, Moreno told PolOff that the GOE considers promoting st [...] | 2005-02-17 19:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL EC UNSC |
05QUITO414 | ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: A LONG-TERM PROBLEM IN THE [...] Summary. While the conservation, tourism, and fishing sectors in the Galapagos may disagree on the best use of natural resources in the archipelago, they do agree on one thing - that illegal immigration is the most serious threat to long-term sustainability in the Galapagos. Every sector wi [...] | 2005-02-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD EFIS PREL PGOV SENV SMIG EC |
05QUITO417 | PROTEST MARCH SPURS DIALOGUE ON COURT ISSUE [...] (SBU) The peaceful February 16 protest march (reftel) has spurred new debate over whether to reverse Congress' packing of the judiciary in December, and has prompted alternative proposals to resolve the festering court controversy. Protest groups led by Quito mayor Paco Moncayo have announced [...] | 2005-02-18 19:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO434 | ANOTHER MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PACKS BAGS [...] SUMMARY: Long expected, Minister of Government Jaime Damerval quit February 21, citing as reasons his disagreements with President Lucio Gutierrez over the manner and scope of political reform in Ecuador. As a political lightning rod and vocal enemy of the opposition, especially the Social [...] | 2005-02-22 21:44:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO484 | BIO INFO FOR NEW GOE GOVERNMENT MINISTER [...] (U) On February 22, President Lucio Gutierrez swore in former Secretary General for the Administration Xavier Ledesma as his new minister of government, replacing Jaime Damerval, who resigned a day before (Reftel). He is the fifth person to hold this cabinet position since Gutierrez assumed [...] | 2005-02-28 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EC |
05QUITO490 | SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: Ecuador continues to take steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Since issuing a presidential decree in August 2004, the government has drafted a national plan, increased public awareness of the problem, and reached out to source and destination countries. The GOE has coope [...] | 2005-03-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
05QUITO515 | GOE SUPPORTS UNGA ANTI-CLONING RESOLUTION [...] (U) In response to Reftel, the Embassy March 2 transmitted anti-human cloning points and draft UNGA resolution to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat and the Vatican Embassy. In a follow-up telcon March 3, MFA Director General for Human Rights Carmen Larrea [...] | 2005-03-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EC |
05QUITO520 | ECUADOR: ILO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] LabOff conveyed reftel talking points urging support for fiscal restraint on the ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007 to Dr. Miguel Mendez, MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs, on March 1, and to Minister of Labor Raul Izurieta on March 2. On March 3 Izurieta told us our points wer [...] | 2005-03-04 22:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB EC |
05QUITO537 | SOCIAL CHARTER: GOE WORRIED OVER VENEZUELA'S ROLE [...] At a March 8 working lunch with MFA Subsecretary (U/S equivalent) for Multilateral Affairs Jose Piedrahita, Poloffs raised Reftel preoccupation over Venezuelan attempts to hijack the proposed OAS Social Charter. The USG fully supported efforts to establish said document and sought hemispheri [...] | 2005-03-08 22:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EC OAS |
05QUITO540 | GUTIERREZ TAKES REINS ON GALAPAGOS [...] Summary. President Gutierrez convoked a March 4 meeting with donors and other political players in the Galapagos (Reftel). Gutierrez struck a surprisingly balanced tone in his remarks, calling for a sustainable solution to the Galapagos crisis that provides economic alternatives to local fi [...] | 2005-03-09 18:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV EC |
05QUITO551 | ECUADOR: ILO ENGAGED ON LABOR REFORM [...] Summary: After letting a GOE request languish for months, the ILO recently stepped up to offer to help the GOE make progress on labor law reform. The ILO's regional director recently visited Quito and offered to contract an expert to help the GOE identify and address workers rights gaps in [...] | 2005-03-10 17:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EC |
05QUITO553 | MARCH 4 VISIT TO ECUADOR OF ADOLFO FRANCO, AA/LAC [...] SUMMARY: ADOLFO FRANCO, USAID ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, AND MARGARITA GUERRA, SPECIAL ASSISTANT, VISITED QUITO ON MARCH 4 TO MEET WITH U.S. MISSION MANAGEMENT TO DISCUSS LAC PRIORITIES AND USAIDS PROGRAM IN ECUADOR. HIS VISIT INCLUDED EVENTS WITH PARTNERS, M [...] | 2005-03-10 18:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV |
05QUITO557 | EXTRA MILE AWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-10 21:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN |
05QUITO558 | DHS ESCORTED REMOVAL #312 [...] Post welcomes and grants Country Clearance to Robert Margist, Security Clearance: Confidential, and Scott Mechkowski, Security Clearance: Confidential, to Quito, Ecuador from March 20, 2005 to March 20, 2005 as Escort Removal Officers. Hotel reservations have been made HQ ICE DROS. Cost of roo [...] | 2005-03-10 23:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT |
05QUITO562 | LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISES - [...] Embassy Quito and Consulate General Guayaquil recently participated in FSI sponsored Crisis Management Exercises. Embassy Quito participated in the Crisis Management Overview training on 02/28/05 and the CME on 03/01/05. Consulate General Guayaquil participated in the Crisis Management Overv [...] | 2005-03-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS EC |
05QUITO563 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSE REYES [...] Post welcomes and grants Country Clearance to Jose Reyes, PPQ Officer, Laredo, Texas to Guayaquil and Puerto Bolivar from March 2 to March 6, 2005 to vessel certification. POC in Quito is Esteban Espinosa, APHIS Specialist, APHIS (Embassy: 593-2-2549848, Cel: 593-9-497- 7133). Please read t [...] | 2005-03-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
05QUITO566 | VISAS VIPER: FEBRUARY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 18:11:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR EC IT |
05QUITO57 | US SERVICE MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES IN ECUADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-07 21:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTO |
05QUITO585 | COURT SAGA CONTINUES, PROSPECTS IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: There are signs that the three-month crisis over the packing of the Supreme Court is nearing resolution. On March 8, President Gutierrez submitted a simplified referendum proposal to Congress. The opposition had favored a law to immediately terminate the current Supreme Cour [...] | 2005-03-14 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PREL EC |
05QUITO586 | INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED INWARD [...] Summary: Our outreach efforts confirm the impression that major indigenous groups are focused inward for the moment. None joined the Quito anti-government marches on February 16, leaving that to Pachakutik, the political party associated with CONAIE. This does not signify a break between C [...] | 2005-03-14 22:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO589 | ECUADOR'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE: POLITICAL ROOTS? [...] Summary: Almost a dozen prominent opponents of the GOE have been victims of assaults since February 2004. The attacks have taken place in two waves; the latest began in December 2004, and the frequency of violence has increased over the past two months. Ecuador recently agreed to the Organ [...] | 2005-03-15 16:07:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER EC |
05QUITO592 | ECUADOR,S NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Gutierrez named Juan Carlos Camacho as the new Minister of the Environment on February 24, replacing the beleaguered Fabian Valdivieso. Camacho has no real environmental experience and was given the position to assuage the block of independent congressmen who hold the [...] | 2005-03-15 18:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL EC SEVN |
05QUITO596 | ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO ILO DEMARCHE [...] Minister of Labor Raul Izurieta telephoned LabOff on March 15 to respond to a non-paper the Embassy had delivered on March 2 (reftels). Izurieta said he had seen a summary of the ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007. He did not comment on the organization's budget, but hopes that the ILO will [...] | 2005-03-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB EC |
05QUITO599 | AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES CHILD LABOR PROJECT AND VISITS [...] Summary: On March 11, the Ambassador went to Cayambe, a flower-producing area north of Quito, to attend the inauguration of a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored project to combat child labor in the banana and flower industries through an improved quality of education. The Ambassador then pai [...] | 2005-03-15 19:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EC |
05QUITO618 | REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW OF POST-VETTED UNIT OF EC [...] This is an action message - please see paragraph 4. 2. The Embassy has developed plans to train members of Ecuador's 19th Jungle Brigade (HQ in Coca),25th Special Forces Group (Esmeraldas),11th Marine Infantry Battalion (San Lorenzo),and 13th Infantry Brigade (Machachi). Bio informatio [...] | 2005-03-17 20:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EC KICC |
05QUITO650 | UN ENVOY'S VISIT: ALL POTATOES, NO MEAT [...] SUMMARY: Attempting to spur dialog toward an eventual solution to Ecuador's ongoing court crisis, UN Rapporteur Leandro Despouy visited Quito March 13-18 for a series of meetings with pro-government forces, political opposition, and third-party actors. Great expectations surrounded Despouy' [...] | 2005-03-22 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR EC |
05QUITO654 | ECUADOR,S CIVAIR AUTHORITY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, EconOff talked with GOE,s Director General of Civil Aviation, Raphael Davila, about Continental Airline,s desire to change its designation routes to Ecuador. Davila said he had no problem with it and agreed that the designation agreement of 1996 did not specify exact route [...] | 2005-03-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA PGOV EC |
05QUITO664 | ATTY GEN'L DEBATE UNLEASHES WILD RIDE IN CONGRESS [...] SUMMARY: March 22 witnessed political mischief-making that far exceeded the (already high) Ecuadorian norm, with the battle for control of the Attorney General's office joining the conflict over the Supreme Court as principal catalysts. President Gutierrez and his PRE allies, cognizant that [...] | 2005-03-23 21:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO710 | ECUADOR'S WHITE GOODS POLICIES [...] Summary. In response to reftel, Emboffs met with newly appointed Vice Minister of Industries in the Ministry of Trade (MICIP) Jorge Illingworth and Ecuadorian Standards Institute (INEN) Director General Felipe Urresta to discuss white goods. Urresta had not, as he had offered to USTR, presen [...] | 2005-03-31 20:08:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EC |
05QUITO719 | ECUADOR UPDATE FOR ATPA REPORT [...] Per reftel request, we provide the following information for the update to the ATPA report for Ecuador. A Microsoft word version of the information below has been sent separately via email to USTR. 2. Ecuador Population: 13,027,000 (2004 est.) National Product per capita: $1,447 (2004 e [...] | 2005-03-31 22:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EAGR EC |
05QUITO720 | FM ZUQUILANDA TO ATTEND OAS SPECIAL SESSION [...] In a wide-ranging March 31 conversation with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda (Septels),the Ambassador reiterated USG support for Paco Flores, the former El Salvadoran president and current OAS secretary general candidate. Understanding Ecuador had come out publicly in suppor [...] | 2005-03-31 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EC |
05QUITO733 | TOUR BOAT WITH 12 AMCIT EXCHANGE STUDENTS SINKS IN [...] Summary. At approximately midnight on March 18, 2005, the Galapagos tour boat Andardita capsized causing the twelve Amcit exchange students aboard and the five-member crew to abandon ship. All made their way to the Andardita,s dingy, which was cut loose before the ship sank, and were rescued [...] | 2005-04-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EC |
05QUITO75 | GALAPAGOS NEW YEAR: NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION [...] Summary. Violent strikes, instability, disregard for conservation, and political expediency have plagued the Galapagos over the past year. Unfortunately, the New Year brought no cause for celebration. It now appears likely that the Minister of the Environment, Fabian Valdivieso, will open t [...] | 2005-01-12 16:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV EC |
05QUITO750 | PRESIDENT AND FM TO TRAVEL TO ROME [...] President Gutierrez plans to travel to Rome with First Lady Ximena Bohorquez and Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda on April 6 to attend funeral services for Pope John Paul II. Gutierrez will return to Ecuador on April 10. Zuquilanda will travel to Washington (for OAS SYG election) from Ro [...] | 2005-04-05 20:08:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO796 | ECUADOR TO COMPLY WITH LIGHTER BAN ON U.S. FLIGHTS [...] Per Reftel, Ecuador's Director of Civil Aviation, Raphael Davila, was informed on March 10 of the TSA ban on all butane lighters within secure areas and on flights to and from the U.S. Davila said he already knew of the ban and that he would take the proper steps to ensure that the ban was en [...] | 2005-04-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER EURN |
05QUITO808 | ECUADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. SUA CONVENTION [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 12 transmitted non-paper and supporting talking points to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat. In a follow-up telcon with Poloff April 14, MFA officer Doug Martinez noted Ecuador had yet to formulate a position on the [...] | 2005-04-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EWWT MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EC |
05QUITO82 | ECUADOR LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: --President Calls Meeting to Discuss Labor Reform (para. 2) --Minimum Wage Negotiations (4) --Subcontracting Decree Deadline Extended (5) --Government Lay Offs (6) --Minister Claims Success (7) --Child Labor Update (8) [...] | 2005-01-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EC |
05QUITO834 | FM TAKES CREDIT FOR "SOFTENED" LATAM-ARAB [...] In a burst of braggadocio, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda informed the Ambassador March 31 that the "USG had me to thank" for watering down the inflammatory declaration that would emerge from the May 10-11 summit of South American and Arab state leaders. The original draft, [...] | 2005-04-15 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EC BR |
05QUITO841 | ECUADOR: STATE OF EMERGENCY PRECEDENTS [...] Summary: While President Gutierrez' recent declaration of a state of emergency has shocked some, it is not unprecedented. Since the return of democracy in 1979, over 60 state of emergencies have been declared for varying reasons, primarily in response to natural disasters. However, this is [...] | 2005-04-16 21:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
05QUITO848 | MEDIA REACTION: ECUADOR UNREST [...] "Go Home!" an opinion column (04/18) by Diego Araujo Sanchez in Quito's center-left "Hoy" (circ. 38,500) Quote: "The straw that broke the camel's back was the return of [ex-president] Abdala Bucaram; the capital has not forgotten his scandalous corruption nor the offensive shamelessness o [...] | 2005-04-18 22:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC |
05QUITO853 | UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE RECOMMENDS A TECHNICAL [...] Summary. The Director of UNESCO,s World Heritage Center, Francesco Bandarin, visited Ecuador to evaluate a new potential world heritage site (The Incan Andean Road) and assess the Galapagos World Heritage Site (WHS),in light of faltering conservation efforts under the Gutierrez administratio [...] | 2005-04-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL EC SEVN |
05QUITO856 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO [...] PolOff delivered reftel points via Diplomatic Note on August 14 to Dack Martinez of the MFA's Office of Special Organizations. In a meeting on April 18, Martinez told PolOff that Ecuador, along with GRULAC, would oppose as improper the EU member states proposal to grant European Community en [...] | 2005-04-19 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC SCUL EC |
05QUITO874 | ECUADOR: STREETS CALM, GUTIERREZ SAFE, PALACIO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Providential rains cooled demonstrators' temperatures and cleared Quito streets late April 20, although additional protests focusing on Congress are likely April 21. The Ecuadorian Red Cross is claiming two dead, more than 300 injured (mainly from tear gas) since mass demonstra [...] | 2005-04-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC EC |
05QUITO875 | RADIO LA LUNA AND ITS ROLE IN THE ECUADORIAN [...] Summary. Quito's Radio La Luna has become a focal point of anti-government sentiment and action during the last several weeks, successfully serving as a vehicle for anti- institutional sentiment from all segments of the political spectrum and all classes of Ecuadorian society. Although Radi [...] | 2005-04-21 16:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV EC |
05QUITO883 | EARLY ELECTIONS REQUIRE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] SUMMARY: Numerous Ecuadorians consider Alfredo Palacio an interim president and are demanding that he call early elections. The constitution does not contemplate such a move, however. Reforming Ecuador's supreme law requires either a two-thirds majority of Congress or a successful referend [...] | 2005-04-21 21:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EC |
05QUITO884 | PSI SPAWNS LITTLE INTEREST IN ECUADOR [...] Regarding Reftel request for Embassy comment on the utility of various Public Diplomacy tools in winning Ecuador's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),we consider that placement of USG-drafted articles in local print media the best weapon available. There simply is not s [...] | 2005-04-21 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA EC |
05QUITO89 | GUTIERREZ: BILATERAL RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG [...] Concerned that sensationalistic media play alleging the Embassy was reconsidering its support of President Lucio Gutierrez was damaging heretofore excellent bilateral relations, the Ambassador January 13 telephoned the Ecuadorian leader to clear the air. She opened by discussing Gutierrez's [...] | 2005-01-13 23:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN EC |
05QUITO943 | NEW MINISTER OF TRADE: "ECUADOR TO CONTINUE FTA [...] Summary: In our first meeting new Ecuadorian Minister of Trade Oswaldo Molestina stated that Ecuador would continue to pursue free trade negotiations with the U.S. He said that, given that the negotiating team was fundamentally technical rather than political in nature, he intended to make [...] | 2005-04-27 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV ELAB EINV EC |
05QUITO962 | DEFMIN FOCUSED ON GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH, NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on new Ecuadorian Defense Minister Solon Espinosa April 27. Avoiding mention of the security threats facing his nation, Espinosa instead trumpeted new President Alfredo Palacio's honesty and his administration's intention to raise health standards [...] | 2005-04-28 19:08:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS EC CO |
05QUITO964 | ECUADOR CONSIDERING IACHR NOMINATION [...] PolOff conveyed reftel TPs and curriculum vitae to MFA Human Rights Officer Carmen Larrea on April 26. PolOff emphasized Carozza's impressive background and experience in human rights legal work in Latin America. Larrea thanked us for the information and said she considered the nominee an [...] | 2005-04-28 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM EC OAS |
05RABAT1061 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...] | 2005-05-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
05RABAT1104 | MOROCCO'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: TOURISM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Morocco continued to post a Balance of Payments (BOP) surplus in 2004, despite chronic and increasing negative trade balances. Preliminary government figures post a $1.8 billion BOP surplus in 2004 (approximately 2% of GDP) up from $1.6 billion in 2003. Foreign reserves stand a [...] | 2005-05-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN MO |
05RABAT1108 | PM JETTOU (RE)OUTLINES SOCIO-ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] Summary: Reinforcing the Government of Morocco's (GOM's) commitment to education and literacy, housing, and health care, on May 23, Prime Minister Driss Jettou outlined his government's priorities and themes for social and economic development in the coming months. End summary. 2. Follo [...] | 2005-05-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI MO |
05RABAT1136 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...] | 2005-06-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO |
05RABAT1152 | NEA SENIOR ADVISOR WALSH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] Summary: On May 27, NEA Senior Advisor and MEPI Women's Pillar Manager Elizabeth Erin Walsh visited Morocco to discuss MEPI Programs with Post and MEPI implementers. Contacts gave an overview of the women's movement in Morocco and recommendations for next steps, particularly the need to inclu [...] | 2005-06-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV KMPI PGOV MO |
05RABAT1690 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...] | 2005-08-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO |
05RABAT1693 | FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: MOROCCO'S PLAN AZUR [...] Summary: The principal strategy for meeting the goal of Morocco's "Vision 2010" is the development of six beach resorts under the $5.2 billion Plan Azur. Vision 2010 was an agreement established in 2001 between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the private sector to focus on tourism as a [...] | 2005-08-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EAIR MO |
05RABAT2004 | Favorable Views of U.S. surge upward in Arab/Muslim [...] The Pew Global Attitudes Project survey published in July 2005 recorded a startling 22-point increase in favorable attitudes toward the United States among Moroccans. 49 percent of Moroccans held favorable views of the U.S., compared to only 27 percent in each of the two prior years. Morocco [...] | 2005-09-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV KMPI CVIS ECON MO |
05RABAT2016 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...] | 2005-09-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO |
05RABAT2139 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...] | 2005-10-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI |
05RABAT2157 | BBG DELEGATION AND MOROCCAN HIGH AUTHORITY FOR [...] SUMMARY In two October 4, 2005 meetings mission, BBG and GOM representatives reviewed the history of Radio Sawa broadcasting in Morocco and agreed on a solution to the licensing impasse. The GOM granted Radio Sawa seven frequencies on an exceptional basis in 2003 before the current radio lice [...] | 2005-10-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO |
05RABAT2173 | IRAQI ASSETS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL UNSC MO IZ |
05RABAT2177 | Moratinos Visits Morocco to Discuss Illegal [...] (U) Summary: Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Morocco October 11 to discuss illegal immigration with FM Benaissa in the wake of the massive immigrant assaults on Spanish border posts in northern Morocco (reftels). The foreign ministers agreed to create a bilateral ad hoc ministeri [...] | 2005-10-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MO |
05RABAT2254 | AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORTS DELIVERED [...] Post delivered Chairman's Summary and Summaries of Rapporteurs from the Meeting for the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza to GOM contacts on November 2 per Ref A request. Reports were delivered to Dr. Noureddine Chaouki, Director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Hea [...] | 2005-11-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO SENV PREL MO |
05RABAT2258 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...] | 2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO |
05RABAT2266 | DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL THINKING AT [...] Summary: Morocco's Ramadan public affairs strategy is to adapt to the pace of Ramadan and listen to Moroccans in the context of iftar and post-iftar events. Our observations confirm Moroccan support for "institutionalized dialogue" as well for critical thinking in order to overcome stereotypes [...] | 2005-11-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL MO |
05RABAT2455 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA ADVISOR SHAHA RIZA. [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Shaha Riza to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 8-13, 2005 for meetings with civil society representatives in relation to the Foundation for the Future. 2. Should Ms. Riza require assistance during her visit, please contact Political [...] | 2005-12-07 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI OTRA |
05RABAT2468 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Morocco continues to be a major producer and exporter of cannabis. It produced an estimated 98,000 metric tons of cannabis in 2004, providing for potential cannabis resin (hashish) production of 2,760 metric tons, according to the second joint study on cannabis released in May 2005 by the Un [...] | 2005-12-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV MO |
05RABAT2491 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...] | 2005-12-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO |
05RABAT2526 | MOROCCO: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested ref A, Post submits the following text for Department's use in drafting the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Chad Stevens (StevensCI@state.gov). 2. Begin Text: Morocco The Government of Morocco remains a steadfast ally [...] | 2005-12-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO |
05RABAT2540 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH [...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...] | 2005-12-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO |
05RABAT2548 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The flow of American tourists to Morocco has increased through November 2005 by 16 percent in terms of arrivals and by 23 percent in terms of bed-nights, compared to the same period one year earlier. National air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also recorded a 23 percent increase in its U. [...] | 2005-12-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN ECPS MO |
05RABAT2549 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Morocco is not a regional financial center and the extent of the money laundering problem in Morocco is not known. Morocco remains an important producer and exporter of cannabis, with estimated revenues of $13 billion annually, according to a joint study released in May 2005 by the United Nat [...] | 2005-12-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MO |
05RABAT2562 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Contents --Moroccan Press Under Pressure? --Frustrated Unemployed Graduates Turn to Self-Burning --2005 National Solidarity Campaign Raises $28 Million --Kings OIC Speech Zeroes in on Terrorism --King Orders Monument at Tazmamart Prison Site --Morocco and Libya Increasing Bilateral Coo [...] | 2005-12-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
05RABAT563 | MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME? [...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...] | 2005-03-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO |
05RABAT626 | PHOSPHATES: LIFEBLOOD OF MOROCCO, OR ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: Phosphates and their derivatives account for three percent of Morocco's economy and 17 percent of its yearly exports. Morocco has virtually-limitless phosphate reserves and state-owned phosphates company OCP is the world's largest exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and fer [...] | 2005-03-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON ETRD EINV SENV MO |
05RABAT716 | IRAQ: KING MOHAMMED CONGRATULATES TALABANI [...] (U) According to the official GOM website MAP, King Mohammed sent on April 7 a message of congratulations to new Iraqi interim president Jalal Talabani. The King reportedly characterized Talabani's election as a reflection of the "democratic orientation and commitment to national unity and t [...] | 2005-04-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MO PREL |
05RANGOON1174 | GOB GETS REVENGE FOR FORCED LABOR CONVICTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Ma Su Su Nway, an NLD youth member who successfully sued local Burmese officials last January for subjecting local residents to forced labor, was herself counter-sued in the same court, and on October 13 was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Her supporters, including renowned student [...] | 2005-10-14 04:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB BM |
05RANGOON1304 | BURMA AI UPDATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We have met in the past week with the Minister of Health and other embassies to gather information on AI and to coordinate planning. We have seen reporting from the Burmese media, closely controlled by the GOB, raising public awareness of AI issues. End Summary. 2. On November [...] | 2005-11-17 03:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO BM CACS |
05RANGOON1323 | BURMA: RESPONSES TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Burma has made some strides in preparing for a potential avian influenza (AI) pandemic, but much more needs to be done. Our responses to questions in ref A follow: PREPAREDNESS /COMMUNICATION 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming [...] | 2005-11-23 05:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI TBIO BM |
05RANGOON1360 | BURMA: NLD EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ROLE AT [...] The Embassy received a letter from National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairman U Aung Shwe on December 7, 2005 expressing gratitude to the USG and to Ambassador Bolton for successfully securing a consensus at the UN Security Council on Burma. A copy of the original has been pouched to EAP/M [...] | 2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BM UNSC NLD PREL |
05RANGOON1412 | BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART II [...] Following is the 2005-2006 revision of the International Narcotics Strategy Report, Part II: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Burma. 2. Burma, a major drug producing and trafficking country, has a mixed economy with substantial state-controlled companies, mainly in energy and heavy [...] | 2005-12-19 10:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER ECON KTFN BM |
05RANGOON1439 | BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-23 05:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
05RANGOON167 | EMINENT HIV/AIDS RESEARCHER EXPECTS AIDS TO "TAKE [...] Summary: On February 1, COM and emboffs met with Dr. Robert C. Gallo, co-discoverer of the HIV virus, and representatives of WHO, UNOCAL Myanmar Offshore Co. Ltd., and Total E&P Myanmar to discuss HIV/AIDS in Burma. Dr. Gallo, guest of TOTAL, was on a three-day visit to Rangoon, meeting with [...] | 2005-02-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV EAID KHIV BM |
05RANGOON345 | BURMA: THE POLITICAL PRISONER REVOLVING DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has released prominent political prisoner Ko Ko Gyi. However, authorities simultaneously arrested three democratic opposition MPs-elect. The GOB relentlessly continues to arrest pro-democracy leaders who it fears might unite the Burmese opposition. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2005-03-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
05RANGOON368 | INDONESIAN QUAKE A NO-SHOW IN BURMA [...] Summary: The March 28 earthquake off Indonesia apparently has had no impact on Burma. Embassy efforts to contact coastal resorts failed, but there is no evidence that Amcits were in any danger. GOB officials were unaware of the quake last night until alerted by embassy officers. Local diplo [...] | 2005-03-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV BM |
05RANGOON43 | BURMA 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requirements and Incentives Right to Private Ownership and Establishment Protect [...] | 2005-01-11 04:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB BM OPIC USTR |
05RANGOON489 | MANDALAY EXPLOSION KILLS TWO, INJURES OVER A DOZEN [...] (SBU) On April 26, a credible source with ties to the GOB notified the Embassy that an explosive device had detonated in the late afternoon in Mandalay city's central market, Ze Gyo. An Embassy contract employee in Mandalay, Burma's second largest city, visited the scene shortly after the exp [...] | 2005-04-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS ASEC CASC BM |
05RANGOON739 | BURMA: NLD FAITHFUL TURN OUT FOR ASSK'S 60TH [...] Summary: An estimated 700 persons attended the function sponsored by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to honor the 60th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Although there was a heavy security presence on the street outside NLD headquarters, the event passed peacefully. A few embassies [...] | 2005-06-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD ASSK |
05RANGOON794 | GOB DECRIES SECURITY COUNCIL EFFORT [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called us in on July 6th to complain about the USG raising Burma at the UN Security Council on June 24th (ref A). An account of the Security Council intervention appeared in the embassy's "American News and Views" publication, produced daily by the Public Affair [...] | 2005-07-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BM UNSC |
05RANGOON835 | BURMA: NLD BASHING - THE BEAT GOES ON [...] SUMMARY: Since the release of over 300 political prisoners on July 6, the GOB has detained at least 12 new political prisoners. Details of a few detentions in the first two weeks of July follow. Several were detained under a law restricting the movements of criminals. Discouraging political [...] | 2005-07-15 05:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
05RANGOON904 | BURMA: WFP EXTENDS ASSISTANCE TO EX-POPPY GROWERS [...] Summary: The World Food Programme has extended emergency food assistance for a second year in Burma's Shan State. The new $7.9 million program will benefit over 347,000 beneficiaries in ex-poppy growing communities and WFP would "welcome (donor) support." End Summary. 2. WFP, like other U [...] | 2005-08-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV SNAR PREF BM NGO |
05RECIFE113 | ANTI-TIP AND ANTI-ORGAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. Noting Brazil's prominent role as an exporting and a recipient country, speakers at the August 11-12 trafficking in persons (TIP) symposium in Recife, Pernambuco sponsored by the Latin American Institute for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (ILADH) NGO cited financial gai [...] | 2005-08-31 19:14:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP |
05RECIFE130 | PERNAMBUCO CROWS AFTER WINNING PETROBRAS-PDVSA OIL [...] Summary: The announcement by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sept. 29th that their 50-50 venture oil refinery would be located at the port of Suape, some 30 miles south of the Pernambuco state capital of Recife, was celebrated by northeasterner [...] | 2005-10-03 18:30:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON BR |
05RECIFE147 | OAS MINISTERIAL CONCLUDES WITH DECLARATION OF RECIFE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The "Declaration of Recife," adopted on October 28 at a ministerial-level Organization of American States (OAS) meeting in Recife, Brazil, contained a number of references that advance USG views. This included "representative" democracy, democracy as essential to economic devel [...] | 2005-11-03 14:16:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI BR |
05RECIFE150 | RESPONSE TO VIOLENT PROTEST AT RECIFE CONSULATE DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrators protesting President Bush's visit to Brazil marched on the U.S. Consulate in Recife -- peacefully on Friday November 4 and violently the next day. The second group of approximately 200 protesters included members of the Landless Movement (MST),who came armed with [...] | 2005-11-09 19:37:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KPAO PTER BR US |
05RECIFE166 | LULA AND CHAVEZ, BONDING AT SITE OF FUTURE REFINERY [...] (U) Summary. Brazilian President Lula da Silva traveled to the northeastern state of Pernambuco with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez to lay the cornerstone for an oil refinery and to reinforce their alliance December 16. The anti-American rhetoric of Chavez was no surprise, but the em [...] | 2005-12-17 14:57:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PREL BR |
05RECIFE78 | UPDATE ON AMCIT MISSIONARY SHOT IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary. John David Leonard, an American citizen missionary shot in Brazil, has been medevaced back home to a hospital in Des Moines, IA, where he remains under medical care. Embassy LegAtt and A/LegAtt traveled to the area where Mr. Leonard was attacked, and report that investigation [...] | 2005-07-14 17:33:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
05REYKJAVIK520 | ICELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following text updates for 2005 the Iceland country section of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report: Iceland has no military forces. Nevertheless, its leaders have offered strong rhetoric in support of U.S. antiterrorism policies, and the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU),a [...] | 2005-12-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IC |
05REYKJAVIK526 | ICELAND: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL [...] Cultural programming is a key element of Embassy Reykjavik's public outreach, which aims to foster a positive image of the U.S. among Icelandic citizens and, especially, elites. Following is post's response to questions posed reftel: A. Which of your mission objectives benefits from c [...] | 2005-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IC |
05RIODEJANEIRO1118 | Garotinho: President-in-Waiting or Political Exile? [...] Summary. Despite a series of polls and articles discussing the presidential chances of Rio de Janeiro's popular and populist ex-governor Anthony Garotinho, the issue of whether he is even eligible to run will not be decided for several days. Even if the electoral courts choose not to revoke [...] | 2005-10-06 17:26:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1120 | MINAS GERAIS: THE VIEW FROM BELO HORIZONTE [...] (U) From September 28-30, Rio Econ/Poloff visited a variety of people in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, to discuss business investments in the state and the state's aggressive and successful economic plan as well as national and local politics. Abijaodi on international investments [...] | 2005-10-11 16:15:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1162 | Staheli Murder Update: DNA Does Not Match Suspect [...] Summary: A new twist in the police investigation into the 2003 murders of Amcit couple Todd and Michelle Staheli: Authorities determined on Oct 28 that DNA samples beneath Michelle Staheli's fingernails do not match that of suspect Jossiel Conceicao des Santos. This new evidence lends credenc [...] | 2005-11-04 16:36:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT AMGT EAIR BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1168 | MINAS GERAIS: GOVERNOR WANTS DEPORTEES [...] (SBU) In late September, 2004, Minas Gerais Governor Aecio Neves mentioned to the Consul General that he objected to the flights returning illegal Brazilian emigrants from the United States arriving only in Belo Horizonte. The Governor said that returning all deportees to Minas Gerais state [...] | 2005-11-07 16:30:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1228 | Garotinho Scores Victory, Loses Ground [...] Summary. Despite winning a narrow victory in the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE) that restored his political rights, Anthony Garotinho (Rio de Janeiro's ex-governor and 2006 presidential candidate) appears to be losing ground in his quest for the presidency. His own PMDB party has been luke [...] | 2005-12-02 16:21:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1238 | DRUGLORD ORDERS RIO BUS BURNED [...] Cariocas (Rio de Janeiro residents) awoke November 30 to a gruesome news story in the daily, O Globo, concerning the death of five passengers and wounding of fourteen others on a bus the previous night. In a city where police brutality and drug gang violence have become almost daily routine, [...] | 2005-12-08 16:22:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR KCRM CASC BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO1248 | AFRO-BRAZILIAN LEADERS DEBUNK MYTH OF RACIAL [...] Two prominent members of the Afro-Brazilian community sat down with members of the Hyde CODEL (septel) on December 1 to discuss the business and political climate for black Brazilians. In a wide-ranging discussion, they explained how Brazil's electoral and educational systems work to prevent [...] | 2005-12-15 16:25:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PGOV BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO19 | Brazil - Bahia State Growing Faster but Interior [...] While the State of Bahia has the sixth largest GDP in Brazil and expected growth of 8.6% in 2004, the concentrated nature of Bahia's economy - both in terms of geography and industry - is a challenge for state authorities. In response, the State has developed several special programs designe [...] | 2005-01-04 17:17:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN BEXP BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO30 | MAYOR-ELECT ACCUSED OF LEADING SMUGGLING RING [...] (SBU) The respected Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo reports that the mayor-elect of a small city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is leading a family- run smuggling operation that sends Brazilian nationals to the United States via Mexico. According to Folha, [...] | 2005-01-06 10:02:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC PINR MX BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO353 | Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Environmentalist's [...] Brazil's Federal Police arrested hunter Leonardo de Carvalho Marques, who shot environmentalist Dionisio Julio Ribeiro Junior in the head with a shotgun on February 23 in the Tingua Natural Reserve in Nova Iguacu. Ribeiro Junior had spent fifteen years of his life defending the Reserve from [...] | 2005-03-03 18:55:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV TBIO TSPA SOCI BR TIP |
05RIODEJANEIRO853 | The Separation of Rio de Janeiro City from [...] Thirty years after the creation of the new State of Rio de Janeiro, which occurred in 1975 with the fusion of the old States of Guanabara (the city of Rio) and Rio de Janeiro, a group of prominent residents of the city of Rio de Janeiro initiated a campaign for the separation of the City of Ri [...] | 2005-06-06 18:23:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM BR |
05RIODEJANEIRO973 | Rio Pol/Econ Roundup July 2005 - I [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 10:31:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EMIN ENRG EFIN ECON BR |
05RIYADH9147 | DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] Ambassador James Oberwetter departed post on Tuesday, December 13 at 01:15 local time. 2. A/DCM Michael Gfoeller will be CDA during the Ambassador's absence. [...] | 2005-12-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT SA |
05RIYADH9219 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANUARY 20-23, 2006 [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes the visit of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) Director Ambassador John R. Miller, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor, and G/TIP's Reports Officer for NEA Gayatri Patel, and grants to them country clearance fo [...] | 2005-12-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA |
05RIYADH9246 | STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR THE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PGOV SA |
05RIYADH9248 | TIP UPDATE: AMBASSADOR AND FM SAUD AL-FAISAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA |
05RIYADH9250 | IRF UPDATE: AMBASSADOR AND FM SAUD AL-FAISAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
05RIYADH9441 | Saudi Women Push for Economic Opportunities at [...] (U) Summary: The Second Riyadh Economic Forum (REF),held earlier this month, included a lively discussion of a study critical of the job and investment opportunities available to Saudi women. The study acknowledges Saudi laws are on the books that are intended to create job opportunities for [...] | 2005-12-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM SA |
05RIYADH9535 | SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN ENERGIZED BY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: Business and communication professors Kathy Long Holland and Kay Westerfield led four engaging workshops on leadership and entrepreneurship on December 19th and 20th. In cooperation with the Businesswomen's Center at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce in Dammam, Holland and [...] | 2005-12-28 18:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KMPI SA |
05RIYADH9568 | US EDUCATION SPECIALIST REACHES SAUDI TEACHERS AND [...] (U) Summary: A Specialist Program focused on 'best practices' training for special education teachers in the Eastern Province from Nov. 26th to Dec. 7th 2005. This program influenced the teaching of over 300 students. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Special Education Specialist [...] | 2005-12-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KMPI SA |
05ROME1018 | HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: ITALY PASSES ITC GAVEL TO [...] On March 15, Italy formally passed the chairmanship of the International Task Force for Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) to Poland. Attendees at the ceremony included the Polish Ambassador, representatives of the Italian Jewish communities in Rome and Milan, [...] | 2005-03-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PO IT |
05ROME1027 | ITALIAN NGO PROPOSES NEW COLLABORATION TO REALIZE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: --------------------------- 2. On March 4, Embassy Economic and Science officers met with an Italian NGO planning a meeting in Venice on May 26- 27, 2005 to explore possible U.S.-Italian-EU-Russian cooperat [...] | 2005-03-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA IT |
05ROME1043 | ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES BILL TO [...] On March 4, the Chamber of Deputies approved, and sent to the Senate for consideration, the reform of Italy's fragmented financial markets oversight system. The government promised the reform one year ago in the wake of the Parmalat scandal. The current bill addresses conflict of interest b [...] | 2005-03-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
05ROME1142 | FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...] | 2005-04-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO |
05ROME1145 | CHR 61: ITALY ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT UNHCR EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME1150 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...] | 2005-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME1365 | MEETING OF UNIDROIT SUB-FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the sub-Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on April 11 to consider the first estimates for the organization's 2006 budget. Although a majority of participants favorably viewed the draft budget proposal of 2.03 million (a [...] | 2005-04-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
05ROME1374 | ITALY TO PROVIDE FIVE MILLION EURO TO UN FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF IT UNSC AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME1442 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...] | 2005-04-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME1451 | PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...] | 2005-04-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
05ROME1452 | 19TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary. The Nineteenth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Agriculture (COAG) met in Rome April 13-16, 2005. The Committee reviewed and provided recommendations on FAO's program of work in the food and agriculture sector. Members supported the main progr [...] | 2005-04-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO |
05ROME1456 | IRAQ: ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Iraq Task Force Director Damiano Francovigh. The MFA had already issued a statement on the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government. An informal translation of the statement is provided below. 2. (U) Begin text. The expected confidenc [...] | 2005-04-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME1521 | FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2005 AND MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Meeting on Forests, which immediately preceded the Committee on Forestry, resulted in a ministerial statement calling on FAO to maintain its leadership role in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and to report to the Un [...] | 2005-05-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR AORC EAID FAO |
05ROME1572 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: PREVENTING AN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNCHR UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME1660 | ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL [...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...] | 2005-05-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME |
05ROME1666 | GOI WANTS LINATE DISPUTE RESOLVED [...] During a meeting with EcMin and Econoff May 6, MFA Office Director for North American Affairs Francesco Tafuri underscored the GOI desire to see a "final resolution" of the Linate codeshare dispute. Tafuri was reacting to the April 28 U.S. Department of Transportation extension of the review [...] | 2005-05-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION |
05ROME1685 | REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR HALL TO MEET WITH FAO DG [...] The Ambassador, on May 16, delivered to FAO Director General Jacques Diouf ref A talking points regarding US support for the candidacy for Eric Bost for FAO's Deputy Director General position. The Ambassador told Diouf that Bost was a superb candidate with excellent credentials. He noted that [...] | 2005-05-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO |
05ROME1722 | UK VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO UNIDROIT [...] Mission received the following letter on May 17 from UNIDROIT Secretary General Herbert Kronke and Finance Committee Chairman Luis Cuesta (Spain). The letter was addressed to all members of the UNIDROIT Finance Sub- Committee: Begin Text: We write to you with respect to an issue discussed [...] | 2005-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
05ROME1735 | FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: PROGRAM OF WORK AND [...] With the biennial conference scheduled for the end of 2005, one of the Finance Committee's more important discussions was over the program of work and budget for 2006/7. The Secretariat, as usual, had prepared a "Summary Programme of Work and Budget" (SPWB) document, which was intended to pr [...] | 2005-05-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP |
05ROME1742 | FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...] | 2005-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME1765 | FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: WEAK FINANCES; SHARP [...] Summary. In addition to issues discussed Refs A- C, FAO's May 9-13 Finance Committee considered the organization's weak financial health (the organization expects to have to borrow $40 million as early as August),strongly criticized the Secretariat's tepid response to the decentralization e [...] | 2005-05-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP |
05ROME1807 | Corrected Copy: Italy Rethinking Nuclear [...] A surprisingly vigorous debate has emerged in Italy on renewing nuclear power generation, following comments by Prime Minister Berlusconi and others. While Italy's geography limits sites for nuclear plant construction, Embassy energy sector contacts maintain that Italy must reconsider its 198 [...] | 2005-05-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME1821 | RESOURCES AND THE FAO: ACHIEVING RESULTS AND [...] Ten years of zero nominal growth budgets at FAO have resulted in a greatly downsized organization. FAO is more efficient and modernized in many respects. But there is no evidence of an increased prioritization or significant improvement in the organization's effectiveness. Simply put, FAO [...] | 2005-05-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP |
05ROME1870 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - 05-962303: ALENIA SPAZIO [...] This is a response to reftel A, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-962303, on the export of fuses from AEM Inc. to Alenia Spazio for use in the Cosmo-SkyMed satellite program. 2. Econoffs met May 26 with Cosmo-SkyMed executives: Sandro Fagioli, VP and General Man [...] | 2005-06-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC TSPA IT KOMC BLUE LANTERN |
05ROME1873 | UN FUND FOR DEMOCRACY: ITALY WILL SIGN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT |
05ROME1888 | FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS SIXTY-FIFTH [...] Summary. The Sixty-Fifth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) met in Rome April 11-13, 2005. The Committee reviewed FAO reports on the state of world commodity markets and its projections of supply, demand, trade and prices. Member [...] | 2005-06-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO |
05ROME1968 | ITALIAN RESPONSE ON USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC [...] On May 24, Science Counselor delivered the text in ref A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Space Agency (ASI),and the Italian National Research Council. On June 7, Counselor Giovanni Manfredi, Chief of Office VI (S&T Cooperation) at the MFA's Directorate General for Multilater [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA AORC IT UNPUOS UNGA |
05ROME1976 | PLEDGE TO FAO NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM FACILITY: [...] Mission received a May 17 response from FAO to our April 15 pledge letter regarding a CY 2005 voluntary contribution of 180,000 dollars to the FAO National Forest Program Facility. Text is as follows: Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your letter of 15 April 2005 concerning the pl [...] | 2005-06-10 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO |
05ROME2005 | ALITALIA NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PASSENGER [...] Econoff delivered reftel diplomatic note to MFA North American Office Director Francesco Tafuri May 24. Tafuri told Econoff May 25 that the MFA's legal office would provide guidance to the Interior Ministry regarding the legal authority, based on international agreements, to prevent designate [...] | 2005-06-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME2049 | UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...] | 2005-06-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
05ROME2162 | UNIDROIT SUB-FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DEPUTY [...] Summary: the sub-Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on June 9 to discuss the hiring of a Deputy Secretary General for the organization. The meeting was a result of an April 2005 Governing Council recommendation to accept a UK-off [...] | 2005-06-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
05ROME2194 | "HUNGER BANQUETS" AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A [...] (U) I would like to bring to your attention a big public diplomacy success story in hopes that our experience might work as well for your mission as it did for us. It has the potential to bring broad media attention to the story of U.S. generosity -- a story that needs to be told. 2. (U) L [...] | 2005-06-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF PREL FAO WFP |
05ROME2226 | POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS [...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...] | 2005-07-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV UN FAO |
05ROME2280 | 128TH SESSION OF THE FAO COUNCIL, JUNE 20-25, 2005 [...] Summary: The 128th Session of the FAO Council, held in Rome June 20-25, made progress in a collegial and positive atmosphere on a variety of substantive and institutional issues: -- Members generally endorsed the recent work of FAO's technical committees on World Food Security (CFS) Agric [...] | 2005-07-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO |
05ROME2308 | IDLO ASSEMBLY OF STATES MEETING: JUNE 28, 2005 [...] Summary: the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) held its triennial Assembly of States meeting on June 28. Among the resolutions and recommendations adopted, one changed the frequency of meetings to biennial vice triennial, while another called upon member states to examine the [...] | 2005-07-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO |
05ROME2498 | ROME RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: 05-969702 [...] This is a response to reftel, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-969702, regarding the export of CH-47 Chinook spare parts from Lee Air Company, Inc. to Italian consignee Aermeccanica. 2. We confirmed Aermeccanica's order by telephone with co-owner Aldo Pinza. M [...] | 2005-07-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT ECON AVIATION BLUE LANTERN EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME2532 | DVC ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND: BEHIND THE BUSINESS OF [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As a part of a series of Mission activities on trafficking issues, PA Rome and the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See organized a multipoint DVC to address the `supply' and `demand' aspects of the market of trafficking in persons. The U.S. and Italian interlocutors shared [...] | 2005-07-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | DVC OIIP |
05ROME2543 | AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY IN AFRICA: [...] Summary: USUN-Rome arranged for Dr. Michael Hall, Regional Biotechnology Advisor for USAID's Regional Economic Development Services Office (REDSO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with representatives at FAO and WFP. Hall also met with an official from the Holy See (to be covered in septel fr [...] | 2005-07-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA VT FAO WFP |
05ROME2555 | DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...] | 2005-08-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
05ROME2560 | DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...] | 2005-08-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
05ROME2565 | 28-th Session of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius [...] The 28-th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) was held 4-9 July 2005, in Rome, Italy. The Session was well attended with 513 representatives from 122 member countries, and 40 international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. 2. Members of the United Sta [...] | 2005-08-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD FAO WHO |
05ROME2624 | ALITALIA DEFACTO COMPLIANCE WITH TSA REGULATION; [...] Alitalia has been recently implementing the DHS/TSA No-Fly/Selectee requirements, albeit without explicit Italian legal authority. An Italian citizen (Claudio DIONESALVI, DOB: 6APR71, Italian PPT: 47478963Z) on the No-Fly list attempted to board a KLM flight from Rome to Mexico City July 29, [...] | 2005-08-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME2629 | ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...] | 2005-08-08 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME2743 | RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT AT FAO [...] Summary: In light of a long history of continued calls for UN reform, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) over the past seven years has implemented a Results Based Management (RBM) reform initiative. The process proceeds in three planning tiers. Supporting the Program of Work and Bud [...] | 2005-08-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO |
05ROME2763 | PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION IN ITALY: AN [...] SUMMARY: Air pollution is a serious and intractable problem in Italy, causes health problems, and shortens Italian life spans. Emissions levels and particulate matter (PM) concentrations are highest in Italy's northern industrial Po Valley between Bologna, Milan and Turin. While industry an [...] | 2005-08-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA IT EU |
05ROME2787 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE [...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A),I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...] | 2005-08-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT |
05ROME2819 | WFP SECURITY COST SURGE BEGS CENTRAL UN FUNDING [...] SUMMARY. The World Food Program (WFP) has briefed USUN Rome on security activities being taken in the field to ensure that food aid is not disrupted. Those activities include augmenting field security staff and equipment, providing country security assessments, and coordinating closely with [...] | 2005-08-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC WFP |
05ROME2885 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (U) DCM has requested an appointment to discuss reftel demarche with the MFA's Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In the meantime, below are comments from PM Berlusconi and Deputy PM/FM Fini regarding the Iraqi constitution. 2. (U) In an August 28 press statement [...] | 2005-08-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2915 | Codex Secretary Comments on Biotech Task Force [...] In an August 30 meeting, Codex Commission Secretary, Kazuaki Miyagishima, discussed prospects for the upcoming meeting of the Codex Ad Hoc Task Force on Biotechnology with Ag MinCoun. Miyagishima expects the discussion over the Task Force's workplan to be difficult and therefore plans to att [...] | 2005-09-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD FAO WHO |
05ROME2920 | TERMINATION OF WFP HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN [...] Summary. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director (ED) James Morris told us on September 1 that WFP would end assistance to the DPRK. He related that in an August 31st meeting with North Korean Ambassador Choe Taek San, San informed him of his government's plan to terminate internatio [...] | 2005-09-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KN AORC PHUM PREL SOCI UN WFP |
05ROME2929 | TFUS01: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CIAMPI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ECON AEMR US IT |
05ROME2938 | TFUS01: PRIORITY AREAS LIST DELIVERED; ITALY HOPES [...] Embassy delivered ref A points on USG priorities to Agostino Miozzo, Katrina relief coordinator for the GOI's Department of Civil Protection. Ambassador Spogli personally thanked Prime Minister Berlusconi September 2 for Italy's offer of assistance. The Embassy also issued a press release Se [...] | 2005-09-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US IT AVIATION |
05ROME2979 | FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE RISK [...] Summary. With the potential risk that the Avian Influenza (AI) deadly sub-virus H5N1 may be transported via the migratory flyways of wild water fowl from South Asia to the Middle East and Europe, the activities of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to stamp out AI [...] | 2005-09-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TSPL XB XC XD XE UN FAO OIE WHO |
05ROME2991 | ITALY: CODESHARING ON FLIGHTS TO THE RUSSIAN [...] Summary and comment. In response to reftel request, Econoffs met September 2 with GOI chief aviation negotiator Aldo Sansone, who described the Italy-Russia Air Services Agreement as "liberal." The Agreement includes a key third-country code-share provision; Sansone believed American carrier [...] | 2005-09-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD IT RS AVIATION |
05ROME3050 | TFUS01: KATRINA CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM CHAMBER OF [...] Embassy Rome received a letter of condolence addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, from Chamber of Deputies Speaker, Pier Ferdinando Casini. We faxed the message to Speaker Hastert's office (attn: Foreign Affairs Assistant Chris Walker) with the following in [...] | 2005-09-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL US IT |
05ROME3088 | 9/11 ACTIVITIES IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy and Consulates General in Milan, Florence and Naples participated in thirteen September 11 commemoration events including the dedication of the World Trade Center Memorial in Padua, and a commemoration at the Parliament with Ambassador Spogli and President of the Chamber o [...] | 2005-09-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3107 | USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...] | 2005-09-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP |
05ROME3187 | LEHAY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES [...] The Italian military screens the criminal and security background of all persons who join the armed forces. Service members selected as candidates to U.S. sponsored training programs undergo a rigorous selection process. There is no credible evidence that the Italian military establishment ha [...] | 2005-09-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KSEP HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3196 | POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT |
05ROME3514 | "NO FLY": ALITALIA BUMPS LEBANESE G4 VISA HOLDER [...] (SBU) After being alerted by Alitalia, Italian Border Police prevented a passenger on the TSA "No Fly" list from boarding Milan-JFK flight 413 on Saturday, October 15. The passenger, Lebanese national Mohammad Kassem HAGE (PP 30610, PDOB 24 Dec 1963, Lebanon),was attempting to travel to the [...] | 2005-10-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CVIS IT LE UN AVIATION |
05ROME3630 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (U) The Italian government hailed the success of the Iraqi constitution as an historic step in October 25 and 26 statements from Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Ciampi, Foreign Minister Fini and Defense Minister Martino. Translations of the statements are reprinted below. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-10-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ IT KDEM KPAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME3802 | GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND [...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...] | 2005-11-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME3805 | FINANCIAL ISSUES AT WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] Summary. At the Second Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board (EB) meeting on November 7- 11, 2005, the U.S. set into motion a series of steps to address concerns about WFP's financial management and reporting. WFP has now committed to develop for consideration reports on (1 [...] | 2005-11-17 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR WFP |
05ROME3841 | OECD SECRETARY GENERAL: ITALY'S RESPONSE [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Cooperation and Multilateral Finance Massimo Leggeri November 18 told A/ECMIN and Econoff that the Government of Italy (GOI) has not yet decided whether to support the Mexican or Polish candidate. Leggeri believes t [...] | 2005-11-21 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD |
05ROME3847 | G-TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VISIT TO ITALY [...] Summary. G-TIP Ambassador John Miller visited Rome, Turin and the Vatican October 24-29 to discuss trafficking in person issues. His meetings with government officials, NGOs and victims reaffirmed that Italy has excellent laws to combat trafficking, but implementation depends on a mixed re [...] | 2005-11-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3855 | SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...] | 2005-11-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF WFP |
05ROME3857 | EMBASSY TOLD U.S. PARSONS WINS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TO OVERSEE CONSTRUCTION OF 7 BILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE (BUT WILL IT BE BUILT?) [...] Parsons Corp., a California-based engineering and construction firm, told the Embassy that it has provisionally been awarded the 120 million euro project management contract to oversee construction of the bridge to connect mainland Italy and Sicily. Italian engineering firm Impregilo had prev [...] | 2005-11-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND IT BUY AMERICA |
05ROME3928 | 24TH ICCROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary: the 24th session of the General Assembly of the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) met November 9 - 11. The ICCROM Council recommended and the General Assembly approved the hiring of a new Director General. A real gr [...] | 2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN KUNR ICCROM |
05ROME3942 | EXTENSION OF U.S.-ITALIAN MEMORANDUM OF [...] Mission Italy wholeheartedly endorses the proposed extension of the U.S. - Italian Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial Roman Periods of Italy, signed on Janu [...] | 2005-12-01 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO IT |
05ROME3949 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: ENCOURAGING FAO TO DEVELOP A [...] Summary: USDA APHIS Administrator Ron DeHaven met with FAO veterinary officials Samuel Jutzi and Jan Slingenbergh on November 29 to discuss ways to improve collaboration between USDA and FAO on Avian Influenza. OIE official Alex Thiermann also participated in the meeting. FAO is currently [...] | 2005-12-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO EAID AORC FAO OIE |
05ROME3976 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT DURING [...] Summary. During the 33rd session of the FAO Conference, FAO hosted a side event on Avian Influenza on November 23rd (septel on the FAO Conference will be issued shortly). The aim was to update the membership on recent developments and the action taken by FAO as well as provide an outline for [...] | 2005-12-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO FAO OIE WHO |
05ROME3980 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL VISITS GUATEMALA: CHRONIC [...] Six weeks after Hurricane Stan swept through Guatemala, I visited the country from November 12 to 15 to assess the food security situation and efforts to restore the nation's infrastructure. Damage to foodstocks and infrastructure has made emergency assistance challenging; reconstruction will [...] | 2005-12-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC GT CONGRINT FAO WFP |
05ROME3994 | OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - TURIN - MONTHLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY IT AMGT |
05ROME4001 | AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POVERTY HIGHLIGHED IN [...] Summary: FAO will release the 2005 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report on December 7 at 11:00 am in Geneva. It will be available at www.fao.org shortly afterwards. The special focus of this year's report is Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? The report c [...] | 2005-12-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO WTRO |
05ROME4005 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON "CLUSTER LEADS" STRATEGY [...] Summary. This message responds to reftel query of UN agencies regarding a strategy for more effective division of labor among these agencies in the field in meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). USUN-Rome transmitted to the World Food Program (WFP) as the sectoral lead on [...] | 2005-12-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR AORC UN WFP FAO |
05ROME4027 | REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...] | 2005-12-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP |
05ROME4028 | ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR ACTIVE EU ROLE IN PEACE [...] Summary: On a two-day official visit to Italy, Abu Mazen underlined PA commitment to the Roadmap and called for a vigorous EU role in the peace process. He said Palestinians had chosen the path of democracy and called on Israel to remove all obstacles to the conduct of elections, including i [...] | 2005-12-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XF IS IT PLO MEPP |
05ROME4029 | 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...] | 2005-12-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
05ROME4046 | IPR Public Education in Italy: Refining the [...] Uneven IPR enforcement by police remains a problem in Italy, but a lack of respect for intellectual property among the general public also represents a significant hurdle. Some 20 percent of Italian consumers, according to a recent poll, admit to buying fakes. The Embassy, in cooperation wit [...] | 2005-12-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
05ROME4047 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a statement condemning the assassination on December 12. Embassy translation of Fini's statement is provided below. 2. Begin text. Italy strongly condemn [...] | 2005-12-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN |
05ROME4071 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) PM Berlusconi issued a statement on December 15 praising the Iraqi elections as a further step on the road to democracy. Noting that first indications suggested a significant Sunni turnout, Berlusconi said the vote also marked a strike against the insurgents. The statement also noted It [...] | 2005-12-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
05ROME4072 | USITC FIVE YEAR REVIEW: ANTIDUMPING AND/OR [...] (U) In response to reftel request for industry-wide data on production and export of C20000-series brass sheet and strip, Post contacted the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) and the National Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Industries (ASSOMET). While they were unable to provide us [...] | 2005-12-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ECON ASEC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4074 | ITALY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Please find post's proposed text for the Italian section of the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: Italy has been a staunch ally in the war against terror. Italy works to fight terrorism within its borders, cooperates internationally, and participates with a strong military [...] | 2005-12-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IT EUN |
05ROME4075 | ITALY POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] Summary: Officials at the Italian Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs say Italy will be supportive of the U.S.-EU Air Services Agreement, provided the Department of Transportation follows through with proposed rule changes. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel points to Maria Cr [...] | 2005-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN AVIATION FAA |
05ROME4080 | ITALY: IMPACT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA ON POULTRY MARKET [...] (U) This message responds to reftel regarding the impact of avian influenza on the Italian poultry market. GOI efforts to control avian flu and the GOI's ability to respond to an influenza pandemic will be reported septel. Please note that the United States does not export poultry meat to [...] | 2005-12-19 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO IT USTR |
05ROME4092 | ITALY WILL SEND ASSISTANCE TO OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] MFA Office Director for South America Pietro Benassi confirmed December 16 that Italy would provide support for the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, as requested in Reftel A demarche. Italy had not yet decided whether it would provide monetary assistance to the mission or [...] | 2005-12-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO IT UN |
05ROME4116 | ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT [...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...] | 2005-12-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
05ROME4125 | OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...] | 2005-12-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4134 | UNIDROIT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF DECEMBER 1 [...] Summary: the General Assembly of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on December 1 to review the organization's work and to approve the budget for 2006 and the program of work for the upcoming triennium (2006-08). The Secretary General (SYG) provided [...] | 2005-12-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
05ROME455 | INVITATION TO JOIN AD-HOC UNIDROIT ELECTION [...] Summary: Mission received a January 27 letter from the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) to join an ad-hoc committee session on February 28. The session will examine possible changes to the organization's by-laws dealing with Governing Council elections, w [...] | 2005-02-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNIDROIT |
05ROME459 | FAO UPDATE ON TSUNAMI DISASTER RESPONSE [...] Summary: At a briefing on 9 February for representatives of affected states and donor countries, FAO officials provided a progress report on the agency's response to the Asian tsunami disaster. FAO has received over $30 million in donor contributions and pledges. This exceeds the organizati [...] | 2005-02-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIS PREF EAGR SENV AORC XO FAO |
05ROME494 | ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH INVITATION TO EXPAND [...] The Embassy has received a copy of a February 11, 2005 letter sent from Italian Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia to HHS Secretary Leavitt proposing to expand the bilateral MOU on Health and Medical Sciences (2003) to include cooperation on obesity, diabetes, and complementary and alternati [...] | 2005-02-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI IT |
05ROME510 | VWP/ITALY: UPDATE ON 10/26/05 DEADLINE AND [...] Summary: The Consul General updated the GOI on the status of the U.S. biometric passport program and drew attention to the upcoming deadline for biometric passports for Visa Waiver countries at a February 14 meeting with MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Siggia. Siggia [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL IT CPPT |
05ROME537 | IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...] | 2005-02-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME574 | Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors [...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...] | 2005-02-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME629 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Summary: Embassy Rome recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2005. Piracy rates, though showing some improvement in 2004, continue to be among the worst in Western Europe. Industry losses remain unacceptably high, wide-spread street vending of pirated and counterfeit goods c [...] | 2005-02-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD IT KIPR |
05ROME669 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF [...] Summary. During a call on the FAO Director General (DG) the Ambassador raised several issues: -- The Ambassador outlined the US position on debt relief (ref A). Diouf said he agreed personally with the points we outlined, but his organization does not officially have a position. -- The [...] | 2005-02-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID EFIN EAGR FAO UN |
05ROME684 | ITALIAN JUSTICE: SLOW AND INCREASINGLY [...] Summary. The uproar over a Milan justice's decision to free accused terrorists because they allegedly fit the definition of guerrilla war-fighters (reftel) is only one indicator of ongoing problems in the Italian judicial system. At the inauguration of the judicial year, the Chief Prosecuto [...] | 2005-03-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV IT |
05ROME706 | ITALY WILL SUPPORT THE L.27 DECLARATION ON HUMAN [...] On March 1, SCICOUNS delivered points in reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, and also to the Prime Minister's office. Counselor Alessandro Busacca, Head of Office I (UN Affairs) of the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, responded [...] | 2005-03-02 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UNGA |
05ROME714 | ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ [...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...] | 2005-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME715 | WFP EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE [...] Summary. At its third regular Executive Board session in October 2004, WFP presented an update on actions already taken and activities to be implemented in a 30-month timeframe that will enable it to strengthen "its competencies and capacities to ensure the quality, credibility, comparability [...] | 2005-03-03 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP |
05ROME764 | FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...] | 2005-03-08 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO |
05ROME779 | CIVAIR: GOI RESPONSE TO VIOLATION OF FAA [...] The Italian National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC) has responded to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Case No. 2002EA01009 concerning alleged FAA regulation violations by Captain Giorgio Silvetti, an Alitalia Airlines pilot. The FAA requested ENAC investigate the alleged U.S. airspace inf [...] | 2005-03-08 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME780 | AD-HOC UNIDROIT ELECTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] Summary: an ad-hoc committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on February 28 to discuss changes to the organization's by- laws that would guarantee geographic representation on the Governing Council. A general consensus formed around a minimalis [...] | 2005-03-08 20:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNIDROIT |
05ROME819 | LETTER FROM ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO PRESIDENT [...] Please deliver following message from President Ciampi to President Bush. 2. Begin Text. Mr. President, Dear George, I appreciate the sincerity of the words of solidarity you have addressed to me after the tragic accident in Iraq which caused the death of Nicola Calipari and the woundi [...] | 2005-03-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL IT US IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME860 | ITALY WILL DONATE TO FAO EXTERNAL EVALUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR IT KUNR FAO |
05ROME877 | REVIEW OF FAO's EMERGENCY PROGRAMS [...] Summary. At a March 1 briefing, FAO's assistant director general for technical cooperation, Henri Carsalade gave a general review of FAO's programs in 2004 and challenges for 2005. He also provided an update on FAO's continuing efforts to control desert locusts in north and west Africa, fund [...] | 2005-03-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV UN FAO |
05SANAA1031 | UPDATE ON DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN YEMEN: 133 [...] As of April 17, The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected 84 cases of dengue fever in the Hadramawt governorate since the outbreak began in late December. These cases of dengue fever occurred in the port city of Mukulla and on the Hadramawt coastline along the Indian Ocean. Added to [...] | 2005-04-25 07:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED YM |
05SANAA1032 | ONE STEP BACK FOR GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION: FOUR [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified four cases of polio in Yemen since early February. According to Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Abdulmagid Al-Kulaidi, the genetic profile of the polio virus indicates that these cases may be related to the ongoing outbreak in Sudan, which in t [...] | 2005-04-25 07:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED YM |
05SANAA1221 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ TRANSITIONAL [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8. Qirbi reiterated ROYG support for the transitional government in Iraq, as expressed by President Saleh on April 10. In that statement, Saleh congratulated new Iraqi President Talibani and expressed Yemen's d [...] | 2005-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA1233 | REQUEST FOR MEDIA LAW SPEAKER TO WORK WITH YEMENI [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. SPEAKER WILL WORK WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRIES OF INFORMATION AND PLANNING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, WITH THE YEMENI JOURNALIST SYNDICATE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE DRAFT OF A NEW, PROPOSED PRESS LAW. 2. TIME FRAME. BECAUSE [...] | 2005-05-09 07:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | YM KPAO OIIP |
05SANAA127 | BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECTS - FY05 YEMEN [...] The government of Yemen is moving from an embryonic policy understanding of biotechnology to a greater desire to embrace international trade standards and to join the international trade market and open their markets to biotechnology. In the last two months, the office of the US Trade Represen [...] | 2005-01-19 04:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO YM ENVIRONMENT COM |
05SANAA128 | BFIF 2004 END OF YEAR REPORT - YEMEN [...] Embassy Sanaa expanded its outreach to local businessmen and women in FY 2004 by sponsoring the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development and Management Workshop, held September 12 to 14, at the Sanaa Chamber of Commerce. This three-day training workshop focused on the basics of entrepren [...] | 2005-01-19 04:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD BTIO ETRD EINV YM ECON COM |
05SANAA1300 | YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT [...] Per reftel, included below is requested report on Yemen's democratic reform strategy to support the Freedom Agenda. Begin text. ------------ A. Overview ------------ The Government of Yemen has demonstrated rhetorical and real commitment to the goals of democracy and human rights. T [...] | 2005-05-15 12:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KMCA YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA1304 | YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 60 CASES AND GROWING [...] (SBU) On May 11, Yemen's poliomyelitis outbreak reached more than 60 cases according to official statements, making one of the largest outbreaks in non-polio endemic country in recent years. UN Health officials publicly estimated that polio infections in Yemen will exceed the 100 mark, as more [...] | 2005-05-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED YM |
05SANAA1314 | OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] SUMMARY: Post has used both bilateral discussions and public diplomacy to counter the now retracted Newsweek article alleging the desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bilateral efforts have included a meeting between the Ambassador and President Saleh, as well as with the Minis [...] | 2005-05-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KISL YM |
05SANAA1315 | YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO RETRACTION OF NEWSWEEK [...] SUMMARY: Yemeni media reporting of the retraction by Newsweek of its story alleging desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is thus far fairly widespread and straightforward. Notable exceptions are official media outlets Saba News Agency and Al-Thawra newspaper. END SUMMARY 2. [...] | 2005-05-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
05SANAA1328 | LIMITED KORAN DESECRATION PROTESTS IN SANAA [...] Summary: The recent Newsweek piece alleging desecration of a Koran in Guantanamo Bay sparked small protests among students at Sanaa's universities. The non-violent protests were contained by police and were not covered by the local press. Despite strong opposition to many U.S. policies, most [...] | 2005-05-18 10:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KJUS YM |
05SANAA1446 | DONORS ADDRESS THE KEY TO REFORM IN YEMEN: PUBLIC [...] Summary: The donor community sponsored a workshop in May on the critical but oft-neglected subject of public finance management (PFM). In an effort to develop a work plan for rationalizing the budgeting process, currently a source of extensive corruption and mismanagement, the Ministry of Fin [...] | 2005-05-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM |
05SANAA1508 | YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 179 CASES, "A MAJOR EPIDEMIC," [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED |
05SANAA1528 | DEMARCHE ON WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 5 to Dr. Abdulrazaq al-Marani, Deputy Assistance for Enforcement at the Yemeni Customs Authority. Al-Marani said that Yemen fully supports adoption of the WCO Framework, and Customs Director Ali Zubaidi will attend the WCO Council Session in Brussels, J [...] | 2005-06-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD YM CTM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA1569 | AMBASSADOR AND IRYANI DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON MIDDLE [...] On June 6 Ambassador and Dr. Abd al-Karim al-Iryani discussed Yemen's Democracy Charter proposal unveiled at the May Community of Democracies meeting in Santiago, Chile. Presidential Advisor and former Foreign Minister Iryani attended the conference as a representative of Yemen's NGO community [...] | 2005-06-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA1576 | YEMEN'S IVLP FY-2006 SLATE OF NOMINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL YM OEXC |
05SANAA1588 | DEPOSIT OF REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAM - ENGLISH [...] Post presents the following amount deposited to the Revenue Generating Program for the English Teaching Activity: - Tuition Revenue Source Code: ADAU - Allot: 9930 - Total amount: USD 278,015.00 2. Following is the detailed source of funds credited to the account: Deposit Date: 06/12 [...] | 2005-06-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
05SANAA1590 | YEMEN'S NOMINATION FOR THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC YM |
05SANAA1606 | UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO YM DEMARCHE ENVIRONMENT |
05SANAA1722 | YEMEN'S NOMINATION FOR SPECIAL IV FY 05 "TEACHING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL YM |
05SANAA1729 | CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT EARLY MARRIAGE IN YEMEN SEEKS [...] Summary. Pol/Off attended an Oxfam-sponsored presentation on early marriage in Yemen on June 7. Yemeni researchers presented results from a national study on the prevalence, causes, and societal consequences of early marriage. Oxfam, in conjunction with Save the Children - Sweden, plans to l [...] | 2005-06-22 06:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID KWMN PHUM SOCI KMCA KMPI YM |
05SANAA178 | U.S. SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2004-05 edition of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy as requested in reftel. Post's input conists of updates of the 2004 report of on-going as well as new programs. Submission will also be sent via e-mail as a tracked changes document. 2. ( [...] | 2005-01-31 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
05SANAA1904 | CDA DELIVERS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER YM UNGA DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1989 | LISTING OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 07:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
05SANAA2051 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UK SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2053 | WOMEN'S GROUP PROTESTS MOAYAD RULING, SEEKS [...] On July 26, the ROYG-supported Yemeni Women's Union (YWU) staged a sit-in at their Sanaa headquarters to protest the U.S. verdict against Sheikh Moayad. Moayed was found guilty of providing material support to terrorists by a U.S. federal court in March. Following the peaceful protest, a gro [...] | 2005-07-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KWMN YM |
05SANAA2196 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 11:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2197 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 11:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER KTFN KSEP KVPR YM IFIN CVIC DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2451 | MEDIA REACTION ON AL MOAYAD'S SENTENCING IN U.S. [...] SUMMARY: There is increasing public reaction in Yemen to the July sentencing of Al-Moayad to 75 years in prison by a U.S. federal court for providing material support to terrorism. Although there is less attention devoted by government media to the case, independent and party- affiliated new [...] | 2005-08-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
05SANAA2460 | UNABATED POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION: YEMEN REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Sanaa seeks FY-2006 PL-480 Food for Progress commodities for rural agricultural development program assistance in counterterrorism, poverty alleviation, and critical water needs. Post requests assistance in the form of $4.4 million in concessional loans and $15.5 million [...] | 2005-08-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID YM |
05SANAA2462 | AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on addressing the threat of avian influenza to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on August 27. Noman agreed to identify a senior level point of contact to facilitate further consultations on this issue. Krajeski [...] | 2005-08-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI YM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA2463 | THE CITY OF TAIZ: WILL THE PHOENIX RISE AGAIN? [...] Summary: DCM visited the city of Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen to open bids for the the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)-funded wastewater system project and to meet with civic, NGO, and business leaders on August 8. Taiz stand on the shoulders of trained and passionate NGO, [...] | 2005-08-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV SOCI YM COM AORC |
05SANAA2481 | IMI: THIRD MAJOR OIL BID IN YEMEN [...] The Ministry of Oil and Minerals of the Republic of Yemen is inviting international oil companies to bid for the exploration and production opportunities on 14 open oil blocks. 2. The contract model to be used is a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). 3. All interested oil companies must [...] | 2005-08-31 05:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON YM COM ENERGY |
05SANAA2482 | IMI: SANAA BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT TENDER [...] The Sanaa Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) of the Ministry of Water and Environment is inviting international companies to bid to supply equipment for pressurized irrigation systems (drips, bubbler, and sprinkler) and PVC pipes and fittings, PE pipes and fittings. 2. Bidding will be c [...] | 2005-08-31 05:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON YM COM |
05SANAA2483 | YEMEN REQUESTS EXTENSION IN TIME FOR BLUE LANTERN [...] Post requests an extension of 60 days to conduct the Blue Lantern end-use check on the Yemen Air Force Suppliers Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers. (reftel) 2. Emboffs met with Yemen Air Force (YAF) on 22 August but were not able to discuss the matter with the appropriate YAF [...] | 2005-08-31 05:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC YM SN AE US |
05SANAA2512 | YEMEN OFFERS CONDOLENCES AND DONATION TO HURRICANE [...] (U) Ambassador met September 4 with President Saleh and September 5 with Prime Minister Bajammal to thank them for their expressions of sympathy on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The official Government daily al-Thawra reported on September 1 that President Saleh sent a cable to [...] | 2005-09-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR AMGT EAID KPAO YM |
05SANAA2530 | ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQI CONSTITUTION, AND TERRORISM [...] Poloff delivered reftels on the Arab League meeting, support for the Iraqi Constitution, the Convention Against Terrorism, changes to military commissions, and amendments to the Safety of Maritime Navigation Convention (SUA) to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Post will report any substanti [...] | 2005-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KAWC PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA255 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005 [...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...] | 2005-02-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM |
05SANAA263 | STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR MOKHA PORT DEVELOPMENT [...] On February 2, 2005 a joint USAID-DOD JTF/HOA Civil Affairs team met the Governor of Taiz, Ahmed Abdullah Al-Hajri, to discuss public health and education services and quarantine practices in the Port of Mokha, a primary port of entry for livestock from the Horn of Africa (HOA). (Note: The go [...] | 2005-02-08 12:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON YM COM |
05SANAA265 | YEMEN SUBMITS THRESHOLD PAPER: REACHING MCC A [...] Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Sofan presented Yemen's MCC-Threshold Concept Paper to USAID Director on Jan. 30. The paper was recommended for approval on Jan. 30 by letter to AID/PPC/MCA, signed by Ambassador and USAID Director. The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) [...] | 2005-02-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EFIN EIND EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA2781 | IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - IFB#30/05 FOR THE [...] The Rural Access Program of the Ministry of Public Works and Highway is inviting international companies to bid to construct Al Ashmour - Maswar District RR (22.33 KM) & Bait Salah (8.30 KM) in Amran Province. The Construction period is 16 months. 2. Bidding will be conducted through the I [...] | 2005-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON YM COM |
05SANAA2782 | IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - BID NO. EGS/05-14 FOR [...] The Groundwater & Soil Conservation Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is inviting international companies for the procurement of the following heavy equipments: Bulldozers (220-240 HP) quantity 2 nos Wheel loaders (217-220 HP) quantity 2 nos Motor Graders with laser leve [...] | 2005-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON YM COM |
05SANAA2807 | G-8 BMENA: ROYG REPRESENTATION FOR OCTOBER 1-3 DAD [...] During a September 21 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi, Ambassador raised reftel points on supporting the October 1-3 Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) conference in Rabat. Dhabi informed Ambassador that he would represent the ROYG at the conference. Krajeski [...] | 2005-09-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KPAO KMPI YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA2814 | IMI: INVITATION FOR BID - URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND [...] The Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Ministry of Water and Environment is inviting international companies for the drilling and construction of ten boreholes in Al-Sabeen and the surrounding area. The works consists of drilling ten boreholes at a depth of between 600-900m, sup [...] | 2005-09-24 08:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON YM COM |
05SANAA2891 | RAMADAN 2005 PD ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY: Ramadan celebrations in Yemen are typically hosted within families and, while Yemenis generally prefer to remain at home and close to family during the month, Embassy Sana'a has planned to participate in Ramadan in a variety of ways. End summary. 2. Ambassador will host well-posi [...] | 2005-10-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KPAO PREL COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA2986 | AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT CITY OF ADEN [...] Summary: On October 2, Ambassador visited Aden to meet with local government, business and civil society representatives. Local council members, the Chamber of Commerce, and NGOs shared their experiences in strengthening democracy, improving the business climate, and creating local solutions [...] | 2005-10-17 05:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KMPI KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM |
05SANAA2994 | IAEA/BOG: U.S. POINT OF CONTACT IN SANAA [...] IAEA-related issues are handled at post by Political Officer Melissa Cline. Contact information below: Name: Melissa Cline e-mail: clinem@state.gov (unclass); clinemr@state.sgov.gov (secure) Phone: 967-1-755-2156 Krajeski [...] | 2005-10-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP YM IAEA |
05SANAA300 | NOMINATING YEMEN TV TO UNDERTAKE A TV CO-OP PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy's Public Affairs Office, Sana'a, nominates Yemen TV to undertake a TV co-op project during FY2005. Two people from Yemen TV, a reporter and a cameraman, would participate. 2. The primary aim of the project is to focus on key aspects of US foreign policy objectives in [...] | 2005-02-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO YM KSRE |
05SANAA3007 | MCC: "CAN WE SIGN DURING SALEH'S VISIT?" [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to discuss the November visit of President Saleh to Washington. Sofan said the ROYG would like to see Saleh sign the Millennium Challenge Threshold agreement during the visit. The ROYG has eagerly pu [...] | 2005-10-18 04:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM YM |
05SANAA3023 | YEMEN: UNESCO, ICJ DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SCUL YM UNESCO UNGA DEMARCHE |
05SANAA309 | FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Per reftel, post believes there are no foreign policy implications to the proposed study and recommends it proceed, pending human subject approval. Krajeski [...] | 2005-02-15 05:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA YM |
05SANAA3099 | YEMEN UPDATE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2005 [...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family incomes by working as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family-owned farm. While slavery and child prostitution are not major issues in Yemen, parliamentarians, international observers, and donors over the past two years have [...] | 2005-10-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI SMIG SCUL YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS |
05SANAA310 | MEPI PROJECTS SHOWING RESULTS IN YEMEN [...] Summary. MEPI programs are making progress and solidifying MEPI's track record in Yemen. CHF's vocational training center, forming a new partnership with local NGO Girls World Communication Center (GWCC),opened classes beginning in February. IFES has begun implementation of the GIS Bounda [...] | 2005-02-15 05:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA3102 | PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS ACCESS TO BETHESDA NAVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 13:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP YM |
05SANAA3103 | BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK COMPLETED ON YEMEN AIR [...] Per ref A, Post contacted Yemeni Air Force to inquire if it has ordered U.S.-origin military aircraft spare parts from the firms Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers Aviation. Post made repeated inquiries though OMC in routine meetings and through diplomatic notes for several weeks. [...] | 2005-10-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC YM |
05SANAA3133 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 72U [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 24 to Ibrahim al-Nahari, Director of External Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Nahari said he would share the list of additions to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee with Yemen's Higher Committee on Money Laundering, and report to post any [...] | 2005-10-26 13:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA3167 | YEMEN AND AVIAN FLU - LONG ON STRATEGY - SHORT ON [...] SUMMARY: A/DCM Tom Burke, accompanied by USAID's Senior Health Advisor in Yemen, Dr. Ahmed Attieg, met with Yemeni Public Health Deputy Minister, Dr. Majid al-Gunaid at his request on 10/17/2005, at which he discussed Yemen state of preparations to respond to the Avian Flu Influenza. Deputy [...] | 2005-10-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA KPAO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI YM WHO AID COM ENVIRONMENT |
05SANAA3184 | BREAKING FAST WITH FRIENDS IN SANAA [...] SUMMARY: Early in the month, Ambassador hosted an iftar for 120 key contacts and expressed his appreciation of Ramadan as a month of introspection. During the month, the Public Affairs section and a local non-governmental organization co-sponsored several iftars for a marginalized group of [...] | 2005-11-01 11:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
05SANAA3186 | COMMERCIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FY-2006 [CORRECTED COPY] [...] Summary: Embassy Sanaa's commercial office is currently a Partner Post of the Foreign Commercial Service's Riyadh office, and has recently undergone a transition in locally- employed commercial staff. The new Commercial Specialist, Ammar Al-Anssi, was trained on U.S. Department of Commerce F [...] | 2005-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ECON KTDB YM COM |
05SANAA3206 | MOPIC PLAYS SHELL GAME WITH USDA $60 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to convey USG's serious and growing concerns about the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food aid programs in Yemen. Ambassador told Sofan that USDA is sending a compliance team shortly to investigate and [...] | 2005-11-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID YM ECON COM |
05SANAA3227 | PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL REACTION TO AMMAN BOMBINGS IS [...] Public and official reactions to the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman were uniformly expressions of the un-islamic nature of the attacks, and disgust for the perpetrators. According to Embassy local employees, some 150 people -- including men and women of several nationalities -- gathered [...] | 2005-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL JO YM |
05SANAA3387 | SANAA MEDIA REACTION -- GENERAL ABIZAID VISIT, [...] ABIZAID VISIT: Yemeni newspapers gave above-the-fold coverage to the two-day visit of Commander-in-Chief General John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command to Yemen. Al-Thawrwa (official government daily) reported that General Abizaid and President Saleh discussed bilateral cooperation in security [...] | 2005-11-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM |
05SANAA3438 | MEDIA REACTION -- AL-HOUTHI CLASHES, DRAFT PRESS [...] HOSTILITIES RESUME IN SA'ADA: On November 30, all major opposition and independent outlets gave prominent coverage to the resumption of clashes between ROYG security forces and followers of the Al-Houthi rebel movement in the northern Sa'ada governorate. Casualty estimates on the first day [...] | 2005-12-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM |
05SANAA3439 | COUNTER-TERRORISM TRAINING AND ADVISOR RESPONSE - [...] RSO has explored the utility of establishing an Investigative Counter-Terrorism Training and Advisor Program (ITP) in Sanaa and recommended to the AMB, DCM and Country Team that post not pursue the program, at this time. 2. ATA and RSO Sanaa have offered training courses to the host governm [...] | 2005-12-11 05:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA3471 | STUDY IN THE U.S. -- IT'S GOOD FOR YEMEN -- IT'S [...] SUMMARY: As was the case throughout the MENA region, the number of Yemeni students applying to study in the United States plummeted after 9/11. The good news is that the trend line is positive -- our numbers are slowly climbing after bottoming out in 2003. The bad news is that even with a [...] | 2005-12-14 04:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF YM |
05SANAA3483 | YEMEN: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. A copy of this report has been forwarded to S/CT POCs via e-mail. 2. Begin text. In 2005, the Republic of Yemen continued to provide support for the global war on terrorism and took action against al-Qaida a [...] | 2005-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC KTFN YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
05SANAA3512 | DEMARCHE ON CONDEMNING TUENI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LE YM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA3514 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. George Mullinax from o/a December 18, 2005 to o/a December 20, 2005 to provide assistance to the Central Bank of Yemen. Please make sure that Post has Mr. Mullinax's SSN and security clearance on file. 2. (SBU) Con [...] | 2005-12-18 12:55:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KMPI YM |
05SANAA3524 | PLACEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY OP-ED [...] Post has placed A/S Lowenkron's op-ed on International Human Rights day, entitled "Helping the Impossible Become the Inevitable," in Arabic and English in the media outlets below. The Arabic translation was done by Public Affairs Section personnel at post. -- Al-Sahwa.Net (news website of [...] | 2005-12-19 07:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM HUMAN RIGHTS |
05SANAA3527 | YEMEN AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS [...] Post has addressed ref A and implemented its recommendations to the maximum extent possible. Further avian influenza preparation measures will also be taken over the next month. Paragraph 2 provides a general assessment of avian influenza (AI) preparedness. Paragraph 3 details post's trip w [...] | 2005-12-19 07:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR YM |
05SANAA3546 | STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA [...] On November 13, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to complete the required annual review of post's MOA implementing the Department of State and Department of Defense MOU on security arrangements for DOD personnel (ref A). EAC reviewed annexes A and B as requested and made no subs [...] | 2005-12-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS |
05SANAA3558 | DAS GRAY ADDRESSES WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, ROYG [...] Summary. On December 3 - 5, over 300 government and civil society representatives from across the Middle East participated in a Sanaa-based conference entitled "Women's Rights in the Arab World: From Words to Deeds." Participants discussed a variety of topics, including women's roles in poli [...] | 2005-12-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KWMN YM PHUM |
05SANAA3577 | 2005-2006 INSCR REPORT FOR YEMEN: FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] The following is the text of Embassy Sanaa's update to Part II of the 2005-2006 INSCR report on financial crimes and money laundering. ---------- Begin Text ---------- The Yemeni financial system is not yet well developed; thus, the extent of money laundering is not known. The prevalenc [...] | 2005-12-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER KCRM KTFN YM TERFIN |
05SANAA3600 | MEDIA REACTION -- VIOLENCE IN SAADA, [...] AL-HOUTHI: The eruption of new violence in the Sa'ada region has been a primary topic of press coverage in recent weeks. After two weeks of relative quiet, RayNews.net (website of liberal opposition Rabita Party) reported on December 21 that armed clashes once again broke out between governm [...] | 2005-12-28 12:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM |
05SANAA3603 | MEPI IN ACTION: YEMENI WOMEN PUT CAMPAIGN SKILLS [...] Summary: During a December 26 meeting with female representatives from Yemen's major political parties, General People's Congress (GPC) member Fatima Khatari shared the secrets to her recent successful campaign for the party's General Committee. Khatari explained to the group, who meet regu [...] | 2005-12-28 13:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KMPI KWMN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA420 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL ON U/S DOBRIANSKY FOR [...] Summary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the U.S. can support Yemen's nascent civil society. Representatives from forty NGOs raised concerns over human rights abuses, women's access to political and eco [...] | 2005-02-28 14:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
05SANAA432 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON UNDER SECRETARY PAULA [...] SUMMARY: U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO SANA'A, YEMEN WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN THE YEMENI MEDIA. MOST NEWSPAPERS REPORTED ON THE VISIT WITHOUT COMMENT, CITING HER MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER ROYG OFFICIALS AS WELL AS HER DISCUSSIONS [...] | 2005-03-02 04:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA478 | DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN YEMEN [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. A dengue fever outbreak has afflicted the port cities of Hodeidah and Mokha on the western coast of Yemen and the surrounding coastal area beginning mid-January. Exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, and governmental, press, and WHO estimate [...] | 2005-03-06 06:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED YM |
05SANAA485 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL [...] Reftel demarche on the United Nations General Assembly Consideration of the Declaration on Human Cloning was delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman, on March 5. The ROYG has not yet shared its position with the Embassy on this matter. Khoury [...] | 2005-03-06 06:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO YM UNGA KSCI DEMARCHE |
05SANAA573 | TAIZ: THE FORGOTTEN CITY [...] This is an Action Request for Riyadh Foreign Commercial Office. Please see Para 4. 2. Summary: In a two day trip to the Taiz Governorate March 3-4, CDA explored opportunities to expand the mission's relationship with Yemen's third largest city. Deputy Governor AbdulMalik al-Hiagem sought [...] | 2005-03-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON YM COM |
05SANAA58 | YEMEN REPORT - ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND [...] Per request in reftel and in preparation for the February 2004 Seventh Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),EconCommoff interviewed the CBD point of contact for Yemen, Mahmoud M. Shidiwah, Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),and Dr. Mo [...] | 2005-01-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO YM ENVIRONMENT |
05SANAA589 | CHILD MARRIAGE IN YEMEN: HALF THE CHILDREN ARE [...] This message is in response to reftel questions on child marriage in Yemen, see para. 4. 2. The legal age of marriage in Yemen is 15. UNICEF estimates that approximately 41 percent of Yemeni children under the age of 15 are married. According the USAID-funded Development and Health Survey [...] | 2005-03-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN YM |
05SANAA647 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF). 2. Additionally, the following human ri [...] | 2005-03-19 06:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PHUM YM |
05SANAA72 | TRACK TWO MIL-TO-MIL DIALOGUE MESSAGE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP YM |
05SANAA853 | MINISTER SOFAN ON MCC THRESHOLD: WE'LL DO IT [...] USAID Director and Pol/Econoff met March 28 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmad Sofan. USAID Director conveyed that Yemen's MCC Threshold paper was very strong (reftel),and urged the ROYG to focus on specific reforms within the MCC categor [...] | 2005-04-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EIND EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM TAGS |
05SANAA927 | DEMARCHE ON G8-BMENA LITERACY WORKSHOP DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI AG YM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA930 | MEDIA REACTION TO ROUNDTABLE ON THE U.S. HUMAN [...] SUMMARY: Post hosted a roundtable discussion March 24 to discuss with emeni stakeholders local reactions to the realease of the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR). The event, co-sponsored by the Yemeni Center for Human Rights (a local NGO) was attended by civil society representatives and various [...] | 2005-04-13 12:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
05SANAA950 | DEMARCHE ON G8 BMENA/OECD MENA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PREL YM DEMARCHE ECON COM |
05SANAA951 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen CoastGuard (YCG). 2. Additionally, the following human rights vetting i [...] | 2005-04-16 11:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PHUM YM MARITIME SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS |
05SANAA952 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NOMAN TO REPRESENT ROYG IN [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on April 13. Noman was please that Secretary Rice would attend the April 28-30 Community of SIPDIS Democracies (CD) Ministerial in Santiago, commenting that her participation would draw attention to important [...] | 2005-04-16 11:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM YM DEMARCHE |
05SANAA957 | YEMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY REACTS TO HUMAN [...] SUMMARY: On March 30, Yemen's Human Rights Minister, Amat Al-Alim Soswa held a press conference formally announcing Yemen's response to the 2004 U.S. Human Rights Report on Yemen. Copies of a fifty-page document containing a detailed response to the U.S. report were distributed to approximate [...] | 2005-04-17 06:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANAA971 | DELIVERY OF EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | XG YM UNESCO DEMARCHE |
05SANJOSE1627 | PRIMER ON THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: This cable briefly describes the organization, and procedures of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, as well as the Court's relationship to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Reftel describes the progress of an actual recent case in the court brought against Venezue [...] | 2005-07-18 13:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CS |
05SANJOSE1634 | SAN JOSE FLASH REPORT - JULY 2005 [...] Embassy San Jose's cumulative allotments and obligations for current fiscal year INL funds are as follows: Project Number:011122101 Project Title: PD&S Cumulative Allotments: $21,384 Cumulative Obligations: $16,800 KAPLAN [...] | 2005-07-18 22:12:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN CS |
05SANJOSE1671 | COSTA RICAN REPRESENTATION AT WHTI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 22:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CS |
05SANJOSE1721 | COALITIONS ATTEMPT TO CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL [...] Voters, disappointment with the two traditional political parties may give several newly-formed parties the opportunity to capture a significant number of votes in the 2006 Presidential and Legislative Assembly elections. While these newly-formed parties are organizing coalitions to exploit [...] | 2005-07-29 23:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE1740 | PRESIDENT PACHECO COMMENTS ON CAFTA-DR [...] (U) On August 3, 2005, during his first weekly press conference held since CAFTA-DR was approved and signed by President Bush, Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco officially congratulated the U.S. government for ratifying the United States-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement [...] | 2005-08-03 22:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE1748 | LETTER FROM EX-PRESIDENT MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 17:45:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS ETRD PGOV PREL |
05SANJOSE1757 | TOURISM SNAPSHOT IN COSTA RICA [...] Summary. The tourism industry is king in Costa Rica, having been the nation's top revenue generator since 2001. The number of tourists coming to Costa Rica continues to increase, with hundreds of thousands of Americans, Canadians, and Europeans flocking to the beaches, volcanoes, and adventu [...] | 2005-08-05 14:18:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND CASC EINV PGOV CS |
05SANJOSE1772 | NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN ELECTED [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly elected Lisbeth Quesada Tristan to the 4-year independent post of human rights ombudsman (Defensor de los Habitantes) on August 4, 2005. Quesada, 53, is a medical doctor unaffiliated with any political party. The Ombudsman's position had been vacant since Jun [...] | 2005-08-05 22:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR CS |
05SANJOSE1787 | UNIMER POLL SHOWS STEADY SUPPORT FOR CAFTA-DR IN [...] Summary. As compared to a June 2005 poll conducted by UNIMER (Ref A),a similarly conducted August 2005 poll shows knowledge of and support for the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) remains strong and steady. UNIMER has been conducting similar polls si [...] | 2005-08-08 21:07:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE1819 | COMMISSION OF EMINENT PERSONS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] Summary. On August 8, 2005 the five-member Commission of Eminent Persons met with President Pacheco to discuss the status of their review of the text of the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA- DR). Franklin Chang, head of the Commission, stated that they ha [...] | 2005-08-10 17:18:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE1875 | POLL SHOWS A MAJORITY OF COSTA RICANS CONTINUE TO [...] Summary. A July 2005 CID/GALLUP poll contracted by the daily newspaper "La Republica" and local television network Repretel reveals a slightly decreasing majority of Costa Ricans support the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and believe the agreement wi [...] | 2005-08-17 19:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE1995 | SENATOR SPECTER BRIEFED ON COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS, [...] Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) visited the Guanacaste Province of Northern Costa Rica from August 18-20. The Charge and other Embassy Officers briefed the Senator in advance of a meeting with the Director of Costa Rica's Counter-Drug Police. On August 19, the Senator discussed NIH-fu [...] | 2005-08-24 15:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR CS |
05SANJOSE2037 | ANOTHER POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF COSTA RICANS SUPPORT [...] According to a poll conducted in August 2005 by UNIMER for the daily "La Nacion," 54 percent of the 1,413 persons polled supported the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),up from 43 percent in a similar poll conducted for "La Nacion" in November 2004. Tw [...] | 2005-08-31 14:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2047 | PRESIDENT MEETS WITH COMMISSION OF EMINENT PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 29, 2005, President Pacheco met with four of the five members of the Commission of Eminent Persons regarding their progress on reviewing the text of the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Franklin Chang, head of the Commission, [...] | 2005-09-01 14:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2052 | COSTA RICA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CODEX TASK FORCE [...] On August 22, 2005 AgAtt conveyed reftel demarche to Isabel Cristina Araya, Technical Secretary of the National CODEX Committee. 2. By means of a letter dated August 29, 2005, Ms. Araya indicated that Costa Rica would not be represented at the CODEX Intergovernmental Task Force on Biotechno [...] | 2005-09-02 13:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR CS ECON TBIO |
05SANJOSE2068 | COSTA RICA: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 21:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV CS |
05SANJOSE2071 | COSTA RICA: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] On August 29, 2005, Econoff delivered non-paper to Doris Osterlof, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade (COMEX),Melissa Delgado, Advisor to the Minister, and Ronald Obaldia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. COMEX is the lead GOCR organization on this issue and shared the information with other [...] | 2005-09-02 21:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECPS ECON CS WTO AID |
05SANJOSE2072 | COSTA RICA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] The Government of Costa Rica is committed to the elimination of child labor in Costa Rica by 2010. According to the most recent survey, conducted in 2002, approximately 114,000 children between ages 5 and 17 were working, a figure which represents just over ten percent of the country's youth [...] | 2005-09-02 22:43:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2086 | HURRICANE KATRINA: COSTA RICA OFFER OF ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 20:07:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US CS |
05SANJOSE2090 | STATUS OF FISCAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Three years after starting discussion of the fiscal reform bill and 3 months after voting to utilize a "fast-track" review, the Legislative Assembly members remain far away from approving the bill. Disagreements about the bill between political parties and also between the Pre [...] | 2005-09-08 15:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2096 | HURRICANE KATRINA: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM [...] On September 8, Embassy San Jose received a signed letter addressed to President Bush from President Pacheco extending his condolences to the Government and people of the United States and the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Informal Embassy translation of letter follows: San Jose, September [...] | 2005-09-09 16:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC CS |
05SANJOSE2098 | COSTA RICA: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 21:28:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO CS |
05SANJOSE2100 | EFFECTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON COSTA RICAN [...] Summary. While Costa Rica lies far south of the devastating path that Hurricane Katrina took, some Costa Rican businesses are being impacted by its effects on the operations of the port of New Orleans. Many Costa Rican companies rely on the port as the primary doorway for importing and expo [...] | 2005-09-09 22:14:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2104 | STATUS OF THE PROPOSED LAW TO STRENGTHEN AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Legislative Assembly,s Special Mixed Commission to review the Law to Strengthen and Modernize the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) ended its 28-month tenure without coming to agreement on how to proceed with the proposed telecommunications reform law. The content [...] | 2005-09-09 23:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2158 | COSTA RICA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] Summary: The textile industry in Costa Rica is regarded as efficient and productive. However, the low labor costs of China and the preferential treatment Mexico was granted under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) put the Costa Rican textile industry at a disadvantage. As a res [...] | 2005-09-15 00:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX PGOV PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2186 | GOCR REQUESTS AND EMBASSY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF [...] Summary: Embassy supports GOCR request to extend project of U.S. Treasury Department Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Tax Team beyond December 31, 2005 projected termination date. End summary. 2. Charge d'Affaires received the following letter from Minister of Finance on August 26, [...] | 2005-09-19 22:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2199 | COSTA RICA: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 21:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL ETRD CS UNESCO |
05SANJOSE2215 | STUDENTS, LABOR UNIONS STAGE ANTI-CAFTA MARCHES [...] Summary: Labor unions and student groups took to the streets of San Jose on Tuesday, September 20, to protest the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),as President Pacheco's "Commission of Eminent Persons" made the findings of its study on the agreement publ [...] | 2005-09-22 21:00:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD CS |
05SANJOSE2386 | ELECTION SEASON IN COSTA RICA OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] Summary: The GOCR officially launched its 2006 election cycle on Saturday, October 1. The February 5 ballot will be a crowded one: fourteen presidential candidates have been certified by the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE). The field of candidates for the Legislative Assembly is similarly [...] | 2005-10-13 19:19:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM CS |
05SANJOSE2411 | COSTA RICA REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE THOMAS [...] Ref B reported Costa Rica's initial positive response to Judge Burgenthal's candidacy. Per Ref A instructions, PolOff followed up with the Foreign Ministry on October 6, and was reassured of Costa Rica's support. On October 12, Embassy San Jose received Costa Rican Diplomatic Note DGPE/DPM/AC [...] | 2005-10-14 22:08:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OPDC CS UNGA |
05SANJOSE2412 | EX-PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ RELEASED FROM HOUSE ARREST [...] Former President Miguel Angel Rodriguez (1998-2002) was released from his seven-month house arrest on October 13, when prosecutors in his corruption case failed to convince a judge to grant yet another extension of his now nearly year-long pretrial detention. Rodriguez was arrested on October [...] | 2005-10-14 22:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2413 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON [...] Per Ref A instructions, Post requested the GOCR's support for a seat on the World Heritage Committee via Diplomatic Note in July, 2005. 2. On October 12, Post received Costa Rican Diplomatic Note DGPE/DPM/AC 886/10/05, officially confirming that Costa Rica will support the U.S. bid. 3. [...] | 2005-10-14 22:13:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV CS UNESCO |
05SANJOSE2435 | ARMED ROBBERY AND SHOOTING AT SHOPPING CENTER NEAR [...] On 17 October at approximately 1300 hours, a hardware store employee waiting in a bank line to make a deposit of currency was shot in the leg while robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash. The location of the robbery is significant as it occurred at the Central Comercial Pavas Banco Nacional, [...] | 2005-10-19 19:19:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
05SANJOSE2436 | CID/GALLUP POLL SHOWS GROWING SUPPORT FOR CAFTA-DR [...] Summary. An October 2005 CID/GALLUP poll revealed increases in the knowledge of and support for the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) among Costa Ricans. The poll also shows that the percentage of respondents who believe CAFTA- DR will bring b [...] | 2005-10-19 20:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2437 | COSTA RICA: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Despite Post efforts to secure Costa Rican support for the U.S. position on the UNESCO declaration, and although our interlocutors have not been in a position to provide specific feedback, it appears that the GOCR does not intend to back our position on this issue. On October 14, 2005, Econ [...] | 2005-10-19 20:34:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL CS |
05SANJOSE2451 | FORMER PRESIDENT CALDERON RELEASED FROM HOUSE [...] As presaged in Reftel A, former President Rafael Angel Calderon (1990-94) was released from house arrest on October 19, 2005, under conditions similar to those imposed on ex-President Miguel Angel Rodriguez. Specifically, Calderon is prohibited from leaving the country or having any contact [...] | 2005-10-20 21:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CS |
05SANJOSE2475 | COSTA RICA REAFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 16:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CR UNGA |
05SANJOSE2493 | COSTA RICA ON UNESCO CONVENTION: IT'S ALL IN THE [...] In a follow-up meeting on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity on October 21, MFA Chief of Multilateral Affairs Carlos Cordero expressed Costa Rica's receptiveness to U.S. input on implementation if and when the convention comes into effect. He acknowledged U.S. concerns over implement [...] | 2005-10-25 22:51:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CS |
05SANJOSE2532 | COSTA RICA'S NOMINATION TO ATTEND ILEA CRIME SCENE [...] Per reftel, Post nominates the following Costa Rican police officers to attend the ILEA Course Crime Scene Management and Kidnapping in El Salvador from November 14 to 18, 2005. All nominated officers are Costa Rican nationals. Participants: Rigoberto Bogantes Vargas DOB: 09/02/1956 ID: [...] | 2005-11-01 22:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM KJUS CS KTLA |
05SANJOSE2560 | SAN JOSE ACTIVITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] On November 14, Post, in conjunction with Costa Rica's Binational Center, will host a "Study in the U.S. Symposium." This event will feature an introduction to International Education Week and its importance to the U.S. government by the CAO, a talk by the Binational Center's Educ [...] | 2005-11-04 19:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP CS OEXC SCUL KPAO |
05SANJOSE2564 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN EXTREMISM [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Carlos Cordero, Chief of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA, on October 31. That same evening, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar released a statement to the press and diplomatic community condemning the inflammatory rhetoric of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm [...] | 2005-11-04 19:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM CS |
05SANJOSE2611 | DISCUSSION OF CAFTA-DR BY PRESIDENTS BUSH AND [...] Summary: On November 5, 2005, all of the major Costa Rican dailies ran stories based on comments made by President Pacheco and Foreign Trade Minister Gonzalez about the meeting with President Bush the day before on the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (C [...] | 2005-11-08 21:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2640 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Carlos Cordero, Deputy Chief for Multilateral Affairs, on November 8. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff on November 10, Cordero stated without reservation that Costa Rica would oppose any no-action motions raised with respect to the human rig [...] | 2005-11-11 10:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2641 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS, [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Carlos Cordero, Deputy Chief for Multilateral Affairs, on November 8. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff on November 10, Cordero stated without reservation that Costa Rica would oppose any no-action motions raised with respect to the human rig [...] | 2005-11-11 10:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2658 | COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] SUMMARY: Post has updated information provided in previous report using the same format. Post contact is Maria D. Villanueva, (506) 519-2419, Fax (506) 519-2364, villanuevamd@state.gov. End Summary. 2. Country Reports: Compliance with Eligibility Criteria The country reports contained [...] | 2005-11-15 14:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CS |
05SANJOSE2664 | JAN. 1, 2006 ENTRY INTO FORCE HELPS CAFTA-DR IN [...] (SBU) Summary. We know that USTR must make a determination soon so that it can recommend to the President when he should issue his proclamation bringing CAFTA-DR into force. Recognizing that this determination is of greater importance for countries that have already ratified, we want to hig [...] | 2005-11-15 23:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN PGOV PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2689 | ANTI-CAFTA FORCES HEARTENED BY SUCCESSFUL PROTEST [...] On November 17, about 10,000 protesters participated in the first major demonstration to follow President Abel Pacheco's presentation of the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to the Legislative Assembly. While the demonstration, organized by labor and stu [...] | 2005-11-18 21:55:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD PREL ELAB CS |
05SANJOSE2692 | SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN SAN JOSE [...] In the past several weeks, significant criminal acts have been committed near the Embassy or near areas where most Mission personnel live and work that merit reporting at this time. Following is a summary of recent events in San Jose: A. Armed robbery and shooting of Czech diplomat: On N [...] | 2005-11-21 14:22:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
05SANJOSE2710 | ON THE ROAD TO SANTA CRUZ: OAS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] SUMMARY: On November 2, Regional Environmental Hub Officer (REO) and Regional Environmental Assistant (REA) joined Dan Martinez, Economic Advisor and Alternate Representative for the U.S. Mission to the OAS, Department of Agriculture official Catherine Karr-Colque, and other U.S. delegation [...] | 2005-11-23 17:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR XS XM CS OAS |
05SANJOSE2718 | COSTA RICA AND AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] The responses below key off reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF THE COUNTRY HAS A STRATEGY, HOW CAPABLE IS IT OF IMPLEMENTING IT? PLEAS [...] | 2005-11-23 22:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2726 | COSTA RICA MINI-DUBLIN GROUP REPORT [...] Summary, Post convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting on November 18, 2005 with representatives from the Embassies of Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The Spanish, French, and Canadian Embassies were unable to participate in the meeting but provided information related to their [...] | 2005-11-25 17:12:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM CS |
05SANJOSE2727 | CAFTA SUPPORTERS RALLY FOR LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL [...] Several thousand workers, business owners and merchants marched on Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly on November 24, to encourage the GOCR to ratify without further delay the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The march was widely seen as a rebuttal to la [...] | 2005-11-25 20:08:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD ELAB CS |
05SANJOSE2744 | COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] Costa Rica remains an outspoken critic of the Castro government and a faithful supporter of governmental and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica severed diplomatic ties with Cuba in 1961, and has shown no signs that it would consider re-establishing formal relations with the Castro gove [...] | 2005-11-29 22:41:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2751 | Child Abduction Update- Kaitlyn Bravo [...] Summary. AmCit Kaitlyn Bravo was abducted in 2002 by her father and taken to Costa Rica. The father turned Kaitlyn over to a local caretaker, who now seeks legal custody. A Consular visit on 17 November was unsuccessful, and it appears the caretaker acted deliberately to deny access. The Con [...] | 2005-12-01 19:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CR |
05SANJOSE2787 | COSTA RICA REPORTING ON OTHER FOREIGN BRIBERY [...] Summary. It has been a year since the story of scandal broke out and there is no sign yet of any criminal charges. On September 28, 2004, the influential daily, La Nacion disclosed the details of a `bonus' paid by the French telecommunications company Alcatel (see reftel A). According to the [...] | 2005-12-05 22:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CS |
05SANJOSE2795 | COSTA RICA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ADOPTION OF THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 10:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC |
05SANJOSE2802 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: METHYL BROMIDE EXEMPTION [...] In response to demarche request (Reftel),on December 5, 2005 Post shared talking points with Vice Minister of Environment and Energy Allan Flores, Environmental Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Cristina Castro, and Enid Chaverri of the International Cooperation Office. [...] | 2005-12-08 16:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL |
05SANJOSE2808 | FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] On Thursday, December 8, post received a letter from the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry regarding the December 7 shooting death of Costa Rica-born Rigoberto Alpizar in Miami International Airport. Alpizar reportedly is a dual U.S. and Costa Rican national. 2. Translated text of the letter fo [...] | 2005-12-08 22:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CS |
05SANJOSE2809 | COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2005 - 2006 PART I, DRUGS [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2005-2006 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica is becoming a major transshipment point for narcotics to the United States and Europe. Costa Rican officials demonstrate professionalism and reliability as partners in combating ever-changi [...] | 2005-12-08 23:00:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CS |
05SANJOSE2815 | COSTA RICA INL PD&S REQUEST FOR FY 2006 [...] Per instructions reftel, Post's PD&S request is as follows: Actual Non- Object FY 2005 Recurring Proposed FY 2006 Class Obligations Items Increases Plan ------ ----------- --------- --------- ------- 1142 44,200 [...] | 2005-12-09 21:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC CS |
05SANJOSE2822 | MODELING THE ELEPHANT: OECD/OAS GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] Summary: The OAS/OECD Global Forum on Trade session on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Trade and Environment was held in San Jose November 3-4. Panels addressed market access, needs and priorities, and other issues related to trade and environment capacity building. Common th [...] | 2005-12-12 12:45:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID CS |
05SANJOSE2858 | INL SAN JOSE CARRYOVER AMOUNTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 22:49:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT KFSC SNAR CS |
05SANJOSE2881 | COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2005 - 2006 PART II, MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 22:25:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN EFIN PTER KCRM CS |
05SANJOSE2928 | LETTING OFF STEAM: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: The VI Regional Forum for the Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, a 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) initiative, was held in Managua October 5-6. The Forum focused on opportunities for sustainable development and energy diversification linke [...] | 2005-12-27 17:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EAID |
05SANJOSE2942 | CAFTA-DR RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The debate about the Central America- Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) started in the unicameral 57-member legislature (the Assembly) on December 6, 2005 after long delays in the Costa Rican administration's decision to send the agreement to the [...] | 2005-12-28 21:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANJOSE2952 | ASIAN MARKETS LEAD 2005 COSTA RICAN EXPORT GROWTH [...] Summary. The Costa Rican Trade Promotion Corporation (PROCOMER) has reported that Costa Rican exports this year through October 2005 reached USD 5.77 billion, an increase of ten percent over the same period last year. The biggest increases were realized in exports of agricultural and techno [...] | 2005-12-29 21:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS |
05SANSALVADOR2033 | EL SALVADOR: WILLING GLOBAL PEACE OPS INITIATIVE (GPOI) PARTNER [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered to Foreign Minister by Ambassador and to Minister of Defense (MOD) by MILGP Commander on July 13. On July 14, Ambassador also hand delivered to FM, who is in Washington with Ambassador for the Saca/Bush meeting, a non-paper summarizing Ref B background on G [...] | 2005-07-15 18:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PREL ES UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2038 | A WARNING NOTE ON VIGILANTE JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two men who murdered three gang members who had killed their brother are in jail awaiting trial, in what is one of the first cases of open vigilante justice in response to the current elevated murder rates in El Salvador. The men confessed to the murders, and will likely be fou [...] | 2005-07-15 20:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV ES |
05SANSALVADOR2068 | EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] Econ staff visited an upscale supermarket in San Salvador to identify examples of foods for sale using names included in the list in Reftel para. 5. The following were identified: Mozzarella (made in El Salvador),Pecorino (Guatemala),Parmigiano (Guatemala and United States),Manchego (Costa [...] | 2005-07-20 15:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA ES |
05SANSALVADOR2085 | SALVADORANS GO POSTAL - SEEK SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON [...] Post received a letter from Governance Minister Rene Mario Figueroa dated July 5, 2005, requesting U.S. support for El Salvador's nomination to be a member of the Management Committee of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP),which will be elected at the XIX PUASP Congre [...] | 2005-07-22 12:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ES |
05SANSALVADOR2174 | NATIONAL AND MEDIA REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF [...] SUMMARY: Salvadoran elation at the July 28 U.S. Congressional approval of the U.S.-Central America-DR free trade agreement (CAFTA- DR) was evident in the first hours after the vote, when President Saca called it a victory for democracy. Subsequent days have brought heavy and constant press c [...] | 2005-08-02 12:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KPAO ES |
05SANSALVADOR2195 | Speaker Program Evaluation - Photojournalism [...] PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOJOURNALIST ESSDRAS SUAREZ OF THE BOSTON GLOBE SHARED HIS EXPERTISE IN LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND FIELD REPORTING TRIPS WITH SALVADORAN PHOTOJOURNALISTS FROM JULY 26-31. SUAREZ PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT AND ENGAGING SPEAKER, WHO CONNECTED EQUALLY WELL WITH BEAT REPORTE [...] | 2005-08-08 20:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ES |
05SANSALVADOR2198 | GOVERNMENT GETTING WORKERS UP AND OUT 30 MINUTES [...] On June 8, President Saca announced the formation of a public-private sector "National Emergency Commission" to identify ways to mitigate the impact of high global petroleum prices. On July 22, the government announced that it would implement four measures to reduce traffic congestion and the [...] | 2005-08-08 21:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG ES |
05SANSALVADOR2239 | DRUG PROCUREMENT CHANGES COULD POSE HEALTH RISKS [...] Summary. The Salvadoran Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (INQUIFAR) is pushing the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS) to relax its requirements for the procurement of seventy medicines for which the ISSS now requires the manufacturer to either submit evidence of r [...] | 2005-08-11 17:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI KIPR ETRD ES |
05SANSALVADOR2336 | SALVADORAN BUDGET DATA FOR MCC [...] The Salvadoran Ministry of Finance, in coordination with the Technical Secretariat, provided seven-years' of budget data to the MCC in response to reftels. Emboffs who worked with Salvadoran officials on this task were impressed by the professional effort they put forth to compile the data in [...] | 2005-08-22 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMCA EAID ES |
05SANSALVADOR2356 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in July 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of July 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) The International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) began the presentation of its six-week core program on July 25. Th [...] | 2005-08-23 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2416 | HAITI ELECTORAL OBSERVATION REQUEST: GOES FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-30 11:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA ES |
05SANSALVADOR2417 | EL SALVADOR: 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information on last year's child labor report, which otherwise remains valid. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA),El Salvador has implemented steps to el [...] | 2005-08-30 11:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ES PHUM SOCI |
05SANSALVADOR2463 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION AND PLAN OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV |
05SANSALVADOR2464 | EL SALVADOR OFFERS SUPPORT IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] During the Ambassador's and DCM's August 31 meeting with Foreign Minister Lainez, President Saca phoned to express his sympathy and solidarity, and to offer whatever assistance possible to the USG and/or affected states. Saca indicated that he would send letters the following day to President [...] | 2005-09-06 21:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID ES PGOV PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA |
05SANSALVADOR2477 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2005 INL funds as of the end of August 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ----------- [...] | 2005-09-07 15:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2482 | SAN SALVADOR - Request to reprogram FY-05 PD&S Funds [...] INL, San Salvador, requests authorization to reprogram $17,000 to FY-05 Street Gang Violence. 2. If you have any questions, please contact INL Administrative Assistant, Catherine Anstead: commercial line(503)501-2031, IVG 830-2031, or e-mail Ansteadcm@state.gov. 3. Your assistance in thi [...] | 2005-09-07 19:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2503 | MEDIA REACTION ON HURRICANE KATRINA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 20:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO HURRICANE KATRINA |
05SANSALVADOR2504 | EL SALVADOR UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Felix Ulloa, MFA Officer in charge of United Nations and Multilateral Organizations. Ulloa stated that he had not yet received a copy of the September 6 draft of the Outcome Document and that the Salvadoran government was concerned by the fact that the do [...] | 2005-09-08 23:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ES UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2510 | IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 15:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES IZ |
05SANSALVADOR2514 | NO SALVADORAN RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 21:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO |
05SANSALVADOR2519 | KATRINA HURRICANE TASK FORCE (EL SALVADOR RESPONSE) [...] This message summarizes all ES offerings received as of September 9 for the Hurricane Task Force. 2. GOES has offered up to 200,000 pounds of ready-to-eat rations (7000 of which could be airlifted by the ES military) and 150 military personnel to assist with logistics or search and rescue. [...] | 2005-09-09 22:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US HURRICANE KATRINA |
05SANSALVADOR2524 | RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Felix Ulloa, Office of Multilateral Affairs on September 12, 2005. Ulloa stated that the GOES would review the information prior to the conference on September 14. Butler [...] | 2005-09-12 19:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL ES UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2530 | FY 2005 General Authorization, Final Review [...] Following is Ag San Salvador's General Authorization Final Review funds: 2. General Authorization No. 1-120. - Current Oblig. Requir. Total Surplus(PLUS) - Auth. (Oct-Sept) (4) Deficit (-) - (1) (2) (3) (2&3) (5 [...] | 2005-09-12 22:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AMGT ES |
05SANSALVADOR2539 | POST'S NOMINATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS TO ATTEND [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar at Laguna El Pino, Guatemala, from October 3 to 7, 2005. All officers have the rank of Agent (equivalent to corporal),are members of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotic [...] | 2005-09-13 18:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2541 | CAFTA BRINGS HOPE TO SLUGGISH SALVADORAN ECONOMY [...] GDP grew by a lackluster 1.6 percent during the first quarter of 2005. Official data have not been released yet for the second quarter, but a Central Bank indicator based on real production data suggests that the economy continued to perform poorly. High oil prices are taking a toll on economi [...] | 2005-09-13 22:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR2549 | FINANCE VICE MINISTER SHARES U.S. VIEW ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-14 20:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN ES UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2572 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] | 2005-09-16 22:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR2577 | OPIC LOAN TO BAJA SALT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MX ES |
05SANSALVADOR2583 | CORRECTED VERSION TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] | 2005-09-19 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR2627 | MEDIA REACTION - UNGA, SEPTEMBER 11, AND KATRINA [...] "Disappointment at the Summit, Passivity on the Plains" by Joaquin Samayoa in Sept. 21 moderate daily La Prensa Grfica (circ. 110,000). "The UN General Assembly on global poverty produced a lukewarm consensus, expressed in a document that emerged after several months of work to accommodat [...] | 2005-09-22 15:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2635 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in August 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of August 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) On September 2, the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) concluded the presentation of its six-week cor [...] | 2005-09-22 20:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2637 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-22 21:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SCUL ETRD ES UNESCO |
05SANSALVADOR2644 | HOME USE ONLY CD-ROM FOR LES [...] The following information is provided in response to the request made in Para. 7 of reftel: SAN SALVADOR DCM, ECONOFF, FCSO, and IMO ---------------------------------------- Deputy Chief of Mission: Michael Butler Economic Officer: David Krzywda FCSO: Mary Boscia IMO: Dale Rice Complian [...] | 2005-09-23 15:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KVIR AADP ACOA ASEC AMGT OIIP KRIM KPAO ES |
05SANSALVADOR2661 | EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...] | 2005-09-23 22:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR |
05SANSALVADOR2679 | EL SALVADOR: THE DECLINING INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN [...] SUMMARY: In the last 17 years, the Roman Catholic Church has lost 12 percent of its share of the nation's population, falling from 64 to 52 percent, and Catholicism seems to have declined in power since the end of the country's 1980-1992 civil war. The proportion of Salvadorans belonging to [...] | 2005-09-27 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM ES |
05SANSALVADOR2682 | DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES |
05SANSALVADOR2689 | REGISTERING A BUSINESS IN EL SALVADOR [...] The World Bank's "Doing Business in 2006" reports that it takes 40 days and about $2,775 to register a limited liability company (corporation) with start-up capital of $23,500 in El Salvador. We believe the process takes 40 days but that the actual cost is only about $775, $2,000 less than t [...] | 2005-09-28 20:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EINV ES |
05SANSALVADOR2691 | EL SALVADOR WILL NEGOTIATE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH [...] The September 27 press reported that El Salvador and Taiwan had agreed at the September 26 Managua summit of Central America, Taiwan and the Dominican Republic to negotiate a free trade agreement. President Saca made the announcement that the two countries would begin talks very soon followin [...] | 2005-09-28 22:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES ETRD PREL TW |
05SANSALVADOR2692 | AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP NOT A PRIORITY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 22:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI ES WHO |
05SANSALVADOR2727 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2005 INL funds as of the end of September 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- --------- [...] | 2005-10-04 17:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2728 | EL SALVADOR: NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND SESSION 40 AT [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy San Salvador nominates the following 14 police officers to attend session 40 of the Advanced Management Course presented at ILEA Roswell from October 31 to November 18, 2005. All nominees have been vetted locally. Post requests that INL and WHA also vet in accordance [...] | 2005-10-04 18:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID KCRM SNAR KJUS INL |
05SANSALVADOR2734 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND [...] EL SALVADOR IS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPERIENCING TWO NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS. THE SANTA ANA VOLCANO WHICH HAS BEEN SEISMICALLY ACTIVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS ERUPTED ON SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1, 2005 SPEWING TONS OF SULFURIC GAS EMISSIONS AND ROCK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN [...] | 2005-10-04 21:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID ES |
05SANSALVADOR2759 | MEDIA REACTION - U/S HUGHES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 22:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO |
05SANSALVADOR2763 | ICJ ELECTIONS - DEMARCHE DELIVERED (EL SALVADOR) [...] On October 6, POLOFF delivered REFTEL to Mauricio Ruiz, Candadacies Officer of the MFA. Ruiz stated that they would review the information and inform us of their decision prior to the election. Butler [...] | 2005-10-07 16:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES UNSC UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2764 | HEALTH AND EDUCATION SPENDING UP IN EL SALVADOR'S [...] On September 29, Minister of Finance Guillermo Lopez Suarez submitted the government's $3.3 billion budget proposal for 2006, an 11.6 percent increase over the budget approved for 2005. The Ministry of Education would see funding increase by 5.6 percent, while the Ministry of Health would re [...] | 2005-10-07 16:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KTDB ES |
05SANSALVADOR2778 | MEDIA REACTION: ZOELLICK IN NICARAGUA, IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 18:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ETRD ES KPAO USTR |
05SANSALVADOR2793 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS VIDEO FOCUSES GOES ATTENTION [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Counselor and Agricultural Specialist showed ref a video to representatives of the trade policy offices of the Ministries of Agriculture and Economy, of the National Registry Center (CNR),and of the National Science and Technology Committee (CONACYT). Embassy staf [...] | 2005-10-12 22:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KIPR ES WTO |
05SANSALVADOR2795 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in September 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of September 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) On September 20, Ambassador Barclay and Governance Minister Figueroa signed a bilateral agreement to estab [...] | 2005-10-13 16:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2857 | LETTERS ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of the Minister of Economy on October 17. A key aide to the Minister agreed to inform the Minister of Secretary Gutierrez' letter as the Minister was in Guatemala to attend events related to the Secretary's visit to the region. Post also delivered re [...] | 2005-10-19 16:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ES PREL SCUL UNESCO |
05SANSALVADOR2862 | ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS MEDICAL EVACUATION [...] On 19 Oct, Salvadoran Vice Minister of Defense, General Abrego, the acting Minister of Defense, requested U.S. military support in transporting a critically injured Salvadoran Air Force officer, Colonel Juan Hector Reyes, to a U.S. military medical facility as soon as possible. Colonel Reyes wa [...] | 2005-10-20 13:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR CA |
05SANSALVADOR2873 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH CENTAM [...] (U) Summary: On October 20, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with Presidents Saca (El Salvador),Bolanos (Nicaragua),Berger (Guatemala),and Maduro (Honduras) to review CAFTA-DR implementation. The Secretary expressed the USG's full commitment to CAFTA as a model for political and [...] | 2005-10-20 21:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR2878 | EL SALVADOR'S NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND ILEA CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FROM NOV 14 TO 18, 2005 [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Crime Scene Management and Kidnapping in El Salvador from November 14 to 18, 2005. All nominated officers were born in El Salvador. SubInp. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 2/15/1972 POB: La Libertad SubInp. XXX [...] | 2005-10-21 20:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS ES KTLA INL |
05SANSALVADOR2925 | WCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, GOES CUSTOMS LOOKING TO [...] (U) Summary. Econoff met with Hector Gustavo Villatoro, Director General of Customs to deliver the demarche on Implementing the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards. Villatoro confirmed he will sign the WCO Letter of Intent, but did not commit to a date. Villatoro also r [...] | 2005-10-26 22:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
05SANSALVADOR2942 | Anti-Gang Cooperation Generates Multiple Benefits [...] SUMMARY: Post persuaded two Salvadoran government organs with a limited history of mutual coordination, the National Civil Police (PNC) and the National Civil Registry (RNPN,) to cooperate on biometrics collection during a five- nation law enforcement operation against members of the Salvado [...] | 2005-10-28 23:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHLS CVIS PINS KFRD ES GANGS |
05SANSALVADOR2951 | 2005 El Salvador CBI Report for USTR [...] In response to reftel, please see the following Embassy El Salvador report for USTR on El Salvador's compliance with requirements under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. ----------------------------- Commitment to WTO Obligations ----------------------------- 2. El Salvador has committed [...] | 2005-10-31 17:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
05SANSALVADOR2958 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Visiting Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with his Salvadoran counterpart, Minister of Economy Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia, for a brief bilateral meeting on October 21. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with the Minister's presentation on GOES implementation of CAFTA-DR and i [...] | 2005-11-01 16:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR OVIP PREL ES |
05SANSALVADOR2959 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 30, 2005 [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2006 INL funds as of the end of October 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ----------- [...] | 2005-11-01 16:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR2972 | ICJ ELECTIONS - DEMARCHE DELIVERED (EL SALVADOR) [...] On October 6, POLOFF delivered REFTEL to Mauricio Ruiz, Candidacies Officer of the MFA. Ruiz stated that they would review the information and inform us of their decision prior to the election. Barclay [...] | 2005-11-01 20:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES UNSC UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR2979 | DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] On November 1, Polcouns and poloff delivered talking points (reftel) condemning Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's call for the destruction of Israel to Amb. Mario Rivera Mora, GOES Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Director. Poloff further asked Rivera to have the GOES consider [...] | 2005-11-01 23:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM IR ES |
05SANSALVADOR2980 | IRAQ: REPORTING INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 23:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ ES |
05SANSALVADOR3002 | MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 3: Millennium [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 19:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
05SANSALVADOR3013 | EL SALVADOR: RESULTS OF MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING [...] (U) On November 4, 2005, Post convened a meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Embassies of Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The following provides information requested in Reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counte [...] | 2005-11-07 22:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES PINR PINS PREL KCRM INL |
05SANSALVADOR3023 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
05SANSALVADOR3045 | BLUE LANTERN 05-973965 [...] On November 1, 2005, Econoff visited the business office and a retail outlet of Tiros Cobra-CA, S.A. de C.V. (Tiros),the subject of Ref. A pre-license end-use check. He met with Yanira Elizabeth de Melara, who in function appears to be the general manager but introduced herself as the owner' [...] | 2005-11-09 15:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ES |
05SANSALVADOR3125 | MEDIA REACTION: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT [...] Reactions were enthusiastic to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) selection of El Salvador and Namibia as the two lower-middle income countries who are eligible to submit proposals for possible MCA funding. Press coverage of the decision was ample, mostly accurate, and included the e [...] | 2005-11-10 18:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
05SANSALVADOR3214 | MEDIA REACTION: MILLENNIUM ACCOUNT / ICANN [...] Millennium Challenge Account "Namibia and El Salvador," op-ed in moderate "La Prensa Grfica "(circ. 100,000) on Sunday, November 13, by columnist and National Development Commission member Sandra de Barraza: "Namibia is now getting national attention because we will be competing against [...] | 2005-11-14 22:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
05SANSALVADOR3222 | SAN SALVADOR'S CLO REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF [...] Co-CLO Coordinator Monique Reyes FP-6 and other Co-CLO position is currently vacant recruitment is in process; 25 hours per week each. 2. Additional staff: Part-time CLO Assistant Milagros Root FP-9, 20 hours per week. 3. Post Profile A. Agencies served: State (Public Diplomacy, H [...] | 2005-11-15 19:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLO AMGT ES |
05SANSALVADOR3224 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On November 9, 2005, PolOff delivered Reftel talking points to Jorge Santibanez, Director of Migration. Santibanez acknowledged the diffencies, and expressed a real desire to address them. He also noted that his government lacked the financial and manpower resources to fully implement all [...] | 2005-11-15 20:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ES |
05SANSALVADOR3283 | SECURING US BORDERS AGAINST SALVADORAN GANGS: [...] SUMMARY: Travel to the United States is now more difficult for members of Salvadoran-based gangs. Since June 2005, when the Departments of State and Homeland Security agreed that INA 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) renders members of Salvadoran street gangs ineligible for a visa, Post successfully used th [...] | 2005-11-22 19:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PREL SNAR PTER KCRM SOCI KHLS PINS ES GANGS |
05SANSALVADOR3285 | DRAFT 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. 2. Begin Text. EL SALVADOR TRADE SUMMARY [Note: This section to be prepared in Washington. End note.] IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States concluded free [...] | 2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR3298 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES, VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, [...] Embassy San Salvador extends a warm welcome to you and your party on December 6, 2005. We expect your visit will underscore the U.S. commitment to the people of El Salvador in assisting their recovery from Hurricane Stan and the eruption of the Santa Ana volcano in early October. Combined, the [...] | 2005-11-23 21:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAID PREL ECON ES OVIP |
05SANSALVADOR3431 | 2005 INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: EL SALVADOR [...] SUMMARY: Given its relatively small size (6.7 million people in an area smaller than New Jersey),El Salvador has a relatively rich media environment and a fairly well- defined number of "players" jockeying for power and influence. Though their combined circulation is scarcely 300,000, newspa [...] | 2005-12-07 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PREL ES |
05SANSALVADOR3433 | INFORMATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Post, through USAID and the Regional Medical Officer (RMO),is coordinating with Salvadoran authorities to support local efforts to control avian influenza and assess their capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. Responses to Ref. A questions are included in paragraph 2; they are based [...] | 2005-12-08 15:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES AVIAN FLU |
05SANSALVADOR3458 | EL SALVADOR: PRESIDENT SACA PUSHES FOR JANUARY 1 [...] (U) During a December 9 conversation with the DCM, President Saca reiterated El Salvador,s strong support for January 1 entry into force of CAFTA, even if El Salvador is the only country to qualify on that date. Saca promised that El Salvador would have all measures in place by the end of the [...] | 2005-12-09 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ES CAFTA |
05SANSALVADOR3459 | FY-2006 Consular Package Narrative for San [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD AFSI ASIG ES |
05SANSALVADOR3475 | EL SALVADOR: PLENARY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 17:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ES UNGA |
05SANSALVADOR3479 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in November 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of November 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) From November 14 to 18, FBI instructors taught Crime Scene Management techniques to 12 police officers each [...] | 2005-12-15 13:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
05SANSALVADOR3480 | EL SALVADOR: 2005 TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 13:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN AA KHLS KPAO ES |
05SANSALVADOR3490 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART II [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part II. Year-end statistics for CY-05 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador Located on the Pacific coast of the Central Am [...] | 2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR3491 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...] | 2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR3505 | EL SALVADOR: THREE MONTHS FROM ELECTION, ARENA'S [...] (SBU) Leading daily La Prensa Grafica publicized a CID-Gallup poll taken November 30-December 5 that involved 1,212 interviews nationwide. President Saca's approval rating remained at 72 percent overall, tying his rating of August, and scarcely lower than the 74 percent approval recorded at [...] | 2005-12-16 20:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS |
05SANSALVADOR3507 | AFTER THE DELUGE: THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE STAN AND ILAMATEPEC VOLCANO ERUPTION [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's geography and geology make it vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. During October, the nation suffered a volcanic eruption, hurricane-induced flooding and mudslides, and an earthquake, although the latter caused little if any [...] | 2005-12-16 21:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ES |
05SANSALVADOR3508 | OPIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MICROFINANCING [...] The microfinancing sector has grown significantly in recent years in El Salvador, and its expansion has helped satisfy micro entrepreneurs' demand for credit. In El Salvador, the traditional banking sector typically lends only under strict conditions, thereby excluding many potentially good [...] | 2005-12-16 21:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ES |
05SANSALVADOR3537 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Birth: 11 February 1959 Place of Birth: San Salvador 3. Post has reviewed avail [...] | 2005-12-21 17:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
05SANSALVADOR3539 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...] | 2005-12-21 18:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
05SANSALVADOR3554 | EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP [...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...] | 2005-12-22 19:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES |
05SANSALVADOR3567 | CODEL BLUNT URGES PRESIDENT SACA TO RESOLVE [...] Summary: In a positive December 20 meeting with President Saca, a congressional delegation headed by Acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-MO) acknowledged the efforts of the Salvadoran government in getting ready for CAFTA-DR implementation by January 1, and urged the President to resolve ou [...] | 2005-12-23 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL ETRD ECON ES CAFTA |
05SANTIAGO1044 | CHILE'S PARTICIPATION IN TWO MAY 2005 APEC WORKING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO1263 | CHILE SEES LATIN CANDIDATE FOR ICAO DG [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC CI ICAO |
05SANTIAGO1412 | CHILE: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND [...] This message transmits Post submission for the 2005 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. 2. Embassy is not aware of any on-going investment dispute, involving U.S. citizens or corporations and the GOC, that meets the criteria outlined in Ref A. KELLY [...] | 2005-06-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN CASC KIDE CI OPIC |
05SANTIAGO1427 | LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] This message transmits information per reftel request on licensing conditions in the Chilean telecommunications sector. 2. The GOC does not assess any fees in connection with licensing fixed line services in excess of what is necessary to cover administrative costs. 3. The GOC only im [...] | 2005-06-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD CI |
05SANTIAGO1543 | MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: [...] On July 18, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a signed article by international analyst Libardo Buitrago entitled, "Chronogram of Terror." Quote: "New York; Bali, Indonesia; Casablanca; Istanbul; Madrid; Baghdad; and London are part of the chronogram [...] | 2005-07-18 20:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI TERRORISM |
05SANTIAGO1554 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-19 16:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ |
05SANTIAGO1557 | CHILE: FTA WITH THE EU COVERS LOCAL USE OF [...] Chile and the European Union negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA) which entered into force on January 1, 2003. Trade negotiators addressed the issue of geographic indicators in the Chile/EU FTA, primarily affecting Chilean wines rather than cheese, meat or other agricultural products. 2 [...] | 2005-07-19 19:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA CI ETRD |
05SANTIAGO1570 | FRAUDULENT U.S. VISAS DETECTED AT SANTIAGO AIRPORT [...] Three subjects bearing what appear to be high-quality fraudulent U.S. visas were intercepted at Santiago's international airport on July 14. RSO was contacted that morning by security staff at LAN Chile (Chilean Airlines) and advised that they were holding four Malaysians, three of whom had [...] | 2005-07-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC CI |
05SANTIAGO1571 | MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: [...] On July 21, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a column by international commentator Leonidas Irarrazaval entitled, "The Scourge of Terrorism." Quote: 2. "The terrorist attacks in London have once again disconcerted the world, bringing fear and incr [...] | 2005-07-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI TERRORISM PTER |
05SANTIAGO1586 | CHILEAN SENATOR EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: Senator Juan Antonio Coloma, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke about the future of Chilean international relations at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) on July 20. Coloma, who met with WHA A/S Noriega in Washington on July 11, emphasized the i [...] | 2005-07-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR HA CI |
05SANTIAGO1592 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] Summary: Economic advisors for the three leading presidential candidates outlined their respective candidates' positions on June 22 before 200-plus members of the Chilean and foreign business communities. The three agreed the Lagos Administration had made significant achievements in the macro [...] | 2005-07-27 22:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL PINR CI |
05SANTIAGO1594 | MEDIA REACTION - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE PREL |
05SANTIAGO1595 | MEDIA REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM [...] On July 26, conservative afternoon "La Segunda" (circ. 31,834) carried an editorial entitled, "Consistency in the Fight Against Terrorism." Quote: "It's important to maintain a fair balance between an active counter-terrorism policy and respect for ethical principles. At the same time, t [...] | 2005-07-28 16:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI TERRORISM |
05SANTIAGO1607 | MEDIA REACTION - END OF IRA'S ARMED STRUGGLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 16:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI UK |
05SANTIAGO1616 | SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 21:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD CI APECO IAEA |
05SANTIAGO1631 | MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 14:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI TERRORISM |
05SANTIAGO1632 | MEDIA REACTION - IRA DECLARATION ON END TO [...] On August 1, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a commentary by international analyst Libardo Buitrago entitled, "IRA: A Timely Announcement." Quote: "The Irish Republican Army (IRA)...handled the timing very well, because in the current high season for ter [...] | 2005-08-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI UK |
05SANTIAGO1633 | MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI |
05SANTIAGO1634 | MEDIA REACTION - HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA |
05SANTIAGO1636 | UPDATE ON LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN CHILE [...] SUMMARY: AS PART OF ITS MISSION PERFORMANCE PLAN, POST HAS INITIATED YOUTH SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION WITH NEWER GENERATIONS OF CHILEANS WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TRADITIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ELITES. POST WILL BE REQUESTING U.S. GUEST COACH [...] | 2005-08-02 20:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO CI |
05SANTIAGO1644 | MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC BOMB [...] On August 3, conservative, influential Santiago newspaper "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "60 Years since the Atomic Bomb." Quote: "Six decades ago, U.S. President Harry Truman gave the order to drop two atomic bombs [...] | 2005-08-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI |
05SANTIAGO1645 | MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - SAUDI ARABIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI IS SA |
05SANTIAGO1664 | MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC BOMB [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 19:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI |
05SANTIAGO1665 | MEDIA REACTION - TELESUR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE |
05SANTIAGO1674 | MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC FALL OUT [...] On August 6, conservative, influential newspaper-of- record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Will Europe Find a Solution?" Quote: "60 years after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the world still fears nuclear holocaust. This is why...we must find [...] | 2005-08-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI |
05SANTIAGO1675 | MEDIA REACTION - CAFTA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI ETRD TRADE |
05SANTIAGO1678 | CHILE TO SUPPORT BUERGENTHAL CANDIDACY FOR ICJ [...] On August 8, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advising that Chile would support Thomas Buergenthal's candidacy for the International Court of Justice. Paragraph two contains an informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE Min [...] | 2005-08-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | CI UNSC UNGA |
05SANTIAGO1679 | OAS SPOKEPERSONS CONFERENCE [...] Summary: Action request in para 4. Embassy's information officer attended a meeting at the La Moneda Presidential Palace for a briefing on the August 17-18 seminar for OAS Spokespersons. The GOC delivered a draft schedule and requested the names of each country's participants by Friday, Aug [...] | 2005-08-09 22:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PHUM KPAO CI |
05SANTIAGO1681 | A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE: [...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...] | 2005-08-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA |
05SANTIAGO1682 | MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI TERRORISM |
05SANTIAGO1739 | A/S GLASER'S AUGUST 25-26 VISIT TO CHILE: [...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...] | 2005-08-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EFIN PTER CI OVIP |
05SANTIAGO1800 | CODEL COLEMAN MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER BITAR [...] CODEL Coleman (SFRC Western Hemisphere Chairman Senator Coleman and Senator Martinez and Representative Miller) met with Chilean Education Minister Sergio Bitar in the Minister's office on Thursday, August 25. Ambassador Kelly, DCM Yamauchi, and members of the respective staffs were present. [...] | 2005-08-29 21:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL PREL CI CODEL |
05SANTIAGO1883 | COLOMBIA MEETING WITH SELECT WHA/EUR COUNTRIES [...] Poloff delivered Ref B invitation from U/S Burns to Andrea Droppelmann, Special Assistant to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales (the MFA's number 3) on September 12. Droppelmann said she would forward the invitation to Portales, who is currently in Madrid [...] | 2005-09-12 21:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CO CI ODPC UNGA |
05SANTIAGO2025 | FUND CITE FOR DEA ANDEAN INITIATIVE FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 16:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CI |
05SANTIAGO2042 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] Per reftel, Embassy's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Deputy Chief of Mission Emi Lynn Yamauchi (56-2-330-3337; YamauchiEmichan@state.gov; YamauchiEL@state.sgov.gov) and Deputy TFCO is EPOL Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (56-2-330-3394; AcostaMSM@state.gov; MikulasekS@stat [...] | 2005-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL CI |
05SANTIAGO2131 | CHILE: INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL CRIME & ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY. There has been a significant increase in residential crime and burglaries within the last 10 months in Santiago's metropolitan area. The Embassy leases or owns 45 residences in Lo Barnechea and La Dehesa. These are popular suburbs close to the American School and above Santiago's [...] | 2005-10-18 20:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC ABLD CI |
05SANTIAGO2168 | CHILE'S PARTICIPANTS IN APEC EXPORT CONTROLS [...] Post is pleased to report that the Government of Chile will send three officials to the conference for "Effective Elements of Export Controls for APEC Economies" to be held in Hawaii the first week of November. Post understands that Washington will cover all costs associated with attending th [...] | 2005-10-21 18:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC EAID ECIN ETRD CI APEC |
05SANTIAGO2220 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 20:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
05SANTIAGO2271 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRY PONTING AND [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance to Harry Ponting, RM/IRP, and Robert Sutter, Net-Centric Project, Embassy Asuncion, to travel to Chile from November 13-23, 2005 to assist in implementing Post's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) biographic files project. Contact point for you [...] | 2005-11-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2322 | CHILE ANNOUNCES FTA WITH CHINA: A FIRST LOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4, Carlos Furche, Director General of Economic Relations at the Chilean MFA, made the first public presentation of the just-announced Chile-China Free Trade Agreement. Furche explained that Chile's interest in the FTA was based on the expectation of continued strong [...] | 2005-11-14 17:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PREL CI |
05SANTIAGO2339 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Donald D. [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Donald D. Dossa, Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),from 12/01/2005 through 12/06/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose as is to examine current computing capabilities and evaluate [...] | 2005-11-16 18:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2340 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Dr. Mark [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Mark Edward Huber, Co-Investigator, Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),from 11/24/2005 through 12/10/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to be part of the Supermacho Proje [...] | 2005-11-16 18:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2355 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Graciano [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Department of Treasury Financial Enforcement Intermittent Advisor, Graciano Velez, from 11/27/2005 through 12/02/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to update the 2003 assessment report and work plan and to discuss its [...] | 2005-11-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EFIN OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2356 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Charles A. [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Department of Treasury advisors, Charles A. Correa, Manuel Godinez and Neil C. Rhoades, from 11/27/2005 through 12/03/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to update the 2003 assessment report and work plan and to discus [...] | 2005-11-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EFIN OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2360 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Laiza [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Laiza Casas, Program Officer for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),from 12/07/2005 through 12/11/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose as reported in reftel is to review the counterna [...] | 2005-11-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER SNAR OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2378 | PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT - NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER [...] Ambassador Craig Kelly requests permission to be absent from post November 27-December 3, 2005. 2. The purpose of the trip is to attend the WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference and for official consultations while in Washington. 3. Post will fund the transportation costs and the miscella [...] | 2005-11-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER AFIN OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2383 | MEDIA REACTION -FTAA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 19:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI ETRD |
05SANTIAGO2393 | CHILE: PART I - AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's agricultural sector. An evaluation of the Chilean public health sector preparations with be reported septel. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease. The GOC demonstrated transparen [...] | 2005-11-23 18:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO CI |
05SANTIAGO2394 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 18:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ |
05SANTIAGO2395 | MEDIA REACTION -FTAA [...] On November 23, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Differences over Free Trade." Quote: "Monday's meeting between Presidents Chavez and Kirchner...strengthened the strategic alliance between the countries in the eyes of the world, b [...] | 2005-11-23 18:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI TRADE |
05SANTIAGO2402 | MEDIA REACTION -PINOCHET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 15:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL KJUS CI PINOCHET |
05SANTIAGO2403 | MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO CI |
05SANTIAGO2405 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Claudia [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Caludia Hosch, Environment Protection Agency Official, from 11/27/05 through 12/01/05 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to attend a seminar, Elaboracion de una Estrategia Para el Desarrollo de las Exportaciones de Carne [...] | 2005-11-25 18:36:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KSCA OTRA TPHY EPA CI |
05SANTIAGO2408 | PROMOTION OF ENGLISH IN CHILE: ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] Summary: Over the past two years, Embassy Santiago has made a substantial contribution to the advancement of English teaching in Chile. PA has initiated and implemented a variety of projects with the assistance of the Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the Office of Interna [...] | 2005-11-25 21:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO OIIP CI ESLCO |
05SANTIAGO2423 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - SANTIAGO, UPDATE ON SEC FOR USMC [...] SUMMARY: The DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Santiago on 11/22/05 to discuss the Avian Influenza Trip wires for Chile. The EAC also reviewed final security preparations for the 230th USMC BAll. The meeting was chaired by the DCM with AMB, RAO, E/POL [...] | 2005-11-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR EAID PREL SENV TBIO AVIAN FLU |
05SANTIAGO2431 | CHILE: PART II - PUBLIC HEALTH PREPARATIONS FOR [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's public health sector. An evaluation of the Chilean agricultural sector preparations was reported in reftel B. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease in poultry. The agricultural [...] | 2005-11-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CI |
05SANTIAGO2482 | CHILE: 2005 INCSR PART I: NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Below is "Part I: "Drugs and Chemical Control" of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Chile. Per instructions, Part II will be sent septel. I. Summary 2. While not a center of illicit narcotics production, Chile remains a transit country for cocaine and heroi [...] | 2005-12-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CI |
05SANTIAGO2485 | EVE OF CHILE'S ELECTIONS: NO PRESIDENTIAL WINNER [...] Summary: Two days before the elections, Concertacion presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet leads the polls to succeed Ricardo Lagos as Chile's next president, but there is only a small chance she will win the more than 50 percent of the vote necessary for a first round victory. With a Janua [...] | 2005-12-09 21:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CI |
05SANTIAGO2494 | Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Dr. Lee [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lee Eiden, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, National Institute of Mental Health, (NIH) and Dr. Peng Y. Loh, Senior Investigator, Doctor, NIH, from 01/6/2006 through 01/16/2006 as requested in reftel. The vi [...] | 2005-12-12 19:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KSCA TBIO OTRA CI |
05SANTIAGO2499 | SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 15 IRAQI [...] The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General (the MFA's number 3) Carlos Portales on December 12, in part to deliver reftel demarche regarding the December 15 elections in Iraq. The Ambassador briefed Portales on the significance of the elections and emphasized that it was impor [...] | 2005-12-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO CI IZ |
05SANTIAGO250 | CHILE INSCR 2004 REPORT: CORRECTED COPY [...] The second section of the INSCR 2004 report was inadvertently excluded in the first submission. Please find this section at the end of the previously submitted INSCR 2004 report below. -------------------------------------------- Section I: International Crime and Narcotics --------------- [...] | 2005-02-02 17:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CI |
05SANTIAGO2502 | CHILE TO MAINTAIN POSITION ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA CI |
05SANTIAGO2521 | CHILE: 2005 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Please find below the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Chile. 2. SUMMARY. Chile's large, well-developed banking and financial sector stands out as the strongest in the region. With rapidly increasing trad [...] | 2005-12-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFR PTER CI |
05SANTIAGO2522 | CHILE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Below is the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism for Chile. Embassy point of contact is Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (acostamsm@state.gov; mikulaseks@state.sgov.gov; 56-2-330-3394). GENERAL ASSESSMENT 2. The Government of Chile generally supports U.S. counterterrorism efforts. They have ta [...] | 2005-12-16 20:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC CI |
05SANTIAGO2523 | CHILE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STATUS FOR [...] Post delivered ref A diplomatic note to Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in the Special Policies Directorate and Directorate of Legal Affairs on December 15, and passed a courtesy copy to the Ministry of Defense. Post will follow up with these ministries next week. KELLY [...] | 2005-12-16 20:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI |
05SANTIAGO2527 | CHILE: INFORMING GOC ON 2005 MADRID MTCR PLENARY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel document and demarche to Francisco Bernales, Deputy Director Special Policies Directorate at the MFA, on December 15. Bernales said the lead person on the Missile Technology Control Regime was Alfredo Labbe, Chile's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Natio [...] | 2005-12-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCR SP CI |
05SANTIAGO2539 | CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JUDGE INVESTIGATING [...] (U) The Consul General met December 19 with Judge Jorge Zepeda to discuss the investigation of the 1985 disappearance of American citizen Boris Weisfeiler, which is part of a broader investigation of human rights abuses and other criminal conduct at the German religious colony formerly known a [...] | 2005-12-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM CI |
05SANTIAGO2559 | AMBASSADOR RAISES ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL [...] The Ambassador raised the U.S. proposal that the U.S. and Chile conclude an exchange of diplomatic notes to cover Calendar Year 2006 military exercises with Deputy Foreign Ministry Cristian Barros on December 21. The Ambassador advised Barros that the Embassy had delivered a diplomatic note o [...] | 2005-12-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI |
05SANTIAGO2588 | BLUE MARLIN AND SBX-1 TRANSIT UNEVENTFUL, CHILE [...] The Blue Marlin, carrying the SBX-1 radar array (ref D),cleared Chilean waters the morning of December 18. The passage was uneventful and occasioned no press coverage. On December 17, as it passed the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, the vessel offloaded the body of a Blue Marlin crewmember wh [...] | 2005-12-29 11:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PHSA CI |
05SANTIAGO2590 | CHILE: POST TRIPWIRES FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santiago continues to develop preparedness measures against avian influenza (AI) through the Emergency Action Committee, chaired by the DCM and composed of the AMB, RAO, EPOL, RSO, DAO, MILGRP, DEA, LEGATT, APHIS, PAO, FCS, CONS, MGT and MSG. This plan includes a desc [...] | 2005-12-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR CI |
05SANTIAGO2595 | MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 19:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI |
05SANTIAGO2597 | MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 19:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL |
05SANTIAGO293 | CHILE: FAA CASE 2001SO740057 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-08 18:54:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV CI |
05SANTIAGO442 | CHILE: ILEA IN LATIN AMERICA [...] Summary. Chile has the political and economic stability, modern infrastructure and security to serve as host of an ILEA of Latin America. The idea has also been received enthusiastically by various government agencies, but the GOC has not committed to offering a physical site. The February [...] | 2005-02-28 22:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID CI |
05SANTIAGO581 | CHILE: 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] An accounting of existing USG-supplied monitorable support provided under the International Narcotics Control Program as required by reftel is provided in paragraph 5. 2. Resources: In FY 2003 and FY 2004, Post did not receive any INL funding. Post has utilized the available remaining fu [...] | 2005-03-16 20:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN CI |
05SANTIAGO615 | INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON [...] In response to Reftel, Post submits the following information regarding maritime security and coordination. 2. Maritime security issues are handled by Economic Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (tel: 56-2-330-3394). Depending on the maritime issue, other agencies at the embassy are ofte [...] | 2005-03-21 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KSTC EWWT ECON ETRD PARM PHSA PREL PTER |
05SANTIAGO97 | GOC CHANGES POSITION ON MALIAT LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA CI |
05SANTIAGO98 | FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED TO CHILE FOR AVIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CI |
05SANTODOMINGO1060 | CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to the Dominican Republic's MFA February 24. MFA director for women's and children's issues Luisa "Chiqui" Vicioso offered the following written comments on the U.S. draft CSW resolution on women's economic advancement (informal translati [...] | 2005-02-28 14:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1120 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION [...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...] | 2005-03-01 17:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1199 | DEMARCHE ON URGING FISCAL RESTRAINT IN ILO: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ELAB DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1200 | DEMARCHE ON UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1333 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NON-COMMITTAL ON OAS SOCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-08 22:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1367 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the National Council for Adolescents and Children (CONANI),the agency charged with the protection of children, the legal age of marriage in the Dominican Republic is 18. Adolescents (defined as those between the [...] | 2005-03-09 20:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1486 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING FOR DOMINICANS BY U.S. DOJ, FEB. [...] SUMMARY: On February 22-24, the Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance Training conducted an anti-trafficking workshop to assist Dominicans in creating an operations manual for enforcement of laws against trafficking in persons (TIP). The participants [...] | 2005-03-15 18:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1487 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On March 8, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 5715 indicating that the Government of the Dominican Republic will present MFA Ambassador for Human Rights Rhadys Abreu de Polanco as a candidate for membership on the Interamerican Comission for Human Rights at the OAS. She will be a candidate [...] | 2005-03-15 18:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO153 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT DELIVERED [...] On January 6, Charge and poloff delivered reftel text of the Dominican Republic's Interim TIP Assessment to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano and Luisa Vicioso, MFA Director for Women and Children's Issues. Liriano thanked the charge for delivering the text personally and promised a t [...] | 2005-01-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO154 | FERNANDEZ INAUGURATES NEW DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT [...] SUMMARY. On January 5, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new building that will house the Supreme Court, Attorney General's office, and related activities. Fernandez used the occasion to speak out on the need for an honest and fair judiciary as an integral part of the fight against c [...] | 2005-01-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1559 | U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN: [...] Embassy officers on March 15 delivered points and press release (paras 2-3 reftel) as a non-paper to MFA UN/OAS division director Michelle Cohen, and briefly explained the main points. She thanked us for the information and undertook to share it with her security affairs section and Middle E [...] | 2005-03-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO IR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1778 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] THE AMBASSADOR HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE CAUSED TO GROUND COVER AS A RESULT OF WILD FIRES THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE. THE CHIEF OF MISSION IS THEREFORE EXERCISING THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, [...] | 2005-04-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID DR SENV PGOV SOCI |
05SANTODOMINGO1833 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...] | 2005-04-04 20:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1834 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...] | 2005-04-04 20:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1861 | CAFTA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DELIVERS QUARTERLY [...] On April 4 the Dominican Minister of Industry and Commerce signed off on the January 2005 report on enforcement measures against broadcast piracy agreed in the side letter to the regional free trade agreement (CAFTA) and his staff delivered the text to the Embassy on April 5. Embassy is faxi [...] | 2005-04-05 20:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD KIPR |
05SANTODOMINGO1897 | DOMINICAN RESPONSE ON WIPO APRIL 11-13 SESSION ON [...] Head of the Dominican Intellectual Property Office Enrique Ramrez told EcoPol Counselor on April 6 that he had attended the WIPO General Assembly last October and voted with others, including the United States, to discuss the Brazilian and Arlgentine proposals, for which the Dominican Republi [...] | 2005-04-06 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EAID ETRD KIPR |
05SANTODOMINGO1927 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY [...] (U) On April 7, 2005, Francis Velazquez Minyetty was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Velazquez Minyetty, nicknamed the "King of Ecstasy", is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District of New York to stand trial on federal nar [...] | 2005-04-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS DR |
05SANTODOMINGO1971 | NEW DOMINICAN EXTRADITION PROCESS RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Two fugitives have been returned to the United States under the new Dominican extradition process. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued lengthy opinions in both cases, setting non-binding but advisory precedents that bode well for future extradition cases. Additionally [...] | 2005-04-08 20:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2005 | EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO HELPS MOVE CUBAN DISSIDENT [...] With the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Embassy Santo Domingo facilitated the travel of Cuban dissident Mario Clavero through the Dominican Republic April 5-6 to Spain, which had agreed to grant him political asylum. 2. Clavero, a human rights advocate in Cuba [...] | 2005-04-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF DR CU SP |
05SANTODOMINGO2049 | CHR 61: BELARUS RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Embassy on April 12 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS Division chief Michelle Cohen. She undertook to communicate our position on the anticipated no-action motion on the Belarus resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, who would decide how the Dominican Republic wou [...] | 2005-04-12 21:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2110 | TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS AND RETURN [...] (U) On April 14, 2005, two fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Fugitive Mayobanex de Jesus Adames, ref A, is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics offenses. Elroy Dom [...] | 2005-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2118 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE REQUESTED IN EXTRADITION [...] (U) This cable contains and action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) informed Embassy-Santo Domingo that fugitive Christian Toribio, ref A, wanted to stand trial in Kings County, New York on murder, assault and firearms charges, [...] | 2005-04-14 20:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2250 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy delivered reftel points April 18 and, after daily followups, obtained response April 21. Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano will represent the Dominican Republic at the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago, since Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso plans to be in [...] | 2005-04-21 21:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2448 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHUTS DOWN TELEVISION STATION [...] On April 27 the District Attorney's Office raided the headquarters of Dominican television station Virus, located in Santiago, the country's second largest city. Officials confiscated four hard drives containing video material along with hardware necessary for the station to broadcast. Virus [...] | 2005-04-29 19:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2456 | BAN ON LIGHTERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DOMINICAN [...] On March 10, Embassy delivered guidelines on ban of lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to the Director General of Civil Aviation, the Director of Airports, the head of Dominican airport security and the managers of all international airports in the Dominican Republic. 2. San [...] | 2005-04-29 19:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2574 | DEMARCHE TO CAFTA-DR PRESIDENTS DELIVERED [...] The Ambassador called on President Fernandez on April 29 to advise him of the invitation. Fernandez accepted immediately. In subsequent conversations with the Ambassador, Fernandez has confirmed his acceptance of the White House invitation to do CAFTA events in New York and Washington. He l [...] | 2005-05-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON ETRD XK |
05SANTODOMINGO2579 | SANTO DOMINGO 2005 IPR PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR [...] Santo Domingo requests USD 6,500funding to bring two IPR enforcement experts to the Dominican Republic for separate two-day training sessions for enforcement authorities charged with combating television broadcast piracy and pharmaceutical patent piracy. These experts would also be used for o [...] | 2005-05-06 17:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON EFIN DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2622 | DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...] | 2005-05-09 20:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2648 | DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...] | 2005-05-10 15:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2727 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES TO THE [...] (U) On May 12, 2005, Jose Trinidad and Freddy Ignacio Velez Rodriguez were extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Trinidad is wanted for sentencing in the Eastern District of New York, where he pled guilty to fraud involving US $6 millio [...] | 2005-05-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2797 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RENEWAL OF USDA/SEA [...] Summary. On April 26, 2005, USDA renewed their bilateral Cooperative Agreement with the Dominican Republic (DR) Department of Agriculture (SEA) for a second five-year period. This is the second USDA Bilateral Agreement signed by the Fernandez Administration. The purpose of the Cooperative A [...] | 2005-05-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON |
05SANTODOMINGO2829 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION [...] Per reftel request EconOff visited HiRel Systems International, LLC (HRSI) in the San Isidro Free Trade Zone of Santo Domingo. The company is a fully-owned subsidiary company of HiRel Systems International of the United States. EconOff met with General Manager Domingo Gonzalez who has headed [...] | 2005-05-19 20:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC DR |
05SANTODOMINGO285 | DOMINICAN FM RESPONSE ON PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] In response to Charge's telephone call on USG intentions to announce support for the OAS SYGEN candidacy of Francisco Flores, Dominican Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso confirmed Dominican support for Flores. He has asked for the date of the proposed announcement at the OAS by A/S Noriega an [...] | 2005-01-19 19:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2938 | OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS - [...] In response to Embassy's inquiries per reftel, the MFA on May 18 informed us of the principals who will comprise the Dominican Republic's delegation to the OASGA in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 5-7. MFA indicated there might be later additions to this list and also promised to provide the delegat [...] | 2005-05-24 21:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL DR OAS |
05SANTODOMINGO2972 | ILO FISCAL RESTRAINT, CUBAN CANDIDACY - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy on May 25 provided Ref A-B talking points in Spanish to MFA UN-OAS Director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing the importance of fiscal restraint in the proposed ILO budget for 2006-2007 and U.S. preference for Barbados over Cuba as the Caribbean candidate for the ILO Governing Body. The same [...] | 2005-05-25 22:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB DR AORC PREL CU BB |
05SANTODOMINGO2973 | UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS - DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 22:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD DR SCUL |
05SANTODOMINGO3045 | OAS SECRETARY GENERAL INSULZA ON DEMOCRACY AND [...] OAS Secretary General Jos Miguel Insulza spoke last night, June 2, to the annual conference participants of the Caribbean Studies Association, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Diplomats and other guests invited the event organized by President Fernndez,s think-tank, the Foundation [...] | 2005-06-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OAS |
05SANTODOMINGO3089 | DOMINICAN SUPPORT AT WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION [...] Dominican Customs Director General Miguel Cocco received EcoPol counselor on June 7 for a wide-ranging discussion of customs cooperation and said that he would be issuing explicit directions to Dominican ambassador in Brussels Federico Cuello to support U.S. initiatives at the June meeting of [...] | 2005-06-08 17:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD DR AORC |
05SANTODOMINGO3092 | TWO DOMINICAN FUGITIVES WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On June 7, 2005, twin brothers Jean Paul Ulloa and Luis David Ulloa were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal and DEA agent. Both brothers are wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy charges related t [...] | 2005-06-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3161 | CUBA: REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Subsequent to the inauguration of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez last year, the Dominican Republic shifted its vote on the Cuba resolution at the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting from "yes" (with the United States) in 2004 to "abstain" in 2005. However [...] | 2005-06-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CU ETTC DR PREL SMIG EINV ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO3230 | THREE DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURN [...] (U) On June 16, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose Abel Burdiez de Leon is wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy to launder money derived from unlawful activity (narcoti [...] | 2005-06-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3349 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION OF FIRST MANGO [...] (Summary) On June 4, 2005, USDA/APHIS certified the first mango hot water treatment (HWT) facility in the Dominican Republic (DR). On June 9, the first shipment of mangoes was successfully exported to New York, under the supervision of an APHIS TDY Officer as part of an APHIS Preclearance (PC [...] | 2005-06-23 20:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EAGR ETRD CAFTA |
05SANTODOMINGO3363 | UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche twice to the MFA's UN/OAS division, on June 10 and 15. After repeated followup, we were told on June 22 the U.S. views had been communicated to the appropriate authorities. However, as of June 24 the division had no substantive response; Embassy believes th [...] | 2005-06-24 19:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3364 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note to the MFA on June 20-21. On June 22 (and again on June 24),UN/OAS affairs deputy division chief Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that she had requested the views of the Dominican Republic's health authorities. We will follow up, emphasize the im [...] | 2005-06-24 19:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC DR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO3365 | UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Santo Domingo Embassy on June 20 and again on June 15 delivered reftel demarche to MFA's UN/OAS affairs division. We inquired about the reasons for the Dominican Republic's delay in delivering its report under the resolution and asked whether the government might require technical assistance [...] | 2005-06-24 19:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3381 | THREE DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RETURNED TO THE UNITED [...] (U) On June 24, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Juan Rincon is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, burglary and conspiracy offenses, re [...] | 2005-06-27 17:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3391 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ CALLS ON CONGRESS TO [...] During his weekly television address to the nation on Sunday night June 26, President Leonel Fernandez argued strongly in support of CAFTA, urging the Dominican Congress to ratify the trade agreement as soon as possible for the benefit of all Dominican people. The speech showed a clear change [...] | 2005-06-28 11:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV DR CAFTA |
05SANTODOMINGO3400 | SUBJECT: SOD OPERATIONS MOTORCAINE, MELLISOS AND [...] (SBU) The Santo Domingo Country Office (SDCO),New York Division Group T-42 and the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) has been investigating the drug trafficking activities of Quirino Ernesto PAULINO-Castillo, AKA EL DON, Luis Eduardo ROD [...] | 2005-06-28 19:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3444 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) On July 1, 2005, Dominican fugitive Rocque Rodriguez Gonzalez was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Rodriguez Gonzalez is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges that he conspired to distrib [...] | 2005-07-01 21:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR KJUS DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3446 | FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] Embassy officer delivered reftel demarche and curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate for vice-chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to MFA UN/OAS affairs division chief Michelle Cohen on July 1, pointing out that the election will occur during the July 4-9 meeting. Cohen undertook to pr [...] | 2005-07-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC |
05SANTODOMINGO3447 | FOOD AID AND THE WTO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen and counselor for OAS affairs Johanna Mendelson and left para 8 points as a non-paper, in Spanish translation. Cohen undertook to inform the ministries of industry and commerce -- which is involved in WTO [...] | 2005-07-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3524 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- AS A [...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...] | 2005-07-07 18:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO3545 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PUBLIC SECTOR DOCTORS ANNOUNCE [...] SUMMARY. The public-sector doctors' union announced last week a plan to go on strike, demanding a 100 percent salary increases from the government. The strike, scheduled to take place July 11-15, will make number 15 for the union since January 2004. But the authorities are prepared to stand [...] | 2005-07-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV DR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO355 | PROJECT PROPOSAL - ANTI-TIP POLICE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic was placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist in the Department's 2004 TIP report. Among the principal shortcomings cited was that the government "lacks effective law enforcement" to combat TIP. The Embassy has consistently sought to increase the government's capacity to [...] | 2005-01-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3556 | CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...] | 2005-07-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO3677 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-19 19:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3678 | DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA |
05SANTODOMINGO370 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL JAILS [...] Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia arrested at 7 a.m. on January 13, the first day that the House was no longer in session. Bailiffs delivered him to Najayo jail on January 13 to await his next trial date, [...] | 2005-01-26 17:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3721 | DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 8 - DOMINICAN FAILED [...] (U) This is number 8 in a series of cables on the Dominican bank failures of 2003. This cable contains an action request, please see paragraphs 7 and 12. Baninter, Banco Mercantil and Bancredito - legal case status on the banks that broke the Dominican Republic 2. For the first time i [...] | 2005-07-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO3722 | NOMINATION TO REGIONAL WORKER RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] Embassy nominates Neda Brown, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, and Bolivar Abreu, Economic-Political Section assistant, to attend the WHA Regional Worker Rights Seminar to be held in Lima, Peru on 8-9 September 2005. 2. Neda Brown began a one year rotational assign [...] | 2005-07-22 12:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3791 | DOMINICAN BEACH WATERS: STUDY FINDS HIGH LEVELS OF [...] An ecological study of Dominican beaches conducted in 2004 by Direccon de Calidad Ambiental de la Secretaria de Medio Ambiente (Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Secretariat of the Environment) found that many coastal SIPDIS waters contain high levels of fecal residue. Bacterial [...] | 2005-07-26 19:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD PGOV SENV |
05SANTODOMINGO3828 | UN REFORM: DEMARCHES TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3829 | COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on July 14. He expressed his general support for counterterrorism efforts, but said the MFA would need to study this proposal before taki [...] | 2005-08-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER DR UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO3878 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 22:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM DR PREL UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO3930 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2005 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 18 claims (including 5 new ones for 2005) by U.S. persons/entities against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR). The [...] | 2005-08-08 19:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC DR EFIN KIDE PGOV EINV |
05SANTODOMINGO3938 | ORGANIC MOVEMENT ATTRACTS COFFEE PRODUCERS [...] (U) The following was posted on the Embassy's classified website on June 21: Organic Movement Attracts Coffee Producers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hoy newspaper carried in its weekly economic section on June 12 the title "More Coffeegrowers Join the Boom, in Organic Coffee [...] | 2005-08-09 18:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON EAGR |
05SANTODOMINGO3941 | REGISTRATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 19:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR OTRA PHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO3978 | DOMINICAN TAX REFORM DRAWS NEAR [...] (U) The Dominican Technical Secretary,s office announced yesterday that government and industry has reached preliminary agreement on a fiscal reform package, tied to ratification of DR-CAFTA. If accurate, this clears the way for Congress to consider and approve both pieces of legislation as e [...] | 2005-08-11 21:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN ETRD PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4036 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COAL PLANTS? NOT ANY TIME [...] President Fernandez abruptly put on hold the idea of acquiring two coal-fired generating plants, only days after Radhames Segura, President of the Dominican Corporation of Electricity (CDEEE),gave an upbeat two-hour presentation on the immediate future of coal production. With ongoing sporad [...] | 2005-08-19 20:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ENRG ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO4038 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISIT OF USTR REPRESENTATIVE [...] Summary: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Mara M. Burr, described U.S. policy and procedures to Central American and Dominican trade and environment officials meeting at a conference on Environmental Sustainable Development, August 11-13. In mee [...] | 2005-08-19 21:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD SENV USTR |
05SANTODOMINGO4145 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] This cable is in response to ref A request for an update on worst forms of child labor in the Dominican Republic. The 2004 Child Labor Information Update from Santo Domingo (ref B) remains current, with the following additional information. 2. On October 17, 2004, the new Code for Protect [...] | 2005-08-30 19:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4173 | DOMINICANS RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON SUMMIT OF THE [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised reftel points on August 31 with MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen, stressing particularly USG concern that issues of democracy,governance and free trade are inadequately covered. Cohen had no immediate reply but undertook to consult [...] | 2005-09-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4174 | DOMINICANS DEMARCHED ON COORDINATION OF ELECTORAL [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff delivered demarche to MFA Director of International Affairs Michele Cohen on August 31, emphasizing Canadian points of contact for electoral observation missions. Cohen appeared to believe that the Dominican government would not be providing observers. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-09-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4175 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON HIGH-LEVEL TRAVEL TO UNGA [...] MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen told EcoPol counselor and poloff on August 31 that President Fernandez will speak at the UNGA on September 16. Embassy has just received a diplomatic note announcing that Fernandez and Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade are inviting U [...] | 2005-09-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4210 | DOMINICAN PROJECTS CONSIDERED BY EXIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just less than one year after their last visit, Export Import Bank (ExIm) Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey Miller and John McAdams traveled to Santo Domingo to review debt collection and new projects. Prepared for positive news by optimistic economic reporting in the internation [...] | 2005-09-06 20:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON EFIN |
05SANTODOMINGO4211 | DOMINICAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE TALKS TOUGH [...] In April Embassy Santo Domingo reported a raid by the District Attorney's Office on the headquarters of the aptly named Dominican television station "Virus." Virus had been guilty of broadcasting pirated material and officials confiscated equipment from the station, leaving it temporarily una [...] | 2005-09-06 20:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4212 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS NOT FOCUSING ON TSUNAMI [...] The Dominican government does not have a tsunami warning system (TWS) and it is unlikely that it will develop one soon. The Dominican National Emergency Commission does not believe tsunamis are a current threat to the Dominican Republic in comparison to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. [...] | 2005-09-06 20:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TPHY EAID SENV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4213 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE GARCIA CASTILLOWAIVES [...] (U) On September 2, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Julio Angel Garcia Castillo to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey based on a federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. Garcia is alleged to have participated in the movement of multi-kilogr [...] | 2005-09-06 20:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4215 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES DR-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic on September 6, in a vote in the lower house of Congress, ratified DR-CAFTA. All that remains are steps expected to occur promptly: A "protocolary act" to be signed by President Fernandez and publication of the DR-CAFTA text in the Official Gazette. The [...] | 2005-09-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL DR PGOV CAFTA |
05SANTODOMINGO4226 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] On Wednesday August 24, the Charge hosted, at the Embassy, a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons. The twenty two government and non-government participants included the MFA Ambassador for Women's and Children's Affairs, the Chief of Naval Intelligence, the Assistant Attorney Gener [...] | 2005-09-08 19:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4268 | DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 22:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR |
05SANTODOMINGO4276 | SANTO DOMINGO: AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER [...] Embassy econ officer responsible for aviation and/or maritime issues, including transportation security, is Jehan Jones. Her office phone number is 809-731-4469; fax number is 809-686-4038; email address is jonesjs2@state.gov for unclassified emails and jonesjs@state.sgov.gov for classified [...] | 2005-09-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON |
05SANTODOMINGO4277 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...] | 2005-09-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA |
05SANTODOMINGO4292 | DOMINICAN FUEL CONSERVATION PLAN DOES LITTLE TO [...] On September 11 Dominican President Leonel Fernandez issued a second, not much improved version of a promised energy conservation plan meant to reassure the country that the government is reacting to the recent sharp rises in gasoline and diesel prices. Instead of imposing modest restrictions [...] | 2005-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ENRG EPET ETRD UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO4293 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL FIGUEROA WAIVES [...] (U) On September 9, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Figueroa (aka Rafael Antonio Beato Pena) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on a sealed federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Following the issuance of [...] | 2005-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4325 | DOMINICAN BANKING #10: BANCREDITO CIVIL CASES SENT [...] This is number 10 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003: Bancredito Civil Cases Sent to Trial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nearly two years after the Dominican Central Bank first sought to arrest Manuel Arturo Pellerano for bank fraud, Reviewi [...] | 2005-09-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO434 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy in the Dominican Republic and U.S. Strategy 2. The Dominican Republic enjoys a democratically elected government and a robust, multi-party system. Freedom of the press and religion are largely respect [...] | 2005-01-28 22:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4378 | CIVAIR: MONTREAL CONVENTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] On September 9 EcoPol counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA international organizations director Michelle Cohen and urged that the Dominican Republic ratify the Montreal Convention. Embassy sent a diplomatic note containing the same request on September 13. 2. On September 16 [...] | 2005-09-21 22:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4386 | DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR [...] Summary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted express courier services to and from the Dominican Republic September 15-20. After exchanging with the government formal commitments to cooperate, three in [...] | 2005-09-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4449 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - COM CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests country clearance for Ms. Jehan Jones to travel to Nassau, The Bahamas from 2-5 October 2005. The purpose of travel is to accompany Ambassador Hans H. Hertell to the Caribbean Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Please meet and assist at airport [...] | 2005-09-28 19:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT DR OTRA |
05SANTODOMINGO4473 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - DR NAVY PATROL BOATS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 18:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN PHUM EXIM |
05SANTODOMINGO4479 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] Summary: Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98% of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are from the FTZs. In 200 [...] | 2005-09-30 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4498 | INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] In response to Ref A demarche, delivered September 12 (Ref B),Embassy received September 30 a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry with the following text (informal translation from Spanish): "(Complimentary opening),in view of the traditional ties of cooperation between both our coun [...] | 2005-10-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI |
05SANTODOMINGO456 | DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas told the DCM January 28 that President Fernandez will present the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) for ratification during the annual presidential address to Congress on February 27, saying that that agreement is [...] | 2005-01-31 20:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN KIPR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4620 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SENATE PRESIDENT VOWS TO BLOCK [...] Summary: Senate President Andres Bautista told the DCM on October 11 that he will not put onto the Senate agenda a legislative proposal inimical to patent and trademark law submitted in August by the president of the Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Trade Zones Alejandro Santo [...] | 2005-10-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR |
05SANTODOMINGO4651 | DOMINICAN FM AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON [...] The Ambassador spoke by telephone with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who is currently visiting Spain with President Leonel Fernandez. The Foreign Minister said that he would have instructions issued to the Dominican delegation to support the U.S. position. HERTELL [...] | 2005-10-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SCUL ETRD OPDC DR UNESCO BHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO4652 | UNSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with 19 NGOs. The embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and found [...] | 2005-10-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
05SANTODOMINGO4653 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL [...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...] | 2005-10-14 20:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4673 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JEANNETTE MERCEDES WAIVES [...] On October 14, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jeannette Mercedes to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment 03-CR 1030 (SHS) charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mercedes is alleged to have entered [...] | 2005-10-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4689 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR DR EAID |
05SANTODOMINGO4724 | ISRAEL AT UNGA I & II - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on October 20 delivered reftel demarches on Israel at the 60th UNGA (Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and opposing anti-Israel bias) to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen. We thanked her for the Dominican Republic's offer to co-sponsor the Holocaust Resolution. We also urged that [...] | 2005-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | IS DR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO4725 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REGIONAL PROTESTS PRECEDED BY [...] On October 19 protests in central streets shut portions of the major provincial city of Santiago and surrounding areas. Demonstrators demanded changes in the government,s economic policies and price reductions on basic food products, gas, and electricity. The strike stopped many of the publ [...] | 2005-10-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV DR ASEC |
05SANTODOMINGO4744 | DOMINICANS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT OF BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: The Dominican Telecommunications Authority (INDOTEL) submitted to the Embassy on October 5 the third quarterly television broadcast piracy report for 2005. The Dominican government is punctually meeting the reporting deadlines and taking action to address the problem of broadcast pi [...] | 2005-10-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR |
05SANTODOMINGO4759 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CBI BENEFITS FOR THE 2005 [...] The Following information is keyed to reftel questions. ------------------------------------------- WTO and Free Trade Commitments ------------------------------------------ 2. The Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States on Augus [...] | 2005-10-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON DR ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO4767 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, THE FAS OFFICE IN SANTO DOMINGO CONFIRMS DELIVERY OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR ROMERO IN REFERENCE TO THE AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE ACTION REQUEST IN CALE 180474. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-10-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4776 | BASEBALL: A DOMINICAN CULTURAL OBSESSION [...] Baseball season has begun in the Dominican Republic. Baseball is much more than a sport or even a national pastime; it represents the pulse of the Dominican culture. Baseball began as a recreational activity for sugar cane workers and has become the most famous Dominican export. One in six p [...] | 2005-10-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR SOCI CVIS |
05SANTODOMINGO4777 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARISMENDY TAVERAS EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 21, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Arismendy Taveras to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, where he is the subject of superseding federal indictment S1 04-CR-808, charging multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distri [...] | 2005-10-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO4778 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EL PASO SETTLES DISPUTE WITH [...] U.S. firm El Paso International recently resolved the dispute in which Dominican firm Carib Consult was petitioning the Dominican Supreme Court to ignore international arbitration rulings and to uphold a lower court judgement against El Paso. The Embassy has been actively involved in the case [...] | 2005-10-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN ENRG EINV BEXP |
05SANTODOMINGO4794 | MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS: [...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note dated October 21 from the Dominican Republic's MFA accepting the proposed language change to the 1974 bilateral agreement on net proceeds from sales of items provided under grant military assistance, to conform to Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance [...] | 2005-10-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR DR KTIA PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4805 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II # 4: OUTSPOKEN REFINERY [...] This is the fourth cable in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez: Outspoken Refinery Director Replaced After Gas Leak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Leonel Fernandez dismissed outsp [...] | 2005-10-27 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO4814 | DEMARCHE TO DOMINICANS ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] On October 28 Charge contacted both Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso and Dominican ambassador to the United States Flavio Dario Espinal concerning U.S. concerns on draft declaration for the OAS summit. She raised the need to ensure that there is a consensus document and expressed USG concer [...] | 2005-10-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV DR OAS |
05SANTODOMINGO4868 | 2005 WHA ECONOMIC OFFICERS' CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send EcoPol counselor Michael Meigs to the Econ Officers' conference. He is scheduled to attend the CCAA so he expects to arrive at the Doubletree on December 7 PM. KUBISKE [...] | 2005-11-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETRD EFIN EAID |
05SANTODOMINGO4890 | ICJ ELECTIONS FOLLOW-UP: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LIKELY [...] Embassy o/a October 3 delivered a diplomatic note requesting the support of the Dominican Republic for Thomas Buergenthal's re-election to the International Court of Justice. On November 2, MFA deputy director for UN affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that, of the three candidates f [...] | 2005-11-02 22:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR |
05SANTODOMINGO4944 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #7: PRD EXPELS A MAVERICK [...] This is the seventh cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. PRD Expels a Maverick and a Deserter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Months after Senator Ramiro Espino of Samana Province and Senator Tonty Rutinel Doming [...] | 2005-11-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR |
05SANTODOMINGO5050 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim assessement for trafficking in persons (TIP) addresses the questions in paragraph 6(I) of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic emphasizes TIP issues in public communications and has made some progress in enforcement. Institutional changes include the c [...] | 2005-11-15 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5053 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION [...] On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme (aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged co [...] | 2005-11-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5068 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND [...] On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal i [...] | 2005-11-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5111 | WTO MINISTERIAL ALERT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on November 16, and urged that the Dominican Republic speak up in support of the U.S. agriculture proposal in WTO meetings and with EU member governments. We also left those points and similar points in pre [...] | 2005-11-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD DR PREL KIRF KPAO ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5127 | COMPLIANCE WITH OIG RECOMMENDATIONS, 2005 [...] Following reports on follow-up actions taken to comply with the formal recommendations made by the OIG team that inspected Embassy Santo Domingo this year. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Santo Domingo should develop a strategy for implementing a program to eliminate or reduce the discrimin [...] | 2005-11-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5140 | EXTRADITION OF LIDIO NIN-TERRERO, TIRSO CUEVAS-NIN AND CRISTIAN GATON-RAMOS TO THE UNITED STATES ON 11-15-2005. CCX: KA-03-0015, YNC1K CCX: KA-04-0004, XEC1I CCX: KA-04-0023, XEC1I CCX: CT-02-0040, YNC1J CCX: G5-02-0109, YNC1K CCX: G5-04-0001, YNC1K CCX: G1-03-0009, [...] (SBU) On 11-15-2005, Lidio Arturo NIN Terrero, Tirso CUEVAS Nin and Cristian GATON Ramos were extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic. 2. (SBU) NIN-Terrero, CUEVAS Nin, and GATON Ramos were transported to the Las Americas International Airport (LAIA),in Santo Domingo fr [...] | 2005-11-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR NOTAG |
05SANTODOMINGO5156 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Following is Embassy's response to action requests in paras 5-6 reftel: 2. Quotations on the meaning of human rights and freedom: Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, First Lady of the Dominican Republic: (Begin original Spanish text, as published on http://www.primeradama.gov.do/ver discurs [...] | 2005-11-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL DR KPAO ODIP PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5157 | ISRAEL AT UNGA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | IS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5187 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...] | 2005-11-29 19:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO5340 | ANTI-ISRAEL BODIES AT THE UN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA UN director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing U.S. disappointment over the Dominican Republic's change of its vote from "abstain" in previous years to "yes" on the resolution regarding the Division for Palestinian Rights. Political officer [...] | 2005-12-10 18:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS DO UNGA |
05SANTODOMINGO5353 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA [...] On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federa [...] | 2005-12-12 17:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
05SANTODOMINGO5388 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RE-ELECTION TO THE UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5389 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDACY TO THE COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON PGOV |
05SANTODOMINGO5395 | LETTER FROM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR [...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, 2005, ACTING AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR PAUL HOFFMAN AND SENIOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST CARLOS SUAREZ MET WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AMILCAR ROMERO, TO DISCUSS ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT AVOCADOS AND THE DOMINICAN REQUES [...] | 2005-12-16 20:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO5411 | Draft Dominican Republic International Narcotics [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-19 12:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO559 | DOMINICANS RESPOND TO TELEVISION BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: During the Embassy's January 31 demarche on television broadcast piracy (ref a),Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce Marcelo Puello told DCM that his Ministry took the requirement of stopping television broadcast piracy seriously and had sent the report to USTR on January 7 wit [...] | 2005-02-04 20:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EINV DR |
05SANTODOMINGO560 | UPDATED SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 20:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV PINR PREL |
05SANTODOMINGO691 | TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION HEARINGS - RETURN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 11, 2005, two fugitives were returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Denny Alberto Sandoval, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District o [...] | 2005-02-11 19:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO754 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARGENTINE PRELIMIINARY PAPER [...] Embassy officer followed up our fax to the MFA of reftel non-paper and annex in a meeting with MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen. She expressed appreciation for the information and indicated the MFA had received the Argentine preliminary paper on t [...] | 2005-02-15 16:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR DR |
05SANTODOMINGO777 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DR |
05SANTODOMINGO860 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO899 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in th [...] | 2005-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
05SANTODOMINGO923 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN [...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...] | 2005-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KTDB EINV ETRD |
05SANTODOMINGO970 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...] | 2005-02-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV DR |
05SAOPAULO1076 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS GO TO SECOND ROUND; LULA [...] (U) Summary: Party leaders are claiming a large turnout in Sunday's internal election of the ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),while the press is reporting widespread irregularities. Leaders of moderate and leftist factions are trading accusations of fraud. President Lu [...] | 2005-09-20 18:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1110 | WORKERS PARTY ELECTIONS FIRST ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: On September 27, the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) released the final results of its September 18 internal election. In the race for national party president, Ricardo Berzoini, candidate of President Lula's moderate majority faction (Campo Majoritario - CM) gar [...] | 2005-09-29 14:50:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV ELAB BR |
05SAOPAULO1356 | INCREASED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT SAO PAULO'S [...] (U) Two incidents involving American citizens within the last month at or near Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International airport have highlighted what has already been perceived by many as a significant rise in criminal incidents targeting travelers moving through the airport. In both cases the vict [...] | 2005-12-09 18:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BR CA KCRM SC |
05SAOPAULO1379 | SAO PAULO CONSULATE FSN ASSAULTED AT GUNPOINT [...] (U) On Wednesday, 12/14/05 at approximately 2130 hours, a locally employed Brazilian staff member was assaulted at gunpoint while stopped in traffic in her vehicle. According to the victim's accounts, 2 males and an elderly female approached her vehicle at a traffic light. One of the males ask [...] | 2005-12-16 17:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BR CA KCRM SC |
05SAOPAULO971 | Sao Paulo journalists discuss corruption scandal [...] Summary: At the end of July/early August, IO Sao Paulo held a series of individual meetings with prominent journalists to discuss the corruption scandal unfolding in Brazil. Various journalists commented that they believe President Lula da Silva (Lula) may not have been aware of the corruptio [...] | 2005-08-16 12:10:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO BR |
05SINGAPORE1436 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: INVENTORY OF USG ACTIVITIES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-10 03:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SN |
05SINGAPORE1543 | SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA SIGN LAND RECLAMATION [...] A costly two-year dispute with Malaysia over Singapore's land reclamation activities in the Johor Strait ended on April 26 when Singapore Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh and Malaysia Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmed Fuzi Abdul Razak signed the "Settlement Agreement of the Reclamation Case". Sing [...] | 2005-05-17 02:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV MY SN |
05SINGAPORE2077 | SINGAPORE AND INDIA SIGN COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC [...] Summary. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) signed June 29 in New Delhi by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong solidifies a growing trade relationship between India and Singapore. This is India's first free trade agreement t [...] | 2005-07-07 01:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTDB EAIR SN IN |
05SINGAPORE2245 | SINGAPORE REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO YUAN, RINGGIT [...] The reaction in Singapore to the news that Beijing and Kuala Lumpur would no longer peg their currencies to the dollar was welcoming but cautious. While press articles reflected clear relief that a politically charged issue has been resolved, lack of information on the details of the new cur [...] | 2005-07-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD SN MY CH |
05SINGAPORE2536 | SINGAPORE TIGHTENS REGULATIONS FOR MONEY CHANGING [...] Singapore's parliament on August 15 approved changes to the Money-Changing and Remittance Business Act, last amended in 2002, designed to strengthen the government's ability to combat money laundering and terrorist finance-related activities in the money-changing and remittance sector. The r [...] | 2005-08-23 10:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EFIN ETTC ECON EINV ETRD KTFN SN |
05SINGAPORE3324 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is the draft chapter on Singapore for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that, as in the past, Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report. Per reftel instructions, we have emailed the text of the draft repor [...] | 2005-11-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SN |
05SINGAPORE3375 | SINGAPORE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Please find below Embassy Singapore's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC is Senior Political Officer Christopher Kavanagh, email: KavanaghCR@state.gov. 2. Begin Text of Draft Report: Singapore continued to oppose terrorism strongly and worked vigorously to [...] | 2005-11-28 05:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SN |
05SINGAPORE3469 | SINGAPORE 2005 INCSR REPORT PART I -- DRUG AND [...] Paragraph 2 contains Embassy Singapore's submission for the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. 2. Begin Text: I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) effectively enforces its stringen [...] | 2005-12-11 23:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR SN |
05SINGAPORE3516 | U.S.-SINGAPORE MLAT DISCUSSIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. Summary: On December 7, 2005, Singapore and U.S. delegations met in Singapore to continue discussions related to a possible bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). Negotiators had met twice before, in discussions in April 2004 a [...] | 2005-12-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN |
05SINGAPORE506 | SPECIAL 301 - SINGAPORE: RECOMMEND NO CHANGE IN [...] Post recommends maintaining Singapore's current Special 301 status in 2005, i.e., not on the watch list or priority watch list. Singapore has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, a number of significant commitments under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that not onl [...] | 2005-02-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SN WTRO USTR |
05SOFIA1000 | STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE PRESSING [...] SUMMARY: The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's semi-annual Regional Table Meeting May 17-18 in Sofia pushed countries in South East Europe to make a greater political and resource commitment to the Pact's regional initiatives. The meeting was the first serious discussion countries have [...] | 2005-06-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM PARM BU |
05SOFIA1036 | BULGARIA: NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE JUNE 25TH ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: Bulgaria holds general elections on June 25 to elect 240 members of parliament for a four-year term. The MPs are elected through a system of proportional representation in 31 electoral regions, and parties must win a minimum four percent of the nationwide vote to enter parliament. T [...] | 2005-06-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1318 | BULGARIAN COURT REJECTS JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY: In a July 6 decision, the details of which were not available until July 20, Bulgaria's highest court rejected the property claim of the Jewish community over a valuable piece of land in downtown Sofia that was nationalized during Communism and used for hotel construction. The deci [...] | 2005-07-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
05SOFIA1373 | ANOTHER BULGARIAN CRIME BOSS SHOT DEAD IN DOWNTOWN [...] Three organized crime figures were shot dead at a popular ice cream shop in downtown Sofia - close to the former chancery - on Saturday evening, bringing to over two-dozen the number of OC-related killings in the last 24 months. Anton Miltenov (&The Beak8),Ivan Todorov (&The Ghost8),and Nik [...] | 2005-08-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PINR BU |
05SOFIA1375 | BULGARIA?S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2005 REMAINS [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian economy showed encouraging growth of 6 percent in the first quarter of 2005, cementing experts? views that the economy will continue to grow in 2005 despite the political turmoil surrounding the formation of the new government. The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) issued [...] | 2005-08-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BU |
05SOFIA1398 | BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES HIGHER ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: The situation in Bulgaria is slowly improving after weeks of heavy rains and flooding. However, conditions remain dangerous in some areas, and on August 4 the government declared a state of disaster in three municipalities. There have been 17 flood-related deaths and more than 60 [...] | 2005-08-08 03:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1404 | ANOTHER WAVE OF HEAVY RAINS WREAKS HAVOC, LEAVES [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government has declared a state of emergency in 23 municipalities as another wave of heavy rains hit the country over the weekend. The disaster left five people dead and blocked major motorways and railways with mud and debris. The number of buildings, homes and brid [...] | 2005-08-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1545 | BULGARIA: AS FLOOD WATERS FALL, EXTENSIVE COSTS [...] SUMMARY: Though government officials are still completing on-site damage assessments, their preliminary estimate of flood losses stands at one billion leva (USD 625 million) and 10 deaths. A recent USDA report shows the agricultural sector has sustained substantial damage, estimated at USD [...] | 2005-09-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1546 | BULGARIAN POLICE RAID PIRATE CD PRODUCER, ARREST [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian police broke up a large-scale Optical Disc Media (ODM) bootlegging operation, involving production and distribution of pirated goods. Following a well-planned investigation, the police raided two illegal production sites August 31, seizing over 70,000 pirated discs wi [...] | 2005-09-02 10:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR ASEC BU |
05SOFIA1565 | BULGARIA REQUEST FOR FY06 USDA PL-480 TITLE I [...] Name and Address of Applicant Government of Bulgaria Contacts: Brian Goggin Agricultural Attache Sofia Bulgaria Telephone: (3592) 939-5704 Email: Brian.goggin@usda.gov 2. Country of Donation Bulgaria 3. and 4. Kind and Quantity of Commodities Requeste [...] | 2005-09-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID BU |
05SOFIA1568 | BULGARIA TO RESPOND SHORTLY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 04:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BU |
05SOFIA17 | BULGARIA'S BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION: CARTAGENA [...] Bulgaria ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2000. In 1996 Bulgaria set out a Biosafety Decree regulating biotechnology work for contained use, and field testing. Commercialization and trade (both imports and exports) were not subject to this decree. Therefore, the legislation [...] | 2005-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO BU |
05SOFIA1749 | BULGARIA 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Since our 2004 report, Bulgaria has made significant progress in implementing a national strategy to fight child labor abuses. The GoB has signed an agreement with the International Labor Organization (ILO),established a child labor unit within the Ministry of Labor and Social Poli [...] | 2005-10-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BU USAID |
05SOFIA1795 | DEMOCRACY BUILDING: SUCCESS STORIES AND BEST [...] Democracy building in Bulgaria has been a lengthy process with multiple dimensions. The USG has been actively involved with different aspects of the reform efforts and can claim excellent results and success in many areas. There are two areas where the USG is a pioneer in terms of providing [...] | 2005-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM BU |
05SOFIA1799 | BULGARIA: U.S. WTO AG PROPOSAL [...] We delivered reftel demarche and fact sheet to Bulgarian trade official Diana Naydenova on October 17. The GOB is currently reviewing the U.S. proposal with its future EU colleagues. Naydenova feels agriculture is the most advanced topic in the discussions. She said the EU proposal put forth [...] | 2005-10-18 03:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD BU WTRO |
05SOFIA1856 | E.C. REPORT TURNS UP THE HEAT ON BULGARIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Commission (EC) in its October 25 monitoring report confirms that Bulgaria should be able to accede to the EU on January 1, 2007, provided that promised reforms are implemented. However, behind this relatively positive overall assessment lies a very harsh assessment [...] | 2005-10-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU EUC |
05SOFIA1866 | BULGARIAN REACTION TO IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel talking points to Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, October 28. The Ministry referred him to the text posted on October 27th on their website. 2. Begin text posted on Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website. "Th [...] | 2005-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM IZ BU |
05SOFIA1874 | FY 2006 PROPOSALS FOR INL-MANAGED SEED FUNDED [...] SUMMARY: Post herein submits proposals to continue four INL-managed projects using FY 2006 funding: Resident Legal Advisor (RLA); Forensics Laboratories Project; the Criminal Law Liaison (CLL); and Embassy Rule of Law Assistant. Post also proposes transforming the Regional Criminal Justice [...] | 2005-11-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1889 | BULGARIAN FIRST LADY'S LETTER TO MRS. BUSH [...] Bulgarian President Parvanov's Foreign Policy Advisor, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov, requested a meeting November 4 to deliver a copy of a letter from Mrs. Zorka Parvanova, Bulgaria's First Lady, to Mrs. Laura Bush. Below is the text of the letter. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Laura, Please, accept [...] | 2005-11-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1892 | BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PARVANOV'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Bulgarian President Parvanov's Foreign Policy Advisor, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov, requested a meeting November 4 to deliver a copy of a letter from President Parvanov to President Bush. Below is the text of the letter. 2. BEGIN TEXT. The Republic of Bulgaria November 4, 2005 The [...] | 2005-11-04 19:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PGOV BU |
05SOFIA1925 | 2006 BUDGET PROMISED INCREASED SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government approved on October 31 the consolidated draft budget for 2006, which is now undergoing Parliamentary committee hearings. The government plans a balanced budget and introduces a package of measures aimed at sustaining strong economic growth. The budget [...] | 2005-11-15 09:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI BU |
05SOFIA1942 | PRESS REACTION: DELAY IN LIBYAN CASE EVOKES MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The November 15 decision by the Libyan Supreme Court to postpone judgment on the case of five Bulgarian medics until January 31st 2006, has provoked a mixed reaction in Bulgaria. Government leaders, while relieved at having averted confirmation of the death sentences, have voice [...] | 2005-11-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV LY BU |
05SOFIA1950 | 2006 NTE UPDATE FOR BULGARIA [...] The following is Embassy's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Bulgaria. The text -- including the ranking of barriers -- has been sent electronically to USTR and State (EB). RANKING OF BARRIERS: The following are general range estimates of what the increase in U.S. e [...] | 2005-11-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON KIPR BEXP EAGR PGOV BU |
05SOFIA196 | FY-05 TV CO-OP PROPOSALS FROM SOFIA [...] PA Sofia proposes to participate in the PA/OBS TV-Co-op projects this year, with proposals from Bulgaria's national broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The Director of BNT's News Division is herself a former participant in the TV Co-op program, and is well aware of the overall r [...] | 2005-02-01 12:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP BU |
05SOFIA1962 | BULGARIA'S PREPARATION FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel: A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION --Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it of implementin [...] | 2005-11-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO |
05SOFIA2003 | Bulgarians Making False Asylum Claims, Part II [...] Summary: As noted reftel, we are seeing growing numbers of following-to-join (Visas 92) Immigrant Visa cases where it is obvious the original successful asylum seekers based their claims on fraud, lies, forged documents and false pretenses. On November 14 alone we received five such cases. [...] | 2005-12-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2026 | GOVERNMENT FINALIZES DEAL WITH AES ON MARITSA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Bulgarian government signed December 7 the underlying financial agreements with AES and four financial institutions to construct a new 670 MW coal-fired power plant. The financial agreements represent the biggest ever greenfield investment in the Bulgaria [...] | 2005-12-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ETRD PGOV BU |
05SOFIA2036 | BULGARIA: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Per reftels, Post provides its submission for the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Bulgaria. Begin text of 2005-2006 INCSR for Bulgaria: Part I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL I. Summary Bulgaria is a major transit country, as well as a producer of illic [...] | 2005-12-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP BU |
05SOFIA2051 | BULGARIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following submission provides Post's contributions to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2005" report. 2. Bulgaria remains a steadfast member of the global coalition against terrorism. No significant acts of terrorism occurred in Bulgaria in 2005. Bulgaria is not a sp [...] | 2005-12-14 04:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2055 | Entertainment Recruiter's Likely Ties to Visa Fraud [...] We have noted a pattern of visa abuse that strongly implicates Magic Star Entertainment (MSE) -- 142 Estates Circle, Lake Mary, FL 32746, phones (407) 322-9211 and (407) 322-9322, email Kristo500@aol.com, website www.magic- star.com -- in alien smuggling, using the P1 visa category. MSE's pres [...] | 2005-12-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2069 | New Validation Study Shows Lower Than Expected [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC BU |
05SOFIA2076 | BULGARIA HAILS SUCCESSFUL IRAQI VOTE, PLEDGES COOPERATION [...] Bulgaria's government congratulated the Iraqi people on the successful conduct of the December 15 parliamentary elections and said it was ready to continue its cooperation with the new Iraqi leadership. In a special public statement issued December 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dimiter Tsanch [...] | 2005-12-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO IZ BU |
05SOFIA2089 | SHADES OF GRAY: BULGARIA'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's thriving underground economy is one of the few cloudy areas in an otherwise bright macroeconomic outlook. Most experts estimate the gray economy is responsible for 30-40 percent of GDP. Likewise 14 to 25 percent of the labor force are employed in the gray economy, [...] | 2005-12-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR KCRM BU EUN |
05SOFIA2120 | BULGARIA: ECONOMIC CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON, BUT TOO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having already risen above the 2005 forecast of 3.5 percent, Bulgaria's inflation rate is expected to jump dramatically to 8.4 percent in the first quarter of 2006 thanks to higher fuel prices and an increase in excise taxes to match EU minimum levels. However, inflation is exp [...] | 2005-12-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BU |
05SOFIA422 | BULGARIA: FOLLOW-UP LETTER REQUESTING DUELFER [...] This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. Post received the letter in paragraph 3 on 1 March from the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission investigating the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal. 3. Begin text of letter: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly 1 March 2005 To [...] | 2005-03-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR IZ BU |
05SOFIA423 | BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] After months of intensive lobbying by Embassy Sofia, the Parliament ratified with an overwhelming majority March 1 the U.S.-Bulgarian agreement defining the legal status of the Anglo-American School (AAS) in Sofia. With its status defined in law, AAS can now begin construction of a new camp [...] | 2005-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
05SOFIA626 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEP ON NEGOTIATING A DOUBLE [...] SUMMARY. Bulgarian tax authorities will meet with officials from U.S. Treasury in Washington on April 19-20 to review technical issues and determine when formal negotiations of a Treaty for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTT) should begin. Deputy Secretary Zoellick lent his support to a [...] | 2005-04-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL BU |
05SOFIA766 | CONTINUED CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian criminal activity already has a direct and increasing impact on the United States, which is likely to continue even after Bulgaria's planned EU entry in 2007. Embassy Sofia requests continued U.S. criminal justice assistance following SEED graduation in FY06. Current U.S [...] | 2005-04-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PREL BU |
05SOFIA780 | BULGARIA SIGNS EU ACCESSSION TREATY, BUT MUCH WORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria signed the EU Accession Treaty on April 25 paving the way to join the Union on January 1, 2007. The Bulgarian government plans immediate submittal of the treaty to Parliament for ratification prior to the late May election recess. Despite Bulgaria's solid progres [...] | 2005-04-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU |
05SOFIA874 | BULGARIA: 2005 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 5. 2. On April 29, we informed Deputy Minister Parvanov, Ministry of Economy, and Chavdar Zhenchev, MFA's America's Directorate, of the decision to place Bulgaria on the Watch List for 2005. We delivered the points in reftel verbally, and left them as a non-paper. [...] | 2005-05-13 06:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD |
05SOFIA91 | BULGARIA: U.S. MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] U.S. market access priorities in Bulgaria (ranked with a value from one to five, with one a top priority for U.S. service suppliers in host country and five a very low priority for U.S. service suppliers): -3-Legal services -3-Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services -3-Taxation servic [...] | 2005-01-14 04:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BU WTO |
05SOFIA957 | BULGARIAN COURT REGISTERS NEW CHIEF MUFTI, BUT [...] SUMMARY: The 18-month leadership dispute within Bulgaria's Muslim community is closer to being resolved with the recent official court registration of a new Chief Mufti (the spiritual head of the denomination) and Supreme Council. The new leadership is supported by the ethnic-Turkish polit [...] | 2005-05-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF BU |
05STATE107000 | NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY DEPLOYS TO 50 MORE POSTS [...] During the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, up to 50 more posts will be provided assistance to add content to their classified homepages on SIPRNet through the Net- Centric Diplomacy program. Assistance to selected posts will include a scanner, software, training, and temporary staff augme [...] | 2005-06-08 20:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AMGT AINF PREL ECON CMGT ACOA KPAO OIIP |
05STATE123806 | SECRETARY'S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO CHIEF [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Rice to Chief Executive Donald Tsang. The Department of State does not plan to release the text of the Secretary's message but has no objection if the Government of Hong Kong wishes to do so. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Te [...] | 2005-07-01 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL HK |
05STATE13048 | Status Report on SMART [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. Reftels describe the Department's progress toward a new integrated messaging system. SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset) remains the Department's highest priority information technology initiative. [...] | 2005-01-24 16:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE131486 | LEAHY VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES UP AND RUNNING [...] Summary: The Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES),which is the Department's new software application to compile and track human rights abuses worldwide, is now operational. ACES is a clearinghouse of human rights- related reporting, which will facilitate the management of human rights abuse a [...] | 2005-07-14 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP MASS PINR PREL AADP |
05STATE152885 | CURRENT STATUS OF SMART [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. The purpose of this announcement is to provide an update on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, which has been designed to consolidate cables, e-mails, and memos on a single platf [...] | 2005-08-18 16:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE219156 | SMART UPDATE [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. This message is another in a series of updates on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset. SMART is designed to consolidate cables, e- mails, and memos on a single platform integrated wi [...] | 2005-12-03 00:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM |
05STATE225765 | POSTING OF LEAHY VETTING GUIDE [...] The Deparment is pleased to announce that a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Leahy Vetting is now posted on the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) website at http://aces.state.sgov.gov/. This document serves as a practical user's guide for implementation of the Leahy Law at posts an [...] | 2005-12-15 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS KCRM SNAR |
05STATE226504 | GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF NEW SIPRNET DISTRIBUTION [...] The Department has established a new distribution caption, SIPDIS (5FAH-2 H-440),to facilitate inter-agency information sharing via post classified homepages on the US Government Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). At present 180 posts and bureaus have classified homepages on [...] | 2005-12-16 20:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP SIPDIS GUIDANCE |
05TAIPEI1028 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] SUMMARY: News about China's anti-secession law, whose terms was unveiled Tuesday (3/8) when the bill was presented to the National People's Congress, was prominent on the front pages of all major dailies in Taiwan. While all the newspapers cited Taiwan officials criticizing the law as a step b [...] | 2005-03-09 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1029 | Taiwan Markets Calm After China's Anti-secession [...] (SBU) Taiwan's financial markets shrugged off China's "Anti-Secession Law" on March 8. The NT Dollar (NTD) appreciated against the U.S. dollar (USD),while the stock market index declined slightly. Foreign portfolio investors increased net stock purchases. Local economic observers believe [...] | 2005-03-09 23:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1038 | SMALL PRO-TIBETAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Thursday 10 March 2005, approximately ten members of the Tibetan Youth Congress gathered near the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) to stage a protest marking the forty-sixth anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese communist rule. The small band of protesters arrived [...] | 2005-03-10 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1045 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] SUMMARY: As newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage of China's "anti-secession law" March 10, the focus moved to the U.S. role in the situation. Comments by White House Spokesman Scott McClellan and State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher describing the "anti-secession law" as "unhelp [...] | 2005-03-11 00:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1052 | UNDERAGE MARRIAGE IN TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT Taipei/Kaoshiung's preliminary report on child marriage in Taiwan. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with A. In accordance with the USG's one-China policy, the use of the word country in reference to Taiwan is not used in this report. A) (U) What is [...] | 2005-03-11 05:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI KWMN TW |
05TAIPEI1055 | TAIWAN CONFIRMS ADHERENCE TO 12 CT CONVENTIONS AND [...] (SBU) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on March 4 provided AIT official documentation confirming Taipei's adherence to the 12 international counterterrorism (CT) conventions and protocols. In December 2004, the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) requested AIT verify that Taiwan [...] | 2005-03-11 07:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1071 | TAIWAN BFDA PROMISES TRANSPARENCY ON PHARMA [...] Summary: Taiwan's Director of the Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis confirmed to AIT and a visiting Department of Commerce official March 9 that his bureau was fully responsible for the development and implementation of pharmaceutical validation and site inspection requirements. He promised t [...] | 2005-03-11 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1074 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW" [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan continued to report on China's "anti-secession law" March 11 by focusing on President Chen Shui-bian's articulation of gratitude to Washington for its concern about the legislation and for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comments on it [...] | 2005-03-13 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1079 | SMALL ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Friday 11 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1015 hours local ti [...] | 2005-03-14 03:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1090 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Major newspapers in Taiwan continue to scrutinize the progress and possible impact of China's anti-secession law. Taiwan newspapers played up comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that maintain that the law clearly raises cross-Strait tensions and several reported on po [...] | 2005-03-14 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1107 | TAIWAN: 2004 TRADE PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: Taiwan's global trade in 2004 totaled USD 341.9 billion, a record. Both global exports and imports registered historic highs of USD 174 billion and 167.9 billion, respectively, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF). However, due to a faster rate of growth in imports than [...] | 2005-03-15 07:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTDB TW |
05TAIPEI1110 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Reactions to China's passage of the Anti- Secession Law dominated news coverage in Taiwan newspapers March 15, as major Chinese-language dailies dedicated an average of six pages to the issue. In addition to denunciations of the law by Taiwan officials and politicians, all major news [...] | 2005-03-15 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1137 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Leading newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage March 16 of the impact of China's Anti- Secession Law and the U.S. role in the matter, although local politics appeared on the front pages of some of the newspapers. All newspapers carried stories regarding Taiwan Premier Frank Hs [...] | 2005-03-16 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI115 | TAIWAN: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] AIT 2004-2005 PART II INCSR Responses follow: 2. Taiwan is not considered an important regional or offshore financial center. Money laundering in Taiwan is not generally related to narcotics trafficking. Most illegal or unregulated financial activities are done to avoid taxes or conceal [...] | 2005-01-13 04:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN TW |
05TAIPEI1152 | Taiwan's 2004 Balance of Payments [...] In 2004 Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) posted a surplus of US$26.6 billion, resulting from its trade surplus, earnings from foreign exchange reserves, and capital inflows prompted by continued Taiwan Dollar (NTD) appreciation against the USD. The stronger NTD appears to be cutting into [...] | 2005-03-16 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1164 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: News coverage of major Taiwan newspapers March 17 focused on follow-up U.S. reaction and Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's first public statement on China's Anti-Secession Law. All newspapers reported that the U.S. House of Representatives was poised to approve a resolution March 16 t [...] | 2005-03-17 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1176 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN REPORTS PEACEFUL [...] (U) On Wednesday 16 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1500 hours local [...] | 2005-03-17 23:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1185 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan continued March 18 to report on China's Anti-Secession Law by focusing on the U.S. House of Representatives' successful passage of a resolution Thursday demanding that the Bush administration express grave concern about the Anti-Secession La [...] | 2005-03-18 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1191 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT SURGES 51.1 [...] Taiwan's investment in the PRC rose by 51.1 percent in 2004 accounting for 67 percent of overall outbound investment from the island according to statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Both the number of investment projects and their average value increased. However, PRC d [...] | 2005-03-21 04:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN TW CH |
05TAIPEI1200 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1217 | US/TAIWAN HOLD FIRST ANTI-TRUST WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: Representatives from the US Department of Justice and Fair Trade Commission and representatives from the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) March 16. This was the first meeting under the auspices of the U.S./Taiwan Anti-trust Working Group. The TFTC [...] | 2005-03-22 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1224 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies continued March 22 to report on U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Beijing by focusing on a press conference she attended there Monday in which she said the Anti- Secession Law is not a welcome development and Beijing should adopt measures to reduce [...] | 2005-03-22 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1233 | TAIWAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEARCHES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-23 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI134 | SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION - [...] Econ Chief met January 13 with Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Deputy Director General Jack Lu to deliver reftel points and delivered the same message in a call to Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Steve Chen. Chen and Lu welcomed the news that Taiwan would be downgraded from t [...] | 2005-01-13 23:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON IPR |
05TAIPEI135 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS, [...] Cross-Strait Charter Flights A) "Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Seize the Opportunity to Break the Ice and Create a Win-Win Situation" Journalist Chu Chien-ling observed in the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" (1/13): ". Judging from the interactions [between the two sides of t [...] | 2005-01-14 00:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1366 | MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1409 | Taiwan's Next Step in Chunghwa Telecom [...] Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh has revived Taiwan's stalled privatization plans by ordering the sale of another 17% of government equity in Chunghwa Telecom Company (CTC),Taiwan's largest telecomm firm. The planned transaction will reduce government ownership in CTC to below 50%. Revenue from t [...] | 2005-03-28 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1413 | Taiwan State-owned Bank for Sale [...] (U) In mid-March 2005, two foreign consortia bid on the Changhwa Commercial Bank (CCB),slated to become the first Taiwan state-owned bank sold to foreign investors. If the bid price is too low, Taiwan may reconsider the proposed sale. The sale of CCB to foreign investors is a key part of T [...] | 2005-03-28 07:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1426 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW, CROSS- [...] Summary: All major Taiwan newspapers carried extensive coverage over the weekend of the massive protest in Taipei March 26 against China's new Anti-Secession Law. All Taiwan newspapers described the rally in front of Taipei's Presidential Office as a peaceful demonstration, although their rep [...] | 2005-03-28 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1434 | FALSE MARRIAGES USED FOR TRAFFICKING IN TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kaoshiung County Police officials are investigating an organized crime case involving six Cambodian women who were trafficked to Taiwan and forced into prostitution. The women were promised jobs in a factory in Southern Taiwan and trafficked to Taiwan under false marriages. A [...] | 2005-03-28 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI1499 | TAIWAN PROPOSES LATE-APRIL/MAY FOR MEGAPORTS VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-29 06:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM EWWT OTRA TW |
05TAIPEI1512 | TAIWAN MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON TIP [...] (U) Action Request see paragraph 7. 2. (U) AIT officers visited the Hsinchu Detention Center on March 29 and found the situation considerably improved for TIP victims since the November 2004 G/TIP visit. Ministry of Interior (MOI) authorities have made substantial efforts to improve protec [...] | 2005-03-29 10:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI153 | Taiwan: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2004, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct [...] | 2005-01-14 06:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1554 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: The coverage of the major Taipei dailies March 30 focused on KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kun's visit to China aimed at promoting cross-Strait relations. The major Chinese-language newspapers ran, either on their front pages or one of the first few inside pages, the news that Preside [...] | 2005-03-31 00:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1560 | Taiwan's Growth Continues Slowing [...] The slowing trend of Taiwan's economic growth has continued from the second half of 2004 into the first two months of 2005. Export growth has declined steadily. Industrial production has gone from growth to decline, while unemployment has edged-up for the first time in the past seven months. [...] | 2005-03-31 01:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1563 | TAIWAN: RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05- [...] Concerning the purchase application package of DTC CASE number 05-948068, for end user Chung Shan Institute of Science (CSIS). 2. Mr. W. Z. Chen who signed the Ring Line purchase orders is the company's chairman. Ms. Felisa Chang, W.Z. Chen's secretary, confirmed that CSIS is the end u [...] | 2005-03-31 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KSEP TW |
05TAIPEI1582 | Economic Briefing for March 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2005: --Taiwan's economic performance in Q1 of 2005 --Privatization of two large state-owned enterprises --Legal-regulatory workshop for export control --High-Speed Rail Continues Efforts to Raise Capital --Ta [...] | 2005-04-01 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI1591 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Coverage of the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued to focus on KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang's visit to China and the ten-point consensus reached between the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Several newspapers reported on either their front or first few pages t [...] | 2005-04-01 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1592 | Results of 2005 South China Reporting Conference in [...] (SBU) Reporting officers from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Kaohsiung joined AIT/T ECON, POL, FAS, FCS, JOs and CLASS students at the 2005 South China Reporting Conference held in Taipei March 24-25. After welcoming remarks from AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan, the 25-30 participants in t [...] | 2005-04-01 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL CH TW |
05TAIPEI1620 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-04 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1644 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Coverage of the Taipei dailies April 6 centered on the cross-Strait relations and local politics. All the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported on their front pages that President Chen Shui-bian decided in a meeting Tuesday that the government will utilize laws to deal with [...] | 2005-04-06 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI165 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-14 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI17 | TAIWAN: 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Taiwan was $14.2 billion in 2003, up $385 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports during the same period were $ 17.4 billion, down 5.1 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $31.6 billion, down 1.7 percent. Taiwan is the 9th la [...] | 2005-01-04 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTDB TW KPRP |
05TAIPEI1705 | TAIWAN CUSTOMS OFFICERS GET NINTENDO TRAINING [...] Following the disbanding of the Export Monitoring System (EMS) on December 31, 2004, entertainment software companies have been concerned that Taiwan Customs would be unable and unwilling to take action to protect intellectual property to the same standard as the EMS. At the urging of AIT, Ta [...] | 2005-04-08 07:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1725 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT MEDIA EXCHANGES, [...] Summary: Most major Taipei dailies started covering April 11 a Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) announcement made the previous day that Taiwan would temporary ban China's Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily from sending journalists to Taiwan. The pro-unification "United Daily News" was [...] | 2005-04-12 02:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1751 | TAIWAN ACTIVELY TACKLES TIP CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Action request: see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since AIT and G/TIP's November 2004 visit, Taiwan immigration authorities have demonstrated at both the Hsinchu and Ilan Detention Centers that they have adopted a comprehensive screening process for trafficking in persons (TIP) vic [...] | 2005-04-12 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW ASEC TIP |
05TAIPEI1756 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT MEDIA EXCHANGES, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-languages Taipei dailies started to comment April 12 on a Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) announcement Sunday that Taiwan would temporary ban China's Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily from sending journalists to Taiwan. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" edit [...] | 2005-04-12 23:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1769 | MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 08:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1785 | MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 01:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1817 | TAIWAN NEWSPAPER COMMENTS ON UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 07:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1821 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ANTI-SECESSION LAW, [...] Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns' remarks before a Congressional hearing Thursday that the United States has spoken out very vigorously against the Anti-Secession Law have received wide coverage in the major Taipei dailies April 16. Both the centrist "China Times" and pro [...] | 2005-04-18 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1840 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-JAPANESE DISPUTES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-19 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1863 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO- [...] Summary: The upcoming trips to China by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong have received wide coverage in the Taipei dailies April 20, as to be expected after Taiwan's Presidential Office April 19 announcement put the visits in a somewhat different light. The Presidential Off [...] | 2005-04-21 03:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1873 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taipei dailies' April 21 coverage of the forthcoming China visits by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong focused on Lien's and KMT Secretary-General Lin Feng-cheng's remarks Wednesday SIPDIS that both sides of the Strait have been ruled separately. The centrist "C [...] | 2005-04-22 01:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1890 | TAIWAN'S FIXED NETWORK LICENSING: AGAIN, NO BIDDERS [...] Summary: In two consecutive open seasons, Taiwan's Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) has received no interested applications for fixed network licenses. The 2005 spring open season for applications closed on March 31, 2005. Industry watchers are pessimistic about the prospect [...] | 2005-04-22 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON TW |
05TAIPEI1898 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage April 22 of the upcoming China trips by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong, the focus shifted to the U.S. attitude toward the trips. The centrist "China Times" ran a banner headline on its front page that read: "Secret [...] | 2005-04-23 00:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1901 | DOH DRAFTING REGS FOR TAIWAN'S NATIONAL BLOOD LAW [...] AIT met with the Director General of the Bureau of Medical Affairs (BOMA) Hsueh Jiu-yuan and staff April 19 to discuss the status of draft implementing regulations for the National Blood Law passed in December 2004. An initial draft of the regulations has been prepared, AIT/T is preparing a [...] | 2005-04-25 07:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI1907 | SEIZURE OF COUNTERFEIT MICROSOFT CERTIFICATES [...] WORKING ON A TIP FROM MICROSOFT AND AFTER AN INVESTIGATION LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS, TAIWAN'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU (CIB) RECENTLY RAIDED A MARKETING FIRM AND AN OFFICE LOCATED IN TAIPEI CITY AND COUNTY, SEIZING COUNTERFEIT MICROSOFT CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICATION (COA). FOUR SUSPECTS [...] | 2005-04-25 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD TW IPR |
05TAIPEI1910 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: The major Taipei dailies over the weekend provided a great deal of coverage on the upcoming China trips by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong, with two new angles: President Chen Shui-bian's change of attitude about the visits, and the role of the United States with [...] | 2005-04-25 22:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI192 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS, [...] Cross-Strait Charter Flights A) "[We] Sincerely Hope that Cross-Strait Two-way Charter Flights for the Chinese New Year Will Fly through Clouds and Open a New Page for Win-win Situations for Both Sides [of the Taiwan Strait]" The conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" editorial [...] | 2005-01-18 23:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1928 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan's departure for China today and his telephone conversation with President Chen Shui-bian yesterday concerning his China trip received extensive coverage April 26 in the major Taipei dailies. The pro-unification "United Daily News" carried a front-page headline [...] | 2005-04-27 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1939 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused April 27 on the violent clashes at CKS Airport between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green supporters Tuesday morning when they "saw off" KMT Chairman Lien Chan as he embarked on his eight-day trip to China. The centrist "China Times" [...] | 2005-04-27 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1956 | MEDIA REACTION: LIEN CHAN'S CHINA TRIP [...] Summary: While the Taipei dailies continued to report April 28 on the aftermath of the violent clashes that took place at CKS International Airport between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green supporters Tuesday when KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed for his trip to China, newspapers also focused on the meet [...] | 2005-04-28 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI1960 | FALLOUT OVER AIRPORT VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The April 26 clash between Pan-Green and Pan-Blue radicals at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) International Airport over KMT Chairman Lien Chan's visit to Mainland China continues to dominate the Taiwan media, attracting almost as much attention as Lien's ongoing visit itself. The violenc [...] | 2005-04-28 09:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW |
05TAIPEI1975 | TAIWAN GOVERNMENT HEARS INDUSTRY'S VOICE OVER [...] Summary: Given the economic and consumer advantages offered by Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) announced April 15, 2005 that it would opt for a light-touch policy that will embrace innovation, competition and consumer interests. DGT ha [...] | 2005-05-02 06:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON TW WTRO |
05TAIPEI1979 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taipei dailies continued to cover KMT Chairman Lien Chan's China trip May 2, the focus has moved to President Chen Shui-bian's remarks Sunday en route to the Marshall Islands made with regard to PFP Chairman James Soong's upcoming visit to China. The front-page stories of the cent [...] | 2005-05-02 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2003 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued to cover KMT Chairman Lien Chan's China trip May 3, the focus has shifted to President Chen Shui-bian's speech Monday to the Parliament of the Marshall Islands with regard to cross-Strait confidence-building measures. The pro- unification "United Daily New [...] | 2005-05-03 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: LIEN CHAN'S CHINA TRIP [...] Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan's return from his trip to China and President Chen Shui-bian's comment on Lien's trip Tuesday were the spotlight of the Taipei dailies May 4. The front-page news story of the pro- unification "United Daily News" and the page-two news stories of the pro-independ [...] | 2005-05-04 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI203 | "CHINA TIMES" ARTICLE DETAILING SENSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 23:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2041 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan May 5 dailies focused on two aspects of cross-Strait relations: China's unfriendly gestures toward Taiwan, and Taiwan's moves to test to what extent China will show its goodwill toward Taiwan. With regard to China's unfriendly gestures, the pro- independence "Liberty Times," Ta [...] | 2005-05-05 07:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI205 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' VISIT TO [...] Summary: In an availability with selected representatives of the media in Taiwan, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) voiced strong concern over Taiwan's failure to pass a special budget for arms procurement from the United States. 2. The issue and Lantos' remarks were covered by nine major internationa [...] | 2005-01-19 03:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2058 | AIT 2005 EARTH DAY BEACH CLEAN-UP [...] (U) Summary. Econ/ESTH, PAS and CLO along with the Taipei American School's (TAS) Key Club worked together to organize AIT's participation in a Taiwan government sponsored beach-clean up event in commemoration of Earth Day 2005. Thirty two people from the AIT community (including Americans, [...] | 2005-05-06 06:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSEP KPAO AORC PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2075 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: President Chen Shui-bian's key moves in an attempt to quell the strong criticism against him within the DPP were the spotlight of the Taipei dailies May 7-9. All the major Taiwan newspapers reported in their front pages May 9 Chen's exclusive and live interview with the Sanlih TV cha [...] | 2005-05-09 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2118 | POLLING FOR EFFECT: EYE INTO TAIWAN POLITICS AND [...] Summary. Lien Chan visited Mainland China April 26-May 2, and James Soong is currently visiting, both with near unanimous endorsement from "Blue" (KMT and PFP) voters and considerable support from neutral, and even a slice of "Green" (DPP),voters. Support for Lien,s trip actually increased [...] | 2005-05-11 03:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2121 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S WEEKEND TV [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued May 11 to cover the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's weekend TV interview, the focus also fell equally on PFP Chairman James Soong's planned meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday and next Saturday's ad hoc National Assembly election. The [...] | 2005-05-11 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2122 | BEIJING BLOCKING TAIWAN EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary. PRC reluctance to accept back its own citizens detained in Taiwan as illegal immigrants, including many TIP victims, creates unnecessary hardship for both groups and a heavy financial burden on the Taiwan government. Contrary to claims by Beijing authorities (reftel) that the [...] | 2005-05-11 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2142 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies continued May 12 to spend pages reporting on PFP Chairman James Soong's speech at Beijing's Tsinghua University Wednesday and his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao today. The pro- unification "United Daily News" printed a banner headline on its front page that s [...] | 2005-05-12 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2173 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies gave extensive coverage and editorial reporting May 13 to the meeting between PFP Chairman James Soong and Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Chen Shui-bian's response to the meeting in a TV interview Thursday. Almost all Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan r [...] | 2005-05-13 13:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2195 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND [...] Summary: A surprise election victory for Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party and a new round of cross-Strait disputes over the World Health Organization issue were the highlights of Taiwan dailies May 14-16. All major Taiwan newspapers reported May 15 on their front [...] | 2005-05-16 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2207 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND [...] Summary: Major Taiwan newspapers May 17 carried on their front pages the report on Taiwan's failure to gain participation in the World Health Assembly as an observer. Taiwan`s biggest newspaper, pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner headline in the first page that read: "21 Countries V [...] | 2005-05-17 06:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI221 | "LIBERTY TIMES" ARTICLE DETAILING SENSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2224 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID AND CROSS- [...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued to cover Taiwan's failure to join the assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) for nine consecutive years May 18, the focus has shifted to Beijing's attempt to block the revisions of the International Health Regulations and President Chen Shui-bian's [...] | 2005-05-18 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2246 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: As May 20 is President Chen Shui-bian's first inauguration anniversary of his second term, several Taiwan dailies covered, among other issues, Chen's approval rating, his constitutional reform plan and the 2008 presidential race. The pro-unification "United Daily News" printed an opi [...] | 2005-05-20 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2271 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies concentrated their coverage this past weekend on cross-Strait relations, while their focus shifted Monday to report on their front pages that President Chen Shui-bian ordered the DPP caucus in the Legislative Yuan to overturn the "Law on the National Assembly's Exer [...] | 2005-05-24 00:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2275 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENT BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2289 | Mediocre Growth Returns to Taiwan [...] Taiwan's economy in Q1 2005 posted its worst performance since the middle of 2003, due mainly to a slowdown in export growth and the first decline in manufacturing production in the past three years. Nevertheless, a stronger local currency partly offset the impact of higher energy prices and [...] | 2005-05-25 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2290 | Taiwan Reacts to Treasury Department's FX Report [...] In response to the U.S. Treasury Department's "Report to the Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies" released on May 17, Taiwan Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan sent a letter to AIT/T Director Paal. Governor Perng said that Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) policy is no [...] | 2005-05-25 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2313 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN TIES [...] Summary: All the major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan focused their front-page news coverage May 26 on local politics, with one significant exception: the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, reported on the United States and cross-Strait relations on its front pa [...] | 2005-05-26 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2321 | COMMENTARY ON TAIWAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2333 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2365 | Taiwan Economic Stimulus & New Bank Branches [...] Immediately following the release of weak economic data for the first quarter of 2005 (reftel),Premier Frank Hsieh announced a program to increase funding for home buyers and small & medium enterprises by NT$600 billion. Some NT$400 billion of the support comes from government agencies. How [...] | 2005-05-31 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2376 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 01:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2430 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, PRESS [...] Taiwan dailies June 3 carried reports on President Chen Shui-bian's intention to meet with China's President Hu Jintao. Pro-unification "United Daily News" carried a banner headline on its front page that read: "Bian Expects to Attend APEC to Meet with Hu Jintao." The banner headline on the [...] | 2005-06-03 09:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2434 | Economic Briefing for May 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Lowest Growth since 2003 -- FRF Funds Increased, But Not Enough -- Plans to Relax Cross-Strait Investment Restrictions -- ICPI Discusses Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reform -- HIV/AIDS Infections Skyrocke [...] | 2005-06-06 00:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI244 | Taiwan Financial Reform Sinks in Political Mire [...] (SBU) It appears unlikely that Taiwan's legislature (LY) will provide supplemental funding for the Financial Reconstruction Fund (FRF) before the scheduled end of the current session on January 21, 2005. The failure to re-fund the program will cripple efforts to consolidate Taiwan's financia [...] | 2005-01-20 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2472 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] Taiwan dailies June 4-6 carried reports on two topics in particular: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's criticism of China's military expansion and President Chen Shui-bian's willingness to meet with China's President Hu Jintao in the United States. With regard to the first topic, bo [...] | 2005-06-06 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2486 | TAIWAN REACTION TO TIP DOWNGRADE: SUBDUED IN [...] (SBU) Public reaction to Taiwan's downgrade from "Tier 1" to "Tier 2" in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has been surprisingly subdued. Press coverage, in fact, was so light that AIT did not proceed with inviting the Taiwan media to a coffee with the Deputy Director on June 6. On [...] | 2005-06-07 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2487 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations, US Arms [...] Taiwan dailies June 7 carried reports on three main topics: China's military buildup, constitutional amendments, and a junior-high school exam in Taiwan. With regard to the first topic, the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's largest daily, and the pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" reve [...] | 2005-06-07 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2490 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: [...] Summary. Taiwan's ad hoc National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved a constitutional revision package June 7 with far-reaching implications for Taiwan's political party system. This completes a process begun in August 2004 to modify the Legislative Yuan (LY) and change the rules for alt [...] | 2005-06-07 10:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TW |
05TAIPEI2501 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations, Taiwan's [...] Taiwan dailies June 8 focus their front-page news coverage on two main domestic political issues: a non- existent scandal made up by a city councilor, and the passage of constitutional amendments. The pro-independence "Liberty times," Taiwan's largest daily, and the conservative, pro-unifica [...] | 2005-06-08 05:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2527 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2546 | TAIWAN: NOT ENOUGH FUNDS FOR BANK RESOLUTION [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, 2005, the Legislative Yuan (LY) provided additional funding to extend the life of the Financial Reconstruction Fund (FRF). Much of the additional funding is earmarked for specific uses, including a bailout of shareholders in a credit association favored by the opposit [...] | 2005-06-10 01:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2557 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] Taiwan dailies focused June 10 on the election for the new president of National Taiwan University (NTU),and U.S. President George W. Bush's comments on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" and the conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" both reported [...] | 2005-06-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2572 | Taiwan Supports WCO Framework of Standards to [...] On June 8, Econoff delivered reftel talking points on the World Customs Organization Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Taiwan Directorate General of Customs, Clearance Operation Department Deputy Director William Wang (Wang Liang) and four other Directorate General [...] | 2005-06-12 23:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2589 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI260 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S SECOND TERM, MIDEAST [...] Bush's Second Term A) "[Condoleezza] Rice Has Endorsed the Neo- conservatism" The "International Outlook" column of the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" commented (1/21): "Secretary of State appointee Condoleezza Rice's congressional confirmation hearing showed that neo- conserv [...] | 2005-01-21 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2611 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 07:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2621 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies June 15 were dominated by the Michael Jackson trial as well as the domestic issue of taxation. The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" carried a banner headline on its front page that read: "In Opposition To The Government's Plan To Tax The Rich, Foxconn CEO Terry Gu [...] | 2005-06-15 06:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2641 | TORENTIAL RAINS POUND SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] Summary. Torrential rains have pounded southern Taiwan for several days, severely damaging agricultural operations and disrupting both air and ground transportation. At least seven people have died in storm related incidents and 2,000 people are trapped in mountainous areas in Pingtung County [...] | 2005-06-15 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2650 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Affairs [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies focused June 16 on the dispute between Taiwan and Japan regarding their overlapping exclusive economic zones, and China's plan that would allow Taiwan people to work in China. The conservative, pro- unification "United Daily News" carried a headline banner on its fron [...] | 2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2651 | G/TIP DELEGATION JUNE 8-12 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP made Taiwan its first stop in Asia after the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The delegation responded to questions about Taiwan's downgrade to Tier 2 and reviewed improvements Taiwan has made in screening TIP victims, providing victim protection, a [...] | 2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
05TAIPEI2658 | MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Affairs [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI268 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FOURTH QUARTER [...] Taiwan chipmakers PowerChip and ProMos submitted applications to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission for permission to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the PRC. If approved these two plants together with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s ( [...] | 2005-01-21 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
05TAIPEI2690 | "CHINA TIMES" COMMENTARY DISCUSSES THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 00:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2691 | TAIWAN: ENTEROVIRUS UPDATE [...] Summary. Thus far in 2005, Taiwan has 70 confirmed cases of enterovirus, representing a two-fold increase compared to the same period last year. Six of the 70 cases have resulted in death. All of the cases have occurred in children aged 5 and younger. Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC [...] | 2005-06-21 01:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO OTRA SENV SOCI TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI2702 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2731 | TAIWAN DOH ISSUES EMERGENCY EXTENSION FOR MEDICAL [...] The Taiwan Department of Health issued an administrative notice on June 20 that allows the emergency importation of medical devices for an additional six months. Medical device manufacturers that have applied for registration of their products but have not yet received licenses will be allowe [...] | 2005-06-23 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2738 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. [...] Cross-Strait Relations "Only When China Establishes a Democratic and Free System and Eliminates the Differences [between the Two] Can Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Create a Win-Win Situation" The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" [circulation: 150,000] editorialized (6/23): ". If [we] [...] | 2005-06-23 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2742 | COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS SOLD ON INTERNET [...] SUMMARY: PROMPTED BY AN INVESTIGATIVE NEWS REPORT THAT INTERNET SALES OF THE POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUG REDUCTIL (MANUFACTURED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES) INCLUDED COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS, SPECIAL AGENTS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU RAIDED A RESIDENCE IN TAIPEI COUNTY MAY 24 AND ARRESTED ONE SUS [...] | 2005-06-23 22:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD TW IPR |
05TAIPEI2752 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: As the Taipei dailies continued to keep their eyes on local politics and a local public security incident, the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, carried a news story on page two that reported on Acting Under Secretary of Commerce Peter Lichtenbaum's testimony [...] | 2005-06-24 08:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2768 | Taiwan's Higher Education--Initiatives to Improve [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's higher education system has grown rapidly in the past ten years, leaving it over-expanded and under-funded. Educators and employers have recognized the need for higher education to improve in quality and become more internationalized if Taiwan is to develop a more soph [...] | 2005-06-24 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO SCUL SOCI TW |
05TAIPEI279 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.- [...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Bush's New Unilateralism and the Iran Crisis" Commentator Nan Fang-shuo wrote in the "Weekly Comment" column of the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (1/24): ". We can say that the Bush administration is facing the reality that the United States has beco [...] | 2005-01-24 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2814 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Following the full-page- and multi-page- coverage in major Taipei dailies this past weekend concerning the official announcement of the second case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States, AIT Taipei held a press conference Monday (6/27) featuring Director Dougl [...] | 2005-06-28 08:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2824 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Following the full-page- and multi-page- coverage in major Taipei dailies this past weekend concerning the official announcement of the second case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States, AIT Taipei held a press conference Monday (6/27) featuring Director Dougl [...] | 2005-06-29 00:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2833 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-29 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2853 | MEDIA REACTION: THE RISE OF CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 23:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI286 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS PRESSURES TAIPEI ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary. House International Relations Committee (HIRC) Minority Ranking Member Tom Lantos (D-CA) visited Taiwan from January 15-18 to receive a human rights award from President Chen Shui-bian and to meet with high-level Taiwan officials. In meetings with President Chen, Vice Presiden [...] | 2005-01-25 04:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI2868 | Oil and Interest Rates Weaken Taiwan Dollar [...] Summary. The New Taiwan dollar (NTD),along with other East Asian currencies, depreciated significantly against the US dollar (USD) June 29. Analysts blame high oil prices and the market's expectation of higher US benchmark interest rates. There are probably also seasonal factors affecting [...] | 2005-07-01 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2869 | Taiwan Focus on High-Tech Labor Shortage [...] SUMMARY: Following several years of rapid expansion, high-tech companies have recently experienced difficulty finding skilled workers in Taiwan. Expanded access to higher education has led to a decrease in the number of applicants for production jobs, and the opening of a new science park in [...] | 2005-07-01 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI2875 | TAIWAN BANK M&A MAY PICK UP STEAM [...] Summary: Following the failure to privatize Changhwa bank, Taiwan authorities are making measured moves to encourage bank consolidation and proceed with the second-stage of financial reform. While it appears unlikely that the reform plan will achieve its stated benchmarks established in Oct [...] | 2005-07-01 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PINR TW |
05TAIPEI2883 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA THREAT [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies carried July 1 a Japan-based "Daily Yomiuri" report which said the United States, citing a possible surprise assault on Taiwan by China's special forces as a realistic scenario, has told Japan that it will be difficult to reduce or [...] | 2005-07-04 23:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2908 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-05 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2909 | EZPEER NOT GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT [...] Summary: Taipei's Shilin District Court on June 30 announced its decision on the criminal copyright infringement case based on a complaint brought by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) against peer-to-peer (P2P) software provider EZPeer. The Court ruled that provi [...] | 2005-07-05 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI2910 | TAIWAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON FOOD AID IN WTO [...] AIT Econ and Agriculture officers presented reftel talking points to Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Section Chief, Hsueh Hsiu-mei and Council of Agriculture International Cooperation Division/WTO Affairs Director Shiou Dong-chong. Hsueh and Shi [...] | 2005-07-05 22:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI2936 | Economic Briefing for June 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Soft Economy Continues in Q2 -- BenQ Acquires Siemens Cell Phone Unit -- EVA Air-Boeing Business Ties Remain Strong -- Taiwan Holds Energy Conference with Mixed Results -- EZPeer Not Guilty in P2P IPR C [...] | 2005-07-07 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI2960 | MEDIA REACTION: LONDON BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2975 | MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, G-8 [...] Global War on Terrorism A) "Terrorist Attacks in London Will Re-direct the [Discussion of] Global Issues" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" [circulation: 600,000] editorialized (7/9): ". In the wake of [last Thursday's] terrorist blasts in London, the G-8 Summit, whose focus or [...] | 2005-07-11 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2990 | MEDIA REACTION: FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported in their inside pages July 12 on the visit by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Randy Schriver to Taipei. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, carried a news story on page four with the he [...] | 2005-07-12 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI2997 | Dioxin Threatens Taiwan's Food Supply [...] Summary. Two major incidents of dioxin contamination have come to light in recent months. In one case, researchers under contract with Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) determined that dioxin levels in sludge from Tainan's Chufakang and Luermen Rivers is more than fift [...] | 2005-07-12 23:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI30 | MEDIA REACTION: TSUNAMI RELIEF, U.S.-CHINA- [...] Tsunami Relief "Relief Efforts for South Asia's [Tsunami Disaster] Must Be Based on Human Rights and Also Serve Diplomatic Purposes in Order to Win the [International Community's] Respect" The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" said in an editorial (1/5): ". The United States' relief effo [...] | 2005-01-05 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3006 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported July 13 on President Chen Shui- bian's meeting with visiting former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Randy Schriver and his awarding Schriver a medal for his contribution to U.S.- Taiwan relations. The pro-independ [...] | 2005-07-13 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3041 | MEDIA REACTION: FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Summary: Local politics and the arrest of one of Taiwan's most wanted fugitives remained the focus of attention for the major Taipei daily newspapers July 14. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language newspaper that reported on a Central News Agency (CNA) interview w [...] | 2005-07-15 07:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3057 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage July 16-19 of Typhoon Haitang hitting Taiwan and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying- jeou winning the KMT chairmanship election, almost all major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan also reported on People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Zhu Chenghu's remarks las [...] | 2005-07-19 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3072 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: While the Taipei dailies continued July 20 to focus their coverage on the aftermath of Typhoon Haitang and local politics, it is noteworthy to see that the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, printed a banner headline on its front page that read: "United States j [...] | 2005-07-20 23:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3075 | MEGAPORTS TEAM GETS POSITIVE RECEPTION IN [...] Taiwan officials expressed strong support for the Megaports Program during the visit of U.S. Department of Energy officials William Kilmartin and Jeffrey Miller. Kilmartin and Miller identified no major obstacles to implementing the program in the Port of Kaohsiung. AIT/T passed a draft AIT [...] | 2005-07-21 02:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PTER PARM TW |
05TAIPEI3076 | TYPHOON HAITUNG CONTINUES TO POUND SOUTHERN TAIWAN [...] Summary. While rains have abated in northern Taiwan, Typhoon Haitang and subsequent heavy rains are continuing to pound southern Taiwan. In addition to the impacts reported in reftel b, the storm has caused extensive damage to roads and bridges, destroyed several homes and stranded residents [...] | 2005-07-21 02:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3085 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave significant coverage July 21 to the Pentagon's annual report on the military power of the People's Republic of China (released Tuesday in DC). All the major Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan reported on the contents of the report on their front and first [...] | 2005-07-21 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3116 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language dailies in Taiwan July 22 focused on the appreciation of China's Renminbi (RMB) and the Pentagon's annual report on the PRC's military power. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" (Taiwan's biggest daily),the centrist "China Times," and the pro-unification [...] | 2005-07-22 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3118 | Effects of RMB Appreciation on Taiwan [...] SUMMARY. The renminbi's (RMB) appreciation of 2% against the US dollar (USD) on July 21 has caused the NTD and other Asian currencies to strengthen against the US dollar. However, market intervention by Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) has reduced the NTD appreciation to less than other [...] | 2005-07-22 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3123 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: RESEARCH ON LOCAL USE OF [...] Summary: A broad survey of Taipei retail groceries shows that most products marked with the geographic indicators (GI) listed in reftel are actually from the region implied by the name. The biggest "offenders" in Taiwan are imported cheeses. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office has responded [...] | 2005-07-25 01:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON TW IPR |
05TAIPEI313 | TAIWAN PASSES DATA EXCLUSIVITY BILL [...] Summary: After striking a compromise the last week of the legislative session, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) passed a bill that will provide protection for pharmaceutical data in accordance with Taiwan's WTO commitments under TRIPS. The new law will protect test data for new drugs with new [...] | 2005-01-25 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI3132 | MEDIA REACTION: RENMINBI REVALUATION, CROSS- [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and the return of an injured Taiwan super- model from China to Taiwan, the major Chinese language Taipei dailies also spent pages July 23-25 reporting on the impact of the revalued Renminbi on Taiwan, President Chen's offer to attend this [...] | 2005-07-25 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3152 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TALKS ON TAIWAN [...] Summary: In addition to covering local politics, almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported July 26 on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks Monday that China's opening to the sale of Taiwan fruit is a "United Front" scheme that is aimed at helping the Pan-Blue alliance win the [...] | 2005-07-26 08:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3166 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS, CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Amid the extensive July 27 coverage of a game-rigging/player-bribery scandal in [Taiwan's] Professional Baseball League, all the major Chinese- language Taipei dailies also ran articles on remarks President Chen Shui-bian's made during a video conference with members of the Foreign C [...] | 2005-07-27 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3178 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: While the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies continued July 28 to focus their coverage on the game-rigging/player-bribery scandal in Taiwan's Professional Baseball League, they also reported on the outbreak of a deadly but unidentified disease in Sichuan, the escalating incidence o [...] | 2005-07-28 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3191 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies July 29 focused their coverage on cross-Strait relations, local politics, and President Chen Shui-bian's declaration on Taiwan's determination to safeguard the nation's territory (made on a visit to Pratas Island). The major Chinese- language newspapers' reports on [...] | 2005-07-29 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3195 | LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOM SECTOR [...] Reftel requested information regarding addressees telecommunications licensing regime for fixed-line networks. Although Taiwan does not require application or administrative fees for license applicants, Taiwan's licensing regime does impose conditions on entrants in the form of capital and bu [...] | 2005-08-01 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS TW |
05TAIPEI3198 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies, in addition to covering local politics July 30-August 1, also carried extensive coverage of the Japan-Taiwan fishery talks, the aftermath of China's announcement regarding duty-free entry of Taiwan fruit, the outbreak of melioidosis in southe [...] | 2005-08-01 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3217 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND U.S.-CHINA [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 2 on cross-Strait issues and a Government Information Office's (GIO) decision to deny seven cable TV channels broadcasting license renewals, effectively suspending their operations beginning August 3. The centris [...] | 2005-08-02 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI323 | TAIWAN PROPOSED PLASTICS BAN MAY OPEN WAY FOR U.S. [...] Summary. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) is considering banning the use of certain plastics for food packaging. Costco and other food retailers are concerned about the potential impact of such a ban on costs and the availability of goods. In meetings with AIT, however, both C [...] | 2005-01-26 05:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTDB SENV TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3233 | Taiwan Population Focus 2: Foreign Brides [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL SOCI KCRM TW |
05TAIPEI3247 | "CHINA TIMES" INTERVIEWS RETIRING KMT CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3291 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and Typhoon Matsa that hit Taiwan last Friday, the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies also focused their reporting August 5-8 on the arms procurement bill that is currently stuck in the Legislative Yuan, and other cross-Strait issues. [...] | 2005-08-08 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3292 | TAIWAN: BELATED PROGRESS ON CROSS- [...] Summary. In an August 3 press conference, Premier Frank Hsieh announced that Taiwan authorities will grant approvals to Taiwan carriers overflying China's airspace, and are willing to negotiate with China on passenger/cargo direct charter flights. Most political parties and companies are happ [...] | 2005-08-08 22:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TW |
05TAIPEI3293 | "UNITED DAILY NEWS" EDITORIAL ON TAIWAN'S CROSS- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-08 22:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3307 | TAIWAN CUSTOMS PLAYING NINTENDO'S GAME [...] (U) Summary: In response to a request for equipment for use by Taiwan Customs to detect shipments of counterfeit entertainment software, Nintendo North America (NA) provided 16 Nintendo game systems to be used by Customs officials at Chiang Kai-Shek (CKS) International Airport. The donated [...] | 2005-08-09 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3309 | Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tries to [...] Summary: Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Mark) Chen Tan-sun led a delegation to Chad and Burkina Faso July 8-14 to reinforce Taiwan's interest in further developing diplomatic relations with Africa. Taiwanese businessmen have established small operations in the two African countr [...] | 2005-08-09 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3313 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Most Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 8 on local issues such as the water shortage in Taoyuan County, a junior high school student overpowering an armed bank robber, and a child abuse case. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language [...] | 2005-08-09 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3322 | SAY IT ISN'T SO: BASEBALL GAME-FIXING SCANDAL [...] Summary. Taiwan's devoted baseball fans have been thrown a curve ball by a high-profile baseball scam involving players accused of throwing games for betting syndicates. Thus far, ten people, including a catcher and a coach, have been arrested in this, the second professional baseball scand [...] | 2005-08-10 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL CASC TW |
05TAIPEI3323 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies continued August 10 to focus their coverage on the water shortage in Taoyuan, and the newly released results of Taiwan's college entrance examination. Almost all the major Chinese- language Taipei newspapers also reported in their inside pages that the Pan-Green p [...] | 2005-08-10 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3325 | TAIWAN'S REVIEW OF CABLE TV STATION SPARKS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) announced July 13 that the operating licenses of 21 of 70 cable TV channels whose broadcasting licenses were up for renewal had failed to pass the initial review process. On July 31, the GIO announced that it would not renew the licenses - [...] | 2005-08-10 22:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3343 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, U.S. ARMS [...] Summary: The water shortage in Taoyuan, which has now turned into a political issue, was the front-page headline story in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 11. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, on the other hand, ran a banner headline on its page f [...] | 2005-08-11 08:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3349 | MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, U.S. ARMS [...] Summary: The water shortage in Taoyuan, which has now turned into a political issue, was the front-page headline story in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 11. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, on the other hand, ran a banner headline on its page f [...] | 2005-08-11 22:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3370 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] Summary: As the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies August 12 continued to provide extensive coverage of the water supply situation in Taoyuan and incoming Typhoon Sanvu, the centrist "China Times" carried news stories about Taiwan's military buildup and cross-Strait transportation on its fr [...] | 2005-08-12 07:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3372 | Taiwan Seized large amount of Endangered Tiger [...] Summary. On July 1, 2005 at the Port of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Customs seized a large amount of tiger bones that were smuggled into Taiwan from Jakarta. Local law enforcement agents are questioning the importer, the owner of local Chew Long Trading Co., who may be charged for both conducting [...] | 2005-08-12 07:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR TW KS ETRD SENV ESTH |
05TAIPEI342 | TAIWAN'S CONTAINER PORT SECURITY ABOVE AVERAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Systems Center visited the ports of Kaohsiung and Taichung from January 11-21 2005 to assess Taiwan's current container terminal port security practices. The representatives noted that security in [...] | 2005-01-27 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON TW |
05TAIPEI347 | MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.- [...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Taiwan Will Not Be Alone on Its Road to Fight against Totalitarianism and Tyranny" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (1/27): ". Honestly speaking, President Bush's inaugural address for his second term may be viewed as the most idealistic [...] | 2005-01-28 01:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3491 | China Petrochemical Development Again Cited For [...] Summary. China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC),already facing soil and groundwater pollution problems in its plant in Anshun, Tainan City (see reftel),was cited after a recent survey conducted by Kaohsiung City's EPA (KEPA) that determined that total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH [...] | 2005-08-22 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3509 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 20-22 mainly on the KMT's 17th Party Congress, in which Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou took over the helm of the party, and the possible future outbreak of an avian flu in Taiwan. In general, the newspapers in Taipei [...] | 2005-08-23 05:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3517 | CHINESE TAIPEI SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNESCO CDC [...] Econoff met with Deputy Director of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division, Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),Amelia Dai, August 22 to deliver reftel points. Dai said Chinese Taipei shares U.S. concerns regarding the possibility that the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (CDC) could [...] | 2005-08-23 07:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TW |
05TAIPEI3522 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave extensive coverage August 23 to the 17-hour riot by Thai workers in Kaohsiung and the Government Information Office's (GIO) clarification regarding its delay in distributing to local charity groups the money collected for last December's tsunami relief efforts. [...] | 2005-08-23 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3525 | Thai Workers Cause Riot in Southern Taiwan [...] Summary. A riot erupted when Thai laborers were angered by their Taiwanese employers late Sunday night on August 21, 2005. The disruption was instigated by Taiwanese employers' application of stringent regulations on the Thai workers. Executives of the Huapan Manpower Consultant and Manageme [...] | 2005-08-23 22:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3527 | TAIWAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE MAJOR ALIEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local authorities are actively investigating a Taiwan-based alien smuggling ring that uses Taiwan national ID cards and passports belonging to aboriginal people from eastern Taiwan to smuggle illegal Mainland Chinese aliens into the United States and Canada. Information routine [...] | 2005-08-24 03:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ASEC PGOV TW |
05TAIPEI3540 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Major Taipei dailies continued August 25 to cover the aftermath of a riot by Thai laborers in Kaohsiung, and also provided substantial reporting on the issue of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The pro- independence "Liberty Times," "Taiwan Daily" and the centrist "China Time" all carried [...] | 2005-08-25 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3566 | Diseased Pork Items Sold to Local Markets in [...] Summary. Inspectors of Chiayi's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) recently raided an illegal abattoir in Chiayi County in southern Taiwan and seized over 10,000 kg of diseased pork items. The two brothers who ran the abattoir were arrested. The arrested suspects confessed tha [...] | 2005-08-26 07:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3568 | Media Reports on Seizure of Counterfeit US Dollars [...] Summary. Taiwan's television and print media reported extensively on the seizure of counterfeit US dollars at the port of Kaohsiung on August 23. Most press reports portrayed on August 23 (TV) and August 24 (print) the seizure as a cooperative effort between Kaohsiung Customs and US CSI Team [...] | 2005-08-26 07:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON TW ASEC AMGT |
05TAIPEI3574 | Taiwan's Q2 Balance of Payments [...] Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) in Q2 of 2005 posted a surplus of US$6.45 billion, pushing foreign exchange (FX) reserves to US$253.62 billion. The BOP would have run a deficit if Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) had not increased its short-term liabilities through repurchase agreemen [...] | 2005-08-28 23:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3586 | Additional Pollution Incidents in Southern Taiwan [...] Summary. In a series of investigations into industrial pollution in Southern Taiwan, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) completed research on 175 unoccupied industrial factories and found five major incidents of soil and groundwater pollution that resulted from the produ [...] | 2005-08-29 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3596 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY [...] Summary: Amid extensive coverage August 27-29 on local politics and the aftermath of a riot by Thai laborers in Kaohsiung, major Chinese-language Taipei dailies also provided moderate amounts of reporting on U.S.-Taiwan relations and the China-Russia joint military drills. The pro-independenc [...] | 2005-08-29 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3597 | TAIWAN: REPEAT WATER PROBLEMS LEAD TO PERSONNEL [...] Summary. Water supply problems two years running in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan County led to three officials losing their posts. Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Ho Mei-yueh saved her job by delivering running water within her deadline. Pump failures at a second pumping station built after [...] | 2005-08-29 22:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3598 | HEALTH MINISTER SAYS TAIWAN WORKING TO PREPARE [...] Summary. In accordance with reftel A, AIT Director Paal delivered Undersecretary Dobriansky's avian influenza (AI) demarche to Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) Minister Hou Sheng-Mou on August 26. Paal thanked Taiwan for making AI a high priority and encouraged Taiwan to take even more pre [...] | 2005-08-29 22:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3606 | U.S. ORGANIC EXPORTERS HAVE A GROWING MARKET IN [...] (U) Summary: U.S. exporters of organic products will see a growing market in Taiwan. In the past, inadequate labeling rules have made it difficult for consumers to determine whether a product was truly organic. Three new changes could increase consumer confidence in organic products. First [...] | 2005-08-30 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PINR EINV TW |
05TAIPEI3611 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 30 on local politics and the surge in crude oil futures. Nonetheless, the pro- independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan biggest daily, spent half of its page five reporting on Taiwan's arms procurements. The newspaper [...] | 2005-08-31 00:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3615 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 31 on local politics and warnings about the approach of Typhoon Talim, which will very likely hit Taiwan Wednesday evening. The pro- unification "United Daily News," nonetheless, ran a banner headline on its front pa [...] | 2005-08-31 07:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3638 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 1 - 2 on the damage caused by typhoon Talim, and the death of a visiting Chinese official, Zhu Xiangdong, at a spa on Yangmingshan outside Taipei. Several Taipei dailies also reported on the schedules of former Pr [...] | 2005-09-02 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3664 | TFUS01: TAIWAN OFFERS MEDICAL TEAM, SUPPLIES [...] (U) AIT Acting Director David J. Keegan on September 4 delivered reftel list of priority needs to the Taiwan government through Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division of North American Affairs Secretary General Victor Chin. SecGen Chin delivered that information to Taiwan Minister of Fo [...] | 2005-09-04 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US ESTH |
05TAIPEI3666 | Indigenous Dengue Fever Cases Reported In [...] Summary. On August 19, 2005, the Taiwan CDC announced the island's first cases of indigenous Serotype III dengue fever. The outbreak occurred in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Between the date of the first reported case and August 30th, there have been a total of four confirmed cases [...] | 2005-09-06 02:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3667 | Economic Briefing for August 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in August 2005: --Poor economic performance 1H, mixed expectations 2H --The CBC's ensures BOP surplus in Q2 --Chunghwa Telecom privatized amid opposition --Taiwan attempts to cut budget deficit --GE first foreign compa [...] | 2005-09-06 02:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3674 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 3 - 6 on Council of Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu's attempt to resign from her current position, and efforts to secure the release of crewmen aboard three Taiwan fishing boats being detained by Somali militias [...] | 2005-09-06 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3703 | MEDIA REACTION: HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage September 7 of a corruption scandal involving a local prosecutor and the aftermath of a recent riot by Thai workers in Kaohsiung, almost all major Chinese-language Taipei dailies reported that the U.S. arms procurement bill was blocked by the Pan-Blue legis [...] | 2005-09-07 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3711 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 8 on local politics and a meeting between KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and PFP Chairman James Soong Wednesday, in which both sides failed to reach a consensus on whether the Pan-Blue legislators should review the U.S. [...] | 2005-09-08 08:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3713 | TAIWAN PREPS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. With the exception of one H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) illegal shipment of ducks, which was caught and destroyed, Taiwan has thus far managed to avoid H5N1 HPAI. Nonetheless, drawing on its experience with SARS in 2003, Taiwan has made extensive preparations to combat [...] | 2005-09-08 23:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW ESTH |
05TAIPEI3717 | TAIWAN'S AIR CARRIERS BEGIN FLIGHTS OVER [...] Summary: On September 5, four Taiwan air carriers have started to fly through China's flight information region (FIR) to South Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The PRC granted overflight permission to the four carriers on September 2 less than one month after Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh anno [...] | 2005-09-09 01:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL TW CH |
05TAIPEI373 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] AIT has reviewed the reftel list of service sectors and submits provides the following rankings in terms of: A) U.S. market access priorities (1 being the highest, 5 the lowest); and B) Taiwan's current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low). [...] | 2005-01-29 06:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW ETRD |
05TAIPEI3752 | TAIWAN FIRMS TO INVEST IN PRC [...] Summary: Three Taiwan transportation firms, China Airlines, Wan Hai Lines and Yang Ming Marine, will join together to buy a 37 percent stake in China-based Yangtze River Express (YRE),a logistics and transportation company. Together the firms will invest approximately USD 58 million. CAL [...] | 2005-09-09 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV TW CH |
05TAIPEI3763 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies September 9 focused on the delayed inauguration of Taiwan's first high-speed railway, local politics, and cross-Strait issues. Both pro- independence newspapers "Taiwan Daily" and "Liberty Times" carried reports on their front and [...] | 2005-09-09 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3772 | Taiwan FSC Road Shows in October 2005 [...] Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will conduct road shows in New York and London in October 2005 to attract foreign investors to Taiwan. Foreign investors will be encouraged to participate in merge & acquisition (M&A),and securities trading. The major theme of the road shows [...] | 2005-09-12 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
05TAIPEI3773 | TAIWAN WEAK ON SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION [...] Summary: In preparation for upcoming AIT/TECRO bilateral meetings on fisheries, AIT has reviewed Taiwan's efforts to reduce sea turtle bycatch. Taiwan has not kept comprehensive records on sea turtle bycatch, modified its fishing gear, or educated its fishermen to prevent sea turtle bycatch. [...] | 2005-09-12 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS SENV TW JA ESTH |
05TAIPEI3777 | P2P OPERATOR KURO FOUND GUILTY IN TAIPEI COURT [...] On September 9, Taipei District Court found Peer to Peer (P2P) website operator Kuro guilty of enabling users to violate Taiwan's copyright law. Almost two years after Taiwan prosecutors filed a criminal case based on complaints from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (I [...] | 2005-09-12 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR TW IPR |
05TAIPEI3783 | CORRECTED MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO [...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused September 10-12 on local politics; a Taipei District Court ruling in which Kuro, Taiwan's most popular peer-to-peer software company, was found guilty of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement; a local feud over sp [...] | 2005-09-13 02:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3793 | Aftermath of Thai Labor Riots: Political [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the labor riots involving Thai workers on Kaohsiung City's Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) system (reftel),the response to the riots has been mostly political, with the DPP generally seeking to get the issue behind them. The KMT on the other hand is gradually ratchetin [...] | 2005-09-13 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TW |
05TAIPEI3803 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Most of the pages of the major Chinese- language Taipei dailies September 13 contained articles on the Executive Yuan's announcement the previous day of the appointment of a new acting Kaohsiung Mayor, Minister of Labor Affairs, and Cabinet Secretary- General; the impact on Taiwan of [...] | 2005-09-13 23:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
05TAIPEI3807 | TAIWAN DOH PROMISES DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGULATIONS [...] AIT accompanied members of PhRMA, the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) to meetings with Taiwan's Department of Health, Bureau of Pharmaceutical Affairs (BOPA) and Bureau of Food and Drug [...] | 2005-09-14 10:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TW IPR ESTH |
05TAIPEI3809 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: TAIWAN HEEDS AIT AND COMPLAINS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) held a briefing for foreign offices in Taiwan on H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on September 12. The briefing was given by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. Lee Jen-chyuan, Director of the Center for Disease Control Steve Kuo, and Director [...] | 2005-09-14 23:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW ESTH |