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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
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
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
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
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

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