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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03BUENOSAIRES1662 |
ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...] |
2003-05-20 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR US |
| 03BUENOSAIRES1747 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TAKES OFFICE WITH PREDICTABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NESTOR KIRCHNER'S MAY 25 INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ADVOCATING A GREATER STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE. HE REPEATED HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GIVE PROMINENCE OF PLACE TO ARGENTINA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] |
2003-05-28 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL AR CU |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2228 |
WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2004 UPDATE [...] In 2002, the Ministry of Labor estimated that 7.1 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were working in Argentina. Such statistics have not been updated to reflect the severity and consequences of the 2001 economic crisis. According to the Minister of Health, there are more children than adults [...] |
2004-08-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KOCI KWMN ELAB AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2291 |
FORMER PRESIDENT DUHALDE ON KIRCHNER, FTAA AND [...] (C) Summary: Former President Eduardo Duhalde claims that a MERCOSUR-led "South American Union" will be announced before year's end. He claimed to support free trade and FTAA, especially after the recent compromise reached at the WTO meeting in Geneva. Duhalde said President Kirchner is more pr [...] |
2004-08-10 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL AR MERCOSUR FTAA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2310 |
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS SUPPLEMENT: RIGHTS TO LAND AND [...] Argentina's Northwest province of Salta is undergoing a gradual economic transformation with prices for agricultural products, mining, oil up, and the tourism sector growing. Life, however, for the region's rural poor and indigenous communities remains difficult, characterized by high unemploy [...] |
2004-08-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI ELAB PGOV EAID SENV AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2320 |
NEW SECURITY MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE, MOSTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than two weeks after assuming office, Justice Minister Horacio Daniel Rosatti presented four domestic security initiatives to the Senate initially proposed by his predecessor Gustavo Beliz, indicating that the recent change in leadership at the Ministry will not affect the [...] |
2004-08-13 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2419 |
KIRCHNER MOVES SECURITY SECRETARIAT INTO CASA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 President Nestor Kirchner announced the transfer of the Security Secretariat from the Justice Ministry to the Interior Ministry. This is widely viewed as a positive step that will increase the profile of security issues, by both placing one of the most influential Mi [...] |
2004-08-25 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2540 |
AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] |
2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2712 |
AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] |
2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2714 |
ARGENTINA SIGNS INL LETTER OF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Beilsa and Ambassador Gutierrez signed the first INL Letter of Agreement (LOA) since 1995. Post would like to express its appreciation to the INL and L Bureaus for their tremendous assistance in this process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Argenti [...] |
2004-09-23 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2866 |
ARGENTINA: POLLING THE POLLSTERS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently met with several of the leading Argentine pollsters to discuss their views on the image of the United States, public support for Kirchner, and the current political situation in Argentina. Included in these meetings were Graciela Romer, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Mari [...] |
2004-10-07 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2891 |
ARGENTINA: THE UCR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (U) Summary: The election of Adolfo Stubrin as president of the national Radical Civil Union (UCR) convention provides the UCR the opportunity to reorganize the party and begin to build on its grass-roots strength to serve as a viable opposition to the ruling Peronist Party (PJ). Stubrin's [...] |
2004-10-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2894 |
POSSIBLE KIRCHNER VISIT TO CUBA STILL UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: At a luncheon on October 6, Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador that Cuba was lobbying hard for an official visit from either President Nestor Kirchner or the first lady but that no visit would be contemplated until Cuban scientist Hilda Molina wa [...] |
2004-10-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU AR MOLINA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2900 |
MEETING WITH TUCUMAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28-29, Pasoffs and Poloff met with Tucuman Governor Jose Jorge Alperovich and leading journalists in the province. The meeting with the Governor was positive and covered key issues facing the province, such as economic reform, relations with the national governmen [...] |
2004-10-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2904 |
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE WITH POLITICAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) On October 13th, Ambassador accompanied by POLCOUNS and POLOFF met with leading Argentine pollster Graciela Romer. She has long been a helpful contact of the Embassy. (SEE REFTEL) Romer is active in opinion polling and political consulting in many parts of Latin America, and has comple [...] |
2004-10-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VZ |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2912 |
ARGENTINA CRACKS DOWN ON PIQUETEROS IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early in the morning of Saturday October 2, 85 members of an elite Gendarmeria riot control unit, assisted by provincial police, broke up a roadblock and forcibly ended the piquetero occupation of an oil depot in the town of Caleta Olivia in President Nestor Kirchner,s home prov [...] |
2004-10-14 17:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3041 |
VENEZUELA: SPEAKING OUT ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POLCOUNS, delivered reftel demarche on Venezuela,s deteriorating democracy and human rights situation on October 22 to Argentine MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Policy, Ambassador Dario SIPDIS Alessandro. Alessandro was accompanied by his deputy, the Director [...] |
2004-10-27 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL VE AR DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3066 |
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH GOA ON SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) Summary: DCM met October 22 with Argentine MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Policy Ambassador Dario SIPDIS Alessandro to discuss planning for next year's Summit of the Americas and to deliver talking points on Summit preparation. DCM also raised with Alessandro the recent visit to [...] |
2004-11-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KSUM PGOV PREL AR HA SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3067 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BIELSA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez met October 29 with Foreign Minister Bielsa to deliver a letter from Secretary Powell congratulating Argentina on its selection to the UN Security Council and to review other bilateral and regional issues. The Ambassador expressed his satisfaction with the st [...] |
2004-11-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNSC MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3081 |
COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] |
2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3171 |
DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...] |
2004-11-10 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3185 |
OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS AR UNGA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3186 |
DELIVERY OF ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE TO ARGENTINA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez delivered on November 12 the Article 98 talking points from reftel to the Argentine Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Roberto Garcia Moritan. SIPDIS Ambassador Gutierrez underscored the importance of Article 98 agreements in our bilateral relationships and noted we [...] |
2004-11-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PREL AR KICC DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3216 |
URGENT DEMARCE CONCERNING THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IR BO ZI SU AR UNGA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3272 |
LOOKING AHEAD FOR HAITI: ARGENTINA DEMARCHE [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered talking points in reftel on November 19 to the MFA Director for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Minister Marcos Breton. POLCOUNS reaffirmed our appreciation for the support Argentina has demonstrated to the people of Haiti and for their firm commitment to con [...] |
2004-11-19 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA AR DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3283 |
SUDAN: PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AR UNGA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3310 |
IRAN/IAEA: ARGENTINA ON STRONG NATIONAL STATEMENTS [...] (C) Polcouns delivered points in reftel to the Argentine MFA Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) the afternoon of November 24 to DIGAN counselor Luciano Tanto Clement. Clement reiterated the GOA's longstanding concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and its [...] |
2004-11-24 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR AR IAEA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3364 |
SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) The GOA continues to pursue what it refers to as a policy of constructive engagement toward Cuba on democracy and human rights issues. The Presidency and Foreign Ministry argue that engagement and the influence that comes with it -- however limited -- is the best way to promote reform in [...] |
2004-12-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU AR MOLINA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3427 |
TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S MENDOZA PROVINCE LEADING [...] (C) Summary: POLOFFS recently traveled to Mendoza to attend a political development conference, meet with leading political leaders, and participate in a cosmic ray observatory dedication ceremony. Mendoza enjoys greater political diversity than the nation as a whole, with three well-develop [...] |
2004-12-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3489 |
MOLINA INCIDENT CREATES TURMOIL WITHIN ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the Molina incident at the Argentine embassy in Havana on December 16, Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fernandez told reporters on Friday that a "clarification" would be made later in the day regarding the status of the Argentine ambassador to Cuba, Raul Taleb, and the MFA chief of cabi [...] |
2004-12-17 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR CU MOLINA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3490 |
ARGENTINE CHAPTER OF 2004-2005 INCSR PART I [...] Argentina is not a major drug producing country, but it is a transit country for cocaine flowing from neighboring Bolivia, Peru and Colombia primarily destined for Europe. Argentina is also a transit route for Colombian heroin en route to the U.S East Coast (primarily New York). Due to its a [...] |
2004-12-17 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV AR PREL |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3542 |
RAISING VENEZUELA WITH ARGENTINA MFA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez met December 23 with Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa to raise again our concerns about recent events in Venezuela. The Ambassador began by noting that in his meeting with Secretary Powell, Bielsa had stated that President Kirchner and the GOA would use every [...] |
2004-12-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL VE AR MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES138 |
CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...] |
2005-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL |
| 05BUENOSAIRES141 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...] |
2005-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES159 |
CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...] |
2005-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES184 |
GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...] |
2005-01-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES190 |
ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...] |
2005-01-27 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES223 |
VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI OUTLINES THEMES FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Argentine Vice President Scioli reviewed some of the themes and concerns he hopes to raise in his meeting next week with Vice President Cheney. Scioli said the meeting would present an opportunity to further develop the bilateral agend [...] |
2005-02-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES225 |
ARGENTINA: CY 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Due to the signing of a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in late September, Argentina received INL INCLE funding for the first time in nine years. Post is actively working to subobligate this funding early in 2005. In 2004, Post provided USD $1,430 for the maintenance of INL provided radio repeater [...] |
2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES226 |
STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO AR DEMARCHE |
| 05BUENOSAIRES260 |
ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...] |
2005-02-04 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VE |
| 05BUENOSAIRES264 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...] |
2005-02-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR CHAVEZ MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES267 |
PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, [...] On February 4, POLOFF met with Ambassador Victor Beauge, Special Representative for Terrorism Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming fifth session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) in Port of Spain, Trinidad on February 16-18, 2005. 2. Ambassado [...] |
2005-02-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DEMARCHE |
| 05BUENOSAIRES269 |
AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Agricultural Counselor (AgCouns) and staff, and representatives from the Political Section met with Congresswoman Maria del Carmen Alarcon (Partido Justicialista - Santa Fe) and members of the agricultural lobbying organization, "Pampa Sur". Deputy Alarcon [...] |
2005-02-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES3110 |
Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tripwires and [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires has created an Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF), chaired by the DCM and composed of a program coordinator and representatives from MED, CON, RSO, MGMT, FAS and ESTH. The MTF [...] |
2005-12-20 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES3119 |
HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW [...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...] |
2005-12-21 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES3164 |
ARGENTINA AND CHILE SIGN ACCORD FOR A NEW COMBINED [...] (U) New Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre and her Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet signed an agreement December 27 in Buenos Aires to create a combined peacekeeping force to participate in United Nations missions, which is planned to debut in Haiti as early as August 2006. 2. (U) The [...] |
2005-12-28 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES3179 |
Province of Buenos Aires Debt Exchange [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Province of Buenos Aires debt exchange closed on December 16. Preliminary results indicate that the province received tenders for USD 2.8 billion of old bonds, achieving a 93 percent par [...] |
2005-12-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES325 |
CORDOBA PRISON RIOT RESOLVED AFTER 24 STANDOFF [...] (U) As of this writing, a riot in Cordoba's provincial prison, that left at least eight people dead, has ended with the release of all hostages. On 10 February, a protest over better living conditions and extended visitation hours turned deadly and escalated into a full-scale riot. The prison [...] |
2005-02-11 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS KRIM AR PROTESTS |
| 05BUENOSAIRES373 |
GOA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET; CUBA DISCUSSED [...] (U) Reacting to sensationalist stories in Clarin and La Nacion about the description of Argentina in the Consular Information Sheet on February 16 (reftel), Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and Tourism Secretary Enrique Meyer held a press conference that night to take issue with our Consular In [...] |
2005-02-17 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV AR US CU |
| 05BUENOSAIRES392 |
ARGENTINE AIRLINE COMPANY SUTHERN WINDS (SW) [...] SOUTHERN WINDS AIRLINES ) NADDIS NEGATIVE; ARGENTINE AIRLINES FORMED IN 1996 IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA, BY FOUNDER AND CEO JUAN JOSE MAGGIO; BUS ADD: SUIPACHA 1111, 26TH FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; AVENIDA COLON 540, SUITE 5B, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA; AVENIDA SANTA FE 782, THIRD FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; LAV [...] |
2005-02-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR DEA |
| 05BUENOSAIRES430 |
POLITICAL RENEWAL OR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFFS traveled to Santiago del Estero February 15-17 to meet with political leaders and election officials on the eve of gubernatorial and legislative elections. (See refs for background on elections) Everyone assured POLOFFS that the election would be free and fair, although [...] |
2005-02-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR OFDA |
| 05BUENOSAIRES461 |
GOA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REINSTATING INTERPOL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 28, Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez contacted Ambassador to request USG assistance in obtaining the reinstatement of the Interpol "Red Notices for Capture" for 12 Iranian suspects wanted for questioning by the GOA [...] |
2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM IR AR AMIA |
| 05BUENOSAIRES496 |
AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...] |
2005-03-03 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES507 |
ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...] |
2005-03-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR |
| 05BUENOSAIRES68 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez and the Embassy Buenos Aires country team warmly welcome CODEL Dodd to Argentina January 12-13. During your stay in Argentina you will have the opportunity to speak with senior Argentine officials and experts on a range of political, economic and counternar [...] |
2005-01-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1004 |
ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN), called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] |
2006-05-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1005 |
ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN), called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] |
2006-05-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1006 |
ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN), called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] |
2006-05-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1024 |
ARGENTINE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POLCOUNS and POLOFF, met May 5 with the MFA's Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Luis Cappagli. Among the issues they discussed were reftel points regarding contingency planning for avian flu. DCM explained the steps being taken by U.S. authorities domestically an [...] |
2006-05-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1025 |
ARGENTINA VERY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS [...] (C) POLOFF met May 5 with Minister Maria Ines Fernandez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations, to discuss reftel points. POLOFF said that Canada, the U.S., and Brazil had all contributed to the proposed OAS electoral mission for Guyana, but that the OAS was still short of the nece [...] |
2006-05-05 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC OAS PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1028 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...] |
2006-05-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1035 |
THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met May 5 with Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan at the Foreign Ministry. Also participating in the meeting were Under Secretary for Political Affairs Luis Cappagli, North American Affairs Director Vicente Espeche Gil, [...] |
2006-05-08 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1037 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...] |
2006-05-08 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1038 |
MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...] |
2006-05-08 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1050 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...] |
2006-05-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1059 |
MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...] |
2006-05-10 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1061 |
EXPANDING PSI IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Because of the relative difficulty of regional participation in global Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) events, post requests that the Department and Washington agencies consider establishing a Western Hemisphere PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) by the [...] |
2006-05-10 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KNUC AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1069 |
MEDIA REACTION VENEZUELAN/BRAZILIAN CLASH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the clash between Venezuela and Brazil over the Bolivian gas crisis; the implications of Bolivian nationalization of the energy sector; the aftermath of the war in Iraq; the statements made by nominee for US Ambassador to Argentina [...] |
2006-05-11 18:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1079 |
ARGENTINA DEMARCHE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 11 to Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo of the Office of International Organizations of the Argentine Foreign Ministry. PolCouns reviewed points in reftel with Gomez and Raballo and underscored the importance we place on GoA supp [...] |
2006-05-11 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1087 |
MEDIA REACTION EU-LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Bolivian President Morales ruling out compensation for nationalizing foreign oil and gas subsidiaries; the EU's belief Venezuelan President Chavez is a hurdle in reaching a deal between the EU and Mercosur; and statement [...] |
2006-05-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1088 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In a press conference on May 9, Minister of Labor Carlos Tomada and Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli announced that the GOA will increase the minimum pension from ARP 390 per month to ARP 470, a 21 percent increase. This will be the Kirchner Administration's eighth increase in the minimum [...] |
2006-05-12 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES109 |
QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...] |
2006-01-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1090 |
ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADVOCATE EXPELLED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1091 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...] |
2006-05-12 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1099 |
Argentina: Disaster Management System Overview [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOA has a number of agencies in place to deal with disaster management, many with well-trained personnel and established action plans. Of them, the GOA Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN) is particularly wel [...] |
2006-05-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OFDA PREL SENV KNNP KSCA AEMR ASEC KESS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1102 |
MEDIA REACTION US TROOPS TO MEXICAN BORDER EU- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the US Pentagon drawing up plans for troops on the Mexican border; European and Latin American leaders' pledge to bolster ties in "bi- regional strategic relationship;" Argentine deputy Carlos Kunkel rejecting the statements of nominee for US ambass [...] |
2006-05-15 19:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1119 |
MEDIA REACTION US SANCTION ON VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US imposing a ban on arms sales to Venezuela because of a lack of support by President Chavez's government for counterterrorism efforts; the USG decision to send troops to the US- Mexican border; the alleged confrontation of the US and China in I [...] |
2006-05-16 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1127 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA director for international organizations Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez on May 16. Gonzalez was accompanied by Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo. 2. (C) Gonzalez said he had been in contact throughout the day with the G [...] |
2006-05-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1130 |
AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS, UNIONS SIGN SALARY AGREEMENT [...] Senior managers of Spanish-owned Aerolineas Argentinas and leaders of the unions representing the airline's pilots (APLA) and mechanics (APTA) signed an agreement on pay increases on May 15. Representatives of the airline have agreed: to increase pilots' and mechanics' base salary by 19 perc [...] |
2006-05-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1131 |
MEDIA REACTION US MILITARIZATION OF US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US and Mexican reaction to the USG decision to send troops to the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's reaction to the US ban on arms sales to the country; and the Kirchner administration's handling of Argentine economic affairs. Le [...] |
2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1132 |
APRIL 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.0 percent in April, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11.7 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 0.9 percent in March and the purchasing power of salaried workers in March was 5.3 percent higher than in March 2005. The poverty rate fell to [...] |
2006-05-17 18:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1144 |
MEDIA REACTION US SENATE VOTING A FENCE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Senate voting to construct a fence on the US-Mexican border and supporting citizenship of undocumented US immigrants; Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivian President Morales creating a bi-national mining corporation; the legality of Bolivia [...] |
2006-05-18 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1148 |
ARGENTINA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IMSO, IN [...] Econoff presented reftel talking points to Maritime Affairs Counselor Ariel Gonzalez of the Foreign Ministry's Office of Legal Counsel on May 18. Gonzalez responded that the GOA agrees, in principle, with the positions the USG is supporting in the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) [...] |
2006-05-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD TSPL KCIP KSCA KSTC EINT ETTC IMO |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1154 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On May 11, the GOA sold USD 239 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012), for a market value of USD 200 million, to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The GOA sold the bonds at market prices that translate into a yield of 7.59 percent. With this purchase, the GOV will [...] |
2006-05-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1156 |
MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION BILL; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President George W. Bush requesting additional funds from the US Congress for the construction of fences and temporary troop deployment on the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's scam invasion of the US, intended to train its mil [...] |
2006-05-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES117 |
MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...] |
2006-01-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1176 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INTERVIEWS LIKELY WARM-UP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner recently gave extensive newspaper interviews that likely presage his speech at the huge rally planned in the central square of Buenos Aires on May 25 to commemorate Revolution Day and the third anniversary of Kirchner assuming the presidency. Kirchner's interv [...] |
2006-05-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1177 |
MFA OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS GOA COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Undersecretary for Latin American Policy Leonardo Franco told the DCM and PolCouns in a May 18 meeting that the GoA would remain actively involved in supporting Haitian democracy following the inauguration of President Rene Preval. Franco had just returned from Haiti wher [...] |
2006-05-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR HI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES118 |
MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...] |
2006-01-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1181 |
OAS PERMREP MAISTO'S DISCUSSIONS IN ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: OAS Permanent Representative John Maisto met May 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to brief him on the U.S. perspective of current OAS activities and the state of play for the upcoming General Assembly meeting in Santo Domingo. Ambassador Maisto also took the oppo [...] |
2006-05-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1184 |
EMBASSY SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF EXPRESS MAIL COMPANIES [...] (U) Argentina's Director General of Customs (DGC) has suspended implementation of a resolution, Resolution 2021, that would have amended the regulatory framework governing international express mail deliveries. Post organized the April 28 meeting between the DGC and representatives of Argent [...] |
2006-05-24 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1188 |
MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...] |
2006-05-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1189 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; UN AND GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover an interview with journalist Robert Fisk on the war in Iraq; the UN asking the US to close the Guantanamo prison; the US/Latin American ties in the opinion of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner; the impact of the USG decision to militarize the US/Mexi [...] |
2006-05-24 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES119 |
MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...] |
2006-01-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1190 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO UNSC ALLIES ON A BURMA [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 24. DCM reviewed background and talking points with Cappagli and left a copy of the draft resolution for GoA review and comments. 2. (C) Cappagli, who had just re [...] |
2006-05-24 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1191 |
ARGENTINA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel points seeking public GoA support of the Iraqi political process to Argentina MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 23. 2. (SBU) Cappagli concurred that the government formation process represented an "import [...] |
2006-05-24 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1192 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-24 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AMGT AORC AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES120 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met with Minister of Defense Nilda Garre January 12. They discussed the current situation in Haiti and Garre's vision for the Argentine armed forces. Garre will reconfigure the armed forces for a defensive doctrine, but also continue Argen [...] |
2006-01-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1203 |
EMBASSY-GOA BILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] The DCM led the Embassy's Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Working Group's first meeting with a GoA interagency security group headed by Internal Security Secretary Luis Tibiletti on May 23. Post's Working Group included representatives from RSO, LegAtt, MilGroup, DEA, DAO, POL/INL, and [...] |
2006-05-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV SNAR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1204 |
MEDIA REACTION ANTHONY WAYNE'S NOMINATION AS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include a reported delay in the US Senate's approval of Mr. Anthony Wayne's nomination as US Ambassador to Argentina; Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana's meeting with US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, and the alleged [...] |
2006-05-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1210 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS; UN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the current situation in Iraq; the outcome of Colombian elections; the imminent voting at the UN Security Council to remove five of its non-permanent members; the implications of the Enron case; the status of the US immigration draft bill; the arriv [...] |
2006-05-31 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1211 |
ARGENTINA'S SHARE OF FDI INFLOWS HAS DECLINED [...] Argentina received 1.4 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries in 2005, and 5.9 percent of FDI inflows to Latin America. Both of these shares are well below Argentina's average FDI share during 1992-2000. Even if FDI from the 1990s privatizations is exclude [...] |
2006-05-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1216 |
MEDIA REACTION NEW US TREASURY SECRETARY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the appointment of Henry Paulson as the new US Treasury Secretary in replacement of John Snow; the mobilization of some US troops from Kuwait to Southern Iraq; Argentina and Brazil's efforts to obtain greater integration among Latin American [...] |
2006-05-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1223 |
BCRA Meets its Monetary Target, but Is Not [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The average M2 level during the first quarter was close to the lower end of the Central Bank's (BCRA's) Monetary Program target. Still, M2 increased 26 percent y-o-y, and would have increa [...] |
2006-06-01 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1225 |
U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) I delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on June 1. I emphasized to Taiana that if Iran was prepared to suspend all enrichment and reprocessing activities and resume cooperation with the IAEA, the U.S. would become a full party to the EU-3 negotiations with Iran. I a [...] |
2006-06-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1229 |
MEDIA REACTION HADITHA INVESTIGATION; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories include the current status of Haditha Investigation; the shift in US policy in Iran; and the opinion of Argentina's ambassador to the US on the bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES "... Bush promises a punishment for the 24 civil [...] |
2006-06-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1239 |
MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its enriched uranium program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION P [...] |
2006-06-02 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1243 |
KIRCHNER'S ASSOCIATES ATTACK FORMER ECON MINISTER [...] (U) Other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (SBU) Summary: Following a number of recent public appearances and statements by former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna, many government officials close to President Kirchner have come out strongly [...] |
2006-06-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1246 |
MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IRAN IMF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its uranium enrichment program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION [...] |
2006-06-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1251 |
MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ HADITHA FTAA- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the alleged murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha by a group of US troops; the consequences of the war in Iraq; the US/Latin American relationship; FTAA/Mercosur ties; a group of Canadian residents that were arrested for planning to blow up targets in [...] |
2006-06-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1270 |
ARGENTINA OFFERS MORE FLIGHTS TO U.S. CARRIERS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. This is an action request: see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Econoffs met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli on May 19 as a follow-up discussion o [...] |
2006-06-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1273 |
MEDIA REACTION OUTCOME OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of the Peruvian elections; the possibility of US-Uruguayan and US-Paraguayan FTAs; the US 2006 trafficking in Persons Report; and Venezuela's alleged entry into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STO [...] |
2006-06-06 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1279 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...] |
2006-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES128 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 12. During the conversation, which focused on Bolivia, A/S Shannon defined key U.S. concerns about the incoming Evo Morales administration and underscored [...] |
2006-01-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1283 |
MEDIA REACTION PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of Peruvian elections; the USG proposal to Iran; the World Bank granting new loans to Argentina; Brazilian military's geopolitical concerns; and hundreds of landless farm workers invading Brazilian Congress to dema [...] |
2006-06-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1286 |
CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...] |
2006-06-07 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1288 |
MEETING READOUT WITH GOA ON TIG INSURANCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM and Econoff (notetaker) met with Secretary of Economy for Legal and Administrative Affairs Estela Palomeque, and Advisors to the Secretary Carlos Arganaraz and Beatriz Pallares on June 7 to di [...] |
2006-06-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1297 |
MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-CRIME TECHNOLOGY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US new anti-crime "technological arsenal;" the war in Iraq; the current status of the US-Venezuelan relationship; and post-election Ollanta Humala's statements. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US prepares anti-cri [...] |
2006-06-08 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES13 |
MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: the controversy unleashed by US anti-illegal immigration legislation; the Bush administration's legacy; negotiations related to global farm subsidies; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' first trip abroad; the Kirchner administratio [...] |
2006-01-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1309 |
ARGENTINA: 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STARTS EARLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Minister of the Economy Roberto Lavagna's recent steps towards a likely presidential run has opened the 2007 presidential campaign early, with President Nestor Kirchner finally admitting that either he or his wife will be the "official" candidate and center-right Republic [...] |
2006-06-09 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1312 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to meet next week to reach an agreement on the price of Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. No specific date was announced, however. There have been technical level negotiations between the two governments, but difficulties in reaching an [...] |
2006-06-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1323 |
MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...] |
2006-06-12 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1340 |
MEDIA REACTION AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH US-CUBAN TIES FARM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of Al Zarqawi's death; an escalation in the US-Cuban confrontation; agricultural liberalization as the main demand of developing countries; the progress made by the International Criminal Court; internati [...] |
2006-06-13 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1349 |
MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO IRAQ; ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's trip to Baghdad; and the US House of Representatives passing a resolution calling on the Latin American countries to 'intensify their efforts' against Islamic groups. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORI [...] |
2006-06-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1352 |
ARGENTINA-BOLIVIA NATURAL GAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] Minister of Planning Julio De Vido and Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera ended their 7-hour negotiating session on June 12 without reaching an agreement on the price that Argentina would pay for Bolivian natural gas. De Vido entered the session against the backdrop of public statem [...] |
2006-06-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1353 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 9, the GOA sold USD 243 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012) sold to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The bonds have a market value of USD 200 million. This is the GOV's sixth purchase this year of GOA bonds, and brings its total 2006 purchases to USD 1.7 [...] |
2006-06-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1362 |
2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...] |
2006-06-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1364 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IMF-ARGENTINA MIDDLE EAST FTAA-MERCOSUR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Senate allegedly limiting US President Bush's war power in Iraq; the report of external auditors on the IMF performance in handling the 2001 Argentine crisis and the Independent Evaluation Office's review; the situ [...] |
2006-06-16 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1388 |
MEDIA REACTION US-NORTH KOREA; FUTURE US AMBASSADOR TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers cover the escalation of tension between the US and North Korea; the future US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; the resignation of DEPSEC Robert Zoellick; Bolivian President Morales' alleged willingness to sign an FTA with the US; Chacho Alvare [...] |
2006-06-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1389 |
MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; US-LATIN AMERICA; GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the current tension between the US and North Korea; the US concern over Latin American democracy; the EU pressuring US President Bush over the closure of Guantanamo prison; US President Bush leading world trade negotiations; the nature of Latin Amer [...] |
2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1391 |
MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE EU; US ANTI-MISSILE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President Bush's trip to the EU; the US activating its anti-missile defense system in an escalation of tension with North Korea; a report from the US Energy Information Administration stating that Brazil, Colombia and Argenti [...] |
2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES140 |
ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) President Kirchner met with Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on January 17 in Buenos Aires. The Morales visit to Argentina followed a series of meetings that he had conducted with leaders in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, France, Spain, South Africa and China. Morales stated in a brief pre [...] |
2006-01-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AR BL |
| 06BUENOSAIRES141 |
REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan phoned the Ambassador on January 18 to follow up on the Ambassador's January 12 demarche on reporting Iran to the Security Council (Reftel B). Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador the GOA would support both the call for an emergency [...] |
2006-01-19 17:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AR AORC |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1414 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; KIRCHNER IN SPAIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea warning Washington about a possible military confrontation between the two countries; the alleged US campaign to avoid Venezuela's entry into the UN Security Council; the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee's resumptio [...] |
2006-06-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1424 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, the presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to announce an agreement on natural gas exports, but several new issues have arisen. Bolivia is standing firm on its condition that Argentina cannot re-export gas to Chile (Bolivia refuses to sell gas to Chile, seeking to recov [...] |
2006-06-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1433 |
IRAQ; ALLEGED US ESPIONAGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; EVO MORALES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the alleged preparation for US troop withdrawal from Iraq; former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statement that US President Bush will ask for his help in fighting the insurgency in Iraq; a new espionage scandal in the US; the rela [...] |
2006-06-26 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1434 |
The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...] |
2006-06-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1439 |
ARGENTINA'S DRUG CZAR ISOLATED, LEGALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22, the DCM, accompanied by Acting DEA Chief and POL Officers, met with Dr. Jose Granero, the head of Argentina's Drug Prevention Secretariat (SEDRONAR) to discuss recent reports that the Interior Minister had ordered several federal law enforcement agencies to stop workin [...] |
2006-06-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1441 |
THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...] |
2006-06-27 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1442 |
EMBASSY SUPPORTS PROPOSED IDB LOAN TO ARGENTINA FOR REMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires supports the proposed USD 50 million IDB loan to Argentina for a remote sensing satellite as being in the US national interest and as being an appropriate loan for the IDB. Far from be [...] |
2006-06-27 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID TSPA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1454 |
ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...] |
2006-06-28 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1459 |
ARGENTINA TO AGREE TO EXPANDED FLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM met with Secretary of Transportation Ricardo Jaime on June 27 to discuss Reftel A talking points on Open Skies. The DCM observed that business and tourism travel between the U.S. and Argentin [...] |
2006-06-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES146 |
STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...] |
2006-01-19 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1460 |
ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on July 3. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, 2005 President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term l [...] |
2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1462 |
ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...] |
2006-06-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1465 |
USG-THE NEW YORK TIMES; MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the confrontation between the USG and The New York Times newspaper over the newspaper's disclosure of the USG's alleged banking espionage; US supporting the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories aimed at rescuing an [...] |
2006-06-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES147 |
STAFFDEL MACKEY EXAMINES ARGENTINE NARCOTICS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief Counsel Paul Oostburg Sanz traveled to Argentina January 10-13 [...] |
2006-01-19 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1476 |
US SUPREME COURT RULING ON GUANTANAMO; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Supreme Court declaring that military tribunals created after the September 11 attacks violated the Geneva Convention; US Congressional ratification of the Peru FTA; and the US Senate's alleged confirmation of Earl Anthony Wayne as Ambassador t [...] |
2006-06-30 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1481 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, Argentina and Bolivia finally reached an agreement on Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. The agreement was signed by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morales, and provides for an increase in the volume of gas exported to Argentina. The price will inc [...] |
2006-07-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1486 |
MORALES IN ARGENTINA TO SIGN GAS, IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales visited to Argentina on June 29 to sign agreements with President Kirchner on the price and volume of natural gas deliveries from Bolivia and agreements on immigration and bridge construction. Kirchner did not sign an agreement on coca leaf imports to Argent [...] |
2006-07-03 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ECON AR BL |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1487 |
RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...] |
2006-07-03 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1510 |
FM TAIANA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Argentine Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan the morning of July 6. (Note: Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana is currently in India.) The Ambassador underscored the gravity of the decision by the DPRK to go forward with the missile launche [...] |
2006-07-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1515 |
NORTH KOREA; THE CARACAS SUMMIT; VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local media report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's address to the Venezuelan National Assembly, in which he strengthened his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and added that Venezuela "is a full democracy fighting for justice." Papers speculate on [...] |
2006-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1516 |
INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...] |
2006-07-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1523 |
ARGENTINE FM TAIANA'S TRIP TO INDIA YIELDS FEW [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentine FM Jorge Taiana led a delegation of over 70 businesspersons and GOA officials to India July 3-7. The mission's goal, according to the office of the MFA's Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, wa [...] |
2006-07-07 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFTA EAGR ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1533 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO REQUEST CO-SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Ambassador spoke on July 8 with Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to urge the GoA to co-sponsor the Japanese UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches. The conversation was a follow-up to the Ambassador's July 6 demarche to Garcia Moritan on the DPRK res [...] |
2006-07-10 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1535 |
INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...] |
2006-07-10 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES154 |
ARGENTINA: LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao paid a courtesy call on Argentine Labor Minister Carlos Tomada. Secretary Chao took the opportunity to speak about the benefits of free trade, noting that free trade was the best way for Argentina to achieve the goals of continued [...] |
2006-01-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1545 |
ARGENTINA: STATE OF PLAY OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Reftel A points to Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio of Argentine MFA International Organizations office on July 11. Fernandez Salorio expressed hope that Chinese diplomatic effort would succeed but reemphasized that Argentina would vote in favor of the UNSC resolution [...] |
2006-07-11 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1548 |
MUMBAI BLITZ; GUANTANAMO 07/12/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the bomb blitz in Mumbai killing more than 160 in India's worst terrorist attack since 1993; and the USG's alleged announcement that the Geneva Convention will apply to the Guantanamo prison. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES [...] |
2006-07-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES155 |
MEDIA REACTION BRASILIA SUMMIT STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Bin Laden's warning that he is preparing new attacks in the US; French President Chirac's warning that nuclear weapons could be used as a response to a state terrorist attack; French Defense Minister offering Argentina five sup [...] |
2006-01-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1550 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5 percent m-o-m in June, below market expectations of 0.7 percent, and follows an identical increase in May. The better-than-expected result is due mainly to reduced pressure on food prices, which represent almost one-third of the Index. Last month' [...] |
2006-07-12 20:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1566 |
ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...] |
2006-07-14 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1567 |
U.S. CITIZEN'S LAND THREATENED WITH EXPROPRIATION [...] The senate in the Argentine province of Catamarca unanimously approved a bill July 13 expropriating 53,603 hectares of privately-held land, a large part of which is owned by U.S. citizen Peter McBride. The bill must still be approved by the provincial lower house and signed by governor Eduar [...] |
2006-07-14 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1571 |
FISCAL SITUATION IN PROVINCES DETERIORATING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 b and d. 2. (C) Summary: Provincial finances are deterioriating, with the provincial contribution to the consolidated surplus this year projected to be zero. The worsening state of provincial finances is mainly the result of sp [...] |
2006-07-14 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1573 |
JUNE 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.5 percent in June, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.5 percent in May and the purchasing power of salaried workers in May 2006 was 5.2 percent higher than in May 2005. According to the BCRA's last s [...] |
2006-07-17 12:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES158 |
MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...] |
2006-01-20 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1584 |
MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...] |
2006-07-17 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1586 |
US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...] |
2006-07-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1587 |
JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...] |
2006-07-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES159 |
MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...] |
2006-01-20 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1593 |
MIDDLE EAST; TRIPLE BORDER; WTO DOHA ROUND; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the war in the Middle East; the US Senate's attempt to pass a resolution intended to create an antiterrorist task force on the Triple Border between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil; and the US-Argentine deal to fight money launderi [...] |
2006-07-18 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1594 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS [...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...] |
2006-07-18 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1599 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON THE ADOPTION OF A CHAPTER [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Augustin Colombo Sierra and Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Luis Cappagli on July 18. Cappagli is the P equivalent in the Foreign Ministry. Foreign Minister Jorge [...] |
2006-07-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1600 |
ARGENTINA PROPOSES ITU QUID PRO QUO [...] Reftel directed the Embassy to seek the GOA's support for reelecting the U.S. to the ITU Council at the ITU's November 2006 meeting. That message was delivered March 2006. 2. The Argentine MFA has responded with a diplomatic note containing a proposal for reciprocal assistance. That is, [...] |
2006-07-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1605 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...] |
2006-07-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES161 |
PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SUPPORTS URUGUAY'S RIGHT TO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner made a statement to the press on January 19 during his state visit to Brasilia that he would not oppose Uruguay's negotiation of a free trade agreement with the U.S. "If Argent [...] |
2006-01-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR BL VE CI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1610 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER ON GOA POLICY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 5, the DCM paid a farewell call on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli that included a frank discussion on GOA policy in the region. Attempting to clarify Kirchner's recent comments about the U.S. [...] |
2006-07-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1617 |
MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...] |
2006-07-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1624 |
K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...] |
2006-07-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES163 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAN ALLEGED A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Argentina's alignment with the US against Iran and promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy; the Latin American intervention in Haiti; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' visit to Argentina and his announcement [...] |
2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1630 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] According to local media, the GOV will buy approximately USD 600 million of Boden 2012 bonds from the GOA through the end of the month. This will represent the largest purchase by the GOV in such a short period. Along with USD 1.4 billion deposited by the GOA in the Banco Nacion, it will be [...] |
2006-07-21 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1631 |
CASTRO ATTENDS MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30th Mercosur heads of state summit took place in Cordoba, Argentina July 20-21. The summit marked Venezuela's debut as a full member of Mercosur. However, the arrival of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has overshadowed all other aspects of the gathering. Castro, Venezuelan pre [...] |
2006-07-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1632 |
ARGENTINA: FAREWELL CALL ON KIRCHNER INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 19, the DCM paid a farewell call on President Kirchner's closest and most influential advisor, Technical and Legal Secretary Carlos Zannini, that included a discussion on the bilateral relationship and GOA regional policy. Reviewing the U.S. bilateral objectives over [...] |
2006-07-21 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES164 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...] |
2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1643 |
MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...] |
2006-07-24 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1656 |
ARGENTINE AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's agricultural producers mounted a four-day strike to protest the GOA's policies toward the sector, which include export taxes and market manipulation. Strikers described their act [...] |
2006-07-25 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1665 |
MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN CORDOBA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MERCOSUR summit, which took place July 20-21 in Cordoba, left more questions than answers about the future of the regional organization. The impact of Venezuela joining the union, how to better treat the smaller members of the bloc, whether MERCOSUR can return to a primarily e [...] |
2006-07-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1678 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; AL QAEDA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US support for Israel; Al Qaeda entering the confrontation; ties between Hezbollah and the Arab countries; the Russian-Venezuelan relationship; the "dangerous" implications of Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur; an alleged US-Uruguayan FTA; a [...] |
2006-07-28 17:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1679 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...] |
2006-07-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES168 |
MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' inauguration ceremony and the progress of indigenous movements in Latin America; the US attitude toward Morales; the US-Argentine relationship; the possible nomination of US Assistant Secretary Earl Anthony Wayne [...] |
2006-01-23 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1681 |
SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...] |
2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1682 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...] |
2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1698 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 25, the GOA raised the gas export tax from 20 percent to 45 percent. The GOA decided to increase levies on exports to mitigate the effect of the price agreement reached with Bolivia, which increased the price of imported natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters thro [...] |
2006-07-31 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1705 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...] |
2006-08-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1707 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...] |
2006-08-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES171 |
CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA [...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...] |
2006-01-23 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1732 |
K VERGUENZA: KIRCHNER-CONTROLLED CONGRESS PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Lower House of the Argentine Congress approved a controversial bill granting the Casa Rosada permanent special powers to modify the federal budget without the approval of Congress. The bill passed the Senate three weeks earlier. Congress authorized these spec [...] |
2006-08-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1733 |
CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...] |
2006-08-03 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL OAS HA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1743 |
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...] |
2006-08-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1744 |
MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...] |
2006-08-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1746 |
ARGENTINA AND POSSIBLE TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told CDA on July 29 (ref. B) that Argentina will attend the Force Generation Meeting in New York--once scheduled--and would consider participation in a UN Lebanon force, depending on conditions on the ground. Since CDA's conversation [...] |
2006-08-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC LE AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1765 |
MIDLE EAST AND A DEAL FOR A CEASE FIRE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers heavily cover the implications of the war in the Middle East and a US-French deal for a cease fire at the UN; a likely FTA between the US and Uruguay; current ties between the US and Latin America; the situation in Cuba; alleged support for terrorism at the T [...] |
2006-08-07 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1766 |
USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...] |
2006-08-07 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1769 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 28, the GOA published a resolution authorizing the issuance of USD 482 million worth of Boden 2012 bonds to Venezuela, although the bond placement was made secretly on July 17. With this new issuance, Boden 2012 stock has reached USD 15.1 billion, of which more than one-quarter was so [...] |
2006-08-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1786 |
MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-09 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1787 |
GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...] |
2006-08-09 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1791 |
STORY OF RUSSIAN ARMS SALES OVERBLOWN [...] (C) On August 9, The Washington Times ran a story regarding potential Russian arms sales to Argentina (local daily "La Nacion" ran the story last week). The source for the WT story, from which the article quotes liberally, is a standard MOD press release following Minister Garre's meetings w [...] |
2006-08-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS PREL VZ RS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1792 |
CONTINUED ARGENTINE COMMITMENT TO HAITI AND [...] (C) Vice-MOD and Secretary for Military Affairs Jose Maria Vasquez Ocampo assured CDA August 4 of continued GOA support for Haiti and MINUSTAH. CDA spoke with Vasquez Ocampo following the Vice-MOD's participation that same day in the meeting of MOD and MFA representatives of the Latin Americ [...] |
2006-08-09 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1803 |
ARGENTINA SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met August 10 with Federico Villegas, MFA Director for Human Rights, to deliver reftel talking points. Villegas noted that the MFA is still looking at the text of the resolution but that Argentina had supported holding the special session of the Human Rights [...] |
2006-08-10 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1804 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) paid a courtesy call on Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist, that included a discussion on the 2007 elections and GOA policy. The Charge noted Argentina's impressive economic recovery in th [...] |
2006-08-10 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1809 |
MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...] |
2006-08-11 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1825 |
US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP review in Argen [...] |
2006-08-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1826 |
ARGENTINA'S PROGRESS ON MERCURY PARTNERSHIPS [...] Reftel requested information concerning Argentina's participation in partnerships geared to reducing mercury contamination, with an eye to the February 2007 UNEP Governing Council meeting, where mercury will be an agenda item. The Embassy spoke on August 11 with Gonzalo Entenza of the MFA's [...] |
2006-08-14 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1827 |
MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] |
2006-08-14 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES183 |
MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES, US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers carry speculation about a second possible candidate for Ambassador to Buenos Aires; the aftermath and repercussions of Evo Morales' inauguration and the appointment of his new Cabinet, and the possible advantage of Brazil's 'war industry' as major supplier of weapon [...] |
2006-01-24 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1835 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...] |
2006-08-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1839 |
ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDED UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 16 to Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli regarding possible Argentine participation in expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force. Cappagli listened attentively to Charge's argument for Argentine participation but stated that the dec [...] |
2006-08-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES184 |
ARGENTINA: IAEA ARREARS AND IRAN VOTE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered talking points on the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting and Argentina's arrears to the IAEA to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 24. As in previous discussions with Taiana on the Iranian nuclear program (reftels b and c), the Ambassador unders [...] |
2006-01-24 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AORC AR IR KNNP PREL IAEA |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1842 |
US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the GSP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] |
2006-08-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1843 |
MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] |
2006-08-17 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1848 |
US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] |
2006-08-17 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1869 |
GOA'S DECISION NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO LEBANON; FUNDING OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories examine the Argentine government's rejection of the UNSC request to send troops to Lebanon; confirmation by a Hezbollah leader that some of its funding is sourced in Argentina; and an editorial about the terrorist threat highlighted by the plot uncov [...] |
2006-08-18 20:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1871 |
US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the SGP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] |
2006-08-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1873 |
US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] |
2006-08-22 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES188 |
MEDIA REACTION PALESTINE ELECTIONS BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include White House expectations regarding Palestinian elections; speculation about the next US ambassador to Buenos Aires; the continued back and forth on alleged US- Uruguayan free trade discussions; the benefits of free trade agreem [...] |
2006-01-25 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1880 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA's monthly economic activity index, viewed as a reliable leading indicator of GDP, came out was up 8.2 percent y-o-y in June -- below the BCRA market survey forecast of 8.5 percent. Nonetheless, this continues the recovery since April, which showed the weakest growth rate (+6.3 percent) [...] |
2006-08-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1886 |
MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1888 |
ARGENTINA TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR, RESTART [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina plans an expansion of its nuclear energy infrastructure, including a return of its uranium enrichment program, according to MFA Director General for International Security Issues Ambassador Elsa Kelly. Planning Minister Julio De Vido is expected to lay out the plans d [...] |
2006-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES19 |
MEDIA REACTION US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories focus on the Bush administration terming the US-Argentine bilateral relationship 'positive,' as opposed to 'excellent' only three months ago; the alleged anti-US feeling in Latin America; Argentina canceling its 9.5 billion- dollar debt to [...] |
2006-01-04 17:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1901 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER POWER GRAB PUSHING OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The century-old Radical Civic Union (UCR) party is facing serious divisions in the run-up to its national convention to be held in Rosario August 25-26 between those who want to accept President Kirchner's call to join his "concertacion" and those who want to remain an oppositi [...] |
2006-08-24 18:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1905 |
GOA FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON EVENTUAL OECD [...] (C) The GoA participates actively in OECD affairs as an observer state and its Foreign Ministry is keen to have Argentina considered for eventual full membership status. Accepting that OECD accession is a long term play, the Foreign Ministry sees its still pending request for an OECD review of [...] |
2006-08-24 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1906 |
ARGENTINA CONFIRMS PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner presided over a ceremony August 23 at which Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced that Argentina was going to expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant ura [...] |
2006-08-24 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1910 |
IRAN; CUBA; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM; US-URUGUAYAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the USG rejection of the Iranian government's proposal to resume multilateral nuclear talks without suspending its nuclear program; US Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about Cuba's transit [...] |
2006-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1912 |
THE LEADING CENTER-LEFT OPPOSITION LEADER ON [...] (C) On August 24, ADCM and Poloff (notetaker) met with center-left opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who gave her view of the current political situation in Argentina. Elisa Carrio began the discussion with her analysis of President Kirchner's foreign policy, which she argued was marked by a c [...] |
2006-08-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1929 |
WAR IN LEBANON; WAR ON TERRORISM; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the implications of the war in Lebanon; the ongoing war on terrorism; USG's support for Argentina's nuclear program; and USTR Susan Schwab's statement that the US does not believe it should revive global commercial talks through a [...] |
2006-08-25 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1930 |
ARGENTINA: U.S. CITIZENS' LAND THREATENED WITH [...] (SBU) Two recent cases of threatened land expropriation directed against two U.S. citizens have garnered local media attention, but it does not appear that the seizure of properties will move ahead in the near term. The most serious case involves the land of Douglas Tompkins, whose property [...] |
2006-08-25 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1943 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] Argentina announced that it would expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant uranium enrichment facility. The announcement described four pillars upon which Argentina's enhanced nuclear energy capabilities would rest: The GOA plans to finish construction of the approximately 70 [...] |
2006-08-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1966 |
MFA OFFICIAL ON VENEZUELAN UNSC CANDIDACY AND GOA [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by PolCouns, paid a courtesy call August 29 on the new Director General of the MFA Office of International Organizations, Ambassador Raul Ricardes. In the course of the conversation, Ricardes (please protect) opined that it would be very difficult for either Venezuela [...] |
2006-08-31 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AR VZ |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1969 |
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA; U.S. SUPPORT OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies lead with the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Ernesto; the US Government's amicus curiae filing supporting Argentina's claim against two venture capital funds seeking to opt out of the terms under the GOA's debt swap deal; and Argenti [...] |
2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1970 |
US OPTIONS IN IRAN; CHAVEZ IN SYRIA; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the USG's options in Iran; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Syria; the situation in Bolivia; and the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Bush's three options" Hugo Alconada Mo [...] |
2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1977 |
ARGENTINA: RALLY CALLING FOR GREATER PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-crime advocate Carlos Blumberg filled the symbolically important Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires last night in a peaceful demonstration calling on the Kirchner government to provide increased public security. Event organizers succeeded in attracting a large crowd, despite e [...] |
2006-09-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1978 |
ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION UCR PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the August 25-26 national convention of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) confirmed that the UCR would remain an opposition party, it also demonstrated the UCR's weakened state because the most significant party leaders failed to attend. Calls by UCR Congressman Federico [...] |
2006-09-01 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1983 |
US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...] |
2006-09-01 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1984 |
TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...] |
2006-09-01 23:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1985 |
GSP GRADUATION FOR ARGENTINA? - JUST ANOTHER BRICK [...] (SBU) A possible Argentine graduation from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will certainly hurt both specific production sectors, including leather and food products and some underdeveloped provinces where U.S. GSP export production is concentrated, including Santa Fe, Chub [...] |
2006-09-01 23:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1993 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 17 the BCRA announced it will work to encourage banks to boost mortgage lending and ease applicant paperwork in an effort to address rising rents. This initiative follows Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno's proposal to "reactivate" the mortgage loan market through an "inc [...] |
2006-09-05 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1994 |
SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAN; US ECONOMY; US-URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the USG's alleged use of the war in Iraq for upcoming US legislative elections; the positions of the US, EU and Russia vis-`-vis the imminent sanctions on Iran; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the condition of t [...] |
2006-09-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES20 |
ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] |
2006-01-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2001 |
US-IRAN; VISIT OF CARLOS VALDERRAMA, EXPERT ON INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad disregarding UN ultimatum and maintaining he will further his nuclear plans; US President Bush's reaction to Iran's challenging response; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's praising [...] |
2006-09-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES203 |
COCAINE BUST CAUSES BANANA TRUCK BOTTLENECK [...] SUMMARY: On December 31, members of the Gendarmeria Nacional seized 738 kilograms of cocaine in Jose C. Paz, Buenos Aires Province, hidden inside bags of charcoal. The operation included the arrests of ten individuals, among them three brothers of the Motok family, a known Salta-based drug [...] |
2006-01-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2033 |
THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...] |
2006-09-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2037 |
PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] |
2006-09-08 10:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2038 |
U.S. NO VOTE ON IDB SATELLITE LOAN: EMBASSY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Ministry North America Director Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil, to Ministry of Economy Director for International Organization Projects Gerardo Hita and to the Foreign Ministry's CONAE (NASA-equivalent) Executive Director Conrado Varotto. Pr [...] |
2006-09-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES204 |
NO DEBT RELIEF FOR CUBA YET [...] (C) Summary: Despite a GOA debt restructuring offer in 2003 and a partial rescheduling agreement announced in 2004, Cuba's USD 2 billion debt to Argentina has not been reduced, nor have the two governments reached any lasting agreement on how to treat it. Cuba's debt was transferred to the bo [...] |
2006-01-27 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV CU AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2040 |
PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] |
2006-09-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2060 |
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; ARGENTINE PUBLIC SERVICE RATES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks and their connection to the invasion of Iraq and the current situation in Iran; the disapproval of European leaders vis-`-vis US President Bush's acknowledgement of CIA secret pr [...] |
2006-09-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2061 |
ARGENTINE FOREIGN TRADE SECRETARY: WHY URUGUAY [...] (C) Charge paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Alfredo Chiaradia, Secretary of External Trade in the Argentine MFA, on August 29. The conversation ranged over prospects to re-energize the Doha Round (not optimistic), the possibility of Argentina joining the FTAA (even less so), and USTR's GSP [...] |
2006-09-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFTA ECIN ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2070 |
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...] |
2006-09-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2073 |
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...] |
2006-09-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2080 |
FINANCE SECRERTARY SEEKS EARLY RESOLUTION WITH [...] (C) During a September 11 courtesy call, Argentine Finance Secretary Alfredo Mac Laughlin requested Charge's help in arranging a bilat with Treasury Secretary Paulson at the IMF/World Bank meeting in Singapore. The GOA will propose a small IMF quota increase for Mercosur members during the S [...] |
2006-09-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES209 |
ARGENTINA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG'S ICAO SEC-GEN [...] Per Reftel A, Econoff met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli to discuss the support for the USG's candidate for Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Cirielli told Econoff that Argentina probably would not supp [...] |
2006-01-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2091 |
ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN SYRIA; THE US AND THE WAR IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local newspapers report on the criminal attack on the US Embassy in Damascus. Other international stories include Democrats' assertions that US President Bush used a day of mourning to defend the war in Iraq; Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's negotiations i [...] |
2006-09-13 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2100 |
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES' [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...] |
2006-09-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES211 |
MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US DEFENSE DEPUTY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the visit of US Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Pardo-Maurer to Buenos Aires; the sweeping victory of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary polls; and Latin America's [...] |
2006-01-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2117 |
US GENERAL CRADDOCK'S STATEMENTS AT TENTH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US General John Craddock's statements at the Tenth Conference of the Americas; the US Senate Armed Services Committee passing a bill aimed at protecting the rights of foreign terrorism suspects; and the US Lower House pas [...] |
2006-09-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES212 |
MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES-U.S.-ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories today focus on the strong U.S. interest in Bolivia and President Kirchner's alleged decision to play a regional role in moderating Evo Morales; election outcomes for Hamas and implications for the Middle East peace process, and the World Social Forum organized [...] |
2006-01-27 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2120 |
KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] |
2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2122 |
ARGENTINA: TOP POLITICAL LEADERS FROM KEY PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, Charge and Poloff met with leading Peronist from Santa Fe province, Senator Carlos Reutemann, and Poloff met separately with leading candidate for Governor of Santa Fe, Socialist Hermes Binner. Reutemann said that Kirchner will continue to succeed politically a [...] |
2006-09-18 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2123 |
ARGENTINA: CLOSE KIRCHNER ASSOCIATE ON U.S. AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Charge and Poloffs (notetakers) met with Congressman and longtime Kirchner associate Carlos Kunkel that included a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral relations, Venezuela and Argentine politics. Kunkel noted that the GOA has many points of cooperation w [...] |
2006-09-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2129 |
NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-19 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES213 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.7 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.07 ARP/USD. This week's depreciation is mainly explained by higher dollar demand by banks as well as greater Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, where it purchased USD 200 million and EUR 10 million in the [...] |
2006-01-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2136 |
IRAN; MICELI/PAULSON MEETING; REGIONAL FORUM ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local dailies cover extensively the Regional Forum on International Security and Organized Crime, held yesterday at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. They also report statements from Theo Van Lingen, Policy Advisor for the Western Hemisphere, US Treasury. Daily-of-reco [...] |
2006-09-19 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2139 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA announced that GDP grew 7.9 percent yoy in the second quarter of 2006 -- slightly above the central bank (BCRA) consensus forecast of 7.8 percent -- and 8.3 percent yoy in the first half of 2006. Growth derived primarily from strong domestic demand - primarily increased investment an [...] |
2006-09-19 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2149 |
IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...] |
2006-09-20 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2165 |
MEETING BETWEEN ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON AND ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers report on the meeting between Assistant Secretary Shannon and Argentine Government officials. Leading SIPDIS "Clarin" highlights that "the US Department of State is following with much interest the Argentine Government's initiative aimed at convincin [...] |
2006-09-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2169 |
PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO NEW YORK AND MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers "Clarin" and "La Nacion" reported on President Nestor Kirchner's trip to New York and his meeting with US Ambassador to Argentina, Tony Wayne, and US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries [...] |
2006-09-22 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2179 |
CHARGE SPEAKS WITH DAIA ON ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Charge spoke with the president of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Association (DAIA) Jorge Kirszenbaum on September 22 to express the Embassy's solidarity with the local Jewish community over th [...] |
2006-09-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2183 |
IRAQ; CIA SECRET PRISONS; US-VENEZUELA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on a confidential intelligence report about the impact of the US global war on terrorism; the CIA secret prisons; a diplomatic incident between the US and Venezuela; President Nestor Kirchner's trip to the US and its impact on the US-Argentine bilatera [...] |
2006-09-26 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2191 |
GOA PRICE CONTROLS STRATEGIES - EDUCATION AS EXEMPLAR [...] (SBU) Private school fees remain a politically sensitive barometer in greater Buenos Aires and GoA efforts to "manage" tuition expenses offer an instructive insight into the Kirchner administration's approach to controlling inflation. Private school tuition fees have already jumped 24 percent [...] |
2006-09-26 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2196 |
VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US reproach Argentina for its support for Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; former Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna supporting Uruguay as a "natural candidate" to replace Argentina at the UN Se [...] |
2006-09-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2199 |
OTA FIT: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES (FIT) [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED -- PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) AS PART OF A USG/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE BILATERAL INITIATIVE, THE U.S. TREASURY OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (OTA) IS OFFERING A ONE-WEEK FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT) COURSE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, OCTOBER 23 ) OCTOBER 27. IN ORDER TO M [...] |
2006-09-26 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KTFN AR BL PE |
| 06BUENOSAIRES22 |
ARGENTINA PAYS OFF ITS IMF DEBT [...] President Nestor Kirchner announced on December 15 that the GOA would pay its remaining debt totalling nearly USD 10 billion to the International Monetary Fund shortly after the new year (reftel). Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Central Bank President Martin Redrado announced on January 3 [...] |
2006-01-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFI | |