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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09BUENOSAIRES644 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-02 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES647 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES648 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES649 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES65 |
ARGENTINA: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Overall Crime and Safety Situation. A. Crime Threat Levels. Crime is a serious problem in Argentina, but one that can be managed with common sense precautions. Street crime has become common and increasingly more violent, and often is perpetrated with a firearm or other deadly wea [...] |
2009-01-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AR CASC |
| 09BUENOSAIRES653 |
ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL ON VP COBOS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador engaged with Vice President Julio Cobos during a June 1 farewell call at his Senate President office on improvements in bilateral cooperation over the past three years, Argentina's upcoming congressional elections, and the importance of a strong education system. Co [...] |
2009-06-04 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES654 |
ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA: LES WAGE LEVELS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the Argentine economy slowing [...] |
2009-06-04 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AMGT AFSN APER ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES655 |
ARGENTINA: CAMPAIGNING K STYLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With congressional midterm elections less than a month away, campaign season is in full swing throughout Argentina. In Buenos Aires province, the key electoral district in the June 28 race, principal candidates of the three main electoral forces -- the Kirchner-allied ruling Vi [...] |
2009-06-04 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES656 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES657 |
ARGENTINA: CFK PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN OAS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) praised the USG's role in the the OAS decision to lift the ban on Cuba's participation, which she called "historic" and a portent of "new winds" blowing in the hemisphere. Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana took credit f [...] |
2009-06-04 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD OAS CU AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES658 |
ARGENTINA: CODEL Thompson Advances Bilateral Homeland [...] (U) Summary: The May 28-30 visit of CODEL Bennie Thompson to Argentina helped to advance bilateral cooperation on port and other infrastructure security issues, as well as positively demonstrate broad USG interest in bilateral cooperation with Argentina. Representatives Thompson (Chairman, Home [...] |
2009-06-04 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES66 |
ARGENTINA: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DEFENDS [...] (C) Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado emphasized his success maintaining relative market confidence in the Argentine Peso in the face of four major financial crises since August 2007. In a January 16 meeting with Ambassador, he discounted market expectations of a large depreciation [...] |
2009-01-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES665 |
ARGENTINA: U.S. ELECTRONICS FIRMS FACE GOA TAX MEASURES [...] (SBU) The GoA has proposed a legislative initiative that aims to promote domestic assembly of computer and telecom electronics and create jobs in Argentina's southern Tierra del Fuego (TdF) province by raising taxes on products imported or manufactured elsewhere in Argentina. President Cristin [...] |
2009-06-07 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES666 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 11:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES668 |
ARGENTINA ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS AND IAEA [...] (SBU) Political Officer spoke June 5 with the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN), Gustavo Ainchil, to deliver Refs A and B demarches. 2. (SBU) Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) budget, Ainchil said that [...] |
2009-06-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES669 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES67 |
CANADIAN AMBASSADOR ON ARGENTINE SUMMITRY, NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A January 14 discussion between Ambassador Wayne and Canadian Ambassador Tim Martin covered Argentina's poor preparation for regional summits and the G-20, as well as Canada's nuclear energy and mining agenda with Argentina. 2. (SBU) Brazil's regional agenda and the Summit of the Amer [...] |
2009-01-21 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN KSUM PREL CA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES679 |
Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...] |
2009-06-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES68 |
ARGENTINA: TECHINT CEO ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) On January 16, Ambassador had breakfast with Paolo Rocca, CEO of Argentine multinational Techint. The two reviewed Techint,s current problems with the Government of Argentina (GoA) over rescheduling debt payments of the regulated Argentine natural gas pipeline company TGN; over Techint's p [...] |
2009-01-21 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ELAB EINV VZ AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES684 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES686 |
ARGENTINA: INPUT FOR LABOR SECRETARY SOLIS MEETING IN [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Labor Secretary Solis' upcoming June 15 meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) represents an opportunity to assure the Argentine government (GOA) tha [...] |
2009-06-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP SOCI AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES693 |
ARGENTINA: CFK ANNOUNCES CUBA HAS AUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) Argentine media are reporting that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced June 12 that Cuban authorities issued a passport to dissident neurosurgeon Hilda Molina and are allowing her to leave the island. For 15 years, Molina had been seeking permission to travel to Arg [...] |
2009-06-12 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES694 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Political Officer spoke June 12 with Dr. Carlos Cherniak in the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN), to deliver Ref A demarche. Cherniak was familiar with the Director General's latest reports on Iran and Syria and said th [...] |
2009-06-12 22:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES695 |
ARGENTINA: H1N1: HEALTH MINISTRY HAS BEEN WORKING AT ALERT [...] On June 11, ESTCouns called Sebastian Tobar, Director of International Health Relations at the Ministry of Health (MOH), to discuss the recent WHO announcement that it had raised the alert level for Influenza A H1N1 from level five to level six. Tobar commented that the Argentina MOH had been [...] |
2009-06-13 19:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES698 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER USES DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ARM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's husband and former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) reportedly has called on Argentina's Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE) to dig up dirt against his closest competitor, Peronist dissident Francisco De Narvaez, and other politica [...] |
2009-06-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES699 |
Poverty in Argentina: A Silent Crisis? [...] (SBU) According to official GoA statistics, poverty levels continued to fall in the second half of 2008, reaching 15.3% of the urban Argentine population (with extreme poverty declining to 4.4%). However, doubts about the validity of other official Argentine statistics have led many analysts a [...] |
2009-06-16 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES70 |
ARGENTINE REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES700 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES701 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES702 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES704 |
ARGENTINE JUDGE INDICTS DOZEN INVOLVED IN MAY 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: An Argentine judge has indicted a dozen persons for their involvement in a violent attack (reftel) on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The Israeli Ambassador and the head of the Jewish community's political advocacy [...] |
2009-06-17 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM ASEC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES706 |
SUBJECT: (C) ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER "VERY [...] (C) Summary. On the instructions of Argentine FM Jorge Taiana, MFA Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto called CDA June 17 to express the GOA's irritation with the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which placed Argentina on the Tier 2 Watch List. D'Alotto said Taiana was "ver [...] |
2009-06-17 22:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
| 09BUENOSAIRES71 |
Buenos Aires Inaugural Reception Attracts Argentine Elite, [...] SUMMARY: An Inauguration Reception held at Ambassador Wayne's residence in Buenos Aires on January 20 brought substantial praise from both participants and the Argentine press. The over 200 key Argentine contacts attending the event in the midst of summer holidays; thus were treated to a Pow [...] |
2009-01-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES712 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-19 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES721 |
ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO SIX [...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Argentina continue to increase. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun to focus on defined risk groups. Reacting to an increased pattern of local transmission rather than contagion from outside the country, the MOH has moved from a strategy of containment [...] |
2009-06-19 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES722 |
ARGENTINA: PRO UNION'S MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: With less than one week remaining before the June 28 congressional elections, most polls continue to show the Kirchner-allied Victory Front (FpV) and the Peronist dissident slate, PRO Union, in a statistical dead heat in this race's key electoral district, Buenos Aires province. T [...] |
2009-06-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES729 |
ARGENTINE MID-TERMS: RADICALS AND CIVIC COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's center-left alliance of the opposition Civic Coalition (CC), Radical Civic Union (UCR), and Socialist parties is likely to gain congressional seats nationwide in June 28 elections. Their campaign, however, has not caught hold in either Buenos Aires city or province, w [...] |
2009-06-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES734 |
ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S PARTICIPATION AT FIFTH HEMISPHERIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request for WHA/PDA and USDOC/USFCS/OIO/WH. Please see para 5 for request. 2. (SBU) CDA Kelly attended a June 22 MFA briefing for all Western Hemisphere missions on the Fifth Hemispheric Summit of Mayors and Local Officials to be held, September 2-4 in Mar del Plata, [...] |
2009-06-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KSUM EAID KPAO BEXP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES739 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES740 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES741 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES742 |
ARGENTINA'S JUNE 28 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS: THE [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentina's ruling Victory Front alliance (FpV) appears headed for a nationwide defeat in the June 28 mid-term congressional elections and will likely lose its majority in the Chamber of Deputies and possibly in the Senate. The election is unlikely to clarify ful [...] |
2009-06-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES747 |
Argentina: Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri [...] Post received a June 22 letter from Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri to President Obama applauding the President's efforts to promote the Middle East Peace process and pledging to do his part to promote peace between Argentina's large Jewish and Muslim communities. Macri, a businessman [...] |
2009-06-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC KPAO PTER PBTS XF AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES748 |
(C) ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATHS SURGING [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Ministry of Health (MOH) puts the number of confirmed H1N1 cases at 1486, 335 of whom are currently hospitalized. Officially, 23 patients have died, but several sources claim that there have been at least 15 additional deaths and a broader incidence of cases. Eighty [...] |
2009-06-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR AMED |
| 09BUENOSAIRES750 |
Argentine Mid-Terms: Kirchners Suffer a Major Setback [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's ruling party and allies suffered a major setback in the June 28 congressional mid-term elections, winning only about 30% of the vote nationwide and likely losing its majority in both chambers of Congress. In the key race of Buenos Aires province, the ticket headed b [...] |
2009-06-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES752 |
ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS JOB MID-PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Minister of Health Graciela Ocana has resigned the day after the GOA lost big in mid-term legislative elections. Ocana reportedly resigned due to her belief that she was not getting the support she needed to combat an ongoing dengue crisis that has been partly eclips [...] |
2009-06-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES756 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK CALMLY SPINS ADVERSE [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) addressed the nation June 29 via live television to put the previous day's election results in perspective. She sought to put the best possible face on the electoral results, noting it was not unusual for [...] |
2009-06-30 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES757 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK PLANNING TO ESCORT ZELAYA [...] (SBU) Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced during a June 29 press conference regarding the previous day's legislative elections (septel) that she had spoken June 28 with Honduran President Zelaya, Chilean President Bachelet, and Ecuadorian President Correa regardin [...] |
2009-06-30 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS HO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES759 |
ARGENTINA NOT MOVING YET ON IAEA DG RACE, BUT [...] (C) Argentina continues to largely accept the U.S. analysis of the July 2nd IAEA vote and is clearly considering the U.S. case for voting in favor of Japanese candidate Amano. Charge d'Affaires spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Chief D'Alotto on Friday, June 26, to elicit his fee [...] |
2009-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES762 |
(C) ARGENTINA OFFERS ABSTENTION ON FIFTH ROUND IN [...] (C) Following up on Charge d'Affaires' June 26 outreach (ref B), Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto phoned CDA July 1 to inform him that Argentina had reconsidered its position on the IAEA DG race. D'Alotto said that Foreign Minister Taiana had determined tha [...] |
2009-07-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES77 |
Argentina: Message from Argentine Foreign Minister to [...] Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge E. Taiana sent January 22 a new message of congratulations to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on taking office, following up on the (ref A) letter he sent on her nomination. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy that it sent to Washington the [...] |
2009-01-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OPDC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES772 |
ARGENTINA ACCEPTS OBLIGATIONS UNDER UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES773 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES775 |
(C) ARGENTINA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS THANKING FM [...] (U) Action Request for Department in paragraph three. 2. (C) Following the decision by the GOA on July 1 (ref B) to offer an abstention in the fifth round of voting for IAEA DG candidate Amano, Political Counselor received a call July 2 from Japanese Embassy First Secretary Kenya Uno to expr [...] |
2009-07-02 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES776 |
Argentina: Transport Secretary Resigns; Other Key Changes [...] (SBU) Ricardo Jaime, Argentine Secretary of Transportation, resigned on July 1 in the face of numerous criminal charges on grounds of alleged corruption. His replacement is close to one of the President's most trusted advisors. Several other changes are rumored to be close, or even to have al [...] |
2009-07-02 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SNAR KCOR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES778 |
H1N1: ARGENTINA DECLINES TO DECLARE H1N1 EMERGENCY--FOR [...] SUMMARY: The death toll in Argentina attributed to H1N1 influenza has reached 55. In the midst of this crisis, the Government of Argentina (GOA) has appointed a new Minister with extensive public health experience (reftel). Although the new Minister declined to declare a national health eme [...] |
2009-07-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES783 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-06 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES784 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-06 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES787 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) returned to Buenos Aires July 6 from a 60-hour trip that took her to Washington and El Salvador in a failed attempt to restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras. In El Salvador, CFK argued that she was on a missi [...] |
2009-07-06 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM OAS HO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES789 |
ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC KCRM KJUS OTRA PREL SMIG ELAB EAID |
| 09BUENOSAIRES790 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 19:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES794 |
ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] |
2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES795 |
Argentina: Keeping Score on the Pollsters [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Argentine polling firms did not foresee former President Nestor Kirchner and his Victory Front (FpV) slate's second-place finish in the June 28 election in Buenos Aires province. Only four polling firms (Poliarquia, Giacobbe, Isonomia, and Management and Fit) accurately pr [...] |
2009-07-07 21:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES796 |
ARGENTINA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ITSO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN AORC ECON INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES799 |
ARGENTINA PONDERS A POST-KIRCHNER WORLD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: As Argentines continue to sort through the implications of the June 28 congressional mid-term elections, it is still too early to determine whether president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor (NK) suffered a mortal blow or merely a tempo [...] |
2009-07-08 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES8 |
ARGENTINA: DEPUTIES ENGAGE WITH CODEL MEEKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Members of Congress meeting with CODEL Meeks December 17 saw the beginning of a new U.S. administration as a "window of opportunity" to strengthen bilateral relations while bemoaning what they characterized as the USG's past focus on confronting "problem" countries ins [...] |
2009-01-02 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON SNAR PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES801 |
ARGENTINA: POWERFUL KIRCHNER ALLY ON [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Buenos Aires Province Vice-Governor Alberto Balestrini discussed July 7 Argentina's political panorama following former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) and his Victory Front (FpV) slate's second-place finish in the June 28 election in Buenos Aires province. A powerful insider an [...] |
2009-07-08 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES802 |
ARGENTINA: CABINET SHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO AUGUR MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) shuffled her Cabinet on July 7 a week after her party's defeat in a mid-term vote, but the personnel moves do not bring much new blood to the administration. CFK named feisty Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez as her new [...] |
2009-07-08 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SNAR MASS AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES805 |
Argentine Economy Minister Shuffle Augurs No Economic [...] (SBU) As predicted in Ref A (para 14), the GoA appointed Amado Boudou, previously the head of the GoA's social security administration, as the new Minister of Economy on July 7. Boudou, with a classical background in economics and a reputation as a mercenary, is seen as someone who will not in [...] |
2009-07-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PINR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES806 |
ARGENTINA: H1N1 EPICENTER OF THE WORLD [...] SUMMARY: A Mexican H1N1 expert believes that Argentina is now the epicenter of the worldwide H1N1 pandemic. To aggressively counteract the disease's spread, a consortium of Argentine health experts and officials agree to standardize treatment with oseltamivir. In preparation, hundreds of th [...] |
2009-07-08 22:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES807 |
Argentine Government Responds Calmly to GSP Review [...] (SBU) The GoA's response to the removal of Argentine biodiesel from receiving duty-free treatment after a review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was measured. A Foreign Ministry press release on the review didn't mention the removal, and a GoA Minister said there was "no [...] |
2009-07-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES811 |
ARGENTINA: FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina experienced increased drug trafficking pressure during the first six months of 2009, with the apparently expanding use of small aircraft to traffic cocaine and marijuana across the country's northern borders. Cargoes are quickly offloaded at clandestine strips and dist [...] |
2009-07-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL AFIN KCRM PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES816 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-13 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES817 |
ARGENTINE CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO SEEKS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Filmus, Argentina's former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, is now running for President of UNESCO 35th Conference. He seeks U.S. support for his candidacy. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Argentine MFA hosted a meeting for chiefs of mission on July 8 to pro [...] |
2009-07-13 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL AORC UNESCO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES819 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES82 |
ARGENTINA BACKS OFF BOTNIA PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: After allowing protesters to block the main bridge between Argentina and Uruguay for over two years, the Government of Argentina has reversed course and begun to express opposition to the protest. The Kirchner-allied governor of Entre Rios in December made headlines by concedin [...] |
2009-01-23 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV PBTS ASEC CASC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES824 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-14 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES827 |
NOW WHAT? THE KIRCHNERS' OPTIONS IN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. More than two weeks have passed since Argentina's ruling first couple lost badly in mid-term congressional elections. It has taken President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor time to process the meaning of the debacle and respond. Though the GOA h [...] |
2009-07-15 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES831 |
(C/NF) ARGENTINA: INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Local press recently linked Wilfredo Roque, the chief of the Santa Cruz provincial office of Argentina's intelligence agency, SIDE, to a trafficking in persons (TIP) ring led by Alejandro Guerrero and his wife "Yani." A local TV show aired footage showing Roque's right hand m [...] |
2009-07-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SNAR ASEC ELAB AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES839 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS AND LABOR LEADER MOYANO RENEW [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, are solicitously rewarding General Workers Confederation (CGT) leader Hugo Moyano in order to ensure his support at a time when many others seem to be defecting from govern [...] |
2009-07-16 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES841 |
ARGENTINE PROPOSAL ON COOPERATION FOR CONSERVATION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge received on July 15 a non-paper from Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, and Marcelo Santos, National Director of Fishing Coordination at the Secretariat of Agriculture. The non-paper is a proposed MOU between the GoA and the USG i [...] |
2009-07-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ECON PBTS AR UK |
| 09BUENOSAIRES844 |
ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...] |
2009-07-17 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES846 |
2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of sixteen (16) claims against the Government of Argentina (GOA), one of which was resolved during 2007 but whose award has not been implemented by the GOA yet (Claimant C), and two others that were resolved during 2008 and 2009 (Claimant I and Claim [...] |
2009-07-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON PGOV PREL OPIC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES849 |
ARGENTINA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. Argentina's newly-appointed Minister of Justice Julio Cesar Alak pledged to continue bilateral law enforcement cooperation in a productive courtesy call meeting with CDA on July 21. During the meeting, the CDA briefed Alak [...] |
2009-07-21 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM MASS AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES851 |
ARGENTINA: DATA COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] Through contacts with Argentine officials and healthcare professionals, Post developed the following timeline of public health interventions, as requested in reftel: -- First cases: The first case of H1N1 in Argentina was detected on May 7, 2009, in Buenos Aires and the second on May 22 in [...] |
2009-07-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELB CASC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES853 |
(S/NF) ARGENTINA: WILL CRISTINA FINISH HER TERM? [...] (S/NF) Summary/Introduction. The devastating setback dealt by Argentine voters to the government in the June 28 mid-term elections has restored to respectability last year's fashionable political forecast -- that Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) will not reach the end of her term as President i [...] |
2009-07-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES857 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-22 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES86 |
Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...] |
2009-01-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES861 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-23 16:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES862 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-23 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES863 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-23 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES868 |
ARGENTINA SUGGESTS SOLUTION TO CONTROVERSY OVER ITS CLAIM [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns met on July 22 at the Argentine MFA with Rafael Grossi, Director General for Political Coordination and a close advisor to Foreign Minister (FM) Jorge Taiana, regarding the issue of Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform. Grossi reiter [...] |
2009-07-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES869 |
ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15 [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...] |
2009-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES87 |
Argentina: Pan American Energy on Bolivian Nationalization [...] (SBU) Dennis Keleher, CFO of Pan American Energy, called Ambassador January 26 to inform him that no/no U.S. citizens were involved in the January 23 Bolivian government take-over of Empresa Petrolera Chaco SA (Chaco). He said only one UK national had been present at the takeover, that all oth [...] |
2009-01-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD EINV AR BL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES870 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-27 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES871 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-28 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES876 |
ARGENTINA: ISRAELI FM VISITS ARGENTINA AND [...] (C) Summary: In what the Israeli Foreign Ministry called an effort to counter "Iran's heightened activity in South America," Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman visited Argentina July 23-26 during the first trip to South America by an Israeli FM in over two decades. Argentina was the second stop on [...] |
2009-07-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES886 |
RESPONSE TO ARGENTINA'S PROPOSAL FOR AN MOU ON PATAGONIAN [...] (SBU) ESTCouns met on July 31 with Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, to request clarifications (per ref A) on Argentina's proposal for an MOU on Patagonian toothfish (ref B). Trombetta confirmed that the GOA's reasons for proposing an MOU wer [...] |
2009-08-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PTBS PREL SENV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES899 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - Hostage [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-04 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES900 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES907 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES908 |
ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...] |
2009-08-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES909 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-07 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES91 |
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S VENEZUELA VISIT GIVES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) January 21-23 visit to Caracas following her stop in Cuba (reftel A) sustained local interest in -- and criticism of -- her trip to Cuba and Venezuela. The visit prompted questions about the GOA's judgment on timing (as [...] |
2009-01-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES911 |
ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD [...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...] |
2009-08-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES912 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-07 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES92 |
ARGENTINA: ARGENTINES PLAY UP AMBASSADOR-INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA heavily advertised the January 22 meeting of Ambassador Wayne and Interior Minister Randazzo, billing it as a GOA "gesture" to the USG which was widely interpreted as an effort to balance President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's trip to Cuba and Venezuela (reftels) an [...] |
2009-01-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES920 |
ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform (re [...] |
2009-08-11 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES921 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-11 20:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES924 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES925 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES926 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-12 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES927 |
(C) ARGENTINA: TAIANA TRIES TO EXPLAIN CFK'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA confirmed August 12 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) August 10 invitation to South American heads of government to an August 28 UNASUR meeting on the Colombia-U.S. negotiations of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). CFK made the invitation during UNASUR [...] |
2009-08-13 22:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES934 |
ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...] |
2009-08-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL AR VE |
| 09BUENOSAIRES938 |
ARGENTINA STILL UNDECIDED ON UNESCO [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns raised reftel points with Argentine MFA International Organizations Directorate Christian Hotton and asked if Argentina had decided which candidate it would support in the September elections for UNESCO Director-General. Hotton indicated that Argentina had not yet decid [...] |
2009-08-14 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO PREL AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES939 |
ARGENTINA: SECOND DIPNOTE ON TRANSIT OF MAKIN [...] (U) Action Request for Department, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires received a second diplomatic note from the GOA dated August 13 regarding the transit of the Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island LHD8 through the Strait of Magellan. An Embassy translation of the note follows: [...] |
2009-08-14 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES94 |
Argentina: President Declares Drought Emergency; Farmers [...] (U) Summary: The GOA declared an agricultural emergency on January 26 due to the severe drought affecting most Argentine provinces. Under the decree, the GOA will allow producers in affected regions to delay payment of income taxes and personal property taxes for one year. The GOA will also [...] |
2009-01-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES941 |
ARGENTINA: DUE DILIGENCE ON THREE ACE AWARD NOMINEES [...] (SBU) Mission Buenos Aires is in the midst of a multi-year strategy to improve the image of the United States in Argentina to combat this country's high levels of anti-Americanism -- among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. A key component of post's public diplomacy outreach is to draw Arg [...] |
2009-08-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES942 |
Argentina: GOA Steals the Ball, May Take over Soccer [...] (SBU) On August 11, the Argentine Football (soccer) Association (AFA) unilaterally canceled its contract with satellite TV broadcasters (TSC) -- a consortium which includes U.S. firm DirecTV and possibly some other U.S. investors -- amid rumors that the GoA was poised to offer up to US$165 mill [...] |
2009-08-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KPAO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES944 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-18 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES952 |
ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...] |
2009-08-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES96 |
Argentina's Minister of Health - Crusader against [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wayne and Health Minister Maria Graciela Ocana discussed her Ministry's efforts to fight corruption within Argentina's public health system, the importance of drug rehabilitation programs, and prospects for future collaboration on health issues during a meeting on Janu [...] |
2009-01-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES964 |
ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] |
2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES966 |
ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] |
2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES968 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - SEARCH AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-25 19:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES969 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - Career [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-25 19:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES975 |
ARGENTINA: CODEL GRANGER, AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 2 [...] The Charge d'Affaires, Tom Kelly, warmly welcomes Representative Kay Granger and the delegation she is leading to Argentina August 30 - September 2. Per reftel, the purpose of the trip is to examine Department of Justice office operations in Buenos Aires and consult with the Government of Arg [...] |
2009-08-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SNAR PTER KTIP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES976 |
ARGENTINE MINISTER OF ECONOMY SAYS GOA IS READY TO [...] (C) Summary: CDA met August 24 with Minister of Economy and Public Finances Amado Boudou and discussed the upcoming G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Argentina's re-engagement with the IMF, an agreement with Paris Club debtors and bond holdouts, as well as Argentina's fiscal and economic outlook. [...] |
2009-08-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD KSUM PREL AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES977 |
ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...] |
2009-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
| 09BUENOSAIRES978 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-26 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES982 |
ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULES FOR LIMITED [...] (U) Summary: As anticipated for many months (reftel), the Argentine Supreme Court ruled August 25 against criminal penalties for the personal possession of marijuana in a case involving five young adults arrested with marijuana cigarettes in 2006. The court ruling appears to open the door to d [...] |
2009-08-28 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KCRIM PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES984 |
DAS MCMULLEN BRIEFS ARGENTINE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Christopher McMullen visited Buenos Aires August 26-27 to brief Argentine authorities on the USG's Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Colombia ahead of the August 28 UNASUR conference hosted by Argentina in Bariloche. He had excellent meetings with Cabinet Chief Min [...] |
2009-08-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES988 |
ARGENTINA'S CORDOBA GOVERNOR ON THE KIRCHNERS, [...] (C) Summary: Cordoba province Governor and Peronist dissident Juan Schiaretti engaged with the CDA on Argentina's First Couple, 2011 presidential candidates, and the province's budgetary woes. Schiaretti said that former President and First Spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) sees a divided opposition as g [...] |
2009-08-31 23:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES997 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES999 |
TALES FROM BARILOCHE: ARGENTINA HOSTS A SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary and introduction: The August 28 summit meeting in Bariloche of South American Union (UNASUR) leaders is getting puzzled, mixed reviews. After seven hours of a rambling, inconclusive discussion (on live television) of the U.S.-Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and other [...] |
2009-09-02 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MASS AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES100 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; CHINA'S CENSORSHIP OF GOOGLE AND [...] Although no longer a front-page news story, Haiti continues to make headlines, with articles now focusing on reconstruction and adoption issues. The Chinese government's censorship of both Google and the Avatar movie, as well as Argentina's nuclear development in view of the upcoming NPT Con [...] |
2010-01-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA CH KNNP AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES102 |
MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; 1/29/10; BUENOS [...] Local media analyzed President Obama's speech with a flurry of opinion articles, although only three were written by Argentine reporters. Washington correspondents for Argentina's two largest dailies commented on President Obama's attempt to reconnect with the American public but also doubte [...] |
2010-01-29 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES104 |
Argentina Will Consider Approach to Ecuador on Breakaway [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 17:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PNAT PREL GG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES106 |
MEDIA REACTION; HAITI; 1/30/10 -2/1/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Most local newspapers reported that ten U.S. Baptists were arrested after attempting to take 33 children out of Haiti, as well as on the temporary suspension of U.S. medical evacuation flights from Haiti. One positive opinion piece emphasized the important logistic role played by the U.S. in [...] |
2010-02-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES107 |
Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative [...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...] |
2010-02-24 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES108 |
MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY CONTINUES FOLLOWING STATE OF THE [...] Over the weekend, only two Argentine dailies, largest daily Clar????n and left-leaning, pro-government P????gina 12, printed opinion articles written by Argentine reporters on President Obama's foreign policy following the State of the Union address. All other dailies published articles fro [...] |
2010-02-01 18:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IS |
| 10BUENOSAIRES109 |
Argentina: Codel Engel Addresses Bilateral Relations [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel enjoyed a very productive visit to Buenos Aires, January 5-7. The Codel was led by Eliot Engel (D-NY) and included Shelly Berkley (D-NV), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met with the Codel for two hours [...] |
2010-02-24 22:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ECON ELAB PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES11 |
(C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...] |
2010-01-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM AR |
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HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR SNAR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES111 |
Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead [...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...] |
2010-02-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES114 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA; THE MILITARY IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] China's threats to suspend its military ties with the U.S. and to impose sanctions on U.S. companies selling weapons to Taiwan received wide coverage over the weekend. Opinion articles highlighted U.S.-Chinese interdependence and their need for a strategic partnership based on issues such as [...] |
2010-02-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL CH AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES118 |
Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Full Speed Ahead on [...] (SBU) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino stressed in a February 1 meeting that the debt exchange is moving ahead at full speed. He repeatedly emphasized that there are no political obstacles to moving it forward and that the Central Bank and Redrado affair is not affecting the trans [...] |
2010-02-02 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES120 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; 2/2/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Most Argentine reporting on the ten U.S. citizens arrested on charges of child trafficking in Haiti was objective. Several cited the State Department spokesperson's remarks that the U.S. is offering assistance aimed at ensuring a fair and transparent trial, noting that the ten Americans have [...] |
2010-02-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES122 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; 2/3/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Headlines on Haiti on 2/3 focused on PM Jean-Max Bellerive's remarks that the death toll has now reached over 200,000. Only three newspapers reported on the ten Americans arrested for child trafficking. End summary. NEW DEATH TOLL MAKES HEADLINES --------------- 2. Seve [...] |
2010-02-03 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES124 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; 2/3-4/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Local and other international news overshadowed U.S.-China conflicts, with only two newspapers printing articles from their own journalists, and the rest using news wires. All articles speculated on possible Chinese retaliation and questioned U.S. motives for "provoking" the disagreements. [...] |
2010-02-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR CH |
| 10BUENOSAIRES13 |
Argentina: Standoff between the President and the Central [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a major institutional crisis in Argentina with her January 8 dismissal of Central Bank (BCRA) Governor Martin Redrado. The GoA has since been fighting frantically with the opposition-controlled Congress, the courts, and media [...] |
2010-01-11 23:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES130 |
MEDIA REACTION: FIRST HAITIAN ORPHAN ARRIVES IN ARGENTINA; [...] Haitian orphan Rosalindha's arrival -- the first in Argentina -- received broad press coverage, most of which noted the medical care the baby received in Pittsburgh. Several media praised U.S. efforts to expedite the orphan's arrival to the country, while two reported on the U.S. decision to [...] |
2010-02-04 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES134 |
Argentina: Fiscal Situation Steadily Deteriorating But No [...] (SBU) The long-term Argentine fiscal situation is deteriorating. The fiscal gap is manageable in 2010, but will be difficult to overcome in 2011 without a restoration of the government's ability to borrow on the international financial markets. The GOA has, so far, managed to bridge the gap [...] |
2010-02-04 22:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES138 |
ARGENTINA - PREPARATIONS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Alberto Dojas, Deputy Director at the MFA's Direction for International Security and Nuclear Affairs (DIGAN), and with Francisco Spano and Elena Maceiras, respectively Chairman and Vice-President of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN), to discuss points raised in reftel. [...] |
2010-02-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PARM KSUM PINS PREL IAEA PTER AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES140 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ROLE IN HAITI; 2/5/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Largest circulation Clarin's editorial on 2/5 acknowledged the U.S.' leading role in humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti, but said that more international cooperation is needed. The ten Americans who were formally charged by the Haitian government with child kidnapping and criminal associat [...] |
2010-02-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES142 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 29-February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 29-February 4, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov to [...] |
2010-02-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES150 |
MEDIA REACTION; U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN HAITI; TIP; [...] Haiti continues to make headlines in Argentina, focusing on concerns of prolonged U.S. military involvement, trafficking in persons and the need for more humanitarian assistance. Largest circulation Clarin quoted U.S. Army Col. Gregory Kane, Director of U.S. Joint Task Force Haiti operations [...] |
2010-02-08 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES152 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/9/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Iran's announcement that it is enriching uranium to 20% was widely covered in Argentine newspapers, focusing on U.S. and French discussions in Paris over new sanctions. Articles contained quotes from top U.S. and French officials denouncing Iran's policies and renewing calls for the UN Secur [...] |
2010-02-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES154 |
ARGENTINA: Firm Offer of 200 Additional Peacekeepers for [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met February 5 and February 8 with Defense Minister Nilda Garre and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, respectively, to confirm Argentina's offer of additional peacekeepers to Haiti. Both confirmed that the formal offer to the UN had been made. Garre said the offer was f [...] |
2010-02-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL EAID HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES158 |
MEDIA REACTION: EXPECTATIONS ABOUT UNASUR MEETING ON HAITI; [...] Argentine media reported expectations that the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) meeting in Quito would lead to a South-South cooperation scheme aimed at boosting Haiti's development. Several papers cited comments of the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana following their 2/8 [...] |
2010-02-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES160 |
MEDIA REACTION: UNASUR MEETING ON HAITI; 2/10/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine press picked up wire reports on the special UNASUR meeting in Quito. Most highlighted that South American leaders pledged 300 million dollars in international aid for Haiti and called for the cancellation of its foreign debt. One article focused on Argentina's decision to send 150 [...] |
2010-02-10 16:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES162 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/10/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine media coverage of Iran's nuclear program on 2/10 shifted from covering U.S. and French efforts to sanction Iran to the response from Russia, China, and Brazil. Articles were positive towards Russia's possible support of international sanctions, but also gave a lot of weight to neig [...] |
2010-02-10 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES166 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; 2/11-12/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Media continued to focus on the fate of the U.S. missionaries being held on trafficking charges, with one headline referring to them as "appropriators." Pro-government Buenos Aires Economico reported that Coca-Cola Latin America's Group gave a one-million dollar donation to the Red Cross fo [...] |
2010-02-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES168 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February 5-February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January February 5-February 12, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@sta [...] |
2010-02-12 18:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES178 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/11-16/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine President Kirchner's invitation from President Obama to attend a nuclear summit in April received large, positive press coverage. Newspapers also widely reported on Iran's 31st Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, with articles highlighting the Iranian government trying to suppre [...] |
2010-02-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES180 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN AND SECRETARY CLINTON; [...] Argentine newspapers mostly limited coverage of NATO's new Afghanistan offensive and Secretary Clinton's Middle East trip to newswires. Secretary Clinton's quote that Iran is heading towards a "military dictatorship" appeared in all papers covering the story, usually as the headline. As for [...] |
2010-02-16 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR AF |
| 10BUENOSAIRES182 |
Argentina: Government Interested in Partnering for [...] (U) Action request for Department in para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Argentine MFA North American Affairs and International Cooperation Directorates asked DCM on February 11 to explore the possibility of establishing a mechanism for coordination of U.S. and Argentine development assist [...] |
2010-02-17 18:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EAGR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES184 |
ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO CITES COP 15 DEMARCHE [...] On February 16, ESTCouns delivered reftel demarche to the Environment Secretariat's CITES representative Guillermo Lingua and CITES experts Maria Tonelli and Luis Arenas. All three will be part of Argentina's delegation at COP 15. While Lingua did not expect any Argentine objections to the US [...] |
2010-02-17 18:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES186 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN; 2/17/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Iran's nuclear program continues to make international headlines, with a focus on the increased pressure from the international community on Iran. One opposition paper reported on the role of Brazilian government as a mediator between the Washington and Tehran, as well as the Obama Administr [...] |
2010-02-17 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR AF |
| 10BUENOSAIRES194 |
MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA, IRAN, HAITI, AND U.S. LATIN [...] Although Europe's financial troubles continue to dominate international news sections, several U.S. topics also made headlines. Articles characterized China's disapproval of the Dalai Lama's visit to the U.S. as a sign that China "wants to be heard" on key international issues. In addition, [...] |
2010-02-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR HA IR CO CH |
| 10BUENOSAIRES196 |
ARGENTINA: MISSION CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ENERGY USE [...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...] |
2010-02-18 20:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES198 |
Argentina: Mission Campaign to Reduce Energy Use [...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...] |
2010-02-19 00:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR |
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RECALL 10 BUENOS AIRES 20 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES200 |
Argentina: S/GWI Project Proposals [...] Summary: A Country of Healthy Women was developed by Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra El Cancer (LALCEC) with support from Embassy Buenos Aires. Argentina has a low awareness rate of cancer risks, the importance of early detection, and treatment possibilities. Research has shown that a lar [...] |
2010-02-19 15:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES202 |
ARGENTINA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA/TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER KTIP AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES204 |
MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA IN WASHINGTON; 2/19/10; BUENOS [...] President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Obama led international news sections, with commentary ranging from the meeting's "modesty" to the "deteriorating relations" with China. All articles focused on the President's decision to not hold the meeting in the Oval Office in order to "not irrita [...] |
2010-02-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR CH |
| 10BUENOSAIRES206 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 12-February 19, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...] |
2010-02-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES208 |
Argentina: Farmer Demonstration Against Agriculture Policy [...] (SBU) A February 17 demonstration by farmers in Chab????s, Santa Fe province, protesting the government's agriculture policies has brought about welcome policy changes. That evening, hoping to defuse the situation and avoid another all-out strike and sales boycott by farmers, Minister of Agr [...] |
2010-02-19 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES21 |
Argentina Central Bank Funds Frozen - A Conspiracy to Topple [...] (C) GoA reaction to a U.S. Judge's January 12 decision to embargo some official Argentine funds was swift and strong, but rather than taking aim at the USG, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and other officials are accusing some Argentines - including Vice President Co [...] |
2010-01-13 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES210 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES212 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES214 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES216 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES218 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES22 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES220 |
ARGENTINA: ABILITY TO FILL COUNTRY-SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD USTR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES222 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, HAITI, AND CHINA; 2/19-22/10; BUENOS [...] Opinion articles about U.S. policy regarding Iran, Haiti, and China filled weekend newspapers in Argentina. The Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Buenos Aires warned against Iran's increasing influence in Latin America, which is "legitimizing" Iran's President. Another article stro [...] |
2010-02-22 21:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR HA CH |
| 10BUENOSAIRES226 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FALKLANDS, OAS, U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN [...] Regional issues were the dominating theme on 2/23, including Brazil-Iran relations, the Falkland Islands, the OAS, and an introspective look at Latin American politics. One opinion article criticized Brazil for rolling out the "red carpet" for Iran, while another highlighted differences betw [...] |
2010-02-23 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR BR FK |
| 10BUENOSAIRES23 |
Argentina Reconsidering its Position on "Defamation of [...] (C) A Foreign Ministry contact informed poloff on January 13 that the Government of Argentina (GOA) is strongly reconsidering its previous position on the Defamation of Religion issue in the UN, and is very likely to change its position from abstaining to voting along with the United States. [...] |
2010-01-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES234 |
Argentine Reponse to Distracted Driving Demarche [...] ESTHOff delivered reftel demarche on February 2 to Sandra Campos, Director of Institutional Relations at Argentina's National Road Safety Agency (ANSV). Campos provided basic information about the law and public awareness campaigns related to distracted driving, but said that ANSV does not ha [...] |
2010-02-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ELTN UNDP IBRD UNGA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES236 |
PROCEEDS OF SALE REPORT - FY 10 REQUEST FOR OPERATING FUNDS [...] STATUS AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2010 PROGRAM--CUMULATIVE YEAR-TO-DATE - SUB-OBJECT DOLS GENERATED 3151 512 - 3141 83 - 3138 125 - 3121 42 - [...] |
2010-02-24 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT |
| 10BUENOSAIRES238 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROCEEDS OF SALE REPORT, FY 10 REQUEST FOR [...] STATUS AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2010 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY--CUMULATIVE YEAR-TO-DATE - SUB-OBJECT DOLS GENERATED 3151-1365 180 - 3141-1365 97 - 3122-1365 14 - TOTAL GENERATED 2 [...] |
2010-02-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT |
| 10BUENOSAIRES242 |
MEDIA REACTION: FALKLAND ISLANDS; 2/24/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] The Falklands dispute continued to dominate Argentine media on 2/24. Most newspapers picked up remarks made by Assistant Secretary Crowley reiterating U.S. neutrality in the conflict and encouraging Argentina and Great Britain to resolve the issues through direct dialogue. A/S Crowley's cha [...] |
2010-02-24 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR FK |
| 10BUENOSAIRES25 |
U.S. Court Lifting of Asset Freeze Calms Argentine Waters, [...] (C) Summary: A New York District Judge's decision on January 15 to temporarily lift the freeze on Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) reserves in the U.S. calmed the markets and appeared to give the GoA some breathing room to resolve the issues of Martin Redrado's fate as BCRA President and the fut [...] |
2010-01-20 18:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES254 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 20-February 26, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...] |
2010-02-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES256 |
MEDIA REACTION: CFK CRITICIZES PRESIDENT OBAMA DAYS BEFORE [...] Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's "critical" interview with CNN and her "photo opportunity" with Secretary Clinton made headlines in all newspapers. Most highlighted Kirchner's comments that President Obama failed "to meet Latin American expectations" and that she disapproved of the wa [...] |
2010-02-26 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES28 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES30 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES34 |
MEDIA REACTION: US RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] All major Argentine newspapers reportedly positively on U.S. relief efforts in Haiti, echoing President Obama's comments that they are "the most important in recent time." Media coverage of U.S. troop deployments also was generally positive, focusing on the humanitarian nature of the mission [...] |
2010-01-19 22:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 10BUENOSAIRES36 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES38 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AR PINR MARR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES43 |
Argentina: Former Vice Mayor Michetti Talks National [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly-elected national Deputy from Argentina's center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) party Gabriela Michetti on January 8, and discussed the GOA's showdown with Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado (reftel) and the opposition's legislative plans under t [...] |
2010-01-26 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES46 |
MEDIA REACTION: US MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN HAITI; BUENOS [...] The crisis in Haiti did not make the front pages on January 21, with Argentine dailies focusing instead on domestic political disputes. However, Haiti continued to dominate the international sections, with headlines dramatizing the U.S. military deployment. While reporting generally did not c [...] |
2010-01-21 13:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES48 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 18-21, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 18-21, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] |
2010-01-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES5 |
ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K MARTINETTI, JULIO et al/ OPERATION HEART OF [...] (SBU/NF) Reference is made to a classified cable, written under ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K; MARTINETTI, Julio et al/Operation Heart of Stone on October 27, 2009 by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent (SA) Russell Baer titled: OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BANCO AMAMBAY MONEY LAUNDERING INVES [...] |
2010-01-05 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | STAG DEA |
| 10BUENOSAIRES51 |
Argentina Telecom Monopoly Dispute Leads to Threats of [...] (SBU) Following a purchase in Europe that gave the owner of one of Argentina's two fixed-line telephone providers a small interest in the other, refusal by the company to divest has led to overt GoA threats of nationalization. Whether this is a real threat or simply a distraction from other pol [...] |
2010-01-28 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EINV AR ETTC |
| 10BUENOSAIRES54 |
MEDIA REACTION: US RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/21-22/10; [...] In contrast to January 20 headlines, which highlighted the U.S. military deployment, Argentine dailies on January 21-22 focused primarily on the January 20 aftershock and early signs of recovery. The Charge d'Affaires' January 20 interviews with public news agency Telam, the country's most pop [...] |
2010-01-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 10BUENOSAIRES55 |
Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...] |
2010-01-28 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES58 |
Post Mgt - Arrival of Ambassador [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 19:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES60 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ROLE IN HAITI; JANUARY 23- [...] Press coverage of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti was mostly positive over the last three days, highlighting the humanitarian nature of the U.S. role. Local media welcomed the U.S.-U.N. agreement putting the U.N. in charge of security operations, following concerns over the use of U.S. troops. [...] |
2010-01-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES61 |
Argentina: First Husband's Dollar Purchases Revealed, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a late January press reports that presidential spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) had purchased just under US$ 2 million in US currency in October 2008 -- confirmed by GOA sources February 1 -- opposition politicians and political commentators have raised a new alarm about al [...] |
2010-02-02 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES63 |
Argentina: Ambassador Meets New UN Representative [...] (SBU) Ambassador Martinez met on January 28 with the newly-arrived UNDP representative in Argentina, Martin Santiago. Santiago is charged with coordinating the activities of 12 UN agencies in Argentina. Warm and friendly with US officials, Santiago will be a helpful interlocutor and partner i [...] |
2010-02-03 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES68 |
MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR [...] Local newspapers report on the Montreal First International Conference for Haitian Relief Efforts, highlighting that Canada and humanitarian NGOs called wealthy countries to cancel Haitian debt. Some papers picked up an Embassy press release on the U.S. Southern Command's 50,000 dollar donatio [...] |
2010-01-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES70 |
MEDIA REACTION: COUNTDOWN TO STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; [...] Argentine newspapers are reporting growing expectations over President Obama's State of the Union address, portraying it as an effort to regain political momentum and regain initiative. Despite one opinion article critical of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, the speech is expected to con [...] |
2010-01-26 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES71 |
Argentina: Saber Rattling over Oil Exploration in the [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables which will address the Argentine reaction to hydrocarbons-related activities in the Falklands/Malvinas islands. 2. (C) The GoA is reportedly hardening its policy on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in response to accelerating oil exploration efforts unde [...] |
2010-02-04 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV ENRG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES75 |
Argentina: Surprise Appointment to Head Central Bank [...] (C) In a surprise move, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appointed Mercedes Marco del Pont to the post of President of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Marco del Pont, 50, and the first woman ever to hold the job, is now serving as Interim President until she is confirmed b [...] |
2010-02-04 23:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES76 |
Argentina Interested in Hosting Small Arms and Light Weapons [...] (U) Action request for Department in para 5. 2. (U) Deputy Pol Couns discussed the proposal (reftel) to co-host with Argentina a regional conference on small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) traffic with Alberto Dojas, Deputy Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office on Internat [...] |
2010-01-27 19:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL MASS AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES78 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/27/10; [...] The top Haiti story on January 27 was the U.S. troops' "miraculous" rescue of a survivor from the ruins of a collapsed building. Some media also covered Secretary Clinton's strong defense of U.S. relief efforts in response to those who criticized the U.S. decision to send troops along with ci [...] |
2010-01-27 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES79 |
Argentine Financial Intelligence Unit Further Compromised [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES8 |
ARGENTINA: VACATIONS724 BREAKS ITS SILENCE TO INTIMIDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine traveler Carolina Millone reports that on-line travel agency Vacations724.com tries to intimate her after she goes public with their scam. Per reftels Buenos Aires FPU shares new information on Vacations724.com and its alleged owners. END SUMMARY. ------------------ [...] |
2010-01-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES80 |
MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON [...] Argentine media expects President Obama's State of the Union address to focus on domestic economic policies. Articles opine that the Obama administration seeks to regain leadership and increase support from middle-class and independent voters. The press is anticipating important announcemen [...] |
2010-01-27 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES81 |
Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...] |
2010-02-05 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES86 |
MEDIA REACTION; STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; 1/28/10; BUENOS [...] Local newspapers extensively covered President Obama's State of the Union Address, leading their international sections. Reactions were mixed. Most newspapers reported positively, highlighting the President's plans regarding job creation and health care reform. Largest daily Clarin and righ [...] |
2010-01-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR EFIN ECON ETRD |
| 10BUENOSAIRES88 |
MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS; 01/28/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Local media distinguished between U.S. support for elected President Lobo and the absence of most Latin American countries from his swearing-in ceremony. Newspapers were divided on the U.S. role in the Honduran crisis. Some media blame the U.S. for helping validate the June 28 coup d'etat t [...] |
2010-01-28 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES89 |
(C) Argentina: Nestor Kirchner Down, but Not Out [...] (C) Summary: Former President and first spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) is recuperating after undergoing emergency surgery for a partially blocked carotid artery. NK underwent a carotid endarterectomy, which involved temporarily introducing a shunt in his artery to redirect the blood flow to the [...] |
2010-02-12 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES90 |
Argentina Unlikely to Associate with Copenhagen Accord by [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs discussed reftel with Samuel Basualdo of the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Climate Change Office and Gabriel Blanco of the Environment Secretariat's Climate Change Division several times over the last week. The GoA does not appear positively inclined to associate with [...] |
2010-01-28 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KGHG ENRG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES91 |
Argentina: Profiles of Key Anti-Kirchner Piqueteros REF: BUENOS AIRES 526; BUENOS AIRES 794; BUENOS AIRES 13 09 BUENOS AIRES 1084; 08 BUENOS AIRES 980 CLASSIFIED BY: VilmaSMartinez, Ambassador, DOS, Exec; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Argentina's social activist movements, known as piqueteros, have captured the media spotlight through frequent protests. While former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts to co-opt the movement have divided it, the hotly contested title for noisiest piqueteros go [...] |
2010-02-12 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES92 |
Argentina to Speak Out on Human Rights in Iran during the UN [...] (SBU) On January 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Human Rights division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina. The GOA shared aspects of its carefully-crafted recommendations and questions to be presented to Iran during the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodi [...] |
2010-01-28 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UN UNHRC IR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES95 |
Falklands/Malvinas: GoA Requires Permission for Ships to [...] (C) The GoA issued a decree on February 16 requiring ships to obtain GoA permission before sailing from Argentina or through Argentine waters to reach the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner sought to justify the decree based on UN resolutions. The decree is intende [...] |
2010-02-17 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES96 |
Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] |
2010-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 66BUENOSAIRES2481 |
EXTENDED NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS OVER HIGH SEAS [...] PRESS REPORTS AND VARIETY EMBASSY SOURCES CONFIRM NEW ARGENTINE LEGISLATION UNILATERALLY CHANGING SEAS JURIS- DICTION NOW UNDER ADVANCED REVIEW. REPORTEDLY LAW WOULD ESTABLISH SIX MILE TERRITORIAL SEA, PLUS ANOTHER SIX MILES OF EXCLUSIVE FISHING JURISDICTION, PLUS ANOTHER EXTENDED ZONE OF "P [...] |
1966-12-28 18:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PBTS AR |
| 94BUENOSAIRES6161 |
CASTRO SAYS HE WILL GO IF THE PEOPLE CHOOSE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. AT HIS REQUEST, AMBASSADOR AND POLCOUNS MET SEPTEMBER 14 WITH A LEADING MEMBER OF THE RADICAL CIVIC UNION, CESAR JAROSLAVSKY, FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT CUBA. JAROSLAVSKY WAS INVOLVED LAST YEAR WITH A PERSONAL APPEAL TO FIDEL CASTRO FOR THE RELEASE OF CUBAN POL [...] |
1994-09-15 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF CU AR |
| 95BUENOSAIRES4491 |
QADHAFI'S SON VISITS MENEM, TALKS SOCCER AND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: QADHAFI'S 25-YEAR OLD SON ALSADI AND AN ENTOURAGE OF FIVE OR SIX UNIDENTIFIED LIBYAN OFFICIALS ARRIVED IN ARGENTINA LATE LAST WEEK AND WAS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT MENEM AT THE OLIVOS RESIDENCE ON JULY 24. GOA OFFICIALS STRESS THAT QADHAFI'S VISIT WA [...] |
1995-07-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY AR |