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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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09BOGOTA3256 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,703 tracks during September. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks [...] | 2009-10-15 23:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3262 | SEPTEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) Diego Molano was named the new head of the President's Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Accion Social). The GOC has officially changed the name of "Fusion Centers" to "Regional Coordination Centers." Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton visited the Plan for [...] | 2009-10-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3267 | COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT SHOWS DECLINE IN NEW DISPLACEMENTS, [...] (U) The Colombian Government's (GOC) national registry of internally displaced persons (IDPs) shows a 10% decline in displacements in 2008. Social Action (Accion Social),the GOC's development agency charged with IDP assistance coordination, has registered only 86,397 new displacements through [...] | 2009-10-27 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3277 | Judicial Institutions' Family Feuds [...] (SBU) Colombia's dizzying array of judicial institutions has always made understanding and navigating its judicial system complicated and time-consuming. Moreover, recent turf battles have frozen the implementation of some policies and threaten to plunge the judicial system into crisis. Inspe [...] | 2009-10-28 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS SOCI KWMN PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3289 | AMBASSADOR SIGNED DCA ON OCTOBER 30 IN LOW-KEY CEREMONY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador signed the U.S. - Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in a low-key, private ceremony on October 30 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as instructed per reftel. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermudez Merizalde, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva Lujan, and Mini [...] | 2009-10-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
09BOGOTA3296 | REP. MEEKS RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR WORK ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN [...] (U) Representative Gregory Meeks visited Cali October 11-12 to receive an award from the University Santiago of Cali (USC) for his work promoting the rights of the Afro-Colombian community. He also met with: Afro-Colombian Fulbright students; the Board of Directors of USC; members of the Afro- [...] | 2009-10-16 17:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CO |
09BOGOTA3300 | NAS Monthly Report for September 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...] | 2009-10-16 19:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3302 | U.S. COMPANY DISTRAUGHT OVER PUBLICITY LINKING IT TO LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of Drummond in Colombia contends there is a concerted effort to link the U.S. firm with the murder of two labor leaders in 2001. Despite being declared innocent of any involvement in a U.S. court, the company is frustrated over the negative press it has received [...] | 2009-10-16 19:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3309 | COLOMBIA PUSHES FORWARD WITH AMBITIOUS TRADE AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia continues to make progress toward its goal of having nine free trade agreements (FTAs) with 45 countries in place by 2010. While not all nine are likely to be in force by next year, Colombia is already looking to other trade partners in the Hemisphere [...] | 2009-11-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO |
09BOGOTA3343 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PROMINENT LABOR LEADER [...] (U) The Ambassador expressed USG support for the essential role unions play in healthy democratic societies in an October 29 meeting with the General Confederation of Workers (CGT). The CGT is one of the three main labor confederations in Colombia, with 270,000 members organized into approxima [...] | 2009-11-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
09BOGOTA3350 | COLOMBIA: EL NINO TAKING A TOLL ON ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's energy sector is suffering the drying effects of the climatic phenomenon, El Nino. The recent lack of rain has severely lowered dam reserve levels, decreased hydroelectric power usage, and prompted President Uribe to urge Colombians to lower their water and energy u [...] | 2009-10-22 00:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON CO |
09BOGOTA3359 | IS ASIA COLOMBIA'S NEXT ECONOMIC FRONTIER? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia is making a concerted effort to increase exports to, and investment from, Asia. The GOC is actively negotiating and implementing bilateral economic agreements with several Asian countries. Likewise, Colombia is seeking membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat [...] | 2009-11-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL ECIN APECO CO |
09BOGOTA3361 | Blue Lantern Broker Inquiry K -2547 [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Emboffs visited Vertical de Aviacion Ltda on November 9 to verify the bona fides of the company as a broker to import items from the United States Munitions List. Representatives from Vertical de Aviacion stated that they are interested in importing night vision devic [...] | 2009-11-12 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CO |
09BOGOTA3362 | TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY: FROM FAILING STATE TO STABLE ALLY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador challenged the Embassy's Country Team to critique and refine Post's strategic mission during the annual offsite meeting on October 5. The Country Team developed several objectives for the coming year, including: articulating and promoting the USG message on human rights i [...] | 2009-10-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM PREF PTER MARR SNAR ETRD |
09BOGOTA3391 | Blue Lantern Broker Inquiry K-2357 [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Emboffs traveled to the offices of IMDICOL Ltda. in Bogota on November 9 and met with IMDICOL's President and management team. IMDICOL appears to be a bona fide broker of military supplies whose main client is the Colombian government. 2. (U) Prior to the visi [...] | 2009-11-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CO |
09BOGOTA3404 | Colombian MFA Sounds Alarm about Citizenship Fraud [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, 2009 AmEmb Bogota's consular Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) met with the head of the passport office at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mauricio Acero. Acero requested the meeting to alert FPU to a fraud trend whereby foreign nationals fraudulently [...] | 2009-10-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PINS KFRD SMIG CO |
09BOGOTA3408 | Lack of Clarity and Increasing Polarization as Elections [...] (SBU) USAID carried out an elections assessment in September in anticipation of the upcoming 2010 presidential and congressional elections in Colombia. The main conclusions were: there is a lack of clarity surrounding the elections that has contributed to a sense of paralysis among key actors [...] | 2009-10-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PREF PHUM OAS CO |
09BOGOTA3422 | LAW OF EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY UNLIKELY THIS TERM [...] (SBU) The bill of Equality and Opportunity for Afro-Colombians will most likely not pass this legislative term. Members from the Afro-Colombian Caucus told us that due to the pre-electoral campaign season passing any piece of legislation was difficult. Moreover, the Vice President's Office tol [...] | 2009-10-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA3430 | COLOMBIA: INTERESTED IN HFCS PROPOSAL, BUT NOT SOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Econoffs demarched GOC representatives from the Ministries of Environment (MOE) and Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the U.S./Canada/Mexico proposal to add hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to the Montreal Protocol. GOC officials showed interest in the proposal, but emphasized tha [...] | 2009-10-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC KGHG CO |
09BOGOTA3485 | URIBE SILENT AS "DEADLINE" TO DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) With less than six months until the May 30 presidential election, the political panorama is as murky as ever (reftels). There is still no answer to the million dollar question: "will President Uribe run for a second reelection?" Observers and the entire spectrum of presidential candidates [...] | 2009-12-01 21:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3489 | COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...] | 2009-12-01 23:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3495 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 050197112 [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Emboffs traveled to the offices of JFW Colombia S.A. (JFW) in Bogota on November 17 and met with JFW manager Ricardo Roig. JFW is a small weapons broker that has contracted with Colombian National Police and military previously. JFW provided Emboffs the contract for a [...] | 2009-12-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CO |
09BOGOTA3511 | Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities, [...] (U) Summary. At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution),and other advisors. Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be [...] | 2009-12-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3526 | Researchers Assess Post-FARC Consolidation, Intelligentsia [...] (U) On October 28, think tank New Rainbow Corporation and the Dutch Embassy held a public forum on the Integral Plan for the Consolidation of La Macarena (PCIM). La Macarena lacked a state presence for years and was the home base region of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). R [...] | 2009-11-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3536 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA AND [...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and other embassy officers, travelled to Barranquilla and Cartagena on October 22-23, where he met with local political, business, and community leaders; visited commercial enterprises; and visited with beneficiaries of USAI [...] | 2009-11-05 21:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR CO |
09BOGOTA3537 | JUDICIAL SECTOR WORKERS BARRED FROM STRIKING [...] (SBU) On November 11 the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a 2008 strike by 38,000 members of the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (ASONAL JUDICIAL) over remuneration and judicial independence was illegal. The ruling has renewed debate over restrictions on the right of public [...] | 2009-12-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO |
09BOGOTA3574 | COLOMBIA: FINANCIAL CREDIT IS AVAILABLE, BUT AT A COST [...] (SBU) Summary. Obtaining credit in Colombia is a challenge for small and medium size enterprises (SME). Many SMEs do not request credit because of the high interest rates (30 percent),the formality of the loan process, and the length of time it takes to receive loans. The GOC, however, has [...] | 2009-11-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EFIN OPIC CO |
09BOGOTA3582 | OCTOBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) At a senior level coordinating meeting, Diego Molano, civilian lead of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),set goals for consolidation and attempted to reinvigorate the interagency coordinating mechanism. The military is still playing a large role in Montes de Maria. USAID held 11 town [...] | 2009-11-10 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3592 | A NEW HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota is engaged in a strategy to raise the USG profile on human rights in Colombia (ref). It is just as important to define the substantive areas where we hope to see progress in the coming year. In Post's opinion, key elements of our agenda with the GOC should be to: - [...] | 2009-11-12 18:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3599 | FARC KIDNAPS COLOMBIAN GOVERNOR FROM HIS RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) On the evening of December 21, approximately ten Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fighters dressed in Colombian military uniforms kidnapped the governor of Colombia's Caqueta department from his residence in Florencia. The kidnappers, believed to belong to the FARC'S Teofilo [...] | 2009-12-22 18:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3604 | COLOMBIA TOTAL COCA ERADICATION IS DOWN IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing record coca eradication in 2008, the USG and United Nations reported significant declines in Colombian cocaine production potential and coca cultivation in Colombia last year. Total coca eradication in 2009 is projected to be approximately 157,000 hectares, 32 percent less tha [...] | 2009-11-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3617 | FARC KILL GOVERNOR OF CAQUETA [...] (SBU) On December 22, security officials recovered the body of the governor of Caqueta Department, who had been kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the night before (reftel). President Uribe condemned the murder, said that rescue teams would now turn to capturing the per [...] | 2009-12-23 21:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PHUM ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3635 | COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10) [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...] | 2009-12-31 19:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO |
09BOGOTA3662 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...] | 2009-11-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3704 | FOR RELEASE: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PAIPA UNDERSCORES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to Paipa, Boyaca, on November 5 to speak at the Supreme Court-organized National Summit of General Jurisdiction, a conference which brought together judges from all over Colombia. The Ambassador stressed the importance of access to justice during Colombia's journe [...] | 2009-11-20 20:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR KJUS AID CO |
09BOGOTA3806 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,711 tracks during October. There were five Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks -- [...] | 2009-11-30 20:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3814 | POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice President Santos extolled Colombia's entry as an "Engaged Government" in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) program at a plenary meeting on November 18. Santos remarked that Colombia is a great example of the VPs process and offered to support othe [...] | 2009-12-01 23:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ENRG PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3878 | MASS OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFFERS IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia opened its ninth petroleum show on December 2 with offers to explore and produce oil and gas in 168 blocks throughout Colombia and offshore. Close to 1,000 businessmen and women were in attendance representing firms from North America, Europe, China, and Latin America [...] | 2009-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL EINT SENV CO |
09BOGOTA3968 | NOVEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Embassy activated the Northern Band (Bajo Cauca in northern Antioquia) as the fourth Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) priority zone. Montes de Maria will remain a part of CSDI but requires less coordinated action from USG agencies due to progress on the ground. Gener [...] | 2009-12-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3984 | CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: FOR PUBLIC GOOD OR PUBLIC VOTES? [...] (U) Summary. Colombia's conditional cash transfer program, called "Familias en Accion", receives notable support and praise from the international financial institutions. The World Bank highlights that Familias en Accion significantly contributes to poverty alleviation and equity of opportun [...] | 2009-12-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PREL CO |
09BOGOTA3998 | 2009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...] | 2009-12-15 18:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC |
09BOGOTA4032 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN COLOMBIA LICENSE 050147620 [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel A, Colombian Air Force officials confirmed the purchase of ten harnesses from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Rafael ADS) via CICOIL Corporation in the United States. All ten harnesses are currently in the process of being integrated with Colombian aircraft at Rafa [...] | 2009-12-17 21:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CO |
09BOGOTA4048 | COLOMBIA'S POWERFUL TRAVEL AGENCIES SEEK STATE INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's powerful travel agency association has consistently lobbied for protectionist regulations to stave off the airlines' competitive advantage in online ticket sales. Two regulations are pending GOC approval that airlines oppose: one would require airlines to charge an [...] | 2009-12-18 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV ECON EINT PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA4066 | FOR RELEASE: INTO THE JUNGLE: AMBASSADOR VISITS AMAZONAS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled for the first time in his tenure to the Amazonas Department and its capital, Leticia, on November 18 and 19. During his visit, he met with representatives from indigenous communities, the local tourism sector, local, department, and federal government officials, a [...] | 2009-12-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PHUM MOPS SENV EAID SOCI SCUL PREL CO |
09BOGOTA4120 | GAINS IN SECURITY PLUS $2.5 BILLION YIELD BIG INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Due to consistent improvements in the security situation and US$2.5 billion in financial incentives, Colombia has been able to award the largest transportation project in its history - called "Ruta del Sol" or the Sun Route. This 1,000 kilometer highway project connects Colomb [...] | 2009-12-30 21:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA4122 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...] | 2009-12-30 21:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA413 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...] | 2009-02-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA43 | CENTRAL BANK AND AGRICULTURE MINISTRY CONFLICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To counter inflation, the Colombian Central Bank has publicly urged the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) to reduce agricultural tariffs and increase food product imports. The MOA states that they are receptive to imports, but do not believe tariff reductions are necessary amid a [...] | 2009-01-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO CO |
09BOGOTA434 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...] | 2009-02-11 20:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA435 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...] | 2009-02-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO |
09BOGOTA438 | FARC MASSACRES 17 INDIGENOUS IN NARINO - HIGH RISK [...] (SBU) The FARC killed at least 17 members of the Awa indigenous tribe, including three minors, on February 4 in the southwestern department of Narino. Details remain unconfirmed, but the local UNHCR Representative told us an eye-witness reported that the FARC tortured and stabbed the victims [...] | 2009-02-11 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA455 | THINK TANK "NUEVO ARCO IRIS" BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Center-left think tank Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris (CNAI--"New Rainbow Corporation") leaders Leon Valencia, Claudia Lopez, and Mauricio Romero told the Ambassador on February 2 that the GOC has not done enough to break paramilitary ties with politicians, especially at the local level. [...] | 2009-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA463 | PROTECTING COLOMBIA'S CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In follow up to the August 2008 Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary visit to Colombia and subsequent request by Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, a team of DOE and U.S. Southern Command experts completed a preliminary scoping visit January 25-31, 20 [...] | 2009-02-13 21:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID PGOV PREL CO |
09BOGOTA477 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JANUARY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for January, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 4,720 tracks during January of which two were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase III event that transitioned [...] | 2009-02-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA478 | NATIONAL POLICE SPEARHEAD RECORD YEAR OF DRUG SEIZURES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian Public Forces set new records for seizures of cocaine (including base),marijuana, and drug labs in 2008. Colombian Public Forces seized 245 metric tons of cocaine and base, 258 metric tons (MTs) of marijuana, and 695 kilos of heroin this past year. They also de [...] | 2009-02-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA545 | IATTC: USG AND EC MAKE JOINT DEMARCHE OVER GOC [...] (U) Summary. On February 17, EconOff and the European Commission Political/Economic Counselor Gonzalo Fournier, discussed the GOC's position toward the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) with Carlos Robles, Director of Fishing at the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The impetus fo [...] | 2009-02-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CO |
09BOGOTA558 | EU-ANDEAN FTA TALKS REAWAKEN AFTER TEN-MONTH COMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The European Union and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador held their first round of free trade negotiations since the EU and the Andean Community abandoned the "bloc-to-bloc" format (which had included Bolivia) last year. Colombia and EU officials characterized the round as a success, [...] | 2009-02-20 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN KIPR CO |
09BOGOTA570 | COLOMBIA'S NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Carolyn Cooley, phone number (57-1) 315-2129, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing the report. 2. (SBU) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 23-27 of reftel. ------- SUMMA [...] | 2009-02-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN |
09BOGOTA597 | AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD DISCUSSES LABOR REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador Brownfield hosted a February 13 breakfast for union leaders of the General Work Confederation (CGT) and its member union, the Federation of Colombian Workers (FETRABOC) to discuss labor trends in Colombia. The Ambassador underscored the importance of working together on issue [...] | 2009-02-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA652 | STANFORD FINANCIAL SCANDAL FURTHER SHAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Buffeted by the charges against and seizure of Stanford Financial Group's U.S. operations, the firm's nascent Colombian offices suspended operations voluntarily February 18. The exposure of Stanford's local independent brokerage clients appears limited with many already transfe [...] | 2009-02-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA685 | COLOMBIA: ADDITION TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO CO |
09BOGOTA7 | COLOMBIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] SUMMARY. After four years of averaging over 5 percent growth capped by a record 7.5 percent expansion in 2007, Colombia's economy slowed significantly in 2008 under the combined pressure of currency appreciation and high interest rates in the first semester, and the cratering of commodity pri [...] | 2009-01-05 18:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA707 | CHINESE VP'S COLOMBIA VISIT LONG ON GOOD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Colombia, part of a broader trip through the region, focused on the Chinese designation of Colombia as an official tourist destination, Colombia's burgeoning trade deficit with China, and a Colombian desire for greater Chinese in [...] | 2009-03-02 20:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA720 | COLOMBIA: INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO GENETIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Decree 309 of 2000 establishes the GOC's regulatory framework for research collection and access to genetic resources. Every researcher must have a permit to collect, as well as an additional permit or "contract" to access genetic or biological material. National, regional an [...] | 2009-03-03 17:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV TBIO CO |
09BOGOTA721 | VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US ASSISTANCE TO SANTA MARTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM traveled on February 18 and 19 to the Port of Santa Marta (in the Caribbean coast department of Magdalena) to meet with local political, social, and business leaders and to visit the Santa Marta Port, La Remonta Antinarcotics Police Base, a USAID-funded clinic and school, [...] | 2009-03-03 18:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA732 | DISPUTE OVER MINING IN NATIONAL PARKS HEATS UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A long-running internal GOC dispute over mining within/around Colombia's national parks and forest reserves boiled over into public after the Ministry of Environment (MOE) alleged February 22 that industrial mining occurs in or near 15 parks, threatening critical biodiversity. [...] | 2009-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN SENV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA736 | FEBRUARY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) reported that for the first time in 23 years, no Colombian journalists were killed for their work in 2008. The FARC and the ELN mounted indiscriminate attacks against security forces resulting in civilian deaths. Two former AUC members [...] | 2009-03-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA765 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (COLOMBIA) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits the following two proposals, one to be managed by the Economic Section and the other by the Foreign Agricultural Service. Each of these proposals is geared toward advancing critical USG interests by creating the capacity to translate Colombian successes in counter- [...] | 2009-03-05 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER KCIS |
09BOGOTA766 | ECOPETROL BUYS BACK CARTAGENA REFINERY; LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking the end of a troubled three-year partnership, on March 3 state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol repurchased Swiss-owned Glencore's 51 percent stake in the Cartagena refinery for USD 549 million. Glencore, which took a USD 109 million loss from the price it paid Ecop [...] | 2009-03-05 22:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA776 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY OFFENSIVE GETS RESULTS [...] (SBU) The military scored several recent victories against the FARC, ending a lull of several months in which some questioned whether the GOC may have lost the initiative. On February 27, the Army's 5th Division captured "Negro Antonio," the deputy commander of the FARC's "Antonio Narino" urb [...] | 2009-03-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA815 | COLOMBIA: COMMENTS ON PARKO SERVICES APPLICATION [...] (SBU) Upon review and consultation with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH),and local business community contacts, Post is aware of no derogatory information about the project company Parko Services listed in reftel. According to our contacts, the project [...] | 2009-03-11 21:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA9 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: NOVEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for November, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6160 tracks during November. Two were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event that transitioned to a ground Law [...] | 2009-01-05 19:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA958 | COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE: BRACING FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid worsening economic conditions, Colombia's national airline, Avianca, is re-assessing its routes and frequencies for 2009. The company has already postponed planned route additions and fleet acquisitions. Meanwhile, Avianca still expects to receive 13 new Airbus planes in [...] | 2009-03-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA970 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...] | 2009-03-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA981 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...] | 2009-03-24 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
09BRASILIA1009 | BRAZIL: FAA REQUEST FOR IASA FINAL DISUCSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on August 7, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on August 10, 2009 to request that the GOB agree to hold a [...] | 2009-08-14 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1017 | BRAZIL: PATENT DENIED, GOB PAVES WAY FOR GENERIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) rejected a patent application by California-based Gilead Sciences for its HIV drug Viread (scientific name: tenofovir). During a trip to Brazil to discuss the case with GOB officials, senior Gilead represen [...] | 2009-08-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1026 | CIVAIR BRAZIL: USAIRWAYS APPLICATION FOR FREQUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) confirmed that the August 11 ANAC Board of Directors' meeting granted US Airways legal approval to work in Brazil. This approval allows for US Airways to begin contracting personnel, registering the company and acquiri [...] | 2009-08-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BR |
09BRASILIA1042 | BRAZIL IPR: GOB STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT BUT SOME IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE),Division of Intellectual Property (DIPI),hosted a presentation to interested members of the diplomatic community by the National Anti-Piracy Council (CNCP). Chaired by the Ministry of Justice, CNCP brings together [...] | 2009-08-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1044 | TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE RESULTS IN AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to international concerns over poor working conditions and forced labor in the sugarcane sector, Brazil's President Lula signed on June 25, 2009, the National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in Sugarcane Activity. A tripartite dialogue between organizations repre [...] | 2009-08-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG PGOV ELAB BR |
09BRASILIA1059 | SECC STERN'S VISIT TO BRAZIL HIGHLIGHTS AREAS OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Todd Stern's visit to Brazil provided a valuable opportunity for him to meet with a variety of Brazilian counterparts and hear the range of views within Brazil regarding the on-going climate change negotiations. Stern's conversations highlighted a strong Brazilian [...] | 2009-08-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1066 | BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF OES-FUNDED PROJECT CONCERNING LAND-BASED [...] (SBU) Embassy Brasilia, in conjunction with the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES),has awarded a USD 75,000 grant to support the reduction of land-based sources of marine pollution in Brazil. The request for proposals was issued on February 20, 2009 and there were four responses [...] | 2009-08-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA1081 | BRAZIL H1N1 UPDATE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. OVERALL SITUATION 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu has caused a considerable amount of concern among the Brazilian population. Doctors anecdotally report that their patients are coming in for minor cold an [...] | 2009-08-28 18:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA1093 | BRAZILIAN VIEWS OF 2009 UNGA [...] Brazil's priorities for this year's UNGA are little different than in previous years: UNSC reform, Haiti and stability in Latin America. With recent controversy in the region surrounding the announcement of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement, Ministry for External Relations (MRE [...] | 2009-08-31 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA BR |
09BRASILIA1097 | BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...] | 2009-09-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR |
09BRASILIA1098 | BRAZIL'S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM FIVE YEARS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A little more than five years into its existence, Brazil's conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia (PBF) continues to stir debate over its effectiveness. PBF aims to alleviate poverty both by providing for beneficiaries' short-run basic needs and by creating conditions [...] | 2009-09-01 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1105 | BRAZIL: EMBASSY BRASILIA'S SUGGESTED THEMES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November ministerial-level Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology (JCM) Embassy Brasilia has identified three potential areas that could be used to advance U.S. Government (USG) priority interests building on the robust and on-going science and technolo [...] | 2009-09-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA1114 | BRAZIL: AMAZON DEFORESTATION RATE SET TO BE THE LOWEST IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The rate of deforestation of the Amazon Forest decreased 46% for the August 2008-July 2009 annual period compared to the previous 12-month period based on preliminary data released by the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE). The results of high-resolution satell [...] | 2009-09-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA1120 | BRAZIL: POTENTIAL FOR WORKING CLOSER WITH BRAZIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Biotechnology and genetic resources are issues that have divided the Brazilian ministries, with the Agriculture Ministry vigorously supporting increased use of biotechnology and freer flow of genetic resources, and until recently, the Environment Ministry expressing skepticism [...] | 2009-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON KSCA KIPR EAID ETRD BR |
09BRASILIA1129 | BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...] | 2009-09-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA1131 | BRAZIL: UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recommendation to proceed with creation of a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) is being considered at the highest levels of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). The Environment Ministry, the environmental community, and the Embassy have been urgi [...] | 2009-09-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1136 | BRAZIL: "WE WILL HAVE AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER" FOR EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will go to Copenhagen with an ambitious emissions reductions number as part of the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),according to the Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim. In an early September inte [...] | 2009-09-11 19:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1141 | BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...] | 2009-09-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1149 | BRAZIL NO LONGER SEEKS TO SEND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer discussed with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves the proposal to transfer of low-level radioactive items fro [...] | 2009-09-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1156 | BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...] | 2009-09-16 17:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1174 | BRAZIL FINALLY RATIFIES ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2009, Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, the Director of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space, informed Science Counselor and Science Officer that the Brazilian Senate finally had ratified Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measu [...] | 2009-09-18 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR |
09BRASILIA1175 | BRAZIL - GROWING RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) and the private sector have identified promoting innovation as a key priority. Many of the Mission's governmental interlocutors view innovation as pivotal to accelerating Brazil's continued development and economic success. Working with the GOB [...] | 2009-09-21 10:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPL TPHY TNGD TINT KIPR KSCA NSF BR |
09BRASILIA1182 | BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN AVIATION REGULATOR'S CONFIRMATION OF [...] (SBU) Post received confirmation from Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC),per action request in reftel B, to hold a formal final discussion with the FAA on October 28-29 to review the noted safety oversight deficiencies and any corrective measures the GoB has taken since the IASA [...] | 2009-09-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1191 | BRAZIL: FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) On September 23, Science Officer met with officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's International Affairs Office to discuss REFTEL, which concerns an agreement by Brazil and certain other countires to work in concert with the United States and the World Health Organization to mak [...] | 2009-09-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KFLU WHO BR |
09BRASILIA1194 | BRAZIL, HRC, AND GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) On September 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira, interim chief, Human Rights Division, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Cunha Oliveira disputed some of the points in the demarche and agreed with others. 2. (U) ONE-SIDED AND BIASED REPORT: [...] | 2009-09-24 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS BR |
09BRASILIA1201 | BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...] | 2009-09-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA1202 | BRAZIL: SUPPORTS GOALS BUT NOT MEANS IN U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) understands and is concerned by the growing use of HFCs to replace HCFCs. Nonetheless, it is opposed to both the U.S.-Mexico-Canada and the Mauritius and Micronesia proposals to the Montreal Protocol to address this problem. The GOB sees such pro [...] | 2009-09-28 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1211 | BRAZIL: NON-COMMITAL RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY AT THE [...] (SBU) On September 25 Science Officer delivered the demarche per REFTEL A requesting Brazil's support the U.S. candidacy at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to Second Secretary Andre Tenorio Mourao of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Outer Space at the Ministry of External [...] | 2009-10-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BR |
09BRASILIA122 | ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK SPACE [...] (SBU) On January 29, 2009, ESTH Counselor delivered to the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, the diplomatic note (no. 49),per REFTEL, agreeing to the Brazilian proposal that the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses [...] | 2009-01-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL BR |
09BRASILIA1224 | BRAZIL: EXTENDING THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) On September 17 Counselor Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, head of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space (DMAE) of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),met with Science Counselor and Science Officer to discuss the options for the renewal of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperat [...] | 2009-10-06 10:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA NASA BR |
09BRASILIA123 | BRAZIL: INTERMINISTERIAL BATTLES LEAVE NEEDED REFORM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A divided Brazilian cabinet was unable to resolve its differences in order to make urgently needed reforms of the Forest Code. First, Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes and Environment Minister Carlos Minc could not agree on a common approach for legislation to replace th [...] | 2009-01-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA1254 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...] | 2009-10-22 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR |
09BRASILIA1265 | BRAZIL: MEETING OF BILATERAL PROTECTED AREAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Protected Areas Working Group on September 10 highlighted existing areas of cooperation and identified possibilities for future activities. These new possibilities include assistance with preparing economic studies on concessions, developing [...] | 2009-10-27 13:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1267 | BRAZIL: TSA ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: After almost a 3 year absence in Brazil, TSA successfully resumed airport security visits in Brazil on August 10, 2009, and is poised to expand this important relationship through technical exchanges and increased cooperation in other civil aviation related security areas. With t [...] | 2009-10-27 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ASEC BR |
09BRASILIA1271 | BRAZIL: SMALL VICTORY IN THE 40 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR A BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Committee (CCJ) approved the Tax Information and Exchange Act (TIEA) with the United States. The TIEA, which the Government of Brazil (GOB) considers an important pre-element of progress toward a Bilateral Tax Tre [...] | 2009-10-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
09BRASILIA1272 | BRAZIL: STAFFDEL MEECHAM - IFI/MDBs REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from both the Government of Brazil (GOB) and international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) operating in Brazil described for Carl Meacham, Senator Lugar's senior foreign policy advisor on Latin America, a shift from national lev [...] | 2009-10-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1282 | BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" [...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...] | 2009-10-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR |
09BRASILIA1299 | NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HEAD D'AGOSTINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the August meeting between Gary Samore from the National Security Council and General Jorge Felix, Minister of the Brazilian Cabinet for Institutional Security (GSI),the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Thomas D'Agostino, ha [...] | 2009-11-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL NPT IAEA MNUC PARM BR |
09BRASILIA1308 | BRAZIL'S CLIMATE POSITION IS IN FLUX AND COULD STRENGTHEN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is finalizing its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Despite earlier signals that it might announce an economy-wide emissions reduction target, President [...] | 2009-11-09 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA131 | TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009: BRAZIL'S 3.4-3.6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL, will be auctioning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency band once a determination is made whether to allow for full mobility within the designated spectrum and whether to place additional obligations on 3.5 GHz licensees. Jefe [...] | 2009-02-03 14:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC TINT BR |
09BRASILIA1318 | BRAZIL INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR BR |
09BRASILIA1319 | BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's abilities to accommodate strong passenger air traffic growth, prepare for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and enact market liberalization measures hinge upon its successful resolution of pressing capacity constraints, particularly at Sao Paulo's Guarulh [...] | 2009-11-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1322 | BRAZIL AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE COMMON POSITION ON UN FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) During their meeting in Paris on November 14, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) and French President Nicholas Sarkozy issued a joint press release detailing their two governments' common position on the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotia [...] | 2009-11-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA KGHG ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA1338 | BRAZIL IPR UPDATE: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian judicial and legislative branches are in the process of examining two key pharmaceutical patent-related issues - the role of the national health vigilance agency (ANVISA) in reviewing pharmaceutical patent applications and the constitutionality of Brazil's pipeline [...] | 2009-11-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1343 | BRAZIL'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCE SYSTEM: [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil has established generally adequate anti-money laundering mechanisms but lacks basic legislation criminalizing the financing of terrorism as an autonomous crime. The Financial Action Task Force evaluating Brazil this year is expected to make recommendations regarding the ef [...] | 2009-11-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1370 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...] | 2009-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR |
09BRASILIA1381 | BRAZIL: LATEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE OFFER AND PRE-COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 13, the Government of Brazil (GOB) unveiled its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. The GOB has announced that it will seek to reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissio [...] | 2009-11-30 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1384 | BRAZIL: ASSURANCES RECEIVED FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO [...] (SBU) Per Ministry of External Relations Diplomatic Note DDS/105/ENER BRAS EUA, dated November 5, 2009, the Government of Brazil as requested (REFTEL A) provided the assurances to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the handling of a small quantity of highly enriched uranium (HEU) material [...] | 2009-12-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA1385 | BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR/MRE BCM DECEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. The visit provides an important opportunity to highlight the potential for increased bilateral cooperation, emphasizing that specific trade disputes need n [...] | 2009-12-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA1400 | Brazil's National Broadband Plan [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Minister of Communications (MOC),Helio Costa, unveiled Brazil's national broadband plan (NBP) aimed at addressing Brazil's soaring broadband usage demand (reftel) on November 24. The proposal, entitled "A national plan for broadband - Brazil at high speed," lays out MO [...] | 2009-12-03 19:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BR |
09BRASILIA1402 | BRAZIL: U/S MACHADO ON GOB'S CLIMATE POSITION GOING INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and her deputy, Special Ambassador for Climate Change Sergio Serra, told Charge that Brazil is more optimistic about the outcome for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Co [...] | 2009-12-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EFIN EAGR EAID BR |
09BRASILIA1406 | SYMPOSIUM ON BIOSECURITY AND DUAL USE RESEARCH ENCOURAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The First International Symposium on Biosecurity and Dual Use Research held in Brazil brought together Latin American experts and policymakers dealing with biosecurity. The conference highlighted the national security threats emerging from the advances in the biological science [...] | 2009-12-04 16:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA1408 | BRAZIL ANNOUNCES LOWEST RATE OF DEFORESTATION OF AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 12, Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced Brazil's lowest ever Amazon deforestation rate since monitoring began in 1988. A total of 7,008 square kilometers of forest were cleared, which represents a 45 percent drop from the previous annual period. O [...] | 2009-12-04 17:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA141 | BRAZIL: AUTOMOBILE SECTOR MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Brazil, in addressing the global economic downturn's negative impact on its automotive sector, has implemented several measures aimed at freeing up credit lines, stimulating domestic demand and protecting domestic production. Reduced industrial product taxes on [...] | 2009-02-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR |
09BRASILIA1412 | Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue December [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 22:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA1414 | BRAZIL: STAS DR. NINA FEDOROFF PROMOTES SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor for the Secretary of State and USAID (STAS) visited Brazil on October 25-30. In her meetings in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro with academics, private sector representatives, and government officials she promoted incre [...] | 2009-12-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO TPHY EAGR KSCA EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA1418 | BRAZIL: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 2, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Glaucia Gauch, head of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff followed up by delivering a copy of the "Defamation of Religions" non-paper to Nathanael de Souza e Silva [...] | 2009-12-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN UNGA BR |
09BRASILIA142 | ANTARCTIC TREATY: BRAZIL UNLIKELY TO APPROVE 2003 ATCM [...] (SBU) On January 29 and again on February 3, ESTH Counselor met with key officials in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) to press for Brazil to approve by early April the 2003 Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measure 1, which would create the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (REF [...] | 2009-02-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY SENV AORC KSCA PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1426 | BRAZIL: NEW LEADERSHIP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CREATING A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) on November 30 informed the U.S. Government (USG) that it wants to establish a debt-for-forest program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). The GOB submitted specific changes it wanted to make in the proposed text of an agreement cr [...] | 2009-12-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EAID KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA143 | BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEES GOOD [...] (SBU) At a meeting on January 13, Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (MCT) Sergio Rezende stressed to Ambassador Sobel that climate change and the related issue of energy are excellent areas for cooperation between the Brazil and the United States. Rezende said that although climate [...] | 2009-02-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA1460 | BRAZIL: AMAZON FUND AND OTHER FUNDS TO PROTECT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Amazon Fund created in August 2008 and funded by a US$1 billion pledge from Norway has just announced its first block of approved projects to help monitor and reduce deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. Brazil also has now passed a law that will establish a National Cl [...] | 2009-12-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG EAGR EFIN NO BR |
09BRASILIA1486 | BRAZIL: AECIO NEVES WITHDRAWS FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (SBU) In a press conference on December 17, Minas Gerais governor A????cio Neves officially terminated his "pre-candidacy" for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) nomination in Brazil's 2010 Presidential elections, effectively leaving the PSDB field to Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra. [...] | 2009-12-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
09BRASILIA1498 | BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...] | 2009-12-21 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA1500 | BRAZIL: AUSTR VISIT TO RECIFE HIGHLIGHTS PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) On December 10 and 11, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, visited Recife (in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco) to discuss the economic potential of Bra [...] | 2009-12-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA1516 | BRAZIL IS PROUD OF ITS AMBITIOUS APPROACH TO COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) expressed disappointment and frustration with the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva principally blamed the position of the United Sta [...] | 2009-12-23 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EFIN EAID EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA157 | BRAZIL: VICE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CHALLENGES AHEAD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 22, Brazilian Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira expressed interest in a new, broader agenda between the United States and Brazil. She highlighted Brazil's need to address the interlinked challenges of energy, climat [...] | 2009-02-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA16 | Brazil Civil Aviation: Airport Privatization - the players [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is studying several concession models to raise capital for much needed airport infrastructure improvements before hosting the World Cup in 2014. Private and public sector proposals have been received during the comment period phase, with most comments advocating private [...] | 2009-01-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA195 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the concerns expressed in REFTEL A to the key Brazilian players involved in handling the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Division, Counselor Fernando Coimbra, leads the Government [...] | 2009-02-13 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR |
09BRASILIA202 | BRAZIL'S REVISED CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian climate change negotiating team for 2009 is significantly different than the one for 2008. Most importantly, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy Everton Vargas (who is going to Germany) will be replaced as head of the team by Ambassado [...] | 2009-02-17 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAGR EFIN ECON BR |
09BRASILIA222 | ANTARCTIC: INVITATION DELIVERED; GOB SEEKING APPROVAL OF [...] (SBU) On February 18, Post delivered to the Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) the invitation letter (REFTEL E) to Minister Celso Amorim from Secretary Clinton to attend the ministerial-level event in Washington on April 6, 2009, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty and [...] | 2009-02-20 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KSCA KTIA PREL SENV TPHY AY BR |
09BRASILIA244 | BRAZIL: TWO NEW PRAGMATIC STEPS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil (GOB) plans to take two steps - each quite pragmatic - to address the serious problem of settlers illegally clearing the Amazon Forest and the challenge of settlers occupying public land in the Amazon: The first measure - currently a proposal - would r [...] | 2009-02-27 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA250 | BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) (U) The Full Inventory of TIP Legislation: Laws prohibiting trafficking are contained in the Brazilian Penal Code, Articles 231, 231-A, 206, and 207, and the Statute of Children and Adolescents. In addition, Article 149 of the Brazilian penal code prohibits "reducing someone to a condi [...] | 2009-03-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR |
09BRASILIA251 | BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) While adult prostitution is legal (an adult is defined by Brazilian law as a person 18 years of age or older),various associated activities, such as operating a brothel and pimping, are illegal. The degree to which these laws are enforced varies from place to place in Brazil based on lo [...] | 2009-03-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR |
09BRASILIA252 | BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...] | 2009-03-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR |
09BRASILIA254 | BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...] | 2009-03-02 19:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA265 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MINC PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF S/E STERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of the Environment, Carlos Minc, sees the twin issues of climate and energy as an opportunity for increased USG and Government of Brazil (GOB) cooperation. He sees Brazil as playing the role of a bridge between the developed nations and the G-77 in upcoming climate n [...] | 2009-03-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA ENRG TBIO BR |
09BRASILIA270 | BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...] | 2009-03-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR |
09BRASILIA288 | Message from Ambassador Clifford Sobel to Acting FAA [...] (SBU) I strongly recommend that FAA HQ Flight Standards Office work cooperatively with ANAC to select technical consultation dates to take place after the May ICAO inspection rather than March 16-17 as currently proposed. Insisting that consultations happen March 16-17 or not at all risks unde [...] | 2009-03-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA290 | BRAZIL: SPACE COOPERATION POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Technology Director Marco Antonio Chamon sees many opportunities for cooperation with the USG and with U.S. space businesses. Brazil is open to supplying for free the USG with the remote sensing information from the Brazil- [...] | 2009-03-11 19:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ETTC SENV ECON KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA296 | BRAZIL: FALLEN SPACE OBJECT RECOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 5, Post recovered from the Brazilian authorities the component of a U.S. space launch vehicle that fell in the State of Goias, Brazil, in late March 2008. The object, a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV),is in remarkably good condition and is stored at the [...] | 2009-03-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA SENV KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA298 | BRAZIL: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On 4 March 2009, EST officer delivered REFTEL invitation for Brazil to participate in the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, 29 June to 2 July 2009, to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technolo [...] | 2009-03-12 18:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PINS ENRG KCRM PARM BR |
09BRASILIA303 | BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...] | 2009-03-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA305 | BRAZIL: TRANSMITTAL OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS [...] (SBU) On March 4, Post delivered REFTEL letter from Acting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator James Balsiger to Aldemir Gregolin, Brazil's Minister of Aquiculture and Fishing. Post followed up by informing Osvaldo Barbossa, the International Affairs Advisor for t [...] | 2009-03-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV BR |
09BRASILIA310 | Supporting Educational Improvements in Brazil: Public [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several international comparative measures demonstrate that Brazil's education system lags behind that of most of its Latin American neighbors, global competitors such as the BRIC countries, and more developed countries, which is causing a shortage of skilled labor and could be [...] | 2009-03-13 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL ECON PREL PGOV BR |
09BRASILIA331 | ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (SBU) In ref A, Post noted that we could not confirm child or forced labor for certain products. At this time we can provide additional information on those products. 2. (U) Bananas and Talc: After further research, Mission does not/not believe these should be on the DOL List of Goods beca [...] | 2009-03-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM BR |
09BRASILIA347 | Brazil: PAC Investment Program Two Years Later: Mixed [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Growth Acceleration Program ("PAC"),a government run public works program funded with federal, parastatal, and private investment, celebrated its second anniversary in February. In a recently released PAC executive summary report, the GOB highlighted past, present [...] | 2009-03-20 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA368 | ARRESTS MADE IN PIRACY OF U.S. MILTARY SATELLITE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) executed 20 search and seizure warrants on March 18, 2009, concluding a 3 year investigation related to the piracy of U.S. military satellite frequencies. The operation's success was supported by U.S. Department of Defense-provided sa [...] | 2009-03-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS MARR PINR BR |
09BRASILIA375 | "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) First Secretary Carlos Eduardo Da Cunha Oliveira, in the Division of Human Rights of the Ministry of Exterior told poloff on March 25 that Brazil would abstain and offer an explanation of its vote. 2. (SBU)Oliveira explained that the Defamation of Religion Resolution underwent some ch [...] | 2009-03-26 18:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF |
09BRASILIA386 | FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 25 between ANAC President Solange Vieira and Ambassador Sobel that addressed FAA's proposed consultations and follow-up assessment, Vieira respectfully declined FAA's offer of consultations and proposed that FAA move ahead with its IASA assessment and offer [...] | 2009-03-27 20:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA395 | Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...] | 2009-03-30 21:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA399 | SENATOR CORKER LOOKS INTO CHALLENGES OF DEFORESTATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Robert Corker visited the State of Amazonas on March 20-21 and learned about the extensive deforestation problem in Brazil and efforts to address it. Governor Eduardo Braga explained his state's innovative program to pay forest dwellers a monthly payment to protect the [...] | 2009-03-31 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP SENV EAID EAGR KGHG BR |
09BRASILIA400 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...] | 2009-03-31 20:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA401 | BRAZIL'S ENTHUSIATIC, THOUGH COMPLICATED, APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil has constructed a complex regime to govern access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Provisional Measure No. 2186-16 and its implementing rules and regulations establish the requirements in this field. The intended purpose for collecting the genetic resources [...] | 2009-03-31 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO KPAO BR |
09BRASILIA422 | PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Brazil views Dinah Shelton very favorably but may have to vote for another candidate to repay obligations incurred in another election. Counselor Marcia Adorno, head of the Ministry of Exterior Relations's Division of Human Rights, told poloff on April 2 that she was familiar with Dinah [...] | 2009-04-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC |
09BRASILIA426 | BRAZIL WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil is pleased that the US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (reftel),but the director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Exterior relations could not state whether Brazil will vote for the U.S. End summary. Pleased U.S. Is Coming Back - - - - [...] | 2009-04-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA431 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...] | 2009-04-07 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD |
09BRASILIA435 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...] | 2009-04-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD |
09BRASILIA445 | CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LULA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare meeting granted by President Lula to a US congressional delegation, President Lula told CoDel Hoyer April 8 that he has high expectations of the Obama administration, sees a new era in U.S. relations with Latin America, and hopes for a positive gesture on Cuba at the S [...] | 2009-04-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD OREP KSUM SOCI BR CU VE IR |
09BRASILIA447 | BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA449 | BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA453 | BRAZIL HAS NO RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (U) Charge delivered demarche (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs in the Ministry for External Relations, who made no specific response on the North Korean rocket launch. Jaguaribe shared Brazil's views on North Korea in general and Brazi [...] | 2009-04-14 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN BR |
09BRASILIA480 | BRAZIL: FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on April 14, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on April 16, 2009 to request formally a reassessment of GO [...] | 2009-04-16 21:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA491 | BRAZIL'S PROPOSED AGENDA FOR RIO-PLUS-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD UNEP BR |
09BRASILIA507 | BRAZIL ON THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Overcoming some earlier concerns, Brazil has embraced the Major Economies Forum (MEF) process. Brazil will send its chief negotiator, Ambassador Vera Machado, the Ministry of External Relat [...] | 2009-04-24 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA517 | BRAZIL AND THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK: SITREP #1 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the worldwide swine flu outbreak. REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry has not reported any confirmed cases of swine flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 27, there were four cases of individuals who [...] | 2009-04-27 20:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU SENV KSTH ECON CASC EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA523 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL - SITREP NO.2 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 Flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of Tuesday, April 28,tThe National Agency on Health Vigilance (A [...] | 2009-04-29 10:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRASILIA526 | U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXPLORES EXPANDED COLLABORATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of experts from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) identified and prioritized a range of areas for two-way cooperation with Brazilian counterparts during their April 14-17 visit to Brazil. Officials from the young Brazilian Forest Service, the Brazilian Agricultural Researc [...] | 2009-04-29 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA530 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...] | 2009-04-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO |
09BRASILIA533 | AFTER 23 YEARS, BRAZIL RESUMES WORK ON ANGRA III NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than two decades after halting construction of Brazil's third nuclear reactor at Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Government has resumed work. The estimated cost for completing the construction of Angra III has jumped from USD 1.8 billion in 1986 to USD 3.3 billion. The go [...] | 2009-04-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY FCS BR |
09BRASILIA538 | MGSF01: SWINE FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #4 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which may be due more to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necessary testi [...] | 2009-05-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO |
09BRASILIA542 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP # 5 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 influenza outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necess [...] | 2009-05-04 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL AMED CASC KFLO |
09BRASILIA552 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #6 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testing. T [...] | 2009-05-05 20:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA560 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #7 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testi [...] | 2009-05-06 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA566 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #8 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (U) On Thursday, May 7, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported that laboratory tests have confirmed four cases of the H1N1 flu in three Brazilian states - Sao Paulo [...] | 2009-05-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA577 | BRAZIL: OPEN MINEDED ON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO SHIP [...] (SBU) On May 8, Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor together with Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Tim Millikan delivered the joint demarche (per REFTEL) concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Recycling Convention to the Brazilian Mi [...] | 2009-05-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV BR |
09BRASILIA578 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 19:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO |
09BRASILIA579 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 8 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report four confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The four cases are spread thro [...] | 2009-05-08 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO |
09BRASILIA600 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #10 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the morning of May 11 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout [...] | 2009-05-11 21:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA606 | CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT SUCCESSES AND REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent conferences in Rio de Janeiro highlighted both the successes and obstacles remaining in health cooperation between the United States and Brazil. Current bilateral cooperation programs that have staff actually working within Government of Brazil (GOB) health agencies [...] | 2009-05-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA NIH CDC BR |
09BRASILIA609 | TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #11 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of May 13 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout five st [...] | 2009-05-13 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA615 | Brazil's Broad Band Initiatives [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet broadband use in Brazil has soared dramatically over the past year, reflecting an increased interest in navigating sites that require greater connectivity speed such as socialization sites (facebook, myspace etc.),entertainment sites for streaming videos and music, bus [...] | 2009-05-15 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT TINT BR |
09BRASILIA616 | BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA618 | BRAZIL: CONFERENCE ON FINANCE FOR REDUCING DEFORESTATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An international conference, April 1-4, hosted by the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi and the NGO Forest Trends, and co-funded by USAID, highlighted how far Brazil has come in recognizing its problem with massive, ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Forest. The conference [...] | 2009-05-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA EAID EFIN ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA625 | CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Brasilia (protect) told poloffs on May 7 week that the profile of child labor in Brazil has shifted in recent years and is now predominantly an urban phenomenon. The ILO child labor expert stressed that Brazilian authorities [...] | 2009-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA651 | BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER [...] (SBU) On May 18, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission provided both the head of Brazil's Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fishing (SEAP) (which is a unit within the Presidency and separate from the Agriculture Ministry) Altemir Gregolin and the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the [...] | 2009-05-21 19:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN ETRD BR |
09BRASILIA654 | BRAZIL: Treasury DAS Nancy Lee - G20 follow-up, political [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian private and public sector interlocutors in Brasilia and Sao Paulo told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Lee that Brazil's economic downturn may be bottoming out. Bankers, however, were unwilling to predict when investment levels would trend higher, which [...] | 2009-05-22 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL BR |
09BRASILIA655 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #12 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 22, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. A new case - the ninth altogether - was conf [...] | 2009-05-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA659 | FINANCING FOR BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE [...] (SBU) The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) Finance Secretariat (SEFA) has been tasked to submit a report on financing arrangements being presented by the Governments of each of the three competitors (US, France, and Sweden) to support proposals for Brazil's next generation fighter (FX2). The financ [...] | 2009-05-22 20:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL BR |
09BRASILIA660 | BRAZIL: UN Conference on Development Impact of Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB interlocutors agree the current outcome document drafted by the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) is not a helpful way forward in a discussion of the impact of the global crisis on the developing world. Brazil wants a consensus-based document that complements and r [...] | 2009-05-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID UNGA BR |
09BRASILIA667 | BRAZIL POSTPONES OPENING PYONGYANG EMBASSY OVER [...] (U) Summary. In response to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, Brazil is indefinitely postponing sending its Ambassador-designate to Pyongyang to open the Brazilian embassy (reftels). The Ministry of External Relations (MRE) issued an uncharacteristically strong note in which it "vehemently con [...] | 2009-05-26 20:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC MCAP KN BR ZN |
09BRASILIA677 | BRAZIL WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO WORLD BANK VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: An official in the Ministry of Finance confirmed that Brazil will not cast a vote on Kosovo's World Bank application. The official told Econoff that the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) had directed Finance Minister Mantega not to vote on the upcoming Kosovo World Bank bid, a [...] | 2009-05-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV BR |
09BRASILIA681 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #13 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) Mission Brazil is monitoring the situation of four American citizens who are being held in quarantine at a hospital in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, und [...] | 2009-05-29 19:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA685 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #14 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. As of June 2, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting 21 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus spread throughout six of the country's 26 states and the feder [...] | 2009-06-02 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA698 | BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...] | 2009-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR |
09BRASILIA700 | BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...] | 2009-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR |
09BRASILIA702 | BRAZIL: MINOR LEAK AT ANGRA II NUCLEAR REACTOR; NO SERIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy (CNEN) reported that a minor accident at the Angra II nuclear reactor on May 15 led to a small leak of low levels of radiation. CNEN tell Post that they have reviewed the situation and have decided to maintain the current poli [...] | 2009-06-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA BR |
09BRASILIA709 | Brazil: Initial Reactions on Cairo Speech [...] (U) Summary: In Brazil, President Obama's address to Muslims worldwide has drawn praise for its even-handed approach to the issues of religion and politics in the Middle East from government, congressional, academic contacts and from members of the Brazilian Middle Eastern and Muslim communitie [...] | 2009-06-04 22:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPAO PREL PGOV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA712 | RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil has not decided whether to support a resolution on renewing the Sudan Special Rapporteur's mandate, and believes dialogue with Sudan and the African countries in a cooperative spirit must precede the presentation of any draft resolution. Brazil is willing to participa [...] | 2009-06-05 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA714 | BRAZIL: RECOVERED SPACE-OBJECT SAFELY RETURNED TO U.S. AIR [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009, Post received from the U.S. Air Force confirmation that a piece of an Atlas rocket that had broken off and landed in Brazil had completed its journey and arrived safely on May 27 at the USAF's Aerospace Materials Laboratory in El Segundo, California, for scientific anal [...] | 2009-06-05 15:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA SENV KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA716 | BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...] | 2009-06-05 15:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR |
09BRASILIA717 | BRAZIL LAUNCHES A TEST ROCKET AS A STEP TOWARD REVIVING ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Brazil launched a research rocket from the Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) in the northeastern state of Maranhao. Brazilian officials are considering the launch a success for the Brazilian space program, and an important step toward putting a satellite into orbit. Bra [...] | 2009-06-05 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA SENV KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA735 | VISIT OF S/CRS COORDINATOR JOHN HERBST [...] (SBU) S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst visited Brasilia May 21 for consultations with the GOB on Brazil's growing stabilization capabilities and possibilities for future cooperation. In meetings with Brazil's Ministry for External Relations (MRE) and Brazilian Agency for Cooperation ( [...] | 2009-06-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BR |
09BRASILIA743 | BRAZIL EMBARKS ON PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relatively new Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio),the agency responsible for national parks and protected area system, has launched a program to improve its park management. It seeks to introduce public use plans for its parks, and the [...] | 2009-06-10 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA750 | BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM NAR PREL BR |
09BRASILIA759 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (SBU) On June 12, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the information and questions contained in REFTEL to Fabio Antibas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. 2. (SBU) Mr. Antibas received [...] | 2009-06-16 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY BR |
09BRASILIA76 | Brazil Civil Aviation: OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, has agreed to launch dialogues leading towards Open Skies (OS) negotiations with the US in 2009. During a recent meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Vieira commented that an OS agreement would [...] | 2009-01-16 18:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA760 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) On June 10, Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the points in REFTEL to Andre Mourao from the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space. 2. (SBU) Mr. Mourao received the demarche, but did not provide a substantive respo [...] | 2009-06-16 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC BR |
09BRASILIA762 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MOVES TOWARD JOINING THE [...] (SBU) On Friday, June 12, Econ Officer delivered the demarche contained in REFTEL to Rubem Barbosa, the Special Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Mines and Energy. 2. (SBU) Mr. Barbosa stated the Government of Brazil (GOB) is aware of IRENA but that the GOB does not plan [...] | 2009-06-16 19:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BR |
09BRASILIA765 | BRAZIL: NEW OIL REGIME ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME; ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil is poised to finally unveil its long-awaited proposal for a new oil regime to administer its ultra deepwater (also known as "pre-salt")oil reserves. According to the Minister of Energy, the new proposed structure will include a small state-owned company under the auspices [...] | 2009-06-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL BR |
09BRASILIA766 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...] | 2009-06-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA807 | CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. Child labor specialist Renato Mendes (strictly protect) at the ILO Brazil office said child labor continues to be a problem in the footwear and pineapple industries, has largely been eliminated from sisal and cotton, and the situation in the rice industry is unclear. A signi [...] | 2009-06-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EAGR SOCI KCRM BR |
09BRASILIA809 | BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...] | 2009-06-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR |
09BRASILIA824 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #16 - AMCIT [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: 2. (SBU) Consular Section Sao Paulo is receiving early reports that a visiting American citizen has passed away in Rio Grande do Sul State. H1N1 is the suspected, bu [...] | 2009-06-26 20:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA828 | BRAZIL'S TAX COLLECTION AGENCY NOT A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 24 Brazilian-industry sponsored conference highlighted that Brazil's recent record of concluding bilateral tax treaties (BTT) lags far behind that of other Latin American and BRIC countries, and the Brazilian revenue collection agency responsible for tax treaty negotiatio [...] | 2009-06-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
09BRASILIA836 | BRAZIL: CEO FORUM - CO-CHAIR JOSUE GOMES DA SILVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with CEO Forum Brazilian co-chair Josue Gomes da Silva, Presidente of Coteminas, prioritized infrastructure investment, private equity, and venture capital as Forum topics, emphasized interest in Brazilian access to Haiti HOPE II, welcomed energy cooperat [...] | 2009-06-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EINV BR |
09BRASILIA841 | PUBLIC MINISTRY OF LABOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FIGHT [...] (U) Consistent with President Lula's policy of reducing corruption in the Government of Brazil, the Public Ministry of Labor launched its Strategic Planning project on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, establishing the directives and goals of the institution until 2022. The Public Ministry of Labor is [...] | 2009-06-30 19:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PGOV BR |
09BRASILIA844 | BRAZIL PLEDGES COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (ref A) on June 29 to First Secretary Ricardo Portugal in Asia and Oceania Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, who stated that Brazil was already working on complying with inspection-related provisions of UNSCR 1874. Portugal confirmed that Brazil [...] | 2009-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BR |
09BRASILIA862 | BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...] | 2009-07-09 19:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA871 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #17 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: - REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of July 10, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed 977 cases of the H1N1 virus spread throughout 25 of the country's 26 [...] | 2009-07-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BRASILIA872 | BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...] | 2009-07-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR |
09BRASILIA890 | BRAZIL'S CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO OECD GUIDELINES STALLS BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax treaty negotiators from the U.S. Treasury and Brazil's revenue collection agency, Receita Federal (Receita),met via DVC on July 10 to assess the potential for renewed progress on a bilateral tax treaty (BTT),and to develop a consensus message to present to the CEO Forum in [...] | 2009-07-16 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
09BRASILIA893 | BRAZIL: CONTENTIOUS LAW ENACTED TO HELP CLARIFY MURKY LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed legislation (Law No. 11952) that addresses a key factor underlying Brazil's serious deforestation problem, i.e., the lack of clear title to land in the Amazon region. This new law provides farmers and ranchers oc [...] | 2009-07-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV ECON EAGR KSCA BR |
09BRASILIA896 | Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...] | 2009-07-17 19:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA905 | Brazil's 2010 Presidential Election: Early Snapshot [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2010 presidential election in Brazil, fifteen months out, currently looks like a two person contest between Minister Dilma Rousseff and Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra. Although Serra maintains his lead in the polls, Rousseff's steady rise in public opinion has some analysts [...] | 2009-07-20 19:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
09BRASILIA92 | BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MINISTER ON BUILDING BLOCKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following on his early January trip to Washington, Brazilian Strategic Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger laid out the elements for a broader, more robust bilateral relationship with the Obama Administration. These include cooperation in the areas of defense security, [...] | 2009-01-22 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG SENV MARR KGHG EFIN BR |
09BRASILIA946 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...] | 2009-07-31 10:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR |
09BRASILIA947 | KEY BRAZILIAN NEGOTIATOR SEEKS MODEST, SHORT-TERM, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) leads the Brazilian delegation to the ongoing climate change negotiations. The key MRE negotiator on the delegation is Luiz Figueiredo Machado, who is also a Vice-Chair of one of the working groups under the UN Framework Convention on C [...] | 2009-07-31 13:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON KSCA BR |
09BRATISLAVA115 | FINALLY, A SHORT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SEASON [...] (U) On March 6, the official presidential campaign was launched by seven candidates. Out of the seven, only two -- incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic and SDKU Deputy Chairwoman Iveta Radicova -- are genuine contenders. The first round of voting will be held on March 21. If no candidate earn [...] | 2009-03-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA133 | CONSERVATIVE SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points to Finance Minister Pociatek and to MFA Political Director Slobodnik in separate March 18 meetings. While acknowledging that Slovakia remains one of the stronger economies in the region, we stressed that the focus of USG concern was early and adeq [...] | 2009-03-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LO |
09BRATISLAVA143 | SLOVAK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: GASPAROVIC AND RADICOVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic and center-right opposition candidate Iveta Radicova have advanced to the second round of the Slovak presidential elections. Gasparovic took 46.7 percent of the vote in the March 21 first round, with Radicova receiving 38 percent in the seven- [...] | 2009-03-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA144 | SLOVAKIA HAS NO PLANS TO LEAVE KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points with Martin Pangrac at MFA's NATO desk on March 20. Pangrac said Slovakia has no plans to withdraw its forces from Kosovo. The Balkans is one of Slovakia's foreign policy priorities. 2. (SBU) Pangrac said he was dismayed by Spain's decision to withdraw f [...] | 2009-03-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KVIR LO |
09BRATISLAVA146 | SLOVAKIA BEGINS TO RECOGNIZE NEGATIVE GROWTH 2009 [...] (SBU) Recent conversations with board members of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) indicate that the central bank's view of the economy is steadily worsening. In a meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judy Garber on 12 March, NBS Governor Ivan Sramko indicated that the current growth [...] | 2009-03-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LO |
09BRATISLAVA152 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WHITE PAPER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A and B paper and points to Peter Burian, Slovakia's Ambassador to the United States, during a meeting in Bratislava on March 27. Poloff delivered ref A paper and points to Lucia Marcisiakova, Afghanistan Coordinator in MFA's Security Policy Department on March 27; a [...] | 2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS LO |
09BRATISLAVA158 | AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES, THE COALITION PULLS [...] (U) President Gasparovic, speaking before a recent gathering of Smer officials, stated that although he was not a member of any political party, it was as "if I were a member of Smer." He went on to warn that his defeat would be a catastrophe for Smer and the ruling coalition. Indeed, Gaspar [...] | 2009-04-02 15:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA17 | SLOVAK GAS CRISIS UPDATE: IT'S GETTING POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the gas crisis continues to play out in Slovakia, it is becoming more and more a playground for political maneuvering. The GoS has declared an intention to re-open a 440MW nuclear power plant at Jaslovske Bohunice, which had been closed on December 31 as part of Slovakia's EU accessio [...] | 2009-01-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV LO |
09BRATISLAVA189 | GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS DIALOGUE WITH EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed ref points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with European Correspondent Albin Otruba on April 23. The discussion of Ukraine and Moldova, which will be held in the context of the Eastern Partnership, is the most interesting for Slovakia. Slovakia supports continu [...] | 2009-04-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV UP SY MD LO |
09BRATISLAVA237 | SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA242 | NO MI-17S IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE [...] (SBU) Slovakia does not have any MI-17 helicopters immediately available for donation, lease or sale. Slovakia has approximately 15 MI-17s, of which fewer than 10 are operational. Slovakia plans to use these helicopters through the end of their service lives in 2012 and then replace them. DAO [...] | 2009-06-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM PK LO |
09BRATISLAVA250 | GAERC: SLOVAK AND U.S. POSITIONS "NEVER CLOSER" [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed ref points on the June 15-16 GAERC meeting with European Correspondent Albin Otruba on June 9. Otruba enthusiastically declared the U.S. and Slovak positions on GAERC issues are now closer than ever before. Otruba spoke at length about the President's speech in [...] | 2009-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA251 | SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Rosina, OSCE Officer in the Arms Control Department at MFA, and Martin Pangrac, NATO officer in the Security Policy Department. Rosina said Slovakia fully supports the U.S. initiative for dialogue, but would like the Conventional Forces in Europe ( [...] | 2009-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA261 | GASPAROVIC INAUGURATED FOR SECOND TERM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA262 | GASPAROVIC INAUGURATED FOR SECOND TERM [...] (SBU) Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic was sworn in June 15 for a second five-year term. The formalities were decidedly low-key; one daily newspaper here ran its main inauguration story under the headline, "The Inauguration Interested Mostly Tourists." And, indeed, the riot barriers, police [...] | 2009-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA31 | SLOVAKIA GAS CRISIS UPDATE, JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) The Slovak government has quickly backed away from last week's announcement that it plans to re-start the recently closed nuclear reactor at Jaslovske Bohunice. Experts have told us there is virtually no need to restart the plant because of the gas crisis. Gas reserves are reportedly ad [...] | 2009-01-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA316 | SLOVAKIA: DESPITE CRISIS, NO BUDGET REVISION IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Though there has been no formal budget revision since the scale of the economic crisis became clear some six months ago, senior government officials are beginning to admit that Slovakia's budget deficit is likely to reach at least 6 percent this year. Revenues are sharply down, and despi [...] | 2009-07-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LO |
09BRATISLAVA353 | GYPSY TERROR PROVOKES MORE DEBATE THAN SOUL-SEARCHING [...] (U) Summary. An August 8 protest against "Gypsy Terror" in eastern Slovakia has opened a rift in Slovakia's nationalist movement and shown once-again that - where Slovakia's large and impoverished Roma community is concerned - even the "responsible" parliamentary parties face a delicate balanci [...] | 2009-08-12 10:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM LO |
09BRATISLAVA389 | SOY DEMARCHE: SLOVAKIA SYMPATHETIC BUT NON-COMMITTAL [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of a gathering of agricultural leaders at Slovakia's largest agricultural fair in Nitra, we discussed reftel points with industry groups, including Monsanto, and delivered reftel points to officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, including Agriculture Section Director Ja [...] | 2009-09-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO USTR LO |
09BRATISLAVA394 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Embassy Bratislava's updated response to reftel follows in paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) A. Attendance of Head of State. - President Ivan Gasparovic will not/not attend. B. Attendance of Head of Government. - Prime Minister Robert Fico will not/not attend. C. Atte [...] | 2009-09-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA LO |
09BRATISLAVA395 | SLOVAK HEALTH OFFICIALS CRITICAL OF H1N1 PRESS COVERAGE (125 [...] (SBU) We have heard a number of comments from high-level Ministry of Health (MOH) officials criticizing local press coverage of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Eleonora Branska, Director General in the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Health, privately expressed her feelings [...] | 2009-09-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED ASEC KPAO LO |
09BRATISLAVA401 | FICO/BAJNAI MEETING: PROGRESS WITH RESERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Following last week's Fico/Bajnai meeting, the reactions across the Slovak political scene indicate that while the meeting may be the start of a beautiful relationship, we're not quite there yet. Fico used the joint press conference to score a few points against Hungarian nationalists, d [...] | 2009-09-18 08:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU LO |
09BRATISLAVA411 | BLUE LANTERN - END-USE CHECK ON LICENSES 050141348 AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post has established the bonafides of Velkoobchod zbrane s.r.o. and has received assurances from the company that no U.S.-origin defense articles have been sold, re-transferred or re-exported outside the Slovak Republic. Slovakia's appropriate licensing authorities co [...] | 2009-09-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC LO |
09BRATISLAVA425 | SLOVAKIA'S BUDGET SEASON BEGINS [...] (U) The draft 2010 budget was approved by the Slovak Cabinet on 30 September; it now goes forward to further negotiation before passage in final form at year end. The budget reduces the deficit to 5.5% of GDP through a series of spending cuts aimed at ministries that do not directly touch the [...] | 2009-10-02 06:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA426 | SLOVAK JUDICIARY: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES [...] (U) Within a week of the Justice Ministry's suspension of Judge Jana Dubovcova for expressing her views (ref a),a sea change has taken place within the judiciary. Prior to this watershed event, the number of judges willing to speak publicly about problems in the judiciary numbered about [...] | 2009-10-02 13:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM LO |
09BRATISLAVA427 | SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOS welcomes USG greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and strongly agrees on the need to include all major economies in an eventual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreement at Copenhagen. Slovakia understands the domestic political realitie [...] | 2009-10-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN LO |
09BRATISLAVA464 | SLOVAKIA MOVES TO PROTECT "STRATEGIC ENTERPRISES" [...] (SBU) The Slovak Cabinet last week approved a controversial proposal by Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek to enable the government to nationalize distressed companies, starting with the Novacke Chemicke Zavody (NCZ) chemical factory. The measure would allow the GoS to nationalize designated [...] | 2009-11-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV LO |
09BRATISLAVA500 | FICO'S RUSSIA TRIP: VAGUE PROMISES AND A NICELY PAINTED CAR [...] (SBU) PM Robert Fico's jaunt to Moscow on November 16 was criticized for its timing (the day before Slovakia officially celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism) as well as the deliverables. The latter include more talk of a joint venture with Gazprom and a wide-gauge rail exte [...] | 2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG RS LO |
09BRATISLAVA521 | GET OUR YOUR SLOVNIKS: SLOVAK LANGUAGE LAW TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Amended State Language Act entered into force on September 1. While the Slovak cabinet passed the OSCE-vetted implementation guidelines (not legislation) for the Act on December 16, there is still confusion about the practical effects of the Act. Both Budapest and ethnic Hu [...] | 2009-12-18 17:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LO |
09BRATISLAVA55 | OPPOSITION SCORES ANOTHER GOAL (AGAINST ITSELF!) [...] (U) In a press conference on January 27 announcing a new initiative "Slovakia: You Can Do It!" in support of civic activism and political change -- represented first and foremost by support for opposition candidate Iveta Radicova -- former Justice Minister and Christian Democratic (MP) Daniel [...] | 2009-02-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA56 | LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP CONVENED [...] (SBU) Charge convened a plenary meeting of the Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) on January 22. As nearly half the participants are resident in third countries, the agenda was introductions and a description of active law enforcement interests in Slovakia. Participants represented RSO, Pol- [...] | 2009-02-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM LO |
09BRATISLAVA63 | SLOVAKIA WANTES TO HELP MAKE TRACKER BETTER [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. Slovakia's Department of Sensitive Goods Trade Management (Ministry of Economy) appreciates USG donations of "Tracker" software, hardware and related training, and is anxious to offer its ideas about how it can be m [...] | 2009-02-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC LO |
09BRATISLAVA8 | GAS EMERGENCY IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) The GoS declared a state of emergency as a result of the Russian gas shutdown early on January 7. Gas distribution to home customers will have limited availability. Several big companies, including automakers and their suppliers, have already shut down production, while others have cut b [...] | 2009-01-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EIND LO |
09BRATISLAVA84 | SLOVAKIA STRUGGLES TO COMBAT ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) After hoping for several months that it might have dodged the global economic crisis, the GoS has recently begun to face up to the fact that it hasn't. The auto industry has turned in gloomy forecasts, and every week another company or two announces cutbacks, layoffs, or closures. In re [...] | 2009-02-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV LO |
09BRATISLAVA85 | SLOVAKIA 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The MOI, local police, NGOs, and IOM are the best sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. Though the numbers vary from source to source, they are generally reliable. IOM estimates between 150 to 200 individua [...] | 2009-02-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
09BRATISLAVA94 | SLOVAKIA PLANS TO ABSTAIN ON FEBRUARY 25 EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When Econoff delivered reftel A demarche, longtime Embassy contact and Bt proponent Igor Ferencik, the Director of the Biosafety Department in the Slovak Ministry of Environment (MinEnv),was visibly distraught. Ferencik told Econoff he and State Secretary Miloslav Sebek favore [...] | 2009-02-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN TBIO KPAO LO |
09BRATISLAVA97 | CODEL Cardin Advances Human Rights Agenda in Bratislava [...] SUMMARY: During a one-day trip to Bratislava, Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) met with newly appointed Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, former Ambassador to the U.S. Martin Butora, and members of the Jewish and Roma communities. Throughout his meeting [...] | 2009-02-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
09BRATISLAVA98 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM - SLOVAK [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed reftel points briefly with Milan Ciganik, Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism at Slovakia's MFA. If the EU is able to find a common position for the third Preparatory Committee Meeting (PrepCom),Slovakia will take that position. Differences bet [...] | 2009-02-27 07:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KMNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BRAZZAVILLE152 | RESPONSE TO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] CDA met with Lessard Makayat, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Congo (ROC) regarding the Republic of Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. ROC's recent affirmative vote on Kosovo's IMF membership was discussed. Although Mr. Makayat did not say ho [...] | 2009-05-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE202 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - CAMPAIGN OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazzaville has been generally quiet since the start of campaigning last Friday. The campaign in the capital has so far displayed little energy, though things have been picking up since the weekend. Even though he has been out of town, Sassou has been the most visible candidate in [...] | 2009-07-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE206 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 7 JULY [...] (SBU) President Sassou-Nguesso is dominating the campaign. In Brazzaville, his commercials flood television and the radio. Pro-Sassou rallies, as yet without the candidate, occur almost every day and draw hundreds of people, often drawn by popular musicians hired from Kinshasa. Sassou T-shirts [...] | 2009-07-08 15:29:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE207 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 8 JULY [...] (SBU) The Opposition Front on July 7 held its biggest rally in Brazzaville so far outside the Massamba-Debat Stadium not far from the Embassy. Police estimated the crowd to number 700-800, while FSN poloff who was present put the figure at about 1,000. Although all three Front candidates were pre [...] | 2009-07-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE209 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - CAMPAIGN UPDATE, JULY 9 [...] (SBU) Brazzaville has remained unusually quiet considering it is the last week of the presidential campaign. Two relatively large pro-Sassou rallies took place on July 8, one in theTalangai neighborhood in the northwest and one in the Makelekele neighborhood in the south. But the opposition stage [...] | 2009-07-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE242 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE329 | UPDATE-OVER 20,000 DISPLACED BY VIOLENCE IN DRC INTO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CF CG EAID PREF PREL PHUM |
09BRAZZAVILLE337 | (SBU) CONGO(B) GOVERNMENT UNEASY OVER EVENTS IN NORTHERN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PREL PREF CF CG |
09BRAZZAVILLE345 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] (U) According to the GROC, there are now 77,488 displaced persons in camps spread along the Congo-Brazzaville bank of the Oubangui River, primarily in the Likouala region. Reports on both sides of the border indicate that what began as an ethnic conflict has now evolved into an organized rebel [...] | 2009-12-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CF EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD |
09BRAZZAVILLE349 | (SBU) EUROPEAN UNION ASSESSES SUPPORT TO NATIONAL PARKS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID CF CT CG CM GB |
09BRAZZAVILLE362 | REFUGEE UPDATE - 88,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA REGION [...] (U) Over the last two months, 87,789 DRC refugees have crossed the Ubangui River into the Likouala region of the Congo in order to flee fighting in the Equateur province of DRC. DCM and RefCoord visited five of the approximately 60 refugee sites between December 17 and 19. The refugees are sp [...] | 2009-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CM CG CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE368 | (SBU) BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: DECEMBER 31, 2009: BUDGET, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN PREL CF CH ELAB PINS |
09BRAZZAVILLE80 | EU/USA/UNDP MEET WITH MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17, at the initiative of the European Union, the EU (commission and presidency (Belgium) plus the resident chiefs of mission of France and Italy),the UNDP resrep/resident coordinator, and the U.S. Ambassador met with Minister of Territorial Administration Raymond Mboul [...] | 2009-03-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CF |
09BRIDGETOWN109 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A [...] | 2009-02-13 19:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
09BRIDGETOWN119 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------------------------- Para 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2 (SBU) A. What is (are) the source(s) of available [...] | 2009-02-24 21:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB |
09BRIDGETOWN122 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is [...] | 2009-02-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
09BRIDGETOWN125 | TIP SUBMISSION - Barbados [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------------------------- Para 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2 (SBU) A. What is (are) the source(s) of available informatio [...] | 2009-02-25 19:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB |
09BRIDGETOWN126 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) the [...] | 2009-02-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
09BRIDGETOWN136 | THE STANFORD SAGA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) The Eastern Caribbean is still bracing itself for the full impact of fraud allegations against Texas billionaire and financier, R. Allen Stanford. Some effects from the fall-out have already been felt across the region, most notably in Antigua and Barbuda, where Stanford was the largest [...] | 2009-02-27 17:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM EFIN XL |
09BRIDGETOWN143 | TIP SUBMISSION - SAINT LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) th [...] | 2009-03-04 19:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAD SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
09BRIDGETOWN162 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN: TOURISM ECONOMY WAITING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Governments across the Eastern Caribbean continue to put on a brave face about the effects of the global economic recession; however, sources in the business community paint a different picture. Local tourism associations and hoteliers are very concerned about the depth and duration of [...] | 2009-03-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN180 | Cuban Dissident Blasts Cuban Racism, Sparking Vigorous [...] (SBU) A rare public presentation by a critic of Cuba sponsored by the University of the West Indies drew big crowds, sparked a heated debate, and evoked a hysterical (in both senses of the word) response from the Cuban Ambassador in Barbados. Afro-Cuban dissident Carlos Moore highlighted the p [...] | 2009-03-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU XL |
09BRIDGETOWN187 | JRCC ASSESSMENT, EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (SBU) The JRCC has proven to be an incredibly useful tool for this mission and in particular for our law enforcement community. Originally developed to screen for potential terrorist threats attendant to the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC),JRCC and the APIS system have had the unforeseen benefit [...] | 2009-03-25 21:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM CVIS EAIR PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN204 | BARBADOS PM APPEALS TO POTUS RE TAX HAVEN BILLS [...] (SBU) Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson sent the President a strongly worded appeal to exempt his country from any pending anti-tax haven legislation. Calling on the President and Congress to avoid a "broad brush and generic condemnation" of international financial centers on the basis [...] | 2009-04-01 22:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN216 | CARIBBEAN WORKERS: DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) A recent survey of labor contacts throughout our region revealed an upswing in unemployment and poverty, but also a surprising degree of optimism for the months ahead. Labor leaders report that the impact of the global recession has so far not led to feared high levels of job losses. Whil [...] | 2009-04-06 19:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ESSO PHUM XL |
09BRIDGETOWN219 | Counter-Narcotics on our Eastern Caribbean Third Border: [...] (SBU) The countries of the Eastern Caribbean are seeing a steady increase in narcotics trafficking and the attendant problems of gun and gang violence in their communities. Trafficking is on the rise as drug runners look for alternate routes to compensate for successes under Plan Colombia and [...] | 2009-04-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN238 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS - [...] (sbu) Per reftel request, contact information for Embassy Bridgetown's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers follows: TFCO: Cheryl Kast Title: Treasury Attache Telephone: 246-227-4132 (office); 246-822-1176 (cell) unclass email 1: cheryl.kast@ci.irs.gov unclass email 2: kastcl@state.go [...] | 2009-04-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER XL |
09BRIDGETOWN243 | SAINT LUCIA: ECONOMIC PROMISE AND PITFALLS [...] (U) The economy of St. Lucia is suffering from a decline in tourist arrivals, but the consensus is that the country is on the right path and should do well when the global economy recovers. American businesses see potential for their investments in St. Lucia, but believe the government needs [...] | 2009-04-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD XL PGOV KCRM PREL INRB |
09BRIDGETOWN249 | CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO ST. VINCENT HIGHLIGHTS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) During an April 19-20 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG),a CODEL chaired by New York Congressman Eliot Engel met with Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Foreign Minister Sir Louis Straker, and a host of local dignitaries. The just-concluded Summit of the Americas, new directions [...] | 2009-04-27 19:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN IR XL |
09BRIDGETOWN266 | TRADE BANS ON PORK DUE TO H1N1 FEARS: ST. LUCIA [...] (SBU) FAS Officer demarched St. Lucia Chief Veterinary Officer George Joseph regarding the pork ban as requested reftel. Joseph confirmed the ban, and declined to consider lifting it at this time. We will continue to follow up with ag ministry contacts and MFA. The CVO in St. Lucia has bro [...] | 2009-05-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON XL |
09BRIDGETOWN282 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO BARBADOS [...] (SBU) Your visit, on the heels of Barbados Prime Minister Thompson's meeting with the President at the Summit of the Americas, provides opportunities to follow-up on the President,s conversations on regional stability and security and to demonstrate to the people of the region our continuing [...] | 2009-05-13 21:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN292 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on May 15 the Embassy provided information concerning the addition of Abdul Haq to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with al-Qaeda, Usama bin Ladin, or the Taliban to the MFAs of the following countries under cover of Diplomatic Notes: [...] | 2009-05-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN293 | BARBADOS ANNOUNCES NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (SBU) A recent announcement by Barbados PM David Thompson that places greater restrictions on undocumented CARICOM aliens has elicited negative reactions from the opposition, the local Guyanese community, and regional commentators. While the policy is consistent with other GOB actions to "fe [...] | 2009-05-19 20:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV BB XL |
09BRIDGETOWN294 | ST. VINCENT PM LASHES OUT OVER BARBADOS IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (U) St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves leveled unusually sharp criticism against a fellow CARICOM member at a speech to the St. Vincent parliament May 14. While stopping just short of calling out Barbados PM David Thompson by name, Gonsalves strongly castigated Barbados for a recently- [...] | 2009-05-19 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS XL |
09BRIDGETOWN328 | VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Per reftels, the Embassy provided information on May 12 and again on June 2, 2009 regarding the June 3, 2009 voting deadline for World Bank Governors to cast a vote regarding Kosovo's admission to the World Bank. The MFAs of the following countries were contacted under cover of Diplom [...] | 2009-06-03 20:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL XL KV |
09BRIDGETOWN339 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: May 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...] | 2009-06-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN360 | 2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that may be outstanding against the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) End Summary. Claimant Designation ------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropiation --------------------- [...] | 2009-06-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
09BRIDGETOWN361 | U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy relayed U.S. views on the International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) mission and headquarters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of the following countries were contacted under cover of diplomatic notes: Antigua and Barbuda (Note #0636),Barbados (Not [...] | 2009-06-18 18:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV |
09BRIDGETOWN388 | REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF HUBERT CHARLES [...] (SBU) Diplomatic Note 204/02/1-1460, dated June 23, 2009, was received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth of Dominica, requesting agreement for the appointment of Hubert Charles as Dominica's Ambassador to the United States. 2. (U) The diplomatic note included Mr. Charles' c [...] | 2009-06-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN438 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: June 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...] | 2009-07-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN460 | DEMARCHE TO GOAB ON ZOOKZ.COM WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarche to Antigua's Finance Minister and Attorney General in separate meetings July 24. By that time, the GOAB had taken aggressive action to shut down the Zookz.com website and to strongly denounce the company's assertion that it was acting legally under the term [...] | 2009-07-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD XL |
09BRIDGETOWN488 | DUE DILIGENCE ON NOMINEES FOR THE 2009 AWARD FOR [...] (U) This is the Embassy Bridgetown response to due diligence concerning ACE Nominee Discovery Works, based in Saint Vincent. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Septel addresses questions regarding our other nominee, Monroe College in St. Lucia. 2. (SBU) Responses to requested infor [...] | 2009-08-11 20:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV |
09BRIDGETOWN489 | DUE DILIGENCE ON NOMINEES FOR THE 2009 AWARD FOR [...] (U) This cable provides Embassy Bridgetown's response to reftel due diligence request concerning ACE Nominee Monroe College. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Septel will address questions regarding Discovery Works in St. Vincent. 2. (SBU) Request for Bridgetown: Provide backgrou [...] | 2009-08-11 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV |
09BRIDGETOWN507 | GRENADA REPLACES CONTROVERSIAL AG IN CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Grenada's year-old Government announced a cabinet reshuffle on 31 July, the centerpiece of which was the formal sacking of a controversial Attorney General. The reshuffle also resulted in the creation of two new ministries and the division of several others. According to the Senior Ad [...] | 2009-08-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN530 | LEADING ST. VINCENT'S OPPOSITION -- WHAT'S SECOND [...] (SBU) Jonathan Peters, the former Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador to the UN and Minister of Trade under Sir James Mitchell, met with poloffs to discuss his plans to run for opposition leader in St. Vincent. This was his third trip to the Embassy in less than a year, to ask f [...] | 2009-09-01 19:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN567 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: NAS Summer 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a summary of law enforcement and counter-narcotics activities and training for July and August 2009 in Embassy Bridgetown's AOR. Most of the reporting period was dominated by a JIATF-S led operation, Operation Flying Fish II, which resulted in numerous contacts with drug [...] | 2009-09-16 22:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS MASS PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN611 | EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN EXPANDS OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) Following a successful inaugural Iftar celebration for Ramadan 2007, Embassy Bridgetown significantly expanded outreach to Eastern Caribbean Islamic communities in 2009 with Iftar events in three countries -- Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis. All three events were well attend [...] | 2009-10-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PHUM PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN623 | GRENADA EAGER TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY -- BUT [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Energy and Environment Officials, senior officials from GRENLEC, the American-owned private utility company in Grenada, and the President of Grensol, a solar power provider, to assess the state of play of alternative energy development in Grenada. The consensus [...] | 2009-10-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG EINV ETRD ECON SENV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN624 | COMMERCIAL WORKSHOP IN GRENADA GARNERS INTEREST, [...] (U) Emboff conducted a half-day workshop in Grenada on September 24 to promote USG programs that facilitate trade and investment. This was the fourth in a series of these workshops that the Pol/Econ section at Embassy Bridgetown has held. Previous workshops included Barbados, St Lucia, and S [...] | 2009-10-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG ECON ETRD XL |
09BRIDGETOWN625 | LABOUR UNIONS STRUGGLING IN GRENADA AS RECESSION [...] (U) Labor unions are struggling in Grenada as the global recession is deeply affecting their members. Unemployment is estimated by the government at over 30 percent, but so far, large scale layoffs have been averted. Labor, the government and the business community are engaged in negotiating [...] | 2009-10-08 17:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ELAB ECON XL |
09BRIDGETOWN685 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ST. [...] (SBU) CDA conveyed reftel points to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Foreign Minister Louis Straker in meetings October 26. PM Gonsalves said he was displeased with the images of abuse displayed during Iran's recent presidential election, adding that his June [...] | 2009-10-29 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM IR XL |
09BRIDGETOWN686 | 2009 TIP REPORT INTERIM ASSESSMENT: ST. VINCENT [...] (SBU) Since being placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has worked cooperatively with the Embassy to ensure that the country addresses the perceived weaknesses that landed it on that list. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves spoke to the Charge an [...] | 2009-10-29 18:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV SMIG XL |
09BRIDGETOWN710 | 050196866 BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Response to reftel inquiries for pre-license check on license 050196866 for the export of ammunition to Barbados, through Carter and Company, follows. -- When was your company established and who are its principals? Carter and Company was established in 1925. It is a private shareh [...] | 2009-11-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC XL |
09BRIDGETOWN73 | GOB INFORMALLY POSTPONING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY (SBU) In a January 29 meeting arranged by the Embassy at the request of San Diego-based PriceSmart, a warehouse-style shopping club, Director of Barbados' Consumers Affairs Department (DCCA) Terry Bascombe assured PriceSmart executives and econoffs that the GOB would not follow through [...] | 2009-02-04 21:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OECS EINV ECON XL |
09BRIDGETOWN774 | ST. VINCENT REJECTS NEW CONSTITUTION: VOTERS DASH PM [...] (SBU) Vincentians voted convincingly November 25 to reject a constitutional referendum that would have significantly changed St. Vincent's structure of governance. The surprisingly sharp 56-44 percent defeat set Prime Minister Gonsalves on his heels and dashed his plans to follow the referendu [...] | 2009-12-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
09BRIDGETOWN786 | International Efforts Keep Drug Trafficking at Bay in [...] (SBU) A consistent presence of counter-drug assets from the international community throughout the summer had a noticeable impact on suppressing trafficking activity in the Eastern Caribbean. Most countries in the region continue to lack financial and human resources to adequately address the [...] | 2009-12-04 19:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
09BRUSELS1292 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW DELEGATION FOR RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 15:37:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS10 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU GIVES ADDITIONAL 3M EURO FOR [...] (U) The European Commission allocated 3 million euros from its general humanitarian budget on January 4 in response to the current crisis in Gaza. Total 2009 Commission funding for Gaza and the West Bank is 290 million euros, which includes 55 million from the European Commission Humanitarian [...] | 2009-01-06 16:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA EUN |
09BRUSSELS1023 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Brussels warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke and his meeting with newly appointed Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme. Since a change of government in late 2007, Belgium has gone from regarding its military as "an [...] | 2009-07-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID AF BE |
09BRUSSELS1028 | EEB/ODF Director Nutter's Development Meetings with EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...] | 2009-07-28 09:57:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1029 | EEB/ODF DIRECTOR NUTTER'S DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...] | 2009-07-28 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1031 | EU MEMBER STATES APPEAR EXCITED ABOUT NBT, EVEN IF [...] (SBU) Summary. Sweden is moving forward with preparations to move the One Big Thing (OBT) initiative, which exists between Embassy Stockholm and the Government of Sweden to promote development of green technology through R&D and business partnerships, to the EU-level. Some Member States are [...] | 2009-07-28 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1056 | BELGIUM: THREE REGIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ATTRACT [...] (U) THIS REPORT IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) BelgiumQs three regions -- Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels -- compete among each other and against neighboring countries for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. Emb [...] | 2009-07-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS1059 | U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL REGULATORY FORUM MEETS IN BRUSSELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU and U.S. officials covered a packed agenda during a well-attended High-Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF) in Brussels on July 24. The European Commission hosted this, the sixth HLRCF, gathering regulators from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss regulatory cooperati [...] | 2009-07-31 15:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1075 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the European Parliament (EP) has less decision-making power in foreign policy as compared to other EU policy areas, the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) is traditionally a prestigious one and offers a platform for high-level visitors to reach out to the EU. But the new [...] | 2009-08-06 05:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS1097 | BELGIUM: DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO BE SO |
09BRUSSELS1105 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INTRODUCING THE NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past, the European Parliament's (EP) Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) served as the EP's platform for debate on often controversial issues regarding U.S. policy, including Guantanamo detainees and data transfer. If the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, t [...] | 2009-08-10 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] | 2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
09BRUSSELS1153 | UNSURPRISINGLY, GALILEO ALREADY LATE AND OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A late June communication released with little fanfare by the European Commission to the European Parliament and Council, explained current cost overruns and delays in deployment of the Galileo satellite navigation system. At the moment, complete deployment of all 30 satellite [...] | 2009-08-19 12:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS TSPA EINV |
09BRUSSELS1163 | ENERGY CHARTER TREATY SECRETARIAT REACTION TO [...] (SBU) On August 19, 2009 Econ Officer met with a contact at the Energy Charter Secretariat to discuss Russia's rejection of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The Russians have informally informed the Secretariat of their decision, but have not yet formally notified the ECT repository in Portug [...] | 2009-08-20 15:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1164 | BELGOIM: FINANCIAL SECTOR SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY (AUGUST 28-30) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS1165 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1168 | KEY EU STATES SEEK GRADUAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE EVOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials from the Swedish EU Presidency, Germany and France told USEU in July they favor gradual, modest evolution in Internet governance, and said a June European Commission call for major changes in and internationalization of Internet governance was "extreme" and "goes too f [...] | 2009-08-21 12:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS ETRD ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS1172 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1174 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND [...] (SBU) This is a corrected version of BRUSSELS 1165 to correct for formatting. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of Unit for International Climate Negotiations in the European CommissionQs Directorate General for Environment, said that emissions targets for developed and developi [...] | 2009-08-25 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1183 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) You are visiting Brussels at an ideal time to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with the EU. Already a major contributor of development and humanitarian assistance, the EU is in the midst of writing a new Af/Pak strategy paper for release in October. Although European public opinion is sk [...] | 2009-08-26 12:27:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EUN AF PK IK |
09BRUSSELS1188 | SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your visit will develop further the already close U.S. - Belgium strategic dialogue that has developed over the past year. MFA contacts will be excited to discuss the new Administration's developing perspective and policies on Africa, especially the Great Lakes region. Secretary Clinton [...] | 2009-08-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE |
09BRUSSELS1193 | EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI [...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...] | 2009-08-28 11:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN |
09BRUSSELS1201 | BELGIUM: CLARIFYING THE U.S.-COLUMBIA DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL CO BE |
09BRUSSELS1202 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) You are visiting Brussels at an ideal time to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with the EU. Already a major contributor of development and humanitarian assistance, the EU is in the midst of writing a new Af/Pak strategy paper for release in October. Although European public opinion is [...] | 2009-09-01 10:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EUN AF PK IK |
09BRUSSELS1208 | BELGIAN ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU). Belgian Attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly. A. The Head of State has no plans to attend. B. The Head of Government has no plans to attend. C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister. -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Yves Leterme -- Arrival date is September 20, 2009, [...] | 2009-09-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1212 | USG OWNED OR OPERATED AIRCRAFT ON THE EU ETS LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU EconOffs raised U.S. concerns about USG owned or operated aircraft inappropriately included on the EU list of Aircraft Operators with European Commission officials at DG Transportation and Energy (DG TREN) and DG Environment (DG ENV) on September 1. Commission officials a [...] | 2009-09-04 08:57:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1228 | EMBASSY BRUSSELS FOLLOW UP ON CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is actively engaged with Belgium's Muslim communities. Charge Bush used the occasion of the President's Cairo speech to host a special outreach luncheon on June 10 with key Muslim contacts (please see reftel). Muslims in Belgium took great interest in the President's speec [...] | 2009-09-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD |
09BRUSSELS1231 | EXPECT NEGATIVE RHETORIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONTINUE FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts to stem unhelpful comments, we can expect certain EU Member States will continue to call for the United States to "do more" on climate change in the run-up to Copenhagen. Recent statements targeting the United States, notably from the Swedish Presidency, Germany [...] | 2009-09-11 08:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1239 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SET TO CONFIRM BARROSO SEPT. 16 AS [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) will likely re-elect European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on September 16. Under current Treaty of Nice rules, Barroso needs only a simple majority of the MEPs present to be re-elected, which he should have. However, Barroso, the only dec [...] | 2009-09-15 05:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1251 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 22 [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) Meeting to the Palestine Desk Officer at the European Commission (EC). She indicated that the EU understood that the level of attendance for the meeting had already been set at the senior level [...] | 2009-09-17 13:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS |
09BRUSSELS1266 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET (GAERC) TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) met in Brussels on September 14-15 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to review EU foreign policy priority areas. Discussions in the External Affairs Council centered on Iran, Afghanistan, and the Southern Caucasus, with the [...] | 2009-09-21 09:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09BRUSSELS1284 | USEU RESPONSE TO FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE CABLE [...] (SBU) USEU representative delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG DEV) and Agriculture (AGRI) September 22. USEU rep spoke with lead for FAO within DG DEV's Unit for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Luis Ritto. (Note: Prior to [...] | 2009-09-23 15:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI |
09BRUSSELS129 | BELGIUM: GOVERNMENT FULLY SUPPORTS EU LINE AGAINST [...] Econoff met January 28 with Jana Zikmundova, Minister Counselor at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Director of Trade Policy and the World Trade Organization (WTO),to discuss Belgium's response to the January 14 modification by the USG of the list of products subject to retali [...] | 2009-01-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD BE |
09BRUSSELS1292 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW DELEGATION FOR RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 15:37:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS13 | EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE - THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Over the past 24 hours the mood in Brussels has shifted from concern over how to get Ukraine and Russia back to the negotiating table to concern over gas supplies for EU Member States. A Commission contact told Econ Officers this morning that the Ukraine/Russia [...] | 2009-01-06 17:47:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1302 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE U.S.-EU ENERGY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and DOE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind met with EU officials on September 17 to discuss the proposed U.S.-EU Energy Council (UEEC). U.S. participants and EU participants from the Commission (DGs TREN, RTD, [...] | 2009-09-25 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1304 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW DELEGATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The new EP Delegation for Relations with the U.S. (U.S. Delegation) was designated on September 16 in Strasbourg. It is the largest EP delegation with 53 members and is in charge of developing relations with the U.S. Congress. For the first time in nearly 20 years the delegatio [...] | 2009-09-28 09:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS131 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1310 | MICROSOFT: CLOSE TO FINAL DEAL WITH EU TO END COMPETITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Vassallo, Microsoft (MS) VP for EU Affairs, told Charge Sept. 24 that the company "is very close" to concluding an overarching deal with the European Commission on three antitrust issues: 1) the Commission's case against Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to Windows; 2) [...] | 2009-09-29 13:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS ETRD EUN |
09BRUSSELS1316 | MOVING TOWARD GREATER U.S.-EU ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and DOE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind met with EU Commission officials on September 18 to discuss ways to move forward toward greater U.S.-EU Energy Cooperation on Ukraine. Both sides emphasized [...] | 2009-09-30 06:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1319 | EU DAIRY FARMERS SEEK TO REVERSE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EU dairy farmer protests are rapidly escalating into a widening milk delivery strike. The crisis in the EU dairy industry is due to decreased demand as a consequence of the economic crisis. Production of dairy products in the EU has been regulated/managed/protected since the mi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS1329 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS133 | WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...] | 2009-01-29 17:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1330 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1331 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1333 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1334 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1339 | CLIMATE: EU CONCERNED ABOUT US MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) Econoff raised ref. A points in separate meetings with Nancy Kontou, Chief of Staff to Environment Commissioner Dimas (September 25) and Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director General for Environment (September 23). Both expressed concern that U.S. negotiators will not have a legitimate negotiatin [...] | 2009-10-02 10:11:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1350 | EU DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WITH PARTNERS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Swedish Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Anna-Karin Enestrom and Swedish EU Presidency Political and Security Committee Ambassador Olof Skoog hosted informal consultations on October 5 to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan. In addition to th [...] | 2009-10-06 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EUN AF PK |
09BRUSSELS1355 | BELGIUM: ENERGY MINISTER WANTS TO EXTEND OLDEST NUCLEAR [...] (U) On October 1, Energy and Environment Minister Paul Magnette (Parti Socialiste) announced that he had agreed with Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to keep the Belgian nuclear power plants open until 2025. In exchange, the owner of the plants, Electrabel (a Belgian subsidiary of the French [...] | 2009-10-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EINV BE |
09BRUSSELS1366 | EU SEEKS COORDINATED APPROACH TO REFORM CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: EUPOL RD Congo, the EU's police reform mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo advises the Congolese police on police structure, civil rights, justice and police-judicial coordination, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). In the coming months, EUPOL RD Congo will [...] | 2009-10-13 11:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZF CG EUN |
09BRUSSELS1371 | EP: CHARGE PRESENTS THE US PERSPECTIVE TO THE DELEGATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. A large crowd of Members of Parliament (MEPs) and staffers attended the Charge's presentation on U.S.-EU relations during the September 30th meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the U.S. This was the delegation's first meeting of the new session of p [...] | 2009-10-13 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1378 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUESTON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1385 | RUSSIA FLEXES MUSCLES ON UKRAINE NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) An internal Rosatom strategy document, designed to secure the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to Ukraine, was leaked to the Ukrainian press on Monday, October 12. The document, which was provided to econoffs/energy attaches in European posts by industry sources, outlines a broad strateg [...] | 2009-10-15 12:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG RS UP AA KTDB |
09BRUSSELS1391 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PROPOSE BINDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission plans to propose binding energy efficiency targets for all EU Member States, according to a draft Communication outlining recommendations for improving Europe's energy efficiency. The Commission argues that the EU can only reduce energy consumption by 11 [...] | 2009-10-16 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1392 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: October 9, [...] (SBU) On October 20, EU27 Finance Ministers will meet in Luxembourg. They are scheduled to discuss: --preparations for the November 6-7 G-20 Finance Ministers meeting; --exit strategies from measures put in place in response to the economic and financial crisis; --climate finance; --reform o [...] | 2009-10-16 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1393 | EU Financial Supervisory Reform [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 23, the European Commission (EC) proposed new legislation to reform the European system of financial supervision at both macro and micro prudential levels. The proposals build on the Commission's May 2009 Communication and follow closely the Conclusions of the June EC [...] | 2009-10-16 14:47:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1404 | ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...] | 2009-10-21 05:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1412 | CORRECTED VERSION: ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...] | 2009-10-22 05:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1416 | EXAMINING INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN EU HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),an independent US government commission established by Congress to monitor religious freedom worldwide and make policy recommendations to the executive and legislative branches, met with EU experts [...] | 2009-10-22 10:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM EUN |
09BRUSSELS1420 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solidagenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in t [...] | 2009-10-22 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1421 | EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...] | 2009-10-22 14:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IT ZJ RU EU |
09BRUSSELS1455 | ORACLE CONCERNED OVER EU INVESTIGATION OF SUN MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Oracle visited USEU October 21 over concerns that its $7.4 billion plan to acquire Sun Microsystems is at risk of being blocked by the European Commission. The merger, approved by USDOJ in August, is under review by the Commission. USDOJ is coordinating closely with the Commis [...] | 2009-10-27 15:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS ETRD EUN |
09BRUSSELS1470 | PRESIDENT BARROSO CALLS FOR STRONG COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 28 speech, President Barroso, said that climate change is "the defining issue of our generation" and called for a strong international agreement in Copenhagen. He expressed that strong support from European business is essential to success, and Copenhagen represen [...] | 2009-10-29 15:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1476 | EU LEADERS AGREE ON CZECH TERMS FOR SEALING TREATY OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In order to obtain Czech President Vaclav Klaus's signature ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, EU leaders at their October 29-30 European Council meeting agreed to grant the Czech Republic an opt-out from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, per the Czech leader's request. Czech Repu [...] | 2009-10-30 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1482 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: October 28, [...] (SBU) On October 20, the European Commission published a Communication setting out the approach it plans to follow in regulating the Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives market in 2010. The future legislation will aim to: * Reduce counterparty risk by: (i) establishing common safety, regulatory [...] | 2009-11-03 04:33:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS1503 | Belgium: 2010 Budget: First Step on Long Road Back to [...] (U) This cable is for internal U.S. Government use only and is not to be posted on the Internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Belgian federal government (GOB) is counting on the country's three regions to help reduce the country's overall budget deficit to 18.7 billion euros (usd 28 bill [...] | 2009-11-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG BE |
09BRUSSELS151 | DAS BRYZA ENCOURAGES EU ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza met separately with Steven Everts, Advisor to High Representative Javier Solana; Heinz Hilbrecht, EU Commission Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets; and Jean-Paul Decaestecker, EU Council Head of Unit f [...] | 2009-02-03 13:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS1517 | DG TREN seeks Bilateral Biofuel Discussions in the U.S. EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings October 15, 2009, Paul Hodson at the Energy and Transport Directorate General outlined his reasons for desiring bilateral discussions with the United States on what he called the technical aspects of biofuel legislation and which topics he thought the United States an [...] | 2009-11-12 06:16:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1521 | BELGIAN PM VAN ROMPUY HARD TO REPLACE IF HE [...] (U) Summary: The Belgian media and academics believe PM Herman Van Rompuy is the most likely candidate for EU President. Van Rompuy has been a consensus-builder during his year in the Prime Minister's office and throughout his political career of more than 35 years. Van Rompuy shares a deep [...] | 2009-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1527 | COUNCIL APPROVAL LIKELY FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (SBU) According to the European Commission (EC) desk officer for Iraq, Julita Bas, the EC will recommend sending an "EU Enhanced Electoral Experts" mission (EEM) to Iraq for the January 2010 national elections, but Council (i.e., all Member States) approval will be necessary for the mission t [...] | 2009-11-13 19:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL EUN IZ |
09BRUSSELS1541 | EU MEMBER STATES REMAIN DIVIDED DESPITE EU COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the European Council took several steps forward in defining its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, it failed to resolve several open issues, notably around financing. Even among the agreed conclusions, it is apparent there remains disagreement among Mem [...] | 2009-11-18 14:44:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1543 | EU INTEGRATING MARITIME SURVEILLANCE ACROSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, via separate initiatives in the European Commission and European Council, is working to integrate civilian and military maritime surveillance systems across its Member States in an effort to improve international coordination to secure European commerce, p [...] | 2009-11-18 16:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR EUN PARM |
09BRUSSELS1551 | CORRECTED COPY - EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON [...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fai [...] | 2009-11-20 11:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1554 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium expresses itself through youth violence and a common fear of wearing Jewish religious symbols in public since the second intifada in 2000. At one tenth the size o [...] | 2009-11-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1556 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium expresses itself through youth violence and a common fear of wearing Jewish religious symbols in public since the second intifada in 2000. At one tenth the size o [...] | 2009-11-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1567 | SNAPSHOTS FROM STOCKHOLM: EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Governance, aid effectiveness, and the impacts of the global financial crisis and climate change on developing countries were the major themes of European Development Days (EDD) in Stockholm October 22-24. USAID Acting Administrator (AA) Alonzo Fulgham led the American delegatio [...] | 2009-11-23 11:10:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV EUR ECON EDEV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1570 | BELGIUM: SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR UPCOMING [...] (U) Summary: On July 1, 2010, Belgium will assume the presidency of the EU council. Effective USG representation with Belgium will be especially important in the fall of 2010, because the Belgians will be engaged in implementing the structures of the EU under the Lisbon Treaty. The Pol/Eco [...] | 2009-11-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1571 | AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EU MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers devoted considerable time and attention to Afghanistan at their monthly GAERC meeting November 16 and 17 (SEPTEL),with discussions on the issue at their informal meeting November 16 with EU Defense Ministers, their dinner November 16 with NATO Secretary G [...] | 2009-11-23 16:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KDEM EUN AF |
09BRUSSELS1579 | BELGIUM: KING ASKS FORMER PM MARTENS TO SMOOTH PATH [...] (SBU) After current Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was selected on November 19 as the first permanent President of the European Council, King Albert asked Minister of State and former PM Wilfried Martens to come back from retirement to serve as a "mediator" between the five parties t [...] | 2009-11-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1583 | BELGIUM: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU EUN GR MK BE |
09BRUSSELS1591 | KROES CABINET CHEF ON ORACLE-SUN, BANKING [...] (SBU) Anthony Whelan, chef du cabinet to Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, told USEU November 20 that Kroes and DG COMP are carefully reviewing the complex arguments involved in the Oracle-Sun merger, and the potential concerns over Oracle's acquisition of Sun's MySQL open source databas [...] | 2009-11-25 13:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS EFIN ETRD EUN |
09BRUSSELS1592 | BELGIUM: LETERME II GOVERNMENT SWORN IN NOVEMBER 25 [...] (U) A new Belgian government was sworn in by King Albert II on Wednesday, November 25, highlighted by the return of Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) Yves Leterme as Prime Minister, and fellow CD&V member Steven Vanackere replacing Leterme as Foreign Minister. Leterme served as PM from March [...] | 2009-11-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1616 | BARROSO'S NEW COMMISSION SHOULD BE GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission President Barroso's announced line-up of the policy portfolios for the new Commission that takes office on/about February 1 has mostly good implications for U.S. economic policy interests: -- New Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht (Belgian Foreign Minister until [...] | 2009-12-01 16:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV EAGR EIND |
09BRUSSELS1632 | BELGIUM: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request to establish the bona fides of end-user Olivier Robert, PolEcon Intern telephoned Robert on November 30, 2009. PolEcon Intern was told by Robert that Robert does not plan to sell any of the firearms purchased pursuant to the license in question and that he i [...] | 2009-12-03 16:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BE |
09BRUSSELS1635 | BELGIUM: PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM BE |
09BRUSSELS1644 | EU TO LAUNCH NEW ENERGY AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a letter dated November 27, 2009, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso provided incoming Energy Commissioner Guenter Oettinger with his mandate on EU energy policies. Barroso also announced the creation of the new Directorate General for Energy, which will take [...] | 2009-12-07 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS1647 | US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...] | 2009-12-08 12:40:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR |
09BRUSSELS1663 | EU CONSULAR CONFERENCES ILLUSTRATE IMPACT OF [...] (U) Summary: The USEU senior consular representative attended two EU consular seminars in November as an observer. The first concerned consular assistance to EU nationals in third countries and the second, international adoptions. The object of both conferences was to move toward harmonizing [...] | 2009-12-11 12:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS EUN KOCI |
09BRUSSELS1671 | EU MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS, AN EU-WIDE PATENT SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 14:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ETRD SENV ECON TPHY TSPL EUR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1673 | EU MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS, AN EU-WIDE PATENT SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: At a Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels December 4, EU industry ministers reached a political agreement on a process to move toward setting up a single EU patent to replace the multitude of national patents in force across 27 member states. The ministers also reached a deal [...] | 2009-12-14 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ETRD SENV ECON TPHY TSPL EUR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1675 | RIFT OVER EU'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE GAS SUPPLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the December 7 Energy Council in Brussels, Energy Ministers of the twenty-seven EU member states debated the European Commission's authority to regulate security of supply in member states. Discussions on security of gas supply revealed a split by a number of member states (Th [...] | 2009-12-15 11:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EPET KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS1679 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Poloff and Uftel demarche Decembexj, Head of Unit for Asd likely be more responsive to such concerns. 3. (SBU) Comment: Despite ECHO's clear unease Qith the WFP operations in Pakistan, and partiQularly their view that WFP operations are hew)ng too closely to Pakistani government [...] | 2009-12-16 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR WFP SOCI ECON IO PREL EUN PK |
09BRUSSELS1701 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER AFRICAN URANIUM [...] (SBU) On December 18, poloff delivered REF A non-paper and demarche to Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of the Security Policy Unit in the External Relations Directorate of the European Commission. Poloff emphasized that as part of our engagement with the European Union to deny Iran the means to [...] | 2009-12-18 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM EUN |
09BRUSSELS1702 | EU WELCOMES U.S. COMMENTS ON SPACE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (U) On December 18, poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers on the EU's draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities to Pierre-Louis Lempereur in the office of the EU Council's non-proliferation envoy, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of the Security Policy Unit in the European Commissi [...] | 2009-12-18 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP |
09BRUSSELS1705 | Reform of Epvisory Architecture [...] In case of decisions taken to settle disagreement between national supervisors: A Member State has one month to notify the ESA that it is challenging the ESA's decision, thereby immediately suspending its enforceability. After notification, the ESA will have one month to amend or maintain its [...] | 2009-12-21 07:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EUN |
09BRUSSELS1719 | EEB A/S FERNANDEZ IN BRUSSELS: IMPACT OF LISBON TREATY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions with EU officials and stakeholders in Brussels on December 9-10, EEB Assistant Secretary Fernandez explored the current state of, and prospects for, the transatlantic economic relationship, the future of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC),the impact of t [...] | 2009-12-23 16:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV EUN |
09BRUSSELS172 | EU COMPETITION AUTHORITIES HOPE TO MAKE GOOD U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DG Competition officials told USEU January 14 they hope to work closely with the Obama Administration to improve already strong U.S.-EU competition policy cooperation. Officials in the DG Competition Chief Economist's office and International Unit said bilateral cooperation has [...] | 2009-02-06 15:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ECPS EUN |
09BRUSSELS1733 | U.S.-EU Drugs Troika Advances Counternarcotics Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson led the U.S. delegation (USDEL) to the U.S.-EU Informal Drugs Troika meeting on December 1, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting focused primarily on U.S.-EU cooperation in combating West African drug trafficking, and produced the foll [...] | 2009-12-29 16:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV VXY EUN ZL |
09BRUSSELS1736 | EU prepares "EU2020" strategy to guide post-crisis [...] (U) The European Union is preparing a new vision for economic growth over the coming decade. Dubbed "EU2020" the new strategy will replace the Lisbon Strategy that was launched with fanfare in 2000 with the aim of making the EU "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the w [...] | 2009-12-30 13:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
09BRUSSELS186 | EU INVESTMENT CONFERENCE FOR UKRAINE'S GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 6 meeting DG-RELEX Energy Counselor Faouzi Bensarsa told visiting DAS Doug Hengel about EU Commission plans to host an investment conference on Ukrainian Gas Infrastructure in Brussels on March 23. Bensarsa said the fundamental key from an external policy perspec [...] | 2009-02-10 09:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN UP |
09BRUSSELS190 | THE EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE; LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, led by the French Presidency, completed its Climate and Energy Legislative Package in December 2008. However, what transpired between January 23, 2008, when the European Commission proposed the four pieces of legislation that made up the Climate Package, an [...] | 2009-02-10 15:12:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS193 | EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER EAGER TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires met with EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on February 9. Dimas said that he looks forward to working with President Obama's climate team toward an international agreement. He realizes that "the transition will take a bit more time" and does not underestim [...] | 2009-02-11 11:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS198 | EU'S PROPOSED COPENHAGEN STRATEGY TARGETS OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Commission's Communication proposing the EU's approach for the UN climate change negotiations recommends strong emissions reduction ommitments and funding from developed countries, but suggests only "actions" (rather than commitments) from developing countries, including t [...] | 2009-02-11 15:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS201 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 10:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS202 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 4 meeting with USEU, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) representatives raised concerns over and suggested new directions for the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) process. TACD is concerned about the need for more transparency in the drafting of the TEC ag [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS204 | BELGIUM: SHAREHOLDERS SAY 'NO' TO FORTIS BANK [...] (SBU) Shareholders of Fortis Holding on February 12 narrowly rejected the Government of Belgium's (GOB) October 2008 purchase of Fortis Bank, once Belgium's largest and still its largest private employer (20,000),putting at risk a proposed sale of 75 percent of Fortis Bank to the French ban [...] | 2009-02-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS208 | EU Financial Sector Reorm: De Larosihre Report, Barroso [...] (SBU) ummary. The de Larosihre group's report on EU Fnancial Services supervision is due to be relesed on February 25. Given strong disagreemens within the EU on host versus home supervisory powers, the recommendations are likely to be modest. The report's conclusions will form part of a broa [...] | 2009-02-13 09:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS222 | TALKING POINTS ON SATELLITE COLLISION DELIVERED TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) USEU EconOff delivered REFTEL A points separately to interlocutors at the European Union Council and Commission on February 13. Both interlocutors were appreciative of the delivery, but noted that there was no information they [...] | 2009-02-17 13:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EUN TSPA TSPL |
09BRUSSELS226 | Barroso's economic stimulant on the rocks? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 5 billion euro EU-level portion of Europe's economic stimulus package appears to be foundering on the absence of funds, doubts about its effectiveness and plain old politics. Commission President Barroso will push hard, but a more likely outcome is a longer-term increase in [...] | 2009-02-18 10:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS PINT EUN |
09BRUSSELS237 | BELGIUM:2009 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09BRUSSELS238 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BELGIAN OFFERS EUROPEAN VIEW ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian MFA human rights expert Nathalie Rondeux called Poloff February 19 from Geneva to provide the European view, with Belgian nuance, on the Durban Review Conference Working Group. Rondeux said the Durban process was very important to Europe; Europeans are excited the U.S. [...] | 2009-02-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC BE |
09BRUSSELS24 | BELGIUM FIVE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS TO BE HELD FOR [...] (SBU) A Brussels Court decided January 7 to extend for a period of 30 days the detention period of five of the six suspected terrorists held since December 11, 2008. The sixth, Jean-Cristophe Trefois, a Belgian citizen who converted to radical Islam will be held for 15 days, after prosecutors [...] | 2009-01-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS244 | BELGIUM: 2009 TIP REPORT -- CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) POC for Brussels is Political Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov; Office:33-2-508-2483. 2. (U) Hours spent by Embassy Brussels preparing this report by employee: Charge Wayne Bush (FE-MC):3 hours; Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason (FO-01): 8 hours; Political Office [...] | 2009-02-20 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09BRUSSELS245 | DAS HENGEL TALKS ENERGY SECURITY WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 5 DAS Doug Hengel gave a well received presentation on "Oil and Gas Pipelines: the US Perspective" to a conference on "Investing in Europe's Energy Future" organized by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) in Brussels. Following the conference on [...] | 2009-02-20 15:58:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS246 | AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: TIME FOR ADULT SUPERVISION? [...] (SBU) On February 6, a representative of StatoilHydro, which has a production agreement with Azerbaijan for the Shah Deniz II gas, expressed concern to Econ Officer over the lack of progress on the Southern Corridor. He said that the major stumbling block remains the impasse between Azerbaijan [...] | 2009-02-20 16:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS259 | EU EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. ON CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, industry reps, climate traders, and NGOs, are eager for a U.S. cap and trade system and anxious to share their experiences on the 2008 revision process of the EU,s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Seeking U.S. leadership on climate change, all aspire to a [...] | 2009-02-23 16:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS264 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: FEBRUARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 16:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS306 | LOST IN TRANSLATION - IFIS CALLING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Officers heard from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's Cabinet on March 4 that negotiations with Ukraine are ongoing over reforms requested by international financial institutions (IFIs) as a prerequisite for making investment commitments at the March 23 EU-sponsored investme [...] | 2009-03-05 10:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN UP EINV |
09BRUSSELS311 | MOVING FORWARD ON BALTIC ENERGY INTERCONNECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With the closing of Lithuania,s Iganlina nuclear power plant scheduled for January 2009, and Russia,s increasing penchant for using energy resources as a political tool, the energy security of the Baltic States has become a concern on both sides of the Atlantic [...] | 2009-03-05 15:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS330 | EU Approaches the G-20 Summit [...] (SBU) The European Union and its 27 member states have been hard hit by the global financial crisis and economic downturn, with the economy in recession and some of the world's largest financial institutions under stress. The EU has responded actively to this, with strident calls for action f [...] | 2009-03-11 15:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KSUM EUN |
09BRUSSELS333 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March [...] (SBU) On March 9, the ECON Committee of the European Parliament (EP) will vote on amendments to the CRD report. It is likely that there will be amendments passed asking the Commission to submit proposals to enhance transparency of the OTC derivatives market, including mandatory central counter [...] | 2009-03-12 05:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS353 | AREAS FOR POTENTIAL U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU share strong interests in coordinating economic engagement with China over a broad range of sectors, including health and safety, competition, ICT policy, trade, IPR and investment concerns. The EU is working with China actively in these areas, and seeks greate [...] | 2009-03-12 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ECPS KIPR ETRD EFIN CI EUN |
09BRUSSELS36 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE DISPUTE COULD HELP, COULD HINDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Russia/Ukraine dispute has heightened interest among EU leaders in going forward with the Nabucco project. However, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs believes Turkey remains a huge problem for Nabucco and he is concerned that the cut-off of Russian gas to Turkey via [...] | 2009-01-12 12:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS382 | STRUCTURAL FUNDS OFFER CENTRAL EUROPE MEANS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Over the next four to six years, the ten Central European Member States that joined the EU since 2004 have the opportunity to avail themselves of some $223 billion (176.6 billion Euros) of EU Structural and Cohesion funds. These funds were established to advan [...] | 2009-03-17 16:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EUN EFIN BEXP EIND EAID XG |
09BRUSSELS389 | DRAFT EU COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The energy security portion of the draft conclusions presented by the Czech Presidency for the March 19-20 European Council endorses the broad initiatives set out in the Commission's Second Strategic Energy Review (SER) and further refined in the Energy Council meeting of February 19. [...] | 2009-03-18 16:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS390 | EU COUNCIL LEAVES MAJOR ISSUES IN COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) During their March 19-20 European Council meeting, EU Heads of State are unlikely to make any definitive statements related to the EU position at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen; instead, they will leave virtually all issues unresolved and open for further discussion in subsequen [...] | 2009-03-18 16:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS397 | BELGIUM: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MIN TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) In a March 11 meeting with the Charge and embassy officials to brief the Embassy on a recent alleged case of sabotage of two airplanes at Brussels's Zaventem airport, the Belgian Minister of Transportation and senior Belgian civair officials told the Charge that as far as they know two [...] | 2009-03-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BE |
09BRUSSELS399 | EU SEEKS TO DOUBLE ICT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The European Commission released a March 13 Communication calling for doubling funding for information and communication technology (ICT) research and innovation and other steps to boost ICT in Europe. "A Strategy for ICT R&D and Innovation in Europe: Raising the Game" emphasiz [...] | 2009-03-20 07:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN |
09BRUSSELS402 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-EU-UKRAINE ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. Ahead of the March 23, 2009 EU conference on Ukraine's Gas Infrastructure this cable reflects on ways the U.S. and EU could work together to improve Ukraine's reliability as a gas transit State. The 2008 U.S.-EU Summit affirmed our intention to work trilaterally with the Ukrain [...] | 2009-03-20 12:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS405 | DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO (APRIL 17) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EUN |
09BRUSSELS41 | EU TERRORISM FINANCE LISTINGS: TROUBLE AHEAD [...] (SBU) EU and Member State courts are rendering judgments that may hinder our ability to secure EU-wide designations of terrorist entities. The new problem for us is higher standards of evidence, and judicial review of the sufficiency of that evidence, that will make the EU and its Member Stat [...] | 2009-01-13 10:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS411 | Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts repres [...] | 2009-03-23 12:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF |
09BRUSSELS413 | AFTER THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL: BARROSO HEADING TOWARD SECOND [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week's European Council meeting appears to have been fruitful for Jose Manuel Barroso. Contacts among the EU leaders seemed to have helped Barroso regain what may prove decisive momentum in his campaign to be reappointed President of the EU Commission. His current five-yea [...] | 2009-03-23 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN |
09BRUSSELS417 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March 20th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On March 23, the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament (EP) is set to vote on the EC's proposed Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies. The ECON Committee is expected to broaden the scope of the regulation to cover all ratings (not just those used for re [...] | 2009-03-24 12:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS422 | INVITING CZECHS TO PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EZ JA |
09BRUSSELS425 | Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts represen [...] | 2009-03-25 15:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF |
09BRUSSELS426 | EU RESPONSE: ZIMBABWE ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) USEU provided Reftel points to European Commission and Council Secretariat officials charged with Kimberley Process implementation and Zimbabwe policy. Stephane Chardon, Commission External Relations Administrator for Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention confirmed on March 12 that [...] | 2009-03-25 15:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ETRD ECON PHUM ASEC ZI EUN |
09BRUSSELS436 | PROMISING RESULTS FROM EU-UKRAINE GAS [...] (SBU) ummary. At the March 23 EU-sponsored conference on investment in Ukraine's gas infrastructur, Ukrainian Prime Minister Timoshenko and Pesident Yushenko both attended and presented a united front pledging reform to the Ukrainian energy system. Russian Energy Minister Schmatko, who spok [...] | 2009-03-26 13:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS437 | DG RELEX HOPES TO FINISH EU VERSION OF TEC [...] SUMMARY. European Commission (DG RELEX) officials told USEU they are nearly ready to share a draft medium-term workplan for Transatlantic Economic Council/Transatlantic Economic Framework (TEC/TEF) activities with EU Member States. RELEX said they hope the draft workplan could be adopted at [...] | 2009-03-27 05:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN PREL |
09BRUSSELS443 | STATUS OF SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM II [...] (SBU) Delays to the upgrading of the current Schengen Information System (SIS),the EU's primary system for cross-border sharing of lookout information, may result in the project being scrapped entirely. Numerous technical and political obstacles have delayed the project since 2003 when the [...] | 2009-03-27 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT EUN |
09BRUSSELS444 | EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO COUNTER MUSLIM RADICALIZATION [...] (U) The European Union (EU),with the European Commission at the forefront, has made several advances in the past six months in addressing the topic of Muslim radicalization and related terrorism. The Commission has revised its Plan of Action on Combating Terrorism, or Action Plan, as it doe [...] | 2009-03-27 13:34:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EUN SOCI PHUM PINS SCUL KISL |
09BRUSSELS447 | THE STOCKHOLM PROGRAM: EUROPEAN UNION'S NEXT [...] (U) The European Union (EU) will adopt a new five-year program in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) in 2009, which will succeed the Hague Program in place since 2005. This program will outline EU-wide policy priorities and objectives for the years 2010-2014. In honor of the (July t [...] | 2009-03-27 15:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI CVIS |
09BRUSSELS449 | EU COMMISSION PLEASED BY MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) Representatives from the cabinets of EU Commission President Barroso and Environment Commissioner Dimas and from DG Environment expressed their pleasure at the initiative shown by President Obama to continue the Major Economies Process in the form of the Major Economies Forum on Energy a [...] | 2009-03-27 15:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS47 | EU/UKRAINE/RUSSIA: LIVING UP TO THE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 14 the EU Commission's point person on monitors for the Urkaine/Russia gas crisis, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets Heinz Hilbrecht, described the events leading up the current crisis and highlighted the challenges ahead. Hilbrecht believes there [...] | 2009-01-14 15:11:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS472 | Belgium: Financial Sector Bonuses Shrouded in Silence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While most countries in Western Europe are vigorously debating the pros and cons of large banking bonuses, no such discussion has been taking place in Belgium. The involvement of quasi-public banks Dexia and Ethias is one reason why politicians have treaded delicately until now [...] | 2009-04-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB BE |
09BRUSSELS473 | ASEAN TAC: EU EXPERIENCE [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request for information on the EU experience with regard to accession to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). While the European Union would like to accede to the TAC, our European Commission interlocutors tell us that it may be some time befor [...] | 2009-04-01 13:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL ASEAN EU |
09BRUSSELS524 | USEU DELIVERY OF SSA NON-PAPER TO EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) OES DAS Jeff Miotke deivered the reftel Non-Paper to Paul Weissenberg, EU Commission Director for Aerospace, Defense, and Security Industry in DG Enterprise, on March 25. Weissenberg told DAS Miotke that he was pleased with the Non-Paper because it was "NATO light" and because it propose [...] | 2009-04-07 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA |
09BRUSSELS538 | BELGIUM: ENCOURAGED BY USG CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Econoffs met March 26 with Mr. Geert Fremout and Mr. Peter Winnoeck of the Belgian Ministry of Environment and Health, to discuss the Bonn talks on global warming. Econoff discussed many of the ten principles from Special Envoy on Climate Change (SECC) Todd Stern's March 3 speech at th [...] | 2009-04-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV BE |
09BRUSSELS541 | COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TOKYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU joined the Japanese Mission to the EU to present reftel follow-up demarche to European Commission (EC) counterparts in Brussels. The EC delegation will be headed by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner. The final EC pledge will exceed $500 million, though the period covered wil [...] | 2009-04-08 17:54:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON EFIN IMF PK IBRD |
09BRUSSELS559 | CONTINUED WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INFLUENCING EU [...] (SBU) EU Commission officials explained to officials from EPA, State/OES, USTR, and USEU that the recently passed Directive on the use of renewable energy (the Renewables Directive) left open several issues related to biofuels methodology and criteria, which the Commission is required to close [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS566 | THE PLIGHT OF MON810: POLITICS TRUMPS SCIENCE IN THE EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, the German Ministry of Agriculture announced a ban on the cultivation and sale of Monsanto's GMO corn MON810, the only GMO varietal currently approved for cultivation in the European Union, in Germany. The German action follows the March 22 announcement by Luxembou [...] | 2009-04-16 13:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS575 | HRC: ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 14:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS577 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. The Europeans view energy security in broad terms -- to include alternative sources and supply of gas, development of additional renewable resources, research into c [...] | 2009-04-17 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS583 | CdH OFFICIAL ON PARTY PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CHANCES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The cdH is a center-left party that is the third largest in Wallonia and Brussels regions. Formerly known as the Christian Democratic party, it puts an emphasis on values and on individual fulfillment as a major guide for decision making. In the upcoming regional elections, the [...] | 2009-04-20 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS584 | EU: DEMARCHE ON BALTIC ENERGY SECURITY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On April 21, Econ Officer communicated ref talking points to Roland Kobia, Member of EU Energy Commissioner Piebalg's Cabinet. Kobia had no specific remarks on the talking points, but called them "excellent" and said the EU appreciates U.S. support on the Baltic Interconnection issue. [...] | 2009-04-21 11:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS588 | SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...] (SBU) Since your last visit to Brussels, dialogue between the U.S. and Belgium on Africa has continued. Belgian interest is currently focused on the plight of the Belgian ship taken over by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean April 17, and a Belgian doctor kidnapped in Somalia at the same time [...] | 2009-04-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS CG SO SU CD RW BY BN |
09BRUSSELS592 | SENATOR BINGAMAN DISCUSSES CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bingaman met separately on April 5-6 with officials from the EU Commission, EU Council, European Parliament, and private industry to discuss the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and cap and trade systems in general. The underlying theme presented by the Europeans th [...] | 2009-04-24 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS6 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE - THE EU PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is ramping up engagement on the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. Today, it dispatched a fact finding mission to Kyiv and convened an extraordinary meeting of the Permanent Representatives. Later this week, the College of Commissioners and Foreign Ministers will convene in P [...] | 2009-01-05 18:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS635 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 4th, [...] (SBU) On May 5, the ECOFIN Council will meet to discuss the Commission's Spring economic forecast and to formally adopt the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies and the Solvency II Directive, both recently approved by the European Parliament. Ministers will exchange views on how to cross-borde [...] | 2009-05-05 10:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS664 | INDIAN CLIMATE NEGOTIATOR TELLS EUROPEAN AUDIENCE [...] (SBU) In an April 30 speech delivered to the Center for European Policy Studies, Shyam Saran, India's Special Envoy for Climate Change, stated that the "western" approach to financing and mitigation in developing countries will not work and that financing should be based on the developing coun [...] | 2009-05-11 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG KTDB SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS670 | SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 22-23 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with EU and industry officials to discuss U.S.-EU cooperation on energy security. In these meetings, Ambassador Morningstar gave his European counterparts an overview of the Administration's Eurasian ene [...] | 2009-05-12 07:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS708 | EU OFFICIALS VIEW OFFSETS AS POSSIBLE OBSTACLE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, EU Parliament officials, NGOs, and industry are looking to the United States for development of a comprehensive cap and trade program that can benefit from the EU's experience with its own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The use of carbon offsets in th [...] | 2009-05-19 14:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS721 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer and economic officer separately delivered the non-paper from reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Government of Belgium's financial intelligence unit (CTIF) under the Ministry of Finance. The CTIF official had no immediate knowled [...] | 2009-05-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN BE |
09BRUSSELS732 | TURKEY SEEKS TO EXCLUDE IRAQI GAS FROM THE NABUCCO [...] (SBU) On May 27 Econ Officer spoke with a European Commission official involved with the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) negotiations, about the status of the IGA. The official was quite concerned over the state of negotiations. He said that negotiations had taken a turn for the w [...] | 2009-05-27 14:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN IZ TU |
09BRUSSELS738 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 19th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On May 27, the European Commission will publish a Communication setting out its vision for a new European supervisory framework, based on two new pillars: --The European Systemic Risk Council (ESRC),which will monitor and assess the risks to financial stability, provide early warning of [...] | 2009-05-28 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS762 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS II: THE ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Because of the June 4-7 European Parliament elections, there is no legislative activity btween early May and September. The economic risis and Turkey's accession are pan-European themes in some European Parliament campaigns. Unlike in the 2004 EP elections, U.S.-EU relations are [...] | 2009-06-02 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU EUN ECON |
09BRUSSELS768 | EU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AS AN ENTRY POINT [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009 Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to EU Commission officials Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets at DG-TREN, and Brendan Devlin, Principal Administrator under Hilbrecht charged with shepherding the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement [...] | 2009-06-03 15:08:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN IR IZ TU |
09BRUSSELS769 | U.S-EU CONSULTATIONS ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Mgration Samuel Witten led a U.S. delegation of PRM and USAID officials in Brussels May 19 or the annual humanitarian Strategic Policy Dialogue (SPD) between the U.S. and the European Commission, the world's two largest hum [...] | 2009-06-03 15:37:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID EUN |
09BRUSSELS770 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS III - A WHO-WILL-BE-WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Key posts in the European Parliament (EP) will be distributed in July. The five-year EP Presidency is likely to be shared between Jerzy Buzcek (EPP-ED, Poland) for the first half-term and Martin Schulz (PES, Germany) for the second, although other contenders are in the wings. T [...] | 2009-06-03 16:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EUN ECON |
09BRUSSELS772 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May [...] (SBU) On June 9, ECOFIN will meet in Luxembourg to discuss the Commission's proposals to reform financial supervision in the EU. The Commission seeks approval of the proposals by Finance Ministers ahead of the European Council on June 18-19. Ministers will also continue to discuss concerns abo [...] | 2009-06-04 10:37:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS775 | ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN -- THE NABUCCO IGA [...] (SBU) Summary. Press reports yesterday quoted Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz as saying "We haven't given up on the demand to take 15 percent of the gas that will be carried by the Nabucco pipeline; it's still being discussed." This announcement came just a week after Nabucco Chief Rei [...] | 2009-06-04 11:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN TU AJ |
09BRUSSELS778 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU 1267 DESIGNATION AND PROCESS [...] (SBU) As discussed Ref A, the European Commission designated Abdul Haq (Ref B) on April 25. Furthermore, the EU is progressing in revising the law implementing UNSCR 1267 Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions EU-wide (Ref C). Contacts indicate that some EU Member States may be favoring an overhaul [...] | 2009-06-05 05:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PHUM EAID CH EUN UNSC |
09BRUSSELS78 | Working with the EU to Spur Transatlantic [...] (SBU) The United States and the European Union have the largest economic relationship in the world and remain the leaders in setting the global economic and regulatory agenda, and successfully managing this relationship will be critical as we address the economic downturn this year. U.S. and [...] | 2009-01-21 14:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS783 | CHINA/EU: HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE IS PRODUCTIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU troika held its annual EU-China Human Rights Dialogue on May 14 in Prague. EU participants found the atmosphere to be more positive and productive on most issues than at the last dialogue in December 2008 in Beijing. 2. (SBU) The EU held legal seminars in Prague tw [...] | 2009-06-05 11:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDRG EUN CZ CH |
09BRUSSELS784 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche to officials who cover the Middle East at the EU Council, European Commission, and Czech Mission (the current EU presidency). According to the director for Middle East affairs at the Council, the upcoming Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting was di [...] | 2009-06-05 13:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL EU |
09BRUSSELS796 | FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL: EU CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 8, USEU Charge was convoked to receive a formal EU demarche expressing concerns about provisions of the FAA Reauthorization bill regarding inspections of foreign repairs stations, further definition of actual control of U.S. airlines' operations, and restrictions on a [...] | 2009-06-08 17:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ELAB EUN |
09BRUSSELS802 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...] | 2009-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EPET BE IZ |
09BRUSSELS819 | COUNCIL SECRETARIAT DISCUSSES PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Poloffs delivered REF A points and nonpaper on U.S. opposition to an international piracy court to Didier Lenoir, Head of the EU Council Secretariat's Operations and Exercises Unit. Lenoir confirmed that EU Member States are divided on the question of an internati [...] | 2009-06-15 11:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09BRUSSELS846 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BRUSSELS853 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] (U) This cable is a correction for deleted BRUSSELS 846. Population figures for Muslims in para 2 have been revised upwards. 2. (SBU) Summary: At a June 10 luncheon for Muslim community leaders, activists, and academics, Charge elicited the reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech. Bel [...] | 2009-06-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BRUSSELS869 | ECHO TO USAID AA: SUDAN FRAGILE, GENOCIDE LABEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, transiting Brussels en route to Sudan, spent June 12 in Brussels meeting with Commission counterparts at the EC's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),EUROPEAID and DG-DEV. Interlocutors at ECHO described a fragile situation in Suda [...] | 2009-06-24 18:10:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PREL ECON |
09BRUSSELS876 | NABUCCO IGA ENTERS AND EXITS SILENT APPROVAL PHASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nabucco parties reached tentative agreement on the text of the Nabucco intergovernmental agreement in Vienna on June 21. At that point the Commission notified the parties that the process had entered the "silent approval" phase, meaning that if no one raised objections by [...] | 2009-06-25 15:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS877 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: GROUPS PREPARE FOR VOTE ON BARROSO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, Joseph Daul, the chairman of the European People Party (EPP) group in the newly-elected European Parliament (EP),confirmed that the EPP would push for a confirmation vote of Jose Manuel Barroso as Commission President at the July 15 EP plenary session. The Progressive [...] | 2009-06-25 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN |
09BRUSSELS881 | BELGIUM: NO DECISION ON IRENA MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econoff raised reftel points on June 25 with Ambassador Philippe Nieuwenhuys, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' energy unit. Nieuwenhuys said Belgium is not yet in a position to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Because of Belgium's political system, the f [...] | 2009-06-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BE |
09BRUSSELS887 | ENERGY CHARTER SECRETARIAT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Andre Mernier, Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat, told Econ Officers June 22 that he is cautiously optimistic Russia will be willing to work to add to the existing Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to address their concerns over gas transit, rather than w [...] | 2009-06-26 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS903 | DPRK: EU TO IMPLEMENT STRONG INSPECTION MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCR KN EUN |
09BRUSSELS904 | EU - CONCERNS LESSENING OVER RUSSIA/UKRAINE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is looking to provide near-term economic relief to Ukraine help it meet its gas payments. The funding, most likely in the form of an EBRD loan, would not be available before late September or early October, and would be contingent on the implementation of reforms in Ukra [...] | 2009-06-30 15:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
09BRUSSELS916 | Commission Hosts Discussions on U.S. - EU Development [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 15-16, the European Commission hosted a Technical Meeting on Development in Brussels. The meeting was a continuation of a series of discussions between the U.S. and EU aimed at promoting a renewed trans-Atlantic dialogue on development. Sessions were held on food securit [...] | 2009-07-06 05:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EIND ETRD SENV EUR ECON EAGR TPHY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS931 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: July [...] (SBU) At the July ECOFIN Council - the first one under the Swedish presidency ministers will exchange views on the preparation of the forthcoming G-20 meetings, i.e., the G-20 finance ministers meeting preceding the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in September. There Council will also discuss: 1) pr [...] | 2009-07-07 14:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
09BRUSSELS936 | OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON EU'S APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission currently is internally debating how to address the effects of indirect land use change (ILUC) on the greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels. To assist in the process, the Commission has released a list of eight possible approaches and has opened up a p [...] | 2009-07-07 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS948 | TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF),organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...] | 2009-07-08 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL |
09BRUSSELS957 | BELGIUM: AUSTRALIA GROUP INFORMATION REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC CBW BE |
09BRUSSELS978 | JERZY BUZEK ELECTED EP PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) on July 14 elected as its new president former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, the candidate of the European Peoples' Party (EPP-Christian Democrats). Buzek, a confirmed proponent of strong transatlantic ties, included the "strategic alliance with t [...] | 2009-07-16 09:58:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN |
09BUCHAREST110 | ROMANIA: CONTROVERSY OVER OFFSHORE ENERGY CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU) Romania's initial euphoria after prevailing over Ukraine in a Black Sea boundary dispute has given way to political finger-pointing over offshore energy concessions. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a February 3 ruling awarded Romania exclusive rights to 3,745 square miles of [...] | 2009-02-20 07:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PBTS ECON PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST114 | ROMANIA WILL ATTEND SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE BUT [...] (SBU) Post's EconCoun on February 19 delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming Sharm Al-Sheikh conference to Mihaela Rutjens, Director for Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Rutjens confirmed that the Government of Romania (GOR) had received an official invitati [...] | 2009-02-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM PGOV KPAL RO |
09BUCHAREST120 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS BIOTECH CORN VARIETIES [...] (U) Post transmitted reftel demarche points regarding the EU vote on biotech corn to the Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministries. EconOff subsequently met with representatives from the Agriculture and Environment Ministries to confirm Romania's support for allowing the c [...] | 2009-02-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO RO |
09BUCHAREST136 | ROMANIA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2009. Despite a decreasing trend in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of Internet piracy -- both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy -- remains a problem. R [...] | 2009-03-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RO |
09BUCHAREST164 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP RO |
09BUCHAREST225 | RECOMMENDATION FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DESIGNEE [...] (SBU) Action Request: Mission seeks Department's support for a recommendation for Secretary of Defense designee status for Romanian Land Forces LtCol. Augustin-Nicusor Pegulescu to be transferred from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) for prost [...] | 2009-04-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST231 | ROMANIA: SANCTIONS CONFERENCE REVEALS CRACKS IN EU [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Associate Director John Smith and EconOff attended sessions of a workshop on terrorist financing in Bucharest April 1 and 2. The conference, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Securit [...] | 2009-04-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER KTFN UNSC OSCE RO |
09BUCHAREST232 | ROMANIA: SUCCESSFUL BIOTECH OUTREACH TO NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 16 and 17, DOS Senior Advisor for Biotechnology Jack Bobo visited Romania to meet with new Romanian government officials to advocate for the benefits of agricultural biotechnology. Mr. Bobo's visit was supported by biotech outreach funds from EEB (refs A and B). Post's [...] | 2009-04-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO RO |
09BUCHAREST259 | ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Poloff accompanied Russian and Dutch counterparts on April 15 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) 2009 Plenary meeting in The Hague (reftel) with the MFA's Nineta Barbulescu, Director for Assymetric Threats and OSCE Affairs and Emilia Mazuru, GICNT Desk O [...] | 2009-04-17 06:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RO |
09BUCHAREST261 | ROMANIA: GOVERNMENT ACTS ON IMF ACCORD, SLASHES [...] (U) Although the Government of Romania's (GOR) new agreement (reftel) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) still awaits final IMF Board approval, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Emil Boc moved on April 11 to begin implementation by slashing funding for government ministries. The formal " [...] | 2009-04-17 08:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IMF EUN RO |
09BUCHAREST315 | ROMANIA: HEALTHCARE REFORM ON THE AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian healthcare system continues to suffer from neglect two decades after the fall of communism. Health statistics remain bleak, with the country occupying the worst position in the EU in terms of the frequency of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, tub [...] | 2009-05-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO |
09BUCHAREST337 | ROMANIA: REGULATIONS CHOKE PHARMA COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: American and other foreign pharmaceutical companies are upset that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has recently passed several ordinances which, taken together, severely impact their ability to operate profitably in Romania. With its "universal" healthcare system, the Government [...] | 2009-05-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO |
09BUCHAREST346 | ROMANIA: UNSC 1718 DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 12:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM RO |
09BUCHAREST369 | ROMANIA WILL VOTE "NO" ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST37 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3; PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) This message is a response to reftel inquiry regarding End-Use Check on Application 050120369, and the bona fides of Foreign Consignee NAVTRON S.R.L. of Constanta, Romania and Foreign End User Midia Marine Terminal of Navodari, Romania. 2. (SBU) Reporting Officer (RO) raised subject comp [...] | 2009-01-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC RO |
09BUCHAREST390 | ROMANIA'S EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on June 8 announced the results of the European Parliamentary (EP) elections held in Romania on Sunday, June 7. The PSD and PC coalition led the PDL by just over a percentage point (30.07-29.71). PNL came in at 14.52, PRM 8.65 and independent (and Presid [...] | 2009-06-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST396 | ROMANIA: SHARP Q1 2009 CONTRACTION AFTER TEN BOOMING YEARS [...] (U) Summary. Romania's economy posted a steep and widely anticipated drop in GDP growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2009 according to official statistics released on June 9th by the National Statistics Institute (INS). The economy showed a 6.2 percent decline overall against the first quart [...] | 2009-06-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
09BUCHAREST397 | ROMANIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Summary: The United States Government is aware of eight (8) outstanding investment disputes and expropriation claims brought by United States persons or corporations that may be pending against the Government of Romania (GOR). There are no new cases since last year's report. Post recomm [...] | 2009-06-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST406 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS GERMANY FOR IRENA HQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV RO |
09BUCHAREST424 | ROMANIA AND IMF: COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING STILL WEAK DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Commercial loans remain scarce, despite the Romanian Central Bank's (BNR) cut in reserve requirements following receipt of the first tranche of five billion euro from the IMF in May. High interest rates on bonds issued by the Government of Romania (GOR) are vacuuming up some o [...] | 2009-06-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO |
09BUCHAREST441 | ROMANIA: PROPERTY RESTITUTION FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND [...] (U) This is in response to the questions raised in reftel regarding the effect of unresolved Holocaust-era property claims on the broader real estate market. 2. (SBU) Many real estate transactions in Romania are, at least to a certain extent, complicated by communist era property expropriat [...] | 2009-06-29 08:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ODIP PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST453 | ROMANIA: CYBERSECURITY POLICIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Andrei Savulescu, Director General of the Department for Information Society in the Ministry of Communications and Information Society (MCSI) and Toma Cimpeanu, Vice President of the Agency for Information Society Services (ASSI) in response to reftel demarche. The Gove [...] | 2009-06-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT TINT PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST467 | ROMANIA: HEU FREE ZONE [...] (U) Summary: All remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) was safely removed from Romania following the successful conclusion of a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operation under the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) on June 29th. This shipment removed Russian-origin H [...] | 2009-07-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM ECON PGOV KGIC RO |
09BUCHAREST480 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO U.S. REVIEW UNDER 1822 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC RO |
09BUCHAREST494 | ROMANIA: NANOTECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: EconOff recently visited the National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (IMT),an open-source institute that has received significant national funding. IMT represents a promising future for nanotechnology in Romania, but will need continued investment an [...] | 2009-07-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TNGD TPHY TSPL EINV RO |
09BUCHAREST497 | ROMANIA: A 'EUROPEAN' MODEL FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Romania (GOR) is considering the creation of two vertically integrated energy companies formed out of existing state-owned assets, reversing a decentralization process that the GOR now sees as having been flawed. Instead, two "national champions" able to compe [...] | 2009-07-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV KGHG RO |
09BUCHAREST525 | ROMANIAN JUDICIARY UPDATE: CONSTITUTIONAL STALEMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, the Charge d'Affaires and DOJ RLA met with Prosecutor General Codruta Kovesi, Tom Barnes from the European Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, and Laura Stefan, anti-corruption expert with the Romanian Academic Society. Issues discussed included the [...] | 2009-07-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST535 | ROMANIA: SORRY STATE OF EDUCATION A SUMMERTIME STAPLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Education has dominated the headlines of Romanian papers since early July as a public clash has played out between President Traian Basescu and Minister of Education Ecaterina Andronescu (PSD). The Ministry of Education's (MOE) recent decision to close three private universitie [...] | 2009-07-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO RO |
09BUCHAREST546 | ROMANIA: ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND FOR ACE AWARD NOMINATION FOR [...] (U) This cable provides the additional information requested in ref B to support post's nomination of Oracle Romania for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ref A). 2. (SBU) The Country Team continues to wholeheartedly support Oracle Romania's nomination for this prestigious aw [...] | 2009-08-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RO |
09BUCHAREST573 | ROMANIA TARGETS BLOATED PUBLIC SECTOR UNDER IMF ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary. In order to comply with the revised IMF agreement (reftel),the Government of Romania (GOR) is being forced to take an axe to the bloated public sector. In the last two weeks, the GOR has announced plans for immediate furloughs as a short-term measure, with permanent layoffs a [...] | 2009-08-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EUN IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST598 | ROMANIANS SAY "MADONNA DON'T PREACH" [...] (U) Many in the crowd of 70,000 booed Madonna at her August 26 concert in Bucharest after she unexpectedly paused between songs to call on Romanians to "stop discriminating against the Romany" (sic). The crowd had cheered Roma musicians and dancers when they joined Madonna onstage. The catc [...] | 2009-08-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM RO |
09BUCHAREST616 | ROMANIA'S JEWS: DYING OFF, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN [...] (SBU) As the Government of Romania prepares to inaugurate the Bucharest Holocaust Memorial October 8, Romania's Jewish community finds itself in a paradox. Anti-Semitism - though still prevalent and in some ways ingrained in Romanian society - has lost much of its virulence and overtness. At [...] | 2009-09-08 10:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST622 | ROMANIA: REVISED BUDGET FACES POLITICAL HURDLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Following revisions to Romania's accord with the IMF (ref A),the Government of Romania (GOR) has formally approved changes to its budget to reflect new fiscal realities. This second budget "rectification" of the year allows the projected 2009 deficit to surge from 4.6 to 7.3 [...] | 2009-09-14 05:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN PGOV IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST640 | PM TAKES LAST STEP ON LEGISLATIVE FAST-TRACKING; [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17 opposition parties PNL and UDMR filed a no-confidence motion in the government of PM Boc after the final step in the Cabinet's attempt to fast-track a legislative package through Parliament (reftel). No members of the ruling coalition parties PDL and PSD have si [...] | 2009-09-21 04:27:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST642 | ROMANIA: ECONOMY STILL IN DEEP RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent Government of Romania (GOR) statistics confirm that the economy remains in the grip of a deep recession. GDP contracted even faster in the second quarter (Q2) than in the first, with the cumulative slide for the first half (H1) of 2009 reaching 7.6 percent. The construc [...] | 2009-09-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST651 | ROMANIA: CODEL LYNCH ITINERARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Lynch (reftel). Lead control officer for this visit is Economic Officer Justin Berg (Office: 40 21 200 3436; Mobile: 40 723 393 952; Home: 40 21 222 2660; email: BergJ@state.gov),with backup control officer Christy Brown (Office: 40 2 [...] | 2009-09-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT AFIN ECON PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST655 | ROMANIA: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SE MORNINGSTAR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar. Your visit comes at just the right time to send an important signal to our Romanian allies that the United States remains fully engaged in Eastern Europe, especially when it comes to energy security. [...] | 2009-09-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP RO |
09BUCHAREST673 | ROMANIA: PREPARATIONS FOR AN H1N1 PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The start of the school year and continued steady uptick in AH1N1 cases has pushed the Government of Romania (GOR) to advance its planning for a potential flu pandemic. AH1N1's relatively low mortality rate to date has lessened the urgency of the planning, but the Ministry of [...] | 2009-10-06 04:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO |
09BUCHAREST676 | ROMANIA GENERAL STRIKE: POSTURING OR PRELUDE? [...] (SBU) In what the media and labor unions billed as the largest public sector strike in the post-communist era, some 800,000 government workers across Romania stayed home on October 5 to protest the unitary salary law which the Government of Romania (GOR) forced through Parliament in September [...] | 2009-10-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST70 | ROMANIA: AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS [...] (U) This cable provides information about Romania in response to reftel request regarding foreign automobile subsidy programs. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Romania (GOR) has attempted to use all of the available policy tools permitted by the European Commission (EC) to mitigate the [...] | 2009-02-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO RO |
09BUCHAREST704 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) EconCoun delivered reftel demarche points on October 16 to Victoria Campeanu, Director General for Trade Policies under the Ministry of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Trade, and Business Environment. Campeanu appr [...] | 2009-10-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR RO |
09BUCHAREST715 | ROMANIA: FOOD SECURITY PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered ref A talking points to the Acting Minister of Agriculture, Radu Berceanu, on October 20. The Acting Ministers of Health and Foreign Affairs also received courtesy copies of the Secretary's letter and the U.S. proposal. 2. (SBU) Following the successful no-confidence mo [...] | 2009-10-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EAGR RO |
09BUCHAREST740 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF demarche on 3 November 2009 to Razvan Rotundu, MFA Head of OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Directorate, and Cosmin Boiangiu, MFA Head of United Nations Affairs Directorate. Rotundu stated that the Government of Romania (GOR) shared the U.S. point of view. R [...] | 2009-11-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER RO |
09BUCHAREST742 | ROMANIA: REQUEST FOR H1N1 VACCINE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador was contacted on November 4 by Anca Ilinoiu, Senior Foreign Policy adviser to President Traian Basescu, with a "personal request from the President to President Obama" that the United States agree to pr [...] | 2009-11-05 04:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO |
09BUCHAREST758 | ROMANIA Election Update: Another Day, Another Cabinet [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu's latest PM designate, Liviu Negoita, submitted his proposed Cabinet and governing program to Parliament on November 9. The roster is similar to the recently rejected Croitoru cabinet (reftel),except for three "independent" ministers considered PDL sympathize [...] | 2009-11-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST760 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO PRE-NOVEMBER GAERC TALKING POINTS [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Ref. non-paper November 13 to Cosmin Onisii, Director, U.S. and Canada Division. Onisii appreciated the timely delivery and noted that he would incorporate the talking points into the Romanian Foreign Minister's brief. Onisii provided no substantive feedback on the tal [...] | 2009-11-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS UP SO RO |
09BUCHAREST764 | ROMANIA: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FEATURES PLENTY OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over a week to go before the first round of the presidential election, Romania's economic woes are foremost in the minds of voters. The leading presidential candidates have been long on rhetoric but short on specifics about how they would return the country to econom [...] | 2009-11-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
09BUCHAREST771 | ROMANIA: SUBWAY STRIKE GRIDLOCKS BUCHAREST ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Workers in the Bucharest subway system (state-owned Metrorex) went on strike November 17, forcing the system's 650,000 daily riders to find alternate means of transportation and producing traffic gridlock in many areas of the city. Metrorex's 4,250 employees are demanding a 20 percent s [...] | 2009-11-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST783 | Romania: 11/22 Presidential Election: As Expected, [...] (SBU) Summary. With approximately 75 percent of ballots counted from the November 22 presidential election, incumbent Traian Basescu (32.8 percent) and Social Democrat (PSD) Mircea Geoana (29.8 percent) seem certain as expected to advance to the December 6 presidential runoff. Third place fini [...] | 2009-11-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST785 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY: STEFAN MINOVICI - CASE NO. [...] (U) This message is a response to reftel request to verify the bona fides of registered broker Stefan Minovici - Case No. K-2197. 2. (SBU) POLOFF raised subject company, MIC & ASSOCIATES GRUP SRL, with Romanian authorities, including the National Export Control Agency (ANCEX) of the Minist [...] | 2009-11-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC RO |
09BUCHAREST786 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK RESERVE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments 23 November to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulescu expressed Romanian support for the Angarsk Reserve, but expressed concern that the Non-Aligned Movement countries continue to o [...] | 2009-11-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RO |
09BUCHAREST789 | ROMANIA ELECTION UPDATE: PNL throws its support to [...] (SBU) Summary. With more than 99 percent of votes counted, incumbent President Basescu and Social Democrat (PSD) candidate Geoana will advance to the December 6 Presidential runoff. In a November 22 statement third place finisher Crin Antonescu (National Liberals-PNL) again ruled out support [...] | 2009-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST796 | Romania: GOR Supports IDLO Candidate [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to reftels, PolCouns spoke with MFA Director for UN Affairs Cosmin Boiangiu on November 24 to reiterate U.S. support for AmCit candidate Thomas McInerney as IDLO DG. After consulting with senior MFA leadership, Boiangiu reported that the GOR had in fact decided to support [...] | 2009-11-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON RO |
09BUCHAREST799 | ROMANIA ELECTION UPDATE: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Though a former Romanian Ambassador to Washington and former Foreign Minister, Social Democratic Party (PSD) presidential candidate Mircea Geoana has focused much more on domestic issues and party politics since becoming PSD Chairman in 2005. This cable profiles Geoana,s politi [...] | 2009-12-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR RO |
09BUCHAREST801 | ROMANIA: ROMGAZ TRIES TO ADAPT TO CHANGING ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) One of the top two gas producers in Romania, state-owned Romgaz, echoed in a November 20 meeting the previous public statements by OMV/Petrom and other private players on the domestic market that the regulated price of domestic gas suppresses production in Romania. Until now Romgaz has [...] | 2009-12-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST802 | CODEL SKELTON MEETS WITH ROMANIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a 23-25 November 2009 visit to Romania, House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO),ranking member Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) and four other HASC members met with senior leaders of the Romanian MOD and General Staff, members of the parliamentary De [...] | 2009-12-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL MARR MASS MOPS RO |
09BUCHAREST807 | ROMANIA ELECTIONS: ETHNIC HUNGARIANS TILT TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The ethnic Hungarian party UDMR announced between rounds of the Romanian presidential race that it would support the PNL-PSD nomination of Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister, but stopped short of joining PNL in endorsing PSD candidate Mircea Geoana for the December 6 [...] | 2009-12-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
09BUCHAREST808 | Romania Election Update: Timisoara Coalition Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),the National Liberal Party (PNL),and the small, anti-communist National Christian Democratic Peasants' Party (PNTCD) signed a "Partnership for Timisoara," whose main provision is joint support for PSD presidential candidate Mirc [...] | 2009-12-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST813 | DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN! INCUMBENT BASESCU DEFIES EXIT POLLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Defying pre-election surveys and most exit polls, incumbent Traian Basescu has won re-election in a hotly contested campaign. Against expectations, turnout in the runoff was very high, beating the first round by almost five points. Though there were no systematic problems, min [...] | 2009-12-07 10:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST823 | Romanian Reaction to December Foreign Affairs Council [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Ref. non-paper December 4 to Cristian Olimid, Director, EU External Relations. Olimid indicated that the talking points had arrived too late for inclusion into the Romanian Foreign Minister's brief. Olimid provided no substantive feedback on the talking points and reque [...] | 2009-12-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS IR AF PK RO |
09BUCHAREST825 | INVESTING IN ROMANIA: CAPITAL OR LABOR? [...] (SBU) EconOff's recent visit to two American investors, oil drilling and pumping equipment manufacturer Cameron and fuel injection manufacturer Mefin Sinaia (owned by U.S.-based Walbridge Partners),revealed two very different manufacturing styles. Cameron's greenfield investment in a state-of [...] | 2009-12-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST833 | ROMANIAN ECONOMY: STILL NO RECOVERY IN THE THIRD QUARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. While there are signs that this deep recession may have finally hit bottom, the most recent statistics from the Government of Romania (GOR) offer little hope of real recovery in the near term. GDP figures for the first nine months of 2009, released on December 3, show a 7.4 pe [...] | 2009-12-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN IMF RO |
09BUCHAREST840 | BASESCU STARTS ON A CONCILIATORY NOTE [...] (SBU) Summary. After the Constitutional Court certified his victory on December 16, incumbent president Traian Basescu adopted a new conciliatory tone, pledging improved performance in his second term and announcing "state modernization" as his main priority. Basescu declared his commitment to [...] | 2009-12-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON RO |
09BUCHAREST843 | ROMANIA: HEALTH SYSTEM REMAINS ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian healthcare system is in serious trouble, beset by a convergence of the economic crisis, political instability, and government budgetary woes. A recent report by the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) highlighted the major problems plaguing the system. With expenditu [...] | 2009-12-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AMED EAID EFIN PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST85 | ROMANIA: 2009 BUDGET MIXES REALISM WITH WISHFUL THINKING [...] (SBU) The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a 2009 budget draft that is expected to be approved by Parliament without substantial amendments. The final draft combines selected doses of austerity with an effort to balance competing interests by promising priority projects to all parties; the r [...] | 2009-02-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RO |
09BUCHAREST854 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This message is a response to reftel inquiry regarding End-Use Check on Application 050201153 and the bona fides of Foreign Consignee Aerostar S.A. 2. (SBU) Reporting Officer (RO) raised subject companies with Romanian authorities, including with the National Export Control Agency (ANC [...] | 2009-12-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AJ RO |
09BUCHAREST863 | ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW CABINET, ENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 23 the Romanian Parliament approved the new Cabinet assembled by Prime Minister designate Emil Boc with an unexpectedly large majority. The new Cabinet includes members of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL),the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) [...] | 2009-12-24 06:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST868 | GOR APPROVES 2010 BUDGET DRAFT, EASY PARLIAMENT VOTE [...] (SBU) On December 23, the new Boc Cabinet approved the 2010 draft budget for submission to Parliament for debate and approval. Parliament, under the new ruling coalition of PD-L, UDMR, other ethnic minorities, and a recently formed group of "independents", will likely pass the proposal in Janu [...] | 2009-12-30 05:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
09BUCHAREST91 | ROMANIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION: NO CHANGE TO POLICY [...] (SBU) POLOFF raised ref a points on February 12, urging Romania to recognize Kosovo with Irina Zidaru, the new MFA Director General for Western Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia (NOTE: POLOFF did not/not raise ICJ issue per instructions in Para 2 of ref a. END NOTE). Zidaru confirmed that Ro [...] | 2009-02-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV RO |
09BUCHAREST94 | ROMANIA: AGRICULTURAL REFORM LAGGING AFTER EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania's agricultural sector continues to struggle with the Communist legacy of collectivized farm land. Despite Romania's huge agricultural potential, its small farm size and lack of education in modern agricultural methods has left the agricultural sector as a chronic underp [...] | 2009-02-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECIN EUN PGOV RO |
09BUDAPEST121 | HUGARY'S RESPONSE TO EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 6, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Miklos Szoboszlay, Director General of the Department of Environment at the Ministry of Transport (MOT). Post stressed that the U.S. has serious legal and economic concerns regarding the EU directive, which seeks to unilaterally extend [...] | 2009-02-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EU HU SENV |
09BUDAPEST131 | 2009 GYURCSANY PLAN: A POSITIVE STEP, BUT "NOT A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
09BUDAPEST132 | (CORRECTED VERSION) 2009 GYURCSANY PLAN: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gyurcsany on February 16 presented to Parliament a package of proposed measures intended to plug a roughly $1 billion hole in this year's budget and stabilize Hungary's careening economy through incentives to increase employment and investment. The tax adjustmen [...] | 2009-02-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
09BUDAPEST138 | OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered Ref A talking points to the Ministry of Agriculture on February 20. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that Hungary will vote for a continued ban on GMOs, in line with its previously stated position (Ref B). Although the Ministry of Agriculture is showing si [...] | 2009-02-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO HU |
09BUDAPEST142 | VISIT OF CODEL LYNCH TO BUDAPEST, MARCH 2-3, 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Budapest grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Lynch to Budapest from March 2 - 3, 2009. We look forward to your visit and would like to provide the following information in preparation for your arrival. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE IN HUNGARY 2. [...] | 2009-02-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PREL EFIN OTRA HU |
09BUDAPEST143 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post is unable to identify any critical infrastructure or key resources in Hungary that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Foley [...] | 2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP HU |
09BUDAPEST148 | HUNGARY: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Despite the successful implementation of the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings on April 10, 2008, the GOH was unable to sustain the same level of commitment to anti-TIP activities as it had done in previous years. During the year, the GOH eliminated financial and programm [...] | 2009-02-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG ASEC |
09BUDAPEST155 | HUNGARY: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Hungary continues to make headway on its Special 301 initiatives, as well as IPR regulatory enforcement more broadly. The National Board Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (HENT) -- which acts as an overarching structure for information sharing, police and jud [...] | 2009-03-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EU HU |
09BUDAPEST160 | HUNGARY INFORMED OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar did not have any immediate comment, but said she would provide the information to appropriate MFA offices for further [...] | 2009-03-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST161 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar said her office was unaware that there was an American candidate for the position, but said she would convey our messa [...] | 2009-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER UNGA |
09BUDAPEST210 | BIOTECH OUTREACH TO HUNGARY: VISIT OF JACK BOBO, [...] (SBU) Summary: DOS Senior Biotech Advisor Jack Bobo conducted biotech outreach to Hungary during his March 9-13 visit. Bobo attended the CODEX Alimentarius Meeting in Balatonalmadi March 9-11. He then proceeded to Budapest for briefings with FCS and American biotech firms Monsanto and Pione [...] | 2009-03-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO BTIO ECON ETRD SENV EAGR ENRG KGHG HU |
09BUDAPEST249 | HUNGARY UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC SR KV HU ICJ |
09BUDAPEST254 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche to the MFA's NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray on March 27. Sztaray who had the lead in preparing Hungary's response to the USG's request for inputs to the AFPAK strategy review, commented that the white paper is "in line with our views" on the way forward ( [...] | 2009-03-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF HU |
09BUDAPEST28 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, the GoH has been reacting to a series of crises that have gripped the nation's attention, beginning with the financial market crisis in October, followed by an ongoing diplomatic row with Solvakia, transportation sector strikes in December, and now the growing [...] | 2009-01-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
09BUDAPEST297 | ONE YEAR, ONE GOVERNMENT, ONE FORINT [...] (U) Summary. As expected, in a constructive vote-of-no-confidence, with opposition parties abstaining or not voting, Hungarian Socialist and Free Democrat parliamentarians joined forces to elect Gordon Bajnai as Prime Minister April 14. Prior to the vote, Bajnai outlined his economic reform [...] | 2009-04-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON HU |
09BUDAPEST298 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Zita Szatmari, Head of Section for Southern Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She expressed concurrence with the general content of the points and agreed that the EU, the African Union (AU),and the U.S. need to speak with a common voice i [...] | 2009-04-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA HU |
09BUDAPEST301 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Andras Simor, Hungarian Central Bank Governor and Hungary's IMF governor, and to Laszlo Keller, Hungarian Ministry of Finance Senior State Secretary and Hungary's alternate World Bank governor. Both indicated that Hungary strongly supports IMF and World [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KV ECON EFIN PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST306 | HUNGARY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel diplomatic note and talking points (ref A) to Krisztina Kovacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kovacs reiterated the GOH's support for the U.S. candidacy for the UN Hu [...] | 2009-04-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU |
09BUDAPEST312 | THE BAJNAI PACKAGE: REAL REFORM AT LAST OR MERELY [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Bajnai announced details of his HUF 1.3 trillion (USD 4.6 billion) economic recovery plan, which involves substantial cuts to social welfare programs, ministry budgets, and public sector workers' benefits. The plan also includes a shifting of the tax burden away [...] | 2009-04-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST319 | GOVERNMENT RESUMES REGULAR BOND AUCTIONS [...] (U) On April 16, the Hungarian Debt Management Agency (AKK) announced it would restart regular long term government bond auctions. Regular auctions were suspended last October when demand for Hungarian government securities dropped significantly, contributing to Hungary's need to negotiate a [...] | 2009-04-24 13:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON HU |
09BUDAPEST322 | MGSF01: HUNGARY OFFERS VACCINE PRODUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: On April 27, Hungarian officials contacted Charge and ESTH Hub Officer to bring to their attention Hungarian vaccine production capabilities. Hungary has the technical expertise and the infrastructure to produce large qu [...] | 2009-04-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BUDAPEST331 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO THE 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On April 29, Pol/EconOff delivered the demarche (Ref A) talking points to Lazslo Varkonyi, Trade Representative, Ministry of Economy (MOE),and Andras Szorenyi and David Horvath, U.S. Desk Officers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). All were pleased that the USTR recognized the efforts [...] | 2009-05-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU HU ETRD KIPR |
09BUDAPEST381 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POE TO BUDAPEST, MAY 29-30, [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Poe to Budapest from May 29-30, 2009. We look forward to your visit and would like to provide the following information in preparation for your arrival. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE IN HUNGARY 2. (SBU) The global financial crisis [...] | 2009-05-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PREL EFIN OTRA HU |
09BUDAPEST388 | WHAT THE EP ELECTIONS MEAN FOR HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Landslide opposition victory is forecasted for Hungary's June 7 European Parliamentary (EP) elections when voters will elect 22 representatives to go to Brussels. As expected, domestic issues dominate party campaigns. With the MSzP expected to suffer a major defeat, opposition [...] | 2009-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST389 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NABUCCO PIPELINE ENTRY POINTS [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel talking points to Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's ambassador-at-large for the Nabucco project. Bayer promised to pass the points to Hungary's delegation to the negotiations on the interstate agreement (ISA),which he expected to conclude today (May 29). 2. [...] | 2009-05-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST406 | HUNGARY'S WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION NOMINEE [...] (U) The Embassy received a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the candidacy of Dr. Janos Nagy, Commissioner of the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard for the post of Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Dr. Nagy previously served at the WC [...] | 2009-06-04 05:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OPDC AORC HU |
09BUDAPEST407 | HUNGARY HAS NO AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM PK HU |
09BUDAPEST429 | HUNGARIAN EXTREMIST HEADED TO THE EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Two days after the extreme-right Jobbik party's surprising success in the European Parliamentary (EP) elections, lead candidate Krisztina Morvai provided further insight into her agenda at a breakfast with the international press corps. Self-confident, sometimes arrogant and [...] | 2009-06-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN HU |
09BUDAPEST430 | ORBAN AND FIDESZ: READY TO GOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary. FIDESZ is feeling good and is ready to govern - a confident and relaxed Viktor Orban told an international audience in Budapest on June 10, three days after scoring a major victory in the European Parliament elections. While acknowledging that the economy is the most important [...] | 2009-06-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST443 | HUNGARY RELUCTANT TO JOIN IRENA CITING BUDGET [...] (SBU) Miklos Poos, Deputy Director General for Environment, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation at the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy told us June 17 that Hungary has not yet made a decision to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). In response to [...] | 2009-06-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG ENRG SENV HU |
09BUDAPEST474 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO HUNGARIANS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to the MFA Asia/Pacific Department's Deputy Director General Laszlo Kuti on June 30. Kuti commented that the information was in line with Hungary's position vis-a-vis North Korea. He stated that Hungary fully supported the EU's statement on the issue a [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KN HU |
09BUDAPEST564 | FUND INDUSTRY SURVIVING ECONOMIC CRISIS, BUT MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. 2008 was the worst year on record for the Hungarian investment fund industry, with capital flight and declining yields resulting in a decrease in total assets of Hungarian funds of over 20 percent. Real estate and money market funds were particularly hard hit. A run on Hungari [...] | 2009-08-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EU HU |
09BUDAPEST590 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST URGING STRONG [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered the talking points contained in reftel to Gyula Petho, Director of the Asia bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Laszlo Takacs, Director of the Far East/Burma department. Petho and Takacs expressed agreement with the U.S. position on the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK [...] | 2009-08-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU |
09BUDAPEST593 | GOH CHANGES ITS MIND:ISSUES STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) Post received word in the late afternoon of August 14 from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that, after further consideration, it would release a statement condemning the conviction and continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. Emboff delivered the talking points contained in re [...] | 2009-08-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU |
09BUDAPEST6 | ECONOMIC REFORM ISSUES II: TAX EVASION AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the second report on structural economic reforms economists and macroeconomic analysts believe are needed to help Hungary achieve higher economic growth, reduce macroeconomic vulnerabilities, and remain economically competitive in the region. The low tax compliance rat [...] | 2009-01-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST616 | THE "GANG OF FOUR" ARRESTED FOR SERIAL MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. One year, 120 police officers and 100 million HUF ($500,000 USD) reward later, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested four men suspected of carrying out the unprecedented serial murders that have terrorized the Roma community. In a private brief to the Embassy's L [...] | 2009-08-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO HU |
09BUDAPEST626 | TRANSLUCENCY INTERNATIONAL: GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post attempts to gather data on procurement contracts won by U.S. companies reveal a surplus of regulations and lack of transparency that threaten the potential benefits of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). Hungary's Public Procurement Council's (PPC) procureme [...] | 2009-08-31 10:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KTRD KTIA HU |
09BUDAPEST636 | ANTI GMO, BUT NO COMMENT: HUNGARY'S REPLY TO [...] (SBU) Embassy's Commercial Section chief delivered demarche points on September 1 to Dr. Laszlo Vajda, head of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Department of EU Coordination and International Relations. Vajda is also Hungary's spokesperson for the Special Agricultu [...] | 2009-09-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EUN TBIO HU |
09BUDAPEST679 | CUTTING IT CLOSE: GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO MEET 2009 AND 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: State Secretary Tamas Katona told analysts on September 11 that the Finance Ministry is determined to meet its 3.8 percent budget deficit target for 2009. Despite shortfalls in tax revenues, Katona believes that strict control of expenditures, hiring freezes, and other cost sav [...] | 2009-09-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST715 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] (SBU) PolOff met with Gyula Petho, MFA's Asia/Pacific Department Head, on September 29 to discuss reftel. Expressing appreciation for the policy review read-out, Petho stated that Hungary fully supports direct dialogue with the Burmese Government. Based on the outlined USG policy, he expects [...] | 2009-09-29 16:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM HU |
09BUDAPEST716 | HUNGARY ON IMO AND CANDIDATES FOR INT'L [...] (U) On September 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche advocating U.S. re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in "Category A" to Andrea Balog of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations division, whose unit is responsible for candidates for int [...] | 2009-09-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST717 | MASTERCARD, VISA EUROPE, AND BANKS FINED FOR [...] (U) On September 24, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) announced a fine of USD 10.4 million against Visa Europe, MasterCard, and several commercial banks for inhibiting competition by charging uniform interchange fees for card transactions. (Note: Interchange fees are fees a merchant [...] | 2009-09-30 15:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST732 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST740 | HUNGARIAN REQUEST TO SUPPORT CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (U) Post received the following Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support to re-elect its candidate to the post of Inspector in the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). Full text follows. BEGIN TEXT: 13656/Adm/KUM/2009 Budapest, 08 September 2009 NOTE V [...] | 2009-10-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN HU |
09BUDAPEST752 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche October 14 to Anna Miklos, MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations' desk officer for the Goldstone report. Miklos stated that she will contact Hungary's UN PermRep immediately, as well as their representative in Geneva, to pass on the USG's com [...] | 2009-10-14 17:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN PINR HU |
09BUDAPEST761 | GM-NO: HUNGARY'S REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points to Dr. Laszlo Vajda, head of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development's Department of EU Coordination and International Relations, and also to Timea Vertes, Research and Biotech Advisor-in-Chief. Vajda unequivocally stated that Hungary wi [...] | 2009-10-16 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO EAGR HU |
09BUDAPEST766 | ATTRACTING NEGATIVE ATTENTION - FIDESZ MAYOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Fidesz Mayor Oszkar Molnar's recent inflammatory comments concerning Roma, gays, and Jews have attracted a strong response from opposition party leaders and citizen groups. Meanwhile, senior Fidesz party leaders, including Party President Viktor Orban, attempt to remain above [...] | 2009-10-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST770 | GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Mark Horvath, Head of Section for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Hungarian MFA, and to Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). Both interlocutors indicate [...] | 2009-10-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA HU |
09BUDAPEST773 | HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO RATIFY [...] (U) The Hungarian parliament voted on October 19 to ratify the Nabucco Pipeline Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which was concluded on July 13 by Hungary, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The measure passed with 334 affirmative votes and one abstention, making Hungary the first Nabu [...] | 2009-10-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST777 | HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on October 22 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) AFPAK: We welcome the Council's conclusion that will be adopted, but the emphasis [...] | 2009-10-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST779 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON THIRD [...] (U) PolOff and EmbOff delivered reftel points October 22 to Anna Miklos, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Desk Officer. Miklos expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss Third Committee agenda items in advance, adding that the Hungarian position parallels USG priorities. She sa [...] | 2009-10-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EU HU |
09BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with Krisztina Kovacs, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Finance Ministry's Department of International Relations; Andrea Kadar, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Foreign Ministry's Consular Service/JHA Strategic Issues Department; and Gergo Pasqualetti, E [...] | 2009-10-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC HU |
09BUDAPEST788 | HUNGARY: CONCRETE ACTION ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past year, under the leadership of the National Board Against Counterfeiting (HENT),the GOH has taken concrete steps to improve the protection of intellectual property rights, combat counterfeiting and piracy, and increase public awareness of the importance of IP prot [...] | 2009-10-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HU |
09BUDAPEST796 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche November 3 to Anna Miklos, MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations' UN desk officer responsible for the Goldstone Report. Miklos stated that the MFA has received a draft copy of the proposed resolution outlined in ref A from the EU, commenting t [...] | 2009-11-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER HU |
09BUDAPEST805 | COMMERCE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on October 20 in Budapest. Expressing USG appreciation for the alignment of shared values and interests with Hungary and its support in Afghanistan, the Secretary complemented the PM for his effort [...] | 2009-11-09 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV KGHG HU |
09BUDAPEST819 | HEATED CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ROMA AND [...] (U) Responding to a November 14 rally of the extreme-right Jobbik party and the banned Magyar Garda in the north-eastern Hungarian town of Sajobabony, local Roma attempted to break up the event, threatening the local Jobbik party chief. After a group of Roma assaulted one of the organizers, Job [...] | 2009-11-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST821 | BUDAPEST RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) Post provides the following responses to the questions posed in reftel: 2. (SBU) Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? -- There are currently no Bilateral Defense Cooperation (BDC) talks scheduled with Hungary. That said, within o [...] | 2009-11-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR HU |
09BUDAPEST824 | 200 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS FOR ROMA -- HUNGARIAN STYLE [...] (U) Summary: Despite the public service hiring freeze, the GOH launched an affirmative action project that aims to induct 200 Roma college graduates into civil service positions by January 1, 2010. EU grants will cover salaries for the first year, after which the GOH hopes to add the new empl [...] | 2009-11-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST831 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (SBU) On November 12, Econoff delivered reftel points to Dr. Szilvia Balazs from the MFA's International and EU Public Law Department; Dr. Andrea Kadar, Head of Unit of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Strategic Issues Dept; and to Dr. Krisztina Kovacs, Head of Unit of the Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC UNSC HU |
09BUDAPEST836 | H1N1 OFFICIALLY AN EPIDEMIC IN HUNGARY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, with over 20,000 new reported cases of H1N1 infections in the past week, GOH health authorities officially declared an epidemic. Ample supplies of locally produced vaccine Fluval P are available, and approximately 11 percent of the population (about 1 million) h [...] | 2009-11-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU |
09BUDAPEST857 | RESIGNATION OF HUNGARIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND [...] (U) Tibor Draskovics, Minister of Justice and Law enforcement, unexpectedly announced his resignation December 2. His resignation comes two days after the Parliament passed the controversial 2010 budget (septel). Draskovics stated that "we have successfully accomplished our legislative work [...] | 2009-12-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST865 | HUNGARY COMMENTS FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA HU |
09BUDAPEST881 | MULTICULTURAL POLICING WORKSHOP ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of Post's continuing tolerance program, Post, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and the FBI's International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) jointly conducted a two-day workshop in Budapest for senior police officials, prosecutors, and judges on policing in multi-cu [...] | 2009-12-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST883 | HUNGARIAN BANKING SYSTEM: LIQUIDITY YES, LOANS NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Hungarian banking system is awash in forint liquidity, retail lending levels remain low. High borrowing costs and the difficult economic climate are impacting consumer and small business demand for loans, while deteriorating customer credit scores and high risk aver [...] | 2009-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST886 | ARREST TAINTS BUDAPEST AIRPORT'S PREVIOUSLY CLEAN [...] (U) Hungarian authorities announced on December 5 the arrest of Budapest Airport's (BA) legal director Krisztina Renyi-Vamos, along with her former colleague Gyorgy Sziebert, who until this week served as legal director for Budapest transport company BKV. Both individuals were charged with br [...] | 2009-12-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN ETRD HU |
09BUDAPEST887 | HUNGARY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Hungary remained a consistent and reliable counterterrorism partner in 2009. In addition to the continued leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team, Hungary sent 28 troops to Afghanistan as part of a new joint Operational, Mentoring, and Liaison team (OMLT). The OMLT, which is comma [...] | 2009-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC HU |
09BUDAPEST896 | HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT [...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...] | 2009-12-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST901 | HUNGARY PASSES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14 the Hungarian Parliament passed a series of anti-corruption measures designed to reduce corruption in public procurements. The final vote was split down party lines, with near unanimous support from the governing Socialist party and near unanimous opposition from [...] | 2009-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ETRD PREL PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST904 | ENGAGING HUNGARY ON PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM [...] (SBU) Political Counselor discussed reftel points December 21 with Ambassador Gabor Horvath, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department. Horvath stated the MFA "totally supported -- full stop" the concept of increased civilian deploym [...] | 2009-12-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AF HU |
09BUDAPEST910 | ENGAGING HUNGARY ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Hungary has a clear track record on the "defamation of religions" question. It backs the common EU position, which echoes USG recommendations, and in November 2009 voted against the UN Third Committee resolution on the issue. In the UN Human Rights Council, it has stood with us on other [...] | 2009-12-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM OPDC HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1011 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, AUGUST [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period August 27-September 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be [...] | 2009-09-08 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1022 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 7-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 7-11, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-09-14 15:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1047 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 14-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 14-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-09-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1061 | ARGENTINA: RISING PRESSURES FOR THE RIACHUELO RIVER [...] (SBU) A massive, long-delayed cleanup of the Riachuelo- Matanza River Basin, the most polluted basin in Latin America, is due to begin shortly. Funded in part through a $2 billion World Bank loan, the project is expected to define the World Bank's involvement in Argentina in the medium to long [...] | 2009-09-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EFIN EIND AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1079 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 21-24, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 21-24, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-09-25 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1084 | Argentina: Kraft Conflict Heats Up As Police Remove Workers [...] (SBU) On Friday September 25, the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, with the support of the federal government, implemented, after much hesitation, a judge's decision and ordered the police to move into the Kraft plant in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. The police forcibly removed abou [...] | 2009-09-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB PREL PGOV KSAC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1095 | Scenesetter for Secretary Solis' Visit to Argentina, [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...] | 2009-10-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1097 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 28-October 1, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...] | 2009-10-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1117 | Argentina Upgrades Agriculture to Ministry Level, Appoints [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner created a Ministry of Agriculture to be headed by Kirchner loyalist Julian Dominguez. This change upgrades the agriculture portfolio to a Ministry level - a status it had not held since 1981, despite Argentina's role as a [...] | 2009-10-08 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1121 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 2-8, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report may include tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-10-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1137 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 9-15, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 9-15, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be include [...] | 2009-10-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1157 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 16-22, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be included [...] | 2009-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1160 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE WELCOMES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights Julio Alak invited the Embassy Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) to brief him October 16 on the range of USG activities in the law enforcement area and to make suggestions regarding challenges he should address as minister. His [...] | 2009-10-26 00:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC PTER KCRM PGOV EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1172 | ARGENTINE MOD GARRE OFFERS A CORDIAL WELCOME TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre warmly received the Ambassador October 23, immediately expressing her pleasure at being able to welcome a woman in the post of U.S. Ambassador. Garre spoke with satisfaction of U.S.-Argentine security cooperation and described her September visit [...] | 2009-10-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1175 | Argentina's 2010 Budget: New Tricks but Same Old Story [...] (SBU) The 2010 Argentine budget does not represent a great departure from the budgets of past years during the Kirchner era. It pays lip service to fiscal restraint that is unlikely to be pursued in practice, and uses numerous accounting tricks and gimmicks to understate expenditures. However [...] | 2009-10-30 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1176 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 22-29, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 22-29, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be includ [...] | 2009-10-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1187 | ARGENTINA WILL BE ACTIVE IN 2009 THIRD COMMITTEE; LIKELY [...] (SBU) Political Officer delivered Ref A demarche October 29 to Carolina Bustos of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations Office of International Organizations (DIOIN). Regarding country-specific resolutions, Bustos said that Argentine policy was also to oppose "no-action motions." She wa [...] | 2009-11-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1189 | CDC EXPERT CONDUCTS PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA ON H1N1 [...] (U) Summary: Dan Rutz, Global Health Communication Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),visited Buenos Aires and Mendoza from October 2-5 to consult with and brief public health and media counterparts on communication strategies related to the H1N1 outbreak. Rutz held meetings [...] | 2009-11-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU KSTH TBIO SOCI PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1194 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Poloff discussed on November 3 the reftel points regarding the Goldstone Report and the November 4 consideration by the UN General Assembly of a resolution on the topic with Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials from the General Directorate on Human Rights. Argentine officials Ed [...] | 2009-11-04 18:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1202 | DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...] | 2009-11-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1203 | DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...] | 2009-11-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1207 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 30-November 5, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...] | 2009-11-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES121 | ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...] | 2009-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1212 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...] | 2009-11-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1220 | BLUE LANTERN: BONA FIDES VERIFICATION OF BUCELLO Y [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, post carried out a site visit on U.S. registered broker Bucello y Asociados SRL ("Bucello"),based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 2 2009. It is post's opinion that the company will be a responsible broker of United States Munitions List items. 2. (SBU) An [...] | 2009-11-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1221 | BLUE LANTERN: BONA FIDES VERIFICATION OF ALFREDO [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, post carried out a site visit on U.S. registered broker Alfredo Antonio Ricupero, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 2, 2009. It is post's opinion that the company will be a responsible broker of United States Munitions List items. 2. (SBU) Answers to R [...] | 2009-11-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES123 | Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...] | 2009-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1232 | PERUVIAN H2B FRAUD IN BUENOS AIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post identified a fraudulent H2B petition used by Peruvians claiming to be horse groomers seeking to work at well-known race tracks in New York for prominent horse trainers. Five separate cases dating back to May 2008 bear the same fraud indicators - fake justification letters a [...] | 2009-11-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1234 | PERUVIAN H2B FRAUD IN BUENOS AIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post identified a fraudulent H2B petition used by Peruvians claiming to be horse groomers seeking to work at well-known race tracks in New York for prominent horse trainers. Five separate cases dating back to May 2008 bear the same fraud indicators - fake justification letters a [...] | 2009-11-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1241 | (SBU) Argentina Sees Fuel Bank Proposal as Interesting but [...] (SBU) Argentine Foreign Ministry Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, told Political Officer November 20 in response to reftel points that Argentina was not prepared to support the Angarsk Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the IAEA. Ainchil said [...] | 2009-11-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1243 | Argentina Will Support U.S. Candidacy for International [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT AORC PREL PHSA IMO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1244 | ARGENTINA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ESTOffs met on November 12 with the GOA's Climate Change Negotiator, Ambassador Silvia Merega, to ascertain Argentina's position and flexibility ahead of COP-15 in Copenhagen. From our conversation with Merega, it appears that the GoA's position is firmly in line with classic G [...] | 2009-11-13 18:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1246 | ARGENTINA: RAUL ESTRADA OYUELA, OLD LION OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTOff met on November 9 with Raul Estrada Oyuela, a retired Argentine diplomat who specialized in climate negotiations and was Chairman of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997. Estrada Oyuela feels that the GoA now has no clear position on climate change and does not have [...] | 2009-11-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL EAGR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1250 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 6-12, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 6-12, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-11-13 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1268 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 13-19, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 13-19, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-11-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1272 | ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control [...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...] | 2009-11-20 18:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1280 | AMBASSADOR PURSUES MORE BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 19 with Science and Technology Minister Lino Baranao to inquire about the GoA's priorities and to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Baranao expressed his interest in moving Argentina from a culture of pure scientific research to one wh [...] | 2009-11-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TPHY PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1286 | Argentina: Unlikely to Achieve Aim of 2009 Holdout Deal [...] (SBU) A key Argentine Ministry of Economy official explained that the GOA hopes to launch its offer to the holdouts from the 2005 debt restructuring deal by December 15, in order to accommodate the desire of many institutional investors to clear the defaulted Argentine debt from their books be [...] | 2009-11-24 22:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1294 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) On November 19, ESTHCouns delivered ref demarche on the U.S. candidacy on the WHO Executive Board to Christian Hotton, in the Argentine MFA's Direction of International Organizations, along with copy of the diplomatic note sent a day earlier to the MFA. Hotton was aware of the four candid [...] | 2009-11-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TPHY PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1302 | ARGENTINA: 2009 TIP Interim Assessment Response [...] Per Reftel instructions, below is post's interim assessment of Argentina's progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A) Implementing the new anti-trafficking law: As of August 21, 2009, coordination for the O [...] | 2009-11-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1304 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 20-25 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 20-25, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1316 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKING POINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador delivered climate change talking points (ref A and B) on December 1 to Argentina's Environment Secretary Homero Bibiloni and Climate Change Lead Negotiator Silvia Merega. She stressed the importance of reaching a politically binding agreement in Copenhagen and hi [...] | 2009-12-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1318 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 26 - December 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov [...] | 2009-12-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1324 | Argentina: AES Energy Faces Challenges in Electric Sector - [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables which will examine U.S. company operations in the energy sector in Argentina. The series will conclude with an overview of the sector based largely on U.S. company views. Summary ------------ 2. (SBU). AES Argentina management descr [...] | 2009-12-04 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1338 | Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...] | 2009-12-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1346 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 4-10, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 4-10, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-12-10 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1384 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 11-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 11-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-12-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES139 | ARGENTINA: GOA REQUESTS FAA SECURITY REASSESSMENT DELAY [...] (SBU) Econoff and Defense Attache delivered reftel demarche to Brigadier (two stars) Marcelo Adolfo Ayerdi, the new head of the Comando Regiones Aereas (CRA),February 6. On February 9, Post received a letter response from Ayerdi requesting that the proposed formal reassessment be delayed "no [...] | 2009-02-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES14 | Argentina: New Agricultural Measures Will Have Little [...] (U) Summary: On December 22, 2008, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced a new package of stimulus measures for the Argentine agricultural sector. Although previously announced at the beginning of December, a plan to reduce the export tax on wheat and corn by five percentag [...] | 2009-01-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1414 | Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...] | 2009-12-29 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP |
09BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...] | 2009-12-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES151 | ARGENTINA, SPAIN CONTAIN AEROLINEAS DISPUTE, CARRY [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Madrid. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) survived a potentially conflictive state visit to Spain and received good press locally on her two days of events. Both she and her Spanish counterpart, President Jose Luis R [...] | 2009-02-12 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EFIN SP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES152 | Private Sector Plans Prior to the Summit of the Americas [...] (U) Ernesto Gutierrez, President of the Private Sector of the Americas (PSA),met with Ambassador February 5 to discuss his organization's preparations for the April 15-16 Second Hemispheric Private Sector Forum, a prelude to the April 17-19 Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinid [...] | 2009-02-12 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND KSUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES156 | Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee [...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...] | 2009-02-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES168 | Argentina: Finance Secretary on GoA Crisis Response and [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino told a visiting Senate staffdel February 16 that Argentina's lack of access to international capital markets has insulated it from the impact of the global financial crisis, with Argentina thus far avoiding much of the "social fallout" evident in mor [...] | 2009-02-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL KSUM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES173 | ARGENTINA: SMALL AMOUNT OF CESIUM 137 IS STOLEN [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 19, two armed individuals robbed a lead container holding the equivalent of 2.5 curies of cesium 137 from the warehouse of Baker Atlas, a U.S. company involved in oil exploration in Neuquen, in the South of Argentina. The assailants entered the scene shortl [...] | 2009-02-19 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES183 | ARGENTINA: UPDATES ON THEFT OF CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) GOA officials report that the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have now taken the lead in the investigation of yesterday's theft of nuclear material in Neuquen, Argentina. The GOA's Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA),Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),Neuquen provincial police, and the Gendar [...] | 2009-02-20 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE RECOVERS CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) In the evening of February 20, Argentine Federal Police recovered the stolen container of cesium 137 unopened and made an arrest in connection with the case (reftels). A very senior police official reported to RSO that the tracking of an extortion call made earlier in the day had allowed [...] | 2009-02-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES197 | ARGENTINA: ANSWERS TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Following are Post's answers to questions raised, keyed to Ref A: A) The NRA confirms that it used equipment donated by DOE as part of the upgrade of their nuclear emergency response center. Two types of equipment were used: 1) a "SPARC", which was calibrated for CS-137 with a similar [...] | 2009-02-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES200 | ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...] | 2009-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR |
09BUENOSAIRES210 | ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 25 with Secretary Christian Hotton of the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations' Directorate for International Organizations to discuss Argentine judge Ines Weinberg de Roca (per ref A),a candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, and U.S.-endorsed candidate Judge Mark [...] | 2009-02-27 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES214 | Argentina: Farmers Strike, then Talk; GOA Threatens to [...] (SBU) Summary: Two hours after the end of a four-day farm strike in which Argentine producers did not market grains and cattle, the government and the farm lobby groups met on February 24 to begin a new round of discussions on farm policy. The government announced after the meeting new measu [...] | 2009-03-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES229 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT TELLS STAFFDEL LEWIS IT WELCOMES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina MFA Chief of Staff D'Alotto and Sub-Secretary for Latin American Relations Colombo Sierra told visiting U.S. Congressional Staffdel Lewis on February 16 that it welcomed a perceived opportunity to deepen and improve bilateral ties at the outset of the Obama Administrati [...] | 2009-03-04 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES23 | Argentina: The Kirchners Give Themselves Top Grades [...] (SBU) Fed up with dozens of pessimistic surveys showing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her team's declining approval ratings, the editor-in-chief of pro-government "K Magazine" ("Revista Ka") Damian Barijhoff decided to give the Kirchners a New Year's gift: publication next [...] | 2009-01-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES230 | Argentina G-20 Update: President Previews GoA G-20 [...] (SBU) President Kirchner, in March 1 remarks to Argentina's parliament on the upcoming G-20 meeting, confirmed that she will call for the wholesale reform of Bretton Woods institutions, including the conversion of IFIs into no-conditionality lending sources to emerging markets. She said she wi [...] | 2009-03-04 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL KSUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES231 | Argentina: Production Minister Giorgi on G-20 and Bilateral [...] (SBU) Production Minister Debra Giorgi met with Ambassador February 25. The discussion included the G-20 process and related agricultural technical assistance the GoA is providing to poorer countries as well as outstanding bilateral trade frictions. Giorgi noted the significant increase in 20 [...] | 2009-03-04 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES232 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 16-27, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be in [...] | 2009-03-04 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES246 | Argentina: Farmers Reach Agreement with GOA [...] (SBU) The GOA and the local farm groups signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 3 that included measures agreed upon the previous week -- support measures for the wheat, dairy, and beef sectors, and regional products -- with some additional concessions by the GOA. Several farm lead [...] | 2009-03-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] | 2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
09BUENOSAIRES253 | ARGENTINA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, below please find post's input to reftel's request for information on Argentina's efforts to implement their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Post requests that the Department of Labor not cite the Embassy as a source in its [...] | 2009-03-09 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES254 | Ambassador Visits Argentina's Chief Coastal City with Press [...] (SBU) During his February 26-27 visit to the resort city of Mar del Plata, the Ambassador met with the acting mayor, toured a renovated historical hotel, visited a coast guard base in Argentina's largest fishing port, and delivered an address on the new administration's agenda to an influential [...] | 2009-03-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES261 | MISSION BUENOS AIRES VIEWS ON ARGENTINA'S 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) In 2008, Argentine authorities responsible for providing "adequate and effective protection to intellectual property rights" made few meaningful improvements in IPR legislation, regulation and enforcement, and there remain serious weaknesses in each of these areas. Multiple law enforcem [...] | 2009-03-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES267 | U.S. Beef Legislation Targeting Argentina: Sending the [...] (SBU) Argentine industry and government contacts are concerned by U.S. legislative proposals to restrict approval of the country's fresh beef exports to the United States, including provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The Argentine Government has placed a high priority on regaining [...] | 2009-03-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES284 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 2-6, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be includ [...] | 2009-03-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES285 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT PROPOSES MOVING UP LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced March 13 that she will ask Congress to change the date of this year's national legislative elections from October 25 to June 28. To do so, Congress needs to change the election law by March 28. CFK argued that [...] | 2009-03-13 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES294 | Argentina: G7-Plus Ambassadors on Economy, Protectionism [...] (SBU) Local G7-plus representatives were upbeat on the ability of crisis-tested Argentina to weather the current economic downturn, at least through 2009, but complained about growing Argentine protectionism via non-automatic license non-tariff barriers. Ambassadors also agreed on the importanc [...] | 2009-03-16 21:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES304 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 3. SUMMARY/COMMENT --------------- 3. (SBU) Below please find post's response to ref A's request for additional information on the Department of Labor's list of goods [...] | 2009-03-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES314 | Argentina: Farm Dispute Marks An Unhappy First Anniversary [...] (U) The conflict between the Argentine government and the farm sector is now over a year old, with no sign of a solution. On Tuesday, March 17, the GOA and the farm sector met for a fourth round of discussions on agricultural policy issues. Early rumors indicated that the government, eager t [...] | 2009-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES325 | Argentina: Deloitte on GoA and Economic Prospects [...] (SBU) Argentine executives of Big Four auditor Deloitte called the Kirchner administration politically canny but out of touch with the Argentina's economic reality, neither seeking nor listening to advice from the business community. While domestic consumption and production is falling fast, D [...] | 2009-03-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES331 | Argentina: GoA Ups Ante on Export Tax Debate - Announces [...] (SBU) President Kirchner announced March 19 that, via emergency decree, the GoA will share 30% of export tax proceeds on soybeans with provincial governments and municipalities. These funds, roughly US$ 1.8 billion per year at current commodity prices, are to be earmarked for "social infrastru [...] | 2009-03-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES342 | ARGENTINE FARM SECTOR DECLARES SEVEN-DAY STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Farm groups initiated a seven-day strike on March 21 to protest against high export taxes and the lack of government support for the sector. Producers have stopped marketing most grains, oilseeds, and cattle, and are blocking some highways in rural areas. Support for the strik [...] | 2009-03-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES35 | ARGENTINA'S 2008 EPHEDRINE BUBBLE MAY BE POPPED, [...] (SBU) Summary: The legal entry into Argentina of ephedrine bound for illicit uses appears to have slowed substantially by late 2008 following government decrees to sharply limit permitted trade in the chemical, though law enforcement continues to pursue up to eight metric tons of excess ephed [...] | 2009-01-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES350 | ARGENTINA: PROPOSED AUDIOVISUAL LAW COULD CHANGE MEDIA [...] (SBU) On March 19, 2009, the Government of Argentina (GoA) announced a draft bill for a new Audiovisual Law which will affect the broadcasting, content, and multimedia industry in Argentina. The bill, if/when passed, is expected to replace the existing Broadcasting Law 22275, published by the M [...] | 2009-03-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES361 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 9-23, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-03-27 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES366 | Argentina: License For Nil - GoA Imposes New Import [...] (SBU) In a context of global concerns over increasing protectionist pressures, Argentina, which signed onto a November 2008 G-20 standstill agreement on new barriers to trade, is actively expanding a list of products which require non-automatic import licenses. U.S. firms and others importing [...] | 2009-03-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES369 | Argentina: On the Road to London G-20 [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK's) upbeat and cooperative participation in the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Chile should presage constructive GoA positions at the upcoming G-20 summit. GoA officials highlight CFK's "outstanding" bilaterals in San [...] | 2009-03-30 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD KSUM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES378 | ARGENTINA: HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN DISCUSSES HOUSING SECTOR [...] (SBU) HUD Secretary Donovan on March 27 learned about GoA housing initiatives for low- and middle-income families with Planning Minister Julio De Vido. The Minister called access to affordable shelter and the reactivation of the domestic housing construction industry a success of the two Kirchn [...] | 2009-04-01 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES381 | ARGENTINE JUSTICES TO VISIT U.S. IN MAY, HOST RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court is organizing a regional conference on rule of law issues in early September, bringing together Supreme Court justices from throughout the Americas, Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti and Associate Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda told Ambassador Wayne in a [...] | 2009-04-01 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES388 | AMCHAM ARGENTINA'S EXECUTIVE BOARD DISCUSSES LOCAL [...] (U) On March 17, 2009, Ambassador Wayne met with Executive Board Members from the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina. Present at the meeting were representatives from IBM, Dow Chemical, WalMart, Cargill, Ford, GE, and Duke Energy. The companies noted challenges they face due to the sig [...] | 2009-04-01 21:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES393 | Argentina: February Drop in Trade Volumes Signals Economic [...] (SBU) Argentine exports dropped a sharp 24% y-o-y in February 2009, while imports declined 37% y-o-y, reflecting both lower volumes traded and also lower international prices. Decline in exports reflect both the loss of domestic industrial competitiveness and lower global demand, while the dro [...] | 2009-04-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES409 | ARGENTINA: HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN MEETS WITH BUENOS AIRES [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan and Ambassador Wayne met with Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, Vice-Mayor Gabriela Michetti, and urban planning officials on March 26 and 27. Macri and Michetti presented an ambitious plan to tackle the city's gr [...] | 2009-04-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES416 | HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN MEETS WITH LEADING ARGENTINE HOUSING [...] (SBU) A lunch hosted by the Ambassador in honor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan was attended by a range of notable Argentines representing the development, architectural, financial, business, and government sectors, as well as by the DCM. After prior meetings with [...] | 2009-04-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES426 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (SBU) Post appreciates the U.S. Department of Labor's notification (ref A) of its decision to remove lemons and sugar from its proposed list of goods produced in Arg [...] | 2009-04-09 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES427 | Argentina: Education and Law Enforcement Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne's March 18 visit to the city of Cordoba emphasized U.S.-Argentine cooperation on issues critical to ordinary Argentines - education and personal security. On the education side, the Ambassador announced new scholarships for students to study English and signed an updated [...] | 2009-04-09 21:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS ASEC ECON PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES428 | Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...] | 2009-04-09 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES430 | AMBASSADOR BREAKS THE ICE IN NORTHERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first U.S. ambassadorial visit to the northern province of Santiago del Estero in 22 years on April 6, Ambassador Wayne sent a message that Argentina matters to the United States. Pragmatic Governor Gerardo Zamora seized the opportunity to mobilize key private and public [...] | 2009-04-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES432 | Argentina: Budget Transparency [...] (U) The following responds to Reftel questions on budget transparency ("FY09 Prohibition on assistance to central governments whose budgets are not transparent"). 2. (SBU) The Government of Argentina (GoA) is scheduled to receive FY 09 U.S. foreign assistance funds for IMET, INCLE, and NADR [...] | 2009-04-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES436 | Argentine Central Bank Joins Government in Objecting to [...] (SBU) In an April 6 letter to the Ambassador, Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado objected to Post's characterization in the latest Investment Climate Statement of BCRA policies' contribution to rising inflation (text provided below). During a subsequent telephone conversatio [...] | 2009-04-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES441 | ARGENTINA WILL FILE ICJ BRIEF SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Director for Policy Coordination Rafael Grossi confirmed April 14 to Poloff that Argentina will submit a legal brief to the ICJ that is generally supportive of the Serbian challenge to Kosovo's independence declaration. Grossi was not able to share details of the Argentine [...] | 2009-04-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ AR KV |
09BUENOSAIRES445 | ARGENTINA: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT DOL-FUNDED RESEARCH [...] (SBU) MFA North America Director Antonio Trombetta expressed concern to CDA April 14 about the DOL's intention to include Argentina in a multi-country study on the incidence of forced and child labor. (Note: DOL informed the GOA in January that Argentina was one of the eight countries to be [...] | 2009-04-15 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES469 | AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES DESIGNATION OF TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Deputy Chief of Mission Thomas P. Kelly is post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO). Kelly's telephone number is 54-11-5777-4321; IVG: 878-4321. His unclassified email address is KellyTP@state.gov and his classified email address is KellyTP@state.sgov [...] | 2009-04-22 20:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES47 | SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT DOL'S DRAFT LIST OF GOODS [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods from countries that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. However, post requests that the Argentine goods [...] | 2009-01-15 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EAGR EIND ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES499 | Argentina: International Donor Community [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...] | 2009-04-30 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES5 | ARGENTINA: MAYOR OF LA PLATA SEEKS CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mayor of Buenos Aires province's capital city of La Plata, Pablo Bruera, told Ambassador Wayne on December 15 that he hoped to improve public services to attract greater foreign investment. He applauded the arrival of U.S.-based software development company Accenture, which [...] | 2009-01-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES500 | ARGENTINA: "SALTENOS" WELCOME AMBASSADOR'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne made his third visit to Argentina's northwestern province of Salta on April 28. The province is gearing up for national congressional mid-term elections on June 28, with three of its seven deputy seats in play; the province's shifting coalitions partially reflect major n [...] | 2009-04-30 21:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES509 | Argentina Hosts Lugo and Morales for Signing of Final Act [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina hosted Paraguayan President Lugo and Bolivian President Morales for an April 27 ceremony to deliver the Final Record of the border commission in execution of the 1938 Peace Treaty between the two countries. The Ambassador attended as representative of one of the six g [...] | 2009-05-04 17:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PA BL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES530 | ARGENTINA: GOA SUPPORTIVE OF AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO [...] (SBU) Counselor Javier Figueroa of the Argentine MFA's Office of the Legal Advisor expressed support for the Australian proposal on ship recycling in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),following the delivery of reftel demarche presented jointly by Econoff and Nick McCaffrey, First S [...] | 2009-05-06 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES532 | ARGENTINA: "VALIJAGATE" JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT'S [...] (SBU) Investigating Judge Daniel Petrone ruled May 5 against an appeal by lawyers for former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti to dismiss evidence from the Miami trial of Franklin Duran. The local investigation into the infamous suitcase carried by Venezuelan-American Guido Antonin [...] | 2009-05-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SNAR CJAN KFRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES548 | Glyphosate Herbicide, a Catalyst for Argentine Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's pro-government press has been waging a campaign against the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's widely used Roundup herbicide, which appears to be driven more by local politics than health concerns. The press campaign started with reports in the l [...] | 2009-05-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES549 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF [...] (SBU) Action Request: The Ambassador received from Leandro Despouy, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers a May 4 letter (in English) requesting the USG support the candidacy of Amcit Reed Brody to replace him. Text of letter follows in para 2. Embassy requests [...] | 2009-05-07 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES553 | TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #2 [...] (U) Summary: The first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina - a traveler who had returned from Mexico on April 25 - was confirmed by health authorities on May 7. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has installed thermal scanners at all international airports. The GoA's suspension of di [...] | 2009-05-08 23:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BUENOSAIRES56 | Argentina: Supreme Court gradually reasserts itself [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Argentina's overall court system is still perceived as inordinately slow and ineffective, the Supreme Court gained considerable ground in 2008. By rendering politically-sensitive judgments in leading cases or mandating executive branch action in some areas, Argentina's [...] | 2009-01-16 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS ELAB SENV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES563 | Argentina: Hidden Camera Investigation Uncovers TIP in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Argentine press recently reported a hidden camera investigation conducted by anti-trafficking NGO La Alameda that appears to show drug and human trafficking activity in brothels located in the capital city of Santa Cruz, the home province of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirch [...] | 2009-05-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES578 | ARGENTINA AND CLAIM TO ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF: [...] (SBU) On May 14, ESTHCouns met with Ricardo Larriera, Chief of Staff of Argentina's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel and request that the GOA submit a revised note to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). Larriera was the MFA off [...] | 2009-05-15 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TPHY AR |
09BUENOSAIRES579 | TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #3 [...] (U) Summary: Argentina has only one confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) to date, while 88 are still under study. The Ministry of Health requested information from Post about four Americans who may have been on a flight from Mexico that carried a "suspected" H1N1 case. Post was able to track [...] | 2009-05-18 10:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED KSAF KFLO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES597 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...] | 2009-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES6 | Argentine Government Delays Charges Against AES, According [...] (SBU) Argentine media reports that the GoA has decided internally not to charge U.S. energy company AES Corporation's local affiliate (EDELAP) for bookkeeping irregularities (reported ref A). The press reports allege that the GoA is backing off because it could not find any interested buyers f [...] | 2009-01-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EIND AR |
09BUENOSAIRES626 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call, May 26, on Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, commending the Court for its efforts to strengthen the judicial system and to improve its functioning and access for the country's most vulnerable sectors. The Chief Justice had rec [...] | 2009-05-28 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES627 | Argentina: GoA Pension Fund Gives Credits to General Motors [...] (SBU) The GOA's national pension fund (ANSES) will provide GM Argentina up to US$ 70 million in credits to support the company's production of its new "Viva" compact car. The Viva will incorporate Brazilian parts and be targeted for export to other Latin American markets. President Cristina F [...] | 2009-05-28 21:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES65 | ARGENTINA: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Overall Crime and Safety Situation. A. Crime Threat Levels. Crime is a serious problem in Argentina, but one that can be managed with common sense precautions. Street crime has become common and increasingly more violent, and often is perpetrated with a firearm or other deadly wea [...] | 2009-01-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AR CASC |
09BUENOSAIRES654 | ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA: LES WAGE LEVELS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the Argentine economy slowing [...] | 2009-06-04 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AMGT AFSN APER ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES658 | ARGENTINA: CODEL Thompson Advances Bilateral Homeland [...] (U) Summary: The May 28-30 visit of CODEL Bennie Thompson to Argentina helped to advance bilateral cooperation on port and other infrastructure security issues, as well as positively demonstrate broad USG interest in bilateral cooperation with Argentina. Representatives Thompson (Chairman, Home [...] | 2009-06-04 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES665 | ARGENTINA: U.S. ELECTRONICS FIRMS FACE GOA TAX MEASURES [...] (SBU) The GoA has proposed a legislative initiative that aims to promote domestic assembly of computer and telecom electronics and create jobs in Argentina's southern Tierra del Fuego (TdF) province by raising taxes on products imported or manufactured elsewhere in Argentina. President Cristin [...] | 2009-06-07 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES679 | Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...] | 2009-06-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES686 | ARGENTINA: INPUT FOR LABOR SECRETARY SOLIS MEETING IN [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Labor Secretary Solis' upcoming June 15 meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) represents an opportunity to assure the Argentine government (GOA) tha [...] | 2009-06-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES699 | Poverty in Argentina: A Silent Crisis? [...] (SBU) According to official GoA statistics, poverty levels continued to fall in the second half of 2008, reaching 15.3% of the urban Argentine population (with extreme poverty declining to 4.4%). However, doubts about the validity of other official Argentine statistics have led many analysts a [...] | 2009-06-16 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES70 | ARGENTINE REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES704 | ARGENTINE JUDGE INDICTS DOZEN INVOLVED IN MAY 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: An Argentine judge has indicted a dozen persons for their involvement in a violent attack (reftel) on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The Israeli Ambassador and the head of the Jewish community's political advocacy [...] | 2009-06-17 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES734 | ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S PARTICIPATION AT FIFTH HEMISPHERIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request for WHA/PDA and USDOC/USFCS/OIO/WH. Please see para 5 for request. 2. (SBU) CDA Kelly attended a June 22 MFA briefing for all Western Hemisphere missions on the Fifth Hemispheric Summit of Mayors and Local Officials to be held, September 2-4 in Mar del Plata, [...] | 2009-06-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KSUM EAID KPAO BEXP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES750 | Argentine Mid-Terms: Kirchners Suffer a Major Setback [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's ruling party and allies suffered a major setback in the June 28 congressional mid-term elections, winning only about 30% of the vote nationwide and likely losing its majority in both chambers of Congress. In the key race of Buenos Aires province, the ticket headed b [...] | 2009-06-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES752 | ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS JOB MID-PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Minister of Health Graciela Ocana has resigned the day after the GOA lost big in mid-term legislative elections. Ocana reportedly resigned due to her belief that she was not getting the support she needed to combat an ongoing dengue crisis that has been partly eclips [...] | 2009-06-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES772 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS OBLIGATIONS UNDER UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES776 | Argentina: Transport Secretary Resigns; Other Key Changes [...] (SBU) Ricardo Jaime, Argentine Secretary of Transportation, resigned on July 1 in the face of numerous criminal charges on grounds of alleged corruption. His replacement is close to one of the President's most trusted advisors. Several other changes are rumored to be close, or even to have al [...] | 2009-07-02 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SNAR KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES795 | Argentina: Keeping Score on the Pollsters [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Argentine polling firms did not foresee former President Nestor Kirchner and his Victory Front (FpV) slate's second-place finish in the June 28 election in Buenos Aires province. Only four polling firms (Poliarquia, Giacobbe, Isonomia, and Management and Fit) accurately pr [...] | 2009-07-07 21:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES796 | ARGENTINA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ITSO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN AORC ECON INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES8 | ARGENTINA: DEPUTIES ENGAGE WITH CODEL MEEKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Members of Congress meeting with CODEL Meeks December 17 saw the beginning of a new U.S. administration as a "window of opportunity" to strengthen bilateral relations while bemoaning what they characterized as the USG's past focus on confronting "problem" countries ins [...] | 2009-01-02 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON SNAR PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES805 | Argentine Economy Minister Shuffle Augurs No Economic [...] (SBU) As predicted in Ref A (para 14),the GoA appointed Amado Boudou, previously the head of the GoA's social security administration, as the new Minister of Economy on July 7. Boudou, with a classical background in economics and a reputation as a mercenary, is seen as someone who will not in [...] | 2009-07-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES807 | Argentine Government Responds Calmly to GSP Review [...] (SBU) The GoA's response to the removal of Argentine biodiesel from receiving duty-free treatment after a review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was measured. A Foreign Ministry press release on the review didn't mention the removal, and a GoA Minister said there was "no [...] | 2009-07-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES811 | ARGENTINA: FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina experienced increased drug trafficking pressure during the first six months of 2009, with the apparently expanding use of small aircraft to traffic cocaine and marijuana across the country's northern borders. Cargoes are quickly offloaded at clandestine strips and dist [...] | 2009-07-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL AFIN KCRM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES82 | ARGENTINA BACKS OFF BOTNIA PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: After allowing protesters to block the main bridge between Argentina and Uruguay for over two years, the Government of Argentina has reversed course and begun to express opposition to the protest. The Kirchner-allied governor of Entre Rios in December made headlines by concedin [...] | 2009-01-23 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV PBTS ASEC CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES841 | ARGENTINE PROPOSAL ON COOPERATION FOR CONSERVATION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge received on July 15 a non-paper from Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, and Marcelo Santos, National Director of Fishing Coordination at the Secretariat of Agriculture. The non-paper is a proposed MOU between the GoA and the USG i [...] | 2009-07-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ECON PBTS AR UK |
09BUENOSAIRES844 | ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...] | 2009-07-17 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES846 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of sixteen (16) claims against the Government of Argentina (GOA),one of which was resolved during 2007 but whose award has not been implemented by the GOA yet (Claimant C),and two others that were resolved during 2008 and 2009 (Claimant I and Claim [...] | 2009-07-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON PGOV PREL OPIC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES851 | ARGENTINA: DATA COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] Through contacts with Argentine officials and healthcare professionals, Post developed the following timeline of public health interventions, as requested in reftel: -- First cases: The first case of H1N1 in Argentina was detected on May 7, 2009, in Buenos Aires and the second on May 22 in [...] | 2009-07-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES86 | Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...] | 2009-01-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES868 | ARGENTINA SUGGESTS SOLUTION TO CONTROVERSY OVER ITS CLAIM [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns met on July 22 at the Argentine MFA with Rafael Grossi, Director General for Political Coordination and a close advisor to Foreign Minister (FM) Jorge Taiana, regarding the issue of Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform. Grossi reiter [...] | 2009-07-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES87 | Argentina: Pan American Energy on Bolivian Nationalization [...] (SBU) Dennis Keleher, CFO of Pan American Energy, called Ambassador January 26 to inform him that no/no U.S. citizens were involved in the January 23 Bolivian government take-over of Empresa Petrolera Chaco SA (Chaco). He said only one UK national had been present at the takeover, that all oth [...] | 2009-01-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD EINV AR BL |
09BUENOSAIRES886 | RESPONSE TO ARGENTINA'S PROPOSAL FOR AN MOU ON PATAGONIAN [...] (SBU) ESTCouns met on July 31 with Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, to request clarifications (per ref A) on Argentina's proposal for an MOU on Patagonian toothfish (ref B). Trombetta confirmed that the GOA's reasons for proposing an MOU wer [...] | 2009-08-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PTBS PREL SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES908 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...] | 2009-08-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES920 | ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform (re [...] | 2009-08-11 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES934 | ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...] | 2009-08-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL AR VE |
09BUENOSAIRES939 | ARGENTINA: SECOND DIPNOTE ON TRANSIT OF MAKIN [...] (U) Action Request for Department, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires received a second diplomatic note from the GOA dated August 13 regarding the transit of the Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island LHD8 through the Strait of Magellan. An Embassy translation of the note follows: [...] | 2009-08-14 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES94 | Argentina: President Declares Drought Emergency; Farmers [...] (U) Summary: The GOA declared an agricultural emergency on January 26 due to the severe drought affecting most Argentine provinces. Under the decree, the GOA will allow producers in affected regions to delay payment of income taxes and personal property taxes for one year. The GOA will also [...] | 2009-01-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES941 | ARGENTINA: DUE DILIGENCE ON THREE ACE AWARD NOMINEES [...] (SBU) Mission Buenos Aires is in the midst of a multi-year strategy to improve the image of the United States in Argentina to combat this country's high levels of anti-Americanism -- among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. A key component of post's public diplomacy outreach is to draw Arg [...] | 2009-08-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES942 | Argentina: GOA Steals the Ball, May Take over Soccer [...] (SBU) On August 11, the Argentine Football (soccer) Association (AFA) unilaterally canceled its contract with satellite TV broadcasters (TSC) -- a consortium which includes U.S. firm DirecTV and possibly some other U.S. investors -- amid rumors that the GoA was poised to offer up to US$165 mill [...] | 2009-08-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES952 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...] | 2009-08-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES977 | ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...] | 2009-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
09BUENOSAIRES982 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULES FOR LIMITED [...] (U) Summary: As anticipated for many months (reftel),the Argentine Supreme Court ruled August 25 against criminal penalties for the personal possession of marijuana in a case involving five young adults arrested with marijuana cigarettes in 2006. The court ruling appears to open the door to d [...] | 2009-08-28 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KCRIM PGOV AR |
09BUJUMBURA196 | INCLINED TOWARDS KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP, [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the DCM April 17, Ministry of External Relations Chef de Cabinet Gaudence Sindayigaya said Burundi is favorably disposed towards IMF and World Bank membership, particularly since the IMF Executive Board has approved Kosovo's membership application, and because Burundi [...] | 2009-04-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PHUM KV BY |
09BUJUMBURA223 | BURUNDI SAYS WILL VOTE WITH AU RE: KOSOVO'S IMF [...] (SBU) As initially reported ref B, Post contacts in the Ministry of External Relations reaffirmed that Burundi will vote "in accordance with the African Union" regarding Kosovo's bid for membership in the IMF and World Bank. MOLLER [...] | 2009-05-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR BY |
09BUJUMBURA531 | THE ICGLR TAKES STOCK, AND SEEKS ITS NICHE [...] (SBU) (Summary) The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is preparing a November 5-6 Roundtable and Summit in Bujumbura, to be preceded by a November 4 "Friends of ICGLR" for donor countries. At an October 3 preparatory meeting, ICGLR Ambassador Liberata Mulamula said t [...] | 2009-10-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BY CG KE RW TZ UG ZA |
09CAIRO1004 | FIRST H1N1 FLU CASE CONFIRMED IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 06:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO1023 | RESPONSE IN EGYPT TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 ADDRESS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Egyptian audiences were deeply affected by the charisma and sincerity of the President, as well as his deep knowledge of Islam. The persistent theme was the desire to see action as a next step. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) President Obama's speech to the Muslim world, "A New Beginning [...] | 2009-06-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO EG |
09CAIRO104 | GAZA EVACUEES DESCRIBE "ORDEAL," ASSERT WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Palestinian-American familes evacuated from Gaza into Egypt on January 19 described for us their "horrifying ordeal" trying to survive Israeli attacks. They recounted the emotional trauma both they and their children experienced in the face of "primitive" living condition [...] | 2009-01-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV PTER KPAL CASC IS EG XF |
09CAIRO1046 | H1N1 OUTBREAK SHUTS DOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR CASC PREL EG |
09CAIRO1054 | CA/FPP AND CAIRO FPU IDENTIFY TWO COPTIC PRIESTS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: CA/FPP and the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) have been reviewing visa and PIERS records in an effort to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. Through an analysis of PIERS records, a Fraud Prevention Officer (FPO) at CA/FPP linked and [...] | 2009-06-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO1158 | EGYPT - FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PART I- WAY [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The President's historic June 4speech in Cairo converges with efforts at post and initial discussions with the government of Egypt to refocus Economic Support Fund priorities toward poverty eradication, with special emphasis on improving education and access to opportunity [...] | 2009-06-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1176 | Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...] | 2009-06-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS |
09CAIRO1199 | 2009 SECTION 527 REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] (SBU) The following report is provided in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes and expropriation claims: 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of four (4) claims of U.S.persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Egypt (GOE): Â [...] | 2009-06-28 05:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1200 | Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...] | 2009-06-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1204 | Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] (SBU) Key Points: * At the Ambassador-hosted Economic Roundtable, leading economic minds in Egypt believe that sound macroeconomic policies have contributed to Egypt's 7% growth the last several years. * The Roundtable believed that Egypt will weather the current economic downturn better than [...] | 2009-06-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
09CAIRO1215 | INFUENZA CONFERENCE REVIEWS VIRUS SITUATION IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1216 | H1N1 Country Update [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1218 | AVIAN INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT [...] (SBU) Key issue: -- The real threat to Egypt is not swine flu (H1N1),but avian influenza (AI, or H5N1),now endemic in poultry flocks in Egypt and infecting people at an increasing rate, and the possibility it could change, with or without help from H1N1, into a virus that easily jumps from [...] | 2009-06-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAID PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1223 | PUBLIC REACTION TO THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Key Points: -- Public reaction to the 2009 TIP Report has varied from condemnation by certain Government of Egypt (GOE) officials to support from civil society representatives. -- The Minister of Family and Population and head of the National Commission for Motherhood and Childhood, Mu [...] | 2009-06-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1225 | JONES APPAREL: EGYPT'S QIZS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -- Compliance Officers from Jones Apparel Group told us that labor conditions in the factories of their Egyptian suppliers are generally good. -- Jones Apparel has not seen evidence of worker mistreatment in QIZ factories. -- As a result of the QIZ and proximity to U.S. [...] | 2009-06-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV PGOV ETRD EG |
09CAIRO1311 | Minister of Investment Talks Economic Reform, Privatization [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS - Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieddin told the Ambassador that successes in the Egyptian economic reform program have helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis. - The Ministry of Investment looks to the USG for continued support and technical assistance. [...] | 2009-07-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1371 | UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...] | 2009-07-16 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG |
09CAIRO1372 | U.S. COAST GUARD VISITS PORT OF ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --A U.S. Coast Guard International Port Security team (PST) visited Egypt June 19-26 to conduct its first ever assessment of Egypt's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security standards code (ISPS). The team met with GOE port security officials and assessed the [...] | 2009-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PGOV PREL MCAP EG |
09CAIRO138 | EGYPT ENTERS THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Five Egyptian research organizations are planning to build Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratories in which they can work with indigenous or exotic agents like Rift Valley Fever and strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). Three of the groups, VSVRI, th [...] | 2009-01-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PARM PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO1411 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for a classified briefing for the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT). The primary mission of the MK 54 LWT is ship and force self defense against submarines. This torpedo would eventually replace th [...] | 2009-07-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1416 | USG-FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT FOR WOMEN IN THE [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 20, we visited the USG-funded kiosk project, which aims to provide a small business livelihood for low-income women in a poor, agricultural section of the Nile Delta Governorate of Menufiya, approximately 75 miles north of Cairo. -- (U) The USD 43,000 ESF grant [...] | 2009-07-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1429 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO1431 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO145 | SENIOR EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL WELCOMES RECENT POTUS [...] (SBU) The Egyptian leadership is taking notice of, and welcoming, President Obama's recent outreach to Egypt, and focus on the Middle East peace process. Safwat El Sherif, the powerful secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party and speaker of the Shura Council (Egypt's upper ho [...] | 2009-01-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1456 | GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1463 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Description: The Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested the release of depot level repair capability for the Avenger vehicle-mounted short-range air defense system. This depot level repair capability would consist of electronic test equipment, technical data and training for component [...] | 2009-07-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1552 | GOE INFLUENZA PLANNING WELL UNDER WAY FOR ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 07:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1639 | GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO173 | EGYPT'S 53RD BIRD FLU VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Egypt's 53rd human avian influenza (AI) victim-a two-year-old girl from Shebin El-Kom, the capital of the Menoufiya Governorate- has recovered. Twenty-four of the 25 Egyptian pre-teens struck with bird flu here have now survived, including all 22 of those under age t [...] | 2009-02-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO1800 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PRICING AND [...] (SBU) Description. REF A is the GOE request for pricing and availability of 161 Night Vision Goggles (NVG) sets and the modification of 137 F-16 aircraft to an NVG compatible configuration to support their national defense mission. 2. (SBU) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or servi [...] | 2009-09-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1802 | H1N1'S IMPACT ON EGYPT'S SCHOOL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1828 | FPU REVIEW OF DIVERSITY VISA CASES REVEALS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) reviewed Diversity Visas (DVs) issued by post to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. A number of cases were found that raised the possibility that some DV lottery winners applied with newborns that [...] | 2009-09-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO1928 | NEW TELECOM LICENSES FALL SHORT OF ENDING TELECOM [...] (U) KEY POINTS - Egypt is issuing new tenders for bundled voice and data services for the rapidly growing housing-compound market. The GOE expects $1 billion to be invested in these services over the next five years. - For the first time, the telecom tenders will be based on revenue-shari [...] | 2009-10-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1945 | Cooperation and Coordination Busts Fraud Ring [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU),the Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) and the Greek Embassy in Cairo worked together to identify a major fraud ring involved in obtaining Schengen visas for mala fide travelers. The ring used fake US visas and bogus suppo [...] | 2009-10-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC SMIG EG |
09CAIRO1962 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ETTC EG |
09CAIRO2007 | INFLATION COMING DOWN, BUT PERSISTENT HIGH FOOD [...] (U) Key Points: -- Overall inflation has been falling for most of the year and hit a 20-month low of 9% in August; however, food price inflation has been very strong all through 2009. -- The supply chain for food is full of inefficiencies which exacerbate high food price problems. The Gov [...] | 2009-10-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG PGOV |
09CAIRO2041 | EGYPT FAILS TO MAKE CONCERTED EFFORT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Key Points: - NTRA does not have a cohesive policy to expand broadband internet service to underserved areas. - NTRA President and private sector media executives believe the lack of Arabic language content on the internet has prevented demand from growing in underserved areas. - [...] | 2009-10-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG ECPS |
09CAIRO2042 | NO TIMELINE SET FOR OFFER OF A SECOND FIXED LINE [...] (SBU) Key Points - GOE has no set timeline or conditions upon which to offer a second fixed line telecom license. - NTRA President Badawi believes any future offer of second fixed line license would be a revenue-sharing model. 2. (SBU) On October 12, we met with Amr Badawi, Presiden [...] | 2009-10-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG PGOV ECPS EINV |
09CAIRO2053 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UN KCRM KCOR EG |
09CAIRO207 | FRAUD TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES CONTINUE TO DISMANTLE NETWORK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable highlights the effective fraud tools and techniques that have uncovered the network of fraudulent birth registrations reported in refs (A) and (B). The Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and A/RSO-I continue to use a wide variety of fraud resources to not only identify ad [...] | 2009-02-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2082 | CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT RELEASES CORE INFLATION INDEX [...] (U) Key Points: -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released its core inflation index on 25 October. -- Core inflation better reflects underlying inflation and is the statistic that the CBE uses in determining its monetary policy. -- The release of these statistics is a precondition for [...] | 2009-11-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV EG |
09CAIRO210 | EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ [...] (SBU) On February 4, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) announced the country's 54th human avian influenza (AI) victim: a two-year-old boy from the Ganian district in the Suez Governorate. 2. (SBU) The boy, the first AI victim in Suez, got sick February 2, was hospitaliz [...] | 2009-02-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO2102 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPLEMENTARY STANDARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN EG |
09CAIRO2103 | EGYPT: MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVIEWS CURRENT INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO211 | EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO2115 | CAIRO - A2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] In response to concerns raised by other agencies regarding the possible overstay and/or abuse of A2 visas by Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD)personnel, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)conducted a validation study. The FPU reviewed all issued A2 visas for the Egyptian MOD from 01 Jan 2008 to 3 [...] | 2009-11-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2122 | ANGER AND DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OVER QIZ [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -Public and private sector contacts continue to complain about the delay in implementing the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) program in Minya and Beni Suef, although the delay is largely due to the GOE's slowness to provide accurate information on the factories in the two [...] | 2009-11-10 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2124 | EGYPT: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments on the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment program, Post and local contacts are not aware of any derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. (SBU) Renewable energy currently f [...] | 2009-11-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EAID EG |
09CAIRO213 | INVESTMENT SCANDAL ADDS TO STOCK MARKET WOES [...] (U) Cairo is abuzz with talk of a serious investment fraud allegation. Earlier this week, businessman Nabil Al-Boushi was charged with: (i) operating as a stockbroker without the authority to do portfolio management and (ii) breaking contractual obligations. The Egyptian Public Prosecutor (A [...] | 2009-02-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
09CAIRO2140 | READOUT OF 19TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) On November 15, Israeli and Egyptian trade officials met in Cairo for the quarterly meeting of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee. The Israeli delegation was led by Gabby Bar of the Ministry of Trade and Labor, and the Egyptian delegation was headed by Sayed Elbous of t [...] | 2009-11-17 09:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV EG IS |
09CAIRO2178 | COPTIC CHOIR BOYS UNCOVERED AS INTENDING IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a scheme to have young men pose as Coptic choir boys in order to be issued visas for travel to the United States. The applicants used bogus letters from churches in Egypt and the United States to facilitate the fraud. Egyptian State [...] | 2009-11-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2190 | ADVERSE INFORMATION FOUND FOR ASYLUM REQUESTS [...] (SBU) As per ref A, A/RSO-I is providing the following adverse information for the asylum requests of Saleh, Samouel Ishak Koryakos (D/POB: 13-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Botros, Antonious Thrwat Shouky (D/POB: 11-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Dief, Kerolos Adly Roshdy (D/POB: 01-Jan-1991, Menia, Egypt). [...] | 2009-11-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KFRD CVIS KIRF PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2205 | BLIND COPTIC GIRLS' CHOIR USED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified seven individuals who were successfully smuggled to the United States through their inclusion with a church group of blind Coptic girl singers. The church group was organized and sponsored by an Egyptian-American man in the Uni [...] | 2009-11-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2212 | DESPITE STOCK MARKET PANIC, EGYPT EXPECTS MINIMAL [...] (U) Key Points -- Egypt's stock market traded down 8% in the first trading day since the start of the Dubai debt crisis. -- Analysts see little long-term risk to Egypt's economy but note the possibility that FDI flows from the Gulf could be diminished. -- Egyptian company exposure to Du [...] | 2009-11-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG AE |
09CAIRO2223 | POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt. -- (U) Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Egyp [...] | 2009-12-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO EG |
09CAIRO2247 | EGYPTIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY REFLECTS ON DIFFICULT YEAR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EG |
09CAIRO2250 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Hamdy el-Seroury at the offices of Best Engineering. El-Seroury confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides consulting services only f [...] | 2009-12-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2251 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Abdel Fattah Khalifa at the offices of the United Consultant Group. Khalifa confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides mostly consult [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2252 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER SAID [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Said Abdel Hamid Galal at the offices of ASTC Matrix International for Import and Export. Galal confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm onl [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2253 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Helal Hussein at the offices of Egyptian Tech and Commercial Services Associates (ETSA). Hussein confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm on [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2254 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Tawfik el-Rashidy at the offices of the Kemet Corporation. El-Rashidy confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Kemet Corporation primarily deals with commercial design [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2255 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed H.G. El-Din at the offices of El-Hassan Trading Establishment. El-Din confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. El-Hassan Trading provides consulting services a [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2256 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Habib Debs, President and General Manager of Sigma International. Pol Off was unable to meet with the individual listed as the broker, Kamal Asad. Debs said he himself was the principal officer. Debs said that most of his business was d [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2257 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker El Sayed Safwat Saleh at the offices of the Arab Trading International Company. The firm's General Manager, Osama Fathy, was also present. Saleh confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to co [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO226 | EGYPT'S 55th BIRD FLU VICTIM, ANOTHER CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO2263 | EGYPT: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Cairo's interim assessment of the GoE's efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2009. ------------------------- Law Enforcement Activity ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Since May 2009, there have been a number of high profile prosecut [...] | 2009-12-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP EG |
09CAIRO2291 | Baby Traffickers Resurface in Alexandria [...] (SBU) Summary: An American Citizen couple attempted to register a newborn as their biological child during a scheduled consular outreach visit held at the American Center in Alexandria. The couple fit the profile developed by the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in reftels and the case was re [...] | 2009-12-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2316 | GOE LOOKS TO RAISE CROP PRICES AND STIMULATE CULTIVATION [...] (SBU) Key Points -- The GOE has announced that, as part of its support for farmers and rural communities, it plans to raise crop procurement prices by 20-25% -- These price hikes would apply to government purchases of five "strategic commodities" and, with the exception of rice, would mai [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2340 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Nabil. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Nabil operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides cons [...] | 2009-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2341 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed Fathallah of the Fathallah Arms Company at his Cairo retail store on December 16. Fathallah confirmed that he received all of the weapons listed on the licenses 050073373 and 050120640 from RSR Group of Winterpark, Florida. Fathal [...] | 2009-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2347 | EGYPT: DECEMBER 2009 INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO2373 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Dabbur. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Dabbur operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides co [...] | 2009-12-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2390 | Post Response to Questions on Egyptian Fiscal Transparency [...] (U) The following is post's response to request for information regarding Egypt's fiscal transparency: 2. (SBU) Answers to reftel questions: Q1: Is central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA ? A1: Yes. Q2: Is Egypt's annual national budget available? A [...] | 2009-12-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2400 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2401 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Poloff met with registered broker Sherif El Said, President of TETCO. His brother Hassouna El Said (Vice President) and son Mahmoud El Said (Program Manager) also attended the meeting. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defens [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2402 | SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY ZEWAIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP EG |
09CAIRO25 | BECHTEL WINS NUCLEAR TENDER; ELECTRICITY MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Hassan Younes and the Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Dr. Yassin Ibrahim on December 31 to discuss Egypt's plans to develop a civilian nuclear energy program. GOE awarded a $188 million consulting [...] | 2009-01-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP ECON ETRD EAID EG |
09CAIRO265 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...] | 2009-02-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS |
09CAIRO282 | JANUARY DATA INDICATES A SLOWING IN INFLATION [...] (U) In January 2009, the year-on-year change in the urban consumer price index (CPI) declined to 14.4%, its lowest rate in ten months, and down from 18.3% in December 2008 and 23.6% peak in August 2008, according to the official statistics agency CAPMAS. The decline is a result of the drop in [...] | 2009-02-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
09CAIRO3 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) As of 1500 hrs. local on January 2, we have received no reports of demonstrations, attacks, or other problems at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; however, local USG staff report clashes on January 2 between police and demonstrators in Al-Arish in North Sinai, about 20 miles from the G [...] | 2009-01-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
09CAIRO302 | EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...] | 2009-02-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV EG |
09CAIRO33 | CONTROVERSY GROWS OVER EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Lower Administrative Court of Cairo asked the GOE to urgently comply with its November 2008 ruling that gas exports to Israel be stopped (ref A). The November verdict is on hold pending review by the Higher Administrative Court and Court of Urgent Cases, whic [...] | 2009-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV IS EG |
09CAIRO379 | EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...] | 2009-03-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV EG |
09CAIRO401 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FOUR [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for 4 C-130J transport aircraft. The primary mission of the C-130 is inter and intra theatre transport of people, cargo and equipment. These aircraft would supplement the current Egyptian Air For [...] | 2009-03-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO408 | Egypt: Local Dairy Farmers Demand GOE Price Support [...] (U) Key Points -- Falling international prices of milk are threatening local milk producers who are demanding action by the government to save the dairy industry. -- Egypt is a net importer of dairy products with the majority of its imports coming from Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. [...] | 2009-03-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD ELAB PGOV EG |
09CAIRO417 | Housing in Egypt- Construction Everywhere but No Place to [...] (U) Key Points -- The housing market in Egypt is marked by extreme contradiction. In recent years, the country has witnessed an unparalleled building boom alongside an extreme housing shortage for the poor and the middle class. -- Prices for high end housing for the wealthiest fiv [...] | 2009-03-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO418 | RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...] | 2009-03-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL EG |
09CAIRO443 | DOWN IN THE DELTA: ANECDOTES ON EGYPT'S SLOWING [...] (U) KEY POINTS -- Companies in the Egyptian Delta are beginning to feel the effects of the global economic slowdown, though the full extent of the impact is not yet known. -- In the Gharbia and Dakahlia governorates, we have yet to see evidence of large-scale layoffs or business cl [...] | 2009-03-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EINV EG |
09CAIRO444 | EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK [...] (SBU) Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid will visit Washington March 22-25. He plans meetings with Administration officials, representatives from business organizations, and members of Congress. He will not be traveling with a business delegation. Rachid is a key reformer [...] | 2009-03-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN PREL EG |
09CAIRO454 | COURT SENTENCES NINE MEN TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE [...] (U) On March 4, the Criminal Court in the Delta town of Kafr Al-Sheikh sentenced nine defendants to death and one juvenile to 15 years in prison for the armed gang-rape of 28 year-old Fatma Mahmoud Amin in 2006. One of the convicted men planned the rape as revenge against Amin's husband who r [...] | 2009-03-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN EG |
09CAIRO47 | EGYPT: FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM UNLIKELY [...] (U) Subsidy reform in Egypt is politically charged. Most attempts to change decades-old programs have been met with fierce public opposition and occasional demonstrations. The GOE has been largely unsuccessful at targeting subsidy programs, and repeated studies have shown that only a fractio [...] | 2009-01-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...] | 2009-03-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
09CAIRO533 | THE WELL RUNS DRY FOR WATER MINISTER: DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The March 11 appointment of Mohamed Nasr El Din Allam as Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources (MoIWR) highlights the fight over limited water resources, pitting agribusiness against environmental scientists and government officials who are encouraging conservation [...] | 2009-03-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV EAGR PBTS EG |
09CAIRO568 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...] | 2009-04-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
09CAIRO569 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...] | 2009-04-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS |
09CAIRO600 | UPDATE ON CASE OF FRAUDULENT BIRTH REGISTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the Canadian Embassy in Cairo, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified at least five cases from the Canadians that fit the profile of the confirmed baby trafficking cases described in reftels. In addition, the FPU has uncovered one additional case from the no [...] | 2009-04-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT CVIS EG KFRD KOCI PHUM SMIG |
09CAIRO602 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...] | 2009-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG |
09CAIRO650 | POWERING GROWTH: PROPOSED ELECTRICITY LAW SEEKS TO [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is preparing a law that would open electricity generation and distribution to the private sector. -- According to industry contacts, the draft law would facilitate investment in new distribution networks to expand the nati [...] | 2009-04-15 08:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EINV EG |
09CAIRO659 | CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...] | 2009-04-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL IS IR EG |
09CAIRO680 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION DIPNOTE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EG |
09CAIRO721 | EGYPT MAKING PROGRESS TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Since the November 2008 visit of G/TIP Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Lagon to Egypt, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has continued to make progress to address trafficking in persons by beginning to implement the anti-trafficking amendments to the child law (reftel),opening [...] | 2009-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS EG |
09CAIRO724 | EGYPT:LET'S KILL ALL THE PIGS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: While Egyptian authorities have been responding to the virus formerly known as Swine Flu (and now known as H1N1) in measured ways -stepping up a mostly moribund program to move swine out of urban areas to the countryside, testing swine and swine workers for the H1N1 v [...] | 2009-04-29 08:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR KISL KIRF USDA |
09CAIRO74 | EGYPT'S CHILDREN CONTINUE TO SURVIVE BIRD FLU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has announced Egypt's 52nd human avian influenza (AI) case: a 21-month-old girl from Kerdasa in the Sixth of October Governorate. The girl is in stable condition at Manshia Al Bakry Hospital in Cairo. This case marks [...] | 2009-01-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
09CAIRO743 | EGYPT'S PIG SLAUGHTER CONTINUES [...] (SBU) We met April 30 with Dr. Mona Mehrez, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation's (MALR's) Animal Health Research Institute today. Mehrez confirmed Egypt's mass pig slaughtering operation began in earnest April 30. MALR teams are doing the killing. The goal is no pig [...] | 2009-04-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL EG |
09CAIRO765 | EGYPT: RECENT FLU NEWS [...] (U) Key Points-- There have been a number of developments on both the H1N1 ("Swine" flu) and H5N1 (Avian Influenza or AI) fronts: --(SBU) While the GOE's pig slaughter campaign (septel) has diverted resources and public attention from GOE efforts at pandemic preparedness, the GOE has taken [...] | 2009-05-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV EAGR EG |
09CAIRO771 | EGYPT'S WAR ON FLUQPIG FARMERS CLASH WITH CULL TEAMS [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- There have been reports of sporadic clashes between pig farmers and GOE culling team as the pig cull in Egypt enters its second week. There is a heavy police presence in the Mokkattum area on Cairo's east side, home to many of the country's backyard pig farms. -- D [...] | 2009-05-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO821 | PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GSP COVERAGE [...] (U) Key points: -- Potatoes are grown by smallholder farmers throughout Egypt who have successfully exported their crops to the Gulf and to Europe. Spinach is not widely grown, although analysts believe that this crop might have potential. -- Increased farm incomes are key to alleviating [...] | 2009-05-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EG |
09CAIRO843 | PROFILE OF MRS. SUZANNE MUBARAK [...] (U) Summary and introduction: First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will accompany President Mubarak during his May 24-26 visit to Washington. This will be her first visit to the U.S. since 2004, when she accompanied her husband on a six-day state visit. Suzanne Mubarak is an active and very visible firs [...] | 2009-05-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OVIP EG |
09CAIRO862 | EGYPT EXCLUDES BECHTEL'S TENDER OFFER TO HELP [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Bechtel's tender offer to provide consultancy in developing Egypt's first nuclear power plant has been excluded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE). --The Ambassador met with Bechtel and Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes to voice our concerns [...] | 2009-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EG |
09CAIRO899 | Egypt to Maintain Higher Export Subsidies Through [...] (SBU) On May 18, we met with Mohamed Ragui, Executive Director of Egypt's Export Development Fund. Ragui confirmed that, in response to the economic crisis, the GOE had raised the Fund's export subsidy rates by 50% from December 2008 through June 2009. He added that the budget allocation for t [...] | 2009-05-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG |
09CALGARY100 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK (ITRES [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, post conducted a site visit to the facilities of ITRES Research, the subject of this Blue Lantern request, on October 23, 2009. 2. (SBU) NOTE: This license request may be overcome by events as company representatives tell post that they have determined that th [...] | 2009-11-04 16:08:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CA |
09CANBERRA1017 | AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has a wide range of ongoing security dialogues with Australia that date back decades. There are several large, formalized dialogues that take place throughout the year and a virtually endless number of smaller working groups and direct military to military ta [...] | 2009-11-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM AS |
09CANBERRA1020 | CORRECTED COPY - BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2203 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy pol/econ section spoke with PETER PAWSEY of ROTOR AND WING SERVICES LTD (RAWS) at P.O. BOX 6262, CAIRNS, QLD on September 22, 2009 to confirm the company's registration as a broker for defense goods or services. Pawsey told us that the company had registered in the past but [...] | 2009-11-20 05:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AS |
09CANBERRA1024 | HIGHER AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR MAY LEAD TO STRUCTURAL CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Underpinned by strong demand for Australian resources, a resilient post-GFC domestic economy, rising interest rates, and comparatively slower recoveries among other advanced economies, the Australian dollar (A$) has been one of the strongest currencies in 2009. The strong dolla [...] | 2009-11-20 07:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA1040 | FAA'S UPCOMING ASSESSMENT OF AUSTRALIAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian aviation authorities will release a statement on the FAA's upcoming assessment of Australia's civil aviation, which is scheduled for November 30 - December 4 (reftel). The government release will be out in the next day and could be in the press as early as Friday, [...] | 2009-11-25 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
09CANBERRA1047 | G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD SECURITY: AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia,s estimated commitment emanating from L,Aquila on food security programs is A$464 million for food aid (ref C). Australia believes that food aid should be included and is seeking clarification of the criteria used to calculate the amount, which depending on the metho [...] | 2009-11-27 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID AS |
09CANBERRA1053 | OPPOSITION MELTS DOWN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition Liberal Party is in turmoil after an unprecedented revolt against leader Malcolm Turnbull and his decision to support the Government's climate change legislation. A Liberal party leadership ballot will be held on Monday. Malcolm Turnbull's decision to back the go [...] | 2009-11-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA1057 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER FERGUSON [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy, Resources and Tourism Minister Ferguson told Ambassador Bleich during an initial courtesy call that Australia is "in lockstep" with the U.S. on energy policy, technology goals, and views on climate change. Ferguson sees Australia, a major liquefied natural gas (LNG),co [...] | 2009-11-30 04:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV ETRD AS |
09CANBERRA1058 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK [...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...] | 2009-11-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS |
09CANBERRA106 | JOB LOSSES THREATEN POLICIES ON CLIMATE PLAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising unemployment will be the Rudd government's biggest political problem in 2009. The opposition Liberal-National Coalition, traditionally associated with strong economic management, believes an increase in joblessness could erode political support for the Australian Labor P [...] | 2009-01-30 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SENV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA1070 | RUDD'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME DEFEATED IN SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was defeated in the Senate after the Opposition changed leadership and subsequently rejected the scheme. The government will re-introduce the bill on February 2, but consensus is that the current deal is dead. In [...] | 2009-12-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1072 | AUSTRALIAN DUMPING INVESTIGATION: SILICONE [...] (U) In a letter dated November 23, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it has made a preliminary affirmative determination into the alleged dumping of silicone emulsion concrete admixture (SECA) produced in the U.S. and exported to Australia (reftel). [...] | 2009-12-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AS |
09CANBERRA108 | NEW CIVAIR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING STARTS SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Australian drug and alcohol random testing programs for those involved in safety-related aviation roles legally could begin at any time, but it expected to start in late March or early April. The program will be administered by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA),[...] | 2009-02-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
09CANBERRA1085 | OPPOSITION PARTY ANNOUNCED FRONT BENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Liberal Party Leader Tony Abbott announced December 8 a new shadow cabinet that highlights a shift toward a more aggressive and conservative approach toward the Government. The new lineup favors those who backed Abbott's overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal lea [...] | 2009-12-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1088 | AMB. BLEICH TALKS WITH STUDENTS ON WATER, CLIMATE LINKS [...] (U) Ambassador Bleich marked the first day of the Copenhagen climate change conference (reftel) with a youth and environmental outreach event at the National Museum of Australia. The museum is hosting an exhibit, titled "Water H2O=Life," based on an exhibit by the American Museum of National H [...] | 2009-12-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KPAO KGHG AS |
09CANBERRA1096 | ANTICIPATED LABOR SHORTAGE COULD STRENGTHEN UNIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's resources and energy sector is forecast to continue growing but companies are worried about skilled labor shortages and new labor laws, which unions are keen to exploit. The GOA estimates there are 80 planned or approved energy and resource projects that are likely [...] | 2009-12-13 20:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA1100 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES MINOR MODIFICATIONS ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan announced minor changes to the review framework for foreign investment proposals, in response to findings from a Senate inquiry and confusion among foreign investors, particularly from China. From 2010, major companies will be required to retain local share [...] | 2009-12-15 22:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1107 | AUSTRALIA'S 3Q GROWTH SLOWER THAN EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's economy slowed to 0.2% GDP growth in the September quarter, despite forecasts of double this result. Treasurer Swan said global conditions are still challenging and the lower-than-expected growth "is a cautionary reminder that growth momentum in the Australian econom [...] | 2009-12-17 02:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA117 | CHINALCO ACQUIRING RIO STAKE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media is reporting that Chinese state-owned aluminum company Chinalco is negotiating with Rio Tinto to either increase its stake in Anglo-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto or buy specific resource assets. Reeling from falling commodities prices, Rio is scrambling t [...] | 2009-02-03 21:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV AS CH |
09CANBERRA132 | COMPARING GAZA TO HOLOCAUST CAUSES MUSLIM-JEWISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's Jewish community leaders have threatened to sever relations with their Muslim counterparts after the chairman of Australia main Islamic group refused to withdraw his comparison of the Israeli Gaza incursion with the Holocaust. During Israel's push into Gaza in January, [...] | 2009-02-06 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI AS |
09CANBERRA134 | WILDFIRE DEATHS STUN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Unprecedented wildfire deaths in Victoria (reftel) on February 7-8 have led to a suspension of Parliament, an outpouring of public grief, and a request for U. S. assistance. With 130 deaths and the destruction of hundreds of households, and the very real pos [...] | 2009-02-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV AS |
09CANBERRA150 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] | 2009-02-13 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA153 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] | 2009-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA154 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] | 2009-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA157 | HOCKEY REPLACE BISHOP AS SHADOW TREASURER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of public criticism in the media and private criticism by her colleagues, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop yesterday resigned as Shadow Treasurer, clearing the way for Liberal Leader Malcolm Turnbull to replace her with strong media performer Joe Hockey. B [...] | 2009-02-17 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA165 | AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. AT DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA168 | CANBERRA POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN |
09CANBERRA171 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
09CANBERRA214 | AUSTRALIAN RESERVE BANK HOLDS RATES AMID MIXED ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.25%, despite mixed economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that monetary and fiscal policy changes have been significant and need to work through the Australian economy before [...] | 2009-03-03 21:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
09CANBERRA219 | Australia Headed for Recession? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian economy experienced its first quarterly negative growth in 8 years in the December quarter. Over 2008, Australian trend GDP grew by only 0.6%, the weakest since 1991, and negative growth in the March quarter will put the economy in technical recession. Treasurer Swan [...] | 2009-03-04 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
09CANBERRA221 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 22:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
09CANBERRA225 | AUSTRALIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff visited David Dutton, Director, Environment and Sea Law Branch, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 12. Dutton was identified by Australia's CBD Point of Contact, Robyn Bromley, as the GOA official most responsible for access and [...] | 2009-03-05 22:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV TBIO AS |
09CANBERRA247 | ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING USAID CONTRACTOR [...] (SBU) Post has been contacted by Peter Farrell, General Manager of Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd (AMH),concerning what he calls an "apparent case of intellectual property theft." Farrell alleges that PHRplus, now called HealthSystems 20/20, which he describes as "an agency of USAID", [...] | 2009-03-13 04:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREK KIPR AS |
09CANBERRA250 | Australian thermal coal contract prices fall 44% [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's leading thermal coal exporters have signed a key benchmark contract agreement with Japanese buyers for the country's third most valuable commodity export (after iron ore and coking coal). The deal means export values will fall around $3.2 billion ($A5 billion),appro [...] | 2009-03-13 06:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
09CANBERRA251 | AUSTRALIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RISING FAST [...] (SBU) Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.2% (seasonally adjusted) in February from 4.8% in January and 4.2% in December. This increase has been faster than expected by most observers, while confirming expectations that the global economic crisis is starting to hit Australia. Unemploymen [...] | 2009-03-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA253 | AUSTRALIAN INTERIM REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel talking points, requesting the Government of Australia to respond generously to the UN and ICRC IDP funding appeals, to Lisa Rice-Madan and Rebecca Curtis, Director and Executive Officer respectively for Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Central Asian Repu [...] | 2009-03-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF AS |
09CANBERRA254 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB AS |
09CANBERRA255 | AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION SLASHED 14% [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS |
09CANBERRA268 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's plans to encourage investment in clean energy are based on three major initiatives: the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS),the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) and the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI). Australia is a major coal user and [...] | 2009-03-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON KGHG AS |
09CANBERRA272 | SHARM AL-SHEIKH FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIA STILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 23:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER AS |
09CANBERRA281 | AUSTRALIA TRADE POLICY UPDATE: BEEF DECISION CLOSE? [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: We are hearing rumors of possible movement on Australia,s ban on imports of US beef. The GOA is "disappointed" at the delay in Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia signed an FTA with the ASEAN countries and New Zealand that has been positively received, and covers 21% of A [...] | 2009-03-23 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ASEAN AS |
09CANBERRA285 | RUDD HEADS FOR THE US AFTER A GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a week that began badly with the Senate's defeat of a Government tax designed to curb binge drinking, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves for the United States with two significant political victories. His labor relations bill received parliamentary approval last Friday, and [...] | 2009-03-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
09CANBERRA295 | Australian coking coal contract prices fall 58% [...] (SBU) Summary. Contract prices for coking (metallurgical) coal dropped 58% to US$115 from US$300 last year, due to the global economic crisis and depressed world steel production. Coking coal is Australia's largest export commodity, ahead of iron ore and thermal coal. The new price is actually [...] | 2009-03-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG ECON AS |
09CANBERRA296 | NBN DECISION NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. As the deadline approaches, nobody who knows is saying who will win the tender for the National Broadband Network. The only thing all observers seem to agree on is that it won't be Telstra. Minister Conroy and his staff are keeping mum. Telstra has been aggressively pushing [...] | 2009-03-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD AS |
09CANBERRA300 | AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY'S REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 05:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF AS |
09CANBERRA305 | NEW LABOR LAW FULFILLS CAMPAIGN PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Australian Senate passed the Rudd Government's new labor law, undoing substantial sections of the unpopular "WorkChoices" legislation introduced by former Prime Minister John Howard. While Deputy Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard had [...] | 2009-03-26 05:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
09CANBERRA311 | GOA GUARANTEES STATE DEBT AND BORROWINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA announced on 25 March 2009 that it would guarantee an estimated US$120 billion ($A170 billion) in existing and projected State government debt to overcome a severe funding problem affecting major infrastructure projects. Treasurer Swan said the chance of a default was 're [...] | 2009-03-26 21:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
09CANBERRA321 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT SEOUL; PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA324 | AUSTRALIAN MEDIA SEEK GREATER TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Saying that Australia lags well behind most major democracies in press freedom, 12 major media outlets have joined together to push for reforms in Australian laws on freedom of information, privacy and whistleblower/shield protections. The group, which has organized its effort as Austral [...] | 2009-03-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS AS |
09CANBERRA325 | CORRECTED COPY: GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-31 02:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA33 | AUSTRALIA BROADBAND - A SNAPSHOT (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary: In Australia 4.3 million households (52%) have broadband connections, an increase of 800,000 through the Australian fiscal year ending June 30; 78% of Australian households with internet access have broadband. There has been more than a five-fold increase in the number of househo [...] | 2009-01-09 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
09CANBERRA338 | RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: GEOTHERMAL LEFT OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...] | 2009-04-03 04:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA339 | CORRECTED COPY -- RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...] | 2009-04-03 04:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON AS |
09CANBERRA346 | FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: AUSTRALIAN POC [...] (SBU) Embassy Canberra Assistant Air Attache LTC Michael Kram, who is Embassy Canberra's POC on reftel foreign operating rights request, contacted the Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Australian Defence Space Coordination Office (DSCO) to engage in preliminary discussions on the planned [...] | 2009-04-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA AA |
09CANBERRA352 | POLL BOOST FOR RUDD DESPITE FITZGIBBON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's lead in the latest Newspoll has increased, despite controversy over his Defense Minister's relationship with a Chinese-born business woman, Opposition accusations that Rudd is a "roving ambassador for China," and press reports that Rudd verbally abused a fli [...] | 2009-04-07 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA353 | RATES CUT IN RESPONSE TO WORSENING ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today reduced interest rates by 0.25% in response to worsening global and domestic economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that while monetary and fiscal policy changes to date have been significant, the further dete [...] | 2009-04-07 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
09CANBERRA357 | GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...] | 2009-04-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
09CANBERRA358 | GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...] | 2009-04-07 21:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |