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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06KUWAIT4424 | KUWAIT HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On November 4-6, the National Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on money laundering entitled "First Kuwait & Middle East Conference for Combating Money Laundering (Risks & Trends)," under the patronage of PM Shaykh Nasir Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The two-day event included panels on [...] | 2006-11-08 19:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT4426 | KUWAIT HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On November 4-6, the National Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on money laundering entitled "First Kuwait & Middle East Conference for Combating Money Laundering (Risks & Trends)," under the patronage of PM Shaykh Nasir Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The two-day event included panels on [...] | 2006-11-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT4427 | KUWAIT HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On November 4-6, the National Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on money laundering entitled "First Kuwait & Middle East Conference for Combating Money Laundering (Risks & Trends)," under the patronage of PM Shaykh Nasir Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The two-day event included panels on [...] | 2006-11-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT4428 | KUWAIT HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On November 4-6, the National Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on money laundering entitled "First Kuwait & Middle East Conference for Combating Money Laundering (Risks & Trends)," under the patronage of PM Shaykh Nasir Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The two-day event included panels on [...] | 2006-11-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT4452 | FINAL APPEAL ON PENINSULA LIONS CASE: MOST [...] (SBU) After the failure of a constitutional challenge to the law on which the Peninsula Lions' defendants were convicted, the Court of Appeals issued its final ruling in the case on November 13. Of the 36 living defendants (Defendant 31, Nuha Muhammad Roomi Al-Enezi, died of cancer so no fu [...] | 2006-11-14 05:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4481 | PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...] | 2006-11-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU |
06KUWAIT4489 | ARAB FUND TO HOST COORDINATION MEETING WITH ARAB [...] (SBU) Post received on November 19 the invitation letter contained in para 3 addressed to Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Tobias. The invitation is for a high-level coordination meeting with Arab development institutions to be hosted by the Arab Fund for Economic and S [...] | 2006-11-21 08:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID KU |
06KUWAIT4501 | YEMEN: MFA SAYS KUWAITI AID PLEDGE "APPROPRIATE" [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Econcouns met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jassem Al-Mubaraki November 21 to thank the GOK for its support to Yemen during the November 15 Yemen Donors Conference in London (note: Kuwait pledged USD 200 million in loans to Yemen, to be administered by the Kuwa [...] | 2006-11-21 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID KU |
06KUWAIT4554 | THE CONVERSION OF KUWAIT REAL ESTATE BANK: A CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 2, Ambassador met with Kuwait Real Estate Bank (KREB) Chairman Abdulwahab Mohammed Ali Al-Wazzan to discuss KREB's ongoing conversion into an Islamic bank. Two and a half years into the process, Al-Wazzan said that although the conversion has taken longer than exp [...] | 2006-12-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN KU |
06KUWAIT4558 | KUWAIT LICENSES FIRST NEW NEWSPAPERS IN 30 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fifteen Kuwaiti companies have received licenses to date to begin publishing daily newspapers, the first new such licenses granted in Kuwait in more than 30 years. They result from the coming into effect in October 2006 of a press and publications law that paved the [...] | 2006-12-04 04:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM KU |
06KUWAIT4598 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON HEAD OF KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the new Director General of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) Saleh Al-Falah. Ambassador and the DG discussed the pending creation of a capital markets authority and Kuwait's overall economic health. The meeting was also attende [...] | 2006-12-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KU PINR PREL KTFN |
06KUWAIT462 | SOTU REACTION: KUWAIT OIL ANALYST COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Econ Officer met February 8 with Kamel Harami, a well-connected oil analyst and former KPC employee, to discuss the recent State of the Union (SOTU) speech, and specifically the President's statements about oil and energy issues. Harami asked Econ Officer to further explain the "addict [...] | 2006-02-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4639 | KUWAIT AGAIN THE VOICE OF MODERATION IN OPEC [...] (U) For the third time in six weeks, Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali al-Jarrah has publicly called for restraint in OPEC pricing. His most recent remarks came on December 12, a day before his departure to the OPEC ministers meeting in Abuja. Al-Jarrah commented that OPEC countries were "s [...] | 2006-12-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU |
06KUWAIT4645 | IRAQ COMPACT: LETTER TO TREASURY DEPSEC FROM THE [...] (U) Post has received the following letter from Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad, Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, dated November 26, addressed to Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt. The original has been sent to DepSec SIPDIS [...] | 2006-12-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ KU |
06KUWAIT4665 | FEELING THE HEAT, INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) According to local media, Minister of Information Mohammed Al-Sanousi has submitted his resignation rather than subject himself to an intense parliamentary questioning session, commonly referred to in Kuwait as a "grilling," which was scheduled to take place on December 18. The grillin [...] | 2006-12-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
06KUWAIT4687 | BAH HUMBUG! SALAFI MP SLAMS CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR [...] (U) Salafi MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei sent a formal question to the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor complaining about the "irresponsible violations" that occurred when an American army delegation delivered toys to an orphanage run by the Ministry on December 10, reported the Arabic daily Al- [...] | 2006-12-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF KU ISLAMISTS |
06KUWAIT493 | KUWAITI SHI'A MARCH TO CELEBRATE ASHOURA; GOK SECURITY [...] Kuwait's Shi'a community commemorated Ashoura on February 9 with an unlicensed two-hour march. According to GOK estimates, 10,000 Shi'as marched through the Rumaithiya neighborhood carrying signs paying tribute to Imam Hussein. They also re-enacted scenes from the battle of Karbala in which [...] | 2006-02-12 09:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT495 | NEW CABINET FREES SEAT ON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL; KUWAITI WOMAN [...] On February 9, Municipal Council Chairman Abdullah Saud Al-Muhailbi was nominated as Minister of State for Municipality Affairs (reftel). His appointment leaves an open seat on the 16-member Council, which by law, must be filled in 60 days. 2. In a statement to the press on February 12, J [...] | 2006-02-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KU |
06KUWAIT497 | KUWAIT: CONSULTATIONS WITH EU TROIKA [...] (SBU) On February 11, Ambassador met with his counterparts from Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom in the EU Troika format for a round of regular consultations. (The EU Commission does not have a resident rep in Kuwait.) Main points of the discussion are contained below. 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2006-02-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU KU |
06KUWAIT508 | KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies continued to improve their enforcement performance in 2005, and demonstrated that IPR protection has become a routine priority for them. The Ministry of Information (MOI),which is legally charged with IPR protection and has long been the weakest performer in [...] | 2006-02-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR KU |
06KUWAIT540 | FREEDOM AGENDA: POST-FUNDED MEPI PROJECTS PROMOTE EQUALITY [...] (SBU) Dr. Alanoud Al-Sharekh and Dr. Rola Dashti, both Kuwaiti women, have each successfully completed projects funded by a small grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Their projects seek to raise awareness of the unequal status of women in Kuwaiti society and promote th [...] | 2006-02-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KMPI KWMN KU |
06KUWAIT554 | NEW LABOR MINISTER OPEN TO ENDING EXPATRIATE LABOR [...] (U) New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah said that he is open to looking into alternatives to Kuwait's system of sponsorship of foreign workers. His remarks came in an interview with Al-Watan newspaper, in which he was aked about the ILO's request that Kuwait end the [...] | 2006-02-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU |
06KUWAIT563 | UPDATE: KUWAIT JOINT STATE-DOD GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 14, the joint State-DOD Avian Influenza (AI) working group (Refs A & B) met to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dialogue with GOK Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAFR) officials regarding Kuwaiti concerns about the pote [...] | 2006-02-19 05:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KFLU KU IZ |
06KUWAIT635 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT REVISES DATE FOR [...] (U) During its February 21 session, Parliament approved a motion to advance the date for debate of an Interior and Defenses Affairs Committee proposal to reduce the number of electoral constituencies to April 17 from June 30 as previously agreed (reftel). Initially, the Government opposed t [...] | 2006-02-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KU PGOV FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
06KUWAIT636 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT REVISES DATE FOR DEBATING [...] (U) During its February 21 session, Parliament approved a motion to advance the date for debate of an Interior and Defense Affairs Committee proposal to reduce the number of electoral constituencies to April 17 from June 30 as previously agreed (reftel). Initially, the Government opposed the [...] | 2006-02-25 07:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
06KUWAIT658 | MUSLIM FSO'S REFLECT ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Note from Ambassador: At my request, two members of my staff, both of them Muslims on their first overseas tours with the State Department, provided below their reflections on the Danish cartoon controversy. I asked them to share their personal reactions as well as attempt some analysis [...] | 2006-02-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PTER KISL XF KU |
06KUWAIT676 | PROMISING OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN NORTH KUWAIT [...] (U) On February 28, local newspapers reported a "major onshore gas discovery" with "commercial potential" in north Kuwait. The discovery, at the well named Umm Niqa 1, is reported to be in the Middle Jurassic Najmah-Sargela formation. Earlier light oil discoveries in late 2005 prompted engi [...] | 2006-02-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT697 | NON-PAPERS ON RIHS, JALAMAH, BATHALI AND AL-ALI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT698 | KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...] | 2006-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU |
06KUWAIT71 | KUWAIT'S COUNTRY-WIDE RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. businessman told Ambassador on January 8 that the Kuwaiti company he works for had just been awarded a contract by Kuwait's Ministry of Health to install fifteen radiation monitoring systems throughout Kuwait. He said that these systems could be used to monitor for any [...] | 2006-01-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ENRG MNUC TRGY KRAD IR KU |
06KUWAIT760 | FREEDOM AGENDA: FEMALE MUNICIPALITY CANDIDATE SAYS WIN OR [...] (U) On March 5, PolChief and PolAsst met with Engineer Jenan Ramadan Bushihri, a candidate for the upcoming special Municipal Council election and the first Kuwaiti woman to actually run for public office (ref A). Bushihri, a married 32-year-old mother of two, is currently the Director of t [...] | 2006-03-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN PINR KU |
06KUWAIT838 | PENINSULA LIONS FUGITIVE TURNS HIMSELF IN; CLAIMS [...] (SBU) On Wednesday March 8 during a Court of Appeals hearing at the Palace of Justice, Peninsula Lions defendant Misha'al Muta'ab Mohammed Al Shimmari walked into the courtroom to surrender. Al Shimmari, number five on the defendants list (see reftel),told the surprised judge that he didn't [...] | 2006-03-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT882 | MINISTRY OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS LAUNCHES [...] In a March 11 press conference, Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah announced the March 14 launch of the Ministry's strategic plan for the period 2006-2011. He explained that the plan is based on seven overriding themes: -- "The consideration that develo [...] | 2006-03-15 11:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KISL KU |
06KUWAIT883 | KUWAIT FUND WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT WITH ARAB [...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the possibility of USG participation in upcoming multilateral planning meetings of Arab donor organizations in an effort to enhance coor [...] | 2006-03-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL ECON IZ KU |
06KUWAIT889 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARITIES AND MENA/FATF [...] (SBU) On March 15, Econoff delivered reftel points to Naser Al-Ammar, Director of Charitable Organizations at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (GOK lead on charity oversight) and one of the principal authors of the MENA/FATF paper on "Best Practices Concerning Charities." Al-Ammar po [...] | 2006-03-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT89 | A/S WAYNE ENGAGES GOK ON TRADE, TIFA, TAXES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indu [...] | 2006-01-10 10:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON BEXP KU |
06KUWAIT890 | KUWAIT FUND AWAITING AFGHAN GOVT RESPONSE ON NEW [...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Abdul Kareem Al-Mutawa, Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the recent Afghanistan Compact conference held in London. (Note: Al-Mutawa attended as part of the GOK delegation headed by KFAED Dir [...] | 2006-03-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL AF KU |
06KUWAIT891 | FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART I OF III: [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: This is the first in a series of three cables on electoral reform in Kuwait. Debate over proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, continues to dominate political discussion in Kuwait. Reducing the number of constituencies [...] | 2006-03-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
06KUWAIT96 | IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEATH OF THE AMIR: KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary. Following the return of the Prime Minister from an official trip to Oman, the Council of Ministers announced the accession to Amir of Crown Prince Shaykh Saad. Kuwaiti officials and political analysts have been giving interviews on the subject of the January 15 death of the Amir o [...] | 2006-01-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KU |
06KUWAIT972 | FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...] | 2006-03-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KU TIP |
06KUWAIT974 | FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERAL MP ORGANIZES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) The Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly held March 13 - 14 a conference to mark International Women's Day entitled "Women and Challenging Reality." The conference sought to broaden the growth of a culture of respect for human rights, to highlight human rights problems and sol [...] | 2006-03-20 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KU |
06KUWAIT976 | IOM'S EFFORT TO ESTABLISH MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU) The UAE Permanent Mission in Geneva sent a letter on February 8 to the Geneva headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stating that the GCC countries would not host a migrant resource center. Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, presented a copy [...] | 2006-03-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
06KYIV3998 | UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...] | 2006-10-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP |
06KYIV4089 | UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...] | 2006-10-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP |
06KYIV4132 | UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...] | 2006-10-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG UP |
06KYIV4154 | UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...] | 2006-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP |
06KYIV4216 | UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met on November 7 with Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator. Pyatnytskiy briefed on recent progress with outstanding WTO-related legislation (ref B) and [...] | 2006-11-08 10:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO UP |
06KYIV4383 | UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...] | 2006-11-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
06KYIV4386 | TELECOM REGULATOR DENIES 3G LICENSES TO MOBILE OPERATORS; [...] (U) Ukraine's National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC) on November 2 denied applications to issue next-generation, 3G licenses to Ukraine's top four mobile phone operators. With the NCRC refusal, state fixed-line monopolist UkrTelecom remains the sole operator in Ukraine with a 3G [...] | 2006-11-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PGOV UP |
06KYIV4484 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...] | 2006-12-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP |
06KYIV4576 | 12/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...] | 2006-12-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP |
06KYIV4648 | 12/22 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian WTO negotiators held consultations with Working Party members in Geneva on December 18. The GOU is anxious for feedback on its recently passed legislation, although anticipates having to make some additional legislative fixes to ensure WTO conformity. A law on biotec [...] | 2006-12-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP |
06LAGOS1111 | PORT HARCOURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) According to the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),Port Harcourt International Airport will close immediately for runway repairs. These repairs will take until late December, predicted NCAA Director General Harold Demuren. This closure occurs two months earl [...] | 2006-08-18 20:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS1133 | BIRD FLU SPREADS TO SOUTHWEST NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus is spreading at an alarming rate in Southwest Nigeria, the region which accounts for about 80 percent of poultry production in Nigeria. President Obasanjo's poultry farm in Ota, Ogun State, reportedly has been severely affected. Many Poultry [...] | 2006-08-25 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU |
06LAGOS131 | NIGERIA OUTREACH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Nigeria appears to support the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. In meetings such as the June 2005 Science and Technology Forum in Burkina Faso, Nigerian representatives spoke positively about agricultural biotechnology. Despite this receptiv [...] | 2006-01-31 09:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO |
06LAGOS136 | OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES [...] (SBU) South-Korean Daewoo Construction facility in Okrika, Rivers State was attacked Saturday, January 28 at 0730 by approximately 30 armed men. Korean Embassy First Secretary Tok-won Lee spoke with Daewoo Managing Director to confirm there were no fatalities primarily because Daewoo's securit [...] | 2006-01-31 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ETRD KS NI |
06LAGOS175 | WIDESPREAD BIRD DEATHS SPARK AVIAN FLU WORRIES [...] (SBU) Ag Attache spoke with the Agriculture Ministry's Chief Vet Officer (CVO),who reported widespread poultry deaths in mid-January at a farm in Kaduna State owned by the Nigerian Minister of Sports. The farm lost its entire flock of 46,000 chickens. Samples from this farm were sent to th [...] | 2006-02-07 17:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU NI TBIO |
06LAGOS184 | AVIAN FLU SITREP 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph six. H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN FLU CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) In a conversation with the Ag Attache, a source in the Agriculture Ministry said the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) refer [...] | 2006-02-08 18:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU TBIO NI |
06LAGOS257 | LAGOS LAND TITLING REFORM MISSES MARK [...] (SBU) A cumbersome legal superstructure continues to hamper the real estate and mortgage market in Lagos. Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu's recent attempts at land reform are cosmetic in nature and do not alleviate the fundamental problems associated with land titling and conveyance in Lagos [...] | 2006-02-21 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI |
06LAGOS278 | ONITSHA RIOTS: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES, NO [...] (SBU) In response to the recent disturbances in Maiduguri (reftel),lethal reprisals occurred in Onitsha and Nnewi, Anambra State on February 21 and 22. Press reports allege between 50 to 100 deaths. Nigerian Red Cross Director Abiodun Orebiyi said his volunteers counted 48 deaths and over 3 [...] | 2006-02-23 17:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC NI |
06LAGOS286 | ONITSHA RIOTS UPDATE:POLICE KEPT ON ALERT [...] (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nnewi and other cities in Anambra State has subsided following the February 21-22 riots. But police in Anambra and several other southeastern states remain on high alert. Anambra State government media spokesman said he expected police to remain deployed in various c [...] | 2006-02-24 17:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS45 | AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES IN LAGOS DISRUPT MANY [...] (U) Summary: For the last week, domestic airline operators in Lagos have had to contend with shortages in aviation fuel (known as Jet A1). Many domestic flights have been delayed, consolidated or cancelled because of the supply problem. Local press reports hundreds of passengers stranded at t [...] | 2006-01-14 11:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAIR ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS626 | AMCIT ASSASSINATED IN NIGER DELTA [...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...] | 2006-05-10 17:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS627 | AMCIT KILLED IN NIGER DELTA [...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...] | 2006-05-10 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS673 | NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES TO START DIRECT LAGOS-NY [...] (SBU) North American Airlines (NAA) has received final GON approval to start direct service from Lagos to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The airline plans to begin flights some time between June 26 and July 17, with the latter date being more probable. NAA informally [...] | 2006-05-18 10:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL KFRD ATRA NI |
06LAGOS790 | REQUEST FOR DHS PRESENCE FOR START OF NORTH [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) The Charge d' Affaires has approved this message. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. North American Airlines received final approvals to begin scheduled service on the Lagos-New York route beginning July 17. Post believes that document and identity [...] | 2006-06-09 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC EAIR NI |
06LAGOS793 | NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES JULY 17 INAUGURAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) On June 9, the North American Airlines (NAA) Nigeria Country Manager, Henry Seymour, confirmed to Econoff the airline plans to begin its first direct flight from Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on July 17. Seymou [...] | 2006-06-12 14:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT EAIR EINV KFRD PREL NI |
06LAGOS874 | NITEL STRIKE ENDS JUNE 19 [...] (U) On June 19, employees of Nigeria's state-owned telecommunications company, Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),resumed work after a two-week strike. Landline and cellular telephone service in Abuja and Lagos has returned to its normal, albeit uneven, quality. National Association [...] | 2006-06-20 16:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
06LAGOS885 | REQUEST FOR DHS PRESENCE FOR START OF NORTH [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) The Charge d' Affaires has approved this message. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. North American Airlines received final approvals to begin scheduled service on the Lagos-New York route beginning July 17. Post believes that document and identity [...] | 2006-06-22 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC EAIR NI |
06LAPAZ1062 | BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...] | 2006-04-19 15:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL |
06LAPAZ1078 | BOLIVIA'S TROUBLED AVIATION SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Lloyd Aero Boliviano's crisis continues, but it is not alone in its troubles. The carrier's principal competitor, AeroSur, is rumored to be struggling with its own financial problems, and civil and military airlines only narrowly avoided serious accidents over the weekend. Taken [...] | 2006-04-20 18:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1100 | THE PEOPLE'S TRADE AGREEMENT: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales recently outlined his proposed People's Trade Agreement (reftel) in a highly ideological document that describes an alternative commercial model whose objective is not market liberalization, but "just trade" and protection of the people. Morales explains his c [...] | 2006-04-21 17:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1107 | PETROBRAS-BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras representatives told Econoffs that in several difficult meetings with the GOB, the Brazilian energy giant vowed not to invest another cent in Bolivia until key issues were resolved. In those meetings, GOB officials reportedly displayed a confounding ignorance of the h [...] | 2006-04-21 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1114 | GOVERNMENT FACES RISING SOCIAL SECTOR TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid accusations that the government has failed to keep its promises, social sector frustration, including among the MAS's highland support base, is rising. Civil sector leaders in Santa Cruz and Tarija have also stepped up their anti-government pressures. The Government has m [...] | 2006-04-24 18:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB PHUM PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1129 | BOLIVIA AND ARGENTINA SIGN ENERGY DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, Bolivia and Argentina signed an Energy Integration Declaration in La Paz, promising to revise the natural gas sales agreement between the two countries, including provisions on price and export volumes, create a partnership between both countries' state oil compani [...] | 2006-04-26 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1130 | BOLIVIA: ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TRADE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' vice minister of economic relations and foreign trade appears to believe Bolivia is gaining influence in the formation of regional and international trade policy. She claims President Morales is assuming a leadership role in the Andean Community [...] | 2006-04-26 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1131 | CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSIONS' VIEWS DIFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: While staff of the MAS-led Chamber of Deputies Economic and Sustainable Development Commissions look favorably on the initial performance of the Morales administration, the president of the commissions' opposition-led Senate counterpart believes the government has acted erratica [...] | 2006-04-26 19:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1159 | NATIONALIZATION AS GRAND POLITICAL GESTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: By announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, President Evo Morales has again proven himself a master of the grand political gesture. Timed to coincide with the kick off the campaign for the Constituent Assembly and accompanied by the symbolic taking of g [...] | 2006-05-02 17:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ENRG ECON PGOV SOCI PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1172 | BOLIVIA JOINS ALBA, SIGNS PEOPLES' TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29, Bolivia formally joined the Bolivarian Alternative to the Americas (ALBA) and signed a Peoples' Trade Agreement with Venezuela and Cuba, becoming party to agreements meant to advance regional economic, political, and cultural integration. The three countries promis [...] | 2006-05-02 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV EPET USTR BL |
06LAPAZ1180 | IS MINING NEXT IN LINE FOR NATIONALIZATION? [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the GOB's May 1 nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, many are wondering if mining might be next in line. President Morales and other GOB officials have repeatedly stated their intent to nationalize all natural resources, including mineral deposi [...] | 2006-05-03 18:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1191 | NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...] | 2006-05-04 19:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1193 | BUSINESSMEN QUESTION GOB'S ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's lack of clearly defined economic objectives is increasingly frustrating La Paz businessmen, who say government officials' erratic behavior has weakened Bolivia's investment climate. Leading manufacturers recently told EconOff that the GOB's failure to negotiate a free [...] | 2006-05-04 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1198 | NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...] | 2006-05-05 12:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1199 | BUSINESSMEN QUESTION GOB'S ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's lack of clearly defined economic objectives is increasingly frustrating La Paz businessmen, who say government officials' erratic behavior has weakened Bolivia's investment climate. Leading manufacturers recently told EconOff that the GOB's failure to negotiate a free [...] | 2006-05-05 12:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1209 | BOLIVIA: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points May 5 to Jorge Estrada, legal advisor to Bolivia's National Intellectual Property Service (SENAPI). Estrada said he was unfamiliar with the annual Special 301 review of countries' intellectual property rights (IPR) practices but assured EconOff he wo [...] | 2006-05-05 20:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV BL |
06LAPAZ1248 | GOB NAMES BOARD MEMBERS TO "NATIONALIZED" [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB named 20 directors and five controllers to the boards of five hydrocarbons companies on May 8. The GOB has yet to legally acquire ownership control of these five companies, in accord with its May 1 nationalization decree (reftel),and it remains unclear how it plans to [...] | 2006-05-09 17:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1271 | GOB OFFERS COCA ERADICATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Bolivian exporters told the Ambassador May 9 that President Morales had floated the idea of linking improvements in illegal coca eradication to an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). GOB officials reportedly told exporters they wer [...] | 2006-05-10 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ1289 | MINING MINISTER SAYS GOB WILL NOT NATIONALIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Mining Walter Villarroel told Econoffs May 11 that the GOB would not nationalize Bolivia's mining industry. He left open the possibility of tax increases, however, and said the tax structure and mining code were under review. He also asked for assistance identifyin [...] | 2006-05-12 15:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1316 | GOB EXPLAINS HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, accompanied by the Finance and Planning Ministers, convened a meeting of international donors on May 12 to discuss the GOB's hydrocarbons nationalization decree issued on May 1 (ref A). After decrying the "neoliberal" economic model, the [...] | 2006-05-16 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1332 | ECONOMIC ROOTS OF BOLIVIA'S SOCIAL REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors, which have fed the growing political disaffection of Bolivia's majority poor, have helped fuel the country's rolling "social revolution." Take persistent poverty. The percentage of Bolivia's population living below the poverty line has remained virtually uncha [...] | 2006-05-17 18:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB SMIG SOCI PGOV EINV EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1341 | GOB CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's vice minister of trade and exports told Econoffs May 17 that GOB officials remained interested in an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA),believing additional time would provide "space" for the government to define its trade polici [...] | 2006-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1466 | BOLIVIA FORMALLY REQUESTS ATPDEA AND GSP EXTENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales' newly-appointed advisor for international trade, Pablo Solon, called on the Ambassador May 31 to deliver a copy of a letter formally requesting extensions of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) and the Generalized System of Preferences [...] | 2006-06-01 18:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV USTR BL |
06LAPAZ1491 | TRANSREDES SALE DECREASES U.S. INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) The U.S. firm Enron has completed the first stage of selling its subsidiary Prisma, which owns 25 percent of Bolivian gas pipeline operator Transredes and 29 percent of the Bolivian gas pipeline operator GTB, to Ashmore Energy International. According to Transredes contacts, Ashmore is [...] | 2006-06-02 19:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1516 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DORIA MEDINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met May 30 with National Unity (UN) party leader Samuel Doria Medina, who predicted that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party would win 50 to 55 percent of the vote for the Constituent Assembly elections in July, while the UN and Podemos would spl [...] | 2006-06-05 20:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1517 | MORALES ISSUED LAND DECREES WITHOUT PROMISED [...] (U) Despite his May 18 decision not to promulgate executive decrees redistributing land without consensus, President Morales issued seven decrees on June 3 after negotiations with Santa Cruz agricultural and business representatives broke down June 2. The GOB will redistribute 2.2 million he [...] | 2006-06-05 20:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1518 | LLOYD: CLOSER TO COLLAPSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aero Boliviano, moved closer to collapse following the chief executive's failed attempt to relinquish ownership to employees. In a bizarre turn of events June 3, disgruntled pilots accosted two members of the company's board of directors and he [...] | 2006-06-05 20:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CASC BL |
06LAPAZ1530 | INDIA'S JINDAL STEEL WINS MUTUN BID [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB officials announced June 1 that India's Jindal Steel and Power had won the right to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. The firm expects to invest USD 2.3 billion over the next ten years, not only to exploit Mutun's estimated 40 billion tons of iron [...] | 2006-06-06 17:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1537 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, MORALES TRADE CRITICISMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a joint declaration May 31, seven departmental business associations harshly criticized the Morales administration and charged the president with leading Bolivia in the wrong direction. Morales responded in an open letter published in leading newspapers June 3, accusing the [...] | 2006-06-06 21:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1564 | HYDROCARBONS CHAMBER SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Chamber representatives told the Ambassador June 7 that hydrocarbons companies would negotiate with GOB officials to determine the terms of their new contracts (ref A) until they felt they could no longer negotiate in good faith - at least until the expiration of th [...] | 2006-06-08 21:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1565 | EU AWAITS ANDEAN COMMUNITY STANCE TOWARD TRADE [...] (U) Summary: At a June 8 breakfast, the European Commission Delegation's chief trade representative said the European Union (EU) would await a clear Andean Community stance toward trade talks before pursuing association agreement negotiations. EU member states hope to see consensus emerge aft [...] | 2006-06-08 21:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1587 | LAND CONFLICT IN ORURO [...] (U) The GOB displaced 7,000 squatters from privately-owned lands in the Department of Oruro on June 9; one off-duty police officer was killed in the confrontation. Members of an organization dubbed the "Roofless Movement" (similar to the Landless Movement) had been living in tents on private [...] | 2006-06-12 18:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1596 | TRIBUNAL DECLARES MINING CODE ARTICLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal recently declared six articles of the mining code unconstitutional, eliminating investors' rights to transfer and mortgage mining concessions. The ruling will take effect after a two-year delay, ostensibly to allow the GOB to pass legislation i [...] | 2006-06-13 15:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1629 | LLOYD SECURES INSURANCE EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, narrowly avoided collapse June 15 by securing a new extension on its aircraft insurance, set to expire the same day. The extension will allow the carrier to continue operating, but with board members' June 15 decision to resign [...] | 2006-06-16 19:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1644 | BOLIVIA'S EXPANSIVE COCA POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB's coca strategy is becoming more explicit, and its expansiveness will only complicate effective control. On June 17, President Morales celebrated the opening of a coca tea plant in the Yungas and unveiled a domestic coca leaf commercialization regime that reportedly allo [...] | 2006-06-19 15:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID BL |
06LAPAZ1651 | AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON APHIS AND LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered talking points from ref A on APHIS regulatory changes to Minister of Agriculture Salvatierra on June 16. Salvatierra claimed that the MAS and its land reform program had capitalist, not socialist, goals promoting production and efficient land use. He indicate [...] | 2006-06-19 19:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD USDA USTR BL |
06LAPAZ1654 | SANTA CRUZ PREFECT PREDICTS WIN FOR AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas told the Ambassador June 19 that he believed six of Bolivia's nine departments would vote "yes" in the July 2 autonomy referendum. He expressed frustration with the GOB's "double talk," referring to President Morales' recent decision to withdraw [...] | 2006-06-19 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1660 | GOB UNVEILS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB released its five-year national development plan on June 16. The plan proposes a strong state presence in the economy and natural resource management and substantial public investment in order to create jobs, diminish poverty, improve health and education, and provide [...] | 2006-06-20 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1661 | BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON TELECOMS CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. investor in Bolivia's telecommunications sector relayed to us his concerns about the GOB's proposed changes to the sector -- a government take-over of Entel and elimination of the independent regulator -- outlined in its national development plan released on June 16 (sept [...] | 2006-06-20 19:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV BL |
06LAPAZ167 | MORALES INAUGURATION SPEECH: A MIXED BAG [...] (SBU) Summary. Evo Morales' January 22 inauguration speech was many things: long, rambling and inconsistent, but also direct, passionate and heartfelt. He celebrated international support for his government from the United States, Venezuela and Cuba. But in a less-than-presidential manner, [...] | 2006-01-23 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1672 | FORESTRY SECTOR FEARFUL OF GOB INTERVENTION [...] (U) Summary: The Bolivian Forestry Chamber has repeatedly voiced opposition to the GOB's plans to nationalize forestry resources, arguing that government interference will undermine a healthy and productive sector. The GOB's national development plan, released June 16 (ref A),does not propos [...] | 2006-06-21 18:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON SENV BL |
06LAPAZ1673 | NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSES MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national development plan, announced June 16 (reftel),proposes wide-ranging changes in the mining sector, among them increased state control of mineral production and sales and new taxes and regulations. The plan highlights the need for more research into available mi [...] | 2006-06-21 18:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ168 | BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA WASTE NO TIME SIGNING [...] (U) On President Evo Morales' first full day in office, Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a series of cooperation agreements covering energy, sports, health, medicine, education and agriculture. Chavez called the signing of these agreements "the start of a new period of rel [...] | 2006-01-23 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1711 | GOB VOWS TO "DECOLONIZE" EDUCATION, THREATENING ACS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of rumors concerning educational reform, Bolivia's education minister announced June 22 that the GOB planned to "decolonize" education to make all schools, public and private, equal. He declared the American Cooperative School part of a system that caters to a fortu [...] | 2006-06-23 21:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1774 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS DIFFER IN RESPONSE TO GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian business associations share similar concerns about GOB economic policies but differ in their response, with some advocating open criticism and others urging moderation. Neither strategy has been effective, as association representatives reportedly have limited access t [...] | 2006-06-28 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1782 | REPSOL AND PETROBRAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons company Repsol (Argentina/Spain) told Econoff June 28 that it expected Argentina to agree to a price increase on Bolivian natural gas exports on June 29. Press reports on June 29 indicated that the agreement would be in effect until December 31 and include an expor [...] | 2006-06-29 15:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1791 | FIRST QUARTER 2006 MACROECONOMIC REPORT [...] Summary: Bolivia's positive GDP growth trend continued during the first quarter of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural products. Exports grew by 23 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2005, c [...] | 2006-06-29 20:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ1794 | SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 400,000 people gathered in Santa Cruz June 28 to support civic leaders' campaign for a "yes" vote in the July 2 departmental autonomy referendum. Speakers accused the Morales administration of attempting to consolidate "hegemonic" power and declared autonomy a means [...] | 2006-06-29 21:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1797 | USED CLOTHING IMPORTS TEMPORARILY EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: In a June 21 supreme decree, the GOB extended used clothing imports until April 20, 2007, and said it would allow used clothing sales through February 28, 2008. Reactions were mixed, with some groups accusing the GOB of harming small apparel producers and others suggesting the GOB [...] | 2006-06-30 14:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ180 | GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...] | 2006-01-24 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL |
06LAPAZ1805 | ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA SIGN IMMIGRATION AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian and Argentine government officials signed seven agreements in Buenos Aires on June 29 regarding several topics including immigration, natural gas prices, and the construction of a bridge connecting the two countries (reftels). Argentina did not agree to legalize coca [...] | 2006-06-30 20:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1808 | PRELIMINARY CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Although preliminary election results show that the majority of Bolivians voted against departmental autonomy, four eastern departments solidly voted in its favor. Early results also indicate that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party won around 52 percent of Co [...] | 2006-07-03 13:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1841 | ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Approximately 80 percent of the July 2 election results are in, and National Electoral Court officials expect around 90 percent by July 7. Most analysts anticipate high voter participation rates, perhaps approaching the 84.5 percent of the December 2005 national elections. While voter [...] | 2006-07-06 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1842 | TRANSREDES AND GONI ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales administration claims that Enron improperly acquired shares in the Bolivian-Brazilian pipeline through a dubious contract between Enron and the GOB signed by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB claims that Enron and its subsidiary Transredes ow [...] | 2006-07-06 15:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1845 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered reftel information to Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) representative, Javier Hurtado, on July 5. Hurtado was optimistic that Bolivia would not follow in the Gambia's footsteps. He plans to contract seven technical team members within the next wee [...] | 2006-07-06 15:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1859 | SANTA CRUZ LABOR DISPUTE PROMPTS GOB INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: July 3 clashes between feuding branches of Santa Cruz' Departmental Labor Confederation prompted the GOB to dismiss the department's police chief and install military guards at key administrative buildings. Minister of Government Alicia Munoz accused the police chief of neglige [...] | 2006-07-07 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1877 | CENTRAL BANK SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Two MAS congressmen recently accused former government and finance ministry officials of illegally withdrawing USD 153 million from the Central Bank in October 2003, just before the fall of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. Prosecutor Milton Mendoza is investi [...] | 2006-07-10 19:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KJUS BL |
06LAPAZ1885 | CUSTOMS HOPES "SOCIAL CONTROL" WILL REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Customs officials recently proposed a "social control" mechanism to reduce contraband, arguing that appropriate incentives would increase the identification and seizure of illegally traded goods. The proposal is part of a restructuring process in which officials are evaluating [...] | 2006-07-11 12:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1918 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR ENSURES FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, successfully assumed control of Bolivia's wholesale hydrocarbons market on July 1, as provided for by the 2005 Hydrocarbons Law. To ensure adequate supplies of gasoline and diesel, the hydrocarbons regulator issued an emergency decree requirin [...] | 2006-07-12 19:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1923 | AIRLINES SEEK TO EXPLOIT LLOYD'S TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: As Lloyd Aereo Boliviano struggles, American Airlines and AeroSur seek to expand. American plans to add La Paz-Miami flights in August and September, and AeroSur hopes to operate public charters to Miami from late July. Both see opportunities in Lloyd's near-complete departure [...] | 2006-07-13 14:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1936 | UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF GOB'S HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) have frozen the pipeline operator Transredes' financing for expanding and constructing three natural gas pipelines due to the GOB take-over of company shares. Without these pipelines, various [...] | 2006-07-14 20:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1956 | EDUCATION CONGRESS ENDORSES SECULAR EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Days of contentious debate ended July 14 with the National Education Congress' endorsement of a secular education system that "respects the beliefs and spirituality of indigenous nations and the Bolivian people" and "rejects all dogmatic impositions." The Catholic Church accuse [...] | 2006-07-19 17:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ2011 | TRANSREDES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Transredes' board will meet at the end of July to discuss acquisition of the company's shares by the GOB. According to a Transredes executive, the company could live with GOB majority ownership, as long as the private investors, Shell and Prisma, retained operating control. The [...] | 2006-07-26 13:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2037 | SOCIAL SECTORS TO OVERSEE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, President Morales announced plans to have social sectors oversee the Constituent Assembly. Morales' statements were strongly criticized by opposition parties and citizen groups. While his recent declarations might be an attempt to reach out to social sectors that [...] | 2006-07-27 14:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2046 | MINING COMPANIES BRACE FOR ROYALTY AND TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-owned mining company representatives said July 24 that they remained concerned by the GOB's failure to make royalty and tax decisions. While officials have repeatedly said the government will not act on President Morales' promises to nationalize Bolivia's mining industry ( [...] | 2006-07-28 18:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2056 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR STANDS FIRM AGAINST GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons regulator has accused Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, of entering into contracts that are against state interests -- charges ironically similar to those of the GOB against Enron and former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB reportedly tried t [...] | 2006-07-31 20:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2079 | GOB URGES "CREATIVE" APPROACH TO BILATERAL TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB trade officials expressed satisfaction August 1 with Vice President Garcia Linera's trip to Washington (reftel),which provided an opportunity to lobby for an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). They noted the GOB's interest in negotia [...] | 2006-08-02 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2099 | INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO LEAD ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 29, President Morales designated Silvia Lazarte as the MAS' candidate for Constituent Assembly (CA) president, noting that she represents two sectors that have been historically excluded: women and the indigenous. Opposition parties criticized the nomination process as too one [...] | 2006-08-03 18:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2112 | CENTRAL BANK OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Central Bank official, Bolivia's macroeconomic situation is positive overall, with first semester GDP growth of 4.3 percent, strong fiscal revenue inflows, low deficit projections, moderate inflation, high international reserves, and a sound banking system. Howev [...] | 2006-08-04 19:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ2120 | STATE OF THE UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a rambling two and a half hour state of the union address kicking off the August 5 Constituent Assembly festivities in Sucre, Bolivia's historic capital, President Morales reviewed his accomplishments to date: delivery of the Constituent Assembly, economic stability and govern [...] | 2006-08-08 14:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2139 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivians celebrated their independence and the inauguration of the Constituent Assembly August 6 in Sucre. Festivities included introduction of all 255 Assembly members, speeches by President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera, a parade of Bolivia's indigenous communities [...] | 2006-08-09 13:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ216 | HYDROCARBONS COMPANIES PESSIMISTIC, BUT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, hydrocarbons company representatives discussed their concerns about negotiations with the incoming administration. They worried in particular about the likely absence of reasonable GOB interlocutors (subsequent ministerial appointments pr [...] | 2006-01-30 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV |
06LAPAZ2167 | POLICE THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) The National Association of Police, a union of lower-level officials in the national police force, declared a state of emergency on August 10, threatening a mass hunger strike if the GOB did not agree to increase police salaries. No violence has occurred. During the first week of August, [...] | 2006-08-11 20:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2196 | HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FACES OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization plan is facing legal and financial obstacles that have delayed its implementation. The state oil company, YPFB, lacks the necessary resources to take on its new mandated role as controller of the entire hydrocarbons production chain. The [...] | 2006-08-14 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2207 | EXPORTERS' EXPECTATIONS OF ATPDEA EXTENSION BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Expectations of an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) have begun to fade, as exporters gradually accept that the GOB stands little chance of securing a continuation of existing trade preferences. Even so, many La Paz and Santa Cruz business [...] | 2006-08-16 18:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2295 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER IS CENSURED [...] (U) The opposition majority in the Senate -- 13 Podemos and 1 National Unity (UN) senators -- censured Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada on August 23 for the state oil company YPFB's alleged violations of Bolivian laws and regulations (reftel). MAS senators protested by not participatin [...] | 2006-08-24 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2399 | GOB DEFIES COURT DECISION ON HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, the Bolivian Hydrocarbons Chamber issued a press statement to publicize the Constitutional Court's May ruling that the 74 existing shared risk contracts between state oil company YPFB and private investors are legally valid. In response, the Hydrocarbons Minist [...] | 2006-09-06 14:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KJUS |
06LAPAZ2406 | BUSINESS AS USUAL, DESPITE RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: La Paz businessmen reacted with relative calm to the September 1 violence in the constituent assembly (reftel),declaring that business would continue as usual. While not necessarily thriving, businesses appear to have survived the uncertainty of the last few months, and most ex [...] | 2006-09-06 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2452 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Most political and media analysts describe the regional September 8 strike as a success (see September 8 ASDAR),but the Constituent Assembly remains deadlocked, at least for the moment, over whether delegates should use a simple majority or two-thirds vote to approve constitutional change [...] | 2006-09-11 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2457 | GOB REVISES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB is revising its National Development Plan (NDP) based on suggestions from businesses and social organizations and conducting a debt sustainability analysis with German aid. It appears that the National Development Bank will likely be a second-tier institution, but with [...] | 2006-09-11 20:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BL |
06LAPAZ2494 | BOLIVIA: NOT TERRIBLY HELPFUL ON THE NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 20:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU BL |
06LAPAZ2495 | UNSCR 1696: BOLIVIA NOT HELPFUL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretary Eduardo Gallardo of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Relations September 20. Gallardo noted our concerns and said it would be difficult to reach consensus with the large number of countries attending the NAM. While the GOB does not h [...] | 2006-09-14 20:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR USSC BL |
06LAPAZ251 | PETROBRAS TALKS WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras, the largest player in the Bolivian hydrocarbons industry, had its first meeting with the Bolivian government on January 31 to begin discussing a new relationship. According to a Petrobras official, Arturo Castanos, the GOB representatives were cordial, but they only [...] | 2006-02-02 19:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2519 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, along with the Vice Minister and two Directors of Hydrocarbons, resigned on the evening of September 15 following Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's freeze of a ministerial resolution that would have shifted hydrocarbons companies' revenues to [...] | 2006-09-18 18:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2538 | GARCIA LINERA "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera told a leading La Paz businessman September 16 that he was "cautiously optimistic" after his September 11-13 trip to Washington, as some U.S. officials seemed to look favorably on Bolivia's push for an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion a [...] | 2006-09-19 17:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2539 | BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-967792 [...] (U) Econoff visited Bolivian National Police headquarters and a La Paz storage site September 19 to confirm continued possession of hand grenades exported September 2, 2005 to the Bolivian Ministry of Government. Econoff and NAS staff verified continued possession by the National Police of ap [...] | 2006-09-19 18:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BL |
06LAPAZ2563 | ASSESSMENT OF NIH PROJECT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Post sees no negative foreign policy implications of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) project described in reftel. Post provides a positive recommendation pending human subject approval, on the understanding that researchers will obtain verbal consent from study participants. 2. [...] | 2006-09-21 20:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OSCI KSCA BL |
06LAPAZ2564 | LA PAZ BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (U) Summary: In September 20 meetings, representatives of La Paz business associations voiced concerns about the nature of Bolivia's economy, the direction of GOB economic policies, and the outcome of the Constituent Assembly. Despite their worries, representatives remain reluctant to criticiz [...] | 2006-09-21 20:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2598 | GOB DELAYS SIGNING OF MUTUN CONTRACT [...] (SBU) GOB officials announced September 22 that they would delay until mid-October the signing of a joint-venture contract allowing India's Jindal Steel and Power to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. The firm won the right to exploit Mutun's estimated 40 billion ton [...] | 2006-09-26 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2600 | LAND REFORM SOWS CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MAS administration has presented a bill to Congress to modify the 1996 Agrarian Reform (INRA) law, in line with its pre-election promises to redistribute land to the landless. Members of the administration have encouraged social sectors to mobilize marches and blockades to f [...] | 2006-09-26 20:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2610 | LLOYD AEREO BOLIVIANO: FINDING ITS WINGS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Lloyd Aereo Boliviano executives say the company may be finding its wings, as the firm has boosted its five-jet fleet with two leased aircraft and is gradually identifying and settling debts. Despite this good news, the outlook is far from certain. Rumors of interest from a UK [...] | 2006-09-27 18:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2623 | JAPAN'S SUMITOMO ACQUIRES STAKE IN U.S. MINING [...] (U) Summary: Japan's Sumitomo Corporation recently acquired a 35 percent participating interest in U.S.-based Apex Silver's $800 million San Cristobal silver-zinc-lead project (reftel). Apex will receive $224 million cash and future silver and zinc payments; Sumitomo will also assume 35 perce [...] | 2006-09-28 18:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2626 | SPAIN: A BEACON OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) Summary: For many Bolivians, Spain is a beacon of economic opportunity. Newspapers highlight an upsurge in travel, airlines report full flights to Madrid, and business owners say skilled craftsmen are increasingly seeking work abroad. Bolivians' desire to escape may reflect growing polit [...] | 2006-09-28 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ2638 | BOLIVIAN ECONOMY HUMS ALONG DESPITE UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary: Bolivia's GDP grew by 4.5 percent during the first semester of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons and minerals. Exports grew by 52 percent in the first six months compared with the same period in 2005, contributing to an increase in int [...] | 2006-09-29 18:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ2718 | AYMARA HEARTLAND PREPARED TO MOBILIZE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, leaders from Omasuyos Province in La Paz department, a majority Aymara area, threatened to march to Sucre or Santa Cruz to pressure Constituent Assembly members to agree to the MAS' agenda. Leaders from the province told Emboff on October 4 that they had not yet [...] | 2006-10-06 21:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2723 | MINING: FIGHTING ENDS, TALKS BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to deadly clashes between state mining workers and independent cooperative miners in Huanuni, President Morales replaced the mining minister and the head of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL on October 7. A GOB commission held talks with both sides on October [...] | 2006-10-10 19:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EMIN PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2724 | TRANSIT STRIKE CONTINUES [...] (U) La Paz public transportation workers began a 24-hour strike October 9 to protest La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado's plan for redirecting downtown traffic. The city implemented the plan October 6 to improve traffic flows; transportation workers complain that the new routes are causing confusi [...] | 2006-10-10 19:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2743 | A WORRIED MORALES ATTEMPTS TO WOO THE MIDDLE CLASS [...] (U) President Morales spoke October 12 at a rally intended to "defend Bolivian democracy," as well as to close the international indigenous meeting held in La Paz October 8-12. Speaking for forty minutes to a bussed in and largely passive crowd we estimate at approximately 6,000 (but which p [...] | 2006-10-12 19:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ275 | STAFFDEL BRENNAN: GREETING THE NEW BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 24-27 visit to Bolivia, staffdel Brennan (House International Relations Committee staff Ted Brennan, Kristen Gilley, Paul Oostburg-Sanz, Mark Walker, and Dan Getz) met with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, newly-minted legislators and ministers, Santa C [...] | 2006-02-06 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ2780 | MORALES ANNOUNCES "SURPRISES" FOR MINING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced October 15 that the mining industry should expect "surprises" permitting the state to regain control of mineral production. His comments caused anxiety among U.S. mining company executives, who said October 16 that they were "nervous" about the GOB's [...] | 2006-10-16 21:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ279 | BANKING UPDATE: CENTRAL BANK, DEVELOPMENT BANK, [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's Central Bank President plans to soon complete his 10-year stint as President, leaving the country in a stellar macroeconomic state, but with many uncertainties looming on the horizon. Several Venezuelan government officials recently met with Bolivia's Bank Superinten [...] | 2006-02-06 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2798 | STAND-OFF BETWEEN MINERS AND GOB CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Nearly two weeks after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees (reftel),the stand-off between miners and the GOB continues. Cooperatives accepted a GOB proposal to provide compensation to affected families but rejected an offer to convert cooper [...] | 2006-10-17 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2817 | UPDATE ON YPFB NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARGENTINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: YPFB (Bolivia's state-owned oil company) President Juan Carlos Ortiz told Econoff on October 18 that Bolivia will sign a twenty-year natural gas supply contract with Argentina on October 19. Bolivia will agree to provide 27.7 million cubic meters per day of gas to its neighbor [...] | 2006-10-18 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2821 | MORALES RAISES EYEBROWS WITH LE MONDE INTERVIEW [...] (U) French newspaper Le Monde published an article October 17 entitled "Bolivia: Evo Morales and the Terrible Conspiracy," in which President Morales said that "the right" (the United States and the political opposition in Bolivia) are conspiring to topple his government. Morales discussed t [...] | 2006-10-18 21:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2831 | CONFLICT AND GOB'S LACK OF CAPACITY HINDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) told the Ambassador that the UN supported the Constituent Assembly as a way to unify Bolivia's population, but was worried that it would end up dividing it instead. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident [...] | 2006-10-19 16:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV BL |
06LAPAZ2860 | GOB, MINERS SIGN AGREEMENT ENDING STAND-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB and miners signed an agreement October 23 ending the political stand-off that emerged after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees in Huanuni (reftel). Radio reports indicate that members of the region's four cooperatives accepted the [...] | 2006-10-24 10:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2880 | ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA SIGN GAS DEAL [...] (U) Argentina and Bolivia signed a twenty-year energy agreement October 19 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (reftel) that will go into effect on January 1, 2007. In addition to increasing the volume of natural gas that Bolivia will supply to Argentina to 27.7 million cubic meters per day within three y [...] | 2006-10-25 12:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2912 | ECUADORIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ATTEND [...] (U) An article and a full page advertisement in the October 26 edition of the Bolivian daily La Razon states that Ecuadorian presidential candidate Rafael Correa will be attending a conference in Bolivia titled the "First Meeting of the Peoples and States for the Liberation of the Homeland -- [...] | 2006-10-27 14:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2930 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: On October 26, Econoff spoke to the proprietor of foreign consignee Camping Cochabamba, having visited the business in November 2005 (ref B). Camping Cochabamba has a history of importing firearms from the United States, maintains detailed sales and customer records, and has appr [...] | 2006-10-27 16:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BL |
06LAPAZ2932 | INDIGENOUS INTERNS ON RACISM, NATIONALIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Three of the Mission's indigenous interns met with Poloff October 18 and expressed their views on discrimination in Bolivian society, the continued popularity of nationalization, and the reasons for anti-American sentiment in Bolivia. The root cause of discrimination, per the consensus [...] | 2006-10-27 17:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2943 | GOB ACHIEVES KEY GOAL: NEW GAS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: All of the private hydrocarbons exploration and production companies operating in Bolivia signed new service contracts on October 27 and 28 prior to the deadline imposed by the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree. According to the president of Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, [...] | 2006-10-30 21:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ2944 | PROPOSED MINING PLAN CONTINUES TO "SPOOK" INVESTORS [...] (SBU) President Morales' October 15 announcement of "surprises" for the mining industry (ref A) has been tempered in the last two weeks by assurances that the GOB will respect private investment. Officials' statements, however, have done little to reassure industry executives, who worry that [...] | 2006-10-30 21:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2945 | DIVIDING UP THE SPOILS: GAS REVENUE DEBATE [...] (SBU) With the signature of gas accords October 28, the GOB estimates that hydrocarbons production will generate USD 2 billion next year, with USD 1.3 billion going to the government as a result of new production contracts (septel),and USD 4 billion within four years, with USD 2.4 billion des [...] | 2006-10-30 21:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2976 | GOB POSTPONES MINING PLAN UNTIL 2007 [...] (U) Summary: President Morales chose not to unveil his much-hyped mining plan October 31 (ref A),instead announcing that the GOB would postpone it until 2007, ostensibly because of a lack of financing. Morales attempted to divert attention to a supreme decree authorizing the conversion of co [...] | 2006-11-01 17:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3000 | ALO PRESIDENTE ... MORALES? [...] (SBU) According to press reports, President Evo Morales plans to start his own weekly radio call-in program, similar to the "Alo Presidente" program hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Bolivian Director of Government Communications Gaston Nunez explained the show may launch as early as [...] | 2006-11-06 12:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3032 | THE GOB'S MINING PLAN: NO "TRUE" NATIONALIZATION? [...] (SBU) GOB officials declared November 7 and 8 that the Morales administration will not "nationalize" the mining sector, providing assurances that the GOB has no intention of expropriating company assets. Instead, the government will reportedly concentrate on implementing a three-part vision of [...] | 2006-11-08 21:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3040 | THE PUSH FOR MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Bolivia's current anti-money laundering regime fails to comply with international norms and is ineffective. Based on INL's recommendations, post has encouraged the GOB to enact a comprehensive money laundering law, including terrorism finance provisions, has formed an informal working g [...] | 2006-11-09 20:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BL |
06LAPAZ3051 | IN COCHABAMBA, BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (U) Cochabamba business association representatives told Econoff November 9 that business continues as usual, despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty. They noted that while they share a desire for economic stability and judicial security with their La Paz and Santa Cruz counterparts [...] | 2006-11-13 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3053 | A NEW OUTLOOK FOR BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER? [...] (SBU) Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's general manager recently predicted a new outlook for Bolivia's national carrier, noting that the firm now has seven jets, up from one a few months ago, and has renewed service to a range of domestic and international destinations. Executives have made progress id [...] | 2006-11-14 15:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3062 | GARCIA LINERA'S RADICAL PAST RESURFACES [...] (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's membership in the indigenous-based terrorist group the Tupak Katari Guerilla Army (EGTK),the armed wing of the Tupak Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTKL),resurfaced recently as press reports focused on the progress of his petition with [...] | 2006-11-14 21:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3090 | GOB SHRINKS FROM THREATS AGAINST SWISS MINING FIRM [...] (SBU) President Morales announced October 23 that the GOB would unveil plans for the mines and mills of Swiss mining powerhouse Glencore International, whose Bolivian subsidiary controls properties once held by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB later backed away from i [...] | 2006-11-16 17:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3096 | LOWER HOUSE PASSES LAND REFORM BILL [...] (SBU) Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) members of the lower house of congress approved a land reform bill on November 15 after opposition members abandoned the session. The bill will now go to the senate, where it is likely to be blocked by the political opposition. The bill provides for the [...] | 2006-11-16 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3131 | SIX OF NINE GOVERNORS "BREAK TIES" WITH GOB [...] (SBU) On November 17, the GOB announced a new plan, comprised of a law and supreme decree, which would permit the Bolivian congress to supervise and censure department prefects (governors). The GOB argues the plan is meant to provide assurances to the public that local authorities spend funds [...] | 2006-11-20 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3147 | BOLIVIA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) From October 24-26, Bolivia's eastern city of Santa Cruz hosted a conference of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from over eighty countries. The theme of the conference was "respecting the human rights of migrants." The Santa Cruz Declaration, the conference's main product, f [...] | 2006-11-22 16:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3152 | GOB WILL SEEK CONSENSUS FOR IAEA DECISION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 18:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3155 | SENATE BOYCOTT OVER LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Members of the political opposition are blocking discussion of a land reform bill (ref A) in the senate by not attending sessions. Marches in favor of and against the reforms are intensifying throughout the country. Vice Minister of Agriculture Freddy Condo told Econoff on November 22 t [...] | 2006-11-22 21:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3204 | MORALES RAILROADS LAND REFORM BILL THROUGH SENATE [...] (SBU) Indigenous peoples from across Bolivia who had been marching for land reform for the past four weeks finally reached La Paz on November 28. A poloff who attended the marchers' rally in La Paz's Plaza San Francisco estimated the attendance at 4000, less than the 10,000 expected. Presiden [...] | 2006-11-29 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3222 | SENATE APPROVES VENEZUELAN MILITARY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 19:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV PREL KTIA BL |
06LAPAZ3224 | CONGRESS APPROVES HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) The senate approved the 44 new hydrocarbons contracts that were signed with private production and exploration companies at the end of October (ref A) late on November 28. Only 14 of the 27 senators were present, as the opposition had abandoned the session in protest over the GOB's conf [...] | 2006-11-29 19:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3276 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ON HOLD WHILE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) President Morales met December 3 with civic committee representatives from seven of Bolivia's nine departments regarding the continuing political stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's (CA) voting mechanism. The opposition is holding out for a two-thirds vote for each stage of approval [...] | 2006-12-04 20:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3289 | GOB EQUALIZES JET FUEL PRICES [...] (U) In an unexpected move, the GOB issued a Supreme Decree November 20 equalizing jet fuel prices for foreign and domestic air carriers operating international routes. Fuel taxes remain, but domestic carriers servicing international routes no longer enjoy access to reduced-price fuel, as they [...] | 2006-12-05 20:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3291 | ATPDEA: NOT SO IMPORTANT AFTER ALL? [...] (U) In a December 1 presentation, Vice President Garcia Linera minimized the importance of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) benefits for Bolivian exporters, noting that products relying exclusively on ATPDEA trade preferences represented only 13 percent of total exports [...] | 2006-12-05 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3302 | GOB TOUTS SUCCESS OF PEOPLES' TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) In a December 2 newspaper insert, the GOB touted the early success of its April 29 Peoples' Trade Agreement with Venezuela and Cuba (reftel),highlighting the disbursement of approximately $4 million of a $100 million Venezuela-financed development fund. The money has been distributed (o [...] | 2006-12-07 13:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3324 | SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Second Summit of the Community of South American Nations (CSN) is scheduled to take place December 8-9 in Cochabamba. Reports differ on how many presidents will attend, but on December 7, the GOB claimed that 11 South American presidents have confirmed their attendance, although we [...] | 2006-12-08 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3346 | IDB AND IMF DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES WITH [...] (SBU) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is realigning its USD 400 million of loans in the pipeline for Bolivia with the country's national development plan. The IDB is preparing an interim strategy for Bolivia and hopes to implement a more permanent strategy after the constituent asse [...] | 2006-12-11 21:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV BL |
06LAPAZ3361 | HYDROCARBONS REGULATIONS NEEDED TO STIMULATE [...] (SBU) British Gas (BG) Bolivia President Jose Magela told Emboffs on December 11 that he thinks the operating contract BG signed with Bolivia's state oil company YPFB at the end of October is reasonable. He argued that the contracts provide necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for investm [...] | 2006-12-13 12:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
06LAPAZ3370 | BOLIVIA REACTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Bolivian government and business representatives reacted enthusiastically to news of the extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. President Morales and other GOB officials expressed satisfaction and promised to send a team to Washington in January to begin negot [...] | 2006-12-13 18:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3375 | BOLIVIA'S FIRST STEPS AT ABOLISHING MODERN SLAVERY [...] (U) The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that over seven thousand Guaranis live in forced labor situations on ranches in Bolivia's Chaco, which overlaps the departments of Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz and Tarija. Men's wages are usually between $1.25 to $1.75 USD per day. Women re [...] | 2006-12-14 16:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3378 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED, APPLICATION NUMBER [...] (SBU) Reftel requested a pre-license check on Riberalta-based Comercial Safari, a Bolivian firm seeking to import various brands and powers of hunting and sport shooting scopes from Ohio-based Outdoor Sports Headquarters, Inc. 2. (SBU) At post's request, two police investigators attempted [...] | 2006-12-15 16:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC BL |
06LAPAZ351 | GOB INTERVENES TO END LLOYD PILOTS' STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales intervened February 9 to end a strike by members of Lloyd Aero Boliviano's pilots' association (reftel),issuing a supreme decree authorizing the newly appointed superintendent of transportation to designate a controlling executive to oversee the airline's op [...] | 2006-02-10 19:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ386 | BOLIVIAN DEBT ANALYSIS AND FINANCE MINISTRY UPDATE [...] Summary: The GOB appears committed to maintaining the technical capacity of the Finance Ministry, while transferring political control over financial policy to the new Planning Ministry. Bolivia's external debt reached USD 4.9 billion by year-end 2005, with the World Bank being Bolivia's larg [...] | 2006-02-14 14:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL ECON EFIN PGOV |
06LAPAZ438 | SANTA CRUZ BUSINESSMEN MAKE PROMISES, REITERATE [...] (U) Summary: In February 15 meetings, Santa Cruz businessmen made two promises: first, that they will support President Evo Morales as long as he protects private enterprise and avoids substantive policy changes; and second, that they will act if the administration shifts radically leftward. [...] | 2006-02-21 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAGR ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ439 | BIDDING ON MUTUN IRON ORE PROJECT DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before an earlier sixty-day delay expired, the GOB announced plans to postpone for an additional ninety days international bidding on the rights to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. Interested firms may now be expected to fund not only the extrac [...] | 2006-02-21 17:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EINV PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ443 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: EYE ON THE PRIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly (CA) is shaping up to be Bolivia's grand political prize and the Evo Morales administration has devoted itself almost exclusively to passing legislation assuring near total control of the process to the MAS (the governing party),including with threats [...] | 2006-02-21 17:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ458 | VICE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR "INTELLIGENT" TRADE [...] (U) Summary: In a February 17 speech to participants in a GOB-sponsored trade seminar, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera called for "intelligent" trade protectionism, arguing that Bolivia should follow the historical model of developed countries by seeking open access to foreign markets while [...] | 2006-02-22 18:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON USTR BL |
06LAPAZ544 | BUSINESSMEN PUSH FOR FTA, SEEK TO INFLUENCE MORALES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 23 meeting, members of the Private Businessmen's Confederation urged President Evo Morales to secure Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA),emphasizing the negative consequences to industry and labor of Bolivia's failure to sign. Conf [...] | 2006-03-02 20:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL BL |
06LAPAZ567 | BOLIVIAN NATIONAL AIRLINE FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL [...] (U) Summary: Since the end of an early February pilots' strike (reftel),Lloyd Aero Boliviano has encountered a string of difficulties. Two U.S.-based firms, Aviation Capital Group and Pegasus Aviation, have repossessed or are in the process of repossessing leased aircraft, and the GOB has ma [...] | 2006-03-03 20:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ597 | REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY VISITS BOLIVIA AND MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) accompanied by House Appropriations Clerk Nisha Desai and State Department Congressional Liaison Cherith Norman, visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 23-25. The delegation met with President Morales who complained about the 2004 visa revocatio [...] | 2006-03-07 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SNAR ETRD USTR BL |
06LAPAZ598 | SOY PRODUCERS CRITICIZE GOB'S FAILURE TO PROTECT [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian soy producers have criticized the GOB for failing to protect Andean markets, saying officials should have raised objections to provisions governing the treatment of U.S. exports of soy and its derivatives in free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru. Producers say they [...] | 2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL SNAR USTR BL |
06LAPAZ600 | GOB PROPOSES "DIGNITY TARIFF" FOR ELECTRICITY [...] (U) Summary: GOB officials recently announced plans to lower electricity rates to a still undetermined "dignity tariff," demanding that businesses make services less expensive for rural populations and the poor. Leaving little room for discussion, the GOB presented a three-point proposal to i [...] | 2006-03-07 19:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ657 | JET FUEL DEADLINE PASSES, GOB ASKS FOR MORE TIME [...] (U) Summary: In a March 8 letter to the Ambassador, the GOB acknowledged the expiration of the 14-day deadline to eliminate taxes on jet fuel uplifted by U.S.-registered air carriers (reftel) but asked for more time, noting that institutional reorganization had delayed consideration of the iss [...] | 2006-03-10 19:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL BL |
06LAPAZ691 | BUSINESSMEN EXPAND PUSH FOR FTA, STRUGGLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with GOB officials, business representatives have expanded their push for Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (reftel),urging the Morales administration to pursue comprehensive trade negotiations rather than an extension of the Andea [...] | 2006-03-14 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ726 | MORALES VOWS NEVER TO NEGOTIATE AN FTA [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales vowed March 15 never to negotiate a "free trade agreement," proposing instead a People's Trade Agreement to benefit Bolivian small producers (ref A). Business representatives reacted strongly, declaring Morales' announcement "a shame" and reiterating demands [...] | 2006-03-17 13:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ769 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS BOLIVIAN SOY PRODUCERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Ambassador to Bolivia, Edgar Papamija, met with Ambassador Greenlee March 17 to express concern that Bolivian government officials had inaccurately spun President Uribe's recent message about the FTA (ref A),and to receive a read-out of Greenlee's meeting with Presi [...] | 2006-03-21 18:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL USTR BL |
06LAPAZ816 | LLOYD LIMPS ALONG [...] (U) Summary: Mid-way through a 90-day government intervention, Bolivian national airline Lloyd Aero Boliviano is barely limping along. With its chief executive under attack, its finances increasingly shaky, and a U.S.-based company initiating legal proceedings to repossess the four aircraft L [...] | 2006-03-23 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ817 | GOB ESTABLISHES ELECTRICITY "DIGNITY TARIFF" [...] (U) Summary: The GOB established an electricity "dignity tariff" March 21, introducing a 25 percent reduction in rates for consumers who use fewer than 70 kilowatt hours of electricity per month. The 16 companies comprising Bolivia's national electricity network agreed to accept the rates and [...] | 2006-03-23 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ83 | GOB SETTLES INVESTMENT DISPUTE INVOLVING BECHTEL [...] (U) Summary: The legal chapter of the 2000 Cochabamba "water war" has come to a close, with the GOB and two international shareholders (one of them half owned by U.S. engineering multinational Bechtel) settling their long-festering investment dispute. Under the agreement, the GOB will purchas [...] | 2006-01-13 20:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ837 | BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The acting director of Bolivia's National Intellectual Property Service recently told us the organization is in "revolution." Structure, scope, and staffing are under review, as are various units' efficiency. Significant changes could put at risk the organization's USAID-suppo [...] | 2006-03-24 19:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ECON BL |
06LAPAZ869 | GOB PLANS TO NATIONALIZE HYDROCARBONS IN APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB recently announced that it intends to nationalize the hydrocarbons sector in April and launch a revamped YPFB (state oil company) by July. Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada confirmed these plans in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 28. U.S.-owned hydrocarbons [...] | 2006-03-29 14:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ870 | GOB ENDS LLOYD INTERVENTION [...] (U) Summary: The GOB ended its intervention in Lloyd Aero Boliviano (reftels) on March 24, one day after Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal granted a petition requesting the suspension of the GOB-appointed controller's authority. The GOB relinquished control to Ernesto Asbun, Lloyd's chief exe [...] | 2006-03-29 14:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ890 | POLITICIZED JUSTICE: THE CASE OF REPSOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Bolivia has pursued a highly politicized legal case against Spanish/Argentine-owned Repsol YPF, accusing Bolivia's second-largest gas producer of contraband and tax evasion. Repsol Bolivia President, Julio Gavito, was arrested for these charges on March 15, and [...] | 2006-03-30 19:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ901 | JUDICIARY RESISTS MAS ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Constitutional Tribunal's (TC) ruling against GOB intervention in the Lloyd Airlines' case (reftel A),President Morales and Vice-President Garcia Linera went on the offensive against the court, claiming it had accepted bribes from the airline's president. In one [...] | 2006-03-30 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ902 | LLOYD EMPLOYEES BLOCK RUNWAYS, DEMAND GOB [...] (U) Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees blocked airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz today, March 30, calling on the GOB to resume the intervention it suspended on March 24 (reftel). Police used tear gas to disperse protesters and clear runways in Cochabamba, but demonstrators con [...] | 2006-03-30 20:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ913 | POLICE AND MILITARY CLEAR RUNWAYS, GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian police and military cleared airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz late yesterday, March 30, and ended day-long protests organized by Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees demanding that the GOB resume the intervention it suspended March 24 (reftel). The flight d [...] | 2006-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ985 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: LISTS OUT; GOVERNMENT SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The list of candidates for the Constituent Assembly, publicly released on April 4, suggests an opposition increasingly fragmented and in disarray. While this should boost the MAS's hope to dominate the assembly, the ruling party has problems of its own. These stem from social [...] | 2006-04-10 17:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM EAID BL |
06LIBREVILLE486 | GABON'S REVISED BUDGET MIRRORS IMF GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gabonese legislature is expected to act shortly to approve the state's revised budget. The Minister of Finance described the new budget as addressing the IMF's concerns (reftel) and said it was a critical step for securing a three year program with the Fund. The IMF repres [...] | 2006-07-24 12:24:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GB |
06LIBREVILLE624 | MOBIL PULLING OUT OF GABON [...] (SBU) As part of a larger divestiture from its marketing operations in sub-Saharan Africa, ExxonMobil has sold its shares in Mobil Oil Gabon to the Libyan oil company, Tamoil. ExxonMobil held 90% of Mobil Oil Gabon, with the GoG holding the remaining 10%. Earlier in the year ExxonMobil sold it [...] | 2006-10-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON GB |
06LILONGWE1001 | MALAWI TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 16 to follow up on the points delivered in reftel B. Chiunguzeni confirmed that the GOM will support Michael Matheson, the U.S. candidate for the International Law Commission. Chiung [...] | 2006-11-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE104 | MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZED--FOR REAL [...] (U) After last-minute delays in December and January, the privatization of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. is finally going through. The buyer, Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., put down a $1 million earnest-money deposit last week and has followed that with $10 million more this week. The tot [...] | 2006-02-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS ECON MI |
06LILONGWE1048 | WRANGLE OVER FLOOR-CROSSING LAW LEAVES PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mutharika cannot appeal its advisory opinion on the controversial "floor-crossing" law. The ruling puts the ball firmly in the hands of the Speaker of Parliament, who could use the opinion to declare vacant the seats of over [...] | 2006-12-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE1095 | VICE-PRESIDENT'S TREASON CASE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight months after his arrest for allegedly conspiring to assassinate President Mutharika, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha still awaits the start of his trial. The GOM has only allowed the defense limited access to evidence, and the very long delays in the case have provoked lit [...] | 2006-12-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE127 | MALAWI TRIES NEW TOBACCO MARKETING SCHEME [...] (U) At the insistence of the World Bank, the GOM has announced plans to take a baby step toward liberalizing its state-controlled tobacco market this season. The Tobacco Control Commission will establish three local commodity exchanges as an experimental alternative to the sale of tobacco thr [...] | 2006-02-09 13:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD MI |
06LILONGWE133 | PRESIDENT "FIRES" VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has announced that he is effectively firing his Vice-President, a move that is widely seen as unconstitutional. Mutharika claims that by skipping cabinet meetings and avoiding most government functions Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has essentially tendered [...] | 2006-02-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE163 | GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withdrawn his security detail, staff and vehicles. For his part, Chilumpha announced on February 15 he plans to sue the Attorney General for contempt of court. Th [...] | 2006-02-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE166 | FORMER EDUCATION MINISTER TO SERVE 5 YEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE167 | ACOTA VIP DAY A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE178 | MUTHARIKA TAKES ON MALAWI'S REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika is attempting to reverse Malawi's longstanding tradition of regional politics by building the first political party with a truly national base. Regionalism has always been a major factor in Malawian politics, and shapes the prism through which modern politic [...] | 2006-02-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE19 | NORTHERN MALAWI'S CAPITAL OUTLAWS GRAIN TRADING [...] (SBU) The city assembly of Mzuzu, Malawi's northern regional capital, recently voted to ban private maize sales. The city's chief executive described the ban to us as a sop to popular sentiment and assured us that it would not be enforced. In any case, the incident illustrates the prevalence [...] | 2006-01-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID MI |
06LILONGWE20 | BUSINESSES PROTEST MALAWI'S FOREX PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Malawi's business community has recently stepped up its pleas to the GOM to loosen its foreign exchange policy, let the kwacha depreciate, and back off its heavy-handed informal controls on forex. Embassy has encouraged the local IMF representative to engage the central bank on this issu [...] | 2006-01-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON MI |
06LILONGWE224 | IMF INBRIEF: MALAWI IS LOOKING GOOD [...] The IMF's quarterly review mission to Malawi began today with an inbrief for the heads of diplomatic missions. The mission leader, Calvin McDonald, described the IMF's directors as "full of praise for Malawi," particularly in view of the GOM's generally poor track record from 2000 to 2004. [...] | 2006-03-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN MI |
06LILONGWE235 | UDF SPOKESMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, ARRESTED FOR TRESSPASSING IN GRAVEYARD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE258 | VICE-PRESIDENT'S POSITION STILL IN LIMBO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE269 | IMF: MALAWI SCORES SATISFACTORY REVIEW [...] (U) The IMF's assessment mission has given Malawi passing marks in the second review of its 2005 program. Citing strong fiscal performance, the team predicted that Malawi would reach HIPC completion point at mid year. The team expects fiscal difficulty in the first half of 2006, because of h [...] | 2006-03-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON MI |
06LILONGWE275 | MUTHARIKA TO TOBACCO BUYERS: "CALL ME A DICTATOR" [...] (SBU) President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the state-controlled tobacco auctions today with fiery populist rhetoric, accusing American buyers of collusion and telling them they must pay higher prices or "pack up and go." He announced that the GOM is establishing a minimum price for "strategic" [...] | 2006-03-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR |
06LILONGWE286 | MALAWI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE294 | MALAWI TOBACCO MARKET RELAXES [...] (U) Malawi's tobacco market has started to work again, after being disrupted by the GOM's new minimum price scheme. Buyers and sellers both seem to want to return to demand-driven pricing, but the market appears to be dealing with the government's prices for the moment. Buyers predict more pr [...] | 2006-03-31 09:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV EFIN MI |
06LILONGWE324 | BINGU PROMISES MORE ECONOMIC INTERVENTION AS [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the 39th session of Parliament on April 4, marking the event by promising to "pre-announce" prices for agricultural goods later this year. The President also reiterated his intention to continue fertilizer and seed subsidies and to launch severa [...] | 2006-04-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN EAGR MI |
06LILONGWE365 | MUTARIKA QUELLS DEBATE ON MUGABE VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawian civil society organizations have recently criticized the GOM for inviting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to visit Malawi and open a new road, named after Mugabe himself. Local NGO leaders say Malawi should not name roads after human rights violators such as Mugabe. [...] | 2006-04-26 08:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE371 | THE FUTURE OF THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is Malawi's oldest political party, and is the party of former Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda. They are currently the largest opposition party with 57 seats in Parliament, and have a strong political base in the central region. However, [...] | 2006-04-27 15:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE376 | VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. The Government claims Chilumpha, who has long been estranged from Mutharika, and four others hired a hit-ma [...] | 2006-05-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE377 | MALAWI PARLIAMENT CLOSES ANOTHER UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) On April 28, Malawi's National Assembly adjourned a four-week sitting after making very little progress through its growing legislative agenda. Among the measures passed were: -- a resolution accepting the GOM's mid-year budget review -- bills to accept World Bank grants and loans -- [...] | 2006-05-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE384 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked to the VP's alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. Those arrested include senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former ambass [...] | 2006-05-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE390 | VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evidence on May 6, three days after they were arrested. The twelve included a number of leaders in the VP's United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former Malawian [...] | 2006-05-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE391 | MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...] | 2006-05-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE406 | JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...] (U) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story that accused Malawi's attorney general of theft. The arrests are the latest in what appears to be a growing trend toward politically-motivated arrests and pros [...] | 2006-05-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE420 | VICE PRESIDENT GRANTED BAIL, BUT KEPT UNDER HOUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court granted Vice President Cassim Chilumpha bail in his treason case on May 15, under the condition that he would remain under house arrest. Chilumpha's two alleged accomplices were released on bail outright after surrendering their passports and putting up just over [...] | 2006-05-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE428 | PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...] | 2006-05-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE433 | TOBACCO MARKET IMPASSE RISKS FOREX CRISIS [...] (U) Malawi's tobacco auctions closed again May 11 in a continuing dispute over prices. Before this shutdown, a combination of government price controls, weak demand, and a large crop were slowing throughput in the market to about 60 percent of normal. About 30 percent of all tobacco presented [...] | 2006-05-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR MI |
06LILONGWE437 | LUKEWARM IMF REVIEW OF MALAWI [...] (U) Summary. During a May 15 briefing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment team characterized the Government of Malawi's (GOM) overall performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program as "positive," though there were some notable areas of concern. Some s [...] | 2006-05-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON MI |
06LILONGWE442 | MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...] | 2006-05-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE483 | GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention to amend the constitution to postpone local elections to 2009, to coincide with the next regular presidential and parliamentary elections. The move will save [...] | 2006-06-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE489 | CABINET RESHUFFLED; OPPOSITION "REBEL" LEADERS JOIN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 05:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE525 | RESPECTED OPPOSITION FIGURE DIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE654 | FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...] | 2006-08-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE68 | TWO NEW PRO GOVERNMENT TABLOIDS LAUNCHED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC MI |
06LILONGWE690 | MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 07:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI |
06LILONGWE699 | A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembly with 77 MPs. The party, just over a year old, faces both legal and organizational challenges as it strives to make itself into a lasting party. The main ch [...] | 2006-08-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE708 | MALAWI SCORES ANOTHER CORRUPTION CONVICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE714 | MALAWI APPROVES BUDGET IN TIME FOR HIPC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE BOTCHED HANDLING OF A CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT BAKILI MULUZI (REF A),THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI MANAGED TO PASS THE NATIONAL BUDGET ON AUGUST 3 AFTER WEEKS OF TENSE, PROTRACTED WRANGLING WITH THE OPPOSITION-DOMINATED PARLIAMENT. THE OPPOSITION [...] | 2006-08-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE715 | PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE719 | PRESIDENT DECLARES "WAR" ON FOREIGN TOBACCO BUYERS [...] (U) Summary: President Mutharika has again lashed out at foreign tobacco buyers, castigating them for paying low prices at the state-run auction. The president singled out for criticism the manager of the local subsidiary of an American tobacco company, telling him to pay more or leave the cou [...] | 2006-08-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE769 | MALAWI GAINS MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and IMF have recommended Malawi for HIPC Completion Point, providing for the erasure of most of the country's external debt under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). Malawi's foreign debt will fall from $2.9 billion to about $400 million. Domestic debt [...] | 2006-09-07 11:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE845 | THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF),has declined significantly in both resources and influence since President Mutharika's resignation from the party in February 2005 and his subsequent formation of a new ruling party. Following the split, t [...] | 2006-09-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE889 | MALAWI: THE CASE FOR MCA COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two years, Malawi has embarked on a process of positive reform, led by the government of President Mutharika, that has effectively reversed many years of corruption and misrule. The GOM has decisively taken control of its own development agenda, and has embraced th [...] | 2006-10-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE914 | The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...] | 2006-10-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE924 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLLS STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Plans for local government elections in Malawi, delayed for a year and a half and now scheduled for May/June 2007, are still tentative, though there is slow movement in the right direction. End Summary. Political Will? --------------- 2. (SBU) Mandated by the constitution, [...] | 2006-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE94 | MALAWI'S PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE TO RESTART [...] (SBU) The American operator of Malawi's railway agreed on terms to restart its passenger service, which had been closed for four months. The closure had brought sharp criticism from the GOM and possibly endangered the much larger cargo concession, a crucial link in the Nacala Corridor. While [...] | 2006-02-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EFIN MI |
06LILONGWE953 | BINGU DUMPS TWO TOP MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika fired the Ministers of Agriculture and Economic Planning and Development on October 26, primarily for political reasons. Mutharika has taken over as minister of both portfolios for the time being. The dismissals come as Malawi's political class begins to loo [...] | 2006-11-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE976 | FLOOR-CROSSING VERDICT OUT - GOVERNMENT COULD LOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has issued a ruling which could cause over eighty members of Parliament, most of them associated with President Mutharika,s DPP, to lose their seats. The ruling was delivered on November 7 and has been appealed to the Supreme Court. If the ruling i [...] | 2006-11-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LIMA1064 | CONSERVATIVE OR POPULIST? LOURDES' ECONOMIC PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Center-right candidate Lourdes Flores has developed an economic plan based on neo-liberal economic policies, including stressing fiscal responsibility, calling for the streamlining of government, endorsing the privatization of state owned enterprises and infrastructure, and pr [...] | 2006-03-17 18:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA1080 | ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA PULLING AWAY AS FLORES [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala took over first place in the latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, performed 3/15-17, rising one point to 32 percent, while former front-runner, center-right Unidad Nacional candidate [...] | 2006-03-20 21:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA113 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GARRIDO & [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin F. Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 17, 2006 through January 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct follow up inspection of select, A 14 CFR, P [...] | 2006-01-11 16:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA1154 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...] | 2006-03-23 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1155 | MRTA LEADER VICTOR POLAY SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS IN [...] (U) On 3/21, Peru's National Anti-Terrorism Court imposed a 32-year prison sentence on Victor Polay Campos, the founder and principal commander of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist group. Polay was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, bombing, kidnapping and extorti [...] | 2006-03-23 22:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KJUS ASEC PE |
06LIMA1158 | PROMOTING DIGITAL FREEDOM INITIATIVE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has coordinated closely with the GOP and the private sector to advance the Digital Freedom Initiative (DFI) in Peru during the past year. In December, we established a DFI Working Group of nine officials, including two from the Embassy, two from the GOP and the General M [...] | 2006-03-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE |
06LIMA1197 | HUMALA EXPANDS LEAD, WHILE FLORES INCHES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala gained one percentage point over the past week (to 33 percent) in the latest Apoyo nationwide poll, performed 3/22-24, expanding his lead over center-right Unidad Nacional alliance candidate Lo [...] | 2006-03-27 21:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1204 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADAPTATION WORKSHOP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Shira Yoffe for the period of April 17, 2006 through April 24, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Latin American Workshop on Adaptation. Per Reftel [...] | 2006-03-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA SENV PE |
06LIMA1205 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC GRAYLIN MILLER, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Graylin Miller, Biologist; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Medical Epidemiologist; George Luber, Epidemiologist; Manish Patel, Medical Officer; Joshua Schier, Medical Toxicologist; Fuyuen Yip, Medical Epidemiologist for the period of [...] | 2006-03-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE |
06LIMA123 | RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; [...] (U) A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to apply to register their presidential tickets for the April election. Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National Electo [...] | 2006-01-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1257 | MARCH 2006 MONTHLY CABLE [...] (SBU) Here are the key developments in March 2006: -- In March, CORAH eradicated 1,593 hectares of coca in the Polvora/Pizana region of the Huallaga Valley. Thirteen hectares of opium poppy were also eradicated by the Police. -- DIRANDRO also destroyed 47 cocaine base labs and neutrali [...] | 2006-03-31 17:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
06LIMA1263 | LETOURNEAU AND GOP REACH SETTLEMENT AFTER 35 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: LeTourneau's attorney on March 30 accepted Peru's offer of compensation for road construction performed more than 35 years ago. Payment of the approximately $10 million settlement, expected by May 15, would conclude this ATPDEA commercial dispute. End Summary. ATPDEA Resusc [...] | 2006-04-03 14:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA128 | GE - ONE STEP CLOSER TO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 27, the 8th Penal Court in Lima ruled in favor of General Electric (GE) on one of its six habeas corpus cases, lifting the international arrest warrant for the GE executives accused of having wrongfully terminated and committed fraud against former GE distributor i [...] | 2006-01-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE PE |
06LIMA1286 | BUSINESS COMMUNITY LINED UP ON FTA CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Private sector leaders are ready to begin the FTA public ad campaign beginning on April 10, the day after national elections. Focus groups are already identifying themes and attitudes in provinces to better target audiences about the benefits of a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement [...] | 2006-04-04 18:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1299 | COCA COMMUNITIES SIGN UP FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Coca growing communities are signing up to voluntarily eradicate their coca and participate in USAID's Alternative Development (AD) Program at a rate on par to meet the annual target of eradicating 2500 hectares. Uncertainties regarding upcoming elections and the pro-coca rhet [...] | 2006-04-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA1326 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...] | 2006-04-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1344 | OAS OBSERVER MISSION AND ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The heads of the National Electoral Board (JNE) and the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) told Polcouns 4/6 that they were confident the 4/9 general elections will proceed in a free, fair and secure manner. OAS Observer Mission director Lloyd Axworthy concurred with this asse [...] | 2006-04-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1345 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CRACKS APPEAR IN [...] (U) During a 4/4-5 visit to the northern coastal area, local observers told Poloff that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia will likely carry Chiclayo by a narrow margin, with Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala battling for second place. In Piura [...] | 2006-04-07 18:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1346 | ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNS HOLD FINAL RALLIES; [...] (U) Presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with a flourish, holding massive closing rallies on 4/6, the final day for campaigning before the 4/9 general elections. Two of the three leading candidates, Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and APRA's Alan Garcia, addressed their supporters in [...] | 2006-04-07 18:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1438 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HALLET. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke for the period of April 26, 2006 through April 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present, "Taxias, Analysis of Gait Disorders a [...] | 2006-04-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE |
06LIMA1441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. ATD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 7, 2006 through May 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, in [...] | 2006-04-12 18:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE |
06LIMA1454 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Shira Yoffe, for the period of April 17-20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in UNFCCC workshop. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has been requested. Embassy POC Howard would appreciate an email summary o [...] | 2006-04-12 23:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC SENV PE |
06LIMA1534 | ILLEGAL LOGGING THRIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peru exports the most broad leaf mahogany in the world, a majority of it to the U.S. Much of the exports are likely from illegal logging, violating Peruvian law and the CITES international convention against trafficking in endangered species. The GOP, NGO community and Peruv [...] | 2006-04-21 14:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA1587 | INAUGURATION OF DFI MICRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Struble, accompanied by an official from USAID Washington, the Vice Minister of Industry, and the General Managers of Voxiva, Motorola, Telefonica and Cisco, inaugurated on April 19 the first micro telecommunications company established under USAID's Last Mile Initi [...] | 2006-04-25 17:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EAID PE |
06LIMA1594 | AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 18-19 trip to Junin, a Department in the Peruvian highlands, the Ambassador met with several local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador toured several facilities that rec [...] | 2006-04-25 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE |
06LIMA1595 | HOW THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY IPR DECISION AFFECTS PERU [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 6, the Andean Commission issued Decision 632, which clarified the Andean Community's regulations on data protections for patents. Under Decision 632, member countries may protect test data through the imposition of data exclusivity periods, which is consistent with T [...] | 2006-04-26 12:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1602 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 15, 2006 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, i [...] | 2006-04-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE |
06LIMA1603 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of May 15, 2006 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit to collaborate with Robert Gilman, Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Informatica, Salud y Aglicultura on Chagas disease research, i [...] | 2006-04-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US CDC PE |
06LIMA1646 | PERU: DEMARCHE ON SPECIAL 301 REPORT DELIEVERED [...] (SBU) We spoke to Martin Moscoso, head of Indecopi's copyright office, on April 28 to discuss the listing of Peru on the Special 301 Watch List, per reftel A. Moscoso stated that while he understood why Peru included on the Watch List, he wanted to emphasize that the GOP, working closely wi [...] | 2006-04-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PE |
06LIMA17 | TANS AIRLINES - ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT TO FLY [...] (SBU) Summary. After several months of reassessing Peruvian Air Force-owned TANS Airlines after the August crash that killed 43, the Ministry of Transport and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on January 1 suspended TANS' flight permissions, not for maintenance and safety reaso [...] | 2006-01-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ASEC ECON PE |
06LIMA1718 | PERU CELEBRATES ANTI-PIRACY WEEK [...] (U) Summary. The Peruvian Government, promoting the protection of intellectual property rights, celebrated Anti- Piracy week from April 23-30. Indecopi, the Government's IPR Administrative Agency, commemorated its second annual Destruction Day, destroying more than 300,000 confiscated pirat [...] | 2006-05-04 18:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PE |
06LIMA1742 | HUNT OIL SIGNS NEW HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION DEAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hunt Oil signed an agreement with the GOP to explore for hydrocarbons northwest of the Camisea natural gas fields. The remoteness of the area makes for challenges in transporting hydrocarbons to market as well as dealing with the expected opposition from some NGO's to drilling in [...] | 2006-05-05 18:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA176 | EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...] | 2006-01-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE |
06LIMA1776 | STATUS OF LIMA AIRPORT - QUESTIONS ANSWERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel A, Post met with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aviation Office and the Lima Airport Partners (LAP) to ascertain information about the Lima Airport. Both the GOP and LAP continue to emphasize that the Lima Airport should not be considered a governme [...] | 2006-05-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1799 | APOYO POLL GIVES CLEAR SECOND ROUND LEAD TO ALAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. A new poll by the Apoyo organization shows APRA's Alan Garcia ahead of UPP candidate Ollanta Humala by 57 to 43 percent. Regionally, Humala leads in the central and southern highlands and in the jungle, but Garcia is solidly ahead in the north and along the coast, and leads by a [...] | 2006-05-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1811 | NAS APRIL 2006 MONTHLY CABLE [...] (SBU) The key developments in April 2006: ** As of April 27, CORAH eradicated 3,027 hectares and eliminated 8,262 square meters of seedbeds. ** Three improvised explosive devices (IED) exploded over two days in coca fields. No eradicators were seriously injured. ** Police destroyed 38.5 [...] | 2006-05-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
06LIMA1825 | TEXTILE SECTOR GROWING AT DIMINISHED RATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel industry witnessed a 2.6 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2006 year-on-year, substantially less than the 13 percent growth witnessed during the same period in 2005. Government officials attribute this slow down in growth to conc [...] | 2006-05-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA1830 | PAYMENT OF LETOURNEAU SETTLEMENT DELAYED [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP Disputes Coordinator Aurelio Loret de Mola informed us May 11 that the GOP will be unable to pay LeTourneau its $10 million settlement by the May 15 deadline due to procedural delays. The Peruvian Government will issue a Supreme Decree regarding payment and will send the [...] | 2006-05-11 19:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1833 | PERU: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Director of UN Affairs, Miguel Barreto on 3/10. On 3/11 Barreto told Poloff that the GOP in general supports the points, specifically the importance of restoring Lebanese sovereignty and independence. Barreto said he had not yet see [...] | 2006-05-11 22:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE PE |
06LIMA1852 | HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...] | 2006-05-12 20:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1927 | GOP RESPONDS TO FAA IASA REPORT [...] (SBU) We met with Luis Rivera, Director General of Civil Aviation, May 16 to deliver the FAA's report on the International Aviation Safety Assessment and discuss next steps. Rivera, at first, seemed quite taken aback at the FAA's recommendation to downgrade Peru to Category 2. However, once w [...] | 2006-05-17 16:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA1974 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ALL EYES ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The excitement of the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election campaign has lessened now that the run-off has come down to Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala and APRA's Alan Garcia. While the two candidates continue to preside over rallies of their f [...] | 2006-05-19 20:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2039 | THE GARCIA-HUMALA DEBATE: THE TWO TALK PAST EACH [...] (SBU) APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala talked past one another in their 5/21 "debate," aiming their presentations at separate target audiences. Garcia, addressing the fifty percent of the population who did not vote for either run-off finalist, sought to port [...] | 2006-05-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2056 | BACKGROUND ON DOE RUN'S TAX DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. While the GOP has resolved many of the outstanding commercial disputes with U.S. firms, Doe Run Peru continues to have significant differences with SUNAT (the tax agency) over tax assessments. The dispute focuses on three central points: first, whether Doe Run was entitled [...] | 2006-05-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA2075 | ANTI-FTA MARCH HAS LITTLE TURN-OUT, LOW IMPACT [...] (U) Labor union leaders, farmers, students, and members of left-wing political groups participated in a march in Lima against the Peru-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the afternoon of 5/24. Organizers had talked about bringing masses of cocaleros and other malcontents into town, and wanted [...] | 2006-05-25 20:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PE |
06LIMA2083 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS TO PERU, MAY 26- [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Country Team, I welcome your visit to Peru, May 26-28. Peru is at a historic crossroads, with a close presidential election on June 4 and the opportunity to ratify the free trade agreement with the United States. With a stable political system and a strong economy, Per [...] | 2006-05-25 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD PE |
06LIMA2096 | LATEST (PRE-DEBATE) POLLS SHOW GARCIA MAINTAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent (albeit pre-presidential debate) nationwide polls by the Apoyo and DATUM organizations continue to show APRA candidate Alan Garcia holding a 12-14 point lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. The polls differ on trends, however, with Apoyo reportin [...] | 2006-05-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2098 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MEEKS. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the honorable Gregory W. Meeks and staffer Sophia King, for the period of May 26 through May 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with high level government officials in Peru regarding issues of regional and [...] | 2006-05-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN AMGT OREP CO PE |
06LIMA2146 | LATEST APOYO POLLING INDICATES GARCIA'S LEAD OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a simulated secret vote carried out by the Apoyo consultancy, APRA's Alan Garcia's lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala in the presidential race is down to four points (52-48 percent). Simultaneous polling based on face-to-face interviews found the di [...] | 2006-05-30 22:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2156 | NOMINATION OF MOTOROLA FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Lima is pleased to nominate Motorola Peru for consideration for the Secretary of State's Eighth Award for Corporate Excellence. Motorola Peru is an outstanding example of the company's commitment to quality, efficiency, innovation, safety and human resource development [...] | 2006-05-31 17:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KSEP PE |
06LIMA2205 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT MAY 2006 [...] (U) Key developments in May -- The GOP has CORAH had eradicated 4,416 hectares of coca in 2006. If the new GOP administration continues to support this effort, we believe eradication should top the CY 2006 goal of 10,000 hectares by December. -- The GOP remains enthused about establish [...] | 2006-06-02 21:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
06LIMA2217 | ADVANCING PERU'S DIGITAL FREEDOM INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Post continues to promote the Digital Freedom Initiative in Peru, coordinating closely with the GOP and the private sector. The five DFI subgroups on software, hardware, e-commerce, business models and telecommunications have met in the past two months to review development p [...] | 2006-06-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE |
06LIMA2222 | ALAN GARCIA ELECTED PERU'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (U) With 91 percent of the voting tables counted as of 09:00 on 6/5, APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia has a virtually insurmountable 53.5-46.5 percent lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. Garcia's advantage in votes is 859,507 (6,518-446 to 5,558,939). Humala can be e [...] | 2006-06-05 20:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2226 | UPDATE ON OUTSTANDING AIRPORT FEES [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) After almost two years, Post and the GOP have partially resolved the issue of outstanding landing, parking and other fees at the Lima Airport. Per Reftel, Post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Ma [...] | 2006-06-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PGOV PE |
06LIMA2230 | GOP APPROVES DEFERMENT DOE RUN/LA OROYA CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) granted final approval, but with conditions, to Doe Run Peru's extension request for its sulfur dioxide (SO2) environmental cleanup plan at the La Oroya smelter. Doe Run will have three more years to complete three SO2 treatmen [...] | 2006-06-05 21:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA2284 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARMELO RIVERA. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carmelo Rivera for the period of June 18, through June 24, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Organization of American States (OAS) Commission for Inter-American Telecommunications Permanent Consultative Co [...] | 2006-06-07 17:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TSPA OTRA RP PE |
06LIMA2298 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CHRISTOPHER HARPEL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Volunteer Geologist Chritopher Harpel for the period of June 21 through August 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to complete field portion of project to map recent eruptive deposits around El Misti Volcano near Arequipa. [...] | 2006-06-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA TPHY KSAC TBIO PE |
06LIMA2314 | OAS MONITORING DOCUMENTS A FREE AND FAIR SECOND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As was the case in April, Lloyd Axworthy provided energetic and skillful leadership to the OAS monitoring mission in Peru. In a private meeting on 6/6, Axworthy told the Ambassador that his final report, although generally positive, would highlight the need for better GOP inte [...] | 2006-06-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OAS PE |
06LIMA2367 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During his codel to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with Prime Minister Kuczynski to discuss the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and the state of democracy in Peru. The Prime Minister provided a persuasive case on how the Agreement will boost the economy, emphasizing the crea [...] | 2006-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2368 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH AFRO-PERUVIANS [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks met with representatives of the Afro-Peruvian community on May 27. The Afro-Peruvians discussed their marginalized role in society, where 90 percent live in poverty and their unique cultural heritage is largely ignored. Congressman Meeks encouraged them [...] | 2006-06-13 21:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2373 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE ACCORD AND LABOR [...] (U) Summary: During his codel to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with representatives from the business community and labor organizations. The business leaders laid out a good case for ratifying the accord, citing the probable job creation in the formal sector. The labor leaders said th [...] | 2006-06-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2381 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MCLAUGHLIN, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA2399 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FISH AND WILDLIFE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Andrea L. Gaski for the period of June 25 through July 4, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Cites Mahogany and Significant Trade at the Cites Plants Committee. Per Reftel no Embass [...] | 2006-06-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE |
06LIMA2439 | AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA IN TRUJILLO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his June 12 trip to Trujillo, a city along the northern coast, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.- Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador, accompanied by press, toured a Peruvian agricult [...] | 2006-06-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE |
06LIMA247 | TRIPWIRE CONTACTS - LIMA [...] (SBU) Embassy Lima has access to the CLASSNET software application for Tripwires and confirms its continuing participation in the Tripwire program. Previous reporters have departed post. 2. (SBU) The two American Citizen employees who currently will be responsible for inputting tripwire dat [...] | 2006-01-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC AMED KFLO CONS TBIO PE |
06LIMA2481 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DINT/FWS EMPLOYEES. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert R. Gabel, Patricia de Angelis, Michael D. Kreger, Mark Albert and Anne St. John for the period of July 1 through July 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Sixth Meeting of the Plants Committee of the Conve [...] | 2006-06-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SENV OTRA KSCA TBIO AMGT PE |
06LIMA2493 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID KEEFER. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS David Keefer for the period of July 28 through August 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct fieldwork in areas of Peru that have experienced earthquake-induced landsliding. Per Reftel no Embassy assistance has [...] | 2006-06-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE |
06LIMA2499 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA EMPLOYEES SMITH, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NOAA employees Katherine Smith, Nancy Daves, Donna Wieting and John Carlson for the period of July 6 through July 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-Second Animals Committee Meeting of (CITIES) the Conve [...] | 2006-06-22 17:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS PE |
06LIMA2507 | UNDERSTANDING GARCIA'S EXPORT PROMOTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In an effort to promote economic growth in southern Peru and the highlands, President-elect Alan Garcia has made his Sierra Exportadora program a key priority of his incoming administration. The five-year project will encourage farmers in the highlands to shift from the produ [...] | 2006-06-22 20:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE |
06LIMA2529 | PFIZER WINS IPR CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Pfizer, in 2002, filed a patent infringement case against Indian company Ranbaxy, alleging that the company was illegally copying its Lipitor patent. Indecopi, (Peru's IPR Administrator),issued two final decisions in June in favor of Pfizer, finding Ranbaxy guilty of violatin [...] | 2006-06-26 13:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PE |
06LIMA2534 | GARCIA'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Garcia's economic team detailed Garcia's short term priorities, including improving water quality and promoting agricultural exports from the Andes. These programs should begin shortly after the July 28 inauguration, [...] | 2006-06-26 18:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE |
06LIMA2559 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA SHERWOOD HALL. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Sherwood Hall for the period of July 16 through July 22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to train and provide a course on Marine Biotoxins to the officials of the Official Sanitary Authority of the Peruvian Government [...] | 2006-06-27 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE |
06LIMA2568 | UPDATE ON PERU'S DIGITAL FREEDOM INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. We remain committed to promoting the Digital Freedom Initiative in Peru. The DFI Working Group, which includes members of the GOP, Embassy and private sector, is currently reviewing several project proposals, including one to improve women's health by improving communications [...] | 2006-06-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE |
06LIMA2586 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WILLENS (JUL 4-12) [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Staff Member Todd Willens, House Resources Committee, to Peru, July 4-12, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-second meeting of the Animals Committee, which is part of the Convention on International Trade in Endanger [...] | 2006-06-30 16:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
06LIMA2629 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARTHA BALDWIN AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/FDA Martha Baldwin and Karen Bryerton for the period of June 30 through July 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Regulatory Inspection Opening meeting with government officials and to conduct food inspections of [...] | 2006-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA US PE |
06LIMA2668 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA2686 | PERU: DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS TO COSPONSOR [...] (SBU) On 7/7, prior to receipt of Ref A, Foreign Minister Maurtua told the Ambassador that Japan had requested Peru to co-sponsor its UNSC resolution regarding DPRK missiles; Maurtua said that he wanted to hear US views before deciding. The Ambassador said that the USG considered the North Kor [...] | 2006-07-10 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KN PARM UNSC PE |
06LIMA2707 | COURT DISMISSES ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES IN GE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's Constitutional Court on July 6 ruled in favor of GE in one of its habeas corpus cases, dismissing all criminal charges against the 23 GE defendants. In its decision, the Constitutional Court commented that the 4th Penal Court, which originally issued international arres [...] | 2006-07-11 20:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE PE |
06LIMA2708 | PERU PRIVATIZES PORT OF CALLAO [...] (U) Summary. Following up on a pledge to improve services at Lima's Port of Callao, the GOP on June 23 granted to firm P&O Dover a contract to build a new container terminal. Total cost of the project is estimated at $617 million over the next six years. P&O, along with its Peruvian partner [...] | 2006-07-11 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA2715 | UPDATE ON ATPDEA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years after the implementation of ATPDEA, the Peruvian Government has resolved six of the nine original ATPDEA disputes. The GOP is working to resolve the remaining ATPDEA cases -- LeTourneau, Engelhard and Princeton Dover -- as well as several other high profile cases, i [...] | 2006-07-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA2736 | TOLEDO ADMINISTRATION TOUTS LONGEST ECONOMIC BOOM [...] (U) Summary. Outgoing Finance Minister Fernando Zavala announced that Peru is currently experiencing its longest economic boom, enjoying one of the highest growth rates in South America. During a July 11 presentation, Zavala highlighted Peru's 60 consecutive months of macroeconomic growth and [...] | 2006-07-13 17:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE |
06LIMA2839 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, I welcome your July 27-28 visit to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Alan GARCIA Perez. This presidential transition is historic--for the first time in modern Peruvian history one elected leader will transfer authority to another without the backdrop of an [...] | 2006-07-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD PE |
06LIMA2899 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Sarah Loel Dickerson, Gregory Michel Dwyer, Michael Vernon Strosinski for the period of August 23 through August 26, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to visit IPEN facilities in order to test security upgrades. [...] | 2006-07-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA2900 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN. ATD #2357 [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of HHS/CDC Caryn Bern for the period of August 16 through August 20, 2006 and August 25 through August 31, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate on Changas Disease Research, including data analysis and development of p [...] | 2006-07-26 16:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US PE BL CDC |
06LIMA2926 | CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...] | 2006-07-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PINR PE |
06LIMA2927 | CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...] | 2006-07-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PINR PE |
06LIMA2942 | LETOURNEAU RECEIVES SETTLEMENT, CASE CLOSED [...] (U) On July 26, Roy LeTourneau, CEO of LeTourneau Foundation, received the agreed-upon settlement of approximately USD 10 million from the GOP by wire transfer, resolving a decades-old dispute. That same day, LeTourneau signed a Cancellation Public Deed that formally closed the case. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-08-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA2945 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IET/TREASURY JAMES PARROT, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of IET/Treasury officials James Parrot, Manuel Godinez and Enrique Gerardo Fasci for the period of August 11 through August 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present the Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) Training Cours [...] | 2006-08-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PE |
06LIMA2947 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JULIA ERSHOVA ATD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julia Ershova for the period of August 05 through August 14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct a training course for the participants of project "Implementation and Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Methods". Per Reft [...] | 2006-08-01 16:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA OTRA US PE CDC |
06LIMA2948 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Federal Aviation Administration personnel Joaquin R. Ochoa, Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Frank Morales from July 30, 2006 through August 9, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct SUP investigation of Cielos del Peru Airlines [...] | 2006-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA2989 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of DOE personnel Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Michael Dwyer, Gregory Allen Herdes, Jeremo Don Jamison, Kurt Ogg Westerman and Joseph Henry Schwartzel for the period of August 8 through August 14, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to [...] | 2006-08-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA2997 | PRESIDENT GARCIA'S FIRST MESSAGE TO THE NATION [...] (SBU) On 7/28 Alan Garcia Perez was sworn in as President and delivered his first message to the nation. Running an hour and a half, the President put forward an overlong list of initiatives and specific policy recommendations. Garcia focused on actions to help the 13 million Peruvians in po [...] | 2006-08-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA3013 | GARCIA CHOOSES COMPETENCE FOR HIS ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (U) Summary: President Garcia's choices for Finance Minister, Trade Minister and Production Minister suggest that he will maintain the economic policies of the Toledo Administration. The Finance Minister, Luis Carranza, has not been a high-profile political player, but he brings sound economic [...] | 2006-08-02 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3014 | PERUVIANS PRAGMATIC ON CASTRO'S ILLNESS [...] (U) Pronouncements by Peru's leaders on the situation in Cuba have been guarded and pragmatic. --After lamenting Castro's deteriorating health, Peruvian Prime Minister and long-time advisor to President Alan Garcia told Radio Programs of Peru on 8/1 that the international community should p [...] | 2006-08-02 22:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA3016 | PERU'S GARCIA EXTENDS HAND TO CHILE [...] (U) During his inauguration, Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez made a deliberate and highly successful effort to improve Peru's relations with Chile. Garcia invited President Bachelet to be a guest of honor at Peru's annual Independence Day Military Parade on 7/29, and Peruvian Foreign Mi [...] | 2006-08-02 22:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA3068 | PERU RESPONSE TO APEC PRIORITIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP generally supports the USG's priorities for APEC, especially on trade. Commerce Vice Minister Chan was pessimistic about real progress on IPR, but confident the Counter-Terrorism Task Force's mandate would be extended. Peru's priorities (Ref B) have been mainly trade- [...] | 2006-08-04 23:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ETRD ECON PE |
06LIMA3137 | BIOS FOR AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT & HOUSING [...] (U) Biographic information for President Alan Garcia's Ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mining, Transportation, and Housing follows below. These ministers took office on July 28, 2006. See Ref A for the bios of the Prime Minister and Foreign, Defense, and Interior Ministers, and Ref B fo [...] | 2006-08-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV TBIO PREL PE |
06LIMA3139 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA INSPECTORS PEREZ AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Transportation Security Administration personnel George Perez and Anthony Rivera from September 11, 2006 through September 15, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct Air Carrier Station Inspections of the U.S. Air Carrier [...] | 2006-08-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA3141 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA CRUZ AND PERRY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 17:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA3148 | GARCIA'S PROMISE OF "WATER FOR EVERYONE" [...] (U) Summary. President Alan Garcia has made his Agua Para Todos (Water for Everyone) program a top priority. The $5 billion program sets an ambitious five-year target of reducing by half the five million Peruvians without access to potable water. It includes nine major water treatment, infra [...] | 2006-08-10 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE |
06LIMA3194 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury officials Anna Jewell and Jeffrey Levine, August 14-18. Control Officer below has been in contact with Jewell and Levine. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure tax on any outbou [...] | 2006-08-14 22:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EINV ECON PE |
06LIMA3245 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE AND MANPADS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of TSA Attache Joseph G. Ochoa, Santo Polizzi and David W. Thomas from September 7, 2006 through September 16, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to assist TSA security specialists team conducting a MANPADS Vulnerability Assessment [...] | 2006-08-17 17:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER EAIR OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA3283 | GARCIA NAMES FAMOUS ECONOMIST AS PTPA PROMOTER [...] (U) Summary. On August 17, President Garcia named renowned economist Hernando de Soto as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). De Soto, a world-renowned economist and author of "The Other Path," has reportedl [...] | 2006-08-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3290 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA KELLY, TURNER, MASTERS, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Commerce, NOAA, NWS Brig. Gen. Kelly, Kelly Turner, Robert Draggon and Cynthia Hampton for the period of September 6 through September 14, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to participate in the World Meteorologi [...] | 2006-08-21 15:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TPHY OTRA KSCA WMO PE |
06LIMA3292 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. LIPSKY AND TUAN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Lipsky and Dr. Rocky Tuan for the period of August 18 through August 24, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to participate as speakers in the XIV Pan American Congress of Rheumatology (PANLAR Congress 2006). [...] | 2006-08-21 15:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TBIO OTRA PE |
06LIMA3332 | Country Clearance Approval - Jose Bruzual [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jose Bruzual, Veterinary Consultant from August 29 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the FAO sponsored emergency preparedness for Avian Influenza in the Andes Region. Embassy assistance has been not [...] | 2006-08-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA PE |
06LIMA3370 | Country Clearance Approval - Annabella Reszczynski [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Annabella Reszczynski, FSN, Agricultural Specialist, Area 1, South America Region, International Services, APHIS/USDA from August 30 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the OIE-FAO Meeting. Hotel accom [...] | 2006-08-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA PE |
06LIMA3384 | PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...] | 2006-08-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE |
06LIMA3385 | TRADE ENVOY DE SOTO DISCUSSES PTPA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hernando de Soto, President Garcia's recently named Personal Representative for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),told the Ambassador on August 22 that he would develop a plan of activities to promote U.S. Congressional passage of the PTPA before traveling to the U [...] | 2006-08-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3388 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL SIEGMAN AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of FAA personnel James E. Siegman and James G. Greenwood from September 9, 2006 through September 14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to perform a FAR Part 145 Facility Inspection and modification to the avionics of ASTAR's Air [...] | 2006-08-25 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA3389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL BENJAMIN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of FAA Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from August 27, 2006 through September 1, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow up inspection of LIC Busre A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviation Lider in Lima. [...] | 2006-08-25 17:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA3397 | BIOS FOR NEW JUSTICE, LABOR, EDUCATION, HEALTH, [...] (U) Biographic information for President Garcia's Ministers of Justice, Labor, Education, Health, and Women's Affairs and Social Development follows below. As noted in reftels the appointments represent a multi-party cabinet with a mix of APRA party loyalists and technical personnel. These mi [...] | 2006-08-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA3416 | Country Clearance Approval - APHIS GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Cesar Orozco, Veterinary Officer, APHIS IS, Bolivia; Roberto Guzman, APHIS Bogota; Jorge Leon, APHIS Caracas and, Esteban Espinoza, APHIS Quito from August 30 through September 02, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the OI [...] | 2006-08-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA PE |
06LIMA3418 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS COTTER TEAM [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of USGS Gladys Cotter, Thomas Hermann, Mark Fornwall, Thomas Lahr and Michael Ruggiero for the period of September 28 through October 08, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the Governing Board Meeting of [...] | 2006-08-29 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO PE |
06LIMA3426 | ASSISTANT USTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) I welcome your August 30-September 1 visit to Peru to discuss the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) with the Peruvian government, the local American and Peruvian business communities and members of civil society. The agreement is an important element of newly-elected President Al [...] | 2006-08-29 19:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV OTRA PE |
06LIMA3486 | TRADE MINISTER EXPLAINS PERU'S DECISION TO REJOIN G-20 [...] (SBU) While in Brazil on August 25, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde announced that Peru would rejoin the G-20. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim proudly noted that Ecuador and Peru would attend the G-20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro from September 9-10, raising G-20 membership t [...] | 2006-09-01 21:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO OTRA PE |
06LIMA349 | COMMERCIAL DISPUTE SUCCESS STORIES - MOTOROLA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Aside from the ATPDEA commercial disputes, Embassy Lima handles a substantial number of other commercial disputes. Over the past two months, three of these cases have been successfully resolved in favor of the U.S. companies. In Motorola's case, the Tax Court disagreed with [...] | 2006-01-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE PE |
06LIMA3534 | Country Clearance Approval - Julie Kunen [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julie Kunen, Forestry Advisor, US Forest Service from September 14 through September 24, 2006. The purpose of travel is to participate in USG-funded workshop on forest transparency and to meet with USAID mission staff and key st [...] | 2006-09-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA PE |
06LIMA3571 | GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS [...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narco [...] | 2006-09-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3572 | GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS [...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narc [...] | 2006-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3622 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF EDWARD MURDY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of NSF Edward Murdy for the period of September 30 through October 06, 2006 . The purpose of the visit is to heard the US Delegation to the Extraordinary Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBI [...] | 2006-09-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY OTRA NSFO ASEC PE |
06LIMA3636 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOR OPIC OFFICER STEVEN SMITH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of OPIC Officer Steven Smith from September 13, 2006 through September 19, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct site visit. Per your request Embassy will make arrangements for visit with Econ and FCS officers. When de [...] | 2006-09-13 14:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OTRA OPIC EC ASEC PE |
06LIMA3662 | MINING COMPANIES TO MAKE "VOLUNTARY" SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) Summary: To fend off political pressure, including the specter of a windfall tax, mining companies operating in Peru agreed to make a "voluntary" contribution of up to $773 million over the next five years. The solution, in which Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo played a key role, was see [...] | 2006-09-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA3667 | Country Clearance Approval - Charles S. Helling [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Charles S. Helling, Research Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/BA/PSI/Sustainable persnnial Crops Laboratory, Beltsville, MD from September 16 through September 30, 2006. The purpose of travel is to continue research with ARS peruvian co [...] | 2006-09-14 21:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA PE |
06LIMA3674 | ASSISTANT USTR EISSENSTAT DISCUSSES PTPA WAY FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant USTR Everett Eissenstat discussed Congressional passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) during a visit to Peru August 31 - September 1, 2006 with Minister of Trade Mercedes Araoz, key trade officials and other government and private sector representatives. [...] | 2006-09-14 22:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV OTRA PE |
06LIMA3677 | GOP TEMPORARILY HALTS ERADICATION AFTER COCALERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/11 some 300 cocaleros attacked police officers protecting coca eradicators in San Martin. Two police officers were injured in the scuffle, one with shotgun wounds, as were a number of protesters. A group of doctors, a prosecutor, and cocalero Congresswoman Nancy Obregon fl [...] | 2006-09-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA3680 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ROSES, DASH, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses, Stephen Randolph Dash, David S Burkholder, and Deborah Bonita Lawrence from September 24, 2006 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar on implementation of CNS/ATM Technology [...] | 2006-09-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA3693 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: FRAGMENTED FIELD FAVORS LOCAL [...] (SBU) A fragmented field of multiple contenders -- an average of nine candidates for each regional presidency -- favors both independent local candidates and the established APRA party in Peru's upcoming regional and municipal elections. Schisms and other problems in the Ollanta Humala camp ( [...] | 2006-09-15 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV INR PE |
06LIMA3763 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ALEXANDER [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kenneth Kern Alexander from September 24, 2006 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar on implementation of CNS/ATM Technology in support of FAA Presentation on the implementation of ATN appli [...] | 2006-09-21 20:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA3790 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WHA/EPSC ROONEY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the familiarization visit to Peru of WHA/EPSC Deputy Director Matthew Rooney from October 3 through October 5, 2006. The Control Officer for the visit is Economic Officer Marcos Mandojana, office telephone number (51)(1)618-2411, cellular telephone [...] | 2006-09-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PE |
06LIMA3823 | COCALEROS USE CONGRESS TO PUSH PRO-COCA/ANTI-U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-cocalero congressional representatives ranted about the benefits of coca and the costs of U.S. imperialism disguised as counternarcotics policy at a recent "Coca and Biodiversity" conference held in a Congressional annex. Cocalero leader Nelson Palomino also participated. T [...] | 2006-09-27 17:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3870 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern from Oct. 15-23, and Nov. 1-4, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to collaborate on Chagas Disease research including data analysis and development of proposals. No embassy assistance has been requested. When depart [...] | 2006-09-28 21:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC CDC PE |
06LIMA3887 | GOP MEDIATES END OF SIX-DAY PORT STRIKE [...] (SBU) A late-night deal on September 25, mediated by the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Labor and Trade, ended a strike that had closed Callao, Peru's largest port, for six days. Under the deal, the daily minimum wage for longshoremen was increased from USD 9.26 to USD 12.35, with special [...] | 2006-09-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA3907 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ADAM SMITH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Representative Adam Smith to visit Peru from October 1 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to better understand U.S.- Peru Economic Relations, including the potential impact of a U.S.-Peru FTA on economic development and povert [...] | 2006-10-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD PE |
06LIMA3943 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARILYN DISIRIO AND ENRIQUE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marilyn Disirio and Enrique Paz from October 29-31, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to finalize their negotiation with their partners. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of P [...] | 2006-10-04 19:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC CDC US PE |
06LIMA3956 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JUAN AMARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Juan Amaral from October 10-15, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to serve as a lecturer at the 10th Peruvian Congress of Endocrinology. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic o [...] | 2006-10-05 16:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE |
06LIMA396 | ENGELHARD LOSES IN FINAL COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: By a decision of 5-1, the Constitutional Court ruled against gold trading firm Engelhard of New Jersey, holding that the company's rights had not been violated by the Tax Court. With this negative decision, the company has exhausted all its legal options in Peru. The company is [...] | 2006-02-01 11:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA4025 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE TRADE [...] Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru,(Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Peruvian labor laws [...] | 2006-10-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA4035 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru (Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Pe [...] | 2006-10-11 17:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA4046 | EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS CARVE OUT POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) Peru's Evangelical Protestants constitute a rising, pro-US, anti-radical force that helped Alan Garcia defeat Ollanta Humala in Peru's 6/4 presidential race (Ref A-D). Garcia showed his gratitude when he attended a post-inaugural Evangelical "Thanksgiving" service held in his honor. The [...] | 2006-10-12 18:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4117 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DYNCORP EMPLOYEE ARGABRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dyncorp's Director of IT David Argabright for the period of October 22 through October 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to develop interface between applications for new subsidiaries. Per reftel Embassy assistance is not [...] | 2006-10-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR OTRA PE |
06LIMA4118 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STATE EMPLOYEE PARRA. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of State's non-pilot instructor Jose Parra for the period of October 23 through October 30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to review the non-crew member training program. Per reftel Embassy assistance is not requested. When [...] | 2006-10-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR OTRA PE |
06LIMA4158 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN H. JOHNSON, FEDERAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Karen H. Johnson from October 25-29, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend BIS working party on Monetary Policy in Latin America. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Pe [...] | 2006-10-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN FRB PE |
06LIMA4176 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Nov. 27 to December 2, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical expertise on a qualitative evaluation, which is a complementary study to the ongoing Trust-Funded, "Urban Community Randomized Trial o [...] | 2006-10-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE |
06LIMA4177 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARLA LEE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carla Lee from Nov. 5-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to assist the Pan American Health Office and the Ministry of Health with Rubella campaign activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima [...] | 2006-10-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE |
06LIMA4222 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SONIA ORTEGA [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Sonia Ortega from November 6-13, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to give a presenataion at the IV Iberoamerican Congress on Scientific Education. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the [...] | 2006-10-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC TPHY PE |
06LIMA4223 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAS PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of George H. Atkinson, Andrew Reynolds, Kim Boyer, Edward Samulski, Christina McCain, Lee Schwartz, Nathan Singh and Cung Vu from November 2-3, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to tour universities and laboratories conducting sem [...] | 2006-10-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AR BI CI PE |
06LIMA4241 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: ROSES, TRAN, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses, Hoang N Tran, David S Burkholder and Kenneth Ken Alexander from November 9-16, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the ICAO GREPECAS GNSS/TF/2 and the GREPECAS ATM/CNS/SG/5 meeting. No embassy assista [...] | 2006-10-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA4248 | PERU'S VIEWS ON APEC 2006 AND HOSTING APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP sees eye-to-eye with the USG on priorities for the November APEC Leaders' and Ministers' meetings. Having passed the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (PTPA) in its Congress in June, Peru has already signed on to many of the USG's trade priorities. It is likely that Pre [...] | 2006-10-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO ETRD PTER PARM TSPL PE |
06LIMA4249 | PERU INTERESTED IN UN COUNTERTERRORISM VISIT [...] (SBU) On October 19, Pol and Econ Officers delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Augusto Sibille of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Undersecretariat, urging the GOP to invite the United Nations' Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to Lima to assess how the GOP's UNSCR 1373 implementati [...] | 2006-10-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER EFIN PREL USUN PE |
06LIMA4254 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: HAWTHORNE, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Michael Hawthorne, George Marshall Hof, Michael Lam, Barbara Jean Cassidy, Justo P Casablanca and Herbert Madison Walton Jr from November 9-17, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to participate in ICAO Caribbean/South America Reg [...] | 2006-11-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA4262 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EXTRADITION WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Garcia has called for judicial reform and highlighted extradition as a national priority, but the judiciary's interpretation of our bilateral extradition treaty has obstructed U.S. extradition requests. To s [...] | 2006-11-02 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA4271 | PERU REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL POLITICS IS [...] (SBU) Peru holds regional, provincial and district elections on November 19. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) has floundered and local interests have reasserted themselves. Voters appear apathetic and weary from the electoral season. President A [...] | 2006-11-03 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4287 | PERUVIANS POSITIVE ON FM/MOD TALKS WITH CHILE [...] (U) FM Garcia and MOD Wagner,s October meeting with their Chilean counterparts in Santiago received favorable press coverage from leading media outlets in Peru. In particular, the press reacted positively to the announcement that Peru and Chile would create a joint peace-keeping force. The [...] | 2006-11-06 22:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4321 | PLUSPETROL, ACHUAR AND GOP END AMAZON CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Argentina's oil company Pluspetrol, the GOP and the regional government of Loreto signed an agreement October 22 with the Achuar indigenous communities of Peru's Amazon to end a three-week environmental and social conflict. The Achuars, supported by local and international NGOs, h [...] | 2006-11-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE |
06LIMA435 | PERUVIAN PRIORITIES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) We spoke to Juan Carlos Capunay, Ambassador to APEC at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 1 to discuss Peru's priorities for APEC 2006. While there are several items of importance to Peru, Ambassador Capunay highlighted the following areas as Peru's priorities: --Trade: Per [...] | 2006-02-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ETRD PE |
06LIMA4366 | REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: APATHY, LOCALISM [...] (SBU) Regional and municipal elections have failed to spark much enthusiasm in the key southern regions of Arequipa and Ayacucho, where voters appear stricken with "election fatigue." A plethora of local movements and candidates pursuing often narrow regional and local platforms predominates [...] | 2006-11-14 22:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4374 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIDA GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following: Dr. Ahmed Elkashef from November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Jag Khalsa, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Ivan Montoya, November 28-December 3, 2006 Dr. Francis Vocci, November 29-December 7, 2006 The purpose of th [...] | 2006-11-15 19:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC TBIO PE |
06LIMA4408 | FORMER FM BLACKER MILLER: PROVISIONAL ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. The GOP request for the provisional arrest of former Peruvian FM Augusto Blacker Miller for his alleged participation in the 1992 self-coup ("auto-golpe") is not, in our view, politically motivated; that is, we do not believe the [...] | 2006-11-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA4415 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Nov. 30 to December 6, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical expertise on a qualitative evaluation, which is a complementary study to the ongoing Trust-Funded, "Urban Community Randomized Trial o [...] | 2006-11-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA ASEC US CDC PE |
06LIMA4421 | BIOFUELS IN PERU PROMISING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels show promise for Peru, particularly sugar-based ethanol and a newly-discovered source for bio-oil. Ethanol blends can produce cleaner fuels for polluted cities; trade preferences make ethanol attractive for export. A U.S. and several Peruvian firms have projects underway. [...] | 2006-11-20 16:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4451 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: APRA DOWN AND HUMALA OUT AMID [...] (U) Independent local groups won the majority of regional presidencies and mayorships in Peru's 11/19 elections. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party was all but wiped out and APRA lost significant ground, holding on to only three Regional Presidencies. T [...] | 2006-11-21 22:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4499 | GOP POSTPONES PUSH FOR FTA UNTIL NEW U.S. CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo announced on November 27 that the GOP would no longer seek ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) by the current U.S. Congress, choosing to wait until early next year to engage the incoming Congress. Following several [...] | 2006-11-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA4511 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE JOSEPH G. OCHOA, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph G. Ochoa, III from November 29 to December 1, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to discuss a proposed Memorandum of Agreement for technical assistance. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by [...] | 2006-11-28 20:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA4516 | AYACUCHO CONTACTS TALK OF NARCO-ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Ayacucho's economy turns on narcotrafficking, local contacts told Poloff during a Nov. 8-10 visit. They cited coca-growing in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as a key source of jobs, particularly for area youth who migrate to the VRAE during school vacations. They alleged that [...] | 2006-11-28 20:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PE |
06LIMA4519 | GOP DECENTRALIZATION "SHOCK" A NECESSARY BUT [...] (SBU) President Garcia has announced a series of measures to accelerate the GOP's decentralization process, including the transfer of many government functions and over $1 billion USD to the regions and municipalities in 2007. The political motive behind the initiative is clear -- Garcia will [...] | 2006-11-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SNAR PE |
06LIMA4528 | FORESTRY IN PERU: FIGHTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND CORRUPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru's timber exports have been growing at 14% a year for the past five years, and overseas demand for the country's fabled mahogany and other tropical hardwoods is growing. Yet illegal logging is significant, according to the GOP's top forestry official. There is growing eviden [...] | 2006-11-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
06LIMA4541 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/FRA CLIFFORD EBY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Clifford Eby from December 2-6, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to give talks about the US rail system and FRA's Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (RRIF) at a conference sponsored by Ferrocarril Central [...] | 2006-12-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN OTRA AORC PE |
06LIMA4547 | CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE BULLISH ON LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: UPP congressman Aldo Estrada, president of the congressional committee on labor, told poloffs November 21 that revisions to the proposed General Labor Law should be completed and passed to the plenary by December 22--where it could be approved early in next year's session. He no [...] | 2006-12-01 22:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PE PGOV |
06LIMA4554 | Peru: Interim TIP Assessment [...] (SBU) Peru is making steady progress in establishing a legal framework for prosecuting traffickers of persons and educating police, prosecutors, and the general public about trafficking in persons (TIP). The Garcia Administration, which took office on July 28, moved quickly to submit a compreh [...] | 2006-12-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG PE |
06LIMA4566 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: ** As of November 30, CORAH surpasses annual goal by eradicating 10,006 hectares of coca leaf. ** The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan awaiting final approval--probably in December. ** Institute for Tropical Crops (ICT) has five-year plan for self- [...] | 2006-12-04 20:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
06LIMA4601 | TERRORIST LISTS: PERU [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the Government of Peru does not maintain a list of banned terrorist entities, per se. The Office of Intelligence of the Peruvian National Police's (PNP) Directorate of Counterterrorism (DIRCOTE) maintains a computerized database with thousands of police files on i [...] | 2006-12-06 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PE |
06LIMA4610 | PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA AT 100 PLUS DAYS [...] (SBU) President Garcia's political skills have lent Peru a stability that the country has not enjoyed for several years. While the APRA lost badly in the 11/19 regional elections, some argue that Garcia now can control a divided field of regional presidents and use the results to stave off p [...] | 2006-12-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4620 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV MCRAE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of James Bennett McRae from December 10-14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sponsored Regional Workshop on Liability for Nuclear Damage, at the Ministry of [...] | 2006-12-07 21:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PE |
06LIMA4621 | ELECTORAL BOARD EXPOSES NARCO-CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary: The National Electoral Board (JNE) on November 14 identified more than 200 candidates in local elections who had lied on their resumes, including some who had hidden ties to narcotrafficking. Most of the publicized narco-candidates did not win. Despite evidence of narco-influenc [...] | 2006-12-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4625 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MANAGEMENT - MIAMI IFO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dawn R.H. Veatch and Javier Rodriguez from January 24-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Consultations follow-up visit with the Direccion General de Aviacion Civil de Peru. Emb [...] | 2006-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA466 | CONGRESSMAN LEVIN'S FACT FINDING MISSION ON U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) discussed the impact of a future Trade Promotion Agreement in Peru with a broad spectrum of government, private sector, NGO, labor, academic and Catholic Church leaders. The Congressman met twice with President Toledo, the second time to di [...] | 2006-02-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA469 | EU IMPROVES PERU'S TRADE PREFERENCES, BUT FTA [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 1, 2006, the European Union extended its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for Peru, making Peru one of 15 countries to receive GSP Plus benefits. Under GSP Plus, Peru will be able to export up to 7,200 products duty free to the EU, an increase from 6,900 unde [...] | 2006-02-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA4698 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes at a moment when the new government led by President Alan Garcia is emerging from its honeymoon period and is beginning to feel popular pressure for action. The message from the June presidential election -- a contest in which Hugo Chavez protege Ollan [...] | 2006-12-15 22:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OTRA PVIP PHUM PE |
06LIMA4722 | CAJAMARACA AND REGIONAL UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Cajamarca may be emblematic of the broader regional challenges facing the Garcia administration, namely persistent poverty and rising frustration with inadequate public services that fuel antipathy towards all levels of government. Social discontent in Cajamarca has at times m [...] | 2006-12-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4773 | PERU OIL BOOM CONTINUES; EXPLORATION SPREADS TO HEAVY OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOP signed oil exploration deals with three foreign firms on December 12, resulting in a record 16 oil exploration deals signed this year. One of the firms, Texas-based Barrett Resources, also announced its intention to produce oil in another block, with plans to produce 10 [...] | 2006-12-22 19:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE |
06LIMA4781 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: JAMES E. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of James E. Siegman Jr. and Bryan C. Bazemore from January 7-11, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform a far part 145 facility inspection, perform FAA HBAW 06-05, air transport oversight system element performance inspection [...] | 2006-12-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA4782 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SENIOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Frederick T. Walker and Lorna L. John from January 24-27, 2007. The purpose of the travel: International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultations, and follow-up visit with the Direccion General de Aviacion de Peru. No em [...] | 2006-12-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA4795 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH ZOOLOGIST TERRY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Terry Chesser from January 15 - February 24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ornithological field research on the west slope of the Andes in central-southern Peru, collecting specimens for the National Museum of Natu [...] | 2006-12-28 19:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE |
06LIMA58 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...] | 2006-01-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA EAID PE |
06LIMA584 | PERUVIAN FISHING VESSEL LINDA ROCIO: MULTI-TON [...] (SBU) On February 7, USCG encountered Ecuadorian flagged fishing vessel DIVA 750 miles from the Peruvian coast. As the USCG boarding team arrived, DIVA's crew members set the vessel on fire and it sank with the hold filled with bales of cocaine. Only a total of 50 pounds was recovered from th [...] | 2006-02-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PE |
06LIMA59 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...] | 2006-01-06 15:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA EAID PE |
06LIMA633 | LATEST POLL: CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE LOURDES FLORES [...] (U) Center-right presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) has maintained her lead (35-25 percent) over ultra-nationalist anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala (Union por el Peru - UPP) in the latest Apoyo poll. Ex-President Alan Garcia (APRA) is a further eight points ba [...] | 2006-02-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA644 | ELECTION UPDATE: CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FILINGS [...] (U) Twenty five political parties met the 2/8 deadline for filing their congressional lists, resulting in some 3,000 Congressional candidates for 120 seats. The two leading presidential contenders, center-right Lourdes Flores and ultra-nationalist, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala were bo [...] | 2006-02-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA691 | SENDERO LUMINOSO (SL) LEADER "COMRADE CLAY" [...] (U) Summary: Based on PNP press releases and news reports, SL leader "Comrade Clay" was shot and killed by Peruvian police on 2/19 in a confrontation in Huanuco Department. Clay was the military leader for the SL faction in the Huallaga Valley, and considered the second in command under SL Co [...] | 2006-02-21 22:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR ASEC PE |
06LIMA700 | OSIPTEL UPHOLDS ITS MOBILE TERMINATION REGULATION [...] (U) Summary. Osiptel, Peru's telecommunications regulator, issued its final resolution on February 9 declaring Telefonica's petition unfounded, thereby upholding its November regulation. Telefonica had argued that the Osiptel regulation was markedly different from its earlier proposal, that [...] | 2006-02-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV PE |
06LIMA706 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CARMEN DE GIACOMO AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carmen De Giacomo and Samuel Perry, Saftey Inspectors from South Florida, from February 26 through March 3, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct substantial maintenance facility inspections at Aeroinversiones del Peru, a [...] | 2006-02-22 21:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA707 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR LESLIE SOMMER MCCORMICK [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Leslie Sommer McCormick, Senior International Program Officer of FAA Hedquarters, from February 26 through March 1, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 8th meeting of the coordination committee for the ICAO/UNDP RLA/ [...] | 2006-02-22 21:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA ASEC PE |
06LIMA728 | FLIRTING WITH DISASTER? OLLANTA HUMALA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The rise in the polls of the ultra- nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has created considerable interest and concern about the kinds of economic policies he would implement as President. He has not yet offered an economic platform, and it is not cle [...] | 2006-02-23 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA73 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL WALTZ, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Gregory L. Michael, Adeo Rebosio, Hector O. Hermosilla and John A. Waltz of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 16, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct an assessment o [...] | 2006-01-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA742 | CAMISEA II PROMISES JOB GROWTH AND EXPORT REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru LNG, a consortium led by Hunt Oil, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of its $1.3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Camisea Phase II. Construction should add 5,000 direct jobs and up to 30,000 more indirect jobs to Peru's economy. Peru LNG is [...] | 2006-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA748 | MONTESINOS LEGAL REQUEST FOR EMBASSY FILES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has received a four-inch thick legal assistance request from the lawyer representing Vladimiro Montesinos, convicted, ex-intelligence advisor for former President Alberto Fujimori. The 110 page cover letter, also sent [...] | 2006-02-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PE |
06LIMA800 | PERU TO MEET MARCH 1 AGRICULTURAL COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel, the Ambassador on February 28 spoke with Minister of Agriculture Manrique and Cecilia Blume, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, to determine where Peru stood in meeting its March 1 commitment to permit imports of U.S. beef and chicken. After providing [...] | 2006-03-01 18:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PE |
06LIMA826 | Peru: 2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Much of the work in Peru on TIP has been the result of the initiatives of the GOP's Multisectoral Committee (MSC) for TIP. The MSC consists of 10 ministries, 4 national NGOs, and 3 international organizations. Other government agencies, international organizations, and NGOs can [...] | 2006-03-02 18:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE |
06LIMA86 | HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...] | 2006-01-09 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA93 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Gregory L. Michael, Adeo Rebosio, Mel Marengo and John A. Waltz of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the period of January 16, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct assessment of the Peruvia [...] | 2006-01-10 17:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA PE |
06LIMA952 | GOP INVESTIGATING CAMISEA PIPELINE RUPTURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOP suspended Camisea's gas liquids piping amid uproar over pipeline ruptures. Two recent reports allege that substandard pipeline and construction procedures used to build the Camisea natural gas line are responsible for four pipeline breaks in the past year. A fifth ruptu [...] | 2006-03-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
06LIMA953 | ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PLAN FOR LA OROYA SMELTER [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. firm Doe Run requested in December to extend timetable for implementing its Environmental Compliance Plan (PAMA) sulfur dioxide (SO2) treatment project at the La Oroya copper smelter. Heavy metal and sulfur dioxide emissions have plagued La Oroya since its 1922 startup, [...] | 2006-03-10 17:35:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA965 | PERU'S EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASE 51 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2005, the Peruvian Government successfully improved its trade relations with China, witnessing an increase in both exports to and imports from China over 2004 levels. China is now the second most popular destination for Peruvian exports and imports, with exports to China in [...] | 2006-03-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA979 | ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA GAINS STRENGTH AS FLORES [...] (U) The latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, taken 3/8-10, showed center-right Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores holding on to first place amongst the "valid votes," although her support fell two points to 31 percent; ultra-nationalist Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollant [...] | 2006-03-13 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LISBON1280 | PORTUGUESE RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, Pol/Econ DepCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA EU External Relations Division Head Cristina Vasconcellos and Ministry of Economy Acting DG for Enterprise Alice Rodrigues. Each reiterated well-known EU positions, with Vasconcellos underscoring the need for simult [...] | 2006-06-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ETRD ECON FO PO |
06LISBON1341 | PORTUGAL - ECONOMY ON UPWARD TRAJECTORY [...] (U) Despite muted warnings over the last few months, the European Commission (EC) for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia recently gave Portugal passing marks for its efforts to reduce its huge budget deficit and undertake structural reforms, in accordance with Growth and Stability P [...] | 2006-07-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PO |
06LISBON1449 | MIDEAST CRISIS: PORTUGAL CONCERNED BUT NEUTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Since July 14, Portuguese government officials have made public comments lamenting the crisis in the Middle East and reassuring the Portuguese public that the violence will not affect Portugal, but has scrupulously avoided taking sides. Leftist Portuguese political leaders, howev [...] | 2006-07-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON1527 | TFLE01: PORTUGAL REQUESTS EU AND UN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Summary: Until July 20, the Portuguese government had remained relatively quiet on its views of the Middle East conflict, other than lamenting the humanitarian crisis and following the EU's message (reftel). On July 20 and July 23, however, the GOP offered to participate in a future UN pe [...] | 2006-07-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON1554 | PORTUGAL'S 2006 FOREST FIRE SEASON: BETTER THAN [...] (U) Portugal has experienced significantly fewer forest fires in comparison to the same period last year. However, the summer is only halfway over and the temperatures continue to rise. American technical assistance demonstrated its value when a fire break created by the United States Forest [...] | 2006-07-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EU PO |
06LISBON1568 | PORTUGUESE RESPONSE ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer underscored the importance of PHARE assistance to Turkish Cypriots and our concern with the July 2 outcomes with MFA European Affairs Deputy Antonio Correia Aguiar. Correia Aguiar replied that Portugal is also following the issue very closely, but that Portugal's Office [...] | 2006-07-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PO |
06LISBON1600 | PORTUGAL UNDECIDED ON UN MIGRATION FORUM [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Officer paid a call on MFA Migration Issues Officers Ana Trincao and Helga Bras on August 2 to discuss the U.S. position on the UN's proposed immigration forum and our concerns about replicating International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mandate unnecessarily. In response [...] | 2006-08-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UN PO |
06LISBON1693 | PORTUGAL CONSIDERS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Pol/Econ officer met with MFA International Organization Officer Celia Morais on August 11 to urge Portugal to support Dr. Ruth Wedgwood's reelection to the UN Human Rights Committee. Morais welcomed the detailed information and replied that Portugal takes great interest in the Human Righ [...] | 2006-08-11 15:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN PO |
06LISBON1797 | WTO CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA IPR: PORTUGAL AGREES IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy staff met with MFA Multilateral Services Director Joana Tavares to encourage support as a co-complainant against China for IPR violations. Tavares agreed in principle with the US proposal but noted that she would need to consult with the Ministry of Economy before renderi [...] | 2006-08-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH PO |
06LISBON1814 | PORTUGUESE TO MEET WITH RUSSIANS ON NATURAL GAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Senior European Political Advisor informed Pol/Econ officer that Gazprom representatives were in Portugal in April to discuss the sale of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Gazprom to Portuguese Energy Company Galp Energia (Galp) via Algeria. A follow-up meeting is scheduled fo [...] | 2006-08-25 16:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY EPET ECIN ECON EMIN PREL PO RS |
06LISBON1870 | PORTUGAL: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Acting MFA Middle East Director Isabel Pedrosa informed Post that Portugal was unlikely to make any additional financial contributions to Lebanon (beyond the 200,000 euros already donated) for budgetary reasons until the end of the year at which time the government would review the situ [...] | 2006-09-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE SW |
06LISBON1937 | PORTUGUESE DISCUSS COCAINE TRENDS WITH STAFFDEL [...] (U) Summary: Staffdel Brennan, a delegation made up of House International Relations Committee (HIRC) and House Judiciary Committee staffers, visited Portugal from August 30 - September 2 to meet with local law enforcement and politicians to discuss narcotrafficking trends from Latin America t [...] | 2006-09-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP SNAR ASEC PO |
06LISBON2494 | PORTUGAL APPROACHED ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (U) On October 25, Pol/Econ officer met MFA International Organizations Officer Jose Moura to outline concerns regarding the ongoing anti-Israel bias in the UN and to request that Portugal consider voting against measures 60/36, 60/37, and 60/104 when next considered. Moura agreed to convey o [...] | 2006-11-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PO |
06LISBON2719 | PORTUGAL TO BE VOICE OF MODERATION IN EU ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-30 17:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN NATO PO TU |
06LISBON2721 | PORTUGAL ENDORSES IMSO TAKING ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU |
06LISBON2754 | PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON TFTP [...] (SBU) Portugal intends to follow the recommendations of the European Commission regarding next steps for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) - according to Mario Pinto Lobo, Director-General for European Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance and Carlos Coim [...] | 2006-12-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON EU PO |
06LISBON951 | PORTUGAL PERMITS FREE ENTRY TO THE LEAST LIKELY [...] (U) Summary: On May 1, Portugal followed through with its March 10 commitment to allow the free movement of students and workers from the eight of the ten new EU members (excluding Cyprus and Malta). The announcement enjoyed significant press coverage, especially in light of the high-profile [...] | 2006-05-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV PO |
06LJUBLJANA109 | SLOVENIA BACKSLIDING ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On Monday February 6, the National Assembly passed amendments to Slovenia's Asylum Law that will give the police significant new powers in adjudicating requests for asylum and reduce the role of trained asylum caseworkers. The new amendments are likely to further erode safegua [...] | 2006-02-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SI |
06LJUBLJANA129 | SLOVENIA: ROUNDTABLE ON ISLAM AND THE WEST FOSTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 21, the Embassy and the University of Primorska co-organized a roundtable on "Islam and the West" at the newly open American Corner in Koper. With excellent organization provided by the University and exceptional attendance by Slovenian citizens, students, and the med [...] | 2006-02-24 07:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO SI |
06LJUBLJANA173 | SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...] | 2006-03-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO SI |
06LJUBLJANA252 | SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...] | 2006-04-25 21:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA272 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...] | 2006-05-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA379 | SLOVENIA: MDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points 13 June to Bojana Cipot at the Slovene MFA's Department for International Organizations. Cipot noted that Slovenia's representative has commented that the atmosphere in Geneva in the runup to the Conference is "not positive" and that "political will is we [...] | 2006-06-18 23:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS SI |
06LJUBLJANA397 | SLOVENIA'S ASYLUM POLICY: TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mindful that refs A and B present two divergent views on Slovenia's asylum policy (representing the NGO community and GOS, respectively),the following cable seeks to strike a middle ground and explain why these two groups see things so differently. On the one side, most of the [...] | 2006-06-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA674 | LOCAL ELECTIONS - MAYORS RUNNING THE SHOW [...] (U) Summary: With mid-term local elections just days away, Slovenia is a sea of posters and placards extolling the virtues of candidates and parties in the race for control of municipalities across the country. The most interesting race is to be mayor of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Sixtee [...] | 2006-10-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
06LJUBLJANA770 | SLOVENIA ON BOARD WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia supports the US positions on Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE. According to Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations, Damjan Bergant, it will be difficult to get everything we hope for during negotiations, but worth the effort to try. While [...] | 2006-12-01 12:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS NATO OSCE SI |
06LOME353 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOKODE, TOGO'S MUSLIM [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Sokode in north-central Togo, Ambassador inaugurated veral small projects, met with local officials, opposition leaders, and the Muslim community, and gave an interview to the main VOA affiliate in Togo, which is based in Sokode. Opposition representatives in [...] | 2006-03-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID SCUL TO |
06LOME779 | TOGOLESE NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- FIRST PHASE OF [...] (SBU) In an August 10 meeting with Commerce Minister Jean-Lucien Savi de Tove on WTO issues, Ambassador asked about the status of the national dialogue. De Tove chairs the Panafrican Patriotic Convergence (CPP) party's delegation at the dialogue. The CPP is one of the so-called moderate opp [...] | 2006-08-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME813 | EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES EMBRACE TOGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT has begun to see positive diplomatic fallout from Sunday's successful completion of the national political dialogue (refs a and b). In early September, President Faure Gnassingbe plans to travel to Brussels, Rome, and Paris to be received by top host government and EU of [...] | 2006-08-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID TO |
06LONDON1623 | (SBU) GUANTANAMO: LABOUR MP DISCUSSES OMAR [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Poloffs met with Labour backbench MP Des Turner March 2 at his request, to hear his concerns about Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national with longstanding legal residency status in UK as a refug [...] | 2006-03-03 14:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM UK |
06LONDON4033 | (U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...] | 2006-06-07 11:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN LI UK |
06LONDON4336 | (U) UK AGREES TO TAKE CHARLES TAYLOR IF CONVICTED [...] (U) Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett announced June 15 that, subject to Parliament passing the necessary legislation, the UK would allow the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to serve his sentence in the UK should he be convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Thi [...] | 2006-06-16 09:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL |
06LONDON6261 | (U) CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 15:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN |
06LONDON6324 | UK TRADE UNIONS CONFERENCE WILL OFFER SNEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates to the upcoming TUC Conference will greet PM Blair with the question "When are you leaving?", Trades Union Congress (TUC) International Relations Department Head Owen Tudor told Lab Couns and ECON Asst Aug 30. The TUC will also debate recent moves to privatize parts [...] | 2006-08-30 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL UK |
06LONDON6661 | UK UPDATE: PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 15:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU UK |
06LONDON6761 | UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...] | 2006-09-19 11:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV UK |
06LONDON6853 | "LARGEST HEALTH SERVICE STRIKE IN 20 YEARS" MORE [...] (U) Unionized workers at the UK's National Health Service's supply arm, NHS Logistics, began the first of two 24 hour strikes late on September 21 to protest the sale of the public sector entity to the German logistics giant, DHL. NHS Logistics supplies thousands of non-pharmaceutical suppli [...] | 2006-09-22 09:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB UK GE |
06LONDON7078 | (SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...] | 2006-10-02 16:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
06LONDON7206 | (U) S/CRS HERBST MEETS WITH DFID AND FCO OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met in London October 5 with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In both meetings, the two sides updated each other on their respective efforts to improve coordination of the civilian [...] | 2006-10-06 16:55:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UK |
06LONDON7626 | PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...] | 2006-10-26 16:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SCUL UK |
06LONDON8074 | (SBU) AFGHANISTAN: HAJJ TRANSPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 16:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR AF |
06LONDON8162 | HMG TO PLEDGE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AT BAMAKO [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Jo Newstead, the lead officer on pandemic flu at HMG's Department of Health. Newstead told ESTOff on November 30 that HMG will make an additional pledge of GBP 10 million at the December 6-8 avian and pandemic influenza conference in Bamako, Mali. Br [...] | 2006-11-30 17:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA UK |
06LONDON8326 | DOE-MOD DECEMBER 4-7 NUCLEAR SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of security experts from the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited counterparts at HMG Ministry of Defense (MOD) and at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for discussions on nuclear security matters. The AWE is a collecti [...] | 2006-12-13 13:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP UK |
06LONDON8361 | (U) BLAIR INTERVIEWED BY POLICE IN "LOANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Blair was interviewed by the Police December 14 as part of the investigation into the so-called "loans for peerages" or "cash for honors" affair (reftel). This had been widely expected - indeed it was all but inevitable given Blair's personal involvement both in approving [...] | 2006-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
06LUANDA1210 | ANGOLAN TRANSPORT MINISTER DISCUSSES PLANES, TRAINS AND [...] (U) This is an Action Request. TDA, EB and AF/S please see para 13. 2. (U) Summary. Angolan Minister of Transportation Andre Luis Brandao and the GRA are pleased with the arrival of the Boeing jets to Luanda. While interested in US quality locomotives for purchase for the Angolan rail sy [...] | 2006-11-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP EAIR EFIN AO |
06LUANDA1233 | GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...] | 2006-11-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR AO |
06LUANDA1235 | ANGOLA - ELECTORAL PROCESS NOVEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- --Registration Process Drawing Crowds --Observers Slowly Becoming Accredited --Some Minor Glitches --Too Many Political Parties in Angola? --National Council for Social Communication Constituted ------------------------------------- Registration Process Contin [...] | 2006-11-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KMDR AO |
06LUANDA1236 | ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...] | 2006-11-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO |
06LUANDA1241 | ANGOLA TO JOIN OPEC [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 29, Angola's Council of Ministers approved full membership for Angola in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC). The Council's public announcement said Angola's increase in oil production to more than 1.4 million barrels per day drove its decision. [...] | 2006-12-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECON AO |
06LUANDA1255 | TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AO |
06LUANDA1257 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very [...] | 2006-12-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
06LUANDA1261 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very posi [...] | 2006-12-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
06LUANDA1291 | Over 800,000 voters successfully registered after only one [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over 800,000 voters successfully registered during the first month-long phase of the registration campaign in Angola. The opening round of registration was hailed a success by both government and opposition leaders despite a few technical glitches. In response to civil society co [...] | 2006-12-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1297 | ANGOLA: SAMAKUVA ATTACKS GRA GOVERNING PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a strongly worded speech during UNITA's sixth party conference, UNITA President Isaias Samakuva came out swinging. He accused President Dos Santos of usurping constitutional power, the MPLA of trying to ram though it's "Angola 2025" program as government policy and compared A [...] | 2006-12-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1305 | ANGOLA: UPDATE ON PADEPA - FIGHTING ITS SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary. As noted in reftel, 27 members of PADEPA (Democratic Support and Progress Party) were arrested and then heavily fined for their roles in a protest march. A leading local NGO, Maos Livres, has appealed the fines and petitioned the Supreme Court to remove the judge in question fo [...] | 2006-12-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO |
06LUANDA1316 | ANGOLA - DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered ---------------------- -- MPLA Promotes National Plan -- Muslims Allowed To Reopen Mosques -- Workshop on "Human Rights and Poverty" -- GRA Launches "www.angola-portal.ao" MPLA Promotes National Plan During 50th Anniversary ------------------------------------------- [...] | 2006-12-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR TINT AO KISL |
06LUANDA277 | ANGOLAS NEW ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Since the end of Angolas 27-year civil war in 2002, the GRAs strategy for international economic relations has evolved significantly, particularly with respect to multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club. While the GRA formerly viewed the [...] | 2006-03-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AO |
06LUANDA336 | ANGOLA:NEWEST OIL CONCESSIONS:LANDMARK [...] (U) Summary: In a formal ceremony to open and announce bids for the current licensing round of oil concessions in Angola, Sonangol entered a new era of transparency, reading aloud details on each bid, including the signature bonus. In an afternoon of firsts, Italian petroleum producer ENI o [...] | 2006-04-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV KCOR CH AO |
06LUANDA357 | ANGOLA: President Dos Santos Surprise Departure to [...] (SBU) Summary: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos unexpectedly left Luanda on Sunday, April 9, 2006, for Brazil for a two week visit, billed as vacation. Rumors have begun to fly about Luanda that he is very ill and has returned to Brazil for medical treatment. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-04-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AO |
06LUANDA576 | PDAS Pittman Reviews Angolan Economic Issues with [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Angolan Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Angolan Private Investment Agency, DPAS Bobby Pittman discussed the availability of US Treasury advisors to offer technical assistance to Angola; the state of Angola's negotiations w [...] | 2006-06-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV AO |
06LUANDA577 | PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...] | 2006-06-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO |
06LUSAKA1183 | Zambia Pre-election Roundup [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to the September 28 general elections, Zambia's presidential and parliamentary candidates are working hard to get their messages to voters. Although there is widespread criticism that the election campaigns are not issue-based, in campaign speeches and interviews [...] | 2006-08-30 05:26:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1188 | Election Preparations Proceeding Smoothly [...] (SBU) Summary: The Electoral Commission of Zambia continues to respond thoroughly to concerns of stakeholders as it proceeds with ballot printing oversight, organizes distribution of ballots and other materials to polling stations, establishes conflict management mechanisms, and handles accredi [...] | 2006-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1269 | Electoral Commission Says It Is Prepared for National [...] (SBU) The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is confident that it will be fully prepared to conduct Zambia's tripartite elections on September 28, according to ECZ Chairperson Justice Irene Mambilima. The ECZ is in the process of packing ballots for distribution and expects all polling stati [...] | 2006-09-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1302 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS - INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Zambia's only independent daily newspaper, The Post, whose editor Fred M'membe has been jailed for his editorial criticism of President Mwanawasa (Ref B),has taken an increasingly harder line against presidential candidate Michael Sata as election day nears. [...] | 2006-09-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1303 | Zambian Election Polls: Mwanawasa's Lead Slims, Opposition [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: In the final days before national elections, a third Pangolin Consulting poll gives ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy President Levy Mwanawasa the lead, with 43 percent, against 24 percent for Patriotic Front candidate Michael Sata and 23 percent for Unit [...] | 2006-09-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1334 | ZAMBIA'S 2006 ELECTION ATTRACTS MANY INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2006 Zambian presidential, parliamentary and local government elections to be held on September 28 will be viewed by over 400 international observers, who will be joined by as many as 10,000 local election monitors. The strong presence of observers and monitors will hope [...] | 2006-09-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1340 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: MINOR GLITCHES, BUT GENERALLY ORDERLY, [...] (U) Voting in the September 28 Zambian national tripartite (presidential, parliamentary, municipal) elections has been for the most part orderly, peaceful, and transparent throughout the first three-quarters of the balloting. Some voting stations, especially in rural areas, opened an average [...] | 2006-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC ZA |
06LUSAKA1349 | Zambia Election Observers' Observations [...] (SBU) Zambia's September 28 tripartite elections were generally conducted in an orderly and peaceful manner, in the view of Embassy observer teams, which coordinated with observers from six other missions to observe the vote in 342 polling stations in eight of Zambia's nine provinces. Observer [...] | 2006-10-02 04:59:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1357 | FIRST GLANCE AT 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and local media have announced the results of 107 of the 150 parliamentary races that were held on September 28, in conjunction with presidential and local government elections. As expected, the results show strong rural support for the ru [...] | 2006-10-03 04:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1366 | 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS: COMPARISON TO 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced on October 4 the final results to the 2006 parliamentary elections. The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has won a small majority of seats. A comparison to the 2001 parliamentary elections reveals large increase [...] | 2006-10-05 05:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1518 | ZAMBIA POST-ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Parliamentary Elections -- New Minister and Deputy Minister -- Date set for by-election -- Election Petitions Parliamentary Elections ----------------------- 2. (U) Ruling party Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) candidates won the two parliamentary elect [...] | 2006-11-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ZA |
06LUSAKA1591 | Proposed Development Riles Conservationists [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversial, recently-published Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) recommends approval of plans to develop a 550 acre site in Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. The project developer, Legacy Holdings Zambia Limited (Legacy Holdings, funded the EIA, which must be approved by the [...] | 2006-11-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV ZA |
06LUSAKA1647 | MINES 2006 PROMOTES INVESTMENTS IN SADC MINING PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: Mines 2006, a regional mining conference held in Lusaka, highlighted project opportunities and matched potential investors and partners with capital and technical know-how with projects in Southern African Development Community member countries. In opening present [...] | 2006-12-05 11:07:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EINV ZA |
06LUSAKA1694 | ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development VP Quits -- Liuwa Constituency By-elections -- Charges Against PF Leader Sata Dismissed -- Threat to Ban Political Rallies -- EU Election Observation Mission Final Report Chisanga Quits UPND ------------------- 2. (U) Patri [...] | 2006-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUXEMBOURG424 | LUXEMBOURG MIRRORS OTHER EU MEMBERS ON ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM FI BU LU EUN |
06LUXEMBOURG479 | LUXEMBOURG COMMITS TO 900K EUROS FOR LEBANON [...] (U) Post delivered talking points contained reftel to the MFA's Directorates of Political Affairs, International Economic Affairs, and Cooperation and Development. The GOL has informed Post that Luxembourg has committed a total of 900,000 euros (1.14 million USD) for Lebanon to be divided amo [...] | 2006-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE LU |
06LUXEMBOURG558 | THE GMO DEBATE IN LUXEMBOURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three members of the Luxembourg government were featured participants at a recent Greenpeace-sponsored anti-genetically modified organisms (GMO) event. GOL officials stated their intent to do only the absolute minimum in order to comply with EU directives concerning GMOs, and i [...] | 2006-10-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO PREL PGOV LU |
06LUXEMBOURG574 | LUXEMBOURG'S BUDGET WILL PASS DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Luxembourg introduced its 2007 budget based on an expected economic growth of 4 percent, but recording a deficit for the second year running. Press and opposition parties have seized upon this shortfall and criticized the government for using differing account [...] | 2006-10-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON LU |
06LUXEMBOURG606 | LUXEMBOURG SUGGESTS SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ILC UNGA PREL LU |
06LUXEMBOURG607 | LUXEMBOURG ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LU |
06LUXEMBOURG608 | MERKEL WOWS "VISION FOR EUROPE" AUDIENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In her 14 November speech accepting the 2006 Vision for Europe award, German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed her thoughts on the future of the European constitution and previewed a few priorities of the upcoming German EU Presidency. Merkel insisted the document should remain [...] | 2006-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON LU GE |
06MADRID1 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: SPAIN CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (SBU) Mission Spain has begun the contingency planning process to prepare for the unique challenges posed by a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Spain. The key action officer for Mission preparations is Embassy Madrid Post Medical Officer Doctor Jose Peralba. He and his office are [...] | 2006-01-01 01:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AEMR KFLO SP |
06MADRID1253 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION [...] (U) Poloff accompanied poloffs from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies to deliver reftel demarche to Fernando Fernandez-Arias, MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain understood the tripartite position and acknowledged the concerns expressed in refte [...] | 2006-05-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SP |
06MADRID1261 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Citing barely 50 percent public approval for Spanish participation in ISAF, the GOS took the offensive on May 18, holding a high visibility public discussion of its efforts in Afghanistan. GOS speakers, including the Defense and Foreign Ministers, hammered on several key justifi [...] | 2006-05-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF SP |
06MADRID1262 | MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...] | 2006-05-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SP |
06MADRID1808 | SPAIN TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
06MADRID1835 | EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS MEETS WITH KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her June 29-July 2 visit to Madrid, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings met with Vice President de la Vega, Foreign Minister Moratinos, Education Minister Cabrera, and Madrid Community President Esperanza Aguirre. Vice President de la Vega emphasized the need for co [...] | 2006-07-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SP |
06MADRID1873 | SPAIN: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) PROVISIONAL ATTENDANCE LIST: A. King Juan Carlos the First has no plans to attend. B. President Zapatero has no plans to attend. C. FOREIGN MINISTER -- Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation -- Arrives in New York September [...] | 2006-07-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP |
06MADRID1976 | SPAIN MAY SUPPORT SOME FORM OF UN MIGRATION BODY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA SP |
06MADRID1994 | SPAIN ACCEPTS BURMA'S PRESENCE AT ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EUN BU SP |
06MADRID2319 | SPAIN AGREES ON DARFUR AND NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU SP |
06MADRID2340 | SPAIN ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4 2. (SBU) Ref B reported that Spain, in response to Ref C request, would likely agree to support the candidacy of Steven Lett to head the IMSO in the event that the Spanish candidate for the same position was eliminated prior to Lett. Ref [...] | 2006-09-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EWWT KHLS INMARSAT IMO EU SP |
06MADRID2343 | SPAIN ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP IN SP |
06MADRID2512 | SPAIN ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Subdirector General for the United Nations, on October 2. Linares told Emboff that the GOS clearly understands that 22 percent is a red line for the U.S. in terms of reaching a consensus on the scale of assessments f [...] | 2006-10-04 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR UNGA SP |
06MADRID2543 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...] | 2006-10-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SP |
06MADRID2622 | SPAIN: RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers to Spanish MFA Deputy Office Director for Human Rights Cecilia Robles Cartes on August 13. Robles said that she understood the tripartite position on the HRC's text for the declaration, but she indicated that Spain would support the decl [...] | 2006-10-16 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN SP |
06MADRID2759 | SPAIN: NAM RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANESE CHILDREN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER SP |
06MADRID2771 | SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...] | 2006-10-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID2853 | SPAIN AND U.S. COOPERATING TO REMEDIATE RADIATION [...] (SBU) The U.S., through the Department of Energy (DOE),is closely cooperating with Spanish counterparts to address radiation contamination left in southern Spain after a U.S. Air Force (USAF) nuclear accident 40 years ago. What could have turned into a public relations nightmare has actuall [...] | 2006-11-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC SENV |
06MADRID2900 | SPAIN NONCOMMITTAL ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ILC UNGA SP |
06MADRID2927 | SPAIN STILL DISAGREES WITH IMO MSC PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT IMO EUN SP |
06MADRID293 | SPAIN: CHIEF PROSECUTOR FORCED TO QUIT [...] (U) Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido forced the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court, Eduardo Fungairino, to step down for alleged mismanagement of terrorism cases under his supervision. Fungairino, a highly-respected 26-year veteran of the National Court, will move to a position [...] | 2006-02-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID2978 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] Agriculture: Wheat product import and export 2. KIPR: pursuit of possible patent law change 3. Biotech site visit 4. Basrah Childrens Hospital funds 5. Spain Grants A&T Status to CSI Agents Agriculture: Â [...] | 2006-11-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR EAID TBIO SP EAIR EINV |
06MADRID2993 | A/S Shannon's November 30, 2006 meeting with Haitian PM [...] (U) November 30, 2006; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon USAID LAC A/A Adolfo Franco WHA/CAR Director Brian A. Nichols (notetaker) Stephanie Ragals, Interpreter Haiti Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard [...] | 2006-12-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KCRM UN HA |
06MADRID3037 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] EWWT: Prestige wreck leaking fuel 2. ECON: Spain's economic situation 3. EUR/ERA Deputy Director for Econ visit to Madrid 4. EAGR: Spanish coexistence decree update 5. EAGR: Water levels/drought conditions in Spain Prestige May Be Leaking Fuel Again: Â [...] | 2006-12-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT |
06MADRID3042 | SPAIN: POLICE ARREST 11 ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN [...] (U) Spanish National Police arrested ten Spanish nationals and one Moroccan national in the North African enclave of Ceuta on charges that the men were plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. Among the detainees were two brothers of former Spanish national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abderrah [...] | 2006-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID3078 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: MOVING AHEAD ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) The DCM and Embassy officers met with Eugenio Pereiro, Director of Spain's "National Center for Antiterrorist Coordination" (CNCA) on December 19 to discuss a broad range of security cooperation issues. Much of the discussion focused on the establishment of a mechanism to share terroris [...] | 2006-12-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID3083 | SPAIN ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to Miriam Alvarez, Spanish MFA Deputy Subdirector General for the United Nations, on December 20. After consulting with New York and the MFA Director General in charge of UN affairs, Alvarez informed Poloff on December 21 that the debate was ongoing in [...] | 2006-12-21 17:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA SP |
06MADRID3086 | SPAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Spanish Deputy Health Minister Fernando Puig told the DCM December 7 that he believed that the threat of Avian Influenza had been exaggerated and that the health systems in place in the developed world, including in Spain, should be able to contain and limit the impact of any future out [...] | 2006-12-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU PREL SP |
06MADRID3093 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...] | 2006-12-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL |
06MADRID3096 | SPAIN ON SAHRAWI REFUGEE CENSUS; ALGERIA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AG SP |
06MADRID3111 | SPAIN: CAR BOMB DETONATES AT MADRID AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. A car bomb detonated at 9 a.m. Madrid local time on December 30 in a public parking garage outside of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. Minister of Interior Rubalcaba said that one person is missing and several were lightly injured. Rubalcaba expressed his c [...] | 2006-12-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV SP |
06MADRID324 | AMBASSADOR AND UNION LEADER DISCUSS VENEZUELA, [...] (U) During a February 6 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Worker's General Union (UGT) Secretary General Candido Mendez expressed concern that the USG decision to deny authorization to transfer U.S. components as part of Spain's deal to sell EADS CASA aircraft to Venezuela could cost Spain impor [...] | 2006-02-07 18:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PGOV SP |
06MADRID516 | SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...] | 2006-03-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC |
06MADRID644 | BASQUE JOURNALIST DOUBTS ETA READY FOR PEACE DEAL [...] (SBU) Oscar Beltran, a journalist for the Basque Region daily "El Correo" and a former International Visitor grantee, recently shared his observations regarding rumors of an upcoming truce declaration by ETA. He has covered ETA for several years and reports extensively on the group. Beltran [...] | 2006-03-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID655 | SPAIN QUESTIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FORMAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SP |
06MADRID749 | RETURN AUTHORIZATION REQUEST [...] (U) Post requests a Return Authorization (RAN) for the following items: 2. (SBU) Secure Systems Group Tempest CPU - Model: S86-SF-HP/S-2 Serial Number: 413 WPAS Number: C1067898 The unit has a failed Power Supply and will not power up. 3. (SBU) Secure Systems Group Laser Printer Model [...] | 2006-03-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMTC ASUP KRIM |
06MADRID766 | ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...] | 2006-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID853 | SPAIN ON IRANIAN TREATMENT OF BAHAI MINORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SP |
06MADRID895 | SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP |
06MADRID932 | SPAIN: SECRETARY,S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP |
06MAILA1222 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S EETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (BU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambasado Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teveshighlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expnded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries in the [...] | 2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETT EINV KIPR RP |
06MANAGUA1002 | NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...] | 2006-05-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
06MANAGUA1003 | NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 17:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
06MANAGUA1004 | NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...] | 2006-05-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
06MANAGUA1043 | IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...] | 2006-05-11 18:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD |
06MANAGUA1098 | CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...] | 2006-05-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
06MANAGUA1114 | RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry (MFA),on May 19 to discuss points in reftel. Salinas explained that he would need to discuss the issue with his counterparts in relevant GON agencies before offering a f [...] | 2006-05-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF NU CU |
06MANAGUA1136 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK FOR WEAPONS IMPORTATION FROM [...] Econoff performed the requested pre-license check on Coservisa, which seeks to import Air Taser kits and accompanying products (application D355948). Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and interagency name checks on the proprietor did not reveal any derogatory information. A visit to Coservisa [...] | 2006-05-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC NU |
06MANAGUA1251 | 2006 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: NICARAGUA [...] This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will send comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 10, as requested in Ref A. ---------------------------- Property Co [...] | 2006-06-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON USTR NU |
06MANAGUA1344 | NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN 'HOLDING PATTERN' [...] (U) Summary: In this election year, a proposed civil aviation bill is stuck in a holding pattern in the Nicaraguan General Assembly. The bill, which was approved in general in 2004 but is still awaiting a second vote on individual articles, would bring Nicaragua into compliance with Internati [...] | 2006-06-19 19:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NU |
06MANAGUA1423 | EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...] | 2006-06-29 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU |
06MANAGUA1438 | MANAGUA INL REPORT FOR OCT-MAR, FY 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the last six months, INL supported Nicaraguan Navy and Police operations have resulted in substantial seizures and arrests. According to DEA statistics, 9.3 kilos of heroin, 1,538.6 kilos of cocaine and 52 kilos of marijuana were seized. Nicaraguan authorities arrested 41 [...] | 2006-07-03 18:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NU KJUS |
06MANAGUA1519 | IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...] | 2006-07-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
06MANAGUA1520 | EVANGELICAL CHURCH LEADERS SEEK MORE RECOGNITION [...] (U) On June 23, foreign affairs officer and FSN met with Reverend Roberto Rojas, Vice President of the National Council of Evangelical Pastors and Reverend Mauricio Fonseca, of the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance (AENIC),to discuss human rights and democracy issues of interest to Nicaragua's [...] | 2006-07-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
06MANAGUA1552 | REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...] | 2006-07-14 19:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA1555 | MPN URGES REFORMS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS TO BREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: El Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN),a local pro-democracy NGO presented its "Basic Agenda of the Nation" to a diverse audience, including representatives from several European embassies. The MpN introduced 28 proposals they propose that political parties incorporate into their p [...] | 2006-07-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA1573 | A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A LOOK AT THE 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Assembly candidates from FSLN, PLC, AC, ALN and MRS presented their parties, legislative priorities in a panel discussion broadcast live by Channel 10. ALN's Jamileth Bonilla emphasized poverty reduction, job creation, education and social justice, while PLC's Francisc [...] | 2006-07-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA1605 | PASTOR ESPINOZA DISCUSSES EVANGELICAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Ambassador Trivelli and Foreign Affairs Officer met with Mario Espinoza Gonzalez, Presidente Nacional of the Consejo Nacional de Pastores Evangelicos de Nicaragua, an umbrella organization that according to Espinoza, represents more than 400 pastors of all evangeli [...] | 2006-07-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM NU |
06MANAGUA1609 | EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...] | 2006-07-24 20:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU |
06MANAGUA1678 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...] | 2006-07-31 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA1827 | NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) launched the official campaign season with a ceremony on August 18. CSE president Roberto Rivas used the occasion to admonish observer groups and remind the public that the CSE is the final arbiter of the November 5 national elections. [...] | 2006-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA193 | GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...] | 2006-01-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU |
06MANAGUA2051 | NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...] | 2006-09-18 21:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA2065 | UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...] | 2006-09-19 23:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2093 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...] | 2006-09-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2094 | ELECTION DISPUTES GALORE -- AND HOW THEY COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The possible threats that impugnaciones (election disputes) pose to a legitimate election in November were recently discussed and explained at a forum hosted by IPADE and NDI. Candidates from all parties, with the exception of the FSLN, were in attendance and participated in [...] | 2006-09-22 19:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA222 | NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a January 26 election reporting trip to the department of Carazo, just south and east of Managua (reftel),emboffs discussed a range of economic, social, and religious issues with local leaders. Businessmen Aquiles Jaenz, Edgard Bermudez, and Ramon Conrado, the President, Secreta [...] | 2006-01-30 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU |
06MANAGUA2286 | OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...] | 2006-10-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU |
06MANAGUA2383 | NICARAGUA: LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB FROM TRADE [...] (U) On October 19, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated October 16 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Alejandro Arguello. We offer the following English translation to speed communication while we forward the [...] | 2006-10-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR WTO NU |
06MANAGUA2433 | ADDITIONAL ALN PROPOSALS ON ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The ALN's final policy proposals concerning the environment, social justice, and security build on the earlier plans regarding employment and energy efficiency (reftel). ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre presented his complete plan of government during an October 2 [...] | 2006-11-01 23:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA2453 | VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...] | 2006-11-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV EINV NU |
06MANAGUA2463 | NICARAGUAN LIQUIDITY STRATEGIES COVER JITTERS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Until September, Nicaraguan bank depositors defied expectations by keeping their money in Nicaragua, with pre-election jitters only manifesting themselves in September. By October 31, deposits had dropped 4.6% from their August peak of USD 2.2 billion. To cover heavier than u [...] | 2006-11-07 18:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA2499 | NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...] | 2006-11-13 18:34:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU |
06MANAGUA250 | AS MEDICAL STRIKE WIDENS, MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The doctor's strike that has paralyzed many public sector hospitals for over two weeks has widened to include the powerful Sandinista union Fetsalud, which represents the vast majority of public sector health care workers. Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian insists that she [...] | 2006-02-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIN NU |
06MANAGUA256 | CLOCK TICKING ON CAFTA IPR REFORMS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Alejandro Arguello told Econoffs on February 1 that he expects a tough fight on the IPR portion of a legislative package that must be approved in the National Assembly before CAFTA-DR enters into force. Arguello indicated that the IPR reforms will likely motiva [...] | 2006-02-02 21:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA2565 | ORTEGA SENDS FIRST ECONOMIC SIGNALS [...] (U) Summary: Starting November 8, President-elect Daniel Ortega delivered several public and private messages aimed at reassuring listeners that his next presidency will not represent a return to the Marxism of his past. He emphasized that there would be no "dramatic changes" in Nicaragua's [...] | 2006-11-22 23:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NU |
06MANAGUA2584 | NICARAGUA: INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROPOSALS MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early October, President Bolanos unveiled the "Grand Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua (GNIC)" project, a proposed $18 billion, 172-mile long, trans-isthmus "wet canal." The GNIC will compete with three more modest "dry canal" proposals also under consideration. The most adva [...] | 2006-11-27 21:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EIND ELTN EWWT NU |
06MANAGUA26 | NICARAGUA'S PREPARATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC),Julio Teran, expressed enthusiasm and high expectations about upcoming discussions with USTR on legal and regulatory reforms required to meet CAFTA obligations, tentatively scheduled for next week. Teran reiterated thro [...] | 2006-01-06 00:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA270 | NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA [...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...] | 2006-02-03 23:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA2717 | NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB),the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...] | 2006-12-19 19:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL |
06MANAGUA275 | NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...] | 2006-02-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA32 | RAMIRO CONTRERAS ESCOBAR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The following comments are submitted in response to A EB/IFC/OIA request for additional details to supplement previously submitted Reftel C. 2. (SBU) Composition of Magnum Company: Corporacion Nucleos Urbanos Magnum, S.A. ("Magnum") ownership is divided equally among Barreto's fa [...] | 2006-01-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE CVIS ECON EINV NU |
06MANAGUA344 | GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...] | 2006-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU |
06MANAGUA362 | NICARAGUA AGREES WITH USG VIEWS ON SELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN NU |
06MANAGUA38 | NICARAGUA WILL PUSH FOR MEASURED RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) During a meeting on January 6, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera informed the Ambassador that the GON will urge participants in the January 9 meeting in Mexico to respond in a cautious, measured manner to the U.S. immigration proposals passed by the House of Representatives. After the Amba [...] | 2006-01-09 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SMIG NU |
06MANAGUA411 | INFORMATION FOR NICARAGUA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Nicaragua is not currently placed on any Special 301 list, and post recommends maintaining this status. This recommendation is offered in spite of the fact that there remains room for improvement on legal structure and judicial attitudes, and that the Dole Food Company has wri [...] | 2006-02-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA418 | NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...] | 2006-02-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU |
06MANAGUA45 | NICARAGUA FEELING HEAT FOR PRO-WHALING POSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's largest daily newspapers have recently published articles critical of the country's pro-whaling votes in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The Executive Director of the National Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) told ECONOFF that he has consequently become the ta [...] | 2006-01-11 00:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IWC EFIS NU |
06MANAGUA475 | NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 17:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU |
06MANAGUA511 | NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS),the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...] | 2006-03-07 23:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU |
06MANAGUA513 | NICARAGUA CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE ON CAFTA, SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON is now reasonably confident that Nicaraguan politicians will finally permit a vote on CAFTA implementing legislation March 9, so that Nicaragua can join CAFTA by April 1. PLC (Liberal Party) sources in the National Assembly have also confirmed that a vote is on track [...] | 2006-03-08 17:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP PREL NU |
06MANAGUA516 | GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU |
06MANAGUA576 | NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 22:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD SENV |
06MANAGUA604 | NICARAGUAN VIEWS ON RECENT INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) As noted in REFTEL, Miguel Marenco, Director General of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) candidly acknowledged to ECONOFF that his country maintains a quid pro quo arrangement in which Nicaragua supports Japanese whaling positions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and [...] | 2006-03-16 19:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IWC EFIS NU UK |
06MANAGUA609 | NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an elections reporting trip to the northwestern departments of Esteli and Madriz March 8-10 (reported in reftels),emboffs discussed a variety of economic and social issues with local leaders, including representatives of most major political parties, the Catholic Chur [...] | 2006-03-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU |
06MANAGUA624 | NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...] | 2006-03-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU |
06MANAGUA645 | PUTTING IPR TO MUSIC IN NICARAGUA HELPED PASS [...] (SBU) Summary: Between March 16 and March 21, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed several IPR and penal code reforms, and ratified the Budapest Treaty, which was required for entry into force of DR-CAFTA by April 1. Despite concerns presented by Ministry of Trade (MIFIC) officials and mem [...] | 2006-03-22 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA646 | CAFTA LEGISLATION PASSES IN NICARAGUA; GON PUSHING [...] (U) The National Assembly approved remaining CAFTA-DR legislative obligations with March 21 votes for reforms of the Patent Law, the Trademark Law and the Special Law on Crimes against International Commerce or International Investment, and ratification of the Budapest Treaty. These votes cam [...] | 2006-03-22 22:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
06MANAGUA648 | TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...] | 2006-03-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA666 | CSE RELEASES DRAFT ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) completed a draft calendar with key dates and deadlines for the November 5 national elections. The calendar was recently released to the political parties for consultation. After a consensus is reached with the political parties, the CSE will [...] | 2006-03-24 21:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA709 | TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: USING PRIMARIES TO DEFINE [...] (SBU) For the past year, Nicaragua's Liberal factions have toyed with the idea of holding internal and/or multi-party primaries to select their presidential and National Assembly deputy candidates. Faction leaders generally agree that multi-party primaries are the most feasible and democratic [...] | 2006-03-28 22:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA721 | CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...] | 2006-03-31 14:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA733 | NICARAGUAN MEDIA TRUMPETS FIRST HEARING IN PANAMA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST ALEMAN [...] (U) The March 30 preliminary hearing in the Panamanian money laundering case against ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, ex-Director of Taxation Byron Jerez and several of their family members and associates made banner headlines in the national media on March 31. Through elaborate money laundering [...] | 2006-04-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM NU |
06MANAGUA764 | PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS ON THE MOVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The President and Vice President of MKJ Exploration Inc. - a small, independent gas and petroleum exploration company - announced to the Ambassador on March 30 that MKJ is approaching the end of a hopefully successful three-and-a-half-year effort to obtain two concessions for [...] | 2006-04-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EPET PGOV BMGT NU |
06MANAGUA780 | NICARAGUAN TRADE IN LARGE NUMBERS OF UNDERSIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past month, Nicaraguan law enforcement has seized a total of 10,000 illegal undersized lobsters from two tanker trucks. Yet another vehicle, thought to contain thousands more, managed to slip past the police. While officials are confident that they will obtain convictio [...] | 2006-04-07 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PHSA SENV NU |
06MANAGUA937 | NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...] | 2006-04-28 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON WHA CEN NU |
06MANAGUA95 | AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT FOR GPOI AND OTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV KTIA NU |
06MANAGUA967 | VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...] | 2006-05-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
06MANAMA1014 | BAHRAIN: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post was notified in April 2006 of a potentially qualifying dispute by a collection agency operating on behalf of Claimant A. Post is unaware of any other U.S. person-GoB dispute or expropriation claims. Post has no previous disputes to update. 2. (SBU) The colle [...] | 2006-06-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BA ECTRD |
06MANAMA1092 | BAHRAIN: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO JOIN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ICRC AORC PHUM BA REGION HUMRIT ROW |
06MANAMA1276 | BAHRAIN: WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Chief July 12 met with Ministry of Industry and Commerce Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Ahmed Bubshait and Director of Foreign Trade Relations Eman Al-Doseri at Undersecretary Bubshait's request, for follow-up discussion of subject demarche delivered July 2 (Ref [...] | 2006-07-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV WTO BA ROW ECTRD |
06MANAMA1594 | BAHRAIN'S 2006 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Head of State King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will not attend the UNGA. 2. (SBU) Head of Government Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will not attend the UNGA. 3. (SBU) The head of Bahrain's delegation to the UNGA will be Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al [...] | 2006-08-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA ASEC BA ROW |
06MANAMA1717 | BAHRAIN: CIVILIAN INVITATION TO CENTCOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL BA IZ |
06MANAMA1778 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BA ROW |
06MANAMA1846 | BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 09:59:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC BA CTR |
06MANAMA192 | BAHRAINIS CALL FOR BOYCOTT, NOT VIOLENCE, IN [...] (SBU) Despite being angry and bewildered by the Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Bahrainis have reacted in a relatively restrained manner compared with others in the region and Muslim world. Both Sunni and Shia Bahrainis have participated in entirely peacef [...] | 2006-02-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KPAO BA POL ROW |
06MANAMA1927 | BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT ECPS KTIA BA ROW |
06MANAMA1929 | BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA BA |
06MANAMA2040 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (U) Embassy Manama TFCO is EconOff Stephen Simpson, phone: (973)1724-2986, unclassified email: SimpsonSC@state.gov, and classified email: SimpsonSC@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Pol/Econ Chief Steve Bondy serves as an alternate point of contact. His contact information is: phone: (973)1724-2908, [...] | 2006-12-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER BA CTR |
06MANAMA2046 | U.S.-BAHRAIN FTA: TRADE, INVESTMENT BOOMING, BUT [...] (SBU) The U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on August 1, 2006 amid a period of booming U.S. trade with the region. A number of U.S. companies, including Tactics Middle East, Microsoft, Westpoint Home, Kraft, and others have announced substantial new ventures, many o [...] | 2006-12-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP BA BILAT ECTRD |
06MANAMA305 | SECRETARY DISCUSSES FTA WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro told visiting Commerce Secretary Gutierrez February 27 that the Cabinet would forward most IPR implementing legislation for the FTA to the National Assembly in the coming days, and that the copyright legislation should follow soon [...] | 2006-03-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OVIP SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT |
06MANAMA312 | BAHRAIN FORMALLY REQUESTS G-8 FUNDING FOR BMENA [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa February 27 summoned representatives of G-8 embassies to formally request their governments' financial support for the BMENA Cen [...] | 2006-03-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KMPI EAID BA ECTRD ROW REGION |
06MANAMA362 | VISIT OF COMMERCE ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE STAFF [...] (SBU) Commerce anti-boycott compliance senior policy analyst Frederick Davidson, Commerce senior compliance officer Cathleen Ryan, and State regional affairs officer Danielle Monosson visited Bahrain February 14-15 and met with government officials and business people concerning the boycott o [...] | 2006-03-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL BA ECTRD REGION |
06MANAMA378 | MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTIONS TO FTA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The February 27 conference on "Free Trade in the Middle East," attended by Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Fakhro, and Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Zubi, publicized the benefits of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) and broug [...] | 2006-03-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP PREL KPAO BA ECTRD BILAT |
06MANAMA389 | BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...] | 2006-03-14 04:35:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT |
06MANAMA39 | BAHRAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) Post has taken a number of measures in anticipation of the potential threat posed by Avian Influenza (AI). Post MED has held Mission briefings to help Embassy staff better understand AI and AI personal risk mitigation strategies. Post has contracted an LES to continually disinfect commonly [...] | 2006-01-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO BA ECTRD |
06MANAMA414 | BAHRAIN REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNGA PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BA UNGA ROW |
06MANAMA474 | MFA PROMOTES BAHRAINI CANDIDATE FOR FOUNDATION FOR [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa March 22 strongly promoted the candidacy of Bahrain's Houda Nonoo for a seat on the board of the Foundation for the Future. He understood there were 22 candidates for 12 board seats. In some cases, there were three [...] | 2006-03-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI BA REFORM REGION |
06MANAMA505 | MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE APPLAUDS U.S. [...] Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro met with Ambassador Monroe, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) Attorney Advisor James Filpi and International Trade Specialist Kamlesh Shah March 15 to discuss CLDP's progress in Bahrain. Filpi told Fakhro he had met with Economic Develop [...] | 2006-03-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ETRD ECON BA ECTRD OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA63 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PTER ASEC PREL BA CTR BILAT |
06MANAMA706 | BAHRAIN: COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA PATRIOT ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director Ahmed Bumtaia. Bumtaia promised to review the non-paper and affirmed his commitment to protecting the integrity of Bahrain's financial system. He assured Emboffs there would be [...] | 2006-04-25 05:33:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA REGION |
06MANAMA707 | BAHRAIN: MENAFATF CAIRO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director Ahmed Bumtaia and provided him with a copy of the MENAFATF Charities best practices paper. Bumtaia said he was unfamiliar with the paper but promised to study it carefully. 2. [...] | 2006-04-25 05:33:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BA REGION CTR |
06MANAMA828 | BAHRAIN: ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMPI BA REGION REFORM |
06MANILA1040 | EAP DAS JOHN MEETINGS EXPLORE EMERGENCY RULE, FREE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed President Arroyo's declaration SIPDIS of a State of Emergency with Ricardo Saludo, Secretary of the Cabinet and member of the Presidential Management Staff. They also discussed the Arroyo administration's strateg [...] | 2006-03-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC PREL KPAO RP |
06MANILA1074 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2006, representatives of USAID and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),a USAID/Philippines grantee, met with former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. to discuss opportunities to collaborate on electoral reforms. President A [...] | 2006-03-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL RP |
06MANILA1075 | "NO CNN CAMERA CREWS!" -- CHILD PRISONERS IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A recent visit by emboffs to a jail in a town near Manila highlighted in a microcosm the problem of incarcerated children in the Philippines. On the national level, the GRP is trying to address [...] | 2006-03-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI SOCI OPRC RP |
06MANILA1135 | PAL intends to lease a few Boeing planes [...] (SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) CEO Lucio Tan recently told the Charge that he intends to lease two or three wide body Boeing planes. He said that he wants to test them out before making a decision on re-fleeting for his North American routes, citing reservations over the safety of the twin [...] | 2006-03-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP RP |
06MANILA1219 | LIKELY POSTPONEMENT OF ARRAIGNMENT OF MARINES IN [...] (U) On March 17, the alleged victim in the case of four U.S. Marines charged with rape filed an omnibus motion with the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court. The motion requests four actions: -- that the Court declare unconstitutional Article V, paragraph 6 of the Visiting Forces Agreement ( [...] | 2006-03-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
06MANILA1220 | APEC Amb Michalak Meeting with Energy Secretary [...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Lotilla told Ambassador Michalak on March 15 that the privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) generating plants will move forward when the Manila Electric Company signs a contract soon to purchase NPC's electricity. The Philippines mandated ethanol and coco [...] | 2006-03-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA1221 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: TRADE [...] (SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed appreciation for USTR's recognition of GRP progress on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and the February announcement to move the Philippines from the Special 301 Priori [...] | 2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
06MANILA1222 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambassador Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teves highlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expanded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries [...] | 2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
06MANILA1367 | UNPRECEDENTED CUSTOMS RAID HAS SMUGGLERS SCRAMBLING [...] (SBU) Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales launched an unprecedented, 500-agent raid on March 16 against a Manila mall notorious for hosting hundreds of sellers of pirated and counterfeit goods. Closely guarded plans and a professional approach caught stall owners by surprise. Rather than [...] | 2006-03-24 07:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP |
06MANILA1519 | NEW VENUE, JUDGE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (U) On March 28, the Philippine Supreme Court transferred the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina from Olongapo City to Makati City in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had requested the change of venue after the original judge, Renato Dilag, recused himself due to a [...] | 2006-04-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
06MANILA1567 | CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded as being at "high risk" considering the epidemic in the region and migratory birds, which transit the Philippines to and from affected countries. Post is con [...] | 2006-04-07 03:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
06MANILA1569 | LITTLE CHANCE ARROYO WILL FOLLOW THE THAKSIN ROUTE [...] (SBU) The Philippine public -- or at least the political elites in Manila, opposition groups, and the media -- have followed with great interest the recent political developments in Thailand that led to snap elections and the decision by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. The oppo [...] | 2006-04-07 04:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV TH RP |
06MANILA1830 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In her first meeting with Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila on April 25, the Ambassador focused SIPDIS discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR),our bilateral trade relationship, and the WTO Doha Round negotiations. Favila and other senior GRP leadership continue to h [...] | 2006-04-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
06MANILA1845 | ARMM LEADERSHIP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan and his senior staff acknowledged the vital importance of combating terrorism but expressed a hope that the GRP would involve Local Government Units more direct [...] | 2006-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PTER EAGR RP |
06MANILA1862 | GRP ADOPTS CONFLICTED BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary. President Arroyo issued an executive order (EO) adopting the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) as a compliance mechanism under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The NBF, a compromise between pro- and anti-biotech policy makers, promulgates conflicting principles in [...] | 2006-04-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
06MANILA1886 | PEACEFUL MAY DAY RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Rallies in Manila and elsewhere in the Philippines were moderate in size and largely peaceful on the national labor day holiday of May 1. The largest rallies, which leftist groups organized, took place in Manila, but mainstream opposition parties also put on at least one othe [...] | 2006-05-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC RP |
06MANILA1903 | GMA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MILF PEACE PROSPECTS; [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 28 event with the Ambassador, President Arroyo reiterated optimism about prospects for peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2006. Senior GRP officials commente [...] | 2006-05-04 01:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PARM RP |
06MANILA1913 | SUPREME COURT ISSUES MIXED RULING ON STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court, in a May 3 ruling, upheld the validity of President Arroyo's imposition of a State of National Emergency on February 24. However, the Court also ruled that the curbing of rallies and a police raid on a newspaper were illegal. Both Malacanang and the Opposi [...] | 2006-05-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PINR RP |
06MANILA1941 | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST SLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early April, two environmental activists in Cebu received word that an explosives dealer allegedly had placed a bounty on their heads. Days later, one of the activists was murdered. The other, Antonio "Tony" Oposa, Jr., continues to fear for his life. Mission is taking e [...] | 2006-05-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS SENV RP |
06MANILA1965 | FIVE LEFTIST LAWMAKERS PEACEFULLY DEPART CONGRESS, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: After two months holed up in Congress, five leftist representatives left the Batasan Pambansa (congressional) complex in Metro Manila on May 8. The "Batasan Five" -- who had feared arrest if t [...] | 2006-05-08 07:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM RP |
06MANILA1981 | ARAGONCILLO GUILTY PLEA ANNOUNCEMENT NETS BIG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The May 4 USDOJ announcement that former FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo pleaded guilty to espionage and other charges received significant press play in the Philippines. GRP reaction was basi [...] | 2006-05-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC RP |
06MANILA2009 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 8, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Rosalita Prospero, Health Division Director, Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Pros [...] | 2006-05-10 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO RP |
06MANILA2021 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Not For Internet -- Please Handle Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In her first meeting with Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza on May 9, the Ambassador focused discussion on: the Philippine Transportation Security Authority Bill; [...] | 2006-05-11 05:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ELTN ECPS RP |
06MANILA2162 | GRP HOSTS FIRST U.S. BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Philippines, a Chemical Weapon Convention member-state, needs to make more progress in meeting its national implementation obligations under the convention. During an April 3-4 workshop wi [...] | 2006-05-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETRD ASEC PHUM MY RP |
06MANILA2263 | PHILIPPINE ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 31 with Department of Foreign Affairs Executive Director for United Nations and International Organizations MacArthur Corsino, poloff urged high level Philippine attendance at the High-Level Political Meeting for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on June 23 [...] | 2006-06-01 02:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM RP |
06MANILA2294 | SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 30 with Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for African and Middle East Affairs Oscar Valenzuela, poloff urged the GRP to issue a statement of support for the new Iraqi political leadership and congratulate them on forming a unified government (reftel). 2. (SB [...] | 2006-06-02 02:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RP |
06MANILA2319 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Agriculture Secretary Panganiban on May 31 to discuss the status of the PL 480 agreement, continuing USG support for agricultural development in Mindanao, and the GRP's response plan for avian influenza. Panganiban confirmed the GRP had approved the PL 480 agree [...] | 2006-06-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
06MANILA2350 | Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry continues to grow in the Philippines, spurred on by the increasing availability of broadband Internet connectivity, foreign demand, and difficulty in prosecuting operators. [...] | 2006-06-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP |
06MANILA2383 | USG STEPS TO COUNTER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Extra-judicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines -- notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected narcotics traffickers -- remain of high concern to the USG and are increasingly a subject of international media attention. The annual country report on human rights for t [...] | 2006-06-08 01:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV RP |
06MANILA241 | RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE [...] (U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and retain custody of four Marines accused of rape. Several politicians voiced anti-VFA and/or anti-U.S. sentiments. Court officia [...] | 2006-01-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
06MANILA2426 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/09/06 [...] (U) On June 9, the first full week of trial concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused in the alleged rape of a Filipina. Officials from Embassy's American Citizens' Services Unit, JUSMAG, Defense Attache's Office (DAO),and Regional Security Office, as well as from the Third Marine [...] | 2006-06-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
06MANILA2465 | UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Philippines. The Task Force is chaired by USAID and includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medical Unit, Ma [...] | 2006-06-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED |
06MANILA2520 | Visiting EPA team advises GRP on chemical emergency [...] (U) At the request of the GRP and with support from Ambassador Kenney, four US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emergency responders came to Manila to advise on the clean up of the high-profile mercury spill at St. Andrew's School (refs A,B). The team trained GRP personnel and private c [...] | 2006-06-16 05:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EMIN ETRD TPHY TSPL RP |
06MANILA2523 | GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...] | 2006-06-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP |
06MANILA26 | IN BLOW TO JUDICIARY, WELL-KNOWN JUDGE SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A well-known Metro Manila trial judge was murdered in a drive-by shooting on December 31. Police have arrested seven men in connection with the attack. The Supreme Court has demanded that the [...] | 2006-01-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ECON PINR PTER PHUM RP |
06MANILA2633 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ENERGY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's initial call, Energy Secretary Lotilla highlighted the need to increase competition and privatization in the electric power sector. Lotilla described promising developments in alternative energy sources throughout the country, including geothermal projects, the expan [...] | 2006-06-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
06MANILA2697 | GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...] | 2006-06-28 00:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RP |
06MANILA2777 | GRP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In In June 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo approved a new strategy for defeating Asia's longest-running communist insurgency by the Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People's Army (CPP/NPA). Under this plan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),with [...] | 2006-06-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP |
06MANILA2824 | PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS CONDEMN NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (U) In a statement issued on July 6, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo commented that "In solidarity with the international community, The Philippines condemns the missile tests of North Korea and urges that nation to refrain from further compromising the peace and security of the region and [...] | 2006-07-06 05:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN RP |
06MANILA2831 | POSSIBLE COURTS MARTIAL FOR FEBRUARY 24 "COUP [...] (SBU) Summary: A committee investigating an alleged failed February 24 coup d'etat may soon recommend that at least three senior military officers and perhaps dozens of junior officers face military courts on charges ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman to mutiny and sedi [...] | 2006-07-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV MARR RP |
06MANILA2973 | CPP/NPA - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to a renewed campaign by the Philippine Government (GRP) to defeat Asia's longest-running communist insurgency, the New People's Army (NPA) has continued its low intensity attacks throughout the country. At the same time, the National Democratic Front (NDF) is push [...] | 2006-07-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP |
06MANILA3064 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...] | 2006-07-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP |
06MANILA3098 | SONA 2006: ARROYO PROJECTS OPTIMISM, WANTS TO SPEND [...] (SBU) Summary. With a buoyant air and an unusual high tech power point presentation, President Arroyo laid out ambitious development goals for four new supra-regions in the Philippines during the remainder of her term, and asked all to achieve together a "prosperous and united" Philippines [...] | 2006-07-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PTER RP |
06MANILA3226 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In a breakfast meeting July 31 with Assistant Secretary Hill and the Ambassador, Philippines Finance Secretary Gary Teves and Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed confidence in the Philippines' strong economic growth, improving fiscal situation, and solid cooperation betwe [...] | 2006-08-02 04:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
06MANILA3369 | EXPLOSIONS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO LEAVE TWO DEAD AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) An explosion from a hand grenade occurred at approximately 1:55 p.m. local time at the main gate of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor's Office in Cotabato City, reportedly killing t [...] | 2006-08-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS ASEC PREL KISL MOPS RP |
06MANILA3450 | SENATOR INOUYE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presented Senator Inouye with the Philippines' highest award, the Order of Lakandula, on August 14 in recognition of his contributions to the U.S.-Philippines partnership. Senator Inouye praised her policy achievements in fiscal reforms, counterterrorism, and [...] | 2006-08-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN BM AS BX RP |
06MANILA3472 | CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES ECONOMY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. Chairman of the House International Relations Committee Henry Hyde and members of his delegation met with President Arroyo and senior GRP officials over dinner August 12. They discussed the improving economy; a potential U.S.-Philippine FTA; plans for the Philippine chairmanshi [...] | 2006-08-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL SCUL OREP KPAO RP |
06MANILA3475 | (CABLE CANCELLATION) SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP |
06MANILA3479 | SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterrorism and defense reform during his August 11-15 visit to the Philippines. Inouye enthused at the "Philippine model," which extends a "hand of friendship" to [...] | 2006-08-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP |
06MANILA3491 | SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. During Senator Daniel K. Inouye's August 11 - 15 visit to the Philippines, he traveled to Zamboanga and dined with President Arroyo (see Reftel); met U.S. business leaders; and, called on the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and Defense Secretary Cruz. Given the Se [...] | 2006-08-22 04:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP |
06MANILA3560 | AUGUST 25 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) "Operation Ultimatum," the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) effort to capture or kill senior Abu Sayyaf (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders on the island of Jolo, is now in its 25th day. The AFP remains determined to maintain the pressure on the fugitive terrorists, who appea [...] | 2006-08-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
06MANILA3565 | 2006 ARROYO IMPEACHMENT DEAD; MOVING FORWARD ON A [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 to uphold its own justice committee report recommending the dismissal of this year's impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Most politicians and observers had long viewed the outcome as a forego [...] | 2006-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM RP |
06MANILA3574 | TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2006. However, there have been no additional convictions under the 2003 Anti-TIP Law since December 2005 (refs C and D),despite dozens of human trafficki [...] | 2006-08-28 05:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP |
06MANILA3599 | PHILIPPINES REORGANIZES IP TASK FORCE [...] (U) The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) is again reorganizing its Intellectual Property (IP) Task Force to be chaired by Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Pedrito Rances who previously headed the same Task Force in 2005. Rights holders expressed concern over the decision which they say [...] | 2006-08-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP |
06MANILA3718 | SENATE PLANS RADICAL REVISIONS TO INVESTOR INCENTIVES [...] (SBU) Following up on President Arroyo's 2004 promise to increase government revenue, the Philippine Congress is poised to reduce and reform investment incentives. The Senate proposal under discussion draws from a USAID-funded study that recommends eliminating income tax holidays as inefficie [...] | 2006-09-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON RP |
06MANILA3786 | CONSULTATIONS ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor met September 7 with Department of Foreign of Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organization Affairs Aladin Villacorte to underscore U.S. willingness to work closely with the GRP to ensure the full implementation of UN Security Resolution 16 [...] | 2006-09-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN RP |
06MANILA3789 | REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Philippines faces a serious problem in controlling the transit of narcotics, terrorists, and contraband through its vulnerable western border island of Palawan, the home of the Malampaya gas project and numerous tourist resort [...] | 2006-09-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP |
06MANILA3812 | DEMARCH ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor passed reftel points September 11 to Executive Director Ramon Cardenas of the Americas Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Cardenas promised to give them to Assistant Secretary Carandang, who is leaving this evening to attend the NAM Summit. He als [...] | 2006-09-11 07:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR RP |
06MANILA3899 | NAM SUMMIT STANCE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor raised reftel points September 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organizations Julius Torres, emphasizing the importance of ending violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Torres said he would immediately [...] | 2006-09-15 04:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU RP |
06MANILA4053 | AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT REAFFIRM USG-GRP [...] (U) Ambassador delivered a strong anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) message on September 20 at the opening ceremony of the first National Conference Against Human Trafficking in the Philippines. While commending the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and local civil society g [...] | 2006-09-25 04:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM RP |
06MANILA4150 | REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] | 2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
06MANILA4151 | REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] | 2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
06MANILA4174 | Ambassador Raises Commercial Issues with Secretary of [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with GRP Secretary of Finance Gary Teves, Ambassador raised protection of private lending for small and medium enterprises, USAID exemption from taxes, progress on the MCA Threshold Program, and investment and trade disputes. Teves made no commitments, but indicated [...] | 2006-10-03 02:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KMCA RP |
06MANILA4218 | DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DISCUSSES STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Secretary of National Defense Cruz in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club stressed the seriousness of the domestic terrorist threat and the importance of Philippine Defense Reform. He said a successful counterterrorism effort had to also incorporate social an [...] | 2006-10-04 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP |
06MANILA424 | MADRASAH PROJECT: AFTER COMPLETING U.S. TRAINING, [...] (U) This Message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty-eight madrasah educators from Mindanao have completed training courses in the U.S. on American educational practices and values, as part of a USD 400,000 USG-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Tr [...] | 2006-01-31 09:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI KISL RP |
06MANILA4261 | PRESIDENT ARROYO'S UPCOMING TRAVEL TO CHINA [...] This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) President Arroyo plans to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Commemorative Summit on October 30-31 in Nanning, China. The Summit will celebrate 15 years of association between ASEAN and the People's Republic [...] | 2006-10-06 09:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH KN RP |
06MANILA4304 | NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 10 with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo took note of our view that the "opt-in" approach is the only viable way to reach consensus on an Anti-Vehicle Min [...] | 2006-10-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PREL RP |
06MANILA4344 | STATEMENT BY THE ASEAN CHAIRMAN ON NUCLEAR TESTS [...] (SBU) Ambassador on October 13 congratulated Foreign Secretary Romulo for the strong statement he issued as ASEAN SIPDIS Chair on October 12 protesting the North Korean nuclear test and urging North Korea to abide by UN Security Council resolution 1695 (full text in para 3). Secretary Rom [...] | 2006-10-13 08:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN RP |
06MANILA4348 | TALKING POINTS ON UNGA ISSUES [...] (SBU) In a meeting on October 13, Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations and International Organizations Aladin Villacorte expressed appreciation to Pol/C for reftel positions. (Septel will discuss solid Philippine support for Guatemala's UNSC candidacy.) He expressed pa [...] | 2006-10-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA RP |
06MANILA4349 | UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Jointly with officers from the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, poloff on October 12 delivered reftel demarche on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Director Noel Servigon. Servigon said [...] | 2006-10-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN RP |
06MANILA4396 | BOLSTERING THE CT FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines is the easternmost front line of the Global War on Terrorism. It faces multiple threats, ranging from the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah to the local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and Rajah Solaiman Movement. Quick-disbursing 1206, 1207, and 1208 funds that pr [...] | 2006-10-18 03:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
06MANILA4481 | MANILA EAC SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the Ambassador, met on October 25, 2006, to determine what, if any, actions needed to be taken in light of the recent steady stream of threat reporting that various sections of the Embassy have been receiving. Although the usual threats [...] | 2006-10-26 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC RP |
06MANILA4502 | STRIKE ONE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 25 Supreme Court ruling against a "people's initiative" to amend the Constitution in order to form a unicameral parliamentary system, supporters of charter change or "cha cha" will next move to form a constituent assembly of the sitting Congress. Given the [...] | 2006-10-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RP |
06MANILA4509 | ADVOCATING AN ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor joined Australian Charge d'Affaires for an October 27 demarche on Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Executive Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs Charles Jose to request that the Philippines support a statement condemning the North Korean nuclear test at th [...] | 2006-10-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM RP |
06MANILA4511 | PHILIPPINES ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS BEFORE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarches on anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Sales said UNIO has "carefully considered" these resolutions a [...] | 2006-10-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA IS LE |
06MANILA4512 | PHILIPPINES ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarche requesting an extension of the destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Jesus Domingo and Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Do [...] | 2006-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
06MANILA4522 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) John, a warm welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you. We have a packed program ready for you, including meetings with Foreign Secretary Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Cruz, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon and a trip to Jolo to see first-ha [...] | 2006-10-30 06:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL OVIP HILLEN RP |
06MANILA4528 | PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 30 delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph for Proliferation Security Initiative participants on UNSCR 1718 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo promised to convene an interagency mee [...] | 2006-10-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA EAIR RP |
06MANILA4558 | LABOR UNION STRIKES AT CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Union members at Chong Won Fashion, a clothing manufacturer at the government-owned Cavite Economic Zone, launched a strike September 25. The management of the factory refuses to negotiate with union leaders and initiated legal action against the union. The strike has garnered [...] | 2006-11-03 04:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM RP |
06MANILA4589 | UNGA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) In a meeting on November 6 with Acting Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations and Other SIPDIS International Organizations Julius D. Torres, Pol/C presented reftels' demarches on country specific human rights resolutions at the UNGA Third Committee and on the Cuba [...] | 2006-11-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA KTIA CU RP |
06MANILA472 | AFP SEPARATELY ENGAGES MILF, NPA IN WEEK OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On January 29, sporadic fighting broke out between elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and local Civilian Army Geographical Armed F [...] | 2006-02-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP |
06MANILA4726 | COUP PLOTTER HONASAN CAPTURED, TO FACE REBELLION [...] (U) Agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) captured fugitive coup plotter and former Senator Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan November 15 in Metro Manila. The arrest [...] | 2006-11-17 04:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS RP |
06MANILA4742 | SIX AMBASSADORS PITCH IN FOR MINDANAO PEACE AND [...] (U) In a unique effort to demonstrate international support for peace and development, Ambassador Kristie Kenney led a group of five Ambassadors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a visit to the conflict-affected Mindanao provinces of Zamboanga and Basilan. [...] | 2006-11-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP |
06MANILA4805 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN SEES FIRST-HAND HOW THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On a November 11 trip to Jolo Island in the Sulu Archipelago, Political-Military Affairs Assistant Secretary Hillen witnessed the transformational programs SIPDIS underway with collaboration among the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Fo [...] | 2006-11-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
06MANILA4809 | COMBATING EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING: PROPOSAL FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE; SEE PARA. 9. 2. (SBU) The Philippine Government is working to investigate a series of unsolved extra-judicial killings, which have raised concerns both domestically and abroad because of allegations of possible military or police involvement in some cases. To a [...] | 2006-11-24 06:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV RP |
06MANILA4846 | FOCUS ON USG-GRP DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN MINDANAO: GRP [...] (U) Embassy Manila continues to engage actively in demonstrating substantial USG support for improved conditions for peace, security and development in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. During a substantive two-day visit to Mindanao beginning on Thanksgiving Day, of GRP cabinet member, Secr [...] | 2006-11-29 23:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP |
06MANILA4910 | MEETING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal & Security Affairs Jesus "Gary" Domingo, draft legislation to implement Philippine obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention is currently under review by Foreign Secretary Romulo. Doming [...] | 2006-12-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JA AS RP |
06MANILA4954 | STRIKE TWO FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: As opponents, including the Catholic Bishops' Conference, planned rallies and protests against transforming the lower House of Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution, House Speaker Jose de Venecia on December 9 instead called on the Senate to support a c [...] | 2006-12-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER RP |
06MANILA4959 | PHILIPPINE AIRLINES BUYS BOEINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on December 7 its purchase of two Boeing 777-ER aircraft, with the option to buy two additional planes, and its lease of two more aircraft. The planes will allow PAL to increase its flights to the United States, including planned new destina [...] | 2006-12-12 03:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP RP |
06MANILA4984 | ASEAN TRADE MINISTERS TACKLE TARIFFS [...] (U) Despite the postponement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Summit, ASEAN trade ministers on December 8 succeeded in signing six agreements intended to expand economic integration in the region. Four focus on enhancing intra-ASEAN trade and two agreements deep [...] | 2006-12-13 09:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PREL PHUM EAID CH RP |
06MANILA5015 | NEW SCHEDULE FOR ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (U) Following the December 8 announcement of the postponement of the ASEAN-related Summits in Cebu, citing typhoon threats (reftel),the Philippine Government now expects to host these events, again in Cebu, January 12-15. Most of the East Asia Summit leaders have already indicated their rea [...] | 2006-12-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN RP |
06MANILA5099 | PROVIDING THE PHILIPPINES INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/C discussed reftel points December 28 with Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Alan Deniega. Deniega expressed appreciation for the information, noting that the Philippines fully supported implementation of UN Securi [...] | 2006-12-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KNNP IR RP |
06MANILA5101 | PHILIPPINES TO SEND VICE PRESIDENT TO FORMER [...] (SBU) Action request: The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on December 28 that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had appointed Vice President Noli de Castro to be the representative of the Philippine Government at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford. The Vice President's offi [...] | 2006-12-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP RP |
06MANILA529 | PRESIDENT ARROYO MAKES SEVERAL CHANGES TO HER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 5, Malacanang announced several changes to President Arroyo's Cabinet. Representative Ronaldo Puno replaced Angelo Reyes as Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Governme [...] | 2006-02-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR ECON RP |
06MANILA64 | Stock Exchange Growing But Reforms Needed to [...] (SBU) The Philippine Stock Exchange is implementing reforms to restore investor confidence shattered from a market manipulation scandal in 2001-02. The composite index extended its three-year bull run with 15 percent growth in 2005 and a significant rise in daily turnover. PSE President Lim [...] | 2006-01-06 01:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EINV RP |
06MANILA740 | CHALLENGES TO PEACE IN MINDANAO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite official optimism over a final GRP-MILF peace agreement by the end of 2006, disputes over land and natural resources, clan conflicts (locally called "rido"),and tensions between Muslims [...] | 2006-02-21 05:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS MOPS RP |
06MANILA755 | FUNERALS FOR FIL-AM SOLDIERS UNDERSCORE CLOSE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Military funerals for two Filipino-American soldiers killed in Iraq were recently held in the Philippines. The funerals drew large crowds and generated highly positive local press play. In sp [...] | 2006-02-22 03:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI MOPS KPAO RP IZ |
06MANILA914 | SITREP 17: SENAT CONDEMNS GRP ACTIONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclasified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU)Summary: The Senate has adopted a resolution conemning GRP actions (pressure on media, arrests) uner the State of Emergency (Proclamation 1017). similar resolution filed by Opposition members s under co [...] | 2006-02-28 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC ECON RP |
06MANILA918 | SITREP 19: HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution 2. (U) Summary: Manila enjoyed another night of calm. In late breaking news, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution granting protective custody to the five congressmen charged with rebellion, claiming the [...] | 2006-02-28 23:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC PREL KPAO RP |
06MANILA945 | SITREP 20: PRESIDENT MULLS LIFTING OF STATE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a brief televised address mid-day on March 1, President Arroyo said she wanted to lift the State of Emergency at "the soonest time possible." She asked for reports from key offices on the s [...] | 2006-03-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC ECON RP |
06MANILA990 | NEW DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS IP UNIT PROMISES INCREASED [...] (SBU) The Intellectual Property (IP) Unit at Customs is under new management again, for the third time since its inception in 2003. Former IP Unit head, Attorney Eden Dandal, was replaced by Attorney Willie Sarmiento, who was Chief of Staff to the new Customs Commissioner, Napoleon Morales [...] | 2006-03-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KCOR RP |
06MAPUTO1260 | Mozambique: Visit to two Northern Provincial [...] (U) This report summarizes observations from an August 28 - September 1 trip taken by the Econ/Pol chief to Lichinga, the small town that serves as the capital of Niassa province in Mozambique's far north, and Nampula, the bustling capital of neighboring Nampula province. Lichinga's most strik [...] | 2006-09-29 09:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON MZ |
06MAPUTO149 | MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S REMARKS TO [...] (U) President Guebuza attended the just-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he participated on a panel on Chinese investment in Africa. On January 30, while speaking to reporters shortly before returning home to Mozambique, he was asked for his reaction to the victory [...] | 2006-02-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS MZ PGOV PLO PREL |
06MAPUTO1497 | FRELIMO CONGRESS STRENGTHENS GUEBUZA'S MANDATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO Party held its 9th Party Congress from November 10-14 in Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia Province. The congress was characterized by a number of `firsts:' the first congress held outside of Maputo since independence, the first congress to be open to [...] | 2006-11-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
06MAPUTO150 | MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA ON HAMAS ELECTION WIN [...] (U) President Guebuza attended the just-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he participated on a panel on Chinese investment in Africa. On January 30, while speaking to reporters shortly before returning home to Mozambique, he was asked for his reaction to the victory [...] | 2006-02-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS MZ PGOV PLO PREL |
06MAPUTO1529 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MZ |
06MAPUTO1553 | MOZAMBIQUE: BIO DATA ON SOME MEMBERS OF FRELIMO [...] This cable provides biographical information on 10 of the 17 members of the Political Commission, the highest body of Mozambique's ruling political party, FRELIMO (we have provided bio information on the other members in previous reporting). Sources used include official government biographies [...] | 2006-12-04 06:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
06MAPUTO1561 | MOZAMBIQUE: TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN MZ |
06MAPUTO1600 | MOZAMBIQUE - DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNAUS UNGA MZ |
06MAPUTO1604 | MOZAMBIQUE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Mozambique is a party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but it does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to chi [...] | 2006-12-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MZ |
06MAPUTO1625 | Mozambique - Anadarko Petroleum Signs $300 Million [...] (U) On December 20 U.S. oil company Anadarko Petroleum and the government of Mozambique signed an exploration and production agreement for one offshore (mostly) block in the Rovuma basin, in northern Mozambique (see reftel for details of the block). Under the agreement, Anadarko will shoot se [...] | 2006-12-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD EINV ECON MZ |
06MAPUTO194 | MOZAMBIQUE: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) On February 9 poloff delivered reftel talking points to Faizal Cassam, Department of African and Middle East Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cassam stated that the GRM had yet to issue a public statement on the results of the Palestinian election and indicated that Mozambique would [...] | 2006-02-14 08:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MZ KPAL |
06MAPUTO21 | MOZAMBIQUE: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (U) On January 6, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Faizal Cassam, Directorate for Africa and Middle East Affairs (DAMO),Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cassam stated that the GRM agreed in principle to the rehatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan and implied that the AU Peace an [...] | 2006-01-09 05:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
06MAPUTO253 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - STATEMENTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 11:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ MZ |
06MAPUTO271 | MOZAMBIQUE: THIRD ACOTA TRAINING ITERATION [...] (SBU) The African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program successfully concluded its third training iteration in Mozambique on February 24. A battalion staff, including the commander and over 30 staff and senior non-commissioned officers, participated in the seven-week [...] | 2006-03-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MZ |
06MAPUTO310 | MOZAMBIQUE: FIRST TIP-RELATED CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two Mozambican men were sentenced last week to 8 and 9 months in prison, respectively, for kidnapping and attempting to sell a 13-year-old boy in Inhambane province. To Post's knowledge, this is the country's first-ever trafficking-related conviction. It also marks one of the fir [...] | 2006-03-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ |
06MAPUTO326 | TEXAS TEA FOR TWO - MOZAMBIQUE AND US COMPANY [...] (U) Summary. On March 8th the Government of Mozambique and the U.S. oil company Anadarko Petroleum announced that Anadarko had won its bid for exploration and production rights to an offshore block in the Rovuma Basin, off the Mozambique - Tanzania border. Anadarko's concession is expected t [...] | 2006-03-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET EINV MZ |
06MAPUTO377 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC UNSC LI MZ NI SL |
06MAPUTO396 | U.S. TOBACCO COMPANY DEPARTING MOZAMBIQUE OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: American loose-leaf tobacco merchant Alliance One International has decided to discontinue all operations in Mozambique. The withdrawal comes as the result of the GRM's decision in August 2005 to seize Alliance One's most profitable Mozambican concession and grant it to another [...] | 2006-03-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EINV MZ |
06MAPUTO415 | MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S TWO-WEEK VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: President Guebuza recently completed a two-week trip to rural districts in southern Mozambique. Hopping from point to point by helicopter, he addressed rallies and listened to local concerns in some of Mozambique's most isolated communities. His message -- "together we can win t [...] | 2006-04-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON EAGR MZ |
06MAPUTO422 | Mozambique: Brazilian CVRD Considering Buying Out [...] (U) Summary: On March 31 the Brazilian company CVRD and the OPIC-supported US/Mozambique consortium managing the Nacala railroad corridor, CDN, reached an agreement giving CVRD the option, until the end of 2006, to purchase CDN. CVRD is currently assessing prospects in the Moatize coal basin [...] | 2006-04-11 08:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
06MAPUTO428 | UNHCR IMPATIENT WITH MOZAMBIQUE'S REFUGEE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREF PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ |
06MAPUTO432 | MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE RE GRM REQUEST [...] (U) This is an Action Request. 2. (SBU) Action Request: In reftel Post asked for Department guidance on how to respond to a written request for information from the GRM's Central Office for the Combat of Corruption, a department in the Attorney General's Office. The request was for informat [...] | 2006-04-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL EFIN KJUS MZ |
06MAPUTO449 | POLICE FOIL PLAN TO SMUGGLE 66 BANGLADESHIS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ |
06MAPUTO459 | MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COMMITS TO DRAFTING ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ |
06MAPUTO526 | MOZAMBIQUE: MDA - DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADORS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 05:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF MZ |
06MAPUTO561 | Mozambique: Revising the Labor Law [...] (SBU) Summary. Caught between its socialist past and the need to spur greater employment, Mozambique's pro-worker labor law is on the verge of rebirth. As the private sector urges meaningful changes that will stimulate investment and economic growth, a tripartite committee continues to work o [...] | 2006-05-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
06MAPUTO565 | MOZAMBIQUE: ACOTA TRAINING PLANNED FOR JULY; GRM [...] (U) Summary: In late April ACOTA Program Representative John Sevold met with senior Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM) leadership to conduct planning for the upcoming iteration of ACOTA training in Mozambique. Sevold also met with the Minister of Defense and senior ministry officials to discuss M [...] | 2006-05-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL MZ |
06MAPUTO567 | Mozambique's Private Sector Raises its Voice - GRM [...] (U) Summary: On May 3-5 Mozambique's national business association, CTA (Confederacao das Associacoes Economicas de Mocambique) held its ninth annual conference. Entitled "For a Better Business Environment: Opportunities in the Global Market," the conference focused on the effects of globaliz [...] | 2006-05-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
06MAPUTO585 | Mozambique - Possible Activity Involving Violation [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On May 19 one of the leading newspapers in Mozambique, Savana, published a story that the American tobacco company, Universal, has opened an investigation into an internal report that one of its employees in an unnamed country had [...] | 2006-05-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EAGR ETRD MZ |
06MAPUTO591 | MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SCRAPS AD HOC [...] (SBU) Mozambique's National Assembly recently voted in favor of dissolving the ad-hoc committee on electoral legislation. The move came after committee chair, Alfredo Gamito, reported that the group was unable to reach consensus on the composition of the National Election Council. The issue [...] | 2006-05-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
06MAPUTO599 | Mozambique - World Bank Apparently Pushing Use of [...] (SBU) Summary: Two World Bank railway specialists recently visited Maputo, urging the GRM to support a final definitive study comparing the Sena railway line with the Nacala railway corridor for the export of coal from Moatize. We told them that we would not oppose a study, but that we thought [...] | 2006-05-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EAGR ETRD MZ |
06MAPUTO608 | MOJ DISCUSSES DRAFT ANTI-TERRORISM LAW, UN 1267 SANCTIONS LIST 77, PLANS FOR FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ASEC EFIN PREL ETTC CVIS KVPR MZ |
06MAPUTO609 | MOZAMBIQUE - PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR PRESS RELEASE ON RELEASE OF CORRUPTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KCOR KPAO MZ |
06MAPUTO632 | MOZAMBIQUE-ZIMBABWE JOINT DEFENSE AND SECURITY [...] (U) The Mozambique-Zimbabwe Joint Defense and Security Commission met on May 31 and June 1 in Maputo to discuss defense and security concerns currently facing the two neighboring countries. The meeting, which brought together senior-level officials from both governments, covered a range of to [...] | 2006-06-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZI MZ |
06MAPUTO66 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UN REFORM -- THE [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze on January 17 to discuss UN reform and other issues. Based on talking points in reftels A and B, Ambassador stressed the USG's continued interest in advancing UN reform, particularly reforms to the management structure [...] | 2006-01-18 10:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM UNAUS ADCO MZ |
06MAPUTO668 | MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO A NO-SHOW AT AFRICAN [...] (U) The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) held its third regional anti-corruption training seminar in Maputo on May 22-23. This regional forum, which was supported by both the Canadian and Danish development agencies, aimed to strengthen the capacity of African parli [...] | 2006-06-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
06MAPUTO67 | MOZAMBIQUE: FADM PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN PKO [...] (SBU) During a January 17 meeting between Ambassador and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze to discuss UN reform (septel),Ambassador inquired whether the GRM had decided to accept the UN invitation to participate in the peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Sudan. Banze said the GRM [...] | 2006-01-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MZ |
06MAPUTO718 | MOZAMBIQUE: MDA DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM MZ |
06MAPUTO945 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA MZ |
06MAPUTO953 | COUNTRY FRAUD PROFILE: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Consular Fraud Summary: Mozambiques porous borders, underpa and ill-equipped border security forces and lack of technological infrastructure make it an inviting transit country for mala fide travelers, immigrant smugglers and immigrant traffickers. Mozambican passports and residency perm [...] | 2006-08-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD MZ |
06MAPUTO987 | Mozambique: July Political Digest [...] (U) This is a brief summary of significant political events in Mozambique during July 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- RENAMO Members Switching to FRELIMO -- Provincial Elections Unlikely in 2007 -- Gay Rights Surfaces as Issue in Medi [...] | 2006-08-09 06:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MZ |
06MASERU140 | UNSC ELECTIONS (GRULAC) [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador raised points on Venezuela and Guatemala as contenders for the GRULAC seat for the UN Security Council (2007-2008) during March 16 discussions with the GOL Foreign Minister. 2. (SBU) Venezuela's troubling disruption of international events, including the disru [...] | 2006-03-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE LT |
06MASERU156 | FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points on former Liberian President Charles Taylor March 28 to Acting Foreign Minister Mrs. Mpeo Mahase (Employment/Labor Minister). We emphasized the United States' and international community's desire for Charles Taylor to face the Special Court on Sierra L [...] | 2006-03-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KAWC LI LT |
06MASERU21 | THE GAP - STATUS IN LESOTHO [...] (SBU) Following rumors concerning the potential withdrawal of the GAP as a major buyer of Lesotho's textile products, Ambassador Perry contacted GAP Limited President and CEO Paul Pressler via faxed letter on December 14. In response, GAP Inc's Vice President for Social Responsibility (Dan He [...] | 2006-01-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL LT |
06MASERU23 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches January 12 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moleleki. Previous discussions on UN reform have resulted in positive responses from the GOL. The FOMIN supported management reform agenda goals including ECOSOC's role and points on personnel and budgetary [...] | 2006-01-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO LT |
06MASERU236 | SMALLPOX ERADICATION AND RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Ambassador reviewed smallpox points again with Minister of Health Phooko on May 16. Regarding "closed door" discussions by the Africa Group in Geneva, the Minister said it was agreed that no one African country would take a position; there would be an African Union (AU) stance (not yet [...] | 2006-05-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC TBIO WHO PREL PGOV LT |
06MASERU254 | UNGASS: HIGH LEVEL AIDS ISSUES [...] (SBU) In recent discussions (May 29) with The First Lady of Lesotho and Prime Minister Mosisili, we have learned their major concerns about combating HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. We have advised them that the U.S. Delegation will be led by First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush, and that a number of U.S. expert [...] | 2006-05-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV KHIV LT |
06MASERU260 | LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY BRIEFS U.S. AMBASSADOR AND DONORS; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with General Metsing Lekhanya, the leader of the largest opposition party, the Basotho National Party (BNP),on Thursday May 18, 2006. He was accompanied by party Secretary General, Ranthomeng Matete. The meeting was held at the request of the BNP leadership, [...] | 2006-06-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM LT |
06MASERU323 | LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Ambassador met July 10 with Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki (immediately following the FOMIN's return to Maseru) to ascertain the Government of Lesotho's (GOL) views on the North Korean missile launches and to advise the government of our very strong position that [...] | 2006-07-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN LT |
06MASERU35 | DISCONTENT WITHIN THE RULING PARTY AND THE MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the first post - independence Lesotho local government elections, which were held in April 2005, rumors emerged about internal disputes and power struggles within the two biggest political parties - the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and th [...] | 2006-01-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LT |
06MASERU371 | OPPOSITION LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF UNLICENCED [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the opposition Basotho National Party (BNP),Major General Justin Lekhanya, and several members of his family appeared before a Maseru district court on July 27, charged with contravening provisions of Lesotho's Internal Security Act. According to local sources, a po [...] | 2006-08-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
06MASERU39 | PRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) During a January 19 donor meeting, PRC Ambassador to Lesotho Qiu Bohua gave a brief readout of Prime Minister Mosisili's official visit to China Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2005. Qiu noted that it was the Prime Minister's second trip to the PRC and that Mosisili had accepted China's invitation to at [...] | 2006-01-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV CH LT |
06MASERU503 | LESOTHO CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst a rush of enthusiastic patriotism and against the backdrop of a new national flag, Lesotho celebrated the 40th anniversary of its independence during three days of celebrations that culminated on October 4. The ceremonies were attended by a number of foreign dignitaries- [...] | 2006-10-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PNAT LT |
06MASERU505 | LESOTHO: NATIONAL SPACE POLICY [...] (U) Charge met on October 11 with Pitso Makosholo, acting Principle Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel talking points on the new National Space Policy. 2. (SBU) Makosholo expressed appreciation for the information on the new National Space Policy, although he sugge [...] | 2006-10-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM LT |
06MASERU506 | LESOTHO: UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] (U) Charge met on October 11 with Pitso Makosholo, acting Principle Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Charge, who delivered talking points as well as the non-papers (joint statements),emphasized that [...] | 2006-10-11 09:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN LT |
06MASERU514 | LESOTHO POWER SHIFT: 18 MPS QUIT GOVERNING PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, stepping up a rapidly unfolding political drama in Lesotho, eighteen members of the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) abandoned their party, symbolically crossing the aisle at Parliament to join new splinter party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC). [...] | 2006-10-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
06MASERU567 | LESOTHO: BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador reviewed (ref A) talking points on the Belarus Anti-U.S. Resolution with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Sekatle (Minister of Local Government) on November 15. We discussed the continuing problems of human rights in Belarus and that it was essential that member states suppo [...] | 2006-11-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BO LT |
06MASERU568 | LESOTHO: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) During a November 15 discussion with Acting Foreign Minister Sekatle, Ambassador reemphasized our interest in Lesotho's support for Professor Michael Matheson's continuing presence on the UN International Law Commission. The Acting Foreign Minister saw no objections to the Government of [...] | 2006-11-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ILC UNGA LT |
06MASERU6 | LESOTHO'S POSITION: REHATTING AMIS REQUEST WITH THE AU [...] (U) Ambassador engaged GOL Minister of Foreign Affairs January 6 on issue of rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). We acknowledged the positive role AMIS has played and emphasized the importance of raising its rehatting during the January 12 meeting of the Peace and Security Co [...] | 2006-01-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO LT |
06MASERU626 | LESOTHO: DIPLOMATIC PUNCHES, HUGS, AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following revocation of the Libyan Ambassador to Lesotho's credentials (REFTEL) on December 13, both Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Libya's Embassy in Maseru issued statements regarding the unusual expulsion. While the GOL issued a strongly worded press release [...] | 2006-12-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT |
06MELBOURNE244 | GUANTANAMO SUICIDES SPUR NEW CRIES IN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility on June 10 unsurprisingly have brought renewed calls for the release of Australian detainee David Hicks. An Australian Parliamentary motion calling for the closure of Guantanamo and the return of Hicks to Australia narrow [...] | 2006-06-20 01:34:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP PTER PREL PINS AS |
06MEXICO1002 | POLLSTERS SAY HOLY WEEK POLLS MAY PREDICT NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on 2/21 with four leading Mexican pollsters who, in a lively discussion found a few things to agree on -- including the fact that Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) continues to lead the race. They also agreed tha [...] | 2006-02-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
06MEXICO1113 | SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...] | 2006-03-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
06MEXICO1123 | CEO SAYS UNFAIR TO LABEL TELMEX A MONOPOLY [...] (U) Summary: In meeting with Econ Mincouns and Econoff February 10, Jaime Chico Pardo, CEO of Telmex, refuted accusations that Telmex and Telcel are monopolies. He claimed Telmex has experienced a major decline in revenue and currently controls only 38 percent of traffic. Chico Pardo focused [...] | 2006-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON MX |
06MEXICO1124 | IN TELEVISA FORUM, ANALYSTS JUDGE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Mexican broadcaster Televisa created a TV program in which a group of well-known and respected analysts and think tanks study and comment on various proposals made by the three main presidential candidates. The analysts concluded that none of the proposals of the three candidates would [...] | 2006-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1174 | IS MEXICO RUNNING OUT OF OIL? [...] (SBU) Production from Mexico's Cantarell complex of offshore oil fields, responsible for 61 percent of the nation's oil production, has begun to decline. Recent press reports suggest the decline rate could be as high as 25 percent per year. However, Pemex officials and industry analysts pla [...] | 2006-03-03 18:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO1277 | ALL CANDIDATES LOOKING TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo have at least one shared plan: increase investment in infrastructure as the catalyst to spur economic growth, generate employment, improve competitiveness, and promote regional development. Funding their plans will [...] | 2006-03-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1310 | AGAINST THE WALL: US AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 45th U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary (IPG) meeting members of Congress from both countries exchanged perspectives on border security and migration. The Mexican delegation stressed shared responsibility for border matters and the contribution Mexican migrants make t [...] | 2006-03-09 21:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO1311 | ACT II: AMLO KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN'S SECOND STAGE [...] (U) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD),held a campaign event on 02/26 that filled Mexico City's central plaza (Zocalo) with approximately 70,000 to 120,000 supporters. The event marked the end of a successful first stage of th [...] | 2006-03-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1370 | LEFT GAINS IN KEY MEXICO STATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) appears to have won a narrow plurality in the March 12 Mexico state elections, the left-of-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) made impressive gains, easily displacing President Fox's National Action Party (PAN) as [...] | 2006-03-13 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO1456 | THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...] | 2006-03-17 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX |
06MEXICO1462 | MEXICO: SRE DOES NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marta Vasquez, Assistant Director for International Cooperation Against Narcotics-trafficking and Corruption, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Vasquez and Director General for Global Themes, Ernesto Cespedes, are the SRE's lead officials [...] | 2006-03-17 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX |
06MEXICO1463 | MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez reminded Poloff of Mexico's long tradition of supporting international rights and that the GOM was happy to vote in favor of the adopt [...] | 2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX |
06MEXICO1464 | MEXICO HAS NOTHING TO SAY OVER U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Assistant Director General for Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Buenrostro thanked Poloff for the information and said she would look it over carefully. She confirmed that th [...] | 2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC MX |
06MEXICO1476 | LOPEZ OBRADOR'S "ADVISORY COUNCIL" [...] (SBU) PRD co-founder Porfirio Munoz Ledo leads an "Advisory Council" created to feed economic proposals to the AMLO campaign. The council includes some prominent PRD economists whose views tend toward more government intervention in the economy. The extent of the council's influence on AMLO, [...] | 2006-03-17 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1492 | MEXICO ENERGY: PEMEX CFO ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [...] (SBU) The CFO of Pemex, the Mexican oil parastatal, Juan Jose Suarez Coppel painted a rosy picture of the chances for passage of a bill that will allow the firm to operate more autonomously from the government. The proposal would replace most government secretaries and union bosses on the boa [...] | 2006-03-20 16:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO1515 | MEXICAN ELECTIONS - CANDIDATES PROMISE TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Commemorating the 68th anniversary of Mexican Government's nationalization of oil company assets on March 18th, candidates publicly discussed their energy plans. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) promise to reduce energy rates provoked criticism from analysts and GOM officials who que [...] | 2006-03-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1522 | NEW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY IN [...] (U) Two new, potentially confrontational, efforts to combat contraband and piracy have recently been announced. On March 6, President Fox issued a decree to create a new Inter-Ministerial Commission to better coordinate enforcement of contraband and the illegal economy among GOM agencies and t [...] | 2006-03-22 17:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KIPR MX |
06MEXICO1526 | MEXICO ENERGY: PRD DEPUTY ON PEMEX CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Francisco Carillo, the senior member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),on the Chamber of Deputies' energy committee, told us March 16 that a Pemex corporate governance bill would likely pass before the end of April. The three political parties have already agreed informal [...] | 2006-03-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX |
06MEXICO1626 | ANALYSTS GIVE CANDIDATES' PROPOSALS LOW MARKS [...] (SBU) A group of forty prominent political and economic experts brought together by a new Mexican think-tank analyzed the three main presidential candidates' proposals in a report called "Evaluate and Decide." The analysts found candidates' proposals incomplete, with all failing to identify f [...] | 2006-03-28 18:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1716 | SENATE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL BROADCASTING AND TELECOM [...] (SBU) On March 30, with 81 votes in favor, 40 against, and 4 abstentions, the Mexican Senate approved controversial reforms to Broadcasting and Telecommunications Laws. Previously, on December 1, 2005, the Chamber of Deputies had unanimously passed the bill. It has now been sent to President F [...] | 2006-03-31 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX |
06MEXICO1758 | MEXICO STILL WAITING FOR RESPONSE ON INCB CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs, at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reminded Poloff that Mexico also had a candidate for the International Narcotics [...] | 2006-04-04 20:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AORC UN MX |
06MEXICO1776 | MEXICO'S BANKING SECTOR CONTINUES EXPANSION IN 2005 [...] (U) In 2005, Mexico's banking sector enjoyed continued rapid expansion in both loans and profits. Mortgage and consumer credit grew 35% and 48% respectively, while loans to businesses grew a modest 5%. Banking profits grew 83% over 2004 to USD 4.4 billion, prompting criticism that the banks [...] | 2006-04-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
06MEXICO1797 | AMLO ADVISOR TALKS "FISCAL DISCIPLINE" WHILE [...] (SBU) While economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O tried to soothe concerns about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) intentions for the country's fiscal and monetary policies; Felipe Calderon (PAN) and Roberto Madrazo (PRI) adopt populist tints in their own speeches. Ramirez de la O said AMLO wil [...] | 2006-04-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO1884 | MADRAZO'S ECONOMIC POLICIES: TWO VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, two factions of the PRI's economic brain trust offered competing economic visions of the GOM's likely economic policy should PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo win the presidency. Jorge Chavez Presa, Madrazo's chief economic advisor, described Madrazo's pla [...] | 2006-04-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MX |
06MEXICO2026 | MEXICO STILL EVALUATING PSI COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for United Nations Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Juarez explained that the PSI issue was undergoing serious discussion within the SRE, but stated that Mexico would most likely not suppo [...] | 2006-04-18 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX |
06MEXICO2042 | REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION PART I: A VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. Immigration to the U.S. and the subsequent transfer of wealth through remittances is having a major social and economic impact in rural Mexico, as financial transfers are the primary source of income in many areas. While emigration has been common since the 1970's, the rate has [...] | 2006-04-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD SMIG MX |
06MEXICO2097 | REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION PART II: THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite record amounts of remittances flowing from the U.S. to rural Mexico, sustainable economic development in those regions has been largely elusive. One factor inhibiting productive investment of remittances has been a scarcity of reliable financial services in rural areas [...] | 2006-04-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD SMIG MX |
06MEXICO2123 | MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART III: HOMETOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been a significant growth in the influence of migrant organizations based in the U.S., often known as "hometown associations" (HTAs). While Mexican immigrants have long supported their communities of origin, HTAs are now larger and better organized, and increasingly [...] | 2006-04-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV SMIG MX |
06MEXICO2154 | MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART IV: CROSS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Mexican authorities, the number of people immigrating illegally to the U.S. in the first three months of 2006 grew to 275,792, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same time period in 2005. Many of these migrants have traditionally lacked financial and invest [...] | 2006-04-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN MX SMIG |
06MEXICO2182 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE FOR FIRST POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the presidential candidates prepare for their first debate April 25 in Mexico City, the four partipants are emphasizing Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) refusal to attend, while Roberto Madrazo, Patricia Mercado and Roberto Campa take every opportunity to attack the current adminis [...] | 2006-04-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO2220 | TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...] | 2006-04-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO2240 | CALDERON SCORES BIG IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As measured both by the polls and the pundits, National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon emerged the big winner in yesterday's presidential debate, offering a national audience a polished, well-organized and engaging summary of his platform. His princ [...] | 2006-04-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO2279 | MEXICO: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. Mexico continues to have difficult relations with Cuba despite the return of diplomatic envoys in July 2004. Seasoned diplomat Jose Ignacio Pina Rojas replaced Roberta Lajous as Mexico's a [...] | 2006-04-27 20:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD ETTC PREL MX |
06MEXICO2407 | MEXICO: U.S. DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reiterated the SRE's earlier statement that Mexico would not negotiate votes on Human Right [...] | 2006-05-04 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM UNHRC MX |
06MEXICO2577 | THE CALDERON ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Senior staffers Ernesto Cordero and Carlos Montano confidently described National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon's economic platform the week national polls showed Calderon capturing the lead from Party of the Democrat Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel [...] | 2006-05-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
06MEXICO2595 | FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART I: AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Buoyed by increased purchasing power, a commercial real estate boom, and greater investor confidence, franchises are transforming the retail sector in Mexico. The franchise industry is an increasingly important component of the Mexican economy, creating thousands of new jobs a [...] | 2006-05-15 22:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX |
06MEXICO2633 | FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART II: PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Being driven by domestic and foreign investment, the franchise industry grew by 17 percent in 2005. While U.S. companies presently comprise most of the foreign-based franchises in Mexico, a substantial increase in the presence of Central and South American, European, and Chine [...] | 2006-05-16 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX |
06MEXICO2637 | WAITING FOR THE WHOLE ENCHILADA: MEXICO REACTION [...] (SBU) Fox administration officials responded immediately to President Bush's 5/15 speech by stressing there was no "militarization" of the border, the shared responsibility for border security, and their concern over the lack of legislative progress on migration. Mexican commentators focused [...] | 2006-05-16 22:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
06MEXICO2702 | AMLO'S THIRD ACT: NON-VIOLENCE AND THE MIDDLE [...] (U) As the campaign season enters its final fifty days, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) prepares to shift his strategy into high gear. After fumbling through March and April, AMLO now finds himself in second place in most polls and looks to [...] | 2006-05-18 23:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO2708 | NEW COMPETITION LAW BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite significant opposition to proposed changes to Mexico's competition law, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) negotiated an agreement with the business community led by the Mexican Business Coordination Council (CCE),an umbrella group of trade associations. This [...] | 2006-05-19 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX |
06MEXICO2758 | BORDER REACTION: MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and Consulates continued intensive outreach on border issues with key media figures, the campaigns and political parties. While the GOM initially maintained a remarkably unified public line accepting U.S. border security initiatives, the attitude changed dramatic [...] | 2006-05-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
06MEXICO2759 | MEXICANS FAVOR IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel PolMinCouns joined Amb. George Troup of New Zealand and Australian First Secretary Jessica Lucas to demarche Foreign Relations (SRE) officials 5/19 regarding the proposed Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ambassador Troup presented reftel points ora [...] | 2006-05-23 19:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MX |
06MEXICO2888 | MEXICO: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM'S CONCESSION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ETRD EINV PREL MX |
06MEXICO2958 | MEXICO WILL SUPPORT GRULAC CANDIDATE NOT IRAN FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Norma Diaz, Director for International Organizations at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Diaz explained that the GOM has no official position on Iran's candidacy for Chairman of the International Organiz [...] | 2006-06-01 20:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG AORC MX |
06MEXICO3035 | POLLSTERS SEE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AT "CRITICAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador again convened four pollsters (reftel) who concurred that Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon were virtually tied, making this a critical moment for the campaign. Wh [...] | 2006-06-05 19:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
06MEXICO3069 | CALDERON AT MOUNT SINAI [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN),addressed over 500 members of Mexico,s Jewish community, the first of the three major presidential candidates to publicly appear before this community. In his remarks, Calderon focused [...] | 2006-06-05 22:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO3136 | VOLATILITY IN MEXICAN FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of May 29 econoffs and FSN ECON specialist talked with a broad range of analysts and economists from foreign banks and the Mexican Stock Market. Their reading was that the recent volatility in Mexican financial markets was directly tied to capital flight from eme [...] | 2006-06-07 20:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
06MEXICO3267 | OHCHR RUNS SLIM OPERATION IN MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Minister Counselor for Political Affairs (MCCA) and PolOff met with the representative in Mexico of the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),Amerigo Incalcaterra. The OHCHR's strategy in Mexico is to promote a human rights agenda by working wit [...] | 2006-06-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MX |
06MEXICO3302 | AMLO ANNOUNCES A SUBSIDIES PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On May 30, Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced on national TV some details of a comprehensive subsidies program aimed at increasing Mexican families' income and their purchasing power by up to 20%. AMLO expects the plan would spur [...] | 2006-06-15 17:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO3321 | ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...] | 2006-06-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MX |
06MEXICO3322 | ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...] | 2006-06-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MX |
06MEXICO3423 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...] | 2006-06-21 19:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO3623 | MEXICAN RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) On June 19, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Kenneth Smith Ramos, Economy Secretariat Director General of International Trade Negotiations under Undersecretary Villalobos. Smith reiterated that the GOM supports the ambitious U.S. agenda for the Doha Development Round and said he would [...] | 2006-06-29 19:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MX WTO |
06MEXICO3638 | NEW MANZANILLO LNG PLANT: MEXICO PUTS OUT BIDS FOR [...] (SBU) The GOM published June 6 a solicitation for bids to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and re-gasification plant at Manzanillo on Mexico's west coast, and another solicitation to supply LNG to the plant. Bids are due in by January 16, 2007. GOM officials and experts identi [...] | 2006-06-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO3672 | MEXICAN ELECTORAL UNCERTAINTY -- INITIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Sunday's indeterminate election results, the Mexican Stock Market (Bolsa) opened July 3 up 4.17% where it remains at midday. The peso rose Monday morning to between 11.10 and 11.20 to the dollar after having closed June 30 at 11.42. While some observers point to o [...] | 2006-07-03 20:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
06MEXICO3715 | MARKETS ARE UP BUT WILL REMAIN VOLATILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a rough day Wednesday when the Mexican stock market dropped 4.01 percent as a result of Wall Street,s slide and temporary indications that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was ahead in the official election count, Mexican stocks and bonds have rallied today as Felipe [...] | 2006-07-06 20:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
06MEXICO3834 | SRE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, the SRE held its second post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community. The briefing was presided over by Foreign Secretary Derbez, although Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Counselor Alejandra Latapi, one of the two IFE representatives in attendance, led th [...] | 2006-07-11 18:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO3840 | HACIENDA'S (MEXICAN TREASURY) NEW BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Fox administration continues to take protective measures to shield the Mexican economy from profligate spending. Hacienda's (Treasury) Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, which entered into force this April is an example of a cautionary move to ensure t [...] | 2006-07-11 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO3904 | MEXICAN STOCK MARKET ECONOMIST MUSES ON INTERNAL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. After a week of political uncertainty and speculation over the market,s reaction to Mexican political events, Econoff met with the deputy director of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Alejandro Reynoso. He confirmed previous common views that market volatility was no [...] | 2006-07-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO3905 | POLITICAL CHANGES BRINGS UNCERTAINTY TO MEXICAN [...] (U) The Mexican Congress' passage in March 2006 of the Radio and Television Law has brought some uncertainty to Mexico's communication sector. All of the previous Federal Telecommunications Commissioners resigned shortly after its passage leaving the Federal Telecommunications Commission (CO [...] | 2006-07-14 17:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MX ECPS ETRD EINV |
06MEXICO3913 | AT&T OFFICIALS WITH CALLING PARTY PAYS WOES [...] (U) AT&T officials met with Econoff June 29 regarding Mexico's transition to a Calling Party Pays (CPP) system for national and international long distance calls where the destination is a user of the mobile local service. Controversy surrounding the recent passage and implementation of the n [...] | 2006-07-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON MX ETRD EINV |
06MEXICO3961 | PRI GOVERNORS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Given the upcoming Mexican government transition and the slim margin with which a new president will take office, this is a good time to review federal-state relations and their implications for Mexico's prospects for structural change. The views expressed in this three-part seri [...] | 2006-07-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO3999 | NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...] | 2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO4000 | NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...] | 2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO4019 | INFLUENCE OF STATES AND GOVERNORS OVER FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: State governments have limited ability to influence national policies. The local legislature of each state enacts legislation that applies only within its territorial boundaries. However, state legislatures do have a constitutional right to introduce legislation in the nationa [...] | 2006-07-19 22:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4020 | REVIEW OF MEXICAN STATE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (SBU) States and municipalities depend for the vast majority of their revenue on federally collected value-added tax and petroleum revenue funds, but the Fiscal Coordination Law prohibits the GOM from conditioning transfers. On average, 90 percent of state revenue and nearly 75 percent of mun [...] | 2006-07-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4139 | LOCAL PRD OFFICIALS CLARIFY PARTY POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with poloffs on July 21, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) deputies from the Mexico City Legislative Assembly discussed their party's position towards the contested presidential election. Led by Deputy Lorena Villavicencio Ayala, the PRD committee expressed its con [...] | 2006-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
06MEXICO4144 | BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...] | 2006-07-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4217 | COPARMEX' PROJECT TO REDUCE MEXICO'S REGIONAL [...] (SBU) The Mexican Employers Confederation (Coparmex) is working on a joint plan with universities, unions, municipalities, states, and the banking sector to alleviate poverty, promote investment and create infrastructure in the less developed and "abandoned" south of Mexico. The chair of the [...] | 2006-07-31 18:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4222 | EMBASSY MEXICO CITY 2006-2007 IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) Despite the increases in raids and seizures carried out over the last year by Mexican Customs (Aduanas) and the Specialized IPR Unit within the Attorney General's office (PGR),markets selling counterfeit goods are ubiquitous and abuse of intellectual property rights (IPR) remains rampant. [...] | 2006-07-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO WTRO MX |
06MEXICO4238 | AMLO URGES SUPPORTERS "TO SAVE DEMOCRACY" [...] (SBU) Summary: At his third mass "informational meeting," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO, presidential candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),called on his supporters to begin a continuous vigil until the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) issues its final decision with respect [...] | 2006-08-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO4239 | PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: PREDICTING CALDERON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as AndrQs Manuel L"pez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calder"n is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...] | 2006-08-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4266 | MEXICAN MARKETS DIP ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday July 30, 2006 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) again summoned thousands of followers in a "peaceful meeting" in the Zocalo to demand that the electoral tribunal recounts ballots. As part of the protest, AMLO's supporters camped along Paseo de la Reforma, the avenue t [...] | 2006-08-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
06MEXICO4291 | (CORRECTED COPY) PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calderon is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...] | 2006-08-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL |
06MEXICO4292 | A VISIT TO THE PROTEST'S GROUND ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 and August 2, Poloffs visited Mexico City's central square or Zocalo to observe ground zero in the ongoing protest of the supporters of PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Thousands of demonstrators were camped out in the Zocalo and on Juarez and Mader [...] | 2006-08-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO4368 | ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous August 5 decision, Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts (casillas [...] | 2006-08-07 18:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO4490 | PRD EXPLOITS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN ON-GOING [...] (U) Summary: Following the Electoral Tribunal's (TEPJF) announcement on August 5 that it would recount 11,839 precincts (9.07 percent of the nationwide total),PRD Candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) vowed new acts of civil resistance. After a noisy protest in front of the TEPJF itse [...] | 2006-08-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO4494 | MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE MOVES AHEAD DESPITE [...] (SBU) Under the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),the GOM is continues to vigorously promote construction a refinery in either Panama or Guatemala to serve as an outlet for heavy Mexican crude, as well as provide development opportunities and reasonably priced energy supplies for t [...] | 2006-08-11 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO4534 | MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...] | 2006-08-14 23:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4535 | MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the end of PRI rule, Oaxaca still lacks a viable economic development strategy and there is no effective political leadership or coordinated social movement to address Oaxaca's significant needs. The teachers' strike reflects the old way of challenging the government und [...] | 2006-08-14 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4619 | ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...] | 2006-08-17 23:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4707 | CHIAPAS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: PRD LEADS BY A [...] (U) Summary. With over 94 percent of the votes counted as of noon August 21 in the Chiapas gubernatorial race, PRD candidate Juan Sabines Guerrero had a 0.22% lead over PRI-PVEM rival Jose Antonio Aguilar Bodegas, who is also endorsed by the PAN. However, there are still enough votes left to [...] | 2006-08-21 23:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO4857 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...] | 2006-08-29 17:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX |
06MEXICO4963 | 61ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED LIST OF GOM [...] ATTACHED PLEASE FIND AN UPDATED LIST OF THE GOM OFFICIALS WHO CURRENTLY PLAN TO ATTEND THE 61ST UNGA. AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THEIR ATTENDANCE, POST WILL FORWARD IT. 2. VICENTE FOX QUESADA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES DATES OF ATTENDANCE [...] | 2006-09-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MX |
06MEXICO5005 | IT'S OFFICIAL: CALDERON DECLARED PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Summary: On Tuesday, September 5, the Mexican Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) declared Felipe Calderon President-elect, ending rival candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) two month-long legal challenge of the election results. In a unanimous decision, the seven magistrates a [...] | 2006-09-05 22:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
06MEXICO5148 | CALDERON STAFFERS ON ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In a September 7 session with Dr. Sidney Weintraub of CSIS, President-elect Calderon's transition team member Dionisio Perez Jacome (former head of Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)) and former Mexican Energy Secretary and Calderon advisor Luis Tellez described current SIPDI [...] | 2006-09-11 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO5165 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 17:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX |
06MEXICO5233 | DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On September 8 and September 13, respectively, poloff passed ref A and ref B talking points to First Secretary Samuel Berkstein, of the Secretariat of Foreign SIPDIS Relations' (SRE) Directorate of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Berkstein noted that Mexico was an observer, r [...] | 2006-09-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC UNGA KDEM AA PGOV |
06MEXICO536 | JESUS ORTEGA: AMLO CAMPAIGN INSIDER OR OUTSIDE [...] (U) On 01/24, Poloffs and WHA/MEX Deputy Director met with Jesus Ortega, campaign coordinator for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),to discuss the upcoming campaign agenda, what effect the continued public infighting between the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) Mexico City factions was [...] | 2006-01-31 17:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO5567 | OAXACA: ATTITUDES HARDEN AS PROTESTORS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent days, positions on the opposing sides of the Oaxaca crisis appear to have hardened as tensions continue to mount. To pressure the federal government to send forces to resolve the conflict, local business leaders declared that several thousand establishments, including [...] | 2006-09-28 22:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
06MEXICO5676 | BLUE LANTERN DTC CASE 05-1008469 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 17:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SNAR |
06MEXICO5698 | SRE'S GUTIERREZ TELLS SHANNON BORDER FENCE A [...] (SBU) Summary: A subdued Geronimo Gutierrez used his October 2 meeting with A/S Shannon to voice Mexico's deep frustration with last week's Senate vote to fund a border fence, saying it was a "bitter pill" at a bad time that would complicate bilateral relations. Nevertheless, Gutierrez was ho [...] | 2006-10-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA WHO |
06MEXICO574 | HE'S GOT MEXICO'S FDI IN HIS HANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mexico received USD 17.6 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2005 and is forecast to receive USD 18 billion in 2006 due to large investments in the automotive and auto parts, real estate, housing development, pharmaceutical, food processing and electronics sectors. [...] | 2006-02-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV MX |
06MEXICO5771 | HOPE GROWS FOR A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO OAXACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent developments in the Oaxaca crisis point toward a possible easing of tensions and an eventual political solution that would result in the return of law enforcement to the state, an increase in teachers' salaries, and the resumption of public school classes. A Senate commi [...] | 2006-10-11 18:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
06MEXICO5806 | MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD MX |
06MEXICO5810 | MEXICO'S PLANS TO AVERT AN OIL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In the next 3-4 years, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will likely be able to keep Mexican oil production from falling sharply; however, in the medium to long term, the outlook is considerably less certain. From 2010 on, production volume will depend on Pemex's ability to get significant [...] | 2006-10-12 22:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO5878 | NATIONAL SPACE POLICY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MX |
06MEXICO5919 | BLUE LANTERN OVERSIGHT OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC KSEP MX |
06MEXICO5935 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 16, Poloff led the tripartite demarche, with political officers from the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand, to deliver reftel talking points to Director General of Human Rights and Democracy Rodrigo Labardini and Director of International Policy for Economic, Social and [...] | 2006-10-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MX |
06MEXICO5991 | CALDERON FOCUSES AGENDA ON PUBLIC SECURITY, JOB [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Since the confirmation of his victory by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, President-elect Felipe Calderon has been engaged in the substantive development of his agenda. This agenda comprises a two-track approach, which includes his shorter-term legislative agenda, presented [...] | 2006-10-19 22:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
06MEXICO6044 | PRESIDENT-ELECT CALDERON'S ADVSIORS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During an October 20 seminar on Mexican policy perspectives sponsored by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM),Transition Team International Affairs Advisor Arturo Sarukhan discussed President-elect Felipe Calderon's foreign policy priorities, placing t [...] | 2006-10-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
06MEXICO6085 | PRESIDENT FOX'S NATIONAL SECURITY LEGACY [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of four cables assessing the key accomplishments of President Vicente Fox Quesada during his six years in office, including the expansion of bilateral cooperation that helped Mexico advance in areas of greatest interest to the USG. It focuses on progress ma [...] | 2006-10-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PTER SMIG MX |
06MEXICO6088 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Director of International Policy on Civil and Political Rights Dr. Luis Angel Benavides and Director of International Policy on Economic, Social, Cultural and Minority Groups, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Benavides responde [...] | 2006-10-25 20:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MX |
06MEXICO6182 | GOM INTERVENES IN OAXACA [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The five month-old crisis in Oaxaca reached a critical juncture October 29 with the deployment of Mexico's Federal Preventive Police (PFP) to the embattled state following three October 27 fatalities, including the killing of American journalist Brad Will. This cable asse [...] | 2006-10-31 13:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CONS MX |
06MEXICO620 | MEXICO/CENTAM ENERGY - MEXICANS MOVE ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) To avoid the appearance that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),Mexican Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira will not send a team to brief U.S. officials until he has the cover of the proposed Binational Commission (BNC) in Washington. [...] | 2006-02-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
06MEXICO6248 | CWC EXTENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 00:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
06MEXICO6413 | WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS? [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...] | 2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO6461 | INDIAN REFINER ONLY BIDDER FOR MESOAMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. GOM officials responsible for the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Project (PIEM) have selected only Reliance Refining in the first phase of bidding for construction and operation of a Central American refinery. The Indian firm will now have until July 2007 to prepare a proposa [...] | 2006-11-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
06MEXICO6481 | PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...] | 2006-11-15 17:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
06MEXICO6531 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) On November 16, poloff passed ref A talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). Post notes that historically, Mexico has proven a fairly reliable vote against Israel in UN bodies, and we do not expect [...] | 2006-11-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MX IS |
06MEXICO6534 | DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 21:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MX IS |
06MEXICO6568 | INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) The Government of Mexico (GOM) has shown appreciable progress in addressing its deficiencies in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, especially in the conduct of trafficking investigations. However, to provide a clear and reliable framew [...] | 2006-11-22 00:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN MX |
06MEXICO6570 | CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...] | 2006-11-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX |
06MEXICO6571 | CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...] | 2006-11-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX |
06MEXICO6600 | COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR MX |
06MEXICO6604 | CALDERON NAMES SOCIAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his six social cabinet selections November 24, saying their overall mission would be to "equalize opportunities" for all Mexicans. The appointments include: Josefina Vazquez Mota as Secretary of Education; Beatriz Zavala Peniche as Secretary [...] | 2006-11-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO6783 | MEXICAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE: DECLINING OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) According to studies completed by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA),President Felipe Calderon will contend with a real drop in oil revenue from about USD 54 billion in 2006 to the USD 27 billion range in 2012 as a result of decreasing production, a likely fall in heavy crude [...] | 2006-12-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
06MEXICO680 | LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...] | 2006-02-08 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
06MEXICO6820 | MEXICO: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Mexican International Development Bank has begun the process of recovering debt from Cuba. Mexico's exports to Cuba have decreased slightly in 2006 while imports increased over 250 percent. Relation [...] | 2006-12-07 22:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD ETTC PREL MX |
06MEXICO6823 | MEXICO'S CALDERON SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS [...] (SBU) The new Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon, which took office on December 1, submitted its 2007 budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on December 5. The $205-billion budget is based on assumptions of 3.6% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of $4 [...] | 2006-12-07 23:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO6861 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MX |
06MEXICO6934 | CALDERON,S BUDGET PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) The level of educational spending in Mexican President Felipe Calderon,s 2007 budget proposal has set off a firestorm of protest. While the budget proposal increases real spending on education by 4.2% when compared to the approved 2006 budget, it decreases real spending by 1.2% when com [...] | 2006-12-15 00:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO6972 | POST'S NOMINEES AS OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Per reftel, post would like to nominate the following persons for selection as "OAS Democracy Practitioners." 2. Name: Jose WOLDENBERG Karakowsky Bio: Woldenberg, 54, holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology, a Master's degree in Latin American studies, and a Doctorate in political scie [...] | 2006-12-15 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MX OAS KSUM PHUM |
06MEXICO7007 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 14:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MX |
06MEXICO7015 | SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER DISCUSSES MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens for weeks has highlighted publicly the need for fiscal reform in Mexico. At a recent conference in Mexico City, he said that Mexico needs to implement a broad fiscal reform to confront growing pension liabilities, rising payments on financed investment [...] | 2006-12-20 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
06MEXICO7037 | NEW MEXICAN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (SBU) Constitutional reform in the energy sector is at least three years away according to the newly appointed Undersecretary for Energy Planning at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy (SENER),Jordy Herrera. In the meantime, the Calderon Administration will introduce legislation to "strengthe [...] | 2006-12-21 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ELAB MX |
06MEXICO7054 | MEDIA WARS: THE CONTINUING DEBATE OVER [...] (U) Summary: The new head of the Secretariat of Transportation and Communications (SCT) Luis Tellez has been sending mixed signals this past week over whether or not the Calderon administration will push for the opening of a third television broadcast channel in Mexico. Both Tellez and a com [...] | 2006-12-22 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS MX EINV |
06MEXICO742 | PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...] | 2006-02-10 18:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
06MEXICO743 | PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...] | 2006-02-10 18:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
06MEXICO744 | PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...] | 2006-02-10 18:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |