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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07BUENOSAIRES492 |
MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; ECUADOR; 03/14/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include leading "Clarin's" interview with Tex Harris, former US political counselor under the Carter administration, who attended a seminar on human rights in Buenos Aires; and the political crisis in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIEC [...] |
2007-03-15 09:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES501 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 07BUENOSAIRES503 |
G-8 AMBASSADORS WANT TO HANG TOUGH ON PARIS CLUB [...] (C) The German Embassy hosted a March 13 meeting of Ambassadors representing Argentina's top ten Paris Club creditors. Spain justified its bilateral treatment of its 2001 loan to Argentina, but promised solidarity on other bilateral debt. Participants generally agreed that: 1) an IMF comfort [...] |
2007-03-15 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES505 |
PARIS CLUB STILL IN THE NEWS IN ARGENTINA, AND GOA [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke March 14 with Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez to clarify Fernandez' statement to the press that Argentina was "very close" to concluding a Paris Club deal. The Ambassador noted that negotiations were stalled and big differences remained over the role of the IMF. Fern [...] |
2007-03-15 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES512 |
MEDIA REACTION; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today focus on the "meager" achievements of US President Bush's trip to Latin American countries; and an interpretation of Argentina's ties to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his regime. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The US Senate already debates [...] |
2007-03-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES513 |
MEDIA REACTION; AMIA CASE - INTERPOL TO ORDER ARREST OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today focus on Interpol's Executive Committee unanimously accepting Argentina's petition to have red notices issued against five Iranians and one Lebanese (although not for former Iranian President Akbar Rafsanjani), suspected of involvement in t [...] |
2007-03-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES518 |
GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA CREATES NEW CIVIL AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last night, President Kirchner, in a dramatic gesture, announced his signing of a decree creating a new National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), which will eventually take civil aviation control from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Planning's Secretary of Transp [...] |
2007-03-16 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES519 |
ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina is a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Trafficking in persons (TIP) in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked internally for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation, mostly from the [...] |
2007-03-16 22:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PGOV ELAB |
| 07BUENOSAIRES520 |
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES AMIA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Interpol Executive Committee (EC) recommended by consensus the issuance of Red Notices against five Iranian officials and one Hizballah - Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) leader wanted in connection with the July 18, 1994 suicide bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutua [...] |
2007-03-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES525 |
MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL TIES; US PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include Argentina's cooperation with the US on matters related to the fight against international terrorism and its impact on the bilateral relationship; the aftermath of US President George W. Bush's trip to Latin America; and the US influence [...] |
2007-03-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES527 |
ARGENTINA WILL NOT TABLE A RESOLUTION AT UNHRC TO [...] On March 19, Poloff contacted Third Secretary Alexis Am to follow up on whether the GOA intended to table a resolution at the UNHRC to protect freedom of expression and promote freedom of religion to counter the OIC-sponsored resolution on "defamation of religion." Mr. Am confirmed that Arge [...] |
2007-03-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PRES PHUM UNHRC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES531 |
AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12, Ambassador Wayne met with human rights and civil liberty NGOs working in Argentina to discuss their concerns with Argentina's human rights situation and democracy. The groups expressed concern over the weakening of democratic institutions and transparency in Arge [...] |
2007-03-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AR PHUM OEXC |
| 07BUENOSAIRES538 |
DEMARCHE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES54 |
ARGENTINA'S RIO MERCOSUR SUMMIT PRIORITIES [...] (C) President Chavez's inaugural comments and nationalization of key industries have cast a shadow on Argentina's participation in the upcoming January 18-19 Mercosur Summit in Rio. Key GoA officials have commented that "Venezuela is not the model" for Argentina or for Mercosur. Venezuela's [...] |
2007-01-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES540 |
U.S. INVESTORS ON ARGENTINA: BOOM CONTINUING BUT [...] (SBU) U.S. executives predicted Argentina's economic boom would continue through 2007 and 2008, during the Ambassador's March 7 lunch for Hector Morales, USED to the IDB. Representatives of major U.S. financial, energy, and agroindustrial companies operating in Argentina agreed that the growth [...] |
2007-03-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES549 |
IDB's ARGENTINA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) With $8 billion in approved credits, Argentina is the IDB's single largest creditor. IDB Argentine Country Director Daniel Oliveira told the Ambassador during a March 20 meeting that this Argentine portfolio concentration will likely increase in the short term given Argentina's temporari [...] |
2007-03-21 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES55 |
ARGENTINA'S RIO MERCOSUR SUMMIT PRIORITIES [...] (C) President Chavez's inaugural comments and nationalization of key industries have cast a shadow on Argentina's participation in the upcoming January 18-19 Mercosur Summit in Rio. Key GoA officials have commented that "Venezuela is not the model" for Argentina or for Mercosur. Venezuela's [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES550 |
CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT REDRADO PRIVATELY WARNS GOA [...] (C) During a March 16 meeting, Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado (STRICTLY PROTECT) told the Ambassador that GoA officials had not/not formally approached him to discuss the prospect of using BCRA reserves to capitalize the Banco del Sur, the Venezuelan proposed regional d [...] |
2007-03-22 10:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ENRG EAGR ETRD AR VZ |
| 07BUENOSAIRES56 |
ARGENTINA'S POST-CRISIS TRADE BOOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the economic crisis of 2001/2, Argentine trade has grown quickly, and much more so than the economy overall. Total two-way trade has risen 85.0% since 2003. Argentina's leading trade partner remains Brazil, followed by the EU as a whole, and bilaterally by the U.S. and Ch [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES561 |
MEDIA REACTION; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications for Argentina of US President Bush's tour of Latin America; an assessment of the four-year war in Iraq; and misconceptions in the US-led Global War on Terrorism. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The political scenario i [...] |
2007-03-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES562 |
MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories focus on US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's remarks about the "positive" results of SIPDIS US President Bush's tour of Latin America; and Professor Richard Feinberg's press round table in Buenos Aires on international trad [...] |
2007-03-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES563 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; IRAN; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US President Bush pleading for patience and warning US citizens of dire consequences of a swift troop withdrawal from Iraq; the possibility that international judicial system could be amended to legalize a Western military action [...] |
2007-03-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES57 |
ARGENTINA: PULP MILL PROTESTS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A group of Argentine pulp mill protesters (asambleistas), piqueteros, and various other leftist groups demonstrated January 12 in Buenos Aires for the first time against the paper mill under construction by Finnish firm Botnia in neighboring Uruguay. Some of the demonstrators ma [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES576 |
K MAY WANT GOOD RELATIONS, BUT GOA DEFENSIVE OF [...] (C) Summary. "Kirchner truly believes that the USG abandoned Argentina," Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador on March 20 in an attempt to explain why Kirchner allowed Venezuelan President Chavez to host an anti-US rally in Buenos Aires during President Bush's visit to [...] |
2007-03-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VZ BO UR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES58 |
ARGENTINA: FORMER PRESIDENT ISABEL PERON ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Maria Estela Martinez de Peron (known as Isabel Peron) reportedly has been arrested in Madrid, Spain pursuant to a request from Mendoza judge Raul Acosta for suspicion of involvement in forced disappearances in 1976. The arrest warrant was sent to Interpol to reque [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR PHUM |
| 07BUENOSAIRES587 |
MEDIA REACTION; U/S NICHOLAS BURNS'S CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the implications of US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' critical statements SIPDIS about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's anti-US President Bush rally in Buenos Aires. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an ed [...] |
2007-03-26 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES596 |
MEDIA REACTION; US REACTION TO CHAVEZ'S ANTI-BUSH RALLY IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International opinion pieces today are mainly focused on the USG's reaction to Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's anti-Bush rally in Buenos Aires; Venezuelan President Chavez's land seizures; and China's acknowledgement of private property. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The US complaint [...] |
2007-03-27 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES6 |
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH; LATIN AMERICA; DEATH OF PINOCHET; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Saddam Hussein's execution; the governments of Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez and their influence on violence in Latin America; the aftermath of Pinochet's death; and Bolivian President Evo Morales imposing a visa on US citizens who wan [...] |
2007-01-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES603 |
ARGENTINA ENDS FALKLANDS/MALVINAS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Foreign Minister Taiana announced that the GOA would end a 1995 accord with the UK aimed at encouraging cooperation on oil and gas exploration around the Falklands/Malvinas islands. He maintained, however, that the GOA will continue to abide by the 1989-1990 sovereig [...] |
2007-03-29 00:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL KTIA AR UK |
| 07BUENOSAIRES606 |
MEDIA REACTION; UK-IRAN; SITUATION IN IRAN; 03/28/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the dispute between the UK and Iran over the seizure of 15 British Naval personnel; and the situation in Iran given that the world is "on the verge of a new military confrontation in the (Persian) Gulf." 2. OPINION PIECES [...] |
2007-03-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES612 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN TIES; 03/29/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today focus on the escalation of the conflict between the UK and Iran over the British detained military; and President Kirchner's upcoming trip to Venezuela in the aftermath of the USG complaint over President Chavez's anti-Bush rally in Bueno [...] |
2007-03-29 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES616 |
MEDIA REACTION; LULA TO THE US; ARGENTINE DEBT HOLDOUTS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include Brazilian President Lula's upcoming trip to the US to meet with President Bush; a letter from the leaders of the House of Representatives Western Hemisphere Subcommittee to Treasury Secretary Paulson urging action by the USG to de [...] |
2007-03-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES618 |
CAPABLE ARGENTINE TAX AUTHORITY COOPERATING ON CSI, TRADE [...] This is an Action Request -- See Paras 2, 4, 8 and 17. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Argentine revenue authority (AFIP) seeks to expand cooperation with the U.S. on a range of important areas, according to its Director Alberto Abad. Argentina is a Latin American leader in Conta [...] |
2007-03-30 20:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES619 |
CAPABLE ARGENTINE TAX AUTHORITY COOPERATING ON CSI, TRADE [...] This is an Action Request for the Departments of Energy (Paras. 2, 8) and Treasury (Paras. 4, 17). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Argentine revenue authority (AFIP) seeks to expand cooperation with the U.S. on a range of important areas, according to its Director Alberto Abad. A [...] |
2007-03-30 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES621 |
ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEES WAY AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: "Let's put recent events behind us and move forward on our positive agenda" Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana told Ambassador Wayne March 29, offering no rebuttal to the Ambassador's conveyance of Washington's serious displeasure with the GoA decision to allow Chavez's March 9 anti-US [...] |
2007-03-30 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MARR ECON AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES624 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; MEETING BETWEEN BUSH AND LULA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the impact of the capture of 15 British soldiers on the status of the war against Iran; and the implications of the meeting between US President George W. Bush and Brazilian President Lula da Silva for Brazil's strategic interests. [...] |
2007-04-03 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES626 |
ARGENTINA PARTICIPATION IN U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN [...] Per reftels, Post delivered invitations to the Argentine Central Bank President Martin Redrado and Ministry of Economy and Production Felisa Miceli on March 21. At the request of the Central Bank, Post sent similar letters and information on the conference to the GoA's Financial Intelligence [...] |
2007-04-03 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES63 |
IRAQ-IRAN; CHAVEZ; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; 01/12/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local dailies report on the wave of domestic and international criticism unleashed by US President Bush's plan to send additional US troops to Iraq. Papers also cover the US blow to the Iranian consulate in Erbil; the Chavez administration's 'totalitarianism'; and envi [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES632 |
MEDIA REACTION; HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI'S TRIP TO SYRIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers focus on the alleged irritation triggered in the White House by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria; a predicted overhaul in the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and possible implications of the US-Brazilian bio-fuels deal on US-Latin Amer [...] |
2007-04-04 18:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES634 |
AMBASSADOR'S IT SECTOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Contains business-sensitive information. Not for internet distribution ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador hosted an information technology (IT) roundtable for Argentine country managers of IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Intel, Avaya, Dell, AMD, and Cisco. [...] |
2007-04-04 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES638 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-04 23:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES639 |
AMBASSADOR'S IT SECTOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Contains business-sensitive information. Not for internet distribution --------- Summary --------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador hosted an information technology (IT) roundtable for the Argentine country managers of IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Intel, Avaya, Dell, AMD, a [...] |
2007-04-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES64 |
US POLICY ON IRAQ; VENEZUELA; 01/11/07; BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include US President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq; the implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's announced nationalization of telecommunications and utility corporations; and the Argentine Government's reaction to Chavez's ann [...] |
2007-01-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES640 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAN SETS FREE 15 HOSTAGES; THE KIRCHNER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to set free the 15 British Marines; and the US academics' opinion of the Kirchner administration and Argentina's economic recovery. 2. OPINION PIECES - "An End With No Winners" [...] |
2007-04-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES642 |
ARGENTINE FINANCE SECRETARY CHODOS ON MEETINGS [...] (C) GoA Finance Secretary Sergio Chodos and Finance Undersecretary Alejandra Scharf discussed with Econoffs on March 27 their impressions of Chodos' March 18 bilat in Guatemala with U.S. Treasury officials. Chodos expressed Economic Minister Felisa Miceli's interest in meeting with Treasury S [...] |
2007-04-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES65 |
ARGENTINA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS LEGACY: FIRST IN ICSID [...] (SBU) Now, five years after Argentina,s December 2001 economic implosion and the largest sovereign default in world history, considerable attention remains focused on over $20 billion in outstanding claims by holders of defaulted Argentine bonds. Less well appreciated is the over $13 billion [...] |
2007-01-12 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES66 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review, covering the period January 8 - 12, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be incl [...] |
2007-01-16 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ENRG AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES660 |
MEDIA REACTION; THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION; US EMBARGO ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on an alleged decline in neo-conservatives' clout on the Bush administration; a reported reduction in popular support for the US embargo imposed on Cuba; a debate in Latin America about the bio-fuels option; and the status of the US-Argen [...] |
2007-04-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES666 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAN'S INDUSTRIAL-SCALE NUCLEAR FUEL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers report Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that Iran has begun industrial-scale nuclear fuel production in defiance of the international community. Also, daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an opinion piece regarding the planned US immigrat [...] |
2007-04-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES67 |
ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] OSAC CRIME SAFETY REPORT: I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY: Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to life and limb in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires. Pedestrians should be vigilant when crossing streets and remember to look both directions, even if the street is designated on [...] |
2007-01-16 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 07BUENOSAIRES675 |
SPANISH AMBASSADOR ESTRELLA ON REPSOL, RADARS AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Ambassador met April 4 with Spanish Ambassador to Argentina Estrella (protect). Estrella had recently been the target of false leaks to the daily paper Clarin which alleged that President Kirchner h [...] |
2007-04-10 19:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR SP KSTC KFPC |
| 07BUENOSAIRES677 |
MINISTER OF DEFENSE STRESSES POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, and again on March 28 with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Stephen Johnson, Defense Minister Nilda SIPDIS Garre stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship with the U.S. and training and exchange opportunities [...] |
2007-04-10 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES68 |
IRAQ; US PENTAGON AND LATIN AMERICA; THE US FOREIGN POLICY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on USG policy on Iraq; the relationship between the Pentagon and Latin America; current US foreign policy; Venezuelan President Chavez's announced transformation of his country; and problems in Bolivia. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Bush sai [...] |
2007-01-16 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES680 |
ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER SEEKS BILAT WITH [...] (C) On April 9, Economy Minister Felisa Miceli requested Ambassador's support in arranging a bilat with Treasury Secretary Paulson during upcoming IMF/World Bank meetings to SIPDIS discuss Paris Club and other bilateral economic issues. While still rejecting any IMF role, Miceli and Finance [...] |
2007-04-10 21:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES687 |
ARGENTINA: K CAMPAIGNING ON CONFRONTATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: While opposition politicians are busy conducting their pre-campaigns, President Nestor Kirchner, with an overwhelming lead in all the polls, remains mum about whether he will run for reelection in October. Kirchner associates and rumors favor First Lady Senator Cristina Fernan [...] |
2007-04-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES689 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; IRAQ; CUBA; 04/11/07; BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International stories today include the alleged Iranian energy crisis that could justify its nuclear program; the upcoming FM ministerial on the Iraq issue, which will take place in Egypt; and the US embargo on Cuba, which is questioned not only in Cuba but also in the US, [...] |
2007-04-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES70 |
FM TAIANA AND PLANNING MINISTER DEVIDO ON MERCOSUR [...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister and influential presidential advisor Julio De Vido told Ambassador January 15 that Bolivia's membership application is the most important item for the January 19 Mercosur Summit in Rio, but that Brazil-Argentine relations will dominate substantive economic dia [...] |
2007-01-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES707 |
MEDIA REACTION; US CZAR TO OVERSEE WARS IN IRAQ AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to the White House's alleged attempt to appoint a "czar" to manage the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the IMF-WB Spring Meetings' conclusions about Argentina's economic performance; IMF Research Department Director Cha [...] |
2007-04-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES710 |
MEDIA REACTION; IMF AND ARGENTINA; TERRORISM; IRAN AND THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today focus on the IMF postponing its audit of Argentina's economy; implications of savage terrorist attacks in Northern Africa; and the regional strategic role of Iran. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The IMF will not audit Argentina thi [...] |
2007-04-13 14:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES726 |
AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER REVIEW SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 13, Ambassador Wayne and Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez met to review the broad range of bilateral security cooperation. Ambassador noted success of Operation ""Todo Inclusivo,"" a DEA-supported effort to target cocaine trafficking out of Ezeiza airport and Fernandez [...] |
2007-04-13 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES727 |
AMBASSADOR WAYNE HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR IBM CEO, AND VISITS [...] (U) Contains business-sensitive information. Not for internet distribution ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador hosted a roundtable discussion on April 3 for IBM CEO Sam Palmisano who traveled to Argentina to visit the company's rapidly growing subsidiary, which is expandi [...] |
2007-04-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS BEXP AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES731 |
MEDIA REACTION; SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY SUMMIT; TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the implications of the South American Energy Summit, to be held in Venezuela; and the global war on terrorism, which, according to leading "Clarin," requires a "multilateral" approach. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Lula st [...] |
2007-04-16 18:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES750 |
AMBASSADOR'S ROUNDTABLE WITH U.S. PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (U) The following cable contains business-confidential information and should not be distributed via internet. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador hosted a roundtable for U.S.-based pharmaceutical firms doing business in Argentina, including Pfizer; Merck, Sharp & Dohme; Bristol [...] |
2007-04-18 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KIPR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES754 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UN CORRUPTION AND CRIME [...] ConOff delivered reftel talking points to Advisor Mauricio Alice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Officer of the Legal Advisor (OLA). Alice stated that he would pass on our concern about the checklist and our offer of assistance to the agencies involved in the process. He noted that t [...] |
2007-04-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES764 |
MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; SOUTH AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international topics today include the Virginia Tech massacre; and the South American Energy Summit, which, according to daily-of-record "La Nacion" and liberal "Buenos Aires Herald," "ended without conclusive developments regarding the main items on the [...] |
2007-04-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES767 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH [...] (SBU) POST WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM APRIL 25-28, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSESS U.S. SUPPORTED MULTILATERAL [...] |
2007-04-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI UNICEF WHO OTRA PREL AR BR CI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES772 |
MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; 04/20/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The massacre at Virginia Tech remains the most important international story. Leading "Clarin" carries an opinion piece on the political implications of the massacre. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The dark side" Claudio Mario Aliscioni, international analyst o [...] |
2007-04-20 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES78 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SENDS [...] (C) On December 20, Argentine President Kirchner sent the GoA's draft anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism finance bill to Congress. The GoA took this action in order to comply with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) demands, and avoid sanctions. Post lobbying contributed to this significant [...] |
2007-01-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES791 |
FOREIGN BANKS SEE STRONG GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (SBU) Representatives of foreign banks operating in Argentina praised the GoA's prudent fiscal policy, predicted at least two more years of high growth, and discounted the possibility of an external shock-led crisis anytime soon, during an April 10 lunch for the Ambassador hosted by the Argent [...] |
2007-04-23 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES792 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) The following cable contains business-confidential information and should not be distributed via internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Association of Argentine Businessmen (AEA) Directors, a who's who of Argentina's business elite, are generally upbeat on Argentina's medium ter [...] |
2007-04-24 10:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL VZ AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES793 |
EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include 1) advanced training in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases; 2) the establishment of a dedicated and specialized assistance center for trafficking victims; and [...] |
2007-04-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
| 07BUENOSAIRES794 |
FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne called on First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to discuss her upcoming May 3 trip to Washington. The Ambassador raised three issues that people may raise during her visit: 1) Argentina's position on support for democracy and press [...] |
2007-04-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES795 |
FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne delivered reftel points to First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and noted that during her May 3 visit Washington interlocutors might raise this issues as well as the status of draft legislation on counterterrorism finance and anti- [...] |
2007-04-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VZ AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES796 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH US-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 17, Ambassador Wayne met with ten members of the US-Argentine Congressional Friendship Committee from the Legislature's lower house to discuss bilateral relations. Ambassador noted the positive cooperation in traditional areas, e.g. counterterrorism and counternarcot [...] |
2007-04-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG PREF ELAB AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES797 |
MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; CRISTINA KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO MEXICO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the war in Iraq; Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's upcoming trip to Mexico; the State of Vermont asking for the impeachment of US President Bush and VP Cheney; and the 2007 Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freed [...] |
2007-04-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES798 |
MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; ECUADOR 04/24/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international editorials cover the Virginia Tech University massacre and the flare-up of the debate over arms control; and chances of an institutional change in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Massacre and arms control" Daily-of-record "La Nac [...] |
2007-04-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES799 |
ARGENTINE FIRST LADY EXPECTS CONGRESS TO PASS [...] (C) First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner told Ambassador on April 20 that she expects the Argentine Congress to pass draft legislation criminalizing trafficking in persons (TIP) by May or June at the latest, especially given that the Senate had already approved one version of [...] |
2007-04-24 21:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES80 |
FM TAIANA ON ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Correa represents "a new generation of Latin American leaders" Foreign Minister Taiana told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 16. He asserted that Correa is "not Chavez" and has demonstrated a willingness to negotiate early on, citing Correa's success in negotiating an ag [...] |
2007-01-17 21:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR EC CO AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES800 |
FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne delivered reftel points to First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and noted that during her May 3 visit Washington interlocutors might raise this issues as well as the status of draft legislation on counterterrorism finance and anti- [...] |
2007-04-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VZ AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES801 |
ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT ARGUES CASE FOR [...] (C) During an April 18 meeting to discuss the May 15 visit of Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner to Argentina, Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado asked for Ambassador's help in explaining to Washington that the Argentine economy is still going through a post-crisis transition [...] |
2007-04-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES803 |
ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT JOSE PAMPURO ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, Ambassador Wayne called on President Pro Tempore of the Senate Jose Pampuro, who said he expects to accompany First Lady Cristina Kirchner on her May 3 trip to Washington. The Ambassador raised three issues that people may raise during their visit: 1) Argentina's p [...] |
2007-04-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES804 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DAIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, Ambassador Wayne met with the President and several board members of the Delegation of Israeli and Argentine Associations (DAIA), the political representative of the Argentine Jewish community with a specific focus on preserving human rights, eradicating anti-Semi [...] |
2007-04-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR VZ |
| 07BUENOSAIRES806 |
RCTV: EMBASSY OUTREACH TO GOA AND LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The government of Argentina is not likely to make any overt efforts on the RCTV issue. Ambassador Wayne will seek to raise the issue again with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, but it seems that the GOA will not do more than say they have privately and politely raised the issue. [...] |
2007-04-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES808 |
AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 24 LUNCH WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Brazil's Ambassador to Argentina, Mauro Viera, to discuss the April 26-27 visit of President Lula to Argentina (after Lula's visit to Chile). Following are highlights of the discussion: 2. (C) Brazil-Argentine Relations: Friday morning, Lula will meet pr [...] |
2007-04-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ENRG AR BR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES81 |
FM TAIANA ON IRAQ: DECISION ON IRAQ EMBASSY WILL [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Taiana on the President's new Iraq strategy and urged the GOA to allow the Iraqi government to reestablish its Embassy in Buenos Aires. Taiana expressed hope that the USG is successful in Iraq and added that although the G [...] |
2007-01-17 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP KCOM AR IQ |
| 07BUENOSAIRES814 |
ARGENTINE MOJ CALLS ANTI-TIP LAW A PRIORITY; [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 26 and sponsor of anti-TIP legislation, Deputy Stella Cordoba, on April 27, to underscore the importance of passing anti-TIP legislation. Ambassador urged Iribarne to lend his support to pass draft legislation no [...] |
2007-04-25 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES815 |
MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE ECONOMIC GROWTH; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include prospects of Argentina's stunning recovery from its 2001-02 economic meltdown; and American Task Force Argentina asking the G8 about Argentina's debt to holdout creditors. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Perplexity and [...] |
2007-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES821 |
MEDIA REACTION; IPR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ARGENTINE-BRAZILIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the celebration of Intellectual Property Day and the need to fight piracy; climate change and the USG; and prospects of Argentine-Brazilian ties. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Climate change gets religion" J [...] |
2007-04-26 17:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES83 |
FARM SUBSIDIES; LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL SCENARIO; CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international opinion pieces include farm subsidies in wealthy countries; the political "patchwork" in Latin America; the economic and political implications of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez' announced changes; the reasons for clashes in Bolivia; and expectations [...] |
2007-01-18 16:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES831 |
Argentina's Auto Industry Roars Ahead; Ford and GM leaders [...] (U) Argentina's auto industry is in full throttle. In 2006, it enjoyed its best year since 1998 - for production, new and used car sales, exports and imports - and all categories registered strong increases from 2005. With investments in 2007-2008 totaling at least $720 million, the future lo [...] |
2007-04-27 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD AR BZ VZ |
| 07BUENOSAIRES837 |
MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the closure of RCTV in Venezuela; reinvigorated ties between Argentina and Brazil; the upcoming US-Argentine naval exercises; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's trip to Washington. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chave [...] |
2007-04-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES838 |
ARGENTINA'S INTERIOR MINISTER REQUESTS TIP [...] (C) On April 30, Thomas Fuentes, the FBI's Special Agent in Charge of International Operations, and Ambassador met with Interior Minister Alberto Fernandez to discuss Fernandez's May 3-4 trip to Washington. Fernandez indicated that he would be interested in receiving a briefing on how the U [...] |
2007-04-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES844 |
SKANSKA GAS PIPELINE SCANDAL ROCKS KIRCHNER [...] (C) A blossoming corruption scandal is coming closer to linking kickbacks from contractors on a natural gas pipeline expansion public works project to senior GoA Planning Ministry and energy regulatory officials. Multiple judicial investigations and relentless media and opposition party atte [...] |
2007-04-30 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ECON ENRG PREL SW AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES85 |
EMBASSY ADVOCACY WITH MINISTER DE VIDO ON BEHALF OF U.S. [...] As part of ongoing Embassy efforts to advocate on behalf of U.S. companies in Argentina, the Ambassador asked Planning Minister De Vido to participate in investor roundtables for U.S. electricity/gas and civil aviation sector players. Ambassador also noted (1) Turner Broadcasting's recent $23 [...] |
2007-01-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES851 |
MEDIA REACTION; BUSH VETO OF IRAQ WITHDRAWAL BILL; US [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-02 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES855 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S APRIL 30 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Ambassador Wayne called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's May 3 trip to Washington and other issues. (Taiana had planned to join her, but it now appears he will not.) The Ambassador highlighted the importance of [...] |
2007-05-02 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AR VZ |
| 07BUENOSAIRES86 |
MEDIA REACTION US POLICY ON IRAQ-IRAN; HUGO CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Henry Kissinger's alleged influence on the USG policy on Iraq and Iran; the discussion of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' nationalization plans in the framework of the Mercosur Summit; the alleged progress of Mercosur; and Ecu [...] |
2007-01-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES861 |
EMBASSY 2007 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY OUTREACH [...] (SBU) For World Intellectual Property Day, Embassy Buenos Aires used editorials and a press event to bring the problem of piracy to the Argentines' attention. On April 26, prominent editorials appeared in two morning papers and that afternoon, in an event that received broad press coverage, th [...] |
2007-05-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON KPAS AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES862 |
MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE INTERIOR MINISTER AND [...] (C) On April 30, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez met for over an hour with the Ambassador, FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of International Operations, Tom Fuentes and LEGATT to discuss trafficking in persons, upcoming USG training programs, and next steps on the AMIA case. Minister F [...] |
2007-05-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV |
| 07BUENOSAIRES864 |
ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana briefed Ambassador Wayne on his recent trip to, and Argentine relations with, Mexico, as well as President Kirchner's meeting with Brazilian President Lula Ignacio da Silva. Taiana, who accompanied First Lady Cristina Kirchner to Mexico [...] |
2007-05-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR MX BR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES868 |
MEDIA REACTION; US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; URIBE TO THE US; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US-Latin American relationship, according to Karen Tramontano, former Clinton advisor; Colombian President Uribe's trip to Washington; the UNITAS military exercise; and today's celebration of World Press Freedom Day. 2. OPINION [...] |
2007-05-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES873 |
2006 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES875 |
MEDIA REACTION; CRISTINA'S ADDRESS TO THE AJC; ISLAM AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Argentine Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's address to the American Jewish Committee; and the connection between violent Islam and terrorist attacks, in the opinion of a Spanish expert. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...] |
2007-05-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES881 |
MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 24 and Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on April 27 to discuss upcoming USDOJ consultations and training seminars; GOA efforts to introduce judicial reform; trafficking in persons (ref A); and passage [...] |
2007-05-04 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES887 |
MEDIA REACTION; ISRAEL'S WAR; BRAZIL'S INCORPORATION INTO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Israel's war against Hezbollah; Brazil's incorporation into the OECD; and Russia's prevailing manipulation of the mass media. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The lives of others" Daily-of-record "La Nacion's" [...] |
2007-05-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES899 |
MEDIA REACTION; THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION; 05/09/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an opinion piece on an alleged 'exodus' in the Bush administration, with some members moving to the private sector. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Some members of the Bush administration start to flee" Hugo Alconada M [...] |
2007-05-09 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES900 |
MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY'S TIES TO BUSH; TECHINT AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on France's relationship with the US; and Argentine company Techint toning down a possible conflict with Venezuelan President Chavez. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US praises [...] |
2007-05-09 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES905 |
OVERVIEW OF ARGENTINE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) There are four major pieces of environmental legislation that have either recently passed or will be on the Argentine national agenda in 2007. These include new laws and proposed legislation on the l [...] |
2007-05-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG SENVSPL PREL ETRD AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES906 |
ARGENTINA: CRISTINA FOR PRESIDENT AND OTHER HOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over five months until the presidential elections in October, President Nestor Kirchner has yet to announce whether he will run for reelection, or as many speculate, whether his wife, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, will run for the office. Respected journalis [...] |
2007-05-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES907 |
ARGENTINE DRAFT COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE LAW [...] (C) It appears increasingly uncertain that the Argentine Congress will pass pending counter-terrorism finance legislation prior to the June 2007 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) deadline, despite strong support from within the GoA, the private sector, and even within Congress. The main obst [...] |
2007-05-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES910 |
MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...] |
2007-05-10 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES912 |
MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...] |
2007-05-10 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES913 |
AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in the [...] |
2007-05-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07BUENOSAIRES914 |
LABOR MINISTER ON RESTARTING DIALOGUE WITH FMCS, [...] (C) Summary. On May 2, the Ambassador met with Labor Minister Carlos Tomada and discussed ways to restart a bilateral dialogue on labor mediation and enhance cooperation on corporate social responsibility. The Minister offered some critical remarks on management of the current strikes in Sa [...] |
2007-05-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PRES PGOV ELAB AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES915 |
MEDIA REACTION; UK PM TONY BLAIR'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN & [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the impact on the Bush administration of UK PM Tony Blair's decision to step down; and the First Bio-Fuels Congress of the Americas, which will be held in Buenos Aires and will feature former US VP Al Gore as the keynote speaker. [...] |
2007-05-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES92 |
MEDIA REACTION OBAMA'S BID FOR US PRESIDENCY; GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Democratic Senator Barack Obama's nomination to the US presidency; expectations that the US Congress will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reassuring Argentine President Nestor Kirchner that h [...] |
2007-01-19 20:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES920 |
ARGENTINA: KEY OBJECTIVES FOR WORLD HEATH ASSEMBLY [...] Emboff delivered our key objectives as described in reftel to Hugo Fernandez of the Offices of Foreign Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Health. Fernandez responded by saying that the Government of Argentina agrees that avian influenza will require a "truly global" response and they look for [...] |
2007-05-11 18:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES927 |
POST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) On April 30, USTR announced that Argentina would remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List for the thirteenth year in a row (Ref A). Intellectual property (IP) protection is significantly lacking in Argentina: Piracy rates of music CDs and movies are above South American averages and [...] |
2007-05-11 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES928 |
C-TN7-00406: ARGENTINE POSITIONS ON SAMPLE SHARING [...] (U) Emboff met on May 10, 2007 with Argentine Ministry of Health official Dr. Hugo Fernandez to clarify Argentina's positions on Reftel questions. Argentina has to date been an eager partner on the full spectrum of pandemic preparedness cooperation. Dr. Fernandez was unable to address many of [...] |
2007-05-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KFLU AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES93 |
AMIA UPDATE: NISMAN TRAVELS TO LYON WITH [...] (C/NF) LEGATT and the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs (OIA) have reviewed the GOA's revised application for Interpol arrest warrants ("Red Notices"), which AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman gave to LEGATT on January 17. LEGATT advises that the 9-page application [...] |
2007-01-19 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUST AR IR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES935 |
Ambassador in Mendoza Province - Students and Youth, [...] (U) In an active and well-publicized May 3-4 visit to the central-western province of Mendoza, the Ambassador held a successful youth outreach event at the Mendoza Binational Center, where he awarded scholarships to students to study English; met with Mendoza Governor, and possibly future vice [...] |
2007-05-14 08:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG BEXP PREL OTRA TPHY TSPA SCUL OIIP |
| 07BUENOSAIRES94 |
ARGENTINA TO ATTEND HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING, [...] Summary. (C) Argentina supports a 12-month renewal of MINUSTAH's mandate and has demarched China in Beijing, New York, and Port-au-Prince urging them to do the same, Under Secretary for Latin America Policy Agustin Colombo Sierra SIPDIS told A/Polcouns on January 19 in response to reftel [...] |
2007-01-19 22:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN |
| 07BUENOSAIRES940 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 10, Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine political analysts and pollsters to discuss the current political panorama and outlook for the October presidential elections. While none of the participants admitted to knowing for sure who will be the official candidate, they a [...] |
2007-05-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES945 |
MEDIA REACTION; US-FRENCH RELATIONSHIP; FORMER US VICE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the status of the US-French relationship following Sarkozy's victory in presidential elections; the impact of former US Vice President Al Gore's address to the first Bio-Fuels Congress for the Americas, held in Buenos Aires; President G [...] |
2007-05-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES95 |
SCENESETTER: USTR AMBASSADOR VERONEAU'S JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes your January 26 visit to meet with the Ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs and with members of the U.S. business community. Your arrival, immediately following your FTA consultations in Chile and your TIFA signing in Uruguay, will spark considera [...] |
2007-01-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR AR EFIN OECD |
| 07BUENOSAIRES954 |
MEDIA REACTION; WASHINGTON-TEHRAN DISCUSSIONS; BIO-FUELS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming meeting between US and Iranian delegations to discuss Iraq; an opinion on the bio-fuels debate; and the upcoming meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Paolo Rocca, head of the Techint group, which has been [...] |
2007-05-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES958 |
ARGENTINE VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI ON U.S. RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM had a very productive three-hour discussion with Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli. Scioli said he foresaw a natural partnership between Argentina, Latin America and the United States in the economic development and integration of the hemisphere and base [...] |
2007-05-15 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES962 |
MEDIA REACTION; FRENCH PRESIDENT-ELECT NICOLAS SARKOZY'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's expected foreign policy; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Russia; and UK PM Tony Blair's legacy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Sarkozy, with his eyes placed on Euro [...] |
2007-05-16 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES963 |
ARGENTINA AND CITES COP 14 [...] ESTH visited Victoria Lichtschein, the Environment Secretariat's CITES point person, on May 16 to discuss U.S. SIPDIS proposals on species listings. Lichtschein also outlined the GoA's views on other COP 14 areas of interest to the U.S., such as the CITES Standing Committee's development o [...] |
2007-05-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES965 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH TIP ACTIVIST TRIMARCO AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 4, Ambassador Wayne met with Susana Trimarco, an activist fighting against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Argentina and recent State Department International Woman of Courage award winner (REF A). Part of the meeting was filmed by Pablo Milstein, a local award-winning [...] |
2007-05-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES973 |
MEDIA MAGNATE GRIPES TO THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) In a lunch punctuated by misgivings about the Kirchner Administration, ailing Clarin giant Hector Magnetto conveyed to the Ambassador that his vigor has not waned, despite a throat cancer that has diminished his ability to communicate. As the Ambassador was feted by Clarin,s top brass, May [...] |
2007-05-17 17:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OPRC PREL KMDR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES976 |
MEDIA MAGNATE GRIPES TO THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) In a lunch punctuated by misgivings about the Kirchner Administration, ailing Clarin giant Hector Magnetto conveyed to the Ambassador that his vigor has not waned, despite a throat cancer that has diminished his ability to communicate. As the Ambassador was feted by Clarin's top brass, May [...] |
2007-05-17 19:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OPRC PREL KMDR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES977 |
ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRANIAN REACTOR [...] (C) Reftel asked addressees to urge host governments and their domestic nuclear industries to refuse to submit bids for the construction of two new reactors in Iran. To that end, ESTH met with Heriberto Jose Boado, the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission's Director of Institutional Relations; w [...] |
2007-05-17 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES978 |
SKANSKA SCANDAL TAKES DOWN FIRST TWO OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Skanska-gate has its first two official victims. On May 16, Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez announced the firing of the President of ENARGAS (the GoA's natural gas regulatory authority) and the Manager of Nacion Fideicomisos (the public trust established to structure pri [...] |
2007-05-17 21:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG PREL ECON SW AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES979 |
MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION; AMERICAS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces are related to Argentina's nuclear development and its commitments to the Nuclear Non Proliferation regime; Argentine government officials attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum to be held in Atlanta; and negotiations between [...] |
2007-05-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES980 |
ILEA LAT-AM IPR SESSION II - GOA WILL PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel questions, there are numerous GoA entities responsible for intellectual property enforcement in Argentina - including federal and provincial (in 23 provinces) police, prosecutors and judges; federal Customs authorities; the Prefectura (roughly Coast Guard equivalent); and the [...] |
2007-05-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ASEC SNAR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES983 |
MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION DEAL; WOLFOWITZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include the US deal to overhaul immigration legislation; and Paul Wolfowitz's resignation from the World Bank. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Key US immigration deal" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for daily [...] |
2007-05-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSQRES633 |
KIRCHNER ABSENCE AT FALKLANDS/MALVINAS MEMORIAL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner was prominent by his absence at the major commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Vice President Scioli led the ceremony in Ushaia, calling for renewed negotiations with the UK over the sovereignty dis [...] |
2007-04-04 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS AR |
| 07EFTOBUENOSAIRES1049 |
NEW AGREEMENT PUTS BEEF BACK IN MARKETS - FOR NOW [...] (SBU/NF) To counter increasing shortages of beef products in Argentina, Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Argentine beef producers agreed May 9 to raise wholesale beef prices by approximately 12% on average. The agreement affects prices for cattle sold at the main beef wholesale market in Arg [...] |
2007-05-24 22:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1006 |
ARGENTINA: JAPANESE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early July meeting among embassy teams, Japanese Ambassador to Argentina, Hitohiro Ishida, stressed the importance of Paris Club solidarity in dealing with Argentina's outstanding Paris Club debt and emphasized the need to send a strong message to the GOA to develop a rep [...] |
2008-07-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR AR JA |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1009 |
ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF RESIGNS AND IS REPLACED BY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After months of rumors of his impending departure, Argentine Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez (AF) stepped down July 23 and has been replaced by Sergio Massa, the 36-year-old mayor of suburban Tigre and Kirchner protege. Another top GOA official announced there w [...] |
2008-07-23 23:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1011 |
MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON BILAT ECONOMIC ISSUES: [...] (C) This cable provides status of bilateral economic issues: Paris Club, holdouts, ExImBank tolling agreement, Post advocacy and ICSID cases, as well as updates on GoA/IMF relations and GoA finances. New Economy Mnister Carlos Fernandez supported his predecessor's Paris Club proposal to make [...] |
2008-07-24 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1012 |
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT REPLACES AG SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA appointed Carlos Cheppi as the new Secretary of Agriculture on July 23. Secretary Cheppi replaces Javier de Urquiza in a widely expected change following the defeat in the Senate of the variable export tax proposal of the government. The new Agricultural Secretary is a [...] |
2008-07-24 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1013 |
ARGENTINA: CABINET RESHUFFLE- THE MORE THINGS [...] (C) Summary: Argentine media and commentators are interpreting Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez's (AF) departure on July 23 as an indication that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration will not be changing its hardline policy tactics. Left-of-center Critica ran a full [...] |
2008-07-24 22:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES102 |
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN ARGENTINA BRINGS NEW RESOURCES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine public is paying attention to environmental issues like never before, but measurable progress has been lacking to date. Argentina faces several major environmental challenges: overexploitation of its land resources, which leads to deforestation, desertification, a [...] |
2008-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES103 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A inquiry about the presence of resource nationalism in Argentina is tracked to reftel questions. --------------------------------------------- ----- EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS/POLICIES MOTIVATED BY RESOURCE NATIONALISM --------------------------------------------- -- [...] |
2008-01-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ENRG EFIN ECON EMIN EINV EPET PGOV EAGR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1038 |
(C) ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS CRISIS JUST [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Pampuro told the Ambassador on July 24 that the GOA is in a delicate situation, tension is high throughout the government and society, and the crisis is just beginning. He said it is far from clear that a congressional majority can be pulled together at present f [...] |
2008-07-25 23:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1039 |
ARGENTINA: COURT CONVICTS EX-ARMY CHIEF FOR DIRTY WAR [...] (U) On July 24, 81 year-old Luciano Benjamin Menendez, an Argentine ex-army General, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four left-wing activists. Menendez must serve a life sentence in prison since a 2007 law was passed stating that all military offi [...] |
2008-07-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1041 |
ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne hosted a TIP roundtable in honor of Ambassador-at-large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon to discuss Argentina's efforts in the fight against TIP. Participants included working-level GOA officials, NGOs, and a representati [...] |
2008-07-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS KCRM KWMN AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1045 |
ARGENTINA: CLARIN GROUP SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) ACCORDING TO ARGENTINE MEDIA REPORTS, THE GOA INTENDS TO SEND ITS PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING PRINT, RADIO, TV AND CABLE MEDIA TO CONGRESS IN AUGUST. MANY IN THE MEDIA REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL, BUT FEW, IF ANY, MORE THAN THE CLARIN MEDIA GROUP, ITS REPORTED TARGET. CLARIN GROUP EXECUT [...] |
2008-07-29 11:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO ECON PREL PHUM KDEM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1048 |
FOREIGN BANKERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE IN [...] (C) Foreign financial sector representatives gave visiting Treasury DAS Brian O'Neill a pessimistic assessment of the state of the Argentine economy and prospects for improvements in GoA economic policies during a July 11 meeting. They agreed on the likelihood of a sharp economic deceleration [...] |
2008-07-30 19:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1051 |
A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...] |
2008-07-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PTER BO CO PY MX IR UY AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1052 |
ARGENTINA: WHA A/S SHANNON AND AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Chief Justice Lorenzetti on July 11 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the area of judicial reform. Lorenzetti praised the Argentine Supreme Court's close cooperation with the Embassy and the U.S. Supreme Court, citing a [...] |
2008-07-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1053 |
Argentina: Electricity Tariff Increase: Welcome Sign of [...] (SBU) The GoA has announced scaled 10-30% increases on residential electricity use in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, the first such increase since 2002. The move is designed to maintain rates for low-use/low-income clients at current levels. Planning Minister De Vido declared that [...] |
2008-07-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1054 |
ARGENTINA: JUSTICE MINISTER COMMITS TO ENHANCED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with GOA Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez at the latter's request July 30 to discuss the monitoring and control of methamphetamine and heroin precursor drugs produced and imported to Argentina. With leaders of the key police agencies prese [...] |
2008-07-31 14:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS SNAR DCRM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1055 |
U.S.-Argentine Bilateral Consultations Promote S&T, [...] (SBU) USG-GOA bilateral consultations took place on July 10-11 and covered a range of topics including bilateral relations, human rights, science and technology, education and culture, cooperation on global issues, regional economic issues, and issues of hemispheric interest. Four non-binding [...] |
2008-07-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SENV MARR TSPA SCUL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1058 |
ARGENTINA: SALTA GOVERNOR OFFERS CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) In a private dinner in Argentina's northwestern province of Salta, Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey criticized the GoA and its head, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), for the botched attempt to raise export taxes on agricultural goods, which led to a prolonged conflict between th [...] |
2008-08-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAGR EAIR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1068 |
A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...] |
2008-08-04 09:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR BO CO PY MX IR UY AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1069 |
ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEACHAM, AUG 5-8, 2008 [...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Mr. Carl Meacham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to meet with leading Argentine government officials, legislators, and representatives of civil society organizations. 2. Control Officer will be Picker [...] |
2008-08-04 09:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1079 |
LULA VISITS ARGENTINA TO ADDRESS BILATERAL TRADE FRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva arrives in Buenos Aires August 3 with a 300-strong delegation of private sector representatives shortly after a very public split between Argentina and Brazil on agricultural subsidy and industrial tariffs in end-game WTO Doha negotiations. Lula's meetin [...] |
2008-08-04 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EAGR WTRO AR BR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1080 |
ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, August 2, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) defended her administration's policies in her first press conference in her eight-month tenure. This was a departure from the Kirchners' longstanding media strategy, which has irked the media by not holdin [...] |
2008-08-05 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1088 |
Argentina: President Celebrates Energy Investment in [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended the inauguration of a GE-manufactured electricity-generating turbine, where President Fernandez de Kirchner gave the keynote address, during a July 28-29 trip to the distant northwestern province of Salta. The President's message emphasized the positive impact of the [...] |
2008-08-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG KPAO PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1089 |
ARGENTINA: CFK BOOSTED BY LULA, CHAVEZ VISITS, MIXED [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) used overlapping August 3-5 visits by Brazil's President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez to try to regain political momentum. Lula's visit focused on renewed Argentine-Brazilian commercial collaboration following a damaging public diverg [...] |
2008-08-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD WTRO AR BR VE |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1092 |
Argentina: President Kirchner Cancels Trip to Bolivia, [...] (U) In the face of protests in Tarija, Bolivia and reportedly at the request of Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Kirchner and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled August 5 their planned trip to meet with Bolivian President Evo Moral [...] |
2008-08-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AR BR VE |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1099 |
ARGENTINA:COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES, FEBRUARY TO [...] (U) Per reftels, Embassy Buenos Aires submits the following two recent commercial success stories for the period February to July 2008. 2. (SBU) Date: July 2008 Post/Department Office: Buenos Aires Action Officers: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, Commercial Counselor Brian Brisson (FCS) Coun [...] |
2008-08-07 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP ENRG EIND AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1115 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER CARLOS ZANNINI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. "We must abandon pre-conceived notions about each other...and work to identify new areas of cooperation," President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) Legal and Technical Secretary Carlos Zannini told Ambassador Wayne and Carl Meacham, Senior Professional Staff Member of th [...] |
2008-08-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV EFIN PHUM PINR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1116 |
Argentina's Growing Trade Deficit with Brazil Spotlights [...] (SBU) President Lula's August 3-4 visit to Argentina has focused attention on Argentina's 62-month-long string of bilateral trade deficits with Brazil. Brazil is Argentina's number one trading partner and this bilateral merchandise trade deficit, up 47% y-o-y to US$ 3 billion in just the first [...] |
2008-08-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR AR BR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1124 |
ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado called his central bank,s aggressive response to the June/July run on Argentine bank deposits wholly successful in staunching the outflow and in punishing currency speculators. This rsponse included the sale of $3.5 billion in dollar reserves over a 60 [...] |
2008-08-11 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL OREP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1136 |
ARGENTINA EXPECTS TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Pol-Mil Officer, EST Counselor, and EST Officer presented reftel issues to the Argentine MFA's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear, and Space Issues (DIGAN) on August 12. Deputy Director Ricardo Bocalandro was knowledgeable and forthcoming about Argentina,s views on this iss [...] |
2008-08-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1150 |
ARGENTINA: CANDID TALK FROM BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MAURICIO MACRI ON CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Senior Professional Staffer of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham and the DCM, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri criticized the Kirchners for pushing their policies to the limit and spoke directly about concerns that President Cristina Fernandez de K [...] |
2008-08-14 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1153 |
MONSANTO ARGENTINA PRESIDENT ON SEED ROYALTY ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Juan Ferreira, outgoing president of Monsanto Argentina, met with the Ambassador to say farewell prior to his new assignment to Europe and to thank the Ambassador for his support for Monsanto in dealing with the GOA. Ferriera noted a decision by the GOA to impose additional duti [...] |
2008-08-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1154 |
Argentine Trade Officials on Doha: Optimistic Words, [...] (SBU) Nestor Stancanelli, a senior GoA trade official, expressed pique at Brazil's decision to favor an end-game WTO Doha round compromise proposal on agriculture and NAMA tariffs, but argued that intra-Mercosur relations between Argentina and Brazil remain good. In a Doha post-mortem, he argue [...] |
2008-08-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EIND PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1157 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR VISITS PRAXAIR AND GREIF IN TIGRE [...] SUMMARY: On July 31, Ambassador toured the facilities of two U.S. firms, Praxair and Greif, located in Tigre, in the Province of Buenos Aires. Both companies are thriving in Argentina. Praxair is a leading worldwide producer of industrial gases with nine plants in Argentina. Company prioritie [...] |
2008-08-15 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1158 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR HOSTS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MACRI AND [...] Summary: On August 8, Ambassador hosted a roundtable for Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri to present his plans for developing a technological park in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Present at the roundtable were country representatives of major U.S. IT companies IBM, Cognizant, EDS, [...] |
2008-08-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BEXP EINV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1159 |
ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH PRO-U.S./PRO-KIRCHNER [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich, a close ally of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), said the administration faces four big challenges: 1) tackling inflation, 2) reducing subsidies; 3) repaying the Paris Club debt; and 4) setting the future agenda in the [...] |
2008-08-15 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES116 |
Argentina 2007 Trade in Goods: Trade Up, Surplus Down [...] (U) Argentina exports grew at a 20% rate in calendar 2007 and imports jumped by 31%, according to a report released by GoA statistics agency INDEC on January 25. 2007 exports totaled US$55.9 billion and imports were US$ 44.8 billion, with Argentina's net trade surplus of $11.2 billion down 9.4 [...] |
2008-01-31 17:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1160 |
Argentina Rides Bond-Price Rollercoaster Amid Market [...] (SBU) A series of interrelated events the week of August 4-8, including the GoA's private sale of US$1 billion in sovereign bonds to Venezuela at a high yield, prompted a significant drop in GoA bond prices and a climb in Argentina's country risk premium to 741 basis points. On August 10, the [...] |
2008-08-15 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1165 |
INFLUENTIAL COMMENTATOR ON ARGENTINA'S UNSETTLED [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long conversation on August 15, leading political analyst Joaquin Morales Sola (JMS) described the Argentine government as struggling to get by with short-term solutions and as being dangerously out of touch with Argentine society. He said that he believes that Preside [...] |
2008-08-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1166 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...] |
2008-08-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1171 |
ARGENTINE FARM LEADER LUCIANO MIGUENS COMMENTS ON FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Luciano Miguens, President of the Rural Society of Argentina (SRA), during the Palermo Livestock Show in Buenos Aires city. Miguens gave his views on the recent farm strike and its political and economic impact. While pleased that the government had repe [...] |
2008-08-19 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1172 |
ARGENTINE FARMERS RENEW PROTESTS AND THREATEN TO STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On Monday, August 18, the farm sector staged roadside demonstrations against unresolved GOA agriculture policies for the first time since the rejection of variable export taxes (Resolution 125) by the Argentine Congress one month ago. Farmers have threatened to go on strike by t [...] |
2008-08-19 23:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1176 |
ARGENTINA: NEW DETAILS ON ANTONINI-WILSON'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 12, 2008, Hector Fernando Colella, President of Argentine courier firm OCA S.A., provided Emboffs with new details concerning the charter flight brought Guido Alejandro Antonini-Wilson and the now in-famous cash stuffed suitcase to Buenos Aires. Colella's business partner, [...] |
2008-08-20 17:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1178 |
ARGENTINE RESPONSE TO U.S. REQUEST FOR GREATER [...] (C) On June 30, ESTOff met with the Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE), Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, to deliver Ref set of conditions regarding the Argentine space launch vehicle (SLV) program. Varotto took care [...] |
2008-08-21 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1180 |
ARGENTINA: AGRARIAN FEDERATION ON CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicolas Bossio, Private Secretary to the President of the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA), sees new-found solidarity in Argentina's agricultural sector, embodied by the coordinating Liaison Table ("Mesa de Enlace"), a committee comprised of the four agricultural entities th [...] |
2008-08-21 23:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON AR |
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ARGENTINE SPACE AGENCY DESIRE TO INCLUDE [...] (C) On 01 August, Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE), Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, made a request to broaden the scope of an existing End-User request related to the Argentine SAOCOM satellite project. Per Var [...] |
2008-08-26 18:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC |
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AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, the Ambassador had a warm and encouraging meeting with new Argentine Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, 36, who replaced Alberto Fernandez as the senior member of the cabinet. Displaying the vigor and charm for which he is well-known, Massa pointedly said his operating sty [...] |
2008-08-27 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR SNAR AR |
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ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP [...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...] |
2008-08-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID |
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ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...] |
2008-08-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1215 |
ARGENTINE SENATORS SEE OPPORTUNITY AND RISKS IN NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE REF: [...] (U) Summary: Argentine Senate president Pampuro again privately criticized the government's handling of the agricultural sector crisis, while government and opposition senators in three separate meetings described a changed political landscape in Argentina to visiting SFRC Professional Staff Membe [...] |
2008-08-29 16:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PINR AR |
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Argentina: Government Subsidy Increases Could Squeeze [...] (SBU) Government subsidies, mostly for energy, transportation, and food, have been surging in 2008 and threaten to undermine one of the pillars of the GOA's economic model, a primary fiscal surplus in the range of 3% of GDP. In the first half of 2008, the GOA spent over US$4 billion on subsidi [...] |
2008-08-29 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV EAGR ENRG ETRD AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1220 |
GOA ECONOMIC OFFICIALS DEFEND MODEL, PROMISE TO [...] (C) A Buenos Aires Council of the Americas (CoA) conference convoked key members of the GoA's economic team, including new Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa, Central Bank President Martin Redrado, and Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez. To an audience of domestic and international business leaders [...] |
2008-08-29 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL AR |
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A/S SHANNON'S AUGUST 27 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a frank and friendly fifty-minute conversation, President Fernandez de Kirchner shared her views with A/S Shannon on Paraguay and Bolivia. She said she would work to support President Lugo and agreed to work quietly with us on Bolivia. She shared plans for her travel to NYC [...] |
2008-09-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BL PA AR |
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ARGENTINA: EVALUATION OF US SPEAKER TOM WOLFE, TRACKER [...] SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Tom Wolfe, one of our country's greatest living writers, put the U.S. Embassy at the center of Argentina's leading cultural and popular event of the year- the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, an event that attracts more than 1.2 million people. With an [...] |
2008-09-02 20:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1224 |
ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT KIRCHNER ANNOUNCES THAT GOA [...] (C) President Kirchner (CFK) announced today that Argentina would pay $6.7 billion in Paris Club (PC) debt out of central bank reserves. It remains unclear whether the GoA intends to repay its PC debt in full or simply pay down arrears (the most recent Paris Club Secretariat data shows Argenti [...] |
2008-09-02 23:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1226 |
Chilean Ambassador to Argentina Emphasizes Positives in [...] (U) Chilean Ambassador Luis Mairre Aguirre met with Ambassador Wayne August 15, the first formal meeting between them. Mairre has been Ambassador since July of 2004 when he was appointed by former President Lagos. The former political exile, Minister, Ambassador to Mexico, and Socialist party [...] |
2008-09-03 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CI AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1234 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1236 |
ARGENTINA'S PARIS CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) The local reaction to the Argentine President's surprise September 2 announcement to pay Paris Club debt has been mildly positive. The GoA is promoting the action as part of a larger "debt reduction, development, and growth" initiative. GoA officials expressed satisfaction with the pos [...] |
2008-09-04 21:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1239 |
ARGENTINA ENDS ITS MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Senate on August 6 completed the legislative journey for a law abolishing the Argentine military justice system, a change pressed forward by Minister of Defense Garre. The step fulfills a promise Argentina made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and res [...] |
2008-09-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR PGOV PREL KJUS AR |
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ARGENTINA: HIGH-PROFILE GOVERNOR ASPIRES TO LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with the governor of Argentina's prosperous and populous Santa Fe province Hermes Binner August 28 to discuss potential avenues of cooperation which included tax reform, health, education and commerce. The two hours of discussion were also an opportunity t [...] |
2008-09-05 17:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1244 |
ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Raul Ricardes, General Director for Multilateral Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and separately to Maria Fernanda Canas, the MFA's Sub-Director for North American Affairs, on September 4. Ricardes was accompanied by Min [...] |
2008-09-05 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1245 |
ARGENTINA'S MAIN LABOR CONFEDERATION SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Long-simmering internal tensions within Argentina's main union confederation, the CGT, finally boiled over in the confederation's latest internal elections. CGT Secretary General Hugo Moyano won a second term, while his rival, Luis Barrionuevo, quit the CGT to create a "disside [...] |
2008-09-05 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1249 |
ARGENTINA WELCOMES DIALOGUE ON PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff raised ref A points with Minister Silvia Fernandez, Director for the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on September 5. No-action motions ----------------- Poloff thanked the GOA for voting against all no-action motions and voting for country-specific resolutions against [...] |
2008-09-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN AR |
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CODEL PETERSON'S SEPTEMBER 4 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met September 4 with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Collin Peterson of Minnesota. The President supported holding bilateral discussions later this year to try to resolve market access issues involving Argentine lemons a [...] |
2008-09-08 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES126 |
REQUEST FOR DEPT GUIDANCE ON EDUARDO SAIEGH CASE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador has raised with cabinet-level GOA officials the case of Mr. Eduardo Saiegh, an Argentine citizen who in 1980 was kidnapped, tortured and dispossessed of a bank he owned during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictat [...] |
2008-02-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1262 |
CONVERSION OF ARGENTINA'S RA-6 RESEARCH REACTOR TO [...] On September 8, ESTCouns met with Lic. Norma Boero, President of Argentina's National Energy Commission (CNEA by its Spanish acronym) to follow up on reftel demarche. EST Couns delivered another copy of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Bieniawski's letter and discussed the invitation to th [...] |
2008-09-10 18:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG PARM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1263 |
Argentina: Seizing the Bilateral Opportunity - Building on [...] (SBU) The GoA's surprise September 2 announcement that it will soon pay all Paris Club debt, which would include fully clearing some $402 million in arrears to the USG, opens the door to Argentina's normalization with official USG credit agencies. Once arrears to the USG are reconciled and cle [...] |
2008-09-10 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC EXIM BEXP AR |
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Argentina: Rising Trade with Iran Prompts Jewish Community [...] (SBU) Bilateral trade between Argentina and Iran has grown rapidly in 2008, increasing to US$ 483 million in the first half of 2008 from under US$ 5 million in the first half of 2007, driven mainly by Argentine agricultural exports. Paradoxically, the increase in bilateral trade follows Argent [...] |
2008-09-10 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PTER PREL AR IR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES127 |
ARGENTINA: DRAFT MISSION RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION [...] (U) Action Request -- para 5. 2. (SBU) Argentine opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who was the runner-up in the October 28 presidential election with 24% of the vote, publicly released a letter to the Ambassador on January 31 voicing concern about "rumors" that, in order to improve bilateral [...] |
2008-02-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN KJUS KPAO AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1270 |
FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER HEARS LITANY OF LOCAL [...] (C) During a visit that coincided with the Argentine President's surprise announcement that the GoA would pay Paris Club debts (reftels), Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner received a pessimistic message about the future of the Argentine economy from industrialists, economists, ban [...] |
2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1274 |
ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PROPOSES REGIONAL [...] (C) U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner pointed to signs that slowing growth and higher inflation in advanced economies are beginning to impact emerging markets during his keynote speech at the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) annual monetary and banking conference. He argued t [...] |
2008-09-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
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Argentina Renationalizes Flag Carrier Aerolineas Argentinas [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Argentina's Senate approved the re-nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) and its sister carrier Austral, formally marking the return of the financially troubled flag carrier from the Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans Group to state hands. In announcing [...] |
2008-09-12 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR |
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Argentina Renationalizes Flag Carrier Aerolineas Argentinas [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Argentina's Senate approved the re-nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) and its sister carrier Austral, formally marking the return of the financially troubled flag carrier from the Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans Group to state hands. In announcing [...] |
2008-09-12 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR |
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Argentina: Advocating U.S. Digital TV Standard [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Argentina (GOA) is close to choosing the Japanese-Brazilian digital TV (DTV) standard as a result of a recently-signed bilateral trade, investment, and infrastructure joint declaration with the Government of [...] |
2008-09-12 21:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR |
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Argentina: Ambassador Promotes Chevron Corporate Social [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended the inauguration of a newly-rebuilt high school on September 9 in Junin de los Andes, in the southwestern province of Neuquen, whose reconstruction was sponsored by Chevron Argentina. The rural school, which had been damaged in an August 2007 fire, serves many impover [...] |
2008-09-12 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI SENV KGLB EINV ENRG KPAO BEXP PREL AR |
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ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...] |
2008-09-12 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR |
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ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR BRIEFINGS ON [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel, ESTCouns and ESTOff met with Executive Director of the Argentine National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE) Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci on 10 September 2008, to firm up plans for bilateral discussions on the status of the [...] |
2008-09-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR |
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U.S.-Argentina Bilateral Energy Consultations on Renewable [...] (SBU) U.S.-Argentina binational working group on alternative energy and energy efficiency met September 11 in Buenos Aires to advance cooperation under the July 2008 U.S.-Argentina Memorandum of Intention (MoI) on Renewable and Clean Energy. The GoA underscored its intention to advance bilate [...] |
2008-09-15 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AR |
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Argentina: No Movement on Bilat Trade Issues, or Doha [...] (SBU) In a September 4 meeting with visiting Codel, Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and other Foreign Ministry officials protested the lack of U.S. market access for Argentine lemons and beef, but had no response to Codel requests for Argentina to allow imports of U.S. beef and poultry. Code [...] |
2008-09-15 19:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR PREL PTER AR BL IR |
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GOA PUSHES FORWARD ON PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT, [...] (C) Amid media rumors of internal debate over President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's pledge to pay the Paris Club, GoA officials continue to move the proposal forward. Central Bank President Martin Redrado and Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirm that CFK has approved a plan to begin [...] |
2008-09-15 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1288 |
UNRESOLVED REGULATIONS STILL STIFLE ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: GoA changes to the export registration process during the agricultural conflict have given its independent Agricultural Control Office (ONCCA) broad authority and control over commodity exports. Time limits for loading commodities and a law that retroactively establishes export [...] |
2008-09-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES129 |
ARGENTINA PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of outreach efforts during recent friction in U.S.-Argentine relations, Ambassador held one-on-one discussions with key players on the Argentine scene. In each, he explained the U.S. perspective on discord over the Miami court case and on bilateral relations. Inte [...] |
2008-02-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1300 |
ARGENTINA: MORE SWIPES AT U.S., BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Justice Minister Fernandez stepped up his critique of the U.S. prosecution of Venezuelan Franklin Duran amidst signs that pro-Kirchner activists are also raising the volume against the USG. Even on increased volume, however, the GOA is adding little to its already weak [...] |
2008-09-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM VZ AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1302 |
Argentina's Customs Agency: A Bright Spot on IPR and [...] (SBU) Argentina's Customs Director Silvina Tiribassi spoke on September 12 with Ambassador about her agency's efforts to protect intellectual property and encouraged additional information-sharing initiatives with the USG on the model of the successful Trade Transparency Unit and Container Secu [...] |
2008-09-17 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PREL ETRD AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1303 |
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT USING [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's September 2 announcement that the GoA intends to use Central Bank reserves to pay Paris Club debt has spawned a local debate over the various legal and financial ramifications of using reserves for this purpose. The main issues relate to [...] |
2008-09-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1305 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1309 |
Argentine President Criticizes Wall Street Analyst [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has taken on Argentine economic analysts abroad who have criticized the GoA's economic policy mix, calling them "parrots who always predict chaos and cataclysm...who are always talking about our country risk and never talking about the risks [...] |
2008-09-18 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL AR |
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Argentina: Pan American Energy principal Carlos Bulgheroni [...] (SBU) In a January 28 meeting with Ambassador, Pan American Energy principal and GoA insider Carlos Bulgheroni (protect) detailed Pan American's significant new oil/gas discovery in Chubut province, Pan American's intent to significantly expand its hydrocarbon development budget and the company [...] |
2008-02-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BEXP OVIP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1312 |
ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT CLEARS LEGAL HURDLES TO PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) With little fanfare, the GoA has moved to amend the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) Charter to allow for the legal use of BCRA reserves to pay Paris Club debts (see reftels for background). The GoA added an article to this effect to the decree issued September 16 amending the 2008 budget [...] |
2008-09-19 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
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ARGENTINA: ARMY CHIEF BENDINI, A KIRCHNER ALLY, [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa announced late on September 18 that General Bendini, Army Chief of Staff for the past five years, had resigned. The resignation and its acceptance by the President followed by only hours the decision of a Federal Appeals Court in Comodoro Ri [...] |
2008-09-19 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM MARR KCOR SNAR PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1315 |
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (U) Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil contacted the CDA September 19 to convey condolences for the September 17 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The previous evening, at a reception hosted by the CDA, several GOA officials expressed similar s [...] |
2008-09-19 22:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER YM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1316 |
ARGENTINA: CMS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CASE END [...] (SBU) Bank of America's Blue Ridge distressed asset investment fund in May 2008 purchased a final ICSID (international arbitration) award judgment against the GoA from CMS Energy with a face value of roughly US$ 180 million along with CMS' 23% equity stake in TGN, a major Argentine natural gas [...] |
2008-09-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1324 |
Argentina and Brazil Pledge Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Lula) pledged increased cooperation and agreed on a number of economic and infrastructure deals during a September 6-8 CFK state visit to Brazil. The fact that the summit constitut [...] |
2008-09-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EINV ENRG EFIN EIND MARR MCAP SENV AR BR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1330 |
ABOUT-FACE: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAKES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) made a surprise announcement yesterday that the GoA is considering a proposal by three banks to re-open the 2005 debt exchange to holdout bondholders. Barclays, Citi, and Deutsche Bank have developed the proposal, which will cover [...] |
2008-09-23 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1333 |
ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...] |
2008-09-24 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1335 |
ARGENTINA ADVANCES ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] ESTCouns met on September 24 with Sebastian Sayus, Couselor for the MFA's Directorate of International Security, Nuclear and Outer Stace Issues (DIGAN) to deliver talking points in reftel and bio of US candidate for President of the Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint [...] |
2008-09-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1336 |
Tri-Border and Argentina Public-Private Dialogue on [...] (SBU) Wayne Paugh, Department of Commerce Coordinator for International Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement, delivered a positive message in support of IP protection during a series of events in Argentina. Paugh met with the Argentine Customs Director, where both emphasized the importance o [...] |
2008-09-25 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PREL ETRD AR |
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ARGENTINA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES BUT ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff raised reftel points with Soledad Capone in the Argentine MFA's Office of International Organizations. Capone indicated that Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti is currently scheduled to participate in the September 26 Community of Democracies (CD) meeting. She explained that [...] |
2008-09-26 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
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HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1355 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-30 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1358 |
ARGENTINA: DIGITAL TV ENDGAME [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Jose Aranda, Vice Chairman of the media conglomerate Clarin Group, told Charge on September 23 that that there is a "fighting chance" that the GOA could still choose the U.S. digital norm for DTV (ref B), and offered to work with the Embassy to promote this st [...] |
2008-10-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR AMTC ECPS TSPL TINT PGOV ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1362 |
(C) ARGENTINE MEDIA MAGNATE ON MEDIA LAW, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Jose Aranda, Vice Chairman of the media conglomerate Clarin Group, told Charge that the GOA's attempt to promote a new Media Law (ref B) was likely on hold for several months, given GOA's more pressing priorities and a weakened position in the GOA Congress. He cited Clarin's "sol [...] |
2008-10-02 21:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ECPS PREL KPAO KMDR EINT AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1363 |
ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DECLARES SIX-DAY STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the agricultural sector's Mesa de Enlace coordinating committee ("Liaison Board") failure to reach agreement with the GOA on key issues during a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Cheppi last week, farm leaders announced a six-day strike that will begin this Frid [...] |
2008-10-02 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1370 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR SNAR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1373 |
ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE RE BANK [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings on October 1 to Marcelo Cesa, Argentine MFA desk officer for the U.S., Adrian Cosentino, new Finance Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy, and also with Argentine Central Bank Managing Director and Chief Economist Hernan Lacunza [...] |
2008-10-07 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BEXP ECON EFIN AR ZI |
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ARGENTINA: GOA STRUGGLES TO RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) A "Coordinating Table" chaired by Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa and including senior Economy Ministry, Central Bank, and financial sector regulatory officials is to meet today, October 7, to organize GoA-wide management of currency, trade, budget, and debt policies in response to the int [...] |
2008-10-07 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1377 |
ARGENTINE ECONOMISTS PREDICT GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Three prominent Argentine economists told visiting WHA DAS Chris McMullen October 2 that the global financial crisis will have a bigger impact on Argentina's real economy than its financial sector, due to the country's relative isolation from international capital markets. They noted that [...] |
2008-10-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1380 |
ARGENTINE POLICE AGENT CLAIMS FBI OFFERED HER [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's largest circulation newspaper "Clarin" and other media outlets (including television and radio) reported that former airport police agent Maria del Lujan Telpuk claimed the FBI had offered her "political asylum" and help in getting "work," presumably in exchange fo [...] |
2008-10-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1389 |
Argentine Congress' Budget Review Clouded by Global [...] (SBU) The Argentine legislature is set to amend the 2008 budget and pass the 2009 budget in the face of a deteriorating external environment and increasing anxiety about its impact on Argentina's economy and finances. The 2008 bill increases expenditures in 2008 by about US$11.5 billion due to [...] |
2008-10-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1393 |
ARGENTINA: SAN LUIS GOVERNOR SAYS GOA LACKS MASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with San Luis Governor and 2007 presidential candidate Rodriguez Saa on October 1. A dissident Peronist and critic of the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, Rodriguez Saa expressed his frustration at the current political situation, alleg [...] |
2008-10-09 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1395 |
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINE PARIS [...] (C) Rumors are circulating in Argentina that the GoA will delay payment of Paris Club debts (Reftel) due to concerns about weakening the Central Bank at a time of great economic and financial uncertainty. The press on October 8 & 9 quoted Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo confirming the GoA [...] |
2008-10-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1396 |
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) The global financial crisis is complicating negotiations between private foreign banks and the GoA over the reopening of both the debt exchange to Holdout bondholders and the simultaneous debt swap for bonds coming due 2009-2011. GoA and Citibank contacts confirm that no deals are possibl [...] |
2008-10-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1397 |
CITIBANK-ARGENTINA PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Citi-Argentina President Juan Jose Bruchou (protect) told Ambassador October 7 that the Argentine banking sector is starting to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis and accompanying flight to quality. While providing assurances that the Argentine financial sector is reasonably st [...] |
2008-10-09 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1398 |
Argentina Structures Modest Development Bank on Brazil [...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister Miguel Peirano is now working to transform Argentina's state-owned Bank for Commerce and External Trade (BICE) into a development bank on the model of Brazil's BNDES. He argues that countries with such unstable economic and financial histories as Argentina and Bra [...] |
2008-10-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1400 |
Argentina Calls for Emergency Mercosur Summit to Address [...] (U) On October 8, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana announced he would ask his fellow Mercosur Foreign Ministers as well as Economy Ministers to hold an emergency summit regarding the global financial crisis. Daily La Nacion quoted a "high-ranking government official" as saying that "the [...] |
2008-10-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1401 |
ARGENTINE WITNESS IN MIAMI TRIAL CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Sumary: After ten days in Miami, former Airport Security Police Officer and witness in the Antonini-Wilson case, Maria Lujan Telpuk returned to Buenos Aires on October 9 and continued (reftel) to question the way the FBI intercepted and interviewed her at Miami International Airport on S [...] |
2008-10-10 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR SNAR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1403 |
ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1407 |
Argentina: GoA Pressures IDB for New Financing [...] (SBU) IDB President Luis Moreno noted growing GoA fears that global financial turmoil will exacerbate Argentina's already restricted access to international credit. Following his meeting in New York with President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), the GoA has requested that the IDB increa [...] |
2008-10-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1409 |
Argentina: Civair Tour d'Horizon [...] (SBU) Summary. Argentine civil aviation authorities are slowly working the transition from military to civilian control of Argentine civil aviation with support from ICAO and the Mitre Corporation, and the GoA hopes to sign a new technical assistance agreement soon with the FAA. The profitabi [...] |
2008-10-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB UY AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES141 |
INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2007 END-USE [...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2007 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. PROCEDURES Post's Narcotics Coordinator does not have PD&S funding and as such is unable to fund on-site inspections or periodic spot checks to perform End Use Monitoring. The Coordinator has relied on DEA officer [...] |
2008-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1410 |
ARGENTINA: SIX-DAY AGRICULTURAL STRIKE ENDS WITH LITTLE [...] (U) Summary: Without the fanfare of previous strikes, the agricultural sector ended its latest strike against GOA agricultural policies on Wednesday, October 8 - at least for now. Compared to other agricultural protests in the previous seven months, this strike was a non-event, as it attracte [...] |
2008-10-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1415 |
Argentine President Announces "Administered Trade" Policy [...] (SBU) Responding to fears that slower global growth and a significant Brazilian devaluation will prompt waves of cheap imports "dumped" on the Argentine market, GoA President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced an "administered trade" and safeguard policy to protect local employment [...] |
2008-10-15 17:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1418 |
Argentina's Buenos Aires Province-owned Bank [...] (SBU) Guillermo Francos, President of Argentina's second largest public bank, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BP), is looking to expand secured lending to provincial small and medium enterprise for investment in new productive capacity. Outside of BP's regular lending activity, Francos [...] |
2008-10-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1420 |
ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), called on the Ambassador October 14, 2008 to provide advance notice of what he said would be the first civil action to be advanced again [...] |
2008-10-15 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PGOV PREL EFIN IR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1421 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR SNAR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1426 |
Argentina's Buenos Aires Province Taxman: Public Profile, [...] (SBU) Santiago Montoya, tax chief of Buenos Aries province, Argentina's largest, is riding a wave of popularity following high-profile tax compliance sweeps of wealthy neighborhoods. This popular support, he told Ambassador, demolishes the Argentine political truism that zealous tax enforcement [...] |
2008-10-17 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1427 |
Argentina: American Chamber Describes Investment [...] (SBU) As the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina celebrates its ninetieth anniversary, member company reps noted to visiting WHA DAS McMullen their long and successful tenures in Argentina's historically volatile economic environment. U.S. companies remain broadly profitable, and a numbe [...] |
2008-10-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1434 |
ARGENTINA: LA RIOJA GOVERNOR WELCOMES U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: La Rioja Governor and Peronist party member Luis Beder Herrera described his rural province's economy and expressed hope for U.S. investment in the mining area. The Governor asked about U.S. relations with Argentina, and the Ambassador highlighted strong cooperation in a wide [...] |
2008-10-20 12:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES144 |
BOLIVARIAN VISION FOR ARGENTINE CATARACT PATIENTS [...] Argentines needing cataract surgery are traveling to Bolivia for treatment by Cuban doctors. A leading Buenos Aires newspaper reported that approximately 17,000 Argentine citizens crossed the border for that reason over the past two years, although that figure is likely inflated. The GOA wil [...] |
2008-02-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID PREF PROP TBIO AR CU VZ |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1440 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1442 |
Argentina: Cash-Strapped GoA to Nationalize Private Pension [...] (SBU) The GoA will announce formally October 21 its plans to submit a bill to Congress to "rescue" future retirees by nationalizing Argentina's private pension system. Argentina's social security system was partially privatized in 1994, with workers given the right to choose between affiliatin [...] |
2008-10-21 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1443 |
Argentina's auto sector still somewhat strong despite [...] (U) The Argentine auto sector is on track for another record-breaking year in 2008, in spite of the adverse impact of the global financial crisis on the Argentine economy and recent high profile media reports of slowdowns in sales and planned layoffs. Production, sales, and exports are at all-t [...] |
2008-10-21 19:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB AR BR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1444 |
ARGENTINA: RUSSIAN DELEGATION PROMOTES DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre hosted the Secretary of Russia's National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, on October 15, entertaining Russian proposals for military sales, training, and non-military cooperation including in the field of nuclear energy. Although poten [...] |
2008-10-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV ECON RU AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1445 |
AMCHAM ARGENTINA CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AMCHAM) is currently celebrating its 90th Anniversary. Embassy and AMCHAM have organized several successful celebrating events and we continue to work together vigorously to promote US values and the positive role of US companies in Argentina. [...] |
2008-10-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BEXP ECON AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1449 |
ARGENTINA WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed Ambassador Schulte's October 16 consultations in Argentina, confirming Argentina's predisposition to cooperate with the U.S. internationally and at the IAEA. In the | ||||