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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08MADRID34 |
SPAIN: POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Libyan leader Qadhafi's first official visit to Spain, December 15-18, MOUs were concluded on defense, economic cooperation and investment. Negotiations are still underway on a double taxation treaty. Qadhafi's visit began with a private two-day visit to Andalucia, foll [...] |
2008-01-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD LY SP |
| 08MADRID342 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS NEW SRSG FOR AFGHANISTAN KAI EIDE [...] Poloff communicated full U.S. support for Norwegian Political Director Kai Eide in his new appointment as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan (reftel). Spanish MFA's Chief of Continental Asia Policy, Pedro Arostegui Llama, reiterated March 14 Spain's stated [...] |
2008-03-18 18:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AF |
| 08MADRID346 |
FREED CUBAN PRISONERS GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On March 13, Ambassador Aguirre hosted a follow-up meeting with Omar Pernet and Alejandro Gonzlez-Raga. The two, until recently, had been political prisoners in Cuba. Both of these remarkable individuals individually pressed the Ambassador to personally convey their gratitude to President [...] |
2008-03-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SP |
| 08MADRID347 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde. Econoff explained that while the US strongly supports enhanced OECD engagement with China, the US does not/not support China's proposal for an MOU to essentially restri [...] |
2008-03-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON CMGT TW OECD SP |
| 08MADRID348 |
SPANISH ELECTION WRAP UP: ZAPATERO SET TO FORM [...] (U) The absentee votes are in, and recounts have taken place in the most contested districts of Spain. The final electoral numbers for Spain's 350-seat Congress are as follows. The ruling Socialist party of President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (PSOE) - 169, the main opposition Partido Popular (PP [...] |
2008-03-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID349 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL REYES [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Michael Delaney and Jeremy Bash, Professional Staff Members to Madrid, Spain from March 24 to March 28 for an official committee oversight visit. 2. Post [...] |
2008-03-19 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC AFIN OREP OTRA |
| 08MADRID350 |
SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY WINTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid, and I look forward to traveling with you to visit Spain's largest shipbuilder, Navantia, in the Galician town of El Ferrol. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from Easter holidays and the aftermath of the March 9 general election, and al [...] |
2008-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
| 08MADRID351 |
SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY WINTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid, and I look forward to traveling with you to visit Spain's largest shipbuilder, Navantia, in the Galician town of El Ferrol. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from Easter holidays and the aftermath of the March 9 general election, and al [...] |
2008-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
| 08MADRID363 |
FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR WORLD TOURISM [...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff conducted an investigation into the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), based in Madrid, to confirm that no members of this organization condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. Based on this investigation, post believes that there is no reason to [...] |
2008-03-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP PHUM SOCI AORC |
| 08MADRID366 |
NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
| 08MADRID370 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH [...] ECON/EFIN: 2008 Economic Growth Forecast at 2.5 Percent 2. ECON/EFIN: Budget Surplus Declines 3. EIND: Housing Sales Decline Continues 4. ECON/EFIN: Catalan Economy Minister Concerned About U.S., Global Woes 5. ELTN: Emboffs Meet with Rail Security Lead 6. ENRG: Renewable Electricity Cos [...] |
2008-03-28 19:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG EPET |
| 08MADRID371 |
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SENDING SPANISH CIVIL GUARD [...] (C) In Post's continued efforts to encourage the Spanish to do more in Afghanistan, Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met on March 26 with Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho (Deputy Interior Minister equivalent) to discuss SECDEF's January 24 letter to MOD Alonso requesting Spain se [...] |
2008-03-31 06:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
| 08MADRID372 |
MOD SECRETARY GENERAL FOR DEFENSE POLICY CUESTA ON [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 28 with MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta to discuss SIPDIS the Bucharest summit. He stressed the U.S. interest in enlargement (Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia) and our support for Georgian and Ukrainian aspirations to be part [...] |
2008-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SP |
| 08MADRID373 |
IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN: THE END OF EL DORADO? [...] (U) Summary. According to several Spanish sources, Spain in recent years has received the second largest number of immigrants in the world after the U.S. During Spain's construction boom, this labor influx proved to be an important asset. However, as Spain's economy slows, and unemployment [...] |
2008-03-31 06:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ELAB ECON PGOV |
| 08MADRID376 |
MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DEZCALLAR ON NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 31 with MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, making the case for a more robust Spanish effort in Afghanistan, urging that the Spanish weigh in with Greece on Macedonia's NATO membership, encouraging Spanish recognition of Kosovo and [...] |
2008-03-31 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SMIG MK GR BO CU SP |
| 08MADRID38 |
SPAIN: MARCH 2008 GENERAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) will face off March 9, 2008, in a rematch of their 2004 contest. In other reporting we examine the candidates, parties, issues, and polls. Here we at [...] |
2008-01-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID393 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH 31 [...] ECON: Business activity declining 2. SOCI/ECON: Call for immigrants 3. ECON: Ex-Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro to coordinate PP economic policy 4. EIND: National Competition Authority (CNC) to open investigation into egg, bread, chicken industries 5. ECON/EFIN: Madrid Autonomous Commu [...] |
2008-04-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET SOCI SP |
| 08MADRID395 |
SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL [...] (C) On April 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia Ovies who indicated that Spain would continue to carefully implement the travel ban and restrictions on individuals designated under UNSCRS 1 [...] |
2008-04-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC SP ECON |
| 08MADRID405 |
LISBON-MADRID JOINT COUNTRY TEAM [...] This is a joint message from Embassies Lisbon and Madrid. 2. SUMMARY: On March 25, the Country Teams of Embassies Lisbon and Madrid met to discuss law enforcement issues, counter-terrorism, common multilateral challenges, military cooperation strategy, and cost savings measures, as well as [...] |
2008-04-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BMGT PO SP |
| 08MADRID406 |
SPAIN ENCOURAGES GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain also seeks greater regional engagement with Iraq. As the new Spanish cabinet is being formed this week, he was not able to share specific details about Spanish FM participation [...] |
2008-04-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN IR SP |
| 08MADRID407 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...] |
2008-04-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP |
| 08MADRID409 |
RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...] |
2008-04-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP |
| 08MADRID418 |
BANCO SABADELL SUSPENDS IRAN REPRESENTATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 14, post received a letter from Banco Sabadell President Jose Oliu announcing that Sabadell had decided on March 31 to suspend all activities of its Iran representational office. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the letter, which responded to a letter post had sent Oliu the [...] |
2008-04-16 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KTFN SP |
| 08MADRID419 |
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] (SBU) NO MATERIAL RESPONSIVE TO THE FOIA REQUEST HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. POST, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF POLCOUNS, SEARCHED ALL DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILES THAT HAVE A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINING RESPONSIVE MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, POST ASKED MEMBERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP AND P [...] |
2008-04-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AINF |
| 08MADRID43 |
MANUEL PIZARRO TO RUN AS MARIANO RAJOY'S NUMBER [...] The opposition conservative PP leader, Mariano Rajoy, announced on 1/15/08 that the former head of energy utility Endesa, Manuel Pizarro, would occupy the number two spot on the PP's Madrid parliamentary list. Rajoy has the number one spot on the list. Should the PP win, Pizarro would likely [...] |
2008-01-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SP |
| 08MADRID430 |
ROSALINI CASE UPDATE - CRIMINAL CASE DROPPED [...] AmCit Dugan Rosalini's Barcelona lawyer, David Aineto Trabal (of the firm AEQIO ADVOCATS), told the Embassy on 4/13/08 that the Spanish private party involved in the case has decided not to press criminal charges against Rosalini. According to the lawyer, the possibility that Rosalini could be [...] |
2008-04-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
| 08MADRID443 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 14 - 18 [...] ECON: Euros 10 billion fiscal stimulus package announced and approved 2. ECON/EFIN: Solbes insists he is in charge of the economy 3. SENV: Drought leads to "Water War" 5. KNNP: Nuclear accident cover-up sparks controversy 7. ECON/EFIN: Caja Madrid buys Florida bank 8. EPET: REPSOL stake [...] |
2008-04-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET KIPR KNNP PGOV SENV SP |
| 08MADRID449 |
SPAIN: ZAPATERO INVESTED AS PRESIDENT, SELECTS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was elected President on April 11 with only the 169 votes of his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Zapatero eschewed forming alliances that would have produced an absolute majority in the first vote round in Congress. The Popular Party (PP) [...] |
2008-04-22 06:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID450 |
SPAIN AGREES ON "CREEPING ANNEXATION" [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS GG RS SP |
| 08MADRID451 |
SPAIN FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE [...] (C) During an April 21 conversation on an unrelated matter, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told the DCM that Spain wished to express its full support for a U.S.-led initiative in the UN Security Council on combating piracy (ref. A). Referring to post's initial demarche on the [...] |
2008-04-22 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO SO SP |
| 08MADRID452 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF |
| 08MADRID458 |
SPANISH FM MORATINOS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY 2 AHLC [...] In response to reftel demarche, Deputy Director General Alberto Ucelay told us that Foreign Minister Moratinos will attend the May 2 AHCL in London. Ucelay said that the Spanish MFA had already given the Norwegians input that the AHLC's primary focus should be energizing the international co [...] |
2008-04-23 17:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PREL SP |
| 08MADRID465 |
POST PRESSES GOS ON IRAN FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed the head of Spain's Export Credit Insurance Company (CESCE) on 4/21/08 to limit export credit guarantees to Iran. Separately, EconOff met on 4/21/08 with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official to discuss Spain's views on Iran sanctions. The MFA offici [...] |
2008-04-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
| 08MADRID467 |
SPAIN/CUBA: TOUGH ROAD ALONG TWO TRACKS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuba Transition Coordinator (CTC) Caleb McCarry met Spanish divergence from U.S. Cuba policy with considerable diplomacy; pressed Spain not to allow its growing policy of engagement with the GOC to leave behind the importance of supporting Cuban civil society and political pris [...] |
2008-04-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CU SP EUN |
| 08MADRID469 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 21 - 25 [...] ELAB: Unemployment increases one full point to 9.6% 2. EFIN: IMF says no more room for additional fiscal stimulus 3. EFIN: Banks returning to capital markets 4. EFIN: 198 suspected of tax evasion via Liechtenstein 5. EINV/ECPS: "Everyone expects the Spanish telecoms acquisition" 6. EAIR: [...] |
2008-04-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB KNNP SENV |
| 08MADRID47 |
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHES UP, IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. As unemployment rates begin to inch up, voters have yet another reason to worry about the future of the economy. Spain's unemployment rate hovers at a little over 8 percent (low by historical standards) with immigrants and young workers being the most vulnerable to losses. Alth [...] |
2008-01-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID474 |
SPANISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA expects the Balkans to dominate the April 28-29 GAERC but it also has strong opinions on Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Middle East. END SUMMARY. //SERBIA// 2. (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff April [...] |
2008-04-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID477 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES IPR, IRAN CONCERNS WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador Aguirre informed new GOS trade minister Sebastian of Spain,s placement on the Special 301 Watch List. Sebastian expressed disappointment but vowed to work with the USG and set as a goal getting Spain off the Watch List by 2009. The Ambassador reviewed US [...] |
2008-04-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KIPR KNNP IR SP |
| 08MADRID48 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LET-4 [...] (S) On January 16, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez, Area Specialist within MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff advised Martinez of U.S. plans to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the "LET 4" operatives to the list of terrorist entities. Martinez [...] |
2008-01-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP |
| 08MADRID484 |
SPANISH COURT DECIDES NOT TO EXTRADITE "ISABELITA" [...] (U) Local press is reporting that the Second Section of the Spanish National Court decided on April 28 to deny the request of Argentine authorities to extradite former Argentine President (1974-1976) Maria Estela Martinez, known as "Isabelita" Peron. The 77-year-old former President was wante [...] |
2008-04-29 13:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID485 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo shared views on the way forward in Western Sahara on April 28. Gomez-Acebo said that Spain's primary concern is for regional stability through a negotiated solution that leads to a just, lasting outcome. While it appears an [...] |
2008-04-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MO AG WI UNSC SP |
| 08MADRID486 |
FINANCE VICE MINISTER LETTER ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) As a followup to visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt's meeting with Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Economy David Vegara on March 6 (reftel), the Ambassador wrote Vegara a letter about Spanish transactions with Iranian banks. Vegara has responded with the following l [...] |
2008-04-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN SP IR |
| 08MADRID489 |
SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Rising food prices are a sensitive political issue in Spain. The opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) criticized the ruling Spanish Socialist Party (socialist PSOE) party in the run-up to the March 9 elections for double digit increases in prices of some basic foods. The conse [...] |
2008-04-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TBIO |
| 08MADRID490 |
ADDITIONAL TERRORISM FINANCE CHARGE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Judge of Instruction Ismail Moreno has filed charges against jailed Al Qaeda leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, for efforts to continue financing jihadist groups from his jail cell, according to an April 28 report in El Pais, Spain's leading daily. The charges wer [...] |
2008-04-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
| 08MADRID492 |
REPSOL, SHELL REPORTEDLY SEEKING TO SELL IRAN GAS [...] (U) Repsol and Shell will sell their joint 50% stake in natural gas development in Iran's South Pars block 14, according to reports in the Spanish business press. The two firms are reported to be negotiating an agreement with the GOI in which they would give up their concession in exchange for an a [...] |
2008-05-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET IR SP |
| 08MADRID493 |
MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] In response to refs a and b, Post conducts a vigorous, ongoing program of outreach to the Cuban dissident community here in Spain as well as a steady public diplomacy effort designed to build support for peaceful democratic change in Cuba. All this is of course in addition to steady engagement [...] |
2008-05-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU SP |
| 08MADRID499 |
TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETING WITH SPANISH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Vegara told Assistant Secretary Lowery that he expected Spanish growth rates to fall below two percent as a result of the housing slump, which had been complicated by international credit market difficulties. He cited as helpful the gove [...] |
2008-05-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SP |
| 08MADRID50 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCOS) AT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SP |
| 08MADRID502 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL THAD W. ALLEN, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Madrid Country Team warmly welcomes your visit. It will provide an important opportunity to highlight the importance we place on the relationship, particularly as it concerns our strategic interests such as the fight against terrorism and transnational crime. We a [...] |
2008-05-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP |
| 08MADRID503 |
FINCEN DIRECTOR, SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS MONEY [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FinCEN Director Jim Freis. 2. (C/NF) Summary. During a visit to Madrid April 23-24, Department of Treasury FinCEN Director Jim Freis met with Spanish government officials involved in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML-CTF) activitie [...] |
2008-05-09 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SP ECON EFIN KTFN |
| 08MADRID504 |
SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect), the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...] |
2008-05-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP |
| 08MADRID517 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to MFA's Directorate of Counter Terrorism area specialist Laura Martinez. Martinez expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). She co [...] |
2008-05-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL KU |
| 08MADRID518 |
WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S VISIT TO MADRID, [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon visited Madrid April 30-May 1, 2008. He met with Secretary General of the Presidency Bernardino Leon and former President Jose Maria Aznar. He also attended a lunch in his honor hosted by Charge d' Affaires Hugo Llorens with Spanish private sector, media, and [...] |
2008-05-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM AR BL CO CU PE SP |
| 08MADRID519 |
SPANISH FEELING GOOD ABOUT UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA Human Rights Office believes France and Spain are poised to win the two WEOG seats on the UN Human Rights Council. Deputy DG Fernandez-Arias asked for U.S. support and also asked that the U.S. remember a "debt" to Spain from a previous election. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2008-05-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 08MADRID52 |
FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...] |
2008-01-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL |
| 08MADRID520 |
SPECIAL 301 IPR FOLLOWUP MEETING WITH SECSTATE ROS [...] (SBU) Summary: The vice-minister responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR), Francisco Ros, told Charge on May 6 that the ending of the national election season meant that this was the time for the new GOS to make progress on IPR issues. He said the GOS intended to pass a new IPR law [...] |
2008-05-09 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SP |
| 08MADRID521 |
SPAIN: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (U) Summary: ESTHOff delivered reftel points on May 9 to Carmen de Juana Velasco, Subdirector General of Cooperation of Sub Saharan African and Asia for AECID, the Foreign Ministry's agency for international cooperation and development. Velasco did not provide a substantive response. Spain [...] |
2008-05-09 17:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BM |
| 08MADRID522 |
SPAIN/COUNTERTERRORISM - CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) The Charge, accompanied by EconOff, met with Gregorio Martinez, Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rubalcaba, on May 9. Charge stressed the need for better inter-agency cooperation in Spain in the fight against terrorism. Responding to the Charge's expressions of concern regarding the front-pa [...] |
2008-05-12 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN SP PTER |
| 08MADRID524 |
CUBAN REFUSAL TO ALLOW YOANI SANCHEZ TO TRAVEL [...] Cuban "bloguera" Yoani Sanchez was chosen by leading Spanish daily El Pais and the prestigious Spanish foundation Ortega y Gasset as a 2008 journalism prize winner. Unfortunately, the GOC did not allow Sanchez to travel to Madrid to participate in the May 7 awards gala. El Pais (a left of cen [...] |
2008-05-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU SP |
| 08MADRID525 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 28 - [...] (U) According to recently released Ministry of Labor statistics, the number of unemployed workers in Spain rose in April by 37,542, bringing the total number to over 2.3 million. What is significant about the April increase is that typically April is a seasonally dynamic month in Spain, and h [...] |
2008-05-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
| 08MADRID526 |
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...] |
2008-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
| 08MADRID528 |
SPANISH VIEWS ON WIPO GENERAL ELECTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain wants to see a technically qualified candidate lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In the end, largely because of the controversy surrounding Kamil Idris' early departure, Spain does not think it will be possible for a candidate from an industrializ [...] |
2008-05-12 17:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL SP |
| 08MADRID529 |
SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (U) Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada will head Spain's delegation at the upcoming conference. He assured us that Spain would continue working to solidify and ex [...] |
2008-05-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL IZ SP |
| 08MADRID53 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT's January 14 lead editorial is titled "Spain feels the credit squeeze pain: Europe's economic success story may be about to unravel." The editorial focuses on December's bad inflation numbers, falling housing prices and rising unemployment. The FT recommends that the GOS avoid ge [...] |
2008-01-18 20:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ETTC KIPR SENV SOCI TBIO SP |
| 08MADRID537 |
SPAIN: TURMOIL WITHIN THE PARTIDO POPULAR--CAN [...] (U) Two months after suffering a second straight defeat at the hands of President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, opposition Partido Popular (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy finds himself in the midst of a crisis that threatens the future of his party leadership. In the days following the March 9 general el [...] |
2008-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID538 |
HOUSING MARKET SLUMP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's housing market slowdown was long predicted but is proving more severe than most local analysts had anticipated. An oversupply of newly-built properties coupled with decreased demand has resulted in a glut of unsold homes. Because of this, real estate developers are fin [...] |
2008-05-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SP |
| 08MADRID540 |
ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO THE UN [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on 5/12/08 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin. Alvargonzalez told EconOff on 5/14/08 that he did not know when Spain would submit its UNSCR [...] |
2008-05-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC SP IR |
| 08MADRID541 |
PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING UNSCR LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Area Director Laura Martinez on 5/13/08. Martinez said she would get back to EconOff if the GOS has a reaction. Llorens [...] |
2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL SP |
| 08MADRID542 |
SPAIN/COUSO CASE: NATIONAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES [...] (SBU) On May 13, Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez, President of the Criminal Division of the National Court, and Javier Zaragoza, Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, phoned Charge Llorens and informed him that earlier in the day the National Court handed down a decision dismissing the case agai [...] |
2008-05-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
| 08MADRID546 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS IN LEBANON [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref(A) demarche to FM Moratinos' Political Director Rafael Dezcallar on May 16. Spain also strongly backs the Arab League's mediation of the Lebanon crisis and fully supports the agreement in Beirut announced May 15. Dezcallar said Spain is relieved that the violence [...] |
2008-05-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE SP |
| 08MADRID547 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 12 - MAY [...] (U) Felipe Gonzalez and Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a conference of Repsol directors, agreed that the current economic slump has not yet hit bottom, but both expected that it would be relatively short-lived. Former PP Economy Minister and IMF Managing Director Rato said businesses should get us [...] |
2008-05-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP |
| 08MADRID55 |
SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE JANUARY 18 [...] (U) Summary: As explained in ref a, the official campaign runs February 22 to March 7 (meaning that is when the candidates can unleash their advertising), but President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) have [...] |
2008-01-22 07:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID552 |
SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...] |
2008-05-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SP |
| 08MADRID56 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT,s Leslie Crawford says: International financial gridlock has destroyed the country,s recent bout of economic euphoria. The article describes December,s bad inflation and unemployment numbers, the international credit squeeze, lower growth estimates and signs of falling house prices [...] |
2008-01-22 08:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SCUL SOCI FR SP |
| 08MADRID561 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON WESTERN SAHARA AND THE MANHASSET [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo received reftel (A) demarche and reiterated Spain's views detailed in reftel (b). Gomez-Acebo agreed that it is important to maintain the primacy of UNSYG Representative for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's efforts. [...] |
2008-05-21 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO AG WI UNSC SP |
| 08MADRID562 |
SPAIN - DEMARCHE ON ICAO NINETEENTH AVIATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER SP |
| 08MADRID563 |
SPANISH PARTICIPATION AT FAO JUNE WORLD FOOD [...] (U) AgCouns confirmed on 5/20/08 with the Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs' Chief of Staff, Manuel Rossi, that President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Elena Espinosa Mangana will attend the Rome Jun [...] |
2008-05-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SP |
| 08MADRID564 |
DEMARCHED DELIVERD ON U.S.CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO [...] (U) AgCouns delivered on 5/20/08 reftel demarche to Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Chief of Staff Manuel Rossi. Rossi expressed interest in Dr. Karen Hulebak's qualifications but had no information at this time on who Spain will vote for. Aguirre [...] |
2008-05-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SP |
| 08MADRID565 |
NO INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS IN [...] (U) There are no investment disputes and expropriation claims involving American citizens in Spain. Aguirre [...] |
2008-05-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID566 |
IRAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Trade, Silvia Iranzo Gutierrez, on 5/19/08. Iranzo chairs the Spanish government's interagency committee that reviews exports to Iran. She indicated her willingness to work with us on this and other issues. EconO [...] |
2008-05-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC SP |
| 08MADRID567 |
SPAIN: MAY 21 EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA [...] (U) In observance of the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," conservative daily ABC published Ambassador Aguirre's aptly entitled op-ed "Solidarity with the Cuban People." The paper took heat in response from the Cuban Ambassador to Spain, who said in a letter to the editor May [...] |
2008-05-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU SP |
| 08MADRID568 |
NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE EAGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission called May 21 on newly named Spanish Secretary of State for Defense Constantino Mendez Martinez. They discussed the importance and intensity of the U.S.-Spain military-to-military relationship, robust trans-Atlantic defense industrial cooperation, is [...] |
2008-05-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
| 08MADRID569 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. The Government of Spain (GOS) shares your interest in the development of renewable energy, including biofuels. However, what once promised to be a booming industry with plans for construction of 30 biodiesel and 20 ethanol plants, ha [...] |
2008-05-23 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP FR PO |
| 08MADRID571 |
S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...] |
2008-05-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP |
| 08MADRID579 |
SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAY GAERC [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff May 22 that the May "Jumbo-GAERC" would address the Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon, MEPP, Afghanistan, Somalia, Georgia and Zimbabwe and also review the status of all ESDP missions currently deployed, but will not discuss Iran, Cuba [...] |
2008-05-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
| 08MADRID580 |
SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Spain hosted a highly publicized Human Ri [...] |
2008-05-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU |
| 08MADRID583 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 19 - MAY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP |
| 08MADRID595 |
SPAIN: U.S. COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad W. Allen visited Madrid from 12-13 May to meet with Spanish naval and law enforcement counterparts to highlight the importance we place on joint efforts between civilian and military authorities to break down stovepipes in the fight again [...] |
2008-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP |
| 08MADRID598 |
SPAIN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Gregory Schulte visited Madrid May 19-21 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. Schulte briefed MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for the Middle East [...] |
2008-05-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PINR IR SP |
| 08MADRID6 |
SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN - CORRECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Senator and Mrs. Lieberman to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on differences in the U.S.-Spain [...] |
2008-01-02 11:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL SP |
| 08MADRID606 |
SPAIN HAS SENT UNSCR 1803 REPORT TO NEW YORK [...] (U) Per reftel, on 5/14/08, EconOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations, Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, about the status of Spain's UNSCR 1803 report and encouraged submission as soon as possible, noting that the U.S. had already submitte [...] |
2008-05-30 08:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR |
| 08MADRID609 |
RECOMMENDATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) First, many thanks to PM, EUR, H, and our colleagues at DOD, especially DSCA, for their steadfast support over many months on the sale of the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) to Spain. This has been a long process, and we are grateful for the personal and focused attention it has recei [...] |
2008-05-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL SP |
| 08MADRID610 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met May 29 with Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. They discussed bilateral relations, Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, AFRICOM, Cuesta's possible visit to Washington in June for meetings with DOD officials, a possible meeting [...] |
2008-05-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR SP |
| 08MADRID611 |
SPAIN/AL-KASSAR EXTRADITION: LEGAL CASE IS CLOSED, [...] (C) Spanish Deputy Justice Minister Julio Perez-Hernandez phoned the DCM on May 29 to confirm that Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar had exhausted all of his legal appeals, and, as a legal matter, the case was closed. Perez-Hernandez said that he had the file sitting on his desk, and that he coul [...] |
2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID612 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee, Representatives Linda Sanchez, Lincoln Davis, Virginia Foxx, Tim Holden, Robert Latta, Frank Lucas, Dan Burton and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 3 [...] |
2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
| 08MADRID613 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BEARES [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Professional Staff Member Ellen Stein Beares, Simon Gros, James Ray, and Heideh Shahmoradi-Holley from the Department of Transportation and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 29 to June 1 on an official visit. 2. Post [...] |
2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
| 08MADRID615 |
REQUEST FOR UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL |
| 08MADRID616 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 26 - MAY [...] (U) The official estimate for May consumer price inflation reached 4.7%, the highest rate since the index began in 1997. Separately, April's industrial price index was 7.2% above its April 2006 level, the highest inflation rate since mid-1995. Increases in the prices of oil and to a lesser e [...] |
2008-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR SENV SP |
| 08MADRID619 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERESA RUTLEDGE [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Teresa Rutledge, Director, International Banking and Finance for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to Madrid, Spain from June 11 to June 14 to attend the ASBA meeting. 2. Post understands no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...] |
2008-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
| 08MADRID620 |
SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 8-11 VISIT TO SPAIN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome your visit. We are convinced there is much Spain can do to support the AFRICOM mission, so this will be a key opportunity. The challenge will be to engage them constructively on what the U.S. is trying to accomplish with this new and innovative command. We have a st [...] |
2008-06-04 17:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP |
| 08MADRID63 |
SPAIN ISSUES COMMUNIQUE CRITICAL OF GAZA LOCKDOWN [...] (C) Spanish Director General for the Middle East Alvaro Iranzo called DCM January 21, at the request of FM Moratinos, to provide early warning that Spain would be issuing a communique that would be critical of Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the border closings. Iranzo, callin [...] |
2008-01-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PHUM PREL SP IS |
| 08MADRID633 |
FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - SPAIN'S [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay expressed appreciation for receiving a copy of the invitation conveyed through CENTCOM representatives and said that Spain would like to send a representative to the conference, but was determining how to arrange a complicat [...] |
2008-06-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL SP IR |
| 08MADRID634 |
SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON'S NAHR AL-BARID REFUGEE CAMP [...] Embassy conveyed reftel demarche and informed Spain that the U.S. is finalizing a significant USG pledge and that we expect the U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Lebanon will represent our government at the conference. Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay said that [...] |
2008-06-06 07:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SP LE UNRWA |
| 08MADRID639 |
CODEL PETERSON DISCUSSES U.S., SPANISH BIOFUELS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with GOS and private sector officials during its May 31-June 3 visit to Spain, CODEL Peterson discussed the recent farm bill,s biofuels provisions and the Spanish biofuels industry. The delegation also visited Abengoa's cellulosic ethanol plant in Salamanca on June 1 [...] |
2008-06-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR BEXP OREP ENRG KGHG SP |
| 08MADRID64 |
CIVAIR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VIOLATION OF FEDERAL [...] On January 18, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Santiago Quiros, Case Officer from the Ministry of Infrastructure's Civil Aviation Directorate. Econoff informed Quiros that in August 2007, potential Spanish citizen Jose Munoz allegedly violated U.S. federal aviation regulations by smoking [...] |
2008-01-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP ECON |
| 08MADRID640 |
SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES U.S [...] (C) Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba phoned the Ambassador on June 6 to say that the Council of Ministers had just approved the extradition to the U.S. of notorious Syrian arms trafficker Monzer Al-Kassar. Further to REFTELS, today's action by the Council was the final political de [...] |
2008-06-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PTER PREL PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID641 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AGRICULTURAL UPDATE [...] (U) During a June 4 congressional hearing, President Zapatero faced heavy criticism from opposition leaders regarding Spain's weakening economy. During this hearing, opposition Partido Popular leader Rajoy highlighted a waning economy and loss of confidence by businesses and families, and he [...] |
2008-06-09 01:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG KIPR |
| 08MADRID643 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION DELIVERED TO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel pre-notification on June 6 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Counter-Terrorism officer Ivo Pascual. Pascual expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the USG's intention to submit to the UNSCR 1267 committee a list of [...] |
2008-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | AINR ECON EFIN PINR PREL PTER SP KTFN PK |
| 08MADRID657 |
SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. Although your relatively short time in Madrid will be taken up with events surrounding the fourth plenary session of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, it will provide a key opportunity to highlight the importa [...] |
2008-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SP |
| 08MADRID659 |
SPANISH POLICE ARREST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) According to the website of the Spanish Interior Ministry and press reports, Spanish National Police on the morning of June 10 arrested eight individuals in Barcelona, Castellon, and Pamplona during an operation aimed at an alleged Islamic terrorist cell that reportedly had been recruiting [...] |
2008-06-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID666 |
SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...] |
2008-06-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP |
| 08MADRID67 |
SPAIN/BARCELONA CT HUB PROPOSAL: PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Per REFTEL proposal from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona to create a counterterrorism and law enforcement hub in Barcelona to improve US regional capabilities and work with our Spanish hosts in the target-rich environment of Catalonia, we provide rough estimates of the budgetary impact of [...] |
2008-01-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AMGT AFIN SP |
| 08MADRID670 |
SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on June 12. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would address the Western Balkans, Iran, Lebanon, MEPP, Cuba, Somalia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, but not Iraq, Chad, Belarus, Georgia or [...] |
2008-06-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN SP |
| 08MADRID671 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE JUNE 9 - JUNE [...] (U) The combination of various strikes in Spain, primarily led by independent truckers and fishermen, have led to notable shortages in fresh produce and a potential shortage in medical supplies nationwide. Store owners reported June 12 that supplies of fresh fish and vegetables were extremely [...] |
2008-06-13 12:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB ENRG SOCI SP |
| 08MADRID672 |
SPAIN TRUCKERS' STRIKES WINDING DOWN [...] (U) Summary. A strike by truckers that began on June 9 enters its fifth day amidst a standoff between the Ministry of Public Works and the two main unions behind the strike (Confedetrans and Fenadismer), which represent about 20 percent of truckers. The strike led to diesel and food shortages [...] |
2008-06-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP EPET ENRG PREL |
| 08MADRID674 |
SPAIN DISAPPOINTED REGARDING USG UNHRC DECISION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-13 16:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SP |
| 08MADRID676 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post conducted inquiries into the development and end-use relating to electronic components referenced in application 05-050100474. Representatives from Indra confirmed to post on June 16 that the company is using reftel components to develop both civilian and milita [...] |
2008-06-17 06:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP |
| 08MADRID678 |
SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER CHACON RECEIVES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Spanish Minister of Defense Carme Chacon, who took office April 14 but has been on maternity leave since May 19, told Ambassador Aguirre during a congenial one-on-one breakfast meeting June 10 that she looked forward to working with the United States and would like to meet with her [...] |
2008-06-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP |
| 08MADRID679 |
IRAN SANCTIONS - SPAIN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF BANK [...] (C) Following up on information contained in ref e-mail, EconOff spoke on 6/18/08 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin about Iran sanctions. Alvargonzalez indicated that Spain would vote in fa [...] |
2008-06-19 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD EINV TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR |
| 08MADRID682 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 18 meeting with the Spanish Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez-Hernandez (Deputy Justice Minister equivalent), the DCM thanked the GOS for their cooperation in the extradition of the Syrian arms dealer and alleged terrorist Monzer Al-Kassar. The DCM also addres [...] |
2008-06-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PGOV PHUM PREL SP KOCI |
| 08MADRID685 |
JUNE 8-11 VISIT TO SPAIN OF COMMANDER, U.S. AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: General William E. "Kip" Ward, Commander U.S. Africa Command, visited Spain June 8-11 for meetings with Spanish officials regarding AFRICOM. The primary purpose of the visit was to meet with Spanish leaders to discuss AFRICOM as well as listen and learn from their experiences on the co [...] |
2008-06-20 06:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP |
| 08MADRID691 |
SPAIN'S OPPOSITION PARTIDO POPULAR: RAJOY FIRMLY [...] (U) Mariano Rajoy, the embattled head of Spain's main opposition Partido Popular (PP), was re-elected as party leader on June 21 during the three-day PP congress held in Valencia. As reported in REFTEL, Rajoy's leadership had been challenged on several fronts since his party lost a second str [...] |
2008-06-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID692 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...] |
2008-06-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER |
| 08MADRID698 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 24, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens met June 24, 2008, with FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff (and Spain's next Ambassador to the OAS) Javier Sancho. Sancho provided a readout on Moratinos' recent visit to Venezuela and Colombia. In Venezuela, Moratinos continued efforts to repair s [...] |
2008-06-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO VE SP |
| 08MADRID7 |
SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION ON TRACK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The extradition process of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar continues to move forward and we are increasingly confident that he will end up in U.S. custody. Foreign Minister Moratinos and Interior Minister Rubalcaba have both told the Ambassador in recent days that the judicia [...] |
2008-01-03 12:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID707 |
ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 23, President Zapatero acknowledged the economy's rapid deceleration, said growth in 2008 would be below 2 percent but would start to recover in the second half of 2009, and announced 21 reforms. The measures include spending cuts that are being perceived as an atte [...] |
2008-06-25 17:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID708 |
SPAIN: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SP |
| 08MADRID714 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF- [...] (C) On June 23, Econoff informed MFA Directorate of Counter-Terrorism Officer Laura Martinez that the U.S had proceeded with the domestic designations of reftel A al-Qaida financiers, reftel B Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, and reftel C LET operatives. Martinez thanked Econoff for the i [...] |
2008-06-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA SP |
| 08MADRID715 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 21-25 [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said on June 24 that the freeze in government salaries of high officials announced as one of the 21 measures in the June 23 package would have more of a &psychological8 than macroeconomic impact. Sources in his ministry also report [...] |
2008-06-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID72 |
UNHRC ANTI-ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SP |
| 08MADRID724 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CULTURE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Culture Cesar Antonio Molina on 6/30/08. The minister told the Ambassador that he was willing to meet with the claimant or his representative in a Nazi art loot case. The minister emphasized he was willing to continue to fight intellectual propert [...] |
2008-07-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PBTS PHSA SCUL SP |
| 08MADRID725 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On July 2, 2008, Poloff discussed reftel with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Philippines, Jose Luis Garcia Galan. Poloff stressed the importance of continued international insistence on access, transparency and accountability of humanitarian assis [...] |
2008-07-03 10:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP EAID PHUM BM |
| 08MADRID73 |
SPAIN/BARCELONA ARRESTS: SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Spanish media reports and our Mission contacts continue to reveal new information on the January 19 arrests in Barcelona of 14 suspected Islamist extremist terrorists (REFTEL A), and indicate that the terrorists were planning to conduct suicide bombings on bus and subway lines located near [...] |
2008-01-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID733 |
SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO [...] (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1) suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other was arr [...] |
2008-07-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN |
| 08MADRID738 |
DISCUSSION WITH SPAIN OF U.S. SHIP VISITS TO [...] (U) On June 17, 2008, Embassy and GOS officials met in the context of the U.S.-Spain Permanent Committee (this is the standing committee that manages the bilateral agreement on defense cooperation) to discuss the issue of U.S. ship visits to Gibraltar. This meeting was prompted by recent and [...] |
2008-07-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
| 08MADRID739 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 30 - [...] (U) President Zapatero argued on July 2 before parliament that although Spain was confronting economic difficulties, the economy was well equipped to overcome what he characterized as the effects of the international slowdown. Zapatero's comments seemed to gloss over the seriousness of the hou [...] |
2008-07-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV SENV TBIO SP |
| 08MADRID741 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 3, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met July 3 with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Policy Angel Lossada. They discussed Lossada's visit to Washington, our concern over the tone of some recent public remarks by GOS and Socialist Party officials, the Global Initiative to Comba [...] |
2008-07-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KV AF IR SP |
| 08MADRID746 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...] |
2008-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL |
| 08MADRID75 |
SPAIN'S REPSOL NOT INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN BURMA [...] (U) EconOff spoke on 1/24/08 with Repsol's (Repsol is a multi-billion-dollar Spanish private oil & gas exploration and development company) Director of Institutional Relations, Tomas Garcia, regarding possible Repsol interest in investing in Burma. Garcia told EconOff that Repsol had and has n [...] |
2008-01-25 17:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PHUM BMGT SP |
| 08MADRID751 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 2, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told the DCM on July 2 that U.S.-Spain defense talks in Annapolis and Washington the week of June 21 had been excellent, well organized, and uncontentious. Cuesta and the DCM discussed areas for follow-up from the High-Lev [...] |
2008-07-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
| 08MADRID755 |
SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (SBU) On July 1, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation, and asked the Spanish government to consider pledging funds to support the NTI's proposal for the creation of a nuclear fuel bank. Sanchez replied on July 4 that while Spain [...] |
2008-07-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA ENRG SP |
| 08MADRID756 |
SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS [...] (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito, Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week. Sanchez- [...] |
2008-07-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RW SP |
| 08MADRID757 |
TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your presence provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message on Iran financial sanctions with both government and private sector representatives. (Note: Your schedule has been sent via e-mail to staff.) You will also have an oppo [...] |
2008-07-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETC ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM |
| 08MADRID761 |
SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...] |
2008-07-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP |
| 08MADRID762 |
SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...] |
2008-07-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP |
| 08MADRID764 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 7 - [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurria, said there is an economic "crisis" in Spain on July 4. He added that the economy would not be "normalized" until 2010 (Note. This latter points tracks with the Spanish government's view [...] |
2008-07-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV PTER SP |
| 08MADRID767 |
POLICE CONFISCATE ABOUT EUROS 20 MILLION IN FAKE [...] (U) On June 25, the Spanish National Police (SNP) arrested four individuals based in Barcelona and Valencia. The police suspect the four arrestees of trafficking in fake shirts, pants, belts, watches and eyewear, principally made in China, although some of the merchandise also came from India. [...] |
2008-07-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SP |
| 08MADRID77 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...] |
2008-01-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
| 08MADRID78 |
SPAIN WILL SEND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TO CHAD AFTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on January 22. Sanchez-Benedito confirmed that Spain's contribution to the Chad ESDP mission would be limited to the deployment of two C-295 transport aircraft from the [...] |
2008-01-28 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN SP CD |
| 08MADRID780 |
SPAIN PLANS TO DESTROY ITS CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloffs on July 9 delivered REFTEL demarche to senior officials in the Ministry of Defense (Brigadier General Munoz Castresana in the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ignacio Sanchez), and shared [...] |
2008-07-18 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SP |
| 08MADRID784 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CLIMATE CHANGE, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary: On July 16, Ambassador Aguirre met with Elena Espinosa, GOS Minister of the newly created Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Ministry. Ambassador Aguirre discussed the importance of climate change, emphasizing the shared USG and GOS goal of reducing greenhouse gas [...] |
2008-07-18 10:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR SENV TBIO KGHG SP |
| 08MADRID785 |
SPAIN/PARTIDO POPULAR: RAJOY SIDELINES THE OLD [...] (U) During a time when the focus of much of Spain has been both on depressing news that the Spanish economy continues to sour, as well as more upbeat events such the national soccer team's triumph at the European Cup and Mallorcan Rafael Nadal's victory at Wimbledon, leader of the opposition P [...] |
2008-07-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID788 |
SPAIN: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON CASE #050081481 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP |
| 08MADRID790 |
SPANISH AIR FORCE GENERAL RODRIGUEZ TO BE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's Council of Ministers approved July 18 the changes to Spanish military leadership alluded to by Defense Minister Carme Chacon in her June 30 congressional testimony. Chacon, who assumed charge of the MOD April 14, was on maternity leave beginning May 19. In all likelihoo [...] |
2008-07-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
| 08MADRID792 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on July 18. Fernandez-Arias said that the July GAERC will be relatively light and primarily address Somalia, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Serbia and the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMM [...] |
2008-07-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
| 08MADRID793 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 14 - [...] (U) The IMF maintained its 2008 growth forecast for Spain at 1.8 percent. Growth for the euro zone is estimated at 1.7 percent. However, for 2009 the IMF has revised downwards its growth forecast for Spain by half a percentage point - it estimates Spanish growth will be 1.2 percent. The Fund [...] |
2008-07-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID794 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes on 7/17/08. The minister acknowledged the serious economic difficulties that Spain was facing. He said that he would review the issue of granting the same tax benefits to religious denominations such as the Mor [...] |
2008-07-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SP |
| 08MADRID795 |
SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA: VALEDICTORY TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM paid a farewell call on Spanish Secretary of State for IberoAmerican Affairs Trinidad Jimenez on July 1 and took the opportunity to exchange views on recent events in the Western Hemisphere. The meeting was substantive and lasted well over an hour. The two discussed FM Morati [...] |
2008-07-21 06:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID798 |
SPAIN INVESTIGATES FIVE BOMBS CLAIMED BY ETA THAT [...] Five small bombs exploded in Northern Spain on July 20, four at popular resorts in Cantabria and one in Getxo, a Bilbao suburb. The sites included a Red Cross life-saving station, an ATM, seaside promenades and other tourist areas. According to the press, one woman was slightly injured when [...] |
2008-07-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SP |
| 08MADRID799 |
WORLD MUSLIM LEAGUE INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE HELD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Muslim League, under the patronage of Saudi King Abdullah, held its Inter-faith Conference in Madrid July 16-18. King Juan Carlos hosted the inaugural ceremonies at the Pardo Palace. Although the guest list could not be described as all-inclusive, there was a range [...] |
2008-07-21 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PREL UNFPA CIA SA SP |
| 08MADRID8 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) "The economy hounds the socialists only two months before the elections" is the January 4th El Pais headline, a stinging statement coming from the largely pro-government daily, Spain's newspaper of record. December's 4.3% inflation rate (annualized) and a 5.5% increase in unemployment gav [...] |
2008-01-04 19:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
| 08MADRID825 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 21-24 [...] (U) Spain's official statistics agency (INE) released data showing that Spain's unemployment rate had risen to 10.4% in the year's second quarter, a significant jump from 9.6% the prior quarter. Since undergoing a severe housing downturn beginning 2007, Spain has experienced rapid increases in [...] |
2008-07-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP |
| 08MADRID826 |
SPAIN PLANS TO ENGAGE CHAVEZ ON INTERNATIONAL [...] Ambassador spoke to FM Moratinos the morning of July 23 and conveyed our deep concerns about Venezuela. He asked Moratinos to remind the GOV of its commitments under the Inter-American Charter, with particular emphasis on the civil and political rights of Venezuelans. Moratinos told Ambass [...] |
2008-07-24 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SP VE |
| 08MADRID827 |
SPAIN ENGAGES WITH SYRIA TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to FM Moratinos the morning of July 24. Moratinos said the Spanish sought to engage Syria in dialogue; continual contact would keep Syria focused on the benefits of playing a more constructive role in the region. Moratinos believes that based on the s [...] |
2008-07-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SY SP |
| 08MADRID828 |
TENSIONS SPARK OVER REVENUE SHARING FOR AUTONOMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Efforts to revise an outdated revenue sharing model has sparked tensions between Spain's autonomous communities and are testing President Zapatero's loyalty to the Catalan Socialist party as it pushes for more financial autonomy and resources. The Catalan community government [...] |
2008-07-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP PGOV PREL EFIN ECON |
| 08MADRID829 |
SPAIN ALSO SEEKS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed reftel points July 22 to MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Ramon Santos Arms, who agreed on the necessity of keep pressure on the FARC. Additionally, he said that Spain would use the upcoming July 24-25 visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to encourage Venezu [...] |
2008-07-28 06:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EUN SP VE |
| 08MADRID83 |
SPAIN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR ANDEAN PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's January 23 visit to Madrid, on the heels of the January 20 -22 visit of Peruvian President Alan Garcia, and the warm and public welcome extended to both by the Spanish government, send clear messages to the rest of the world: Spain has a stake [...] |
2008-01-28 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID836 |
IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...] |
2008-07-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP |
| 08MADRID839 |
CHAVEZ VISIT TO SPAIN JULY 24-25 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero on July 25. MFA Deputy Director General for the Andean Countries Ramon Santos told Poloff that the bilateral meetings fully "normalized" relations following the contretemps between King Juan Carlos and Chav [...] |
2008-07-29 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD VE SP |
| 08MADRID84 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...] |
2008-01-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
| 08MADRID841 |
POST FACILITATES TESTIMONY FOR MILITARY COMMISSION [...] In accordance with reftel instructions, Post facilitated the testimony of Professor Geoff Corn in the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Professor Corn was escorted to and from Embassy DVC facilities by Defense Attache Office staff on July 28. Thanks for department assistance with interagency co [...] |
2008-07-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PTER SP |
| 08MADRID843 |
SPAIN: INTERNET SURVEY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: After consulting with rights-holders, the Embassy has identified seven main websites as most likely to be used for the purpose of uploading and/or downloading copyrighted materials considering accessibility, ease of download, and anonymity. Based on what we have found, it is f [...] |
2008-07-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS KIPR SP UK |
| 08MADRID844 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...] |
2008-07-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
| 08MADRID845 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Laura Martinez from the Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on July 28. Econoff explained that following the UNSC 1267 designation of 4 leaders of AQIM, the U.S. domestically designated these individuals under E.O. 13224 [...] |
2008-07-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
| 08MADRID848 |
SPAIN RECEIVES NAM DEMARCHE [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North America Fernando Prieto received reftel demarche and informed Embassy that the Spanish MFA did not send a delegation to the NAM conference in Teheran. Prieto also verifed that Spanish diplomatic representatives resident in Iran did not attend th [...] |
2008-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PHUM PREL PTER SP IR |
| 08MADRID849 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EUN SP |
| 08MADRID855 |
INTERIM REPORT: SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN [...] (SBU) Poloff submitted reftel request to Spain's UN Subdirector General Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares on July 7. As of July 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not yet have definite plans or itineraries for UNGA participants. The following information, however, has been confirmed. [...] |
2008-08-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 08MADRID858 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION OF IPCC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC |
| 08MADRID859 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE, JULY [...] (U) The Bank of Spain announced July 30 that the economy grew only 0.1% from the first to the second quarter of 2008, down from 0.3% growth in the first quarter. The economy has grown 1.8% since the second quarter of 2007. The bank said the adjustment in the year,s first half -- particularly [...] |
2008-08-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ELAB ENRG KGHG SP |
| 08MADRID86 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had sim [...] |
2008-01-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP |
| 08MADRID863 |
SPAIN DENIES COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ACTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Moratinos August 5 to convey our concern regarding third country reporting that Spanish diplomats have lobbied against Kosovo recognition, sometimes opposing other EU diplomats who were seeking to promote recognitions. Moratinos reiterated Spain's policy as conv [...] |
2008-08-05 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UN PREL KV YI SP |
| 08MADRID864 |
SPANISH GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO AFRICA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish government's push for stronger ties with sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, although driven largely by an underlying focus on security, appears to have opened a new front in Spanish foreign policy likely to endure at least for the near to medium term, judging from rece [...] |
2008-08-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID865 |
SPAIN: REGIONAL TENSIONS SIMMER THROUGH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's relationship with Spain's regions--particularly the so-called "historic nationalities" of the Basque country (el Pais Vasco), Catalonia, and to a lesser extent Galicia--continues to be a topic of significant public discussion. Two key events have largel [...] |
2008-08-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID879 |
MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...] |
2008-08-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP |
| 08MADRID881 |
SPAIN RESPONDS TO NEW U.S. SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV BM SP |
| 08MADRID882 |
SPAIN WILL FOLLOW EU ON KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY SP BK |
| 08MADRID883 |
SPAIN PREPARES FOR SUMMIT WITH SUBSAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada visited Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry July 22nd through the 25th to establish a frame of reference for President Zapatero's proposed Spain/West Africa summit. Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry [...] |
2008-08-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PU |
| 08MADRID885 |
SPAIN RECEIVES U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] Reftel points are being conveyed to Director General for External Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias, who was enroute to Brussels today. His staff is transmitting to Fernandez-Arias our unclassified nonpaper with key points regarding tomorrow's NAC discussion of events in Geo [...] |
2008-08-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG PREL SP |
| 08MADRID895 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) President Zapatero and economic ministers met on August 13 in a special session to discuss the economy and the impact of previous GOS stimulus measures and to propose new measures to address the slowdown. During the meeting, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes presen [...] |
2008-08-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EC ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SP |
| 08MADRID896 |
SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP [...] (C) Post coordinated with British and French Embassies, who confirmed that they would also demarche Spain on the importance of an exception for India to the Nuclear Suppliers Group full-scope safeguards provisions. Points were delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada's office and [...] |
2008-08-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC SP |
| 08MADRID897 |
SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP |
| 08MADRID90 |
SPAIN: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN APECO UNESCO SP |
| 08MADRID905 |
SPAIN AGREES ON NEED FOR FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) According to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo, Spain agrees that it is essential to maintain the Western Sahara negotiating process and that a fifth round of talks should be held at the earliest opportunity. In response to our points that Western Sahara Env [...] |
2008-08-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS MO WI SP |
| 08MADRID916 |
RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A points to Deputy FM Angel Lossada's chief of staff as well as Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on August 20, stressing support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. As in our continuing demarches, Embassy [...] |
2008-08-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG SP |
| 08MADRID921 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - AUGUST 18-22 [...] (U) On August 18, the GOS published the list of measures agreed to in the August 14 extraordinary Council of Ministers session (ref A). The package includes 24 economic stimulus measures and structural reforms to be implemented with a specific timeline in 2009 and 2010. Many of these proposal [...] |
2008-08-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG SP |
| 08MADRID925 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 19 to MFA's newly arrived Deputy Director General for Counter-Terrorism, Pascual Navarro, informing him that the U.S. had designated an additional 5 Iranian entities under E.O. 13382. Econoff also talked with Juan Manuel Vega Serrano, Deputy Directo [...] |
2008-08-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN SP |
| 08MADRID929 |
SPAIN REPSONDS TO POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 25, Polcouns spoke with Juan Sell, Chief of Staff to Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada. Sell said Spain's position was very clear - Spain supported the territorial integrity of Georgia. Likewise, Spain supported the efforts of France as EU President an [...] |
2008-08-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG SP |
| 08MADRID93 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that provides Spanish government estimates for 2007 narcotics seizures by Spanish authorities. The DEA Madrid Country Office obtained these figures from the Spanish Ministry of Interior on January 28, although the Mini [...] |
2008-01-30 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EFIN SP |
| 08MADRID933 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN REGARDING NATO [...] (C) Polcouns and Pol-Mil officer met August 26 with Spanish MOD Deputy Director General for Defense Policy Brigadier General Jose Munoz Castresana, advising him that USNATO planned to raise the piracy issue in the August 27 NAC, asking the NAC to task the NMA,s with reviewing possible NATO res [...] |
2008-08-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PREL |
| 08MADRID935 |
SPAIN LAMENTS RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel a to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on August 27. Lopez echoed the official statement released August 26 by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressing Spain's regret at Russia's decision to recognize the independ [...] |
2008-08-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RU GG SP |
| 08MADRID94 |
SPANISH FM MORATINOS BRIEFS CODEL MARTINEZ ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish FM Moratinos briefed Codel Martinez on bilateral developments during an hour-long meeting January 11. With regard to enhanced military support in Afghanistan, Moratinos said that it would be difficult to make any commitments in advance of the Spanish March 9 elections, [...] |
2008-01-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPWR MEPP PREL SP CU |
| 08MADRID943 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- AUGUST 25-29 [...] (U) The economy's deceleration continues to be reflected in slowing consumer spending. Household spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy, appeared to continue its drop in the summer sales season according to reports from retailers and business associations. Aggressive pricing during [...] |
2008-08-29 13:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SENV SP |
| 08MADRID946 |
SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...] |
2008-09-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP |
| 08MADRID949 |
UPDATE ON SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 08MADRID95 |
INVITATION FOR SECRETARY RICE TO ATTEND APRIL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-31 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG SP |
| 08MADRID956 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) On September 3, poloff discussed reftel points with Spanish Subdirector General for Central and Southern Europe Ramon Abaroa Carranza, stressing the potentially adverse consequences of the Serbian UNGA resolution requesting an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. Abaroa agreed t [...] |
2008-09-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN SP KV |
| 08MADRID957 |
SPANISH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION OFFICIALS COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the [...] |
2008-09-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ETTC PARM PREL SP |
| 08MADRID959 |
SPANISH MFA OFFICIALS REACT TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the meeting [...] |
2008-09-04 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | FCS FAS MGT EXEC MIL SP |
| 08MADRID960 |
SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE RE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CDG UNGA SP |
| 08MADRID963 |
SPANISH INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) On September 3, Econoff raised the issue of investment in Argentina with Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries. Alvargonzalez noted that the stock of Spanish investment in Argentina amounts to approximatel [...] |
2008-09-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE EINV SP AR |
| 08MADRID970 |
SPAIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
| 08MADRID971 |
SPANISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on September 2. Lopez stated that due to the nature of the GYMNICH -- i.e., an informal discussion amongst foreign ministers aimed at promoting creative solutions in the development of EU policy -- no age [...] |
2008-09-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP USEU |
| 08MADRID972 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- SEPT 2-5 [...] (U) The number of unemployed increased by 103,085 in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.53 million, the highest total since 1998. President Zapatero will appear September 10 in parliament to discuss these and other poor economic indicators and the GOS response. Spain has on [...] |
2008-09-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
| 08MADRID973 |
SPAIN AND MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] As per reftel request, the approval process for marine scientific research vessels is handled by Econ Specialist Ana Maria Waflar and Econ Officer Lourdes Lamela (estimated departure 4/09). The Government of Spain requires a 6- month lead time notification for any research vessel which wishes [...] |
2008-09-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT |
| 08MADRID979 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BUY SPANISH-MADE MILLING MACHINE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR |
| 08MADRID98 |
CODEL MARTINEZ JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MADRID [...] (U) Summary: Codel Martinez had a busy and productive visit to Madrid January 10-11, 2008, meeting with the Prince of Asturias, Popular Party (PP) presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana (septel), former President Aznar, Foreign Minister Moratinos (se [...] |
2008-02-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV SP |
| 08MADRID982 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...] |
2008-09-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN |
| 08MADRID983 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...] |
2008-09-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN |
| 08MADRID984 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: AMENDMENT OF ISAF OPLAN TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-15 05:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP |
| 08MADRID985 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE, SEPT. 8-12 [...] (U) President Zapatero appeared before the Congress on September 10 to discuss the state of the economy and the GOS, plans for leading Spain out of its economic doldrums. Zapatero acknowledged that the economic situation had worsened since his last parliamentary appearance in July, but remaine [...] |
2008-09-15 05:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP |
| 08MADRID987 |
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S SEPTEMBER 12,2009, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon called September 12, 2009, on new MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de La Pena. They discussed the bilateral relationship, Georgia, Kosovo, and intellectual property rights. End summary. 2. (C) The [...] |
2008-09-15 06:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD GG KV SP |
| 08MADRID988 |
S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS SPANISH MFA ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. September 11, S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Lossada on developments in Iraq. He urged the Spanish to reinforce our call for increased regional support for Iraq and to encourage those countries that have already sent diplomatic representation and/or p [...] |
2008-09-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MOPS PREL IZ SP |
| 08MADRID996 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPAIN UNLIKELY TO GO AFTER [...] (C) Poloff conveyed concerns per reftel and asked that Spain consider speaking out against Nicaraguan President Ortega's September 2 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Spanish MFA Sub-Director General for Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean Jorge Romeu told [...] |
2008-09-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NU SP |
| 08MADRID998 |
UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on September 15 to Enrique Yturriaga Saldanha, Subdirector General of the MFA's International Organizations group. Yturriaga indicated that, although the GOS does not have a formal position on the UNAIDS Executive Director candidacy at this time, it is f [...] |
2008-09-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV UNGA EAID |
| 09MADRID1003 |
SPAIN: ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTORS WELCOME USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid POLOFF and POL/GSO Officer from the Barcelona CG on September 29 met Gerardo Cavero, Barcelona's chief prosecutor on counter-narcotics and organized crime, and Fernando Bermejo, the city's prosecutor for anti-mafia, anti-corruption and money laundering issues. They also [...] |
2009-10-15 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS |
| 09MADRID1004 |
SPAIN: BASQUE REGION WILL NOT CLOSE ITS NEW YORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Basque officials within the Office of the Lehendakari (regional premier or U.S Governor equivalent) have indicated that - contrary to Spanish press reporting in early September - the regional government under new Socialist (PSE) Lehendakari Patxi Lopez (Ref A) will not be [...] |
2009-10-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP PINS |
| 09MADRID1005 |
SPAIN: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL |
| 09MADRID1006 |
BRIEFING SPAIN ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy has engaged with Spanish counterparts to learn more about Spanish intentions to support the P5 1 process. While the working level interlocutors are more inclined than in the past to consider the need for sanctions if ongoing discussions do not bring positive results i [...] |
2009-10-15 09:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SP |
| 09MADRID1009 |
TFHO1: A/S SHANNON AND SENIOR DIRECTOR RESTREPO [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and NSC Senior Director Dan Restrepo outlined U.S. concerns over the situation in Honduras for MFA Secretary of State (Under Secretary equivalent) for Latin America Juan Pablo de Laiglesia during an October 10 meeting in Valencia. Shannon noted [...] |
2009-10-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HO SP |
| 09MADRID1013 |
SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BIOTECH VOTES AT OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Spain's Minister of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) will vote in favor of proposals to approve three biotech maize varieties for import at the October 19 Agriculture Council Meeting, although GOS officials do not expect the proposals to be approved. While a delegate t [...] |
2009-10-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO EUN SP |
| 09MADRID1014 |
DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SP |
| 09MADRID1015 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 5-16 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP |
| 09MADRID1017 |
SPAIN RECEIVES SEDM DEMARCHE [...] Reftel points were delivered to MFA desk officer for the U.S., Fernando Prieto, who will undertake to circulate our views more widely to Spanish foreign policy makers in advance of the October 20-21 ministerial hosted by Bulgaria. Prieto was pleased that the U.S. position on Serbian membersh [...] |
2009-10-16 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL SR MW SP |
| 09MADRID1018 |
SPAIN INTRIGUED BY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) POLOFF and Political Counselor Dmitry Sokolov of the Russian Embassy on October 15 delivered reftel demarche to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for S [...] |
2009-10-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP |
| 09MADRID1019 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON UNIFIL HANDOVER [...] (C) MOD Director General for Defense Policy, General Raggio, shared information about how Spain is preparing for a proposed UNIFIL command handover. Spain is still working towards a transition sometime in February, although they have heard that there have been "rumblings" from the Italian m [...] |
2009-10-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT LE IS SP |
| 09MADRID1023 |
DAS BOYER'S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) On October 10 in Valencia, EUR DAS Spencer Boyer and Spanish Foreign Ministry Director General of Foreign Policy for Non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena discussed transatlantic engagement, Spain's hopes for its upcoming EU Presidency, cooperation on climate chan [...] |
2009-10-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EU SP |
| 09MADRID1026 |
SPAIN: BASQUE REGION REFLECTS ON POLITICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A broad range of Basque politicians and civic leaders privately reflected privately on political changes in the Basque Region in 2009 and assessed the first four months of the Socialist (PSE) government led by Lehendakari - regional premier or U.S Governor equivalent - Patxi Lope [...] |
2009-10-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SP PINS |
| 09MADRID1028 |
REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK 050106146 [...] SUMMARY: Post has previously confirmed the bona fides of Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA as a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items (ref C). Post contacted the Spanish Air Force as well as EADS CASA regarding the p [...] |
2009-10-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP ID |
| 09MADRID1029 |
CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OCTOBER 19, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Leon discussed President Zapatero's October 13 meeting with POTUS including Zapatero's plans for a return visit to Washington in January, Spanish intentions regarding police trainers in Afghanistan, Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo, EUFOR, UNIFIL, Iran, Cuba, and Honduras. Le [...] |
2009-10-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KIPR SP AF KV BK LE IR CU HO |
| 09MADRID1030 |
64TH UNGA CANDIDATE INFORMATION: JOINT INSPECTION [...] (U) Spain requests USG support for Spanish candidate Jose Capel Ferrer to the UN Joint Inspection Unit. The Office of the UN and Multilateral Organizations within the Spanish MFA provided the following information in support of Spain's candidate. Capel Ferrer has an advanced degree in civil [...] |
2009-10-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA |
| 09MADRID1038 |
SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON DOHA ROUND - GEOGRAPHIC [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marta Blanco, Deputy Director General for EU Trade Policy, and Isabel Pastor, Advisor for EU Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. 2. As this was an initial meeting - Blanco is new to her position, having replaced longtime Deputy [...] |
2009-10-23 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EUN SP |
| 09MADRID1039 |
SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO CALLS FOR RENEGOTIATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SP |
| 09MADRID1040 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 19-23 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EIND EINV ELAB SP |
| 09MADRID1042 |
SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated GAERC agenda items with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia October 23. Nuno indicated that the GAERC agenda continued to grow, now covering the Western Balkans, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, MEPP, Sri Lanka, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Indon [...] |
2009-10-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SP |
| 09MADRID1043 |
SPAIN WILL BRIEF ON IRAN, AND POSSIBLY PAKISTAN, [...] (C) POLOFF on October 16 delivered to Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, Reftel A-E releasable papers and proposals that the USG will present at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Rio [...] |
2009-10-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1045 |
UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK), but took the opportunit [...] |
2009-10-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL |
| 09MADRID1047 |
SPANISH DEPUTY FM LOSSADA TO HEAD BMENA DELEGATION [...] According to the MFA, Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada will head the Spanish delegation to the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech. Post has encouraged broad Spanish participation in the forum's goals and objectives, as per [...] |
2009-10-26 17:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI KPAO OPDC PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1050 |
FAVORABLE REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050191953 [...] SUMMARY: Post has made inquiries and conducted site visit requested reftel and recommends speedy action to approve export license application number 050191953 for the export of night vision devices to Spain for the use of the Spanish Army. Long-time habitual Ministry of Defense supplier Sum [...] |
2009-10-28 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP |
| 09MADRID1052 |
ZAPATERO PROMISES ACTION TO COMBAT INTERNET PIRACY [...] (SBU) In an October 21 speech to the American Business Council, President Zapatero addressed internet piracy in public for the first time, acknowledging that deficiencies in IPR protection in Spain are a source of concern to the USG and the GOS. Zapatero pointed to the October 9 creation by t [...] |
2009-10-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EINV ECPS KCRM SP |
| 09MADRID1061 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 26-30 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KGHG SP |
| 09MADRID1065 |
SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-02 08:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | USUN PREL SP UNGA AORC APER KAWC |
| 09MADRID1072 |
SPAIN: ETA LOSES MORE KEY LEADERS, EXTENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Spanish and French security forces have re-doubled their efforts against the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, following the high-profile, deadly and destructive attacks that ETA executed during July 29-30 to mark its 50th anniversary (Ref A). Join [...] |
2009-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP |
| 09MADRID1074 |
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting with Spanish Ministry of Culture official Carlos Guervos (septel), senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante raised the mid-December meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (SCCR). The conversation focused [...] |
2009-11-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR WIPO SP |
| 09MADRID1075 |
SPAIN IPR/INTERNET PIRACY: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In an October 29 meeting, visiting senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante and Spanish Culture Ministry official Carlos Guervos discussed the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission on Internet piracy. Guervos said the Inter-Ministerial Commission will draft a law to im [...] |
2009-11-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS SP |
| 09MADRID1076 |
FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Post has coordinated with the Embassy of Japan in Madrid and determined that Spain intends to follow through on its pledge to support Pakistan made during the Tokyo Donor Conference. The Spanish MFA noted that the participation of Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada at the Tokyo Conference [...] |
2009-11-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL SP AF PAK |
| 09MADRID1077 |
SPAIN ON GOLDSTONE/UN DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered reftel demarche November 3 to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Subdirector General for the UN, Marcelino Cabanas; Human Rights Office Director, Juan Duarte; and Deputy Director General for the Middle East, Alberto Ucelay. In a follow-up conversation with [...] |
2009-11-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL |
| 09MADRID108 |
SPAIN: MFA REQUESTS USG REVIEW OF TWO IRAN-RELATED [...] (S) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) On January 26, POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor met Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism (See REFS A and B), who unexpectedly raised t [...] |
2009-01-30 16:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR AINR |
| 09MADRID1087 |
SPAIN CONSIDERS INFORMATION SHARED BY IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iran briefing delegation, with representatives from DOS and Treasury, held discussions with a number of Spanish interlocutors, as well as E3 country resident diplomats, on October 22 and 23 in Madrid. MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Alfonso Lucini (P-equivalent) m [...] |
2009-11-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP IR |
| 09MADRID1088 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 2-6 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
| 09MADRID109 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 26-30 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-30 17:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EPET SP |
| 09MADRID1092 |
SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IBEROAMERICA SHARES [...] (C) Spanish MFA Secretary of State for Iberoamerica Juan Pablo de Laiglesia called the Charge d,Affaires (CDA) to the MFA November 10, 2009, to discuss Honduras. De Laiglesia was accompanied by Director General of Foreign Policy for Iberoamerica Juan Carlos Sanchez. De Laiglesia said the Gov [...] |
2009-11-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HO SP |
| 09MADRID1095 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SP |
| 09MADRID1096 |
SPAIN/INTERNET PIRACY: ANOTHER VIEW OF INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Visiting U.S. Commerce Department official Robin Layton met November 5 with GOS Information Society policy official Salvador Soriano. They discussed electronic commerce and intellectual property rights issues. Soriano outlined the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission and its app [...] |
2009-11-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS SP |
| 09MADRID1101 |
SPAIN APPRECIATES USG OUTREACH REGARDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP), on October 7 held a DVC with GOS officials and Embassy Madrid staff in which he expressed his interest in maintaining open dialogue with Spain and outlined areas for prospective co [...] |
2009-11-17 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09MADRID1103 |
SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Informed of Ref events, MFA officials are looking into whether Madrid will support the allocation of EU funds to help defray some of the costs of Algeria hosting a chemical terrorism conference in Spring 2010, when Spain will hold the rotating EU Presidency. MFA contacts have in [...] |
2009-11-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC SP |
| 09MADRID1114 |
SPAIN AGREES ON NEED TO PREVENT ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] MFA Deputy Director General, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain agreed on the need to prevent anti-Israel bias in UNGA resolutions. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP, highlighting FM Moratinos' efforts, through his role as a special messenger or intermediar [...] |
2009-11-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA SP |
| 09MADRID1115 |
MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 16-20 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR PGOV SP |
| 09MADRID1116 |
SPAIN: WHO'S WHO WITHIN BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group faces a shortfall of experienced leaders, reportedly with less than three dozen hard-core members directing the group's efforts to establish an independent Basque Country. While ETA regenerates its leadership fo [...] |
2009-11-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP |
| 09MADRID1117 |
SPAIN RESIGNED TO END OF USG ROLE AT SEISMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENTARY: Per Reftel, Embassy Madrid on November 10 delivered a diplomatic note informing Spain's MFA of the USG's decision to terminate support for the seismic monitoring Station (hereafter, the "Station") at Sonseca, Spain and to conclude the gradual withdrawal of US person [...] |
2009-11-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP TPHY KTBT KSCI PREL |
| 09MADRID1118 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS FUTURE RESTRUCTURING OF EUFOR [...] (C) On November 18 during High Level Defense Committee talks in Madrid, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DASD Jim Townsend that "Spain will stay in Althea until the end of the operation" and maintain its 15 percent troop share. When pressed about the potential tra [...] |
2009-11-23 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU BK SP |
| 09MADRID112 |
IOM INVITATION TO MIGRATION AND MICROECONOMIC [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration representational office in Spain has sent an invitation informing post of the opportunity for two USG representatives to attend the second "International Experts Meeting on Microeconomics and Migration" (RIEMM) which is to take place March 27, 2 [...] |
2009-02-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON PREF |
| 09MADRID1121 |
SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per request in reftel A, Post provides the following for use in assessing whether to recommend that the President continue to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity (Libertad) Act. The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 4 and updates in [...] |
2009-11-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1126 |
FAVORABLE REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY [...] Pursuant to reftel A request for input on the bona fides of registered broker Rafael Garcia Tudela, General Manager of Europavia Espana, S.A., Post reiterates its favorable assessment of both Europavia and Mr. Garcia. As reported (ref B) subsequent to a July 2009 site visit to calle Jorge Ju [...] |
2009-11-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP |
| 09MADRID1127 |
SPAIN: DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on November 4 met Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to continue conversations (Refs A-D) on enhanced bilateral data-sharing among law enforcement authorities as well as increased US-EU cooperation on justice and home affairs issues du [...] |
2009-11-24 06:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV |
| 09MADRID113 |
CHARGE'S JANUARY 29, 2008, LUNCH WITH SPANISH MOD [...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 lunch, the CDA and Spanish MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed a possible MOD visit to Washington in June, Afghanistan, the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation, an incident during a port call in Barcelona, Gaza arms smuggling, and so-called [...] |
2009-02-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP |
| 09MADRID1131 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S EU ASPIRATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-24 10:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP EU GR MK PREL |
| 09MADRID1132 |
SPAIN COMMITTED TO ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Charge spoke to Secretary General of the Presidency (and former Deputy Foreign Minister) Bernardino Leon on November 23 to convey reftel points. Leon, President Zapatero's closest foreign policy advisor, who was in the Middle East on travel with Zapatero, said that Spain was committed [...] |
2009-11-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP |
| 09MADRID1133 |
SPAIN'S KEY PLAYERS IN EMERGENT IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Please refer to Madrid 1087 dated November 6 for more details regarding Spain's evolving policy towards Iran and post's recommendations for future engagement. Questions from ref (A) are detailed in subparagraphs below. (A) Foreign Minister Moratinos does not set Iran policy alone, but [...] |
2009-11-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1134 |
IMMIGRANTS IN SPAIN: FEWER JOB OPPORTUNITIES, [...] SUMMARY. With unemployment nearing 20 percent, immigrants in Spain are finding work sparse and low-paying, according to informal interviews conducted in past several months. Immigrants, many from Latin America or North Africa, have seen previously abundant sources of work dry up in the first [...] |
2009-11-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREF PREL SMIG |
| 09MADRID1135 |
SPAIN INFORMED OF USG POSTURE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) In advance of the November 26-27 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, Post conveyed Reftel points on the USG's posture on Iran and next steps to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose officials had no substantive reaction. Post emphasized that the USG will be in close contact with [...] |
2009-11-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR SP IAEA |
| 09MADRID1136 |
SPAIN INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR IAEA RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF on November 25 delivered REF demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, who stated that Spain intends to co-sponsor Russia's resolution on the establishment of a nuclear fuel reserve a [...] |
2009-11-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP |
| 09MADRID1137 |
SPAIN: THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON DIGITAL [...] Summary: The GOS-hosted International Forum on Digital Content (FICOD 2009) was a great success, with excellent turnout, high-quality presentations, and an enthusiastic audience. The opening remarks by Deputy Administrator Anna Gomez of NTIA were well-received, and Forum organizers greatly a [...] |
2009-11-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KIPR SP |
| 09MADRID1138 |
SPAIN INTERESTED IN LEADING ROLE IN RECONFIGURED [...] (C) POLOFF on November 25 formally delivered REF demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism. Dr. Eliot Kang, DAS for Nuclear Nonprolifera [...] |
2009-11-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP |
| 09MADRID1139 |
SPAIN: INCSR 2009-2010 REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) As requested in Ref, Post's submission for the "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control," follows in paragraph 2. Post will send statistical data on seizures for the full 2009 calendar year as soon as this information is available. POC [...] |
2009-11-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SP |
| 09MADRID114 |
SPANISH RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA NATO [...] According to Spanish MFA Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Office Director Pablo Nuno, the Spanish ratification of the NATO accession for Croatia and Albania is moving forward and will be completed well in advance of the April Summit. The Spanish legislative branch approved and forwarded the [...] |
2009-02-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1144 |
MISSION SPAIN ON "THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: In response to taskings set out in reftel, Post's Muslim Engagement Working Group canvassed a wide range of contacts to solicit qualified nominees for the Entrepreneurship Summit. In addition, the Public Affairs Section (PAS) has widely publicized the event. | ||||