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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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03SANTODOMINGO4390DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...]
2003-08-22 17:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4415DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR
[...] The GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated information for 2003 Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting purposes follows. BEGIN ANSWERS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. A) Whether the country has adequate laws and r [...]
2003-08-22 21:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO4432DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 58TH UNGA ATTENDEES STILL
[...] GODR HAS NOT YET DETERMINED WHO WILL ATTEND THE 58TH UNGA. GODR REPORTS THAT IT HOPES TO HAVE ITS DESIGNEES NAMED BY AUGUST 29. THE DELAY IN DESIGNATING ATTENDEES STEMS FROM THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF THE GODR'S FOREIGN MINISTRY'S AMBASSADOR IN CHARGE OFXXXXXXX WILL FORWARD INFORMATION AS SOON [...]
2003-08-25 16:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4522ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...]
2003-08-27 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC
03SANTODOMINGO4533DOMINICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONG. WELLER HE'S
[...] SUMMARY. Dominican President Mejia told U.S. Congressmen visiting Aug 20-24 that prospects are &fine8 for a bilateral free trade agreement. Hosted by the Dominican private sector, Cong. Weller (R-Illinois),Cong. Brown (R-South Carolina) and Republican staffers stressed the need to address U [...]
2003-08-28 10:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD OREP PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO4548CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE: EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo strongly supports the proposal of a Caribbean issues conference and expects to nominate an Embassy participant. 2. (SBU) In response to para 8 inquiry concerning possible Dominican participants we have the following comments: - - Frederic Emam Zade, Director [...]
2003-08-28 12:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBB BF DR GY JM PINR TD NS
03SANTODOMINGO4553DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. APPROACH IN THE FIRST
[...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices would review the non-paper and asked for time to pre [...]
2003-08-28 18:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP DR
03SANTODOMINGO4554DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH
[...] This is an action request ) see para 3. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices a [...]
2003-08-28 19:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO4656PARLACEN COURTS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Central American Parliament (Parlacen) President Augusto Vela Mena, addressing a joint session of the GODR's National Congress in Santo Domingo August 27, announced that the proposed entry of the Dominican Republic into the System of Central American Integration had been forwarded to the presi [...]
2003-09-02 21:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINT ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO4679PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ALFREDO
[...] (SBU) On August 27 newly elected activist Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco told Charge d,Affaires and Poloffs he sets a priority on reforming the Penal and Civil Codes. He emphasized ongoing collaboration with new Senate President Jesus Vasquez to develop a joint legislative agend [...]
2003-09-03 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4680CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE: INITIAL DOMINICAN
[...] Frederic Emam-Zade of the Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo told EcoPol counselor on September 2 that he is available to participate in the conference and panel proposed ref a. He has reserved the dates Oct 9-10 and asks for further information concerning the possible invitation whene [...]
2003-09-03 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR OTRA PINR
03SANTODOMINGO4736CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE: RAINIERI RESPONSE AND
[...] (SBU) Dominican businessman Frank Rainieri told EcoPol counselor on Sept 4 that he is interested and potentially available to participate in the CSIS conference on the Caribbean. He has noted this in his agenda and awaits further information. Having surveyed the agenda, he asked about the fo [...]
2003-09-05 12:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR OTRA PINR SNAR
03SANTODOMINGO4760PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered the text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles agreed by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants to Ambassador Rogert Espaillat, Sub-Director of the GODR Americas Desk on September 5. The Ambassador had no immediate comment and indicated the [...]
2003-09-08 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4763GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
[...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...]
2003-09-08 13:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO4765WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL: DOMINICAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-08 15:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR
03SANTODOMINGO4834CIVAIR: DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ICAO
[...] On September 9, econoff delivered reftel on key issues regarding the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization Eleventh Air Navigation Conference to Director General Carlos Alvarez Guzman of the General Directorate for Civil Aviation. Director Guzman told econoff that the Dominican [...]
2003-09-10 12:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON
03SANTODOMINGO4915FORMAL PACT: CIVIC LEADERS TO MONITOR DOMINICAN
[...] (U) A ceremony including President Mejia, other presidential candidates, GODR officials, business and union leaders, and the diplomatic corps, held September 8 at the Catholic University in Santo Domingo, formally approved a non-government committee ("comision de seguimiento") of nine academic [...]
2003-09-12 19:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO4930STORY OF HAITIAN CADAVERS ALONG BORDER STILL
[...] (C) The Dominican Committee on Human Rights announced on September 3 that approximately 14 Haitian bodies had been discovered in Pedernales, a province along the Dominican-Haitian border. Virgilio Almanzar, chairperson of the committee, told Poloffs that he personally saw only 7 skeletons dur [...]
2003-09-15 13:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG DR
03SANTODOMINGO4943DEMARCHE ON AVIATION THREAT -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] EcoPol chief and Econoff delivered subject demarche on September 9 to Director General of Civil Aviation Carlos Alvarez, who undertook to convoke directors of airports in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez suggested further points of contact, which Embassy is pursuing. 2. Embassy has prepar [...]
2003-09-15 19:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EAIR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4944PURCHASE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR THE CAA
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the purchase of unclassified computer equipment to be used in the CAA. 2. (C) HP SCANJET 8250 DIGITAL FLATBED SCANNER (C9932A) Specifications and warranty. Unit Cost: $899.99 quantity: (1) Total Cost: [...]
2003-09-15 19:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALASUP AMGT KSLG
03SANTODOMINGO4990DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD
[...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]
2003-09-16 19:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO5003PLD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONCERNS IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of the leading opposition party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),have raised with us three concerns about upcoming presidential elections in the Dominican Republic: doubts about the impartiality of the Junta Central Electoral (JCE ) Central Election Commission),[...]
2003-09-17 12:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO5020DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NGO PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with six NGOs. All six NGOs work to promote women's issues. The NGOs are known to the mission and none of them is known as a group whose mission includes the promotion of pedophilia. 2. INSTRAW does no [...]
2003-09-17 17:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5035DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNGA ATTENDEES
[...] The GODR has provided the following information on its delegation to the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations: A. Head of State, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. B. Head of Government, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. C. Foreign Minister [...]
2003-09-17 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KSEP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5057URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] Reftel talking points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the GODR's Americas Desk, on September 18. The Ambassadors had no immediate comment and indicated the talking points would be reviewed by the relevant Foreign Ministry offices [...]
2003-09-18 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO5058GODR: DOMINICANS WERE COOPERATIVE AT CANCUN
[...] (SBU) GODR INTERLOCUTORS HAVE ASSURED EMBOFFS THAT THEY ENGAGED CONSTRUCTIVELY AND COOPERATIVELY DURING THE SEPTEMBER 10-14 WTO MINISTERIAL. ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AND PRESIDENT OF INDOTEL),ORLANDO JORGE MERA, AND THE GODR'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR, OSM [...]
2003-09-18 19:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EAGR DR
03SANTODOMINGO5074WSIS/FREEDOM OF THE PRESS; DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points by email and fax to Ambassador for Human Rights Anabella de Castro on September 15. Talking points were also sent on September 16 to Indotel President and Secretary of State for Telecommunications Orlando Jorge Mera. Mr. Mera assured Poloff that he woul [...]
2003-09-19 14:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO5088DOMINICAN ELECTORAL BOARD MOVING AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Central Electoral Board ("JCE") President Luis Arias and seven of the eight other electoral judges assured the Ambassador on September 9 that -- contrary to claims by opposition critics -- preparations for the May 16, 2004, presidential election in the Dominican Republic were on [...]
2003-09-19 22:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5097ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and tha [...]
2003-09-22 15:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
03SANTODOMINGO5099CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE: TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR HERTELL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Hans Hertell expects to attend CSIS Caribbean Conference on Oct 9-10 as described in ref A. HERTELL [...]
2003-09-22 15:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO5117DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ATTEND DECENTRALIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KDEM PGOV PINS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5118EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - NO AMCITS
[...] At 12:45 a.m. on September 22, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Dominican Republic approximately nine miles south of the resort town of Puerto Plata and 12 miles north of the interior city of Santiago. No AmCit deaths or injuries have been reported by the US Consular [...]
2003-09-22 21:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC DR EAIR EWWT SENV SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5135DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the importance of the Dominican Republic's relations with the United States, commented on the Dominican Republic's bumpy relations with Venezuela and the recent interr [...]
2003-09-23 16:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE
03SANTODOMINGO5154FLORIDA GOVERNOR BUSH HITS A HOME RUN ON TRADE
[...] Summary. Gov. Jeb Bush led more than 200 U.S. business representatives to Santo Domingo, September 15-17 for the annual &Expo USA8 and a full program to promote Miami's bid to house the permanent secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. He also expressed support for CAFTA docking. [...]
2003-09-23 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5157DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND
[...] (U) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused ex-Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez of conspiring to assassinate him and criticized the Dominican government for allowing this to take pl [...]
2003-09-23 23:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PREL DR VE
03SANTODOMINGO5275STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI
[...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]
2003-09-30 15:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03SANTODOMINGO5330EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCKS AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
[...] Aftershocks from the earthquake that hit the Dominican Republic on September 22 (reftel) continue to be felt in the northern region of the country. More than 200 aftershocks have been reported, measuring up to 5.1 on the Richter Scale. The original quake and the aftershocks have produced dam [...]
2003-10-01 15:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI EAIR EWWT CASC DR
03SANTODOMINGO5390VICE PRESIDENT FAULTS PRESIDENT MEJIA, ADDRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: Dominican Vice President and candidate for president Milagros Ortiz-Bosch told DCM Kubiske September 26 that President Mejia cannot win re-election next May because of his unpopularity and voter opposition to a second consecutive term. She agreed with Mejia's vision and policies [...]
2003-10-02 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EAID PGOV PINR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5391BLACKOUTS DARKEN DOMINICAN PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) IN THE FACE OF ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND GROWING PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION, ON OCTOBER 1 THE GODR TOOK CONTROL OF TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S THREE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. THE DEAL SIGNED SEPTEMBER 10 CALLS FOR THE GODR TO REPURCHASE SPANISH FIRM UNION FENOSA'S FIFTY PERCENT SHARE OF [...]
2003-10-02 21:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5392PROTESTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DRIVEN BY ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Scattered demonstrations disrupted some peripheral neighborhoods in Santo Domingo and a few interior towns in the Dominican Republic September 29-30, temporarily shutting down businesses and a major highway and leaving one person dead, a dozen including several policemen injured, and dozens [...]
2003-10-02 21:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV SOCI ECON PINS
03SANTODOMINGO5393DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...]
2003-10-02 22:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5562DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]
2003-10-09 01:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5564DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]
2003-10-09 01:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5759DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DISPUTE OVER RE-ELECTION OF
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is wrangling internally over whether to nominate President Mejia as its candidate in the national election next May. Other aspirants to the PRD nomination, arguing that presidential re-election violates party policy and that the unpop [...]
2003-10-17 16:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO5768DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DELEGATES TO OAS SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-17 17:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR PREL PARM XM XL XS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5786MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...]
2003-10-20 11:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5875DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRD VOTES "NO" TO RE-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: PRD members, in a consultative "plebiscite" October 19, voted overwhelmingly against President Mejia's bid for re-election next May. Turnout was respectable, but some voting procedures were questionable and the results were skewed by a boycott of Mejia supporters. Both Mejia and [...]
2003-10-22 10:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5907DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON THE MADRID DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Acting ECOPOL counselor delivered points Refs A-B in Spanish and Ref C in English to Acting International Organizations Director, Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, on October 22. She reiterated continuing support for the Coalition of the Willing and informed us that the GODR would be rep [...]
2003-10-22 21:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR IZ PREL EAID
03SANTODOMINGO5946DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON ALIEN
[...] (U) Trial proceedings began on October 22 against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames "Ramos" Garcia. After months of evading police arrest before Congress reconvened in August, Garcia surprised observers by appearing before the Supreme Court without his attorneys. Garcia annou [...]
2003-10-23 23:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5992DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]
2003-10-24 19:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5998DOMINICAN FINANCE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE NEED TO
[...] (C) Summary. On Oct 24, in reply to delivery by Charge of ref A demarche on the importance of GODR fulfillment of obligations unders its IMF standby agreement, Dominican Secretary of Finances Calderon and Central Bank Governor SIPDIS Malkun each confided separately that the GODR has been ta [...]
2003-10-24 22:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6000SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION
[...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6001UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk, and Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry on October 22. Sencion indicated the points would be reviewed [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC DR
03SANTODOMINGO6002DEMARCHE ON COLOMBIA AND OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE -
[...] Post on October 24 delivered talking points reftel, regarding the proposed side declaration of support for Colombia at the OAS Special Conference on Security, to MFA acting director of international organization affairs Ambassador Radhis Abreu de Polanco. She informed us that our points had b [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER
03SANTODOMINGO6023DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICE ABUSE CENTERS: HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff and DRL Karen Gilbride called on human rights partners in Santo Domingo and Bani on October 20-21. In an effort to emphasize Embassy concerns with recent upsurges in domestic violence and continuing human rights abuses by the National Police, Poloff and DRL officer Karen Gilbride m [...]
2003-10-28 11:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6075AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...]
2003-10-29 11:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6123PRESIDENT MEJIA VOWS FIRMNESS IN IMF COMMITMENT,
[...] (C) Speaking at length to the Ambassador on October 28, President Mejia emphatically took credit for seeking IMF support in mid-2003 and for his aggressive campaign to bring home to the business sector the need to meet IMF commitments. He was particularly annoyed at the sluggish response of b [...]
2003-10-30 11:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6124EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF DOMINICAN ECONOMIC SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. The Dominican Republic is moving into very dangerous and uncharted waters. Facing an unstable financial situation with the prospect of a downward economic spiral, President Mejia and his senior advisors have publicly stressed the need to meet IMF standby conditions. They moved [...]
2003-10-30 11:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6138DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR ON US OPPOSITION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-30 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6144UNWRA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-30 18:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6166DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE
[...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]
2003-10-31 14:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6168DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS
[...] (U) President Mejia signed several executive orders on October 30, appointing new diplomats to various posts. Changes in Dominican posts in the U.S. are as follows: a. Virginia Esposito is the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the Dominican Embassy, replacing Luis Alvarez Rivera (resigned); [...]
2003-10-31 15:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OFDP ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6178REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 2004 (PE-222) TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-31 17:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON AFSI AFSN
03SANTODOMINGO6195WHA 2004 SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-31 19:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER
03SANTODOMINGO6202PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOLLOW-UP
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo responded to initial request (reftel B) via Santo Domingo 5020 dated September 17. 2003. We will forward e-copy of our cable to Joseph Bracken via email. HERTELL [...]
2003-10-31 21:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR
03SANTODOMINGO6302PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL
[...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]
2003-11-05 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6327GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-05 14:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR
03SANTODOMINGO6408DEMARCHE ON NOTIFICATION OF NEW TEDS REGULATIONS
[...] On November 5, Embassy Santo Domingo delivered demarche by facsimile on notification of new Turtle Excluder Device (TEDs) regulations to Cecilio Diaz Carela, head of the Department for Marine and Coastal Policy, Dominican Ministry of Environment. Embassy will report any response from Dominic [...]
2003-11-06 22:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ETTC SENV
03SANTODOMINGO6409REQUEST FOR FAA TO ACCELERATE LEGAL REVIEW OF
[...] SUMMARY. During the November 4 U.S.-Dominican Trade and Investment Council meeting in Washington, D.C., Dominican Ambassador to the U.S. Hugo Guilliani raised the topic of his country's current ICAO Category II status. The FAA is currently reviewing the Dominican Civil Aviation Law "draft", [...]
2003-11-07 11:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAIR EIND ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6424GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES (TEJADA, RODOLFO AND
[...] On November 4, 2003, Rodolfo Tejada and Francisco Jose Estevez were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Tejada is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges. Upon arrival on a flight from Santo Domingo to Miami International Airport, U.S. Department [...]
2003-11-07 15:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6426U.S. MIDEAST UNGA STRATEGY LETTER AND DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-07 15:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL OPDC
03SANTODOMINGO644290-DAY GOALS MET IN 90 DAYS - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Santo Domingo has met all three of its 90-day goals set forth in reftel B. Emboffs have: a.) Increased the Dominican's readiness for CAFTA docking talks, b.) Secured GODR agreement for international election observers and identified potential observers, and c.) Convin [...]
2003-11-07 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KCRM SNAR AMGT DR
03SANTODOMINGO6486DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL WORK
[...] (C) Summary: A national work stoppage November 11, successfully organized by leftist groups and a few unions to protest deteriorating economic conditions and the government's economic policies, attracted wide participation and shut down businesses across the country. Although most cities rem [...]
2003-11-13 01:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ELAB PINS PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6538PRESIDENT MEJIA AND FOREIGN MINISTER RESPOND TO
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel B demarche to GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats on November 12. Ambassador Hertell placed a follow-up call to the Foreign Minister on November 13, to emphasize the importance of the UNGA votes. Guerrero Prats said that normally the Dominican Republic w [...]
2003-11-13 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6541TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER: SANTO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Lisa Kubiske. She is available on Dept classified and unclassified e-mail; unclassified e-mail from outside the Department should be addressed to kubiskel@state.gov. Direct telephone is (809) 731-4205. 2. (SBU) Po [...]
2003-11-13 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KVPR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6579DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION LOGISTICS ON TRACK FOR
[...] Summary: Elections Director Gilberto Cruz Herasme, a top technical supervisor of the GODR's Central Election Board (JCE),has told us the JCE is "90 percent" on track with its published timetable of preparations for the May 16 presidential election. He flagged two problems: lack of agreement [...]
2003-11-15 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAID PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6580CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...]
2003-11-15 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6581DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION LOGISTICS ON TRACK FOR
[...] Summary: Elections Director Gilberto Cruz Herasme, a top technical supervisor of the GODR's Central Election Board (JCE),has told us the JCE is "90 percent" on track with its published timetable of preparations for the May 16 presidential election. He flagged two problems: lack of agreement [...]
2003-11-15 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAID PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6582HOW BEST TO SUPPORT U.S. INTERESTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) The difficult economic situation in the Dominican Republic, coinciding with the early stages of a presidential campaign, presents a complex of challenges to United States interests in the country. I consider it essential to continue to support the administration of President Hipolito M [...]
2003-11-15 20:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6664DOMINICAN ELECTIONS SERIES #1: SIX MONTHS TO THE
[...] (SBU) Following is the first in a series on the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic. (begin text) SIX MONTHS TO THE PRESIDENTIALS Incumbent Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is hitting about 20 percent in various polls in the Dominican Republ [...]
2003-11-19 19:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6669DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #2: PRD AND PRSC --
[...] Following is the second in Embassy Santo Domingo's series on the 2004 presidential elections: (begin text) PRD and PRSC - - STRETCHING UNTIL THEY BREAK (Meetings sponsored over the weekend by rivals in the parties provided the spectacle of splits and the prospect of breakdown.) Ri [...]
2003-11-19 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6670SANTO DOMINGO DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE POINTS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on November 17, to Dominican Deputy Director for International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Substantive comment will be reported septel. KUBISKE [...]
2003-11-19 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6671DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #1: BANINTER CASE - WILL
[...] (U) Following is the first in a series of reports on the Dominican banking sector. (Begin Text) BANINTER CASE -- WILL IT GET PROSECUTED? (C) Dominican banking officials have been gratified by USG interest in the investigation of the case of "Ramoncito" Baez Figueroa's Baninter, which c [...]
2003-11-20 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PGOV EAID CJAN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6705DOMINICAN INSIDER VIEW OF FINANCIAL ISSUES, IMF
[...] (U) On November 20 Technical Secretary of the Dominican Presidency Carlos Despradel called on DCM to outline state of play with the IMF. He provided current copies of the worksheets elaborated with IMF help. (See separate pages.) Following is his presentation (i.e., his views). 2. (SBU) [...]
2003-11-20 21:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6706GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6707GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS ON IRAN
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6746ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] ECOPOL Counselor delivered Secretary's message and Embassy's informal translation to Vice Foreign Minister on November 19 and scheduled an appointment to discuss it on November 21. HERTELL [...]
2003-11-21 19:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL
03SANTODOMINGO6826DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #3: POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Following is the third in our series on the Dominican presidential election: POLITICAL PARTIES GIRD FOR CAMPAIGN The May 2004 presidential election in the Dominican Republic will be the first in more than two decades not to be decided by the late strongman and ex-president Joaquin Ba [...]
2003-11-25 22:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6857DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE
[...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...]
2003-11-26 18:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6871DOMINICAN TREASURY CONCERN ABOUT IMF NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican Technical Secretary of the Presidency Carlos Despradel says that President Mejia and his team are close to an agreement with the IMF but are concerned that speculation in the foreign exchange market may be undermining all calculations. Strong action against speculat [...]
2003-11-26 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6875FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO. 200301573
[...] Post regrets the delay in fulfilling the request as stated in Reftel, but finds the request as worded, "for all documents related to the Ambassador since his arrival at post", too broad in scope. 2. Please provide clarification in a more specific and/or defined scope for this request. KU [...]
2003-11-28 12:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAINF SNAR PREL CO
03SANTODOMINGO6906DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Summary. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the GODR during calendar year 2003. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG in the fight on global terrorism. End Summary. 2. Embassy Santo Domingo submits the following responses keyed to reftel [...]
2003-11-28 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER DR
03SANTODOMINGO6907DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago is waiting for comments on the Article 98 agreement from other government branches. 2. (C) Ambassador, in conversations with President Mejia on November 22 and 24, stressed the urgency of the Dominican Republic's ratifying its signed ICC Article 98 bila [...]
2003-11-28 21:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO6931DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #4 -- RE-ELECTIONISM
[...] (SBU) Following is the fourth in our series on the Dominican presidential election: RE-ELECTIONISM (U) Why does Dominican President Hipolito Mejia continue to drive toward re-election, in the face of increasingly vocal dissent? The business sector and politicans are deeply worried about [...]
2003-12-01 22:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6952WORKPLAN FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HOW THE UNITED
[...] (SBU) At your request in response to my thoughts reftel, I am providing to you in this message my suggestions for a calendar-based plan for U.S. Government actions to exert a positive influence on the economic and political situation in the Dominican Republic. I was heartened by Washington's [...]
2003-12-02 23:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6999PRESIDENT MEJIA SETS UP INVESTIGATION TO GET THE
[...] (U) Summary. In a December 2 meeting, President Mejia insisted that the exchange rate must go down sharply and told attendees that military and police officers will be watching exchange houses to detect questionable transactions. Most exchange houses have agreed not to sell dollars for more than [...]
2003-12-04 10:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7095DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES NINE FUGITIVES
[...] On December 2, 2003, nine fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. All fugitives were flown to San Juan, Puerto Rico. From there, they will be delivered to the jurisdictions which have issued warrants for their arrests. The following list of fug [...]
2003-12-08 11:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7132DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #6: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY,
[...] (SBU) Following is the sixth in Embassy Santo Domingo's presidential election series: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY, HATUEY, HE'S OUR MAN Party President Hatuey De Camps was the winner of the rump nationwide primary election on December 7 organized by his dissident faction of the ruling Dominican Re [...]
2003-12-08 20:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7134DOMINICAN PESO STEADY ONE WEEK AFTER PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Peso (RD) continues to hold steady against the dollar one week after President Mejia talked it down while appointing a commission headed by military and police to counter alleged irregularities in trading(reftel). Foreign exchange houses and banks were buying dol [...]
2003-12-09 10:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]
2003-12-10 17:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN
[...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]
2003-12-12 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7306DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-15 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7342AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]
2003-12-15 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
03SANTODOMINGO7343DOMINICAN PRESS PRAISE FOR AMBASSADOR HERTELL
[...] Dominican newspapers have reacted favorably to the Ambassador's recent actions staking out the U.S. position on free and fair presidential elections. They recently carried a number of accounts stressing U.S. impartiality in Dominican politics, based on comments from leaders of opposition pol [...]
2003-12-15 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7344DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG LOAN OF 950M FOR
[...] Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of one of two letters from Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor requesting USG assistance, received the first week of December. Copies were faxed directly to Treasury and originals have been pouched. (begin text) Technical Secreta [...]
2003-12-15 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON EFIN
03SANTODOMINGO7346DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG BRIDGE LOAN FOR
[...] Following is the unofficial Embassy translation of the text of a letter from the Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor dated December 5, requested a bridge loan of USDOLS 60 million for the energy sector. Copy was faxed to Treasury on December 5; original follows by pouch. [...]
2003-12-15 17:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON ENRG
03SANTODOMINGO7395DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #8: MEJIA'S PRD OPPONENTS --
[...] (SBU) Following is number 8 in our Dominican election series: MEJIA'S PRD OPPONENTS -- OVERRULED OR WITHDRAWN PRD President Hatuey De Camps and a group of supporters came to Embassy Santo Domingo this afternoon, December 16, to say they expected that at 4 pm -- half an hour from now -- th [...]
2003-12-16 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7406DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #9: AMBASSADOR DISHES
[...] (SBU) Following is number 9 in our series on the Dominican elections: AMBASSADOR DISHES OUT U.S. MESSAGE ON ELECTIONS WHILE PLD SERVES UP VANILLA Almost two weeks ago, on December 3, the Ambassador hosted senior reps of the opposition Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to a lunch at his res [...]
2003-12-17 12:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7421ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA MEETS DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega on December 11 discussed the presidential election campaign and proposed economic reforms with leaders of major opposition groups, including dissident factions of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). He said the USG wants to [...]
2003-12-17 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7427ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA HEARS CONCERNS OF
[...] (U) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega heard leaders of Dominican civil society groups express deep concern about weak institutions and the GODR's apparent disregard for law. They see risks in the presidential election process, especially given the politicization of the Elections Board a [...]
2003-12-17 16:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP EAID DR
03SANTODOMINGO7429GODR WILL VOTE AGAINST UNGA PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador Hertell spoke with GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats this morning and requested the GODR to discourage the Palestinians from introducing a separate resolution in the UNGA regarding Israeli credentials. The Ambassador asked if such a resolution is introduced, for t [...]
2003-12-17 17:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO7444ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA DISCUSSES CUBA WITH EU
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Noriega Hertell met December 11 with the EU Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Miguel Amado, who also has responsibility for Cuba. Noriega expressed his hope that the USG and the EU could work together on Cuban issues, and emphasized our effort t [...]
2003-12-18 12:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
03SANTODOMINGO7456ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA GETS IMF READOUT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 meeting, International Monetary Fund representatives told WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega that they were close to agreement on a new IMF program for the Dominican Republic, but expressed concern that recent steps by Mejia to "talk down" the exchange rate could [...]
2003-12-19 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7458DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] The following updates the National Trade Estimate Report for the Dominican Republic as requested by Reftel for 2004. TRADE SUMMARY For January through September of 2003, the United States had a trade deficit with the Dominican Republic of $112 million, a deterioration of $263 million from [...]
2003-12-19 11:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD EINV
03SANTODOMINGO7469DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMF RESREP ON TECHNICAL
[...] IMF ResRep Ousmene Mendeng (PLEASE PROTECT) confirmed to USAID Director and EcoPol counselor on December 18 that local press reports are generally accurate concerning the elements of the technical agreement with the IMF. The agreed overall deficit target is 3.5 pct of GDP. (Note: press on De [...]
2003-12-19 12:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN
03SANTODOMINGO7489DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Following is number 10 in our Dominican presidential election series: ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA PLUGS CLEAN ELECTIONS -- DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD ASSERTS THEY WILL BE 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega, with the Ambassador and other U.S. officials, called on [...]
2003-12-19 23:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PHUM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7490DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #11: PRD PRIMARY SLIPS TO 2004
[...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our Dominican presidential election series: PRD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: SHOW POSTPONED AGAIN, CAST UNCERTAIN As foreseen in Ref A, President Mejia's three challengers in the PRD presidential primary that had been rescheduled for December 21 pulled out, amid ch [...]
2003-12-19 23:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7535DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) As reported reftel, the Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Relations on November 28 undertook to have the MFA legal office provide appropriate points of contact for us to engage directly with government and non-government entities that have not yet provided comments on the signed Article [...]
2003-12-23 20:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7536HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS:
[...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...]
2003-12-23 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA
03SANTODOMINGO7566BANKING SERIES #3: FORMER BANINTER EXECUTIVES
[...] The following is the third in a series of reports on the Dominican Banking sector. 2. On December 20, an Appeals Court panel of three judges ruled to allow the release of former Baninter President Ramon Baez Figueroa and Vice-President Marcos Baez Cocco on RD $100 million bail each. Afte [...]
2003-12-24 17:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO7567DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #12: HATUEY IN CHECK, NO END
[...] (SBU) Following is number 12 in our Dominican presidential election series: PRD PRIMARIES: HATUEY IN CHECK, BUT NO END GAME YET FOR THE NOMINATION The Central Electoral Board (JCE) on December 22 issued a ruling that many observers here believe will advance President Mejia's controversial [...]
2003-12-24 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7568LIBYA ADMITS WMD PROGRAMS; U.S. REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-24 20:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7570DOLLARS SCARCE AT OFFICIAL RATE -- BLACK MARKET GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-29 11:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7604SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting DCM delivered demarche (ref A) to Secretary of Foreign Relations Frank Guerrero Prats. Prats reiterated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) stands ready to support U.S. sponsored initiatives. He asked that emboffs contact the Foreign Relations Secr [...]
2003-12-30 18:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKSUM PREL ECON
04SANTODOMINGO1052DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP
[...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...]
2004-02-19 19:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1088DOMINICAN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATOR WILL NOT VISIT
[...] DCM delivered talking points on Paris Club rescheduling and comparability of treatment for private sector creditors to Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel on February 20. Prior to discussing the non-paper Despradel emphasized that the GODR is determined to stick to the terms of the IMF progr [...]
2004-02-20 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1094DOMINICAN REACTION TO HAITI CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Dominicans are apprehensive about the unraveling of Haiti, defensive about possible overflow onto their territory, and unwilling to take in any quantity of refugees. Reactions in the Dominican Republic to the unraveling of neighbor Haiti are mixed. The GODR has reinforced the border wi [...]
2004-02-20 23:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO1174AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]
2004-02-24 22:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1293DOMINICAN IS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE
[...] Dominican sociologist Ruben Silie was unanimously elected the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on February 12. His term will be four years. The ACS is an organization for consultation and cooperation among its 25 member states and three associate members. Its c [...]
2004-02-26 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1299DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #23 - POLITICS AFFECTS THE
[...] (SBU) This is cable number 23 in our presidential election series. Politics affects the Supreme Court President Mejia's PRD appears to be positioning itself to pack the Supreme Court with PRD party members, less than three months before the presidential election, If Mejia loses the May 16 electio [...]
2004-02-26 20:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1300DOMINICAN ELECTION #24: POLLS AND PARANOIA
[...] (SBU) This is number 24 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: The Dominican Election: Polls and Paranoia Many Dominicans fear a stolen presidential election. With each succeeding poll that confirms opposition PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez's commanding lead over Presi [...]
2004-02-26 23:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1319DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #25: MEJIA'S
[...] (SBU) This is number 25 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: PRESIDENT MEJIA'S PUGNACIOUS CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON NATIONAL DAY In his ceremonial annual address to Congress on Independence Day February 27, President Mejia came off more as a feisty election campaigner on the defe [...]
2004-03-01 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO1328"JOSELITO.COM" KINGPIN CAUGHT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) On February 28 Embassy DEA office cooperating with Dominican national drug control authorities (DNCD) located and arrested drug kingpin Jose Arismende ALMONTE PENA, head of a narcotics smuggling ring shut down on November 12 in a joint operation in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Almonte [...]
2004-03-01 22:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
04SANTODOMINGO1343EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO 90-DAY GOALS
[...] (SBU) Following are Embassy Santo Domingo's goals for the first quarter of CY 2004 and a status report: Rule of Law Obtain removal of at least one official believed to be complicit in trafficking or corruption -- Miguel Vasquez, Atty Gen Cespedes, Ambassador to Argentina, Guido Gomez Status as [...]
2004-03-02 17:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT DR
04SANTODOMINGO1361CANARD; ALLEGED TRAINING OF HAITI INSURGENTS IN
[...] Embassy advises that Boston Globe reporter Bryan Bender (e-mail bender@globe.com, tels 202-857-5060, cell 202-369-6856) drafted on February 29 a text based on allegations of unidentified sources (including one "Haitian official") that Haitian insurgents received training and weapons from U.S. [...]
2004-03-02 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO147DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #13: NEW FEINT: THE LAW
[...] Following is no. 13 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. NEW FEINT: PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENTS WITH THE LAW OF "SLOGANS" "We are steeped to the marrow in impulsiveness, always reacting to immediate circumsta [...]
2004-01-08 21:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO148DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL
[...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]
2004-01-08 22:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO150DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER EVALUATION
[...] On December 23 NAS Director and emboffs visited the drop-in center for victims of domestic violence in Bani to gauge its progess since inception in 2001. Center director Bibiana Nunez continues to run the center with limited resources but appears motivated to sustain the center's needed prese [...]
2004-01-09 12:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1515CANARD II: DOMINICAN RIFLES FOR HAITI
[...] Secretary of the Armed Forces Soto Jimenez told the press on March 5 that the Dominican Republic has received no rpt no arms from the USG and commented that the figure of 3,500 weapons used in questions to WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega might correspond to annual licensed imports of arm [...]
2004-03-06 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1518DOMINICAN ELECTION #26: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL - FELLO
[...] (U) This is no. 26 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL; FELLO IS RUNNING MATE (U) PRD Secretary General Rafael "Fello" Subervi Bonilla has agreed to become President Mejia's running mate in the May 16 election" for the sake of PRD unity and keeping the p [...]
2004-03-08 11:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1567DOMINICANS SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. POSITION FOR MARCH
[...] Upon receipt of reftel March 9 the Ambassador telephoned Dominican Foreign Minister Guerrero Prats, who expressed interest in U.S. position. At Guerrero Prats' request, Embassy delivered text of non-paper immediately to help MFA formulate the Dominican instructios. 2. Ambassador also rai [...]
2004-03-10 12:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV DR CU PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO1597DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING
[...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...]
2004-03-10 20:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB AORC ILO DR PINR
04SANTODOMINGO1657DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NO REPLY ON U.S. POSTIONS FOR
[...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2004. In follow-up conversations on March 9 and 11, Ambassador Abreu apologized for her inability to c [...]
2004-03-12 14:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IO PREL AORC
04SANTODOMINGO1658DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, Jose Arismendy Almonte Pena (a.k.a. Joselito.com) was extradited from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) worked closely with the DEA to arrest the fugitive at the only tollbooth on the highway between Santiago to Santo [...]
2004-03-12 15:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1683DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]
2004-03-12 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1685CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DOMINICAN
[...] Summary. International Women's Day was celebrated in various fora in the Dominican Republic. On March 8 President Mejia, accompanied by the First Lady, the Vice President and the Secretary for Women, presided over an elaborate ceremony at the National Palace to present 24 women with merit awa [...]
2004-03-12 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KSEP OPDC PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1696GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA PUBLICLY DENIES AIDING
[...] (U) President Mejia commented extensively on March 11 to a journalist from Hoy newspaper, a respected daily in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. insisting that the GODR was not involved in helping Haitian rebels in any manner. 2. (U) Begin unofficial translation: MEJIA DENIES SUPPORTING [...]
2004-03-15 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1697DOMINICAN ELECTION #27: CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND
[...] (SBU) This is no. 27 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND A VIGIL FOR LEONEL'S VP CANDIDATE After Rafael "Fello" Subervi accepted President Mejia's offer of the vice presidential slot (Ref A),the ruling PRD mounted a rally of thousands [...]
2004-03-15 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1703NEW DOMINICAN REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING AND IPR
[...] A special supplement March 12 in the HOY newspaper publishes for public comment (30 days) Resolution 029-04, a comprehensive set of regulations governing TV services and licensing of broadcasters. Most of the supplement is very technical, but of note is Chapter 1, Article 2.1: (unofficial tra [...]
2004-03-15 14:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD KIPR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO1723(CORRECTED COPY) DOMINICAN ELECTIONS NO. 28:
[...] (SBU) This is the 28th in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Election Series #28: Running Past One Another: Styles of the Leading Candidates There will almost certainly be no debate between Hipolito Mejia and Leonel Fernandez, even though civic organizations and comment [...]
2004-03-16 12:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1816 MEETING WITH GODR OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: GODR is still on track to produce ICAO compliant passport in April. GODR Passport Office has established new Anti-Fraud Unit. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 9, 2004 Consul General and FPM met with Director of GODR Passport Office, Mr. Elias Wessin Chavez. Purpose of the meeting [...]
2004-03-19 18:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CPAS CVIS CASC KFRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO1823DOMINICAN ELECTION #29: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY
[...] (SBU) This is no. 29 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY AND PLD Leonel Fernandez's March 16 announcement that Rafael Albuquerque would be his vice-presidential running mate surprised nearly everyone. It could prove to be an astute choice. The p [...]
2004-03-19 21:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1835DOMINICAN ELECTION #30: OAS LAUNCHES OBSERVER
[...] (SBU) This is No. 30 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: OAS LAUNCHES ELECTION OBERVER MISSION Senior advisor Santiago Murray kicked off the U.S.-funded Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission during a March 15-19 visit to Santo Domingo. Murray [...]
2004-03-22 18:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1848COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE
[...] U.S.Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Samuel Perry to travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The purpose of the visit is to perform 14 CFR part 121 enroute inspection, cargo and line station inspection for Arro [...]
2004-03-11 14:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
04SANTODOMINGO1866DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOSTLY ON TRACK TO MEET IMF
[...] (SBU) The GODR will likely meet International Monetary Fund fiscal targets for March, but faces difficulty meeting the target for reductions in the monetary base, according to the IMF's local representative March 19. IMF Mission's recent visit to Santo Domingo was brief and confirmed GODR le [...]
2004-03-23 17:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO1873DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HEALTH WORKERS STRIKE - AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A public health workers' strike has virtually shut down outpatient services at Dominican public hospitals for five days beginning March 22, following similar but shorter work stoppages since January. Government, civil society, and the press, while acknowledging a need for better [...]
2004-03-23 21:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO1933DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA WRITES TO ASK FOR
[...] (SBU) On March 25 the Foreign Ministry delivered the original of a letter from President Mejia for President Bush, under cover of a note from the Minister. Following is Embassy's unofficial translation. Embassy is faxing copy to WHA/CAR and to Treasury; original follows to SES-CR by pouch. [...]
2004-03-25 18:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN OPDC
04SANTODOMINGO194DOMINICAN PROGRAM WITH IMF: HIGH HURDLES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 7 Econoff and USAID Economist called on IMF ResRep Ousmene Mandeng (PLEASE PROTECT) to review current status of IMF proposed program. The GODR has completed legislative action on budget items included as conditionalities and is close to complying with requirements [...]
2004-01-09 23:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1943DOMINICAN REPUBLIC APPROVES NEW POLICE LAW
[...] Summary. As part of the March 2 ceremony celebrating the 68th anniversary of the National Police, President Mejia signed the National Police Institutional Law (Law 96-04),also known as the Police Reform Bill. One of the most significant changes under the new law is the transfer of the Metro [...]
2004-03-25 21:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1950DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND
[...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...]
2004-03-26 18:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR
04SANTODOMINGO1963DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #31: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE
[...] (U) This is number 31 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ELECTIONS (SBU) The Dominican military leadership has assured us the military will be on "model" nonpolitical behavior during the election and previewed preparations for provid [...]
2004-03-26 20:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO1965DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT
[...] (C) In conversation with DATT and poloff on March 22 Dominican Armed Forces Secretary LTG Soto Jiminez expressed concern over "gangs of criminals" that he said controlled the Haitian side of the northern border with the Dominican Republic. Dominican security forces along the border consequent [...]
2004-03-26 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1986DOMINICAN ELECTION #32: BATTLE OF THE POLLS
[...] (SBU) This is no. 32 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: BATTLE OF THE POLLS Two polls published today, March 29, both show a much tighter presidential race, indicating that President Hipolito Mejia has picked up considerable support. Polls were done the same week in Mar [...]
2004-03-29 17:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1989DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #33: BALAGUER'S GHOST
[...] (SBU) Following is no. 33 in our series on the Dominican elections: Balaguer's Ghost Avaunt! And quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with. - - Macbeth, Act 3, scene 4 The message tha [...]
2004-03-29 19:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2026DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT LOCKS OUT AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (U) At 0600 this morning March 31 Civil Aviation officials replaced civilian air traffic controllers at the national center (SDQ) with military air traffic controllers. The military controllers are instituting precautionary intervals for incoming, departing, and overhead traffic; some flights [...]
2004-03-31 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEAIR ELAB DR MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2072DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
[...] Many civilian air traffic controllers returned to work today after the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority and Dominican Air Traffic Controllers Union reached an agreement early today. Representatives from both parties explained to econoff that agreement was reached at 1:30 am after many hours [...]
2004-04-02 19:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAIR ELAB MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2078DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE
[...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...]
2004-04-05 10:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2100RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] EcoPol counselor is delivering ref demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Pichardo this afternoon and Defense Attache has already made the same points with Secretary of the Armed Forces MG Soto Jimenez. Embassy will SIPDIS report their responses as appropriate. KUBISKE [...]
2004-04-06 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS DR
04SANTODOMINGO2183CTAG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A talking points to GODR Foreign Ministry Head of the International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate response. Embassy Santo Domingo held a CTAG meeting on February 6, 2004 (reftel B),we do not plan to hold ano [...]
2004-04-07 17:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2186DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO MIAMI AND
[...] Embassy has received Diplomatic Note DVP 8445 from the Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations of the Dominican SIPDIS Republic advising of President Hipolito Mejia's travel plans to Miami and New York April 10 through the 12 and requesting proper airspace and landing permissions. Attac [...]
2004-04-07 21:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO2223DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO
[...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...]
2004-04-08 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2263DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #35: WHAT THIS ELECTION IS NOT
[...] (SBU) The following is #35 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Elections # 35 - What It's NOT About In the Dominican presidential elections set for May 16, none of the leading political parties believes in blaming the United States for Dominican woes or sees any advantage i [...]
2004-04-12 19:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2294DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #36: THE PLD PLATFORM, IN
[...] (SBU) Following is no. 36 in our series on the Dominican elections. Dominican Elections #36: The PLD Platform, in Brief Leonel Fernandez's Partido de Liberacion Dominicana is the only one of three parties to have produced a formal election platform. The full text in Spanish is available [...]
2004-04-13 21:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2297SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY SPENCER
[...] (SBU) The Country Team and I look forward to your April 15 visit. The last twelve months has in many aspects been the most difficult time for the country in at least twenty years. Dominicans are distrustful of their politicians and their institutions, are suffering from the prolonged effects [...]
2004-04-14 10:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ENRG OVIP
04SANTODOMINGO2318DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS FONMIN TO VOTE FOR
[...] (SBU) Dominican President Hipolito Mejia instructed ForMin Frank Guerrero Prats at 16:00 today, Wednesday, to tell the Dominican delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission to vote in favor of the Honduras-sponsored resolution on human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) The Ambassador had asked for [...]
2004-04-14 21:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO232GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA ON IMF AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Ambassador,s points drawn from reftel A, President Mejia expressed strong support for staying the course toward resumption of the IMF standby, including maintaining a market-based exchange rate policy. He seeks greater flexibility on the part of the international [...]
2004-01-12 22:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO233DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #14: SLOGANS AND A
[...] (SBU) Following is no. 14 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: SLOGANS AND A SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS The controversy over a proposed election law change (reftel) is heading for a climax. On January 10 President Mejia announced that he would extend the current specia [...]
2004-01-12 22:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO2366DOMINICAN ELECTION #37: SECURITY AN ISSUE, OAS ON
[...] (C) This is no. 37 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: (U) Election Security at Stake, OAS Observers Active, Leonel Still Leads (SBU) At 30 days before the election, the violent deaths of two persons in the campaign prompted the big three presidential candidates to sign [...]
2004-04-19 11:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO2381FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO.200400520
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-19 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINF DR TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO2386DEMARCHE ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION DELIVERED
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Miguel Pichardo on Monday, April 19th. Pichardo said that the GODR is waiting for the text of the resolution to be finalized before deciding how it will vote. Charge stressed that a vote against the resolution was in order [...]
2004-04-20 10:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2440GODR WILL VOTE WITH USG ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO BAY
[...] SUMMARY. (C) President Mejia told the Ambassador on April 20, that the GODR would vote with the USG against the UNCHR Cuban sponsored resolution condemning U.S. detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. If the German sponsored procedural motion to adjourn the Cuba/Guantanamo Bay resolutio [...]
2004-04-21 10:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2459GODR NO COMMENT ON UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON-
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of International Organizations, on April 21. No immediate response was forthcoming. If a substantive response is delivered, Embassy will report septel. KUBISK [...]
2004-04-21 23:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2489REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No objection to proposed study. HERTELL [...]
2004-04-23 15:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO2504REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-23 19:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2513SECRETARY OF ENERGY ABRAHAM PROPOSES TO "SHED MORE
[...] Summary. United States Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham visited the Dominican Republic April 15 on his way to the Sixth Western Hemisphere Energy Minister's Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago, April 19 - 21. The Secretary met with Embassy personnel, private sector representatives, and Presiden [...]
2004-04-23 20:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ENRG OVIP PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2524DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS
[...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...]
2004-04-26 12:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2525DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #41: FERNANDEZ AND ESTRELLA
[...] (SBU) This is no. 41 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Fernandez and Estrella Attack Mejia's Economics, Preach Austerity Leonel's Paradoxical Proposals PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez, spoke April 21 before the American Chamber of Commerce (full text avai [...]
2004-04-26 13:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO2526 DOMINICAN ELECTION # 40: FERNANDEZ CONFIDENT BUT
[...] (SBU) This is no. 40 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: FERNANDEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD BUT CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO RESTORE PROGRESS On April 13 at luncheon with the Ambassador PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez spent the first third of the encounter focusing o [...]
2004-04-26 13:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2575DIPNOTE 11048 - PRESIDENT MEJIA NOTIFIES
[...] On April 27 Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry formal notification of withdrawal from Iraq by the Dominican Quisqueya Batallion, dated April 26. Text follows: (Complementary intro...) and refers to the situation of the Ad Hoc "Quisqueya" Task Force, currently in Iraq. As it is kno [...]
2004-04-28 13:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PGOV DR IZ
04SANTODOMINGO2580DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #42: PLD PROMISES TO THE USG
[...] (SBU) Following is number 42 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD Promises to the USG In mid-March PLD campaign manager Danilo Medina led a four-person PLD delegation to Washington, where they met with NSC personnel and asked for an appointment at the Department of State. Sin [...]
2004-04-28 13:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2601DOMINICAN SECRETARY FOR ARMED FORCES SENDS EMBASSY
[...] On April 28, Embassy received official correspondence from Secretary of Armed Forces, Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, stating the Dominican Republic's intention to remove their troops from Iraq. His letter is dated April 20 but was almost certainly written on April 26 or April 27. 2. An image o [...]
2004-04-29 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR MOPS OPDC PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2607ROCK ASH SHIPMENTS FROM PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A controversy over rock ash shipments from a Puerto Rico power plant owned by U.S.-based energy company AES has become a topic of local comment. The Dominican Environment Secretariat confirms that the local firm that imported the product for construction in the north obtained [...]
2004-04-29 16:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP SENV DR ETRD EWWT EIND
04SANTODOMINGO2619ILO: CUBA AND VENEZUELA REPRISALS AGAINST
[...] Dominican Minister of Labor Milton Ray Guevara mentioned to EcoPol counselor on April 28 at the dedication of a Dept of Labor sponsored program that the Venezuelan and Cuban missions in Geneva are lobbying against his candidacy to chair the ILO annual meetings, specifically because they perce [...]
2004-04-29 22:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ELAB DR CU
04SANTODOMINGO2718CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY: DOMINICAN EXPENDITURES FOR
[...] Embassy has extrapolated general costs for Dominican Quisqueya battalion August 2003 to May 2004 as follows: Salaries $75,000 monthly x 10 months for $750,000 Incentive pay, total 120,000 Ammunition and training costs 12,000 Miscellaneous travel [...]
2004-05-05 22:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2722DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #43: PLD CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) This is cable # 43 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD CANDIDATE FERNANDEZ LOOKS TO EIU FOR POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS Judging from the consultant company he keeps, PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez is anything but a radical in economic matters. Rather than rely exclusively on in-h [...]
2004-05-06 13:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2742DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #44: CANDIDATES ON MACRO AND
[...] (SBU) Following is number 44 in our Dominican elections series: Candidates on Macro and Financial Policy In April all three of the principal candidates for the Dominican presidency addressed the American Chamber of Commerce on their visions for economic policy for 2004-2008. The full te [...]
2004-05-06 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2743LETTER AND SUMMARY OF DEFICIENCIES AT LAS AMERICAS
[...] Embassy officers delivered he TSA letter in English on Friday, May 2 to the Airport Security Agency (CESA),the airport operator AERODOM and to the Civil Aviation Agency. English translations of the letter and the annex were delivered to all the above on Monday, May 5. HERTELL [...]
2004-05-06 23:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO2744IMF TEAM REPORTS STRONG EFFORT BUT MISSED TARGETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund review team members commented May 5 that despite strong effort, the GODR has failed to meet the Fund Standby Agreement performance criteria on monetary, fiscal and debt levels. IMF representatives pointed to higher-than-expected first quarter infla [...]
2004-05-07 11:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON EFIN ENRG
04SANTODOMINGO2753ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 15:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2754DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #45: INSTITUTIONS - YOU CAN'T
[...] (SBU) Following is number 45 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Institutions - - You Can,t Tell the Players without a Program The Dominican elections authority is one of the least well established in the hemisphere, a legacy of the long years of dictatorship, personali [...]
2004-05-07 16:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2761DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47 (REVISED): THE EXPENDITURE
[...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much money is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private con [...]
2004-05-07 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2821DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 06: "RAMONCITO" GOES TO
[...] (U) This is cable # 6 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS "RAMONCITO" SENT TO TRIAL IN THE BANINTER CASE --------------------------------------------- --------------- What's new: a summary of the bank [...]
2004-05-10 16:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2843DOMINICAN ELECTION # 46: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR
[...] (SBU) This is cable # 46 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR ------------------------ Heading for third place ------------------------ In the last week before the presidential election, Reformista candidate Eduardo Estrella continues to work t [...]
2004-05-11 11:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2918 DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47: THE EXPENDITURE COST OF
[...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private contribut [...]
2004-05-14 12:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2925DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #48: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 16
[...] (SBU) Following is number 48 in our Dominican elections series: Scenesetter for May 16 Presidential Vote Celebrations and Movement Santo Domingo was the scene on successive days this week of tumultuous street rallies for the three major presidential candidates. The atmosphere was that [...]
2004-05-14 16:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2933DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #49: LEONEL FERNANDEZ --
[...] (SBU) This is cable #49 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. FERNANDEZ: THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? (SBU) Lawyer turned politician, Leonel Fernandez once reigned over the small island nation of the Dominican Republic. Times were good - tourism and exports were up, the [...]
2004-05-14 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2937DOMINICAN ELECTION #50: OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS
[...] (U) This is no. 50 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS We expect as many as 250 international observers, including 160 associated with the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, to be in the Dominican Republic to monitor the presidential voti [...]
2004-05-14 22:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO2968DOMINICAN ELECTION #51: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION
[...] This is no. 51 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION RETURNS: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION Leonel Fernandez Reyna, former president (1996-2000) and PLD candidate in the May 16 election, won a sweeping electoral victory May 16 and is scheduled to be inaugurated August [...]
2004-05-18 23:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3004DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez assured the Ambassador on May 19 that he anticipated close and collaborative relations with the United States. Economic issues will occupy much of his time. Dominican relations with Cuba are a relatively low priority for him. Fernand [...]
2004-05-20 12:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3056DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #52: DEMOCRACY WINS
[...] (SBU) Following is number 52 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Democracy Wins - - - - - - - - Voting was calm and orderly across the Dominican Republic during the 12-hour polling period on May 16, in what many consider to have been the best-conducted vote in national [...]
2004-05-24 10:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3197FLASH REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-02 15:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
04SANTODOMINGO3297IRAQ: SUPPORTING THE IIG - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points June 4 to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Poloff emphasized the importance of the Dominican Republic, as a member of the Coalition, expressing firm support for the new Iraqi authorities publicly and in international [...]
2004-06-04 18:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ DR
04SANTODOMINGO3312DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic per reftel. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 13 claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR),down from [...]
2004-06-04 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON KIDE EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3313DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR
[...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...]
2004-06-06 03:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3357DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASEL CONVENTION NOTIFICATION
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo received on June 7 a diplomatic note transmitting a may 25 letter from the Dominican Ministry of the Environment advising of the transboundary movement of a total of 1924 kg of liquid and solid latex for incineration by the firm Perma Fix Environmental Services of Orlando [...]
2004-06-08 17:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3358DOMINICAN TRANSITION #2: POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP
[...] (SBU) This is no. 2 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP (SBU) Following Leonel Fernandez's sweep of the May 16 presidential election, the three major political parties are grappling with their futures -- the winning [...]
2004-06-08 17:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3422DEMARCHE, ECLAC CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, DELIVERED TO
[...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA deputy director of international organizations Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, with a request that they be shared with the Dominican delegation to the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Mexico City Jun [...]
2004-06-09 22:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3424DOMINICAN GRUPO M SHUTTING DOWN MANUFACTURING
[...] SUMMARY. Dominican apparel company, GRUPO M, is close to shutting down their apparel plant in Ouanaminthe, Haiti due to "Workers' Struggle," a group of activist employees who have made the plant inefficient and ineffective. GRUPO M President, Fernando Capellan, stated that the company plans [...]
2004-06-14 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO DR ELAB ETRD EINV HA
04SANTODOMINGO3548DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004
[...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]
2004-06-17 21:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO355ELECTIONS # 15 - PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AS
[...] Following is no. 15 in our series on the Dominican elections. CONGRESS POSTPONES DISCUSSION ON "SLOGAN LAW" Dominican President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco, postponed the January 15 congressional committee session when a block of Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) congre [...]
2004-01-15 22:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO356PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SANTO DOMINGO
[...] Peaceful demonstrations were staged today in Santo Domingo outside the hotel housing USTR-GODR negotiations on a free trade agreement and outside the National Congress. Both were orderly and relatively limited in scope. 2. At the Jaragua Hotel, headquarters for the January 12-16 opening [...]
2004-01-15 23:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3617GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED
[...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...]
2004-06-18 22:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3626DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND
[...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...]
2004-06-22 10:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3627RECOMMENDATION ON FINANCING OF MARINE PATROL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-22 10:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3629ELECTRICITY SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic's electricity sector has witnessed a steady decline in energy production over the last month, with blackouts in many areas reaching 15 to 20 hours daily. The situation is expected to intensify Tuesday, June 22, when AES' Andres plant goes off-line for lack of [...]
2004-06-22 10:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON ENRG EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3667USG REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HITS
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo delivered the Dominican Republic section of the 2003 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Foreign Ministry on June 14; the Embassy press release on the subject made all the dailies the next day. The story grew as on June 16, in response to a written question, [...]
2004-06-22 13:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3694DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ATTENDANCE AT 59TH UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-23 12:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO3749DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT TO VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ (U) Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez stopped over in Caracas to call on President Hugo Chavez June 20- [...]
2004-06-25 17:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EPET DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO3825DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY
[...] (U)The Dominican Government this year provided decisive support to the cause of improving prospects for human rights and democracy in Cuba. Secretary Powell sent a letter to President Mejia (Ref B) thanking him for the Dominican Republic's "yes" vote on the Cuba resolution in the 60th Human R [...]
2004-06-29 10:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO3841DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED
[...] (SBU) Embassy understands the importance of the resettlement of protected Cuban and Haitian migrants presently at Guantanamo Naval Base and will offer all appropriate assistance. The Dominican Republic is in the midst of a government transition and inauguration day for the new administration [...]
2004-06-29 15:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3906DOMINICAN TRANSITION #5: PACT BECOMES FACT
[...] (SBU) This no. 5 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. (SBU) Dominican Transition: Pact Becomes Fact The transition teams really are cooperating. The government is likely to deliver a PLD-shaped tax reform to Congress by the targe [...]
2004-07-01 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN DR SP
04SANTODOMINGO391CHR 60 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points to GODR Deputy Desk director for International Organization, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, on January 16, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said the GODR supports Australia as Chair of the 60th session. She will share our request with the Head of International Organi [...]
2004-01-16 21:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3925EXTRADITION CASE OF JOHNNY MARTINEZ
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo responds to reftel A questions as follows: a. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record of receiving any request for assurances or any other requests from the GODR regarding Johnny Martinez's extradition to the United States. b. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record o [...]
2004-07-02 14:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3978NOMINATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING
[...] Embassy nominates Jay R. Raman, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, to attend the WHA Regional Labor Rights Training Seminar to be held in Panama City on 9-10 September 2004. 2. Jay Raman began a one year rotational assignment in the Political Section of AmEmb Santo D [...]
2004-07-07 19:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO3979ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PROGRESS IN DOMINICAN
[...] The Dominican Senate gave its approval to ratification of the Article 98 bilateral agreement on June 15 and forwarded the proposal to the lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) for action. The same day, the DCM urged Chamber Speaker Alfredo Pacheco (PRD) to ensure prompt approval and e [...]
2004-07-08 10:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]
2004-07-08 21:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4006DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE
[...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...]
2004-07-09 11:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO4014DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT POSTPONES TRIAL FOR ALIEN
[...] (U) On July 7 the Dominican Supreme Court once again postponed trial proceedings for PRD Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia, accused of alien smuggling in a July, 2000 incident. According to news reports, the chief prosecutor asked for a delay in order to issue a summons to several k [...]
2004-07-09 14:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO406DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #16: OAS OBSERVER MISSION IN
[...] (SBU) Following is number 16 in our Dominican presidential election series: OAS PROPOSES ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION OAS Special Adviser Santiago Murray, from the Secretariat General's Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, on January 15 called on the Central Election Board (JCE) and thi [...]
2004-01-20 17:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV EAID
04SANTODOMINGO4087DOMINICAN TRANSITION #7: CONGRESS CONTINUES,
[...] (SBU) This no. 7 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic: CONGRESS CONTINUES, DESPITE DISARRAY When President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) takes office August 16, the present National Congress will be only halfway through its four-year [...]
2004-07-13 18:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO414DOMINICAN ELECTION #17: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A
[...] (SBU) This is number 17 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A VICTORY FORETOLD President Mejia, running virtually unopposed in the ruling PRD's presidential primary January 18, won about 95 percent of the vote, with his sole opponent Frank J. T [...]
2004-01-20 23:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4200REACHING OUT TO GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS ON CUBA:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-19 18:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO4260TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA
[...] On July 20, Embassy delivered information in reftel to the Vice Secretary in the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the GODR Superintendent of Banks. Embassy will forward any response received. HERTELL [...]
2004-07-21 19:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN ETTC PTER TD KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO4319DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES ART. 98 BILATERAL
[...] (U) As Congressional leaders had assured us (reftel),the Dominican Republic on July 22 ratified the bilateral DR-U.S. agreement under Article 98 of the International Criminal Court treaty. The Chamber of Deputies plenary approved the measure, following the June 15 approval by the Senate (ref [...]
2004-07-23 22:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS DR
04SANTODOMINGO4323REGISTRATION FOR JAY R. RAMAN TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Embassy registers Jay R. Raman, a political officer with human rights reporting responsibilities for Embassy Santo Domingo, to attend the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor conference on human rights to be held in Washington on 28-29 September 2004. 2. Raman is planning to arrive [...]
2004-07-26 13:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4350EMBASSY PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO DOMINICAN
[...] On 23 July 2004 Poloffs met separately with Dominican MFA international organizations deputy Rhadys Abreu de Polanco and consular affairs director Dulce Rosario de la Maza to discuss the TIP issues set forth in reftel and to present the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for the Dominican Republic. [...]
2004-07-27 18:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4392TRANSITION #8: DOMINCAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX
[...] (SBU) This is number 8 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. DOMINICAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS Fifteen days ago President Mejia sent Congress the PLD-drafted fiscal package. The Fernandez team projected its proposal would [...]
2004-07-29 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4403DOMINICAN DOCTORS STRIKE FOR SALARY INCREASE;
[...] SUMMARY. Public sector physicians and the GODR have clashed on wages and hospital conditions, leading to several strikes and protests and a continuing reduction of medical services, especially for the poor. Doctors demand better salaries and better conditions in the hospitals, while the Dom [...]
2004-07-30 14:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO4418DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE MID
[...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Climate Mid Year Update for the Dominican Republic tasked reftel 2. (begin text) CHAPTER 7: Investment Climate Investment Climate The following is the (preliminary) 2005 Investment Climate Report for the Dominican Republic.(as of July 2004) [...]
2004-07-30 20:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON KIDE EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4421TRANSITION #9 - DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S
[...] (SBU) This is number 9 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S RESPONSIBLE, EVERYONE SUFFERS The slow-motion collapse of the electricity sector during the countdown to the August 16 presidential election has finally re [...]
2004-07-30 21:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4422U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-01 19:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4425INVITATION TO GTRI CONFERENCE IN VIENNA DELIVERED
[...] Embassy on July 29 delivered reftel talking points inviting the Dominican Republic to participate in the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Partners Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 18-19, and text of proposed joint statement, to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys [...]
2004-08-02 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PTER AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4501TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL
[...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...]
2004-08-04 17:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR
04SANTODOMINGO4502WHA SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 17:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO4514DOMINICAN TRANSITION 11: STUDENTS PROTEST
[...] (U) This is no. 11 in our series on the Dominican Republic's transition to a new administration: STUDENTS PROTEST VIOLENTLY AGAINST MEJIA 2. (U) Police estimated that 200 students protested violently at the inauguration by President Mejia of a new central library at the Autonomous Univers [...]
2004-08-05 14:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4515REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-05 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO4531DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES
[...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...]
2004-08-05 16:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4534AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS
[...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Carlos Alvarez Guzman. Embassy will forward any response received. MARSHALL [...]
2004-08-05 21:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EAIR
04SANTODOMINGO4579DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN
[...] (SBU) On August 6 poloff delivered points para 3 reftel to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, and urged the GODR to issue a statement supporting a free, fair, and transparent process in the Venezuelan presidential referendum August 15. Poloff also advocat [...]
2004-08-09 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE DR
04SANTODOMINGO4635DOMINICAN CONGRESS STALLS EFFORT TO UNDERCUT IPR
[...] Summary. On August 11 Charge and EcoPol counselor urged Dominican House of Representatives President Alfredo Pacheco to block draft legislation from the Senate intended to reduce penalties for IPR infringements and to institute automatic compulsory licensing of patents. Pacheco said that he [...]
2004-08-11 23:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4637DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS
[...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]
2004-08-12 10:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4665DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (SBU) On August 11 President of the Dominican House of Representatives Alfredo Pacheco told Charge and EcoPol counselor that he expected, in the worst of cases, to obtain House approval for the first reading of the tax reform package on August 12. Congressional procedure requires two approva [...]
2004-08-12 20:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4666DOMINICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HOPE FOR EARLY
[...] Summary. The salary dispute between the Association of Air Traffic Controllers (ACTA) and the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) that resulted in a three-day lockout in late March remains unresolved. Although the union and the government do not have good relations now, there is hope t [...]
2004-08-12 20:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EAIR DR
04SANTODOMINGO4672COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - CODEL DODD (15-17 AUG)
[...] U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Christopher J. Dodd to travel to Santo Domingo. The purpose of this trip is to attend the presidential inauguration of President-elect Fernandez from 15-17 August, 2004. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. ---- [...]
2004-08-13 16:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO469DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CICTE DELEGATION TO FOURTH
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to GODR Deputy Director of International Organizations Desk, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Polanco said that the GODR delegation to the Fourth Regular Session of the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) will be headed [...]
2004-01-23 19:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO4702 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM H. SCOTTI
[...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William H. Scotti to travel to Santo Domingo from September 21 to September 23, 2004. Purpose of trip is to carry out activities relating to dependent education and assistance to American- sponsored schools. Embassy will me [...]
2004-08-17 13:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER
04SANTODOMINGO4719DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS
[...] (U) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Ten days before his inauguration, Leonel Fernandez spoke about his approach to the economic crisis and commented on his relations with [...]
2004-08-18 11:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO473DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #18: UN, EU AND OAS REPS
[...] (SBU) Following is number 18 in our Dominican presidential election series: UN, EU and OAS Reps Engage Dominican Electoral Authorities A UN Mission, Soon - - - - - - - - - - UN Resident Representative Niky Fabiancic informed the Ambassador and poloff on January 12 that the UN El [...]
2004-01-23 23:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV EAID EU
04SANTODOMINGO4784TRANSITION #14: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AT DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) This is #14 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments in the Dominican Republic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fernandez promises Austerity, Anti-Corruption and Support for Social Concerns - - - - - - [...]
2004-08-20 17:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO483DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...]
2004-01-27 16:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP
04SANTODOMINGO4892ICAO CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to newly appointed Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Norge BOTELLO Fernandez. Botello confirmed that the Dominican Republic will support re-election of the United States to the ICAO Council and in general would support U.S. po [...]
2004-08-27 19:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR XX
04SANTODOMINGO490DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE SET FOR
[...] (SBU) A national work stoppage ("huelga" in Spanish),set for January 28-29, is likely to disrupt or close down many businesses across the country and cause scattered violence in low-income neighborhoods of the capital and smaller cities. The Coordinator of Popular and Labor Organizations promo [...]
2004-01-28 00:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4904ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...]
2004-08-30 20:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4916DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VENEZUELAN OIL
[...] (U) This cable is an overview of the Dominican Republic's petroleum sector in response to reftel A. Venezuela in 2003 supplied only 11 percent of total petroleum imports to the Dominican Republic, a significant change from 2002 when Venezuelan imports were nearly 55 percent of the total. Oth [...]
2004-08-30 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL XK
04SANTODOMINGO4986DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RAMOS GARCIA ALIEN SMUGGLING
[...] (U) On 1 September 2004, the Supreme Court in regular session began hearing testimony in the alien smuggling trial of Congressional representative Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia. Because Ramos Garcia is a legislator, the Supreme Court is the court of first instance. Ramos, a former consul t [...]
2004-09-03 18:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO502 Electricity Sector Shutting Down in the Dominican
[...] (SBU) Summary: As more power plants shut down, GODR and energy sector representatives in public recriminations. Negotiators are close to an agreement that would put Cogentrix back on line. End summary. 2. (SBU) Nine representatives of the electricity sector briefed the Ambassador on Jan [...]
2004-01-28 12:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE --
[...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]
2004-09-07 17:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5080DOMINICAN SENATORS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY'LL BLOCK
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador obtained from Senate and PRD leaders September 8 a commitment to delete a proposed 25 percent tax on beverages using imported high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from paragraph 9 of the pending fiscal reform legislation (reftel). The Ambassador told them the protection [...]
2004-09-10 17:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5150REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo has no foreign policy objection to proposed research. KUBISKE [...]
2004-09-15 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO5153DOMINICAN TAX REFORM AND TELECOMS
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo thanks Department for information about meeting on September 7 with Verizon concerning the tax package currently before the Dominican congress, as well as the September 14 message detailing efforts to date by telecoms companies in Santo Domingo. 2. The Ambassador recei [...]
2004-09-15 18:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE
[...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]
2004-09-15 18:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5156DOMINICAN AMCHAM MEETING TURNS UGLY OVER SUGAR AND
[...] (SBU) At the American Chamber of Commerce,s September 13th board meeting, Charge and Embassy staff were subjected to a harsh rant by sugar interests. The meeting was to have focused on DR-CAFTA, but it became a forum for a discussion of the demands of the sugar sector for protection and the r [...]
2004-09-15 20:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL BEXP
04SANTODOMINGO5186DOMINICAN POLITICS #2: FERNANDEZ, CRISIS AND
[...] (U) Following is no. 2 in our Politics 2004 series, our scenesetter for the visit September 16-17 to the Domincan Republic of OAS Amb. John Maisto. Amb. Maisto will participate in public events at the MFA Diplomatic School and the "Foundation for Global Democracy and Development," both to de [...]
2004-09-16 16:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5227GTRI PARTNERS' CONFERENCE IN VIENNA: DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-19 15:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP TRGY PTER MNUC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5242DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...]
2004-09-20 18:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5302FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...]
2004-09-22 22:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO535GRULAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Any information received on the GODR's candidate to chair the 59th [...]
2004-01-28 20:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM DR
04SANTODOMINGO536DEMOCRACY CAUCUS AT CHR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry on January 27, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said she would pass on the information to the Director of International Organizations, [...]
2004-01-28 20:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO537DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE
[...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]
2004-01-28 22:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5372REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-28 13:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KSCA OSCI TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO5394TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT
[...] (U)As requested, following is the TFCO related information. 2. (SBU)(a) Contact information for: TFCO: Lisa J. Kubiske, DCM, (809)731-4308, kubiskeLJ@state.gov and DTFCO: Stephen S. Wheeler, Chief Econ Officer, (809)731-4293, wheelerSS@state.gov. (b) Who chairs terrorist finance m [...]
2004-09-29 14:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO5425DOMINICAN POLITICS #3: FREE TRADE, PAID JOURNALISM
[...] Following is number 3 in our series on Dominican politics in 2004: Free Trade, Paid Journalism and Bad Press for the United States A small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar barons continues to use influence and money in an effort to convince the Dominican public of the bad faith of D [...]
2004-09-30 15:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5426DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 7 - NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM
[...] (U) This is cable number 7 in a periodic series on the banking system and bank frauds in the Dominican Republic. SEE ACTION REQUESTS FOR SEC AND DOJ/OIA BELOW. NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM AT ALVAREZ RENTA AND PROMISE VIGOROUS PROSECUTIONS 2. (U) Legal actions and investigations continue ag [...]
2004-09-30 15:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PGOV PREL KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO5437DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCENESETTER FOR POSSIBLE VIP
[...] Following is a backgrounder for a possible VIP visit to the Dominican Republic: (U) Background. The Dominican Republic, just 70 miles from Puerto Rico across the treacherous Mona Passage, is a heavyweight in the Caribbean, a strong trading partner, and a helpful ally in the Caribbean. The U [...]
2004-09-30 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5468DOMINICAN POLITICS #4: FERNANDEZ AND REPEAL OF TAX
[...] Following is number 4 in our series on the 2004 politics of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez and Repeal of Tax Measure President Leonel Fernandez signed and promulgated on September 28 the tax measures passed by the Dominican Congress and submitted to the Dominican Senate on Septem [...]
2004-10-01 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO5480IMF VISIT TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVEALS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary: An IMF team led by Steven Phillips (protect) to Santo Domingo this week reported that the Dominican Republic continued to face an acute crisis. The GODR had made only limited progress toward an integrated plan that could serve as the basis for resuming its IMF program. The team [...]
2004-10-01 22:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5501SECTION 102(G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: INSTRAW
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy obtained from the UN Institute for Training and Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) a list of 385 NGOs that have some link with INSTRAW, from being on a mailing list to, in a few cases, collaborating in research or training projects. 2. (SBU) Embassy has carefully rev [...]
2004-10-04 21:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO550259TH UNGA: U.S. DRAFT FOR 1ST COMMITTEE DELIVERED
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo on October 4 delivered to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco reftel talking points (as a nonpaper) and U.S. draft resolution on improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee (Disarmament). She undertook to [...]
2004-10-04 21:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5503FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA
[...] (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humber [...]
2004-10-04 21:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5603DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD:
[...] Embassy provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA director for U.S. affairs Roger Espaillat on October 8. He undertook to share the information with the director of Middle East affairs. Espaillat had no immediate substantive reaction, but appreciated having the points available if t [...]
2004-10-08 23:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5604DOMINICAN INTERNAL REVENUE DIRECTOR GENERAL TO
[...] (U) Summary: During a visit by Ambassador Hertell to Director General of Internal Revenue Juan Hernandez, Hernandez indicated that the Dominican Republic continues to experience difficulties with tax collections and stated his intention to clamp down on tax cheats. He responded to the Ambassa [...]
2004-10-12 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5671DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DEMARCHE AGAINST CUBA'S
[...] (SBU) EcoPol chief delivered demarche and talking points on Cuba's embargo resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. EcoPol chief recalled the Dominican Republic's help in passing the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission. Liriano heard out the presen [...]
2004-10-15 17:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD
04SANTODOMINGO5672U.S. NOMINEE FOR ICTY - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-15 18:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5696DOMINICAN RESPONSE: CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 16:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO5718DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN OFFICER CONTACT
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo designates following officer to be responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern Program in the Dominican Republic: Name: Stephen S. Wheeler Position: Chief, Economic Unit Telephone: 809-731-4293 Fax.: 809-686-4038 E-mail:wheelers@state.gov Estimated Departure Date [...]
2004-10-18 21:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETTC KOMC KSEP
04SANTODOMINGO5727DEMARCHES TO DOMINICANS ON HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
[...] (U) Summary. EcoPol counselor delivered talking points urging rapid repeal of the 25 percent tax on fructose-sweetened drinks to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. She accepted the document and undertook to pass it on. EcoPol counselor and poloff met Senator Alejand [...]
2004-10-19 17:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5740DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: THE LAZARUS EFFECT
[...] Summary (SBU) The Dominican electrical sector is still in great difficulty. Generation is running consistently below peak demand. Blackouts occur regularly, although they are less prolonged than in the last days of the Mejia administration. The government is keeping the lights through the end [...]
2004-10-20 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON ENRG PGOV EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5757DOMINICAN TEXTILES - PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION AND
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo provides the following information in response to reftel. 2. Nominal GDP in billions of USD FY 2002 21.6 FY 2003 16.8 Nominal Manufacturing GDP (industrial production) in billions of USD FY 2002 3.48 (16.1 percent of total GDP) FY 2003 2.57 (15.3 percent of t [...]
2004-10-20 18:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ETRD KTEX DR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5777DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX
[...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...]
2004-10-20 22:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5779DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING
[...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...]
2004-10-21 11:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO
04SANTODOMINGO5856DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE
[...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]
2004-10-25 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5858NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS
[...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...]
2004-10-25 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5888DOMINICAN POLITICS #7: THE VANISHING LEFT
[...] (SBU) This is #7 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Vanishing Left ** Despite current economic hardships, Dominicans have shown no interest at all in radical political solutions. This year's presidential election emphasized the eclipse of the left. With a t [...]
2004-10-27 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR VE CU CH TW
04SANTODOMINGO593ALIEN SMUGGLING TRIAL FOR DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN
[...] (SBU) Trial proceedings against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia were postponed again on January 28 after his lawyer failed to appear in court. Lawyers for the two co-defendants did not appear either. The trial will resume at the Supreme Court on March 24. [...]
2004-01-29 23:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO594DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]
2004-01-30 10:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO5952DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...]
2004-10-28 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO596 TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Executives from three Dominican telecommunications companies, all with majority U.S. investment, briefed emboffs January 27 on a recent presidential decree they said effectively imposes a 10 percent tax on telecommunications companies' gross revenues. They asked for USG advoca [...]
2004-01-30 11:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN PREL EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO5972DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OUTLINES PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Dominican Technical Secretary of the Dominican presidency Temistocles Montas received the Ambassador and senior staff last night, October 28 to discuss a variety of topics, including the progress in discussions on a new IMF program, the Paris Club, the country,s new oil finance deal with [...]
2004-10-29 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5982DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the MFA on October 19. On October 29, Deputy IO Ddirector Rhadys Abreu de Polanco called to say that Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso had approved the Dominican Republic's co-sponsoring the proposed U.S. draft UNGA resolution on the international [...]
2004-11-01 12:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCIP IO PM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5985DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2004 PARIS
[...] The Ambassador delivered the draft text of the Paris Club rescheduling agreement, in English only, to Technical Secretary for the Dominican Presidency Temistocles Montas on SIPDIS October 28. Emboffs asked that Montas and his staff examine it and indicate whether any changes would be reque [...]
2004-11-01 13:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KTIA EFIN
04SANTODOMINGO6028DOMINICAN AIDS OFFICE TELLS GLOBAL FUND IT WILL
[...] Summary. Appointees of the new Dominican administration told visiting representatives from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) that they will quickly improve management to qualify for the first tranche of the USD 47m grant. GFATM gave the administration until January 31. The [...]
2004-11-03 13:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EFIN KHIV
04SANTODOMINGO6052SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...]
2004-11-04 17:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDXL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO6061DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL COORDINATE
[...] (U) Summary. Dominican cabinet members and senior officials, meeting as a group with the Ambassador and Embassy staff on October 20 and 22, cited several instances of recent progress in combating TIP, including the creation of a new cyber-crimes unit in the Attorney General's office, the brea [...]
2004-11-04 22:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6062IFIS ON DOMINICAN FINANCES - TIGHT TIMETABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) Despite progress on institutional reforms, the Dominican government still has a number of decisions to make before a new standby agreement can be reached with the IMF. Concerns about electricity sector reforms and and unanswered questions on fiscal problems mean that a tentative IMF Boar [...]
2004-11-05 11:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO6118IMF POLICY PAPER - DRAFT SUMMARY OF THE DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 17:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6119DOMINICAN - VENEZUELAN AGREEMENTS ON CONCESSIONAL
[...] During a November 6 stopover in Santo Domingo lasting less than twelve hours, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez two agreements, the first providing favorable terms for Dominican purchase of Venezuelan petroleum products and the second encouragi [...]
2004-11-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO6134(S) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR, IMMIGRATION
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Immigration Director Baret discussed corruption in Dominican airports and ports on November 3, 2004. The Ambassador named names, including military officers assigned to Immigration, and urged dismissal and prosecution. Baret said prosecution was difficult, p [...]
2004-11-10 16:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPREL SMIG KJUS MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT
[...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]
2004-11-16 14:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6213DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...]
2004-11-16 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ENRG HA PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6226UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on November 9 delivered demarches (refs A-B) on UNGA human rights resolutions and on November 16 the urgent demarche on Third Committee resolutions (ref C). 2. MFA UN/OAS affairs deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco told us that she would have to await the return of Deputy FonMi [...]
2004-11-17 12:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6229OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA - DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to MFA deputy director for UN/OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco on November 16. She said any decision on the GODR's position on the anti-Israel resolutions would have to await the return of Deputy FonMin Alejandra Liriano on November 20. We will [...]
2004-11-17 12:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL IS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6232CWC - NON-STATES PARTIES ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 12:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO623459TH UNGA: REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR JSPB - DOMINICAN
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points o/a October 29 to MFA UN/OAS deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. On November 16 she informed poloff that the GODR will support the candidacy of Mr. Thomas Repasch for re-election to the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee. HERTELL [...]
2004-11-17 12:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KSEP DR
04SANTODOMINGO6238U.S. NOMINEE MERON FOR ICTY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] The MFA deputy director for UN affairs, Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, informed us November 15 that the Dominican Republic will support Judge Theodor Meron's candidacy for reelection as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). HERTELL [...]
2004-11-17 12:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6240DOMINICAN POLITICS #9 - CHAVEZ BRINGS GENEROUS
[...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made an eight-hour visit to Santo Domingo on November 6, the main event of which was the signature of a bilateral agreement called the "Caracas Accord" to provide generous financing terms for 25 percent of 50,000 barrels a day of Dominican impo [...]
2004-11-17 13:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6280ACTION REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso received the Ambassador on November 18, heard out USG concerns from reftel concerning the requested U.S. allocation of methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol, and readily assured the Ambassador that the Dominican Republic would supp [...]
2004-11-18 21:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6292DOMINICAN SENATORS SCHEDULE VOTE ON REPEAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senate president Andres Bautista has scheduled a Senate vote to repeal the 25 percent tax on beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for Saturday, November 20. This move follows the Ambassador,s delivery of USTR Amb. Zoellick,s November 16 letter to President [...]
2004-11-19 15:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO630DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #19: OPENING OF THE
[...] (C) Following is number 18 in our series on the Dominican elections. OPENING OF THE DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PRD - Mejia brings it home (U) A nationwide work stoppage January 28-29 to protest economic conditions and President Mejia's policies (Refs A-B) has only briefly int [...]
2004-01-30 21:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6308GODR ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS VEHICLE SCAM
[...] (U) Summary. On November 18 the Dominican Attorney General filed charges against 12 former officials and members of former President Mejia's party faction, all of them with ties to El Plan de Renovacion de Vehiculos (Plan RENOVE),a government program created in 2000 by the Mejia administra [...]
2004-11-19 18:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6309GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES
[...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...]
2004-11-19 18:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6315WHA SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-19 21:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT
04SANTODOMINGO6338DOMINICAN RENOVE OFFICIALS GET BAIL
[...] (U) Summary. After a lengthy hearing on November 19, 2004, the Dominican officials charged with embezzlement in the RENOVE scheme (reftel A),were released on bail and/or on their own recognizance. The cases will move forward under the new Dominican criminal procedural code. The released [...]
2004-11-23 18:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6339GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES
[...] (U) On November 20, 2004, two fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose M. Guzman, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Eastern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. Jose Bonilla is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court [...]
2004-11-23 19:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6413DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON
[...] The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Organization for Copyright Protection (ONDA) provided a preliminary copy of the late rep [...]
2004-11-30 20:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6415DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON
[...] Note proposed Embassy action, para 9. 2. The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Office for Copyright Protection (ONDA) prov [...]
2004-11-30 21:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6466CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW RE SUSPENSION OF
[...] (SBU) In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (Ref B). 2. (SBU) The administration of President Fernandez, which took office August 16, has so far taken a low profile on Cuban [...]
2004-12-02 17:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETTC DR
04SANTODOMINGO6472DOMINICAN POLITICS #10: SANTO DOMINGO, BETWEEN
[...] (U) This is #10 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo, Between Taipei and Beijing (C) Summary and comment: Beijing's global campaign to isolate Taiwan has reached the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean island nation that maintains diplomatic re [...]
2004-12-02 18:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EPET CH TW DR XE
04SANTODOMINGO6492DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY DEFENDS FREE TRADE
[...] On December 1 Dominican Secretary of Agriculture Amilcar Romero replied to an anti-trade-agreement diatribe at a national ceremony with a reasoned defense of the free trade agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA) and advised ranchers and farmers that agriculture will have [...]
2004-12-03 17:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6498DOMINICAN POLITICS #11: FERNANDEZ'S SPEECH ON HIS
[...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our series on 2004 Dominican politics. Fernandez's Speech on his First 100 Days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First announced for the 100th day of his administration, November 25, President Leonel Fernandez's speech was postponed until Monday night, November [...]
2004-12-06 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6524U.S. COMS' HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary: In a packed three days in early October, the U.S. Government's senior HIV/AIDS team and Caribbean-based U.S. Ambassadors, with the help of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, his health team and the winners of an HIV/AIDS song contest for youth, threw the spotlight on HIV/AIDS in a [...]
2004-12-06 17:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI EAID DR
04SANTODOMINGO6564DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TRANSPARENCY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic,s military budget is determined in the national budget process overseen by the Office of the Budget, resulting in an annual national government budget bill considered and voted by Congress and signed and promulgated by the President. The military budget [...]
2004-12-07 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EAID EFIN MARR
04SANTODOMINGO6609DOMINICAN VOTE TO REPEAL PROTECTIONIST TAX -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Senate achieved a breakthrough of sorts on December 7 with a preliminary vote (19 to 1) in favor of repealing a protectionist 25 percent tax on beverages containing imported high fructose corn syrup, which for months has been a barrier to Dominican participation i [...]
2004-12-09 20:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6656DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRC REPRESENTATIVE PUSHES
[...] (SBU) During a courtesy call December 10, the head of the Santo Domingo Commercial Development Office of the People's Republic of China Cai Weiquan told Charge Kubiske that his purpose in the Dominican Republic is to encourage it to switch diplomatic recognition, recognizing Beijing instead o [...]
2004-12-14 17:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV PINR CH TW DR
04SANTODOMINGO668DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #20: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO
[...] (SBU) Following is no. 20 in our Dominican presidential election series: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO, THE PRD CANDIDATE As exprected, President Hipolito Mejia was acclaimed as the PRD's presidential candidate by thousands of delegates and government employees reportedly bused in at the party [...]
2004-02-02 22:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6699DOMINICAN STANDOFF ON REPEAL OF PROTECTIONIST TAX
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez on December 14 implied he would veto a bill to repeal a the protectionist 25% tax on fructose-sweetened beverages if the Dominican Senate does not remove all of the "compensatory" tax breaks for agribusiness and industry that have been added to the original d [...]
2004-12-16 11:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6734DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OAS SYG CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Political party leader (and former foreign minister) Victor Gomez Berges told Charge Kubiske December 15 that he is interested in being considered as an alternate candidate for the OAS Secretary General job in the event the Central Americans are unable to reach a consensus. Gomez [...]
2004-12-17 22:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO6752DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the Dominican Republic during calendar year 2004. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG and others in the fight on global terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Dominican Republic was not cove [...]
2004-12-20 18:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO683DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES,
[...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD),working with U.S. M [...]
2004-02-03 20:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO685AES DOMINICANA TO SELL OFF ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES Dominicana President Julian Nebreda and local generating facilities President Kevin Manning told DCM and Emboffs on February 3 that Virginia-based AES intends to sell its 50 percent share of Dominican distribution company EdeEste, which AES manages. Nebreda cited monthly [...]
2004-02-04 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO ENRG EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO6880DOMINICANS MAKE TIP ARRESTS; GET ALIEN SMUGGLING
[...] Dominican authorities continue to crack down on illegal smuggling and trafficking operations, particularly where there is evidence of child sexual exploitation. In late December, the district attorney,s office in Santiago, the Dominican Republic,s second largest city, closed two bars known fo [...]
2004-12-29 12:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6915DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOWARD PARIS CLUB AND THE IMF
[...] (U) Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas called in Paris Club governments' local representatives on December 29 and asked them to offer financing assurances for the Dominican Republic for 2005-2006 at the next Paris Club meeting, which is scheduled for the week of January 10. Monta [...]
2004-12-30 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN PREL
04SANTODOMINGO745DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #4: BANCREDITO AND
[...] This is the fourth cable in a series on the Dominican Banking Sector. BANCREDITO AND BANINTER MANEUVERS (U) Baninter and Bancredito are no more. Baninter has been dissolved and Bancredito has been sold to Grupo Leon and renamed Banco Leon. Although the legal entities no longer exist, t [...]
2004-02-05 15:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO790DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]
2004-02-06 21:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO794DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: FEW GAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic has returned to normal after a January 28-29 national work stoppage by labor and community groups and small leftist parties. The stoppage was successful for the opposition in gaining widespread Dominican support and successful for the government in that v [...]
2004-02-06 22:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO796GODR VOTES WITH US ON OAS COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS
[...] Poloffs delivered urgent request for GODR to vote for a resolution to establish an OAS mission to support the peace process in Colombia. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, deputy director of the International Organizations desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, discussed the resolution with Dep [...]
2004-02-09 11:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER AORC CO DR
04SANTODOMINGO797GODR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENERGY GENERATORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GODR appointed a six-member commission that includes Police General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto SIPDIS Jimenez, and senior GODR officials to reconcile GODR debt, determine fuel company fuel stocks, and review a sec [...]
2004-02-09 11:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO863DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN'S INSTRAW GETS NEW DIRECTOR
[...] Dr. Carmen Moreno, the recently arrived new director of the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW),briefed local diplomats on her plan to revitalize the UN entity, at a breakfast hosted by the Spanish ambassador February 3. Moreno, former Mexi [...]
2004-02-10 19:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN DR MX
04SANTODOMINGO901DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES # 21: DOMINICAN SUPREME
[...] (SBU) This is cable number 21 in our series on the Dominican Presidential Elections. Dominican Supreme Court Declines Advance Review of Election Bill The tedious, messy and probably ultimately irrelevant initiative to pass a "slogan law" (ley de lemas) continued on February 9 as the [...]
2004-02-11 19:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO957DOMINICAN ELECTION #22: LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO
[...] (SBU) This is number 22 in our Presidential election series. LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO DIGS IN Dominican President Hipolito Mejia got bad news last week for his re-election bid. It should have been a good week, with the IMF approval of a new standby, a government agreement with the ele [...]
2004-02-17 11:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO990DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...]
2004-02-18 13:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO1026DOMINICAN OPPOSITION BRISTLES; FERNANDEZ BACKS OFF
[...] The Dominican Republic,s opposition, uncoordinated and quiescent since its resounding electoral defeat last year, ended its truce this week and mounted its first serious attack on the policies of President Fernandez since he assumed office six months ago. This awakening may not restore oppos [...]
2005-02-25 13:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1051DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATES U.S. PLANT, AGAIN
[...] (U) At the February 21 ground-breaking for a large U.S.-owned textile mill, President Leonel Fernandez characterized the project as one aspect of the Dominican Republic's response to the challenges of competition and globalization. He expressed confidence that the free trade agreement with th [...]
2005-02-25 20:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX DR
05SANTODOMINGO1060CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to the Dominican Republic's MFA February 24. MFA director for women's and children's issues Luisa "Chiqui" Vicioso offered the following written comments on the U.S. draft CSW resolution on women's economic advancement (informal translati [...]
2005-02-28 14:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN EAID DR
05SANTODOMINGO1120DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION
[...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...]
2005-03-01 17:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1146DOMINICAN POLITICS #13: PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ AND
[...] (SBU) This is #13 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Leonel Fernandez and the February 27 National Day Speech - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Leonel Fernandez was addressing the nation live, on national television on a Sunday morning amid pageantry at t [...]
2005-03-02 12:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1147DOMINICAN PRESIDENT APPROVES PROVIDING STAFF
[...] (C) On Tuesday, February 17 President Leonel Fernandez accepted a proposal from Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Perez to send Dominican officers to help staff operations in Iraq and to provide support for the Iraqi Area of Operations at Central Command in Tampa, Florida. There will be no [...]
2005-03-02 13:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1199DEMARCHE ON URGING FISCAL RESTRAINT IN ILO:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 15:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC ELAB DR
05SANTODOMINGO1200DEMARCHE ON UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 15:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1224DEMARCHE ON CSW DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires and political officer delivered reftel points on March 2 to Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano and left the points as a non-paper in Spanish. Liriano was aware of the Beijing-Plus-Ten meeting and noted that the Dominican Republic had sent a large delegation in [...]
2005-03-03 18:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KWMN DR
05SANTODOMINGO1257DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] The following is Embassy,s response to the questions raised in reftel. 2. 2005 Dominican Republic Trafficking in Persons Report I. OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. The Dominican Republic is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking [...]
2005-03-04 21:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
05SANTODOMINGO1293DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN RAMOS GARCIA SENTENCED TO 18
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 2, 2005, the Dominican Supreme Court found Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia guilty of smuggling 16 Asian migrants across the Dominican border in 2002 while he was serving as Dominican consul in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Ramos Garcia was convicted under the 1998 a [...]
2005-03-07 18:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1304DOMINICAN POLITICS #15: HATUEY - RAGING OR
[...] (SBU) This is #15 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Hatuey - Raging or Ferdinand the Bull? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It is too easy to make fun of Hatuey Decamps, the dispossessed president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, now the founder [...]
2005-03-07 22:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1333DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NON-COMMITTAL ON OAS SOCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 22:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI DR
05SANTODOMINGO1366DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-Sun Chen visited the Dominican Republic February 24-25 to shore up bilateral relations in response to several recent visits by PRC officials. President Fernandez announced that he would visit Taiwan in April, signalling that he intends to maintain r [...]
2005-03-09 20:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW HA
05SANTODOMINGO1367DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE
[...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the National Council for Adolescents and Children (CONANI),the agency charged with the protection of children, the legal age of marriage in the Dominican Republic is 18. Adolescents (defined as those between the [...]
2005-03-09 20:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1453DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL BLUSTER LIKELY TO BE
[...] (U) The opposition PRD in the Dominican congress has held up legislative business all this week out of professed indignation against the administration, but President Fernandez is likely to calm them down once he gets back this weekend. A clumsy raid on the offices of former Agriculture Minis [...]
2005-03-11 21:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ETRD PHUM KCRM PREL DR CI
05SANTODOMINGO1486ANTI-TRAFFICKING FOR DOMINICANS BY U.S. DOJ, FEB.
[...] SUMMARY: On February 22-24, the Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance Training conducted an anti-trafficking workshop to assist Dominicans in creating an operations manual for enforcement of laws against trafficking in persons (TIP). The participants [...]
2005-03-15 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM SMIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1487DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On March 8, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 5715 indicating that the Government of the Dominican Republic will present MFA Ambassador for Human Rights Rhadys Abreu de Polanco as a candidate for membership on the Interamerican Comission for Human Rights at the OAS. She will be a candidate [...]
2005-03-15 18:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1507DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LISTENS ON UNCHR 61 AND DRAFT
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel A and B talking points and draft Cuba resolution to MFA Ambassador for UN/OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen and Counselor Johanna Calderon on March 15. Cohen said that the Dominican Republic "has not yet arrived at a position on these issues." According to Cohen, the D [...]
2005-03-16 15:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CU DR
05SANTODOMINGO153DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT DELIVERED
[...] On January 6, Charge and poloff delivered reftel text of the Dominican Republic's Interim TIP Assessment to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano and Luisa Vicioso, MFA Director for Women and Children's Issues. Liriano thanked the charge for delivering the text personally and promised a t [...]
2005-01-12 15:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO154FERNANDEZ INAUGURATES NEW DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT
[...] SUMMARY. On January 5, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new building that will house the Supreme Court, Attorney General's office, and related activities. Fernandez used the occasion to speak out on the need for an honest and fair judiciary as an integral part of the fight against c [...]
2005-01-12 15:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1557DOMINICAN POLITICS #16: MEJIA'S FUTURE IN THE PRD
[...] (SBU) This is # 16 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: MEJIA'S FUTURE IN THE PRD Former President Meja last month declared the post-inaugural truce to be over, blasted President Fernndez,s economic policies, and called on his opposition PRD to take a more aggress [...]
2005-03-17 22:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1558HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered paras 4-7 reftel as a non-paper, as well as a Department-provided Spanish translation of the HCOC text, to MFA UN/OAS division director Michelle Cohen on March 15. 2. (SBU) She informed us that the Dominican Republic was considering subscribing to the Hague [...]
2005-03-17 22:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
05SANTODOMINGO1559U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN:
[...] Embassy officers on March 15 delivered points and press release (paras 2-3 reftel) as a non-paper to MFA UN/OAS division director Michelle Cohen, and briefly explained the main points. She thanked us for the information and undertook to share it with her security affairs section and Middle E [...]
2005-03-18 12:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO IR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1562DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ STRESSES DANGER OF
[...] (U) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was host and keynote speaker for a high-level discussion of "The World After Terrorism" on March 14-15. This 12th periodic Plenary Seminar of the Circle of Montevideo, an informal gathering of Latin American former heads of state, was held at Fernand [...]
2005-03-18 18:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO1570DOMINICAN CONGRESS AND SUPREME COURT PUNISH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The ongoing battle against corruption in the Dominican Republic saw two important victories as Congress stripped the Constitutional immunity of convicted alien smuggler Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia and the Supreme Court rid the judiciary of two discredited judges, one of who [...]
2005-03-19 18:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS KCOR PGOV SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1603DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE
[...] (U) The Dominican Republic has not frozen or seized any assets under UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373. 2. (C) The Superintendent of Banks heads the government,s efforts to ensure that searches of banks are conducted in a timely manner. However, weak information systems and the high degree o [...]
2005-03-22 13:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1731DOMINICAN SENATE ACTS ON BOND BILLS; MORE REMAINS
[...] (U) In the evening of March 29, the Dominican Senate unanimously approved all but one of the bond authorizations needed to ensure compliance with the nation,s 2005 budget and the IMF standby accord. The authorization to renegotiate external (sovereign) bonds issued in 2001 and 2003 will now [...]
2005-03-30 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO1771DOMINICAN FONMIN REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT MEETING
[...] (SBU) This message includes an ACTION REQUEST for a meeting with the Secretary and with WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega on April 6-7. 2. (C) On March 30 when the Ambassador raised with Dominican President Fernandez the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission, Fernandez said that t [...]
2005-03-31 19:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ETRD MARR CU DR
05SANTODOMINGO1778 DISASTER DECLARATION FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] THE AMBASSADOR HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE CAUSED TO GROUND COVER AS A RESULT OF WILD FIRES THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE. THE CHIEF OF MISSION IS THEREFORE EXERCISING THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, [...]
2005-04-01 12:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID DR SENV PGOV SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO1801DOMINICAN POLITICS # 17: HELICOPTERS, FOREST
[...] (SBU) This is #17 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: HELICOPTERS, FOREST FIRES, HELP FROM ABROAD With forest fires continuing to burn along the mountaintops in the Dominican Republic, Hugo Chavez has won a lot of Dominican good will with his dramatic and largely u [...]
2005-04-01 21:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1833DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED
[...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...]
2005-04-04 20:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1834DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED
[...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...]
2005-04-04 20:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1836DOMINICAN POLITICS #18: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR
[...] (SBU) This is #18 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR DEBATE CENTER STAGE WITH CHILEAN NEOGOTIATOR The Ambassador, USAID, and EcoPol arranged the three-day visit to the Dominican Republic of Amb. Osvaldo Rosales, currently Director of the Tra [...]
2005-04-04 21:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO1861CAFTA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DELIVERS QUARTERLY
[...] On April 4 the Dominican Minister of Industry and Commerce signed off on the January 2005 report on enforcement measures against broadcast piracy agreed in the side letter to the regional free trade agreement (CAFTA) and his staff delivered the text to the Embassy on April 5. Embassy is faxi [...]
2005-04-05 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO1873DOMINICAN POLITICS #18: JOHN PAUL II AND THE
[...] (SBU) Following is #18 in our series on Dominican politics: JOHN PAUL II AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The death of John Paul II has brought no great outpouring of grief in the Dominican Republic, although this is nominally a Catholic nation tied by special Concordat with the Vatican. Many [...]
2005-04-06 17:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1897DOMINICAN RESPONSE ON WIPO APRIL 11-13 SESSION ON
[...] Head of the Dominican Intellectual Property Office Enrique Ramrez told EcoPol Counselor on April 6 that he had attended the WIPO General Assembly last October and voted with others, including the United States, to discuss the Brazilian and Arlgentine proposals, for which the Dominican Republi [...]
2005-04-06 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAID ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO1927DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY
[...] (U) On April 7, 2005, Francis Velazquez Minyetty was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Velazquez Minyetty, nicknamed the "King of Ecstasy", is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District of New York to stand trial on federal nar [...]
2005-04-08 11:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO1929DOMINICAN POLITICS #20: OPPOSITION PRD STRUGGLES
[...] (SBU) This is #20 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Opposition PRD Struggles for a Comeback The Great Revival - - - - - - - - - The main opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),tied up in factional and personal recriminations since losing office [...]
2005-04-08 11:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1971NEW DOMINICAN EXTRADITION PROCESS RETURNS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Two fugitives have been returned to the United States under the new Dominican extradition process. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued lengthy opinions in both cases, setting non-binding but advisory precedents that bode well for future extradition cases. Additionally [...]
2005-04-08 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1999DOMINICAN POLITICS #21: PROSPECTS FOR CAFTA
[...] (SBU) Following is # 21 in our series on the politics of Leonel Fernandez's first year: Summary. The various players in the decision process for the CAFTA regional free trade agreement all know that ratification is necessary as soon as the U. S. Congress approves implementing legislation. [...]
2005-04-11 21:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2005EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO HELPS MOVE CUBAN DISSIDENT
[...] With the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Embassy Santo Domingo facilitated the travel of Cuban dissident Mario Clavero through the Dominican Republic April 5-6 to Spain, which had agreed to grant him political asylum. 2. Clavero, a human rights advocate in Cuba [...]
2005-04-12 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF DR CU SP
05SANTODOMINGO2049CHR 61: BELARUS RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (U) Embassy on April 12 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS Division chief Michelle Cohen. She undertook to communicate our position on the anticipated no-action motion on the Belarus resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, who would decide how the Dominican Republic wou [...]
2005-04-12 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2058DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CHR-61: EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador approached both the French and the British ambassadors here about helping convince President Fernandez to cast the Dominican vote in favor of the draft resolution on Cuba in CHR-61. The Ambassador noted that, despite his repeated and extensive conversations with F [...]
2005-04-13 17:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM CU BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2080CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON
[...] (C) Embassy delivered demarche (paras 5-6 Ref A) to MFA UN/OAS Division Chief Michelle Cohen on April 13, having received telephonic instructions (Ref B) that Santo Domingo had been inadvertently omitted from Ref A addressees. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano informed us the same day [...]
2005-04-14 00:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2095DOMINICAN POLITICS # 22: INVESTIGATING HIPOLITO
[...] (SBU) This is #22 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Investigating Hipolito Mejia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Politically motivated Santo Domingo District Attorney Juan Hernandez Peguero would like for the public to expect Hipolito Mejia to go to jail. Her [...]
2005-04-14 17:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2110TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS AND RETURN
[...] (U) On April 14, 2005, two fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Fugitive Mayobanex de Jesus Adames, ref A, is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics offenses. Elroy Dom [...]
2005-04-14 19:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR
05SANTODOMINGO2111DOMINICAN COURT DENIES EXTRADITION REQUEST
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 8. 2005, the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court denied the USG request for extradition for Frank Alvarez. The denial was based on lack of sufficient information to identify the fugitive in court as the person the USG believes to have committed the crime in t [...]
2005-04-14 19:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KJUS SNAR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2118DOMINICAN FUGITIVE REQUESTED IN EXTRADITION
[...] (U) This cable contains and action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) informed Embassy-Santo Domingo that fugitive Christian Toribio, ref A, wanted to stand trial in Kings County, New York on murder, assault and firearms charges, [...]
2005-04-14 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2164DOMINICAN POLITICS #23 - PROFESSOR LEONEL TEACHES
[...] (SBU) Following is #23 in our series on Dominican politics in the first year of the Fernandez administration. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professor Leonel Teaches Law and Politics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Santo Domingo's District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero, was calle [...]
2005-04-19 14:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO2174CHR-61: GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 14:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL DR CU
05SANTODOMINGO2209THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have close historical ties; during Trujillo's dictatorship, many Dominicans got help from Venezuela or lived there in political exile. Hugo Chavez has been in active contact with the Dominican Republic, agreeing to concessional financing for [...]
2005-04-20 17:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2250COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy delivered reftel points April 18 and, after daily followups, obtained response April 21. Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano will represent the Dominican Republic at the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago, since Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso plans to be in [...]
2005-04-21 21:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2425DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WOUNDS OFFICER AND IS SHOT DEAD
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 24, 2005, Dominican extradition fugitive Jose Pimentel opened fire on agents from the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) attempting to arrest him pursuant to an arrest order issued based o [...]
2005-04-28 20:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2448DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHUTS DOWN TELEVISION STATION
[...] On April 27 the District Attorney's Office raided the headquarters of Dominican television station Virus, located in Santiago, the country's second largest city. Officials confiscated four hard drives containing video material along with hardware necessary for the station to broadcast. Virus [...]
2005-04-29 19:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2456BAN ON LIGHTERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DOMINICAN
[...] On March 10, Embassy delivered guidelines on ban of lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to the Director General of Civil Aviation, the Director of Airports, the head of Dominican airport security and the managers of all international airports in the Dominican Republic. 2. San [...]
2005-04-29 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO2574DEMARCHE TO CAFTA-DR PRESIDENTS DELIVERED
[...] The Ambassador called on President Fernandez on April 29 to advise him of the invitation. Fernandez accepted immediately. In subsequent conversations with the Ambassador, Fernandez has confirmed his acceptance of the White House invitation to do CAFTA events in New York and Washington. He l [...]
2005-05-06 15:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON ETRD XK
05SANTODOMINGO2576POLICY POINTS; WASHINGTON VISIT OF DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez travels May 11-12 to Washington for the first time since his August 2004 inauguration. The USG and regional focus of the event is the CAFTA free trade agreement now under consideration in the U.S. Congress. For Fernandez, however, the visit is much more: [...]
2005-05-06 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO2579SANTO DOMINGO 2005 IPR PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR
[...] Santo Domingo requests USD 6,500funding to bring two IPR enforcement experts to the Dominican Republic for separate two-day training sessions for enforcement authorities charged with combating television broadcast piracy and pharmaceutical patent piracy. These experts would also be used for o [...]
2005-05-06 17:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO2614OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM - FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) On April 5 the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso U.S. views (reftel) on proposals for an Inter-American Convention on Racism. Morales Troncoso agreed there was no reason to negotiate an additional instrument on racism and said he would speak with his MFA [...]
2005-05-06 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO2615ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ TRANSITIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy on April 29 provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA Africa-Middle East Director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla and on May 3 emphasized our request that the Dominican Republic, as a member of the coalition, issue a statement of support for the Iraq Transitional Gove [...]
2005-05-06 21:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR IZ
05SANTODOMINGO2622DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK
[...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]
2005-05-09 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2636DOMINICAN POLITICS #25: FERNANDEZ'S SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Following is #25 in our series on the first year of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez's Special Briefing Before Visiting the United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Last week U.S. academic Howard Wiarda of the University of Georgia became Leonel Ferna [...]
2005-05-10 11:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2648DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK
[...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]
2005-05-10 15:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2727DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES TO THE
[...] (U) On May 12, 2005, Jose Trinidad and Freddy Ignacio Velez Rodriguez were extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Trinidad is wanted for sentencing in the Eastern District of New York, where he pled guilty to fraud involving US $6 millio [...]
2005-05-13 11:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2751DOMINICAN POLITICS #26: CHANGE IN THE WIND FOR
[...] (SBU) Following is number 26 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Change in the Wind for CAFTA - DR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For the first time Leonel Fernandez,s administration appears to be moving to take an active hand in shaping public [...]
2005-05-13 21:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2752DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS,
[...] (U) On May 14, 2005, fugitive Ramon Cabral Veras was returned to the United States' territory of Puerto Rico in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Cabral Veras is wanted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial on charges of embezzlement. He is charged in three separate complaints of [...]
2005-05-16 12:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO2797DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RENEWAL OF USDA/SEA
[...] Summary. On April 26, 2005, USDA renewed their bilateral Cooperative Agreement with the Dominican Republic (DR) Department of Agriculture (SEA) for a second five-year period. This is the second USDA Bilateral Agreement signed by the Fernandez Administration. The purpose of the Cooperative A [...]
2005-05-18 14:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO2819DOMINICAN REPATRIATIONS TO HAITI HAVE ENDED
[...] (U) Summary. The Dominican government has suspended the rounding up and deportation of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the northern border area, following conflicts and threats of mob action in the town of Hatillo Mayor, Montecristi Province. Operations were carried out under supervis [...]
2005-05-19 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO2829DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION
[...] Per reftel request EconOff visited HiRel Systems International, LLC (HRSI) in the San Isidro Free Trade Zone of Santo Domingo. The company is a fully-owned subsidiary company of HiRel Systems International of the United States. EconOff met with General Manager Domingo Gonzalez who has headed [...]
2005-05-19 20:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC DR
05SANTODOMINGO285DOMINICAN FM RESPONSE ON PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF
[...] In response to Charge's telephone call on USG intentions to announce support for the OAS SYGEN candidacy of Francisco Flores, Dominican Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso confirmed Dominican support for Flores. He has asked for the date of the proposed announcement at the OAS by A/S Noriega an [...]
2005-01-19 19:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO287SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 20:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PINR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO2938OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS -
[...] In response to Embassy's inquiries per reftel, the MFA on May 18 informed us of the principals who will comprise the Dominican Republic's delegation to the OASGA in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 5-7. MFA indicated there might be later additions to this list and also promised to provide the delegat [...]
2005-05-24 21:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO2972ILO FISCAL RESTRAINT, CUBAN CANDIDACY - DOMINICAN
[...] Embassy on May 25 provided Ref A-B talking points in Spanish to MFA UN-OAS Director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing the importance of fiscal restraint in the proposed ILO budget for 2006-2007 and U.S. preference for Barbados over Cuba as the Caribbean candidate for the ILO Governing Body. The same [...]
2005-05-25 22:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB DR AORC PREL CU BB
05SANTODOMINGO2973UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS - DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 22:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DR SCUL
05SANTODOMINGO3004DOMINICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) The DCM and econ officer called on Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano in her office, May 23 and discussed the selection of a Deputy Secretary General at the Organization of American States SIPDIS (OAS),repatriations of Haitians, anti-terrorism conventions, racial discrimination [...]
2005-06-01 15:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV DR PTER HA OAS
05SANTODOMINGO3024DOMINICAN POLITICS #27: THE DOMINICAN CATHOLIC
[...] (SBU) The following is number 27 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. The Dominican Catholic Church - Avuncular, Activist, and Trusted Like many countries in Latin America, the Dominican Republic has a nominally Roman Catholic majority. For 500 years the [...]
2005-06-02 18:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO3045OAS SECRETARY GENERAL INSULZA ON DEMOCRACY AND
[...] OAS Secretary General Jos Miguel Insulza spoke last night, June 2, to the annual conference participants of the Caribbean Studies Association, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Diplomats and other guests invited the event organized by President Fernndez,s think-tank, the Foundation [...]
2005-06-06 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OAS
05SANTODOMINGO3082DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS,
[...] (U) On June 2, 2005, Felix Madera was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Madera is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Madera was arrested by the Dominican National Direc [...]
2005-06-08 11:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO3089DOMINICAN SUPPORT AT WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION
[...] Dominican Customs Director General Miguel Cocco received EcoPol counselor on June 7 for a wide-ranging discussion of customs cooperation and said that he would be issuing explicit directions to Dominican ambassador in Brussels Federico Cuello to support U.S. initiatives at the June meeting of [...]
2005-06-08 17:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DR AORC
05SANTODOMINGO3092TWO DOMINICAN FUGITIVES WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS,
[...] (U) On June 7, 2005, twin brothers Jean Paul Ulloa and Luis David Ulloa were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal and DEA agent. Both brothers are wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy charges related t [...]
2005-06-08 18:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR
05SANTODOMINGO3121DOMINICAN POLITICS #28: VENEZUELA CHANGES TERMS ON
[...] (SBU) This is #28 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. Bolivarian Oil Dealing Gets Expensive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Venezuela has abruptly demanded that the Dominican Republic agree to deliveries of petroleum on Venezuelan ships. T [...]
2005-06-09 19:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3147DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONVICTS TRAFFICKING FELONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Attorney General Frank Soto, who coordinates the Dominican Government's anti-TIP efforts, provided details of the Dominican Republic's first convictions of traffickers under a 2003 anti-TIP law, in a May 20 court decision published June 2. Soto expressed disappointme [...]
2005-06-10 16:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM DR KWMN SMIG PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3158DOMINICAN DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIANS - DEEPLY ROOTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Repatriations of Haitians ceased after the May 9-12 round-ups and expulsion of about 1800 persons from the northwestern border areas, but conditions there remain largely unchanged. On June 6 vengeful Dominicans attacked sleeping Haitians in the same area, prompting further pa [...]
2005-06-10 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO3161CUBA: REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Subsequent to the inauguration of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez last year, the Dominican Republic shifted its vote on the Cuba resolution at the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting from "yes" (with the United States) in 2004 to "abstain" in 2005. However [...]
2005-06-13 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCU ETTC DR PREL SMIG EINV ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO3177DOMINICANS KEYED UP ABOUT QUIRINO NARCOTRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) The following report was posted on our SIPRNET site on June 13. QUIRINO - THE CASE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (SBU) The two Assistant U.S. Attorneys prosecuting the Quirino Paulino Castillo (Quirino) narcotics trafficking case in the Southern District of New York spent two and a half da [...]
2005-06-14 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN PGOV KCRM SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3199AMBASSADOR BRINGS TOGETHER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND
[...] (SBU) At the Ambassador's initiative, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez convened a meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening, June 14, with the presidents of the Dominican Senate and House, mediator Monsignor. Agripino Nunez of the Catholic PUCMM university, the Ambassador and [...]
2005-06-15 20:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV EFIN DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3228DOMINICAN POLITICS #29: OPPOSITION PRD PICKS NEW
[...] (SBU) This is #29 in our series of reports on political events of Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. PRD Picks New President, Secretary General, and other Leadership Posts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The main opposition Dominican Rev [...]
2005-06-16 22:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3229DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES LPG SUBSIDY TO
[...] In a dry presentation broadcast over the government,s television station late on June 14, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez announced the continuation without change of liquid propane gas (LPG) subsidies of 17.29 Dominican pesos per gallon (about USD 60 cents). Those benefiting are househ [...]
2005-06-16 23:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO3230THREE DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURN
[...] (U) On June 16, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose Abel Burdiez de Leon is wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy to launder money derived from unlawful activity (narcoti [...]
2005-06-17 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3345DOMINICAN POLITICS #30: BIG PICTURE CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) This is #30 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. BIG PICTURE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dominican Senate President Andres Bautista convened a conference on June 15 on "Constitutional Reform" with invited exper [...]
2005-06-23 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3349DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION OF FIRST MANGO
[...] (Summary) On June 4, 2005, USDA/APHIS certified the first mango hot water treatment (HWT) facility in the Dominican Republic (DR). On June 9, the first shipment of mangoes was successfully exported to New York, under the supervision of an APHIS TDY Officer as part of an APHIS Preclearance (PC [...]
2005-06-23 20:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAGR ETRD CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3350MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 20:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3363UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche twice to the MFA's UN/OAS division, on June 10 and 15. After repeated followup, we were told on June 22 the U.S. views had been communicated to the appropriate authorities. However, as of June 24 the division had no substantive response; Embassy believes th [...]
2005-06-24 19:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO3364U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD:
[...] Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note to the MFA on June 20-21. On June 22 (and again on June 24),UN/OAS affairs deputy division chief Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that she had requested the views of the Dominican Republic's health authorities. We will follow up, emphasize the im [...]
2005-06-24 19:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3365UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Santo Domingo Embassy on June 20 and again on June 15 delivered reftel demarche to MFA's UN/OAS affairs division. We inquired about the reasons for the Dominican Republic's delay in delivering its report under the resolution and asked whether the government might require technical assistance [...]
2005-06-24 19:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3369DOMINICAN POLITICS #31: POSITIONING TO RATIFY
[...] (SBU) This is #31 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. Positioning to Ratify CAFTA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The question is no longer whether the Dominicans will ratify the free trade agreement, but when -- whether they can manage to do so whi [...]
2005-06-24 22:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3370U.S. TAXPAYERS WILL LOSE MONEY IN DOMINICAN AFPS
[...] (SBU) The USG should not invest in Dominican pension funds (AFPs - Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones) because the likelihood of losing the funds due to fraud and corruption is extremely high. Based on the current state of affairs in the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo strongl [...]
2005-06-27 11:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALAMGT KJUS PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3381THREE DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RETURNED TO THE UNITED
[...] (U) On June 24, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Juan Rincon is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, burglary and conspiracy offenses, re [...]
2005-06-27 17:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3391DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ CALLS ON CONGRESS TO
[...] During his weekly television address to the nation on Sunday night June 26, President Leonel Fernandez argued strongly in support of CAFTA, urging the Dominican Congress to ratify the trade agreement as soon as possible for the benefit of all Dominican people. The speech showed a clear change [...]
2005-06-28 11:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PGOV DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3400SUBJECT: SOD OPERATIONS MOTORCAINE, MELLISOS AND
[...] (SBU) The Santo Domingo Country Office (SDCO),New York Division Group T-42 and the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) has been investigating the drug trafficking activities of Quirino Ernesto PAULINO-Castillo, AKA EL DON, Luis Eduardo ROD [...]
2005-06-28 19:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR
05SANTODOMINGO3408DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ DISCUSSES CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez says that though his relation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez remains warm, Chavez shrugs off Fernandez's advice to pursue moderation. Fernandez says he and other Latin American leaders see Chavez as out of touch intellectually with gl [...]
2005-06-29 14:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPREL EPET DR
05SANTODOMINGO3434DOMINICAN POLITICS #32: PLD'S LONG CONGRESS MOVES
[...] (SBU) This is #32 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. PLD's Long Congress Moves Into End-Game - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Though founder Juan Bosch is dead and gone, the Partido de Liberacion Dominicana of President Fernandez retain [...]
2005-07-01 14:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3443DOMINICANS PLAY PETROCARIBE FOR MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez came home from the "Petrocaribe" summit of June 27-28 with Venezuelan promises of more than USD 100 million cash financing for rural infrastructure projects, terms for oil financing more favorable that last November's "Caracas Accord," and [...]
2005-07-01 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR ENRG EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO3444DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES
[...] (U) On July 1, 2005, Dominican fugitive Rocque Rodriguez Gonzalez was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Rodriguez Gonzalez is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges that he conspired to distrib [...]
2005-07-01 21:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS SNAR KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO3446FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S.
[...] Embassy officer delivered reftel demarche and curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate for vice-chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to MFA UN/OAS affairs division chief Michelle Cohen on July 1, pointing out that the election will occur during the July 4-9 meeting. Cohen undertook to pr [...]
2005-07-04 17:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD AORC
05SANTODOMINGO3447FOOD AID AND THE WTO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on July 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen and counselor for OAS affairs Johanna Mendelson and left para 8 points as a non-paper, in Spanish translation. Cohen undertook to inform the ministries of industry and commerce -- which is involved in WTO [...]
2005-07-05 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO3524DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- AS A
[...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...]
2005-07-07 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3545DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PUBLIC SECTOR DOCTORS ANNOUNCE
[...] SUMMARY. The public-sector doctors' union announced last week a plan to go on strike, demanding a 100 percent salary increases from the government. The strike, scheduled to take place July 11-15, will make number 15 for the union since January 2004. But the authorities are prepared to stand [...]
2005-07-08 15:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO355PROJECT PROPOSAL - ANTI-TIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
[...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic was placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist in the Department's 2004 TIP report. Among the principal shortcomings cited was that the government "lacks effective law enforcement" to combat TIP. The Embassy has consistently sought to increase the government's capacity to [...]
2005-01-26 14:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO3556CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...]
2005-07-11 13:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3564DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN
[...] This cable is in response to the USITC's request for the 2004 Caribbean Basin Investment Survey. According to the Dominican Export and Investment Center, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dominican Republic in 2004 totaled USD 650 million, down from USD 1.01 billion in 2003. Investment i [...]
2005-07-12 11:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO3576G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 15:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3582DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM ESTABLISH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic and Vietnam announced the establishment of diplomatic relations here on July 7, and a visiting Vietnamese delegation discussed possibilities for increased trade, investment, and cultural relations. The visitors scored a modest success on their first try, [...]
2005-07-12 17:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV VM DR CH
05SANTODOMINGO3677DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 19:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR OTRA DR
05SANTODOMINGO3678DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05SANTODOMINGO370DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL JAILS
[...] Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia arrested at 7 a.m. on January 13, the first day that the House was no longer in session. Bailiffs delivered him to Najayo jail on January 13 to await his next trial date, [...]
2005-01-26 17:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3721DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 8 - DOMINICAN FAILED
[...] (U) This is number 8 in a series of cables on the Dominican bank failures of 2003. This cable contains an action request, please see paragraphs 7 and 12. Baninter, Banco Mercantil and Bancredito - legal case status on the banks that broke the Dominican Republic 2. For the first time i [...]
2005-07-21 20:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3722NOMINATION TO REGIONAL WORKER RIGHTS SEMINAR
[...] Embassy nominates Neda Brown, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, and Bolivar Abreu, Economic-Political Section assistant, to attend the WHA Regional Worker Rights Seminar to be held in Lima, Peru on 8-9 September 2005. 2. Neda Brown began a one year rotational assign [...]
2005-07-22 12:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA DR
05SANTODOMINGO3723CORRECTED COPY DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 8 -
[...] (U) This is number 8 in a series of cables on the Dominican bank failures of 2003. This cable contains an action request, please see paragraphs 7 and 12. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. Baninter, Banco Mercantil and Bancredito - legal case status on the banks that broke the Dom [...]
2005-07-22 14:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3732DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS,
[...] (U) On July 19, 2005, Jose Luis Severino Concepcion was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Severino Concepcion is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Severino Concepcion wa [...]
2005-07-22 17:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO3791DOMINICAN BEACH WATERS: STUDY FINDS HIGH LEVELS OF
[...] An ecological study of Dominican beaches conducted in 2004 by Direccon de Calidad Ambiental de la Secretaria de Medio Ambiente (Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Secretariat of the Environment) found that many coastal SIPDIS waters contain high levels of fecal residue. Bacterial [...]
2005-07-26 19:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD PGOV SENV
05SANTODOMINGO3820DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REACTS TO DR-CAFTA APPROVAL
[...] Summary: In the hours after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve DR-CAFTA implementing legislation, Dominican reactions indicate that the vote has dispelled any doubts about U.S. ability to implement DR-CAFTA and may have improved prospects for Dominican ratification. End summ [...]
2005-07-29 00:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL DR PGOV CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3827G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy provided Ref A talking points to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen on July 27, on defeating the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. She has informed us that there has been a "new element" since the previous Embassy discussion of the issue with the MFA on July 8 (Ref B). [...]
2005-08-01 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL DR UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3828UN REFORM: DEMARCHES TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3829COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on July 14. He expressed his general support for counterterrorism efforts, but said the MFA would need to study this proposal before taki [...]
2005-08-01 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER DR UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3864DOMINICAN BANKING #9 -- MEJIA SAYS "BANKING FRAUD"
[...] (SBU) This is number 9 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003. Dominican Banking Series #9 -- Mejia Says It Right Out Loud: "Banking Fraud" More than a year of virtual silence on Dominican banking frauds has ended with Hipolito Mejia's erudite, detail [...]
2005-08-02 19:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3877DOMINICAN POLITICS #34: PRESIDENTS DO "SUMMIT"
[...] (U) Following is number 34 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Dominican &Summit8 -- LF and HM Pledge to Support CAFTA-DR (U) On the morning of August 2 President Fernandez and former president Hipolito Mejia met for breakfast at the residence of catholic university [...]
2005-08-03 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ETRD DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3878UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 22:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR PREL UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3890SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] The Ambassador communicated reftel points to Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on August 3. The Foreign Minister expressed support for the USG view. HERTELL [...]
2005-08-04 19:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3898MANPADS CONTROL AND SECURITY GUIDELINES -
[...] (S/NF) Summary: There are no MANPADS in the weapons inventories of the armed forces of the Dominican Republic, nor are any known to exist within the country. The Dominican Government does have import)export controls on arms purchases, but high levels of corruption call into question the effe [...]
2005-08-05 12:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRET//NOFORNPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3929(C) DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Taiwan's ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Feng welcomes informal contact and has readily commented to us upon various visits of PRC officials during the first year of the Fernandez administration. This cordial arrangement works well for us and we see no need to make it more formal [...]
2005-08-08 19:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3930DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This cable provides the 2005 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 18 claims (including 5 new ones for 2005) by U.S. persons/entities against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR). The [...]
2005-08-08 19:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC DR EFIN KIDE PGOV EINV
05SANTODOMINGO3938ORGANIC MOVEMENT ATTRACTS COFFEE PRODUCERS
[...] (U) The following was posted on the Embassy's classified website on June 21: Organic Movement Attracts Coffee Producers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hoy newspaper carried in its weekly economic section on June 12 the title "More Coffeegrowers Join the Boom, in Organic Coffee [...]
2005-08-09 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EAGR
05SANTODOMINGO3941REGISTRATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR OTRA PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3946DOMINICAN POLITICS #35: PRD OUTLINES THE FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Following is number 35 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: PRD Decision Makers Outline the Future Senate vice president Cesar "Yayo" Matias and three of his senatorial colleagues invited the political officer to lunch on August 5, along with PRD student leader [...]
2005-08-09 20:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3971DOMINICAN POLITICS #37: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AND
[...] (SBU) Following is number 37 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Leonel Fernandez and "Failed States" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The "Failed States Index" published in the July/August issue of Foreign Policy provoked a torrent of commentary in the Dominican [...]
2005-08-11 17:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3978DOMINICAN TAX REFORM DRAWS NEAR
[...] (U) The Dominican Technical Secretary,s office announced yesterday that government and industry has reached preliminary agreement on a fiscal reform package, tied to ratification of DR-CAFTA. If accurate, this clears the way for Congress to consider and approve both pieces of legislation as e [...]
2005-08-11 21:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4036DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COAL PLANTS? NOT ANY TIME
[...] President Fernandez abruptly put on hold the idea of acquiring two coal-fired generating plants, only days after Radhames Segura, President of the Dominican Corporation of Electricity (CDEEE),gave an upbeat two-hour presentation on the immediate future of coal production. With ongoing sporad [...]
2005-08-19 20:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ENRG ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4038DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISIT OF USTR REPRESENTATIVE
[...] Summary: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Mara M. Burr, described U.S. policy and procedures to Central American and Dominican trade and environment officials meeting at a conference on Environmental Sustainable Development, August 11-13. In mee [...]
2005-08-19 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD SENV USTR
05SANTODOMINGO4041DOMINICANS INVITED TO SIGN PETROCARIBE ACCORD BY
[...] (U) Venezuelan ambassador Francisco Belisario Landis told the press on August 16 that he had delivered to the Dominican MFA copies in English and Spanish of the "Petrocaribe" agreement, with an invitation to come to Caracas by August 23 for a signing ceremony. He was emphatic about Venezuel [...]
2005-08-19 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL DR EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO4096DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REQUESTS MEETING
[...] On August MFA Deputy Minister Alejandra Liriano asked the DCM to convey a request that the Secretary agree to receive President Leonel Fernandez during his visit September 12-13 to Washington and New York. Fernandez will be in Washington on September 12 for a 5 pm event arranged by the Inter [...]
2005-08-25 18:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4097DOMINICAN DEPUTY MFA ON AUG28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) On August 23 Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Liriano listened carefully to DCM's delivery of talking points concerning the Venezuelan initiative to exert control the OAS Social Charter undertaking. Liriano replied that the Dominicans are sending to the event their newly appointed ambas [...]
2005-08-25 18:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXL KSUM SOCI DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4104SANTO DOMINGO: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 13:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH
05SANTODOMINGO4145DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD
[...] This cable is in response to ref A request for an update on worst forms of child labor in the Dominican Republic. The 2004 Child Labor Information Update from Santo Domingo (ref B) remains current, with the following additional information. 2. On October 17, 2004, the new Code for Protect [...]
2005-08-30 19:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI DR
05SANTODOMINGO4173DOMINICANS RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON SUMMIT OF THE
[...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised reftel points on August 31 with MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen, stressing particularly USG concern that issues of democracy,governance and free trade are inadequately covered. Cohen had no immediate reply but undertook to consult [...]
2005-09-01 14:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4174DOMINICANS DEMARCHED ON COORDINATION OF ELECTORAL
[...] EcoPol counselor and poloff delivered demarche to MFA Director of International Affairs Michele Cohen on August 31, emphasizing Canadian points of contact for electoral observation missions. Cohen appeared to believe that the Dominican government would not be providing observers. KUBISKE [...]
2005-09-01 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4175DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON HIGH-LEVEL TRAVEL TO UNGA
[...] MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen told EcoPol counselor and poloff on August 31 that President Fernandez will speak at the UNGA on September 16. Embassy has just received a diplomatic note announcing that Fernandez and Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade are inviting U [...]
2005-09-01 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4196DOMINICAN PROGRESS ON IMF STAND-BY
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Regional Director Guy Meredith and Resrep Ousmene Mandeng told DCM and staff on August 24 that things are going generally well for the Dominicans on the macroeconomic side and they foresee no obstacles to completing the combined first and second reviews of the standby. This [...]
2005-09-02 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO4210DOMINICAN PROJECTS CONSIDERED BY EXIM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just less than one year after their last visit, Export Import Bank (ExIm) Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey Miller and John McAdams traveled to Santo Domingo to review debt collection and new projects. Prepared for positive news by optimistic economic reporting in the internation [...]
2005-09-06 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO4211DOMINICAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE TALKS TOUGH
[...] In April Embassy Santo Domingo reported a raid by the District Attorney's Office on the headquarters of the aptly named Dominican television station "Virus." Virus had been guilty of broadcasting pirated material and officials confiscated equipment from the station, leaving it temporarily una [...]
2005-09-06 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4212DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS NOT FOCUSING ON TSUNAMI
[...] The Dominican government does not have a tsunami warning system (TWS) and it is unlikely that it will develop one soon. The Dominican National Emergency Commission does not believe tsunamis are a current threat to the Dominican Republic in comparison to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. [...]
2005-09-06 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TPHY EAID SENV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4213DOMINICAN FUGITIVE GARCIA CASTILLOWAIVES
[...] (U) On September 2, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Julio Angel Garcia Castillo to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey based on a federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. Garcia is alleged to have participated in the movement of multi-kilogr [...]
2005-09-06 20:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4215DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES DR-CAFTA
[...] (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic on September 6, in a vote in the lower house of Congress, ratified DR-CAFTA. All that remains are steps expected to occur promptly: A "protocolary act" to be signed by President Fernandez and publication of the DR-CAFTA text in the Official Gazette. The [...]
2005-09-07 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL DR PGOV CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO4224DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CENTRAL BANK SAYS NO PRC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ETTC PREL EFIN XM DR
05SANTODOMINGO4226DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED
[...] On Wednesday August 24, the Charge hosted, at the Embassy, a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons. The twenty two government and non-government participants included the MFA Ambassador for Women's and Children's Affairs, the Chief of Naval Intelligence, the Assistant Attorney Gener [...]
2005-09-08 19:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO4267UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 22:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4268DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 22:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR
05SANTODOMINGO4269DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS PETROCARIBE
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Dominican cabinet official says that President Leonel Fernandez and his team resisted pressures from Venezuelan Vice President Vicente Rangel and from Cuba's President Castro and nevertheless secured the generous PETROCARIBE financing deal from Venezuelan President Cha [...]
2005-09-12 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEPET DR VE PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4276SANTO DOMINGO: AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER
[...] Embassy econ officer responsible for aviation and/or maritime issues, including transportation security, is Jehan Jones. Her office phone number is 809-731-4469; fax number is 809-686-4038; email address is jonesjs2@state.gov for unclassified emails and jonesjs@state.sgov.gov for classified [...]
2005-09-13 12:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO4277CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN
[...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...]
2005-09-13 13:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA
05SANTODOMINGO4292DOMINICAN FUEL CONSERVATION PLAN DOES LITTLE TO
[...] On September 11 Dominican President Leonel Fernandez issued a second, not much improved version of a promised energy conservation plan meant to reassure the country that the government is reacting to the recent sharp rises in gasoline and diesel prices. Instead of imposing modest restrictions [...]
2005-09-14 11:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ENRG EPET ETRD UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO4293DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL FIGUEROA WAIVES
[...] (U) On September 9, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Figueroa (aka Rafael Antonio Beato Pena) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on a sealed federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Following the issuance of [...]
2005-09-14 11:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4325DOMINICAN BANKING #10: BANCREDITO CIVIL CASES SENT
[...] This is number 10 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003: Bancredito Civil Cases Sent to Trial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nearly two years after the Dominican Central Bank first sought to arrest Manuel Arturo Pellerano for bank fraud, Reviewi [...]
2005-09-16 15:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO434DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy in the Dominican Republic and U.S. Strategy 2. The Dominican Republic enjoys a democratically elected government and a robust, multi-party system. Freedom of the press and religion are largely respect [...]
2005-01-28 22:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO DR
05SANTODOMINGO4378CIVAIR: MONTREAL CONVENTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] On September 9 EcoPol counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA international organizations director Michelle Cohen and urged that the Dominican Republic ratify the Montreal Convention. Embassy sent a diplomatic note containing the same request on September 13. 2. On September 16 [...]
2005-09-21 22:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON DR
05SANTODOMINGO4386DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR
[...] Summary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted express courier services to and from the Dominican Republic September 15-20. After exchanging with the government formal commitments to cooperate, three in [...]
2005-09-23 11:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4387DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is undermining the authority of recently named police chief Gen. Rafael Santana Perez. Guzman warned of problems in the chain of command. Guzma [...]
2005-09-23 11:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4449COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - COM CONFERENCE
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests country clearance for Ms. Jehan Jones to travel to Nassau, The Bahamas from 2-5 October 2005. The purpose of travel is to accompany Ambassador Hans H. Hertell to the Caribbean Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Please meet and assist at airport [...]
2005-09-28 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT DR OTRA
05SANTODOMINGO4473HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - DR NAVY PATROL BOATS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 18:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN PHUM EXIM
05SANTODOMINGO4479DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR
[...] Summary: Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98% of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are from the FTZs. In 200 [...]
2005-09-30 20:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ECON ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO4481TWO CHINAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR TW CH PREL ETRD EINV
05SANTODOMINGO4496CHALLENGING CUBA'S CANDIDACY ON ECOSOC - DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche para 4 reftel to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 28, urging the Dominican Republic to become a candidate for election to ECOSOC in October. Morales said that the Dominican Republic has registered to run for ECOSOC membership in 2007. Thi [...]
2005-10-03 22:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCU DR PREL PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4497SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 22:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKSUM DR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4498INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC
[...] In response to Ref A demarche, delivered September 12 (Ref B),Embassy received September 30 a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry with the following text (informal translation from Spanish): "(Complimentary opening),in view of the traditional ties of cooperation between both our coun [...]
2005-10-03 23:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO456DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON CAFTA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas told the DCM January 28 that President Fernandez will present the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) for ratification during the annual presidential address to Congress on February 27, saying that that agreement is [...]
2005-01-31 20:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN KIPR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4567DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES CAREER TRACK FOR
[...] (U) Summary. On September 28, General Secretaries of the three dominant political parties in the Dominican Republic met publicly to respond to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito's draft document calling for political agreement on the implementation of a career track within the Public P [...]
2005-10-07 11:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KCOR
05SANTODOMINGO4606DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo's response on our democracy promotion strategy for the Dominican Republic is keyed to lettered sub-ticks in para 6 reftel: A. Most important outcomes of the Democracy and Governance reform agenda for the Dominican Republic 1) Government develops, approves an [...]
2005-10-12 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4611DOMINICANS ANGERED BY VERDICT AT INTER-AMERICAN
[...] (U) On October 8 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its 91-page decision ordering the Dominican government to pay USD 26,000 in compensation to families of two Dominican children of Haitian ancestry to whom officials refused to issue birth certificates. The mother of each child [...]
2005-10-12 16:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4620DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SENATE PRESIDENT VOWS TO BLOCK
[...] Summary: Senate President Andres Bautista told the DCM on October 11 that he will not put onto the Senate agenda a legislative proposal inimical to patent and trademark law submitted in August by the president of the Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Trade Zones Alejandro Santo [...]
2005-10-13 11:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO4650DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4651DOMINICAN FM AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON
[...] The Ambassador spoke by telephone with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who is currently visiting Spain with President Leonel Fernandez. The Foreign Minister said that he would have instructions issued to the Dominican delegation to support the U.S. position. HERTELL [...]
2005-10-14 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL ETRD OPDC DR UNESCO BHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4652UNSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with 19 NGOs. The embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and found [...]
2005-10-14 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO4653DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL
[...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...]
2005-10-14 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4668AVIAN FLU INITIATIVE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano confirmed to DCM October 4 that the Dominican Republic would cosponsor the U.S. draft resolution, "International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Statement of Core Principles," in the 60th UNGA (Ref A). Liriano said she would see wheth [...]
2005-10-18 12:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO DR KSCA
05SANTODOMINGO4670GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN WTO - DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) DCM on October 4 delivered Ref A talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano. She had no immediate response, but promised to pass the information to the appropriate Dominican Government officials. Based on our prior contacts (Ref B),Embassy understands that the Dominic [...]
2005-10-18 12:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR KIPR DR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO4671RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN
[...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...]
2005-10-18 12:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETMOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05SANTODOMINGO4673DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JEANNETTE MERCEDES WAIVES
[...] On October 14, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jeannette Mercedes to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment 03-CR 1030 (SHS) charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mercedes is alleged to have entered [...]
2005-10-18 12:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4689DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCOR DR EAID
05SANTODOMINGO4690MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN
[...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]
2005-10-19 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO471DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...]
2005-02-01 18:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR
05SANTODOMINGO4724ISRAEL AT UNGA I & II - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on October 20 delivered reftel demarches on Israel at the 60th UNGA (Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and opposing anti-Israel bias) to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen. We thanked her for the Dominican Republic's offer to co-sponsor the Holocaust Resolution. We also urged that [...]
2005-10-21 13:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDIS DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4725DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REGIONAL PROTESTS PRECEDED BY
[...] On October 19 protests in central streets shut portions of the major provincial city of Santiago and surrounding areas. Demonstrators demanded changes in the government,s economic policies and price reductions on basic food products, gas, and electricity. The strike stopped many of the publ [...]
2005-10-21 13:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PGOV DR ASEC
05SANTODOMINGO4743DOMINICAN POLITICS II #3: DOMINICAN JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) This is the third in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Justice Revived: Plan RENOVE and Esther Agelan Casasnovas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justice Esther Agelan Cas [...]
2005-10-21 14:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV CJAN
05SANTODOMINGO4744DOMINICANS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT OF BROADCAST PIRACY
[...] Summary: The Dominican Telecommunications Authority (INDOTEL) submitted to the Embassy on October 5 the third quarterly television broadcast piracy report for 2005. The Dominican government is punctually meeting the reporting deadlines and taking action to address the problem of broadcast pi [...]
2005-10-21 14:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO4759DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CBI BENEFITS FOR THE 2005
[...] The Following information is keyed to reftel questions. ------------------------------------------- WTO and Free Trade Commitments ------------------------------------------ 2. The Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States on Augus [...]
2005-10-24 13:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON DR ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4767WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL
[...] ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, THE FAS OFFICE IN SANTO DOMINGO CONFIRMS DELIVERY OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR ROMERO IN REFERENCE TO THE AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE ACTION REQUEST IN CALE 180474. KUBISKE [...]
2005-10-25 15:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4776BASEBALL: A DOMINICAN CULTURAL OBSESSION
[...] Baseball season has begun in the Dominican Republic. Baseball is much more than a sport or even a national pastime; it represents the pulse of the Dominican culture. Baseball began as a recreational activity for sugar cane workers and has become the most famous Dominican export. One in six p [...]
2005-10-26 12:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR SOCI CVIS
05SANTODOMINGO4777DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARISMENDY TAVERAS EXTRADITED TO
[...] On October 21, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Arismendy Taveras to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, where he is the subject of superseding federal indictment S1 04-CR-808, charging multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distri [...]
2005-10-26 12:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4778DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EL PASO SETTLES DISPUTE WITH
[...] U.S. firm El Paso International recently resolved the dispute in which Dominican firm Carib Consult was petitioning the Dominican Supreme Court to ignore international arbitration rulings and to uphold a lower court judgement against El Paso. The Embassy has been actively involved in the case [...]
2005-10-26 13:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN ENRG EINV BEXP
05SANTODOMINGO4794MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:
[...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note dated October 21 from the Dominican Republic's MFA accepting the proposed language change to the 1974 bilateral agreement on net proceeds from sales of items provided under grant military assistance, to conform to Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance [...]
2005-10-27 14:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR DR KTIA PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4805DOMINICAN POLITICS II # 4: OUTSPOKEN REFINERY
[...] This is the fourth cable in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez: Outspoken Refinery Director Replaced After Gas Leak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Leonel Fernandez dismissed outsp [...]
2005-10-27 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4814DEMARCHE TO DOMINICANS ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] On October 28 Charge contacted both Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso and Dominican ambassador to the United States Flavio Dario Espinal concerning U.S. concerns on draft declaration for the OAS summit. She raised the need to ensure that there is a consensus document and expressed USG concer [...]
2005-10-28 16:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4815RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR
[...] Following ref inquiry from Exim concerning the uses for the 4 Swiftship patrol boats proposed for Eximbank financing, Embassy Santo Domingo has reviewed relevant information, including the text of the letter provided by Secretary of Armed Forces Sigfrido Pared Perez. The Embassy has no knowle [...]
2005-10-28 17:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4829RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR
[...] (SBU) Concerning anti-narcotics capabilities of Dominican navy, pls review ref classified reporting from the Defense Attache. KUBISKE [...]
2005-10-31 13:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO48682005 WHA ECONOMIC OFFICERS' CONFERENCE
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send EcoPol counselor Michael Meigs to the Econ Officers' conference. He is scheduled to attend the CCAA so he expects to arrive at the Doubletree on December 7 PM. KUBISKE [...]
2005-11-02 13:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETRD EFIN EAID
05SANTODOMINGO4890ICJ ELECTIONS FOLLOW-UP: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LIKELY
[...] Embassy o/a October 3 delivered a diplomatic note requesting the support of the Dominican Republic for Thomas Buergenthal's re-election to the International Court of Justice. On November 2, MFA deputy director for UN affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that, of the three candidates f [...]
2005-11-02 22:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR
05SANTODOMINGO4891FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DICUSSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 17, 2005, FBI Director Mueller made a series of courtesy calls on senior Dominican justice and intelligence officials, several of whom participated in a same-day working lunch hosted by President Fernandez (SEPTEL). Attorney General Dominguez Brito, Chief of the Natio [...]
2005-11-03 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKJUS KPAO PINR PREL SNAR DR CU
05SANTODOMINGO4941DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered para 4 reftel demarche via non-paper to MFA Africa and Middle East Affairs director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla on November 2, emphasizing our request that the Dominican Republic issue a statement rejecting President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent inflammatory rhetoric again [...]
2005-11-07 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR PTER PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO4944DOMINICAN POLITICS II #7: PRD EXPELS A MAVERICK
[...] This is the seventh cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. PRD Expels a Maverick and a Deserter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Months after Senator Ramiro Espino of Samana Province and Senator Tonty Rutinel Doming [...]
2005-11-07 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PINR
05SANTODOMINGO4946DOMINICAN POLITICS II #6: HAITIAN MIGRANT
[...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series on political events in the second year of the administration of Leonel Fernandez. Haitian Migrant Regularization "Under the Radar" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - While a recent migration-related decision of the Inter-American Court of Hu [...]
2005-11-07 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO4979DOMINICAN BANKING #12: MORE BANK FRAUD, THIS TIME
[...] (U) This is number 12 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. More Bank Fraud, This Time at Progreso - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Another Dominican bank has turned up a potentially huge and probably fraudulent hole in its balance sheet, despite the IMF-manda [...]
2005-11-10 11:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5004DOMINICAN INDUSTRIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The intentional gas release by the National Refinery (REFIDOMSA) on October 24 revealed how poorly the Dominican petrochemical industry regulates itself. It also revealed how ill prepared the city of Santo Domingo and the Dominican government are in preparing for or responding [...]
2005-11-10 20:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON ETRD TBIO
05SANTODOMINGO5038FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...]
2005-11-15 17:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO
05SANTODOMINGO5050DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT
[...] The following interim assessement for trafficking in persons (TIP) addresses the questions in paragraph 6(I) of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic emphasizes TIP issues in public communications and has made some progress in enforcement. Institutional changes include the c [...]
2005-11-15 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN DR
05SANTODOMINGO5053DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION
[...] On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme (aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged co [...]
2005-11-16 11:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5068DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND
[...] On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal i [...]
2005-11-16 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5102IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE: DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel demarche to Dominicn Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasizing the importance of voting against a no-action motion and in favor of the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. Morales said the Dominican Republic would vote wit [...]
2005-11-18 18:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM
05SANTODOMINGO5111WTO MINISTERIAL ALERT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE
[...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on November 16, and urged that the Dominican Republic speak up in support of the U.S. agriculture proposal in WTO meetings and with EU member governments. We also left those points and similar points in pre [...]
2005-11-18 21:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DR PREL KIRF KPAO ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5112SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA -
[...] (SBU) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasized what is at stake, and urged the Dominican Republic to consider a contribution to the OAS mission in Colombia. We left the basic talking points as a non-paper. Morales seemed [...]
2005-11-18 21:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PTER CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO5113UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO
[...] (C) Embassy on November 8 delivered Ref A para 5 talking points on U.S. voting priorities in the UN Third Committee to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen as a non-paper, and emphasized in conversation with her that approval of the Iran resolution was our top priority and that the Dominican [...]
2005-11-18 21:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5123DOMINICAN POLITICS II #8: CHASING THE RED ROOSTER
[...] (SBU) This is the eighth cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Chasing The Red Rooster -- A Scramble For Electoral Alliances - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2005-11-21 20:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO5127 COMPLIANCE WITH OIG RECOMMENDATIONS, 2005
[...] Following reports on follow-up actions taken to comply with the formal recommendations made by the OIG team that inspected Embassy Santo Domingo this year. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Santo Domingo should develop a strategy for implementing a program to eliminate or reduce the discrimin [...]
2005-11-22 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO5140EXTRADITION OF LIDIO NIN-TERRERO, TIRSO CUEVAS-NIN AND CRISTIAN GATON-RAMOS TO THE UNITED STATES ON 11-15-2005. CCX: KA-03-0015, YNC1K CCX: KA-04-0004, XEC1I CCX: KA-04-0023, XEC1I CCX: CT-02-0040, YNC1J CCX: G5-02-0109, YNC1K CCX: G5-04-0001, YNC1K CCX: G1-03-0009,
[...] (SBU) On 11-15-2005, Lidio Arturo NIN Terrero, Tirso CUEVAS Nin and Cristian GATON Ramos were extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic. 2. (SBU) NIN-Terrero, CUEVAS Nin, and GATON Ramos were transported to the Las Americas International Airport (LAIA),in Santo Domingo fr [...]
2005-11-23 13:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR NOTAG
05SANTODOMINGO5156HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Following is Embassy's response to action requests in paras 5-6 reftel: 2. Quotations on the meaning of human rights and freedom: Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, First Lady of the Dominican Republic: (Begin original Spanish text, as published on http://www.primeradama.gov.do/ver discurs [...]
2005-11-25 13:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR KPAO ODIP PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5157ISRAEL AT UNGA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 13:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDIS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5187AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...]
2005-11-29 19:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5202DOMINICAN BANKING #13: MORE FRAUD FOUND AT PROGRESO
[...] (U) This is number 13 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. (C) Summary. Investigators have discovered a new additional hole of 7 billion pesos ($220 million) in phony assets at Banco de Progreso, in addition to the 8 billion peso unfunded liability for commercial paper at [...]
2005-11-30 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5213DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES HARD FOR CAFTA
[...] (U) Summary: Aiming for a January 1 implementation date for CAFTA, the Dominican Republic is working quickly to meet requirements. The Fernandez administration recently created a task force made up of public and private sector trade experts, many of whom have CAFTA negotiating experience, to [...]
2005-12-01 17:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO5339ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA South America director Juany Mejia de Gil, requesting the Dominican Republic's collaboration with the international effort to ensure free and fair elections in Bolivia and democratic stability for that nation. 2. (C) On Decemb [...]
2005-12-10 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALBO PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5340ANTI-ISRAEL BODIES AT THE UN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA UN director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing U.S. disappointment over the Dominican Republic's change of its vote from "abstain" in previous years to "yes" on the resolution regarding the Division for Palestinian Rights. Political officer [...]
2005-12-10 18:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS DO UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO5353DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA
[...] On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federa [...]
2005-12-12 17:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5388DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RE-ELECTION TO THE UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 12:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5389DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDACY TO THE COUNCIL OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 12:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5395LETTER FROM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR
[...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, 2005, ACTING AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR PAUL HOFFMAN AND SENIOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST CARLOS SUAREZ MET WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AMILCAR ROMERO, TO DISCUSS ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT AVOCADOS AND THE DOMINICAN REQUES [...]
2005-12-16 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR DR
05SANTODOMINGO5409CUBA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A tasking and updates the information provided in our last report six months ago (Ref B). President Fernandez in the second year of his administration has made no significant change in his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. As in previous years, t [...]
2005-12-16 21:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETRD ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5410DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...]
2005-12-16 23:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5411 Draft Dominican Republic International Narcotics
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 12:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO542DOMINICAN PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez confirmed to the Ambassador on January 27 that he had been helping mediate between the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, and he found both interested in lowering tensions. He remained concerned that the candidacy for OAS SYGEN Francisco [...]
2005-02-04 12:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO556DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OUTLINES TO DAS SHAPIRO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez spoke at length with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on January 14 on Dominican concerns about Haiti, Haitian reconstruction, and cross-border security issues. Fernandez and his administration will engage closely with t [...]
2005-02-04 19:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN BEXP ENRG PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO559DOMINICANS RESPOND TO TELEVISION BROADCAST PIRACY
[...] Summary: During the Embassy's January 31 demarche on television broadcast piracy (ref a),Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce Marcelo Puello told DCM that his Ministry took the requirement of stopping television broadcast piracy seriously and had sent the report to USTR on January 7 wit [...]
2005-02-04 20:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO560UPDATED SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 20:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PINR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO564CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARTAGENA
[...] (U) This is a response to a Reftel action request. 2. (U) The Government of Dominican Republic has no specific legislation or laws dealing with genetically modified organisms. The Dominican Republic is a large consumer of U.S. genetically modified agricultural products used mainly as fee [...]
2005-02-04 22:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID TBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO579PRC PRESSES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE BEIJING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Chinese Communist Party delegation met with members of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and other Dominican political parties from January 24-27, seeking to strengthen ties to the Dominican Republic and pressing for formal diplomatic recognition. The delegation call [...]
2005-02-07 21:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW
05SANTODOMINGO612AMERICAN AIRLINES DISPUTE WITH DOMINICAN AIRPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers have raised with Dominican authorities the American Airlines (AA) notification that it will end ground-handling services for all other carriers at Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (AILA) and will assume self-handling of its flights on April [...]
2005-02-09 17:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KTIA PREL DR CA
05SANTODOMINGO614DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA,
[...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...]
2005-02-09 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO691TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION HEARINGS - RETURN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 11, 2005, two fugitives were returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Denny Alberto Sandoval, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District o [...]
2005-02-11 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO709DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON BROADCAST PIRACY, LAW
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez discussed the Dominican economy, CAFTA, broadcast piracy, Haiti and police and intelligence reform during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez believes the new IMF Standby Agreement is as important for creating confidence as it is [...]
2005-02-11 23:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETEFIN KIPR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO754DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARGENTINE PRELIMIINARY PAPER
[...] Embassy officer followed up our fax to the MFA of reftel non-paper and annex in a meeting with MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen. She expressed appreciation for the information and indicated the MFA had received the Argentine preliminary paper on t [...]
2005-02-15 16:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR DR
05SANTODOMINGO758DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON MEXICO HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy officer delivered talking points in paras 5-6 reftel to MFA director for UN affairs Michelle Cohen and separately to deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, who will go to Geneva for the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting. Embassy expressed particular appreciation for the [...]
2005-02-15 16:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU MX DR
05SANTODOMINGO759DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Haiti policy points (para 6 ref A) to MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen and OAS affairs coordinator Johanna Calderon on February 11. They expressed appreciation for the information, underscored the Dominican Republic's parti [...]
2005-02-15 16:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL HA DR
05SANTODOMINGO777DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO799DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 18:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO860DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-17 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO899DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in th [...]
2005-02-22 14:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO9232005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN
[...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...]
2005-02-23 13:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KTDB EINV ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO970DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW:
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...]
2005-02-24 12:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO971DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...]
2005-02-24 15:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM
06SANTODOMINGO1057DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CESAR BUENO WAIVES EXTRADITION
[...] On March 23, 2006, DEA agents returned Cesar Bueno (aka Maton or Cesar Medina) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York based on his alleged participation in a multi-kilogram cocaine distribution ring. The specific charges arising from his [...]
2006-03-28 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1099SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN
[...] (C) Ambassador on March 30 met and discussed reftel talking points with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. Morales Troncoso said he would call Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro to discuss the potential negative consequences of Venezuela's membership on the [...]
2006-03-31 21:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC DR PM
06SANTODOMINGO1100DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #5: ELECTORAL CANDIDATES
[...] (U) This is the 5th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's 2006 congressional and municipal elections: Electoral Candidates Registered Despite Clamor Presidential legal advisor Cesar Pina Torribio doesn't like it, but after a week of clamor and recriminations, the Centra [...]
2006-04-03 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO1112FIRST ISSUE OF DOMINICAN MFA'S POLICY MAGAZINE
[...] Summary: Haiti is the focus of the Dominican Republic,s first number of a new foreign policy review released at the close of 2005. Among texts are President Leonel Fernandez's speech at a seminar where he presented his priorities for the border region and other quasi-official statements. The [...]
2006-04-03 21:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR
06SANTODOMINGO1123FIRST ISSUE OF DOMINICAN MFA'S POLICY MAGAZINE
[...] Summary: Haiti is the focus of the Dominican Republic,s first number of a new foreign policy review released at the close of 2005. Among texts are President Leonel Fernandez's speech at a seminar where he presented his priorities for the border region and other quasi-official statements. The [...]
2006-04-04 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO1224DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #6: PLD SEES BRIGHT ELECTION
[...] (U) This is the 6th cable in a series reporting on the May 16 congressional and municipal elections in the Dominican Republic: PLD Sees Bright Election Prospects, Shady Election Board (C) At breakfast with the Ambassador and Embassy officers on April 5, Presidential chief of staff Danilo [...]
2006-04-12 11:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO1225DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #7: OPPOSITION SAYS IT WILL
[...] (SBU) This is the 7th cable in a series reporting on the May 16 congressional and municipal elections in the Dominican Republic: Opposition Says It Will Win Elections, Then Address Reforms (SBU) At a political party breakfast with the Ambassador and Embassy colleagues April 6, leaders of th [...]
2006-04-12 11:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD DR PTER
06SANTODOMINGO1313CELEBRATING EARTH DAY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Summary: In the midst of the run-up to May congressional and municipal elections, Earth Day is bringing together concerned Dominicans to celebrate the environment. Specifically in the Azua province -- located in the southwestern region of the country --citizens, more than 30 NGOs, government [...]
2006-04-20 15:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR SENV
06SANTODOMINGO1349CRIMINAL DEPORTEES: DOMINICAN OFFICIALS AND
[...] Dominican PermRep to the UN Erasmo Lara-Pena has been energetically promoting the idea of a program of social services and support for Dominicans who are deported from the United States after serving time in U.S. jails. He published a lengthy proposal in daily "Hoy" on March 11. On March 24 P [...]
2006-04-21 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS DR KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1350DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EXTRADITION TREATY ASSAILED BY
[...] Over the last two weeks, sensationalist tabloid "El Nacional" has attacked the United States for purported violations of the 1910 U.S.-Dominican Extradition Treaty. According to sources cited by "El Nacional," U.S. extradition requests for individuals whose alleged crimes are punishable by se [...]
2006-04-21 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1355COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN
[...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...]
2006-04-21 21:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV SENV
06SANTODOMINGO1363COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN
[...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...]
2006-04-25 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV SENV
06SANTODOMINGO1415DOMINICAN FUGITIVE PEDRO COLLADO EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On April 21, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Collado to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where he is the subject of indictment number CR 00-30034-MAP filed November 2, 2000. As detailed in the indictment, Collado is alleged to have p [...]
2006-04-28 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1418DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CIVIL
[...] Per reftel, Embassy contacted the following pro-democracy civil society organizations to encourage their registration as "Special Guests" to attend the OAS General Assembly: -- Human Rights Institute Santo Domingo, -- Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS),-- Center for Integra [...]
2006-05-02 11:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL PHUM XK XL XM XR XS
06SANTODOMINGO1464DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #8: ELECTION OUTLOOK -
[...] (U) This is the 8th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Election Outlook - Balanced, Mildly Optimistic As Dominicans approach the May 16 congressional and municipal elections, the latest poll shows their voting intentio [...]
2006-05-03 20:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1465DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #9: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS LOOK
[...] (C) This is the 9th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: (C) Presidential Hopefuls Look to 2008 and Beyond (U) As the Dominican Republic prepares to hold congressional and municipal elections May 16, prominent persons in [...]
2006-05-03 20:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1466DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: CENTRAL ELECTION BOARD IS
[...] (U) This is the 10th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Central Election Board Is on Course, Despite Flak The Central Election Board (JCE),responsible for organizing and adjudicating the May 16 Dominican congressional [...]
2006-05-03 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1468U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES AT OAS JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24 and 25, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended the 6th Regular Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VI),held in Santo Domingo. A hour-long conversation with President Leonel Fernandez provided suggestions for improv [...]
2006-05-04 11:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS OAS DR TD VE
06SANTODOMINGO150DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE PLACENCIA WAIVES
[...] On December 29, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Placencia to the United States for trial in the State of New York based on Kings County indictment number 1400/2001 charging murder in the second degree. 2. Following a July 21, 2005, U.S. extradition request and the subsequent issuance of a [...]
2006-01-13 17:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1515CORRECTED COPY -- DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #8:ELECTION
[...] (U) This is the 8th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Election Outlook - Balanced, Mildly Optimistic As Dominicans approach the May 16 congressional and municipal elections, the latest poll shows their voting intentions [...]
2006-05-08 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1519CORRECTED COPY -- DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #9:
[...] (U) This is the 8th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Presidential Hopefuls Look to 2008 and Beyond (U) As the Dominican Republic prepares to hold congressional and municipal elections May 16, prominent persons in the m [...]
2006-05-09 15:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1522CORRECTED COPY -- DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: CENTRAL
[...] (U) This is the 8th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Rrepublic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Central Election Board Is on Course, Despite Flak The Central Election Board (JCE),responsible for organizing and adjudicating the May 16 Dominican congressional and [...]
2006-05-09 18:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1566DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NSC-DIRECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican President Fernandez is continuing his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. Interaction is limited to educational, sports, and technical exchanges, visits to Cuba by Dominican tourists, and residence in Cuba by a few church-affiliated social workers. There are approxi [...]
2006-05-12 15:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETTC DR ETRD PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1579DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY SMALLPOX
[...] Doctor Tirsi Quezada Assistant Health Secretary for Public Health told USAID officer on May 10 that the Secretariat has not made a decision on who will attend the SIPDIS WHA. However, Doctor Cristina Nogueira, Pan-American Health Organization representative to the Dominican Republic, told [...]
2006-05-12 21:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06SANTODOMINGO1598DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #11: MAY 16 ELECTIONS OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) This is the 11th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: May 16 Elections Outlook On the eve of the May 16 congressional and municipal elections, Central Elections Board (JCE) president Luis Arias has credibly assured the [...]
2006-05-16 00:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1635DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #12: RULING PLD GAINS IN
[...] (SBU) This is the 12th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Ruling PLD Gains in Congressional Elections Dominican voters went to the polls May 16 to elect 32 senators, 178 representatives, 151 mayors and vice mayors, and 96 [...]
2006-05-18 00:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO1640EXIMBANK APO82474XX - LEAHY AMENDMENT
[...] In response to reftel concerning proposed transaction to be financed for material to be used by the National Police of the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo advises that although individual members of the National Police have committed gross violations of human rights, especially unju [...]
2006-05-18 15:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EXIM PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1642DOMINICAN FUGITIVES EXTRADITED: JORGE MATOS,
[...] In the last several weeks, Dominican authorities have extradited three individuals to the United States for prosecution of a variety of narcotics-related offenses. 2. On May 15, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Luis de la Rosa Montero to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the [...]
2006-05-18 17:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1651CLEARANCE TO ACCEPT AWARD - RAMAN, JAY
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo asks that WHA/EX obtain authorization for FSO Jay Raman to accept the "Order of Police Merit" recognizing his contributions while serving as political officer (human rights and labor) 2004-2005. 2. On June 16, 2005 Dominican President Leonel Fernandez issued Decree N [...]
2006-05-18 21:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER
06SANTODOMINGO1652DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE
[...] (U) In late April the Dominican Commission for the Renegotiation of Contracts in the Electric Sector publicized its formal decision to seek renegotiation of contracts signed by the government and electricity generators, alleging that technical flaws in the formulas are resulting in excessive [...]
2006-05-18 22:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ENRG ECON EINV EFIN
06SANTODOMINGO168HAITIAN MIGRANT DEATHS REVEAL WEAK BORDER CONTROLS
[...] (C) Summary. The January 11 death by suffocation of 24 illegal Haitian migrants has triggered a Dominican Government response that includes a formal apology to Haitian authorities, a presidential promise to seek justice with the formation of a "blue-ribbon" investigative committee, and the ne [...]
2006-01-13 23:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ELTN HA KJUS MARR PREF PREL SOCI
06SANTODOMINGO1689DOMINICAN FM INVITES SECRETARY RICE TO REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has formally invited Secretary Rice to attend a June 2-3 extraordinary meeting of the 8 countries that are members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico are invited. Dominicans will consid [...]
2006-05-23 17:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL DR ENRG
06SANTODOMINGO170DOMINICAN FUGITIVE PORFIRIO HERNANDEZ WAIVES
[...] On January 13, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Porfirio Hernandez to the United States for trial in the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment number 02-CR-1270, charging conspiracy to defraud the United States, bank fraud, and aiding and abetting bank fraud. 2. Following a [...]
2006-01-17 13:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN DR KCRM SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1709DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #13: A REALIGNMENT IN CONGRESS
[...] (U) This is the 13th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: 2006 Elections - A Realignment in Congress and the Municipalities The ruling PLD of President Leonel Fernandez won the May 16 congressional and municipal elections b [...]
2006-05-24 23:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO171DOMINICAN POLITICS II #14: DOMINICAN PRESIDENT
[...] (U) This is the 14th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics II #14: Leonel Fernandez Receives DAS for Caribbean Patrick Duddy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. [...]
2006-01-17 13:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETDR HA PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO1751SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
[...] (C) Summary. President Leonel Fernandez and his party have just triumphed in mid-term elections in this pro-United-States, lower-middle income developing country in the Caribbean. Democracy is both young and fragile. Fernandez wants to use his mandate to build a modern state, and he has cal [...]
2006-05-30 20:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ETRD OAS DR
06SANTODOMINGO1754DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN ADVANCE
[...] Poloff delivered talking points as requested in reftel to Dominican Ambassador for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla, on May 24. There was no substantive comment. HERTELL [...]
2006-05-30 21:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR
06SANTODOMINGO1756DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN REFORM DEMARCHE GIVEN IN
[...] Poloff delivered talking points on UN reform to Dominican Ambassador for UN Affairs, Michelle Cohen, as well as Dominican Vice-Minister for Foreign Relations, Alejandra Liriano, on May 25. The DOS Spanish-language translation of these points was distributed to both officials the morning of M [...]
2006-05-30 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC UNGA
06SANTODOMINGO1757DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points on public support for Iraqi government formation completion to Dominican Ambassador for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla, on May 24. There was no substantive comment. HERTELL [...]
2006-05-30 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ
06SANTODOMINGO1854MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES -
[...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...]
2006-06-02 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ
06SANTODOMINGO1858DOMINICAN PRESIDENT SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) On June 2 the Ambassador opened his private meeting with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez with a description of the U.S. initiative with European nations concerning Iran and nuclear enrichment issues. The issue had preempted attendance of the Secretary of State at the annual general a [...]
2006-06-05 11:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1898DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ - VISIONS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 2 President Leonel Fernandez described to the Ambassador his ambitions for the two years remaining in his term, including a "democratic revolution" including grassroots consultations on institutional change. He asked for a friendly hearing and "some modest concession" t [...]
2006-06-06 19:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD KDEM KIPR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1911COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY
[...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to US Treasury Representatives John Ramos and Robert Warfield for travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from June 19 to June 30, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct an annual assessment of the current Tax Technical [...]
2006-06-07 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA DR
06SANTODOMINGO1912DEPUTY SECRETARY,S TOUR D,HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez used a wide-ranging meeting with the Deputy Secretary June 4 to elicit support from within his own implementation team to take the steps needed to bring CAFTA-DR into force by August. Urged by the Deputy Secretary to support Guatemala for a seat o [...]
2006-06-07 15:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV KCRM KIPR KUNP HA DR
06SANTODOMINGO1918NEW UN SRSG FOR HAITI SHARES HIS FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: New United Nations SRSG for Haiti Edmond Mulet told WHA PDAS Shapiro June 4 that he had come away from his first two days on the job with the sense that it was urgent for President Preval to be able to show some results that the population could see. He hoped that t [...]
2006-06-07 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO1919DHS WORK LEADS TO CSI CERTIFICATION FOR CAUCEDO,
[...] (SBU) Embassy has been informed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that the Dominican port of Caucedo has been designated as meeting the necessary requirements of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and that DHS and Dominican Customs have agreed on [...]
2006-06-07 19:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PGOV PINS PREL KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1921CORRECTED COPY: NEW UN SRSG FOR HAITI SHARES HIS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: New United Nations SRSG for Haiti Edmond Mulet told WHA PDAS Shapiro June 4 that he had come away from his first two days on the job with the sense that it was urgent for President Preval to be able to show some results that the population could see. He hoped that t [...]
2006-06-08 11:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO1938DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #14: POST-ELECTION REFORMS ON
[...] (U) This is the 14th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Post-Election Reforms on the Dominican Agenda During the campaign President Fernandez asserted that the PRD-PRSC opposition was using its "tyrannical majority" in Co [...]
2006-06-09 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV DR KCOR
06SANTODOMINGO1941DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2006 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This cable provides the 2006 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. The tracked changes version was sent via email on June 9, 2006 as directed. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of seventeen (17) claims (including five new ones fo [...]
2006-06-09 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC DR ENIV KIDE PGOV OPIC
06SANTODOMINGO1955DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBRACES IACHR: PLACES JUDGE
[...] (U) Long-time Foreign Ministry professional Dr. Radhys Abreu de Polanco was elected from among 6 candidates during the recent OAS General Assembly (June 4-6) to serve a term as judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). She is one of six judges; each has a term of six years wit [...]
2006-06-12 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS OAS DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO1956DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROBERT LOPEZ EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On June 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Roberto Irrizari Lopez (aka Miguel Angel Dotel Sierra) to the United States for trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is the subject of indictment number 02CF003278 filed June 19, 2002. As detailed in the indictment, Lopez is alleged to have participa [...]
2006-06-12 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1993DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CITIBANK 2006 CORPORATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 15:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT
06SANTODOMINGO2045SUPPORT FOR MDA AT 6/20 CONFERENCE - DOMINICAN
[...] Embassy on June 14 delivered text of points Ref A (minus the if-asked points) through the American Red Cross Caribbean representative here to the director general of the Dominican Red Cross, Arq. Gustavo Lara Tapia. Lara said he was forwarding the points to Dominican Red Cross president Ligia [...]
2006-06-19 20:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL ICRC PHUM IS
06SANTODOMINGO2127DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ORTEGA DE LEON EXTRADITED
[...] On June 22, 2006, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents returned Jose Ramon Ortega de Leon (aka Chico) to Westchester, NY for trial before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S7 04 CR 1353 (K [...]
2006-06-28 14:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2195DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GATHERING COMMENTS ON OAS MLAT
[...] Using reftel talking points, Embassy delivered on July 3 a demarche suggesting Dominican signature and ratification of the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (OAS MLAT) and associated Optional Protocol to Minister-Counselor Carmen Contreras of the Ministry of Fo [...]
2006-07-05 14:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS DR
06SANTODOMINGO2198EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RAMIREZ, ALBA,
[...] On July 5, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Aurelio Ramirez to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, where he is the subject of indictment number 01-161(SEC) filed on April 14, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Ramirez is alleged to have participated [...]
2006-07-05 18:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2213DOMINICAN REPUBLIC APPROVES U.S. IRCRAFT
[...] er reftel, the Dominican Republic approves U.S. aicraft clearance for the ER-2 aircraft to operateand transit in airspace controlled by the Dominian Republic during the mission occurring July-Augst 2006. The Dominican Republic also approves clearance for border crossings and/or landing for t [...]
2006-07-06 13:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL BF HA
06SANTODOMINGO2228AMBASSADOR'S CERTIFICATION FOR SWIFTSHIPS SALE TO
[...] I have reviewed arrangements made by the Dominican authorities, at the suggestion of this Embassy, concerning the proposed sale to the Dominican Republic of four 46-foot Swiftships patrol vessels with financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank. 2. The Dominican Navy, the Dominican Navy's sp [...]
2006-07-07 11:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR BEXP MARR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2244DOMINICAN PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT READY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 7, President Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador that he wants CAFTA-DR to enter into force in July, saying that there is no need to wait for the new Congress to take office in August to pass required legislation. He said that CAFTA is part of his long term strategic [...]
2006-07-10 11:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ETRD KIPR
06SANTODOMINGO225DOMINICAN POLITICS II #15: THE EMERGING "PINK"
[...] (U) This is the 15th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics II #15: The Emerging &Pink8 Alliance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (U) Since October, the main opposition PRD has been negotiating [...]
2006-01-19 21:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV
06SANTODOMINGO2314FERNANDEZ SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR THE SECURITY
[...] (C) On July 13, Ambassador Hertell spoke to President Fernandez regarding the UNSC seat (reftel). Fernandez responded that the Dominican Republic will support Guatemala's bid, but also mentioned to Ambassador Hertell that if consensus is not reached, Fernandez would like to see the Dominican [...]
2006-07-14 22:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALGT PREL UNGA VE UNSC UN
06SANTODOMINGO2315FERNANDEZ SENDS CONGRATULATORY NOTE REGARDING U.S.
[...] Post received a dipnote from President Fernandez and Minister of Foreign Relations Troncoso addressed to both President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The dipnote offered their congratulations on behalf of Independence Day. 2. Unofficial translation reads as follows [...]
2006-07-14 22:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL SCUL
06SANTODOMINGO2375DOMINICAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TAX ON SALE OF
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation of nine executives from Verizon USA (VZ) met with a similar size delegation from the Dominican government in the presidential palace. Mr. John Diercksen, (JD) Executive VP for Strategy, Development & Planning, headed the VZ delegation. President Fernandez (PF) le [...]
2006-07-21 21:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECPS DR EINV ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO238DOMINICANS ORGANIZING PRE-OAS-ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso told the Ambassador and visitng WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy on January 12 that the Dominicans are SIPDIS hoping to organize a summit meeting of U.S.-friendly presidents on May 28-29, the week before the OAS General Asse [...]
2006-01-23 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OPDC DR OAS HA
06SANTODOMINGO243WHA DAS DUDDY VISITS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAN
[...] (U) Summary: Following his visit to Port au Prince, WHA DAS Patrick Duddy visited the Dominican Republic January 11-12 where he met President Fernandez (ref a),the congressional leadership, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (ref b) and several other cabinet -level officials. Much of the dis [...]
2006-01-23 18:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2465NEW DOMINICAN CRIME CONTROL INITIATIVES TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of military soldiers joined police in joint nighttime patrols throughout the country this week in an effort to quell violent crime and enforce new curfews on the sale of alcohol. These initiatives, among others, were implemented by presidential decree this week in [...]
2006-07-28 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO2551DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: U.N. KEY TO RESOLVING LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE DR
06SANTODOMINGO2552DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LACKS POSITION ON P5+1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU DR
06SANTODOMINGO2608DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BALBI AND GONZALEZ EXTRADITED
[...] On July 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Antonio Balbi to the United States for trial in the District Court for Passaic County, New Jersey, where he is the subject of indictment number 05-08-1167(I),filed August 18, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Balbi is alleged to have been the [...]
2006-08-14 17:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2628DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BALBI AND GONZALEZ EXTRADITED
[...] On July 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Antonio Balbi to the United States for trial in the District Court for Passaic County, New Jersey, where he is the subject of indictment number 05-08-1167(I),filed August 18, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Balbi is alleged to have been the [...]
2006-08-15 13:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO263DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD CHIEF ON ELECTORAL
[...] (U) Summary. Dominican Central Electoral Board president Luis Arias told the Ambassador on January 18 that civil society criticism of a proposal to use 500 Brazilian-produced electronic voting machines is misguided. Arias welcomes the prospect of international observation of the election and [...]
2006-01-25 15:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR KDEM PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO267DOMINICANS WILL INVITE PRESIDENT BUSH TO MAY 28-29
[...] (C) The Dominican Foreign Minister is moving quickly to mobilize heads of state for a "counter-Petrocaribe" summit in late May and hopes to get Latin American partners to help persuade President Bush to attend. 2. (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Tronocos reiterated to the Amb [...]
2006-01-25 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR ENRG IN KTIA OVIP PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO268REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche as a nonpaper, seeking support for reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, to MFA director of UN affairs Michelle Cohen on January 20 (as soon as we received the official Spanish language version of the points). Cohen on January 25 informed us she had [...]
2006-01-25 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR DR EUN AORC
06SANTODOMINGO2720DOMINICAN MFA OFFICIAL COMMENTS THAT "COMPACT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to shared points regarding the "Compact with the Cuban People," Embassy received a four page written response by Ambassador Danilo P. Clime, Director of the Caribbean Affairs Section of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Clime asserts in his response that, g [...]
2006-08-24 12:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU DR
06SANTODOMINGO2726DOMINICAN POLITICS III #1: ROUTINE AND GENERALLY
[...] This is the first cable in our series on the third year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Dominican President Makes Routine and Generally Positive Cabinet Changes (C) Summary: Dominican President Leonel Fernandez made a small number of adjustments in his ca [...]
2006-08-24 13:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PREL PINR MARR
06SANTODOMINGO273DOMINICAN POLITICS II #16: FERNANDEZ WARNS OF
[...] (SBU) This is the 16th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. (The President's remarks on "balkanization" reflect the Dominican obsession with the thorny issue of dealing with Haitian migrants; ugly incidents suggest tha [...]
2006-01-25 20:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA DR PHUM
06SANTODOMINGO2769DOMINICAN POLITICS III #2: PRD: DEFEAT, THE
[...] This is the second cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRD: Defeat, the Preliminary to Renewal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) The decisive defeat of the Dominican Revolutionar [...]
2006-08-25 20:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2771DOMINICANS SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDATE, STUDY ILC
[...] On August 24, poloff delivered reftel B talking points with accompanying diplomatic note to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen, both requesting Dominican support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). 2. Cohen noted that the Dominic [...]
2006-08-28 10:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNGA UNHRC
06SANTODOMINGO2782DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFFIRMS CNIES AGREEMENT
[...] On August 28, Embassy received Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note DEJ/STI 20927, dated August 25, 2006, stating that the Cooperating National Information Exchange (CNIES) agreement (as detailed in ref A and presented via Embassy Santo Domingo Diplomatic Note 236 of November 9, 2005) wa [...]
2006-08-28 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS EARI PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2784DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ANTONIO LANTIGUA EXTRADITED TO
[...] On August 23, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Antonio de Jesus Lantigua Vargas to the United States for trial in the State of New York, where he is the subject of indictment number 3864-2005, filed August 3, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Lantigua is alleged to have committed Sodomy in the [...]
2006-08-28 20:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2785CALL ON NEW DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL RADHAMES
[...] (SBU) On August 22, Ambassador Hertell, accompanied by DCM, poloff, NAS, RSO, and representatives from DHS, FBI, USAID, and the U.S. Marshals Service, met recently sworn-in Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena in a one-hour courtesy call also attended by members of the media. Jimenez, who l [...]
2006-08-29 10:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS DR JIMENEZ
06SANTODOMINGO2810IMPROVEMENTS ON DOMINICAN SUGAR PLANTATIONS: THE
[...] SUMMARY: Observations from visits in March and on August 25 indicate that the Vicini consortium, one of the two largest private producers of sugar in the Dominican Republic, has substantially improved working conditions associated with its Cristobal Colon plantations. These changes come amids [...]
2006-08-29 21:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PHUM SMIG KOCI DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO2838WATCHLISTS AT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S POINTS OF ENTRY
[...] (S) Summary. With reftels Embassy reported on the Dominican Republic's immigration database system located at seaports, airports, and border crossing points. New information reveals that at points of entry only the Dominican intelligence agency has access to watchlists provided by Interpol a [...]
2006-09-01 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO287ALEMAN DEMARCHE TRIGGERS PLEDGE OF ACTION, BUT
[...] (SBU) The issue of Nicaraguan - Dominican cooperation in investigating the movement of funds laundered by Nicaraguan ex-president Aleman is long-standing, with a USG-brokered meeting between Dominican and Nicaraguan Attorney Generals occurring as early as June 2005. Poloff discussed the case [...]
2006-01-26 13:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NI
06SANTODOMINGO2899OPEN SKIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HELD HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Dominican Government signed the 1986 and the 1999 Air Trade Agreements between the United States and the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Congress never ratified them. According to Dominican civil aviation authorities, the agreements are not legally binding. Air [...]
2006-09-08 11:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2900DOMINICAN POLITICS III #3: BALAGUER COMMEMORATION:
[...] This is the third cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (SBU) Summary. The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of longtime president Joaquin Balaguer presented Dominican politicians with many difficul [...]
2006-09-08 13:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2908DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ'S CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] (U) Summary. On September 8-9 President Fernandez is hosting a national conference with roughly 300 public and private participants from the electricity sector. The conference will focus on a report presented to President Fernandez in March 2006 by Adam Smith International (ASI) regarding t [...]
2006-09-11 11:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO292DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on January 24 and left the general points (paras 4-5) as a non-paper, regarding UN reform priorities. Morales accepted the non-paper and acknowledged the importance of the issue of UN reform. He did not ask [...]
2006-01-26 16:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR DR PHUM UN ADCO
06SANTODOMINGO2941DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT SUBERO ISA CONFIRMS CORRUPTION, COMPLEMENTS COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 16:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCVIS KJUS KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2946DOMINICANS DECLARE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL, 2008-09
[...] In a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on September 7, the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally relayed the Dominican Republic's candidacy for non-permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council for the period of 2008-09, with elections to be held during the 62nd UN [...]
2006-09-13 20:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA UNSC DR
06SANTODOMINGO2958AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ: NAM
[...] (SBU) In a September 9 meeting with President Fernandez, the Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on the NAM Summit, emphasizing the importance the United States places on the UN Security Council membership, terrorism, democracy, and the Middle East. 2. (C) Regarding the Security Council ra [...]
2006-09-14 18:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU
06SANTODOMINGO2962AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER:
[...] (U) Ambassador Hertell met with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 12 to introduce Post's new DCM, Roland Bullen. Dominican Under Secretary Jose Manuel Trullols and POLOFF also attended. 2. (C) Following pleasantries, the Ambassador raised the CAFTA-DR implementation pro [...]
2006-09-14 18:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO2972DOMINICAN FUGITIVE YSRAEL MUSTAFA BERNABE
[...] On September 13, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Ysrael Mustafa Bernabe to the United States for sentencing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, where he is the subject of indictment number H-95-245, filed October 6, 1995. As detailed in the indictment, Mustafa was char [...]
2006-09-15 16:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2987IMF: DOMINICANS MISSING FISCAL TARGETS
[...] (U) Summary: IMF resrep Erik Offerdal told the Ambassador on September 13 that the Dominican government has failed to meet fiscal targets so far this year and that the IMF told the Dominicans it expects the problem to be alleviated to keep the standby on track. The Dominican Republic missed it [...]
2006-09-18 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3000DOMINICAN POLITICS III #4: THE PRSC IN DECLINE
[...] This is the fourth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. The PRSC in Decline - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) The Dominican Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) is badly split and in search of justification for its conti [...]
2006-09-19 20:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3022DOMINICAN POLITICS III #5: PRIMER ON THE PRD PARTY
[...] This is the fifth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRIMER ON THE PRD PARTY (C) Despite major defeats in the 2004 presidential and 2006 legislative elections, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) remains the [...]
2006-09-22 11:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL PINR
06SANTODOMINGO3028DOMINICAN FUGITIVE FELIX RODRIGUEZ EXTRADITED TO
[...] On September 22, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Felix Rodriguez (aka Felix Moca and/or Coco Pelao) to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, where he is the subject of sealed indictment number 05-302(DRD),filed September 8, 2005. As alleged in the ind [...]
2006-09-22 18:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3031THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT--YOUNG AND TOOTHLESS
[...] Summary. Many believed that President Fernandez would replace the Minister of Environment, Max Puig, at the mid-term point. After many cabinet shifts, however, Fernandez decided to keep Puig, which is a good indicator of where Environment falls on Fernandez's list of priorities....near the [...]
2006-09-22 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO
06SANTODOMINGO3086FERNANDEZ CRIME INITIATIVES CREDITED FOR DROP IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent crime statistics for the month of August showed a significant reduction in the country's homicide rate, which many attribute to the success of President Fernandez's July anti-crime initiatives. Of note is the low incidence of extrajudicial killings carried out by police i [...]
2006-09-27 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO3105DOMINICAN POLITICS III #6: GOVERNMENT THROWS THE
[...] (U) This is the sixth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (U) On September 28, Education Minister Alejandrina German made corruption allegations against Milagros Ortiz Bosch, a presidential candidate and senior lead [...]
2006-09-29 16:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO3129DOMINICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL - STATS AND
[...] (U) Summary. Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98 percent of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are located in [...]
2006-10-03 17:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX DR
06SANTODOMINGO3139POTUS SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DOMINICAN PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo provides following background for the tentatively scheduled October 25 call on the President by President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez. Background ------------ 2. (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become the most reliable supporter of democracy [...]
2006-10-03 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3141DENGUE FEVER: SLOW DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Health authorities in the Dominican Republic continue trying to deal with the widespread outbreak of dengue fever that started in June, asserting at the same time that that there is no epidemic. On September 24 the Public Health Ministry announced that 3,933 cases of dengue [...]
2006-10-03 20:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID AMED EAGR PREL PGOV SENV TBIO DR
06SANTODOMINGO3179DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ASKS FOR "WAIVER" ON
[...] (U) Action request, para 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador used a one-on-one meeting with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez on October 5 to raise point-by-point reftel demarche on the Department's requirement that individuals recently appointed as Consul General New York and Consul General San [...]
2006-10-06 17:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS OFDP PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO3188DOMINICAN PRESIDENT SAYS COUNTRY IS READY TO ACT
[...] (SBU) On October 5 President Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador that if CAFTA-DR is not implemented by January 1 it will be a failure for the country. He asked what needs to be done to secure entry into force by the end of the year. The Ambassador outlined a series of pending issues that mu [...]
2006-10-06 20:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO3248BIOFUELS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary. For 2006, the Dominican Republic is expected to spend close to 8 percent of its GDP on petroleum imports, similar to 2005. The government understands the need to diversify its fuel strategy to lower energy costs, especially in the electricity sector. Although a renewable energ [...]
2006-10-13 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV ENRG
06SANTODOMINGO3250CONTROVERSIAL PRIEST, BATEY ACTIVIST RECALLED TO
[...] Sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. SUMMARY: Father Christopher Hartley, an outspoken and controversial advocate for worker rights on the Dominican sugar plantations (bateyes),has been unexpectedly recalled to New York. Church spokesmen claim that the recall was a routin [...]
2006-10-13 17:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3251DOMINICAN FUGITIVES FELIZ, ARRINDELL, AND JIMENEZ
[...] On October 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Jansys Feliz Terrero to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number 03-CR-80-P-H, filed September 9, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Feliz is charged [...]
2006-10-13 18:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3282HAITIANS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - - THEY JUST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unfulfilled promises, nationalistic rebuffs and outright distortions continue to characterize the Dominican response to international concerns over the country's treatment of its largely undocumented Haitian minority. Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to comply [...]
2006-10-18 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC UNHCR IOM HA
06SANTODOMINGO3285ELECTRICITY SERIES #1: WHO'S GOT THE POWER IN THE
[...] (U) This is the first cable of a series on the politics surrounding the electricity sector and why politics and not economics is the cause of the electricity crisis in the Dominican Republic. Contending institutions oversee Dominican electricity policy and regulation. Recent changes suggest [...]
2006-10-19 11:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3308DOMINICAN PLAN TO RECAPITALIZE CENTRAL BANK SEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 11:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO3313DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTANA DE LEON EXTRADITED TO
[...] On October 19, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Ramirez Santana de Leon to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Santana de Leon had been indicted on August 10, 2006, in case number 06-253 (PG),for multiple narcotics offenses involving multi-kilogram q [...]
2006-10-23 15:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3320DOMINICAN POLITICS III #7: ANECDOTES FROM EARLY
[...] This is the seventh cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (U) The presidential election in the Dominican Republic will not take place until May 2008; however, intra-party maneuvering has already begun in earnest. We [...]
2006-10-23 21:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3321STAFFDEL MEACHAM: U.S. ASSISTANCE AND DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carl Meacham and Bernard Toon, Senior Professional Staff Members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, traveled to the Dominican Republic October 13-14. The visit's primary focus was Operation Enduring Friendship, a U.S. assistance program funded by Section 1206 resource [...]
2006-10-23 21:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL OVIP
06SANTODOMINGO3324DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY:
[...] (SBU) On October 24, Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Morales. Morales replied that he understands U.S. sensitivities on this issue, since the Dominican Republic has similar problems with the border it shares with Haiti. The Foreign Minister said that he agreed with t [...]
2006-10-24 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG
06SANTODOMINGO3328DOMINICAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: NAVAL COMMANDO
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned for the Commando Squad of the Dominican Navy, EcoPol section advises that it has no repeat no information of any allegations of violations of human rights by the 64-man squad or by its commander, Naval Capt. Nelson A. ROQUE GARCIA. 2. Emba [...]
2006-10-25 15:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3329DOMINICAN POLITICS III #8: HIPOLITO MEJIA SUPPORTS
[...] (U) This is the eighth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (C) During a tour d'horizon of the local political scene, former president Hipolito Mejia (2000-2004) told the Ambassador that his Dominican Revolutionary P [...]
2006-10-25 15:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL ECON EFIN
06SANTODOMINGO333DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ INVITES PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has formally invited President Bush to attend a May 30-31 extraordinary summit meeting of the 8 countries members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico will be invited. Dominicans will consider the pos [...]
2006-01-31 21:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC DR PREL XK CO MX
06SANTODOMINGO3359A DOMINICAN STRIKE THREATENS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY
[...] SUMMARY: Employees of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD),the largest university in the Dominican Republic, carried out a 48-hour strike this week in protest of a university-wide change in medical insurance providers. Workers resumed normal activity on Wednesday, but organizers [...]
2006-10-26 20:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB DR PGOV SCUL SOCI
06SANTODOMINGO3364DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANON DELIVERED
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on UNGA Resolutions on the Situation of Human Rights and Children in Lebanon to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),[...]
2006-10-27 15:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER
06SANTODOMINGO3365DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL AT UNGA DELIVERED
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Israel at UNGA" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We wi [...]
2006-10-27 17:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL UNGA IS
06SANTODOMINGO3386DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #2: INSISTING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 14:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3387DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #2: INSISTING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 14:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3398LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PERIODIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santo Domingo Law Enforcement Development program has continued to make significant progress in assisting the Dominican National police's (DNP) transition to a professional civilian authority. Police reform initiatives launched within the last year are consistent with n [...]
2006-10-30 19:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS DR
06SANTODOMINGO3409DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SERIES #3: FINISH WHAT YOU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3413DOMINICAN POLITICS III #9: MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO, PRD HEIR APPARENT
[...] This is the third cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Political Series III #9: Miguel Vargas Maldonado, PRD Heir Apparent (SBU) On October 30 the Ambassador received Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the beefy, self con [...]
2006-11-01 16:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PGOV PREL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
06SANTODOMINGO3417DOMINICAN CONGRESS REJECTS 1999 AIR TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 17, the Dominican House of Representatives refused to ratify the 1999 Air Trade Agreement with the United States. Congressmen said the consensus was that the agreement is harmful to the interests of the country. The official report contained language recommended by [...]
2006-11-02 15:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3438SANTO DOMINGO 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for drugs from South America, with cocaine transiting to Europe, and both cocaine and heroin transiting to the United States. During 2006, the DR dramatically increased major seizures of narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA; continued [...]
2006-11-03 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3439TRANSPORTATION UNION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Center for Unified Transit Workers (CNTU) has announced plans for marches and strikes on November 4 and 7 (during and after a three-day weekend) and an extended strike on November 16-17. CNTU leader Ramon Perez Figuereo predicts more than 30,000 of his union's memb [...]
2006-11-05 13:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO344DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RUN FOR SENATE;
[...] (C) Summary: On January 26 Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito previewed for the Ambassador that, at the request of his political party (the ruling PLD),he will take a three-month leave of absence to run for senator from Santiago in the May 16 election. He is responding to [...]
2006-02-01 13:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DR SNAR KJUS KCOR EFIN PHUM NU HA
06SANTODOMINGO3466DEMARCHE ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 16:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PREL PARM
06SANTODOMINGO3482AMBASSADORS HERTELL AND SANDERSON TOUR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 19 U.S. ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and to Haiti visited a "maquiladora" in the Haitian CODEVI Free Trade Zone (FTZ) owned by Dominican corporation Grupo M. The enterprise directly employs around 1,500 Haitian workers in garment assembly. It hopes to expand th [...]
2006-11-13 16:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL ELAB KTEX ECON ETRD EINV HA
06SANTODOMINGO3491CONFESSED DOMINICAN MURDERER YMBERT SANTOS RETURNS
[...] On November 3, 2006, U.S. Marshals accompanied confessed murdered Ymbert A. Santos (aka Imbert A. Vasquez and/or "Shorty") as he returned to the state of New York for trial before the County Court of Suffolk County. 2. As detailed in the reference e-mail and Suffolk County arrest warrant 06 [...]
2006-11-13 19:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3501DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON ILC VOTE
[...] On August 24, poloff delivered Ref B talking points with accompanying diplomatic note to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen, both requesting Dominican support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). At the time, Cohen noted that the Domi [...]
2006-11-15 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDILC UNGA
06SANTODOMINGO3502DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NONSUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO
[...] On November 14, poloff delivered Ref C talking points to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen. This was followed up on November 15 by delivery of additional country-specific points contained in Ref A. Neither demarche resulted in substantive comment from Dominican authorities. [...]
2006-11-15 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC UN KTIA BO DR
06SANTODOMINGO3513DOMINICAN FUGITIVES ZAPATA AND PENA EXTRADITED TO
[...] On November 9, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Felix Antonio Zapata Molett to the United States for trial in the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S1 05 CR 714 (BSJ),filed August 30, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Zapata was charged with [...]
2006-11-15 21:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3521DOMINICAN POLITICS III #10: FERNANDEZ"S BIG
[...] (U) This is the tenth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez has initiated a program to reform the constitution of the Dominican Republic, seizing the opportunity presented by a [...]
2006-11-16 18:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SMIG
06SANTODOMINGO3545DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVIEWS ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA
[...] (C) On November 16, Economic-Political Counselor and poloff presented Ref A points concerning the November 17 special session to Deputy Secretary of State Alejandra Liriano and Undersecretary of State (and functional Chief of Staff) Jose Manuel Trullols. Trullols remarked immediately on the o [...]
2006-11-20 17:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR UN KTIA BO IS DR
06SANTODOMINGO3559REQUEST HR VETTING FOR DOMINICAN NAVY COMMANDO UNIT
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests Department human rights vetting of following members of the Dominican Navy Commando unit, scheduled for training by USSOUTHCOM from January 13, 2007. Embassy has no adverse information about any prospective trainees. 2. List follows: Dominican Navy Comm [...]
2006-11-22 11:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3601DOMINICAN POLITICS III, 11: SANTIAGO: CRIME, PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. The early November visit of POLOFFs to Santiago (est. population 700,000),the Dominican Republic's second largest city, provided some surprises, but also confirmed many of the trends we see in Santo Domingo. The Mayor openly admitted having "ghost employees" on the payroll, whil [...]
2006-11-29 20:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS VE DR
06SANTODOMINGO3616DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED,
[...] On November 29, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Baudilo Espiritusanto to the United States to serve sentence for a federal narcotics-related offense in the State of Texas, as detailed in Count One of indictment number CR H-00-875, filed on December 11, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Sou [...]
2006-11-30 21:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3617DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL ATTEND BAMAKO CONFERENCE
[...] The Dominican Republic will be represented at the Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza by Dr. Elizabeth Gomez, Chief of the General Directorate of Epidemiology Ministry of Health. Dr. Gomez noted that she received an explicit invitation to attend, addressed directly to her and ex [...]
2006-12-01 10:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL TBIO KFLU MA DR
06SANTODOMINGO3619DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On November 29, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Baudilo Espiritusanto to the United States to serve sentence for a federal narcotics-related offense in the State of Texas, as detailed in Count One of indictment number CR H-00-875, filed on December 11, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Sou [...]
2006-12-01 12:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3642DOMINICAN VALIDATION STUDY REVEALS LOW
[...] SUMMARY: Results of a completed validation study for the Dominican Republic suggest that three (3) to five (5) percent of Embassy's recently issued B1/B2 visa holders remain in the United States beyond the six months normally authorized under their visa classification. The study included app [...]
2006-12-04 19:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT DR SMIG KFRD ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO3644DOMINICAN POLITICS III #12: FERNANDEZ AT HIS
[...] (U) This is the twelfth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics III, #12: Leonel Fernandez at the Fail-Safe Point (SBU) A president who won in 2004 with 57 percent of the vote and enjoyed 70 percen [...]
2006-12-05 11:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3649DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TERRORIST LISTS
[...] While the Dominican Republic maintains internal watch lists, it does not maintain a terrorist list as contemplated by reftel. BULLEN [...]
2006-12-05 17:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER DR
06SANTODOMINGO3650DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHED ON AFCARPAC
[...] On December 4, poloff delivered reftel points to the office of Deputy Secretary of State Alejandra Liriano. Staffers indicated that her office had no knowledge of an invitation to the Khartoum AFCARPAC meeting, and committed to investigate who in the Dominican government, if anyone, had. Follo [...]
2006-12-05 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SOCI SU DR
06SANTODOMINGO3655SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]
2006-12-06 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO3659DOMINICANS AND VERIZON AGREE ON TERMS: CLEAR WAY
[...] (U) On December 1 the Dominican government and Verizon signed and agreement which brought to a close the sale of Verizon,s Dominican operation, Verizon Dominicana, eight months after it was first announced in April. The agreement involved a payment by Verizon of $170 million dollars to the D [...]
2006-12-06 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS DR EINV ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO3668DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONFIRMS NO ATTENDANCE AT
[...] On December 7, poloff received confirmation from Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen that the Dominican Republic will not/not attend the Khartoum AFCARPAC. BULLEN [...]
2006-12-07 18:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SOCI SU DR
06SANTODOMINGO3679DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION
[...] (C) Summary. In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last two reports (Ref B and C). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between th [...]
2006-12-08 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO371DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAYMOND FLORES WAIVES
[...] On January 26, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Raymond Flores (aka Jose Soles) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on his alleged participation in a series of "home invasion" robberies from July 2000 through October 2000. The spec [...]
2006-02-03 14:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3732DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAPHAEL CASTILLO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On December 13, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Raphael Castillo to the United States to serve sentence for second-degree murder, following a conviction in absentia after trial in the County Court for Monroe County, New York State. As detailed in indictment number 594-93, filed July 16, 1993, Ca [...]
2006-12-13 17:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3733DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR - DEMANDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since September 2006, the Dominican Republic has held four conferences on electricity sector reforms. The result is that the government wants to renegotiate the contracts but the generators do not; the private sector wants the government to criminalize the act of stealing ele [...]
2006-12-13 18:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON ENRG PGOV PREL EINV
06SANTODOMINGO3759CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]
2006-12-18 18:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SANTODOMINGO3785DOMINICAN FM WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO
[...] (SBU) On December 21, Charge Roland Bullen and acting Consul General, Mike Schimmel, delivered demarche (ref A) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and his deputy, Jose Manuel Trullols. Troncoso agreed with the points delivered in the demarche and said that this issue has been long o [...]
2006-12-22 11:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCA CASC CVIS OFDP PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3807WATER AND SANITATION ISSUES IN THE DOMINICAN
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Embassy conducted a review of host country needs and identified opportunities to strengthen U.S. engagement on water and sanitation programs in the Dominican Republic. Access to potable water, especially in rural areas, better sewage infrastructure and treatment fac [...]
2006-12-28 19:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OES
06SANTODOMINGO409DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 22:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO423UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS UPDATE
[...] The Dominican public and government have largely ignored the UNESCO convention on cultural diversity. 2. Per matrix requested reftel: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC I. d II. a III. a HERTELL [...]
2006-02-08 14:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL DR
06SANTODOMINGO427DOMINICAN AMBASSADOR: "TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY"
[...] (U) The Dominican ambassador to the United States sees Secretary Rice's concepts of "transformational diplomacy" as SIPDIS applicable to the danger Haiti presents to the international community, including to the Dominican Republic. He argues that since failing states threaten all, the inte [...]
2006-02-08 17:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO508DOMINICAN ELECTIONS 2006 SERIES #1: LOOKING TOWARD
[...] (SBU) This is the first cable in a series reporting on the upcoming elections in the Dominican Republic . Election Series #1: Looking Toward the May 16 Elections --------------------------------------------- ------------- On May 16 Dominican voters will choose all 32 senators, 178 repre [...]
2006-02-13 17:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO591IAEA REPORTS IRAN TO UNSC: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy delivered reftel points and non-papers -- regarding the February 4 IAEA Board of Governors decision to refer the Iran dossier to the UN Security Council -- to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen on February 8 and to MFA Africa/Middle East affairs director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadev [...]
2006-02-17 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL IR DR EU AORC
06SANTODOMINGO592MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DELIVERED TO
[...] Embassy on February 13 delivered reftel points on Palestinian assistance to MFA Africa/Middle East director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla. He expressed appreciation for the information, but had no immediate substantive reaction. Any subsequent reaction will be reported. HERTELL [...]
2006-02-17 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS KPAL DR
06SANTODOMINGO642DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INPUT FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301
[...] Summary: The Dominican government has shown improvement in its atten intellectual property rights. Ratification of CAFTA-DR by Dominican Co in September 2005 brought further pressure on the government to underta legislative changes as part of its commitment under the free trade agre strengthen [...]
2006-02-23 13:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO655DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES -
[...] (C) On February 16 the Ambassador reiterated to Dominican President Fernandez the USG request that the Dominican Republic contribute 10-12 staff officers to support operations in Afghanistan. The Ambassador emphasized the symbolic value of a Dominican donation, coalition solidarity and the bi [...]
2006-02-24 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR DR AF MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06SANTODOMINGO656DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REQUESTS INFORMATION
[...] (C) On February 16 the Ambassador informed Dominican President Leonel Fernandez that credible reports of Dominican navy corruption made it undesirable to authorize a sale of four 46-foot patrol boats for use by the Dominican Navy. He suggested that the sale of the four vessels might be justif [...]
2006-02-24 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALBEXP DR EFIN EXIM SNAR MARR
06SANTODOMINGO657DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ON HAITI, BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16 President Fernandez told the Ambassador he expects Haitian President-elect Preval will pay his first foreign visit to the Dominican Republic. Fernandez expressed keen interest in the possibility of President Bush's attendance at a May 30-31 regional summit in Santo [...]
2006-02-24 20:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR HA EXIM SNAR KCOR KJUS PHUM ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO658REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF CONDEMNATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 21:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ DR PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER
06SANTODOMINGO659MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS -
[...] (C) Embassy provided reftel points to MFA Africa and Middle East director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla on February 24. Hernandez noted that the Dominican Republic has no relations with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and has no plans for contacts with or diplomatic recognition.of the PA. He [...]
2006-02-24 22:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO734 DOMINICNA REPUBLIC:
[...] Summary: The Dominican government has shown improvement in its attention to intellectual property rights. Ratification of CAFTA-DR by Dominican Congress in September 2005 brought further pressure on the government to undertake legislative changes as part of its commitment under the free t [...]
2006-03-02 17:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DR KIPR
06SANTODOMINGO761PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES IN THE
[...] The following is Embassy's response to request for project proposals. (Begin Text) Proposal for Labor Justice Activities in the Dominican Republic A. Characteristics of Labor Justice in the Dominican Republic: description and justification for proposed activities A study of cas [...]
2006-03-03 14:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID ETRD SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO766DOMINICAN CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVES 2006 BUDGET
[...] SUMMARY: On February 15, 2006 the Dominican Congress approved the 2006 budget after obtaining minor changes from the Executive. The six-week delay resulted from political differences over the administration,s desire to continue a levy on exchange commissions, considered by legislators to [...]
2006-03-03 17:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO772DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT
[...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...]
2006-03-03 21:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO776DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT
[...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...]
2006-03-03 22:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO777HAITI'S PRESIDENT-ELECT WARMLY WELCOMED BY
[...] Summary. The visit of Haitian President-elect Rene Preval to Santo Domingo has been a media success and a generally feel-good event, including the reinvigoration of the dormant Dominican-Haitian Binational Commission. The press carries little of substance from the busy 24-hour visit. Embassy [...]
2006-03-03 22:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO778CORRECTED: PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: This is the corrected 2006 Embassy request for funding of a Dominican Republic Labor Justice capacity building program to support implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States and enforcement of the Dominican Labor Law. This program [...]
2006-03-03 23:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID ETRD KJUS DR
06SANTODOMINGO787DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE SIME REYES EXTRADITED TO
[...] On March 3, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Sime Reyes to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where he is the subject of indictment number 03-475 filed October 23, 2003. As detailed in the indictment, Sime Reyes is alleged to have participated [...]
2006-03-06 20:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO827DOMINICAN ELECTIONS 2006 SERIES #2: ALFREDO
[...] (SBU) This is the second cable in a series reporting on the upcoming elections in the Dominican Republic . Alfredo Pacheco: Rising Star in Dominican Politics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Opposition PRD National District president Cesar Cabrera gave politi [...]
2006-03-09 11:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PINR
06SANTODOMINGO841DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MAY 30-31 SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Recommendation and action request -- see para 6. 2, (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador March 6, Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso previewed his March 14-15 visit to Washington regarding two planned events in the Dominican Republic: a May 30-31 regional summit, t [...]
2006-03-09 14:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PREL OAS OPDC
06SANTODOMINGO862DOMINICAN POLITICS II #18 - FERNANDEZ'S
[...] Following is #18 in our series on the second year of the presidency of Leonel Fernandez. Fernandez Independence Day Speech Trumpets Accomplishments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In a vigorously optimistic Independence Day speech before a joint session of Con [...]
2006-03-09 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO879DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISITING OAS SYG INSULZA
[...] Summary: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, in a visit to the Dominican Republic March 5-6, met with President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, spoke at the opening events of the 23d Model OAS (March 5) and the Regional Forum on Modernization of Legislatures and [...]
2006-03-10 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL OAS
06SANTODOMINGO913DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: REPLY ON UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Embassy followed up to obtain a substantive response to the non-paper on UN reform that the Ambassador delivered to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on January 24. Acting UN affairs director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us March 8 that our views had been duly considered. 2, [...]
2006-03-14 11:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADCO KUNR PHUM PREL DR UN
06SANTODOMINGO914DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON NEXT UN SYG
[...] Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche on the appointment of the next secretary general as a non-paper, in official Spanish translation, to MFA chief of staff under secretary Jose Manuel Trullols, acting UN affairs director SIPDIS Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, and legal adviser Migue [...]
2006-03-14 11:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN DR
06SANTODOMINGO919DOMINICAN PRESIDENT LEONEL FERNANDEZ'S INVITATION
[...] (C) I consider that the invitation to a Central American/Caribbean summit on May 31 hosted by President Leonel Fernandez offers the President the opportunity of a high profile event that will strongly support regional democracy and free trade, just before the General Assembly of the Organizat [...]
2006-03-14 15:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETDR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO920COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY TAX ADVISORS
[...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury tax advisors John Ramos and Jean Tesche to travel to Santo Domingo from March 20 to April 1. The purpose of the trip is to continue working on a tax administration project for the Ministry of Finance. --------------- [...]
2006-03-14 17:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN OTRA
06SANTODOMINGO936COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY TAX ADVISOR
[...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury tax advisor Alan Beber to travel to Santo Domingo from March 27 to April 14. The purpose of the trip is to continue working on a tax administration project for the Ministry of Finance. 2. Embassy confirms availabi [...]
2006-03-16 15:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EFIN
06SANTODOMINGO946OAS CICTE VI PREPARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy political officer met on March 16 with Dominican Republic MFA legal adviser Miguel Pichardo to discuss preparations for the March 22-24 OAS counterterrorism ministerial in Bogota (CICTE VI). Drawing on talking points in both reftels, political officer emphasized the need to finish wor [...]
2006-03-17 12:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL OAS DR CO ECON MARR MASS CVIS VE
06SANTODOMINGO947UN ECLAC: DEPENDENT TERRITORIES DEMARCHE -
[...] Embassy political officer met with MFA under secretary for economic affairs and trade negotiations Juan Guiliani Cury on March 16 to deliver reftel demarche opposing Caricom efforts to allow associate members to participate in ECOSOC and subordinate bodies. Political officer emphasized the ex [...]
2006-03-17 12:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECLAC XL DR
06SANTODOMINGO976DOMINICAN ELECTIONS 2006 SERIES #4: POLL SHOWS
[...] (U) This is the 4th cable in a series reporting on the upcoming elections in the Dominican Republic . Poll Shows Former Police Chief as One of the Most Popular Figures - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Leonel Fernandez [...]
2006-03-21 16:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR
06SANTODOMINGO977DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #3: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) This is the 3rd cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's 2006 congressional and municipal elections:. President's Chief of Staff Previews Elections, Questions Ethics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medi [...]
2006-03-21 16:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV DR PREL KCOR SNAR PHUM
06SANTODOMINGO987DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY CRISIS CONTINUES--NO CHANGE
[...] Summary. The Dominican Republic continues to experience frequent localized electrical power blackouts that can last more than twelve hours a day. Energy sector problems hinder economic competitiveness and create widespread public dissatisfaction. Supply shortfalls in the sector can be attr [...]
2006-03-22 12:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ENRG PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO100DOMINICAN POLITICS III #14: POLITICAL PRIMARY
[...] This is the fourteenth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. THE DOMINICAN POLITICAL PRIMARY SEASON AND PROSPECTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Primaries of the three major Dominican poli [...]
2007-01-17 18:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO1000FOUR DOMINICAN TRAFFICKING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR
[...] The four trafficking proposals being submitted by Embassy Santo Domingo for G/TIP's consideration represent four organizations with diverse areas of expertise, who are each seeking to strengthen and expand existing programs and alliances to include stepped-up trafficking components. Taken tog [...]
2007-04-26 19:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1003AFTER 14 YEARS, DOMINICAN CIVAIR AUTHORITY EYES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since 1993, the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority (CAA) has remained on Category 2 status per the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA). Under Category 2, the Dominican Republic is not in compliance with minim [...]
2007-04-26 21:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON IO DR
07SANTODOMINGO1009BEST PRACTICES WORKSHOP PUTS DOMINICANS ON ROAD TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. government has regularly placed the Dominican Republic on the annual Special 301 Watch List because of Dominican ineffectiveness in combating violations of intellectual property rights (IPR). Particularly at issue are piracy of optical disks and theft of broadcast righ [...]
2007-04-27 15:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KIPR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1017DOMINICAN POLITICS III #24: PRD CANDIDATE VARGAS
[...] (U) This is the 24th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRD CANDIDATE VARGAS MALDONADO PREVIEWS CAMPAIGN THEMES (U) On April 25, the Santo Domingo Diplomatic Corps hosted a breakfast meeting for Miguel Vargas Mal [...]
2007-04-27 19:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1023COALITION CONFERENCE: NAVY CHIEF WILL REPRESENT
[...] (U) Vice Admiral Ivan Pena Castillo, Chief of Naval Operations, has accepted reftel invitation to represent the Dominican Republic at the Iraq Coalition Conference that will be held in Tampa, Florida, April 30-May 2, 2007. Vice Admiral Pena is in contact with Embassy Defense Attache Office (D [...]
2007-04-27 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR IZ DR
07SANTODOMINGO1025THE DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT'S ANSWER TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to press reports and industry contacts, construction on a 660MW (megawatt) coal-fueled electricity generating plant is finally scheduled to begin in May 2007, two years after Chinese firm Sichuan Machinery signed the contract to build it. Sichuan Machinery will buil [...]
2007-04-27 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PGOV PREL EINV DR
07SANTODOMINGO1026NPT PREPCOM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on NPT Prepcom to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Counselor Julissa Contin of the Office of U.S. Affairs took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report and extensive other mater [...]
2007-04-27 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT DR
07SANTODOMINGO1049JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...]
2007-05-03 19:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1050CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...]
2007-05-03 20:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1069DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S VIEW ON TREE SPECIES PROPOSAL
[...] Summary. Per reftel, emboff met with officials from the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources SIPDIS (SEMARENA) to discuss the upcoming CITES conference and the status of conservation of and trade in all species of the genus Cedrela. The species Dalbergia Retusa and Dalberg [...]
2007-05-04 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA EUN DR
07SANTODOMINGO1070DOMINICAN UNIONS, BUSINESS GROUPS AGREE ON WAGE
[...] SUMMARY: Representatives from umbrella labor unions and business groups reached an agreement on April 25 to hike the country's minimum wage by 15 percent and raise salaries by 5 percent for all other private employees earning up to 30,000 pesos (around USD 1,000) per month. These negotiations [...]
2007-05-05 19:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO1078DOMINICAN POLITICS III #25: FERNANDEZ WINS
[...] (U) This is the 25th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. FERNANDEZ WINS PRIMARY; FACES UNITY CHALLENGE --------------------------------------------- (U) On May 6, President Leonel Fernandez won the presidential p [...]
2007-05-07 18:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1081JOURNALIST USS DOMINICAN FOIA TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (SBU) he Santo Domingo subway project, one of President Leonel Fernandez's top national priorities, is cotroversial because of its high cost, lack of trasparent procurement, safety concerns, and other ssues. In comments yesterday to the newspaper Ho, Fernandez estimated the total cost of the [...]
2007-05-07 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EAID DR
07SANTODOMINGO1084DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NON-USG DONOR ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] Summary. Per reftel, emboff met with officials from the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources SIPDIS (SEMARENA) to discuss environmental trade capacity building (TCB) projects in the Dominican Republic that are financed by non-USG donors. In total, there are nine major dono [...]
2007-05-08 14:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB EPA ETRD SENV DR
07SANTODOMINGO11INSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with multiple NGOs. The Embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and [...]
2007-01-03 20:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI UNAUS
07SANTODOMINGO1100DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL COLLADO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On May 9, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Collado to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (Kings County) for multiple counts of murder and firearms violations, as detailed in indictment number 1664-83, filed on March 24, 1983. As laid out in the indictment, Collado sh [...]
2007-05-09 16:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1119EVALUATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMINICAN LABOR LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many employers in the Dominican agricultural sector regularly violate the Dominican labor code, according to several Dominican non-governmental organizations and other entities. Many of the workers in this sector are involved in the production of commodities that are exported to th [...]
2007-05-10 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB ETRD PHUM SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1128CITES: AWAITING DOMINICAN RESPONSE FOR US
[...] Per reftel, emboff spoke to Amarilis Polonia, Dominican Republic's CITES action officer, to solicit feedback on the species proposals submitted by the United States, in particular the Bobcat delisting proposal COP 14 Prop.2, Sawfish Appendix I listing proposal COP14 Prop.17, Red/Pink Corals [...]
2007-05-11 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO1130HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDECIDED
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Acting Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing (i) our view that for UN Member States should vote for countries with a strong human rights record, such as Slovenia, and not vote for those that do not resp [...]
2007-05-11 20:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1148DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARNOLDO CABRERA'S EXTRADITION
[...] On May 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Arnoldo Cabrera Dominguez to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to import and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, as detailed in indictment number S1 05-CR-1278 [...]
2007-05-14 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1166DOMINICAN POLITICS III #26: METRO PROJECT PLANS,
[...] (U) This is the cable 26 in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Politcal Series III, 26: The Santo Domingo Metro - Plans, Safety, Finances, Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2007-05-16 17:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV EINV EFIN
07SANTODOMINGO1177DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HIGH HURDLES FOR 7TH IMF
[...] (SBU) The Dominican government needs obtain passage of two pending pieces of legislation in order for the current IMF review to go forward, IMF Resident Representative Erik Offerdal told economic officer on May 17. One is a law that requires recapitalization of the Central Bank and the other [...]
2007-05-17 17:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO1189WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 19:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO DR
07SANTODOMINGO12DOMINICANS EMBARRASSED, ANGRY ABOUT FAILURE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PHUM OAS KTIA HA
07SANTODOMINGO1205CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy finds here has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (ref B). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between the Dominican Republi [...]
2007-05-22 12:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL DR CU
07SANTODOMINGO1207IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...]
2007-05-22 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR VE IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1218DEMARCHES ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS 1267 AND 1747:
[...] POLOFF delivered ref A talking points on "the importance of international support for counter-terrorism objectives" and ref B points on "implementing UNSCR 1747 (Iran nuclear program)" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but [...]
2007-05-23 16:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN PTER IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1245DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WENDY ALMONTE EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On May 23, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Wendy Almonte to the United States to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for multiple counts related to the importation of and possession with intent to distribute of MDMA ("ecstasy"),as detailed in indi [...]
2007-05-25 15:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1246DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FREE NARCO
[...] (C) Summary. In yet another bizarre turn in the Juan Flete - Lourdes Machuca extradition saga (reftel),the five justices of the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court have rejected the use of confidential witnesses in establishing probable cause in extradition proceedings - freeing bot [...]
2007-05-25 15:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO1258BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A WEEK OF CONTRASTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Two distinctly different faces of the Dominican Republic were on display this week. The week saw record sales at the Cap Cana resort development, an enterprise which, based on the draw of world-class beaches, promises to bring considerable investment and job growth to the country. At th [...]
2007-05-29 15:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ELAB PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1275BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A WEEK OF CONTRASTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Two distinctly different faces of the Dominican Republic were on display this week. The week saw record sales at the Cap Cana resort development, an enterprise which, based on the draw of world-class beaches, promises to bring considerable investment and job growth to the country. At th [...]
2007-05-30 13:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ELAB PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO128DOMINICAN COMMERCE MINISTRY INTERVENES IN
[...] (SBU) On January 18 the Dominican Ministry of Industry and Commerce (SEIC) published Resolution 23, not yet available on its website, which freezes current fuel transportation arrangements, further defines relevant terms, and creates a regime of stiff sanctions for failure to observe its inst [...]
2007-01-19 20:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL DR ETRD ENRG
07SANTODOMINGO1287URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CHDS
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests, exceptionally, URGENT PRIORITY attention to human rights vetting for the Dominican MFA Director of International Organizations Amb. Michele Cohen, to participate in preparation at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies for a National Security Plan senior lev [...]
2007-05-30 19:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO13DOMINICANS EMBARRASSED, ANGRY ABOUT FAILURE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 20:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PHUM OAS KTIA HA
07SANTODOMINGO130DOMINICAN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR THREATENS STRIKE
[...] SUMMARY: There are signs that in the face of threatened transportation strikes the Fernandez administration may back down from the commitment to the IMF to limit access to subsidized propane gas (LPG). The largest associations of private passenger transporters had announced plans to strike [...]
2007-01-22 10:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1302U.S.-BRAZIL BIOFUELS DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] On May 31 Charge, accompanied by Brazilian Ambassador Ronaldo Dunlop, delivered ref A demarche to Jose Manuel Trullols, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Morales (Morales briefly dropped by the meeting). Trullols was joined by MFA Adjunct Ambassador Juan Pla Gomez. 2. Trullols welcomed th [...]
2007-05-31 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PREL BR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1306URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DURAN
[...] This is an urgent priority action request, delayed when internal clearances were misdirected. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who have been nominated for training. [...]
2007-06-01 14:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO131(SBU) INVITATION: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS TO HOST
[...] Ambassador delivered invitation by telephone to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who confirmed that the Dominican Republic will be represented at the Department's follow-on meeting of key players on Haiti, February 1. HERTELL [...]
2007-01-22 10:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN
07SANTODOMINGO1354DEMARCHE ON U.S. REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED TO
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. 60-Day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1747" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This re [...]
2007-06-06 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1355COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA OFFICIALS DANIEL D.
[...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards Services Inspectors Daniel D. Castro and Joaquin Ochoa to travel to Santo Domingo from June 11 to 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct surveillance of U.S. reg [...]
2007-06-06 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1394CIVAIR: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ACCEPTS DESIGNATION OF
[...] In diplomatic note 13577 dated 05 June 2007 the MFA provided permission foir Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle) to operate between the United States and the Dominican Republic. BULLEN [...]
2007-06-11 19:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR EAIR KTIA
07SANTODOMINGO1395DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WILLIAM MORALES EXTRADITED TO
[...] On June 7, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned William Ricardo Morales Alvarez to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (County of New York) for murder (2nd degree),as detailed in indictment number 1899-03, filed on April 17, 2003. As laid out in the indictment, Morales shot to [...]
2007-06-11 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1396THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ON THE VERGE OF SOCIALIZED
[...] SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic is on the verge of implementing a groundbreaking, tightly regulated new health insurance system that could conceivably be called socialized medicine. Under this system, known as the "Family Health Plan" (SFS),all employees will be enrolled in the same minimal h [...]
2007-06-11 20:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSN AMGT ELAB DR SOCI PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO1424DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] a. Claimant A b. 1999 c. Eight independent power producers (IPPs),four of which are US-owned, provide approximately 30 percent of the Dominican Republic's electricity. In 1999, the IPPs entered into a "Definitive Agreement" with the government under which an escrow account [...]
2007-06-15 11:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE DR
07SANTODOMINGO1426DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT REACTS DEFENSIVELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge informed Dominican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Trullols and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano on June 11 of SIPDIS the decision to place the Dominican government on the Tier 2 Watch List in the Department's Trafficking Report [...]
2007-06-15 14:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETELAB MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SMIG KCRM DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1472LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-20 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1501DOMINICAN POLITICS III #27: REFORMISTAS CHOOSE
[...] (U) This is the 27th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Politics III, 27: AMABLE'S THE ONE On June 10 the Reformed Social Christian Party (PRSC or &reformistas8) chose Amable Aristy Castro as its presidential c [...]
2007-06-22 14:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO1502LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - US SWIFT, JUNE 24, 2007,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1503LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1504LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1548EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVE LUIS VIRGILIO
[...] On June 28, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Luis Virgilio Saldana Perez to the United States to serve a sixty month sentence following conviction in case number 2:01CR400-01. first filed on June 14, 2001, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. As detailed in the Court's ju [...]
2007-06-26 19:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1565ICAO GENERAL ASSEMBLY POSITION DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] ECONOFF delivered Reftel talking points on USG positions before the ICAO General Assembly meeting in September to the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ivan Vasquez and Santiago Rivas, Directors of Civil Aviation, took our views on board but had no [...]
2007-06-27 19:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL SENV DR
07SANTODOMINGO1582DOMINICANS ASSERT COUNTERCLAIMS TO CIA'S "FAMILY
[...] (U) Prior to the release of the CIA's "Family Jewels" set of historical documents, there was a good deal of speculation in the Dominican press that the documents would reveal new information about whether the United States was involved in the assassination of President Trujillo in 1961. Howeve [...]
2007-06-29 17:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1588DOMINICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN
[...] (U) The Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks support for their candidate for president of the Caribbean Conference on Maritime Demarcation. 2. (U) Translation of Diplomatic Note: (Complimentary Opening) The Dominican Republic has decided to nominate the engineer Carlos Michelen Namnu [...]
2007-06-29 20:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PBTS EFIS ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1600LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1601LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1609DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JUAN GARCIA EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On July 5, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Juan Carlos Garcia Soriano to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 5 kilograms of cocaine. As detailed in indictment number 05-29 ( [...]
2007-07-05 18:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1620LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER, US COAST
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-06 17:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1623ACTIONS OF DOMINICAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN MIAMI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) Embassy Santo Domingo is concerned about the apparent inappropriate behavior of Dominican Consul-General Manuel Almanzar Castillo at a June 27 public screening of the film "Sugar Babies," a production which is critical of the working [...]
2007-07-06 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO1626DOMINICAN POLITICS III #28: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE
[...] (U) This is the 28th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE AND PROTEST, JULY 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Radical neighborhood associations have called for a national strike in [...]
2007-07-09 11:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ASEC ELAB PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO164DOMINICAN COMMERCE MINISTER DISMISSES USG
[...] (SBU) On January 23 the Dominican commerce minister insisted to the Ambassador that he has full justification to alter the terms of contracts between petroleum companies and local fuel haulers. He dismissed any suggestion that his two recent resolutions contravened either the spirit or the [...]
2007-01-24 16:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALBEXP ELAB ENRG ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO1662DOMINICAN POLITICS III #29: NATIONAL STRIKE ENDS
[...] (U) This is the 29th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (SBU) The 24-hour national strike ended peacefully at 6:00 a.m. this morning. The strike leaders, the Alternative Social Forum (FSA),estimated observance of [...]
2007-07-10 18:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1672LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-11 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1679DOMINICANS SIGN 505 AGREEMENT, INTERCEPTOR BOATS
[...] (U) On June 28, Embassy received from the Dominican MFA diplomatic note DEJ/STI 16058 agreeing to the terms of a "505 agreement" first proposed in REFTELS B and C and most recently relayed to the Dominican Government via Embassy diplomatic note 90 of May 17, 2007. Electronic copies of both no [...]
2007-07-12 15:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER SNAR KCRM SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1691DOMINICAN POLITICS III #30: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) This is the 30th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (SBU) The presidential campaigns of incumbent Leonel Fernandez, of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),and Miguel Vargas Maldonado, of the Dominican Revolut [...]
2007-07-12 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1692REQUEST FOR 212(F) VISA REVOCATION FOR CORRUPT DOMINICAN CONSUL IN HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) This is an advisory opinion requesting the revocation of the B1/B2 nonimmigrant visas issued to Casilda Teonilde CASADO DE CHEUNG; her husband, Pak Shing CHEUNG; her brother, Roger CASADO ALCANTARA; and her children, Yin Mey, Yin Ney, Sheung Leung, and Jean Ney CHEUNG CASADO, under the Presid [...]
2007-07-13 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETCVIS OPRC PHUM KCRM KCOR CH DR
07SANTODOMINGO1693LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1694DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CELEBRATES UPGRADE TO CATEGORY
[...] (U) In a ceremony at the Presidential Palace on July 2, the Charge d'Affaires presented President Leonel Fernandez and the Director of the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) with a letter officially notifying the Dominican Government that its aviation safety rating has been elevated to [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1695LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1697LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 18:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1710DOMINICAN POLITICS III #31: ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC,
[...] (U) This is the 31st cable in our series on Dominican politics in the 3rd year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, PARTY DOESN'T CARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Eduardo Estrella, 2004 presidential candidate for the third-ranked [...]
2007-07-17 17:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KCOR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1712DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on Ambassador Swing's nomination to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pedro Blandino, the assistant secretary-equivalent for international organizations affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican [...]
2007-07-17 19:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AORC EUN PREF SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1713DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE HINOJOSA EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On July 15, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Ramon Hinojosa Santos to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 or more kilograms of cocaine (2 counts under 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846),[...]
2007-07-17 19:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1724LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - OUTBOARD MTR MT & OVHL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting immediate human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug [...]
2007-07-18 15:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1729PRESIDENT PREVAL VISIT
[...] (SBU) On July 12th President Rene Preval of Haiti completed a 10 hour visit to Santo Domingo. This was his third trip to the country since his election in February 2006. His agenda included attending a program at FUNGLODE, a 40-minute lunch with President Fernandez in the national palace, a [...]
2007-07-18 17:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO1730LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following unit that has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1731CORRECTED COPY - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT
[...] This is a corrected copy requesting Leahy Vetting of units in addition to unit commanders. 2. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 3. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following units that have [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1732LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWOS - INTL, NEWPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-18 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1744SENATE RESOLUTION ON HAITIAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) On July 11, the Dominican Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Haitian issues. The resolution comes on the heels of increased civil society criticism of the working conditions of (mostly Haitian and Haitian-Dominican) sugarcane cutters in the Dominican Republic (Ref A). Responding [...]
2007-07-20 12:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1748ENERGY SECTOR POWER PLAY THREATENS INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Dominican corporation of state electricity enterprises (CDEEE) is currently engaged in a political power play to recapture greater control of the electricity sector. CDEEE, which is the most powerful player in a fractured energy bureaucracy, has focused on both increasing the [...]
2007-07-20 13:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENIV ENRG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1752DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO OFFER TOURISM EXCURSIONS FOR
[...] (C) The Minister of Finance, Mr. Vicente Bengoa, told embassy officers on July 19 that the Dominican Republic intends to engage in barter trade, by offering goods and services in exchange for oil debt, in a meeting with the Venezuelan government next month. In an meeting with EXIM Bank offici [...]
2007-07-20 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD OTRA PREL VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO1756LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PATROL CRAFT WEAPONS MT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1757EMBASSY SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DOMINICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports the aircraft procurement program (termed RAMP) proposed by U.S. Air Force Southern Command (AFSOUTH) designed to provide partner nations such as the Dominican Republic with the ability to work jointly with the United States to secure national borders and [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1758EMBASSY SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT
[...] (S) Embassy concurs with and supports the concept of specialized counter-terrorism training for Dominican forces as proposed by the U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCSOUTH) and termed OEF-CCA Dominican Republic. This training will enable Dominican forces to effectively conduct unilateral/combine [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1759EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports efforts undertaken by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to improve Dominican maritime counter-terror capabilities through provision of naval interceptors (i.e., "go-fast boats),communications and other equipment, and training through the "Enduring Fr [...]
2007-07-20 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1774LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAR SAF PORT CTRL, SEPT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-24 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1781DOMINICAN OIL INDEPENDENCE AT RISK THROUGH SALE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires on July 24, former WHA Assistant Secretary Otto Reich and Mustafa Abu Naba'a of Sargeant Petroleum, Ltd warned that the sale of Shell Oil's 50 percent stake in the Dominican Republic's sole oil refinery (Refidomsa) threatens to create a virt [...]
2007-07-25 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO1782DOMINICAN REPLY ON RESETTLEMENT OF CHINESE UIGHUR
[...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered Reftel talking points on the resettlement of Uighur detainees to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Undersecretary for Judicial Affairs Miguel Pichardo Olivier expressed concern regarding the possible security threat posed by the detainees. He also commented [...]
2007-07-25 21:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PINR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1788LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-26 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1789UNGA: DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ WILL ATTEND
[...] (U) President Fernandez informed the Charge that he will be attending UNGA events in September (NFI). Post is seeking the details requested in Reftel and will report them as soon as they are available. 2. (SBU) Fernandez also told Charge that, while in New York, he will be campaigning (and [...]
2007-07-27 12:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1808DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Ensuring Robust Implementation of UNSC-Imposed Sanctions on Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. [...]
2007-07-31 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1810LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-31 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1850RADAR BREAKDOWN RAISES FINANCIAL AND SAFETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic is currently operating without radar redundancy for tracking inbound and outbound flights into Dominican airspace. The radar has been out of service for roughly six months and has suffered repeated breakdowns over the course of the past four years. The ra [...]
2007-08-07 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FAA PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1853LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1854LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PLT INSTRUMENTS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1855LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FBI ANTI-KIDNAP SEMINAR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1858LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - GROUND DEFENSE SKILLS,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1859EMBASSY BANS STAFF FROM NIGHTCLUB AFTER
[...] (U) On July 30, the Charge Roland Bullen directed all resident official U.S. Embassy employees to refrain from patronizing &The Loft,8 a popular Santo Domingo nightclub. The decision was made public in a press release, in which the Charge noted that the decision was taken in response to the ac [...]
2007-08-08 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1871LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ACFT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1872LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY, OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1873MICHES: LA ESPERANZA EN UNA CIUDAD PERDIDA (A RAY
[...] (U) Summary: The trip to Miches emphasized the challenges facing a small town as well as the possible opportunities specifically concerning cultural and possible ecotourism. While in the town we visited an artisan workshop known as Arte Miches, on the outskirts of the city and conducted inter [...]
2007-08-09 20:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1876LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-10 16:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1899DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF ICRC STANDING COMMITTEE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel demarche on the candidacy of Steve Carr for election to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the Assistant Secretary for international organizations, took our vie [...]
2007-08-14 21:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1906LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 18:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1907SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST
[...] PRD Alleges Corruption in Power Plant Contract 2. Refinery Sale Complications 3. New Focus in Tourism Development Announced 4. Chambers of Commerce on DR-CAFTA 5. PLD Strives for Unity as Presidential Campaign Approaches  [...]
2007-08-15 18:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1908DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS HCOC AGAINST BALLISTIC
[...] (U) The Dominican Republic has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. 2. (SBU) On August 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Carmen Contreras, Director of the Office of Judicial Affairs, provided POLOFF a photocopy of the relevant diplomatic [...]
2007-08-15 18:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1915DEMARCHE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] Via diplomatic note no. 173 (08/10/07),Post delivered Reftel talking points on the re-election campaign for Felice Gaer, the U.S. candidate for the "UN Committee Against Torture (Committee)." Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the assistant secretary for international organizations, replied that, "i [...]
2007-08-15 18:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1918LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - K-9 HANDLERS TRAINING,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 19:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1934DOMINICANS CALL IN CHARGE ON SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (U) Background: The Dominican Republic announced its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2008-2009 period prior to the 2006 General Assembly. At the time, they were also positioning [...]
2007-08-16 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA CS DR
07SANTODOMINGO1935LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2 and 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Although local records checks remain outstanding, post [...]
2007-08-16 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1936FREE TRADE ZONES CONFRONT CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The free trade zones (FTZ) of the Dominican Republic are experiencing a period of sharp decline. This decline has meant the loss of over 60,000 jobs since late 2004, concentrated almost exclusively in the textile and apparel industries, with additional job losses on the horizo [...]
2007-08-16 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1940LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MECHANICS OF MONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 17:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1941EX-IM BANK SEEKS REPAYMENT OF TWO LOANS FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19-20, a delegation from The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im),led by Senior Vice President John McAdams, met with President Leonel Fernandez, Minister of Finance Vincente Bengoa Albizu and Vice Governor of the Central Bank Clarissa de la Rocha to discuss the repayment of two [...]
2007-08-17 17:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO1964TFJM01 --SITREP ONE: EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Summary: On August 18, Hurricane Dean passed south of the Dominican Republic causing minor damage and some flooding in low lying areas. The Malecon road fronting the Caribbean was closed for 36 hours due to high seas, and three people died while watching the waves break along the seawalls. [...]
2007-08-19 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT DR MX
07SANTODOMINGO1983LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-22 13:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1988R/V CORWITH CRAMER MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL
[...] Per reftel action request, a diplomatic note requesting clearance of the R/V Corwith Cramer was delivered on August 17. Confirmation of clearance will be sent as soon as received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For additional information or follow-up please contact Economic Officer Ha [...]
2007-08-23 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07SANTODOMINGO1995AMERICA'S MOST WANTED - SERIAL CHILD RAPIST
[...] On August 22, 2007, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a U.S. citizen fugitive and convicted serial child rapist, was arrested in Santo Domingo by members of a specialized fugitive apprehension unit based in the National Directorate of Drug Control. Working in concert with locally-based agents of the U.S [...]
2007-08-24 12:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN CVIS KCRM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1998BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER IN THE
[...] (U) Plans to build a privately operated international financial center in the Dominican Republic are moving forward with construction slated to begin as early as the end of this year. On August 6, Charge met with representatives from the Independent Financial Centre of the Americas (IFC) and t [...]
2007-08-24 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2005LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] Post has finalized local records checks and has found no disqualifying information on the individuals submitted for training in reftel. BULLEN [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2007LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PORT SECURITY, OUTBOARD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2024LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-28 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2038DOMINICAN CONGRESS' RECORD UNDER PLD CONTROL IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With its sweeping victory in the 2006 congressional election, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) gained concurrent control of the legislative and executive branches of government for the first time (Ref A). The Congress' record over the past year is mixed: Important legisla [...]
2007-08-29 15:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MARR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2046FERNANDEZ SHUFFLES CABINET: ALL ARE WELCOME UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of decrees issued August 17-20, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet and other key government positions. New Ministers were named for Industry and Commerce, Environment, and Public Works and Communications, as well as new heads of the National Police and Navy. Th [...]
2007-08-30 13:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SENV MARR KCRM ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO2047DOMINICAN FUGITIVE VICTOR CABRERA EXTRADITED TO
[...] On August 29, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Victor Cabrera to Massachusetts to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, otherwise [...]
2007-08-30 14:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2050NEW DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION PLEDGES COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 16:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BEXP EAID EAIR ICAO AORC DR
07SANTODOMINGO2051NEW DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION PLEDGES COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BEXP EAID EAIR ICAO AORC DR
07SANTODOMINGO2053DOMINICAN CHURCH VIA MFA REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) In a letter sent by the Dominican MFA to all ambassadors resident, but personally delivered to Embassy's Charge d'Affaires, a.i. on August 30, as well as ambassadors from Canada, France, and the United Kingdom, Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of the Diocese of San Pedro de Macoris revisits [...]
2007-08-31 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2073LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-05 19:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2131UPDATE ON LABOR DISPUTE AT HANESBRANDS PLANT IN
[...] (U) On September 10, POLOFF called on Washington Gonzalez, the Ministry of Labor's Director General of Labor, to discuss the labor dispute at the TOS Dominicana textile plant in Bonao (owned by the U.S. firm Hanesbrands, Inc.) (Reftel). The Ministry of Labor (SET) is carrying out a verification [...]
2007-09-12 16:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO2132DOMINICAN TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED, PROGRESS A
[...] On August 30, poloff and human rights officer delivered reftel points and non-paper to Frank Soto, Assistant Attorney General for Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons. One week later, on September 6, WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro raised reftel points related to the need for increased victim [...]
2007-09-12 16:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2143CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAKES PROGRESS TOWARD
[...] Summary: On September 6, the Dominican Central Electoral Commission (JCE),which manages the provision of identification documents as well as running the electoral process, told the Charge that it has made good strides in preparing for the 2008 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic [...]
2007-09-13 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2144UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY - HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR
[...] This cable responds to Ref A request for information about the travel of the Dominican President and other officials for the UN General Assembly, and updates the information previously provided by the Embassy in Ref B. 2. The Embassy has not received a formal reply to Ref A questions, which [...]
2007-09-13 20:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO215DR-CAFTA - DOMINICAN PRESIDENT'S QUANDRY ON
[...] (SBU) At a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador arranged at short notice by Customs Director General Miguel Cocco, President Leonel Fernandez said that his administration had arrived at an interim agreement with the passenger transportation sector to avoid general strike of buses and "publi [...]
2007-01-31 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL DR ELAB
07SANTODOMINGO2152SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong econ [...]
2007-09-14 19:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD SNAR UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2170DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTOS CASTILLO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On September 13, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Santos Castillo Garcia to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and a [...]
2007-09-17 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2174ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "encouraging financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the Assistant Secretary for international organizations affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply [...]
2007-09-19 17:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA LE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2176DOMINICANS PAUSE DISCUSSION OF GTMO MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Per REFTEL, Embassy demarched Under Secretary for Consular and Migratory Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos on September 19 regarding the possibility of establishing an emergency medevac standby arrangement. Graciano personally supported further, coordinated discussion of this initiati [...]
2007-09-19 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DO
07SANTODOMINGO2180MINUSTAH RENEWAL: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STRONGLY
[...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered Ref A talking points on renewal of the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission to Deputy Foreign Minister Trullols. Trullols replied that, "We support you 100 percent. The better Haiti gets, the better for us." The Deputy FM explained Dominican reasoning as [...]
2007-09-20 12:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2181R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 15:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07SANTODOMINGO2188UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) On September 20, the Charge d'Affaires delivered Ref A demarche on the re-election campaign for Felice Gaer, the United States candidate for the UN Committee Against Torture. Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso replied that the Dominican Republic would vote for Gaer. 2. (SBU) The follo [...]
2007-09-21 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2192LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BALIC, DEC. 7, 2007, SAN
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-21 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO222006 WRAP-UP OF THE DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary. In 2006, the Dominican government was hard pressed to find a way to resolve the decades-old electricity crisis. After atwelve conferences the Dominican Republic comes up empty handed for the year. The government could not reduce the electricity subsidies or the distribution loss [...]
2007-01-05 11:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO2215DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report a [...]
2007-09-27 17:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KDEM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2222LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2223LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE OF
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2225DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WTO DOHA INDUSTRIAL GOODS
[...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points on the WTO Doha Industrial Goods Tariff Negotiations to Juan Guiliani Cury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cury expressed support for the solution for small, vulnerable economies that has been put forwa [...]
2007-10-01 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO DR
07SANTODOMINGO2227DEMARCHE ON RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING THE USE OF
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our SIPDIS views on board but had no immediate reply. We [...]
2007-10-01 18:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI DR
07SANTODOMINGO2231173RD DOMINICAN FUGITIVE EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED
[...] The following details the most recent fugitive to be extradited from the Dominican Republic and provides an overview of extraditions in FY 2007. -- Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez 2. On October 3, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez (aka Nelson Cruz, Bolivar Lopez) to Massachus [...]
2007-10-01 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KJUS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2232NATIONAL STRIKE PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 2
[...] (U) A 24-hour national strike is scheduled to begin at 6:00 a.m. on October 2. The Alternative Social Forum (FSA),a coalition of leftist social organizations and labor groups, is organizing the work stoppage to protest social conditions and the poor delivery of government services. This cabl [...]
2007-10-01 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO2242SPEAKER EVALUATION: DR. JOHANNA MENDELSON FORMAN
[...] Summary: The below is an evaluation of a recent speaker series held September 17-18 on the development of biofuels and the diversification of energy sources in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. 2. A. Name, date: CSIS Biofuel Speaker from the Center for Strategic and International Stud [...]
2007-10-02 17:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG KPAO
07SANTODOMINGO2245DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]
2007-10-03 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2247NATIONAL STRIKE ONLY PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE
[...] (U) The 24-hour national strike ended at 6:00 a.m. on October 3. The Alternative Social Forum (FSA),a coalition of leftist social organizations and labor groups, had organized the work stoppage to protest social conditions and the poor delivery of government services (Reftels). 2. (U) The [...]
2007-10-03 19:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO2248LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FIRST HARRIS OPERATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-03 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2253LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-04 15:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2260BLOWBACK PREDICTED IF DOMINICAN EXTRADITION
[...] Summary. Accused cop-killer and top-wanted Dominican fugitive Jeffry Alejandro Pena Bencosme remains in custody in New York while fighting extradition to the Dominican Republic. A combination of legal maneuvering and doubts about the Dominican claims have caused the hearing to morph into a " [...]
2007-10-05 15:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN KCRM KPAO KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2263SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER
[...] President Fernandez's UNGA Speech 2. Allegation that Opposition Working Against Security Council Bid 3. The Future of the IMF Stand-By Agreement 4. Minister of Finance Visits Venezuela Seeking Increase in PetroCaribe Quota 5. Technological Upgrade in Land Titles, Land Use Planning  [...]
2007-10-05 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG KJUS VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2291THE SKIES ARE SAFE AGAIN: DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT
[...] The director of the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) called EconOff on October 8 to inform the Embassy that it had successfully finished repairs to the country's primary radar at Las Americas Airport outside of Santo Domingo, which had been partially inoperable for over a year. To ann [...]
2007-10-10 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2297CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY,
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2299CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO232006 WRAP-UP OF THE DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary. In 2006, the Dominican government was hard pressed to find a way to resolve the decades-old electricity crisis. After twelve conferences the Dominican Republic comes up empty handed for the year. The government could not reduce the electricity subsidies or the distribution losse [...]
2007-01-05 11:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO2305LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - STRATEGIC AND DEFENSE
[...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-12 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2306LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANIS),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see par. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistane in conducting human rights screening pursuant o the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has nodisqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-10-12 16:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2307LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANISH),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following additional subject who has been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please s [...]
2007-10-12 16:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2308LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FORCE PROTECTION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-10-12 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO233DOMINICAN POLITICS III #15: PRD'S VARGAS MALDONADO
[...] This is the fifteenth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRD'S VARGAS MALDONADO WINS PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) As expected, on January 28 [...]
2007-02-02 20:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV PREL
07SANTODOMINGO2332LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-10-16 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2343BIOFUELS PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. and Brazilian Embassies launched the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Partnership in the Dominican Republic at the Brazilian Embassy on September 28. Consultants from both countries introduced their programs for identifying opportunities to assist the Dominican Republic to develop i [...]
2007-10-16 18:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2352LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paras. 2, 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-17 19:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2365SANTO DOMINGO POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 19, 2007
[...] (SBU) During the October 15-16 visit of Country Officer Christopher Ward, WHA/CAR and Post engaged Dominican contacts on Haiti, election rules, human rights, Venezuela, and other issues. Alejandra Liriano, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the bilateral relationship had been st [...]
2007-10-19 13:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID VE HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2366PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: CANDIDATES WARM UP FOR THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the presidential election only seven months away, candidates Leonel Fernandez and Miguel Vargas Maldonado are tapping into the Dominican passion for baseball. Both recently threw out ceremonial first pitches at Major League Baseball games in the United States, during trips [...]
2007-10-19 17:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2367DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BARE AND HICIANO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On October 18, U.S. Marshals returned Luciano Bare and Virgilio Hiciano to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York: Bare, to be sentenced following conviction on charges of federal food stamp fraud, which, as detailed in indictment number [...]
2007-10-19 18:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2368LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug res [...]
2007-10-19 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2369DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ARCHIPELAGIC
[...] (C) Summary: On October 18, the CDA and UK Ambassador delivered a joint demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to protest the Dominican Republic's unilateral declaration as an archipelagic State claiming expansive new territorial sea rights. The U.S. and UK contested the definitio [...]
2007-10-22 18:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON EFTA ETRD PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2370R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 19:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT BF CJ HA TK UK DR
07SANTODOMINGO239DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAUDO MUNOZ EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On January 31, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Raudo Munoz to the State of New Jersey for sentencing in a case arising out of indictment number 02-05-0680-I, filed May 23, 2002. On June 9, 2003, Munoz plead guilty to attempted murder (count two of the indictment) and was allowed to remain free on [...]
2007-02-02 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2422LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-26 12:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2424UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: DEMARCHE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points, which solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subse [...]
2007-10-26 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2428OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION: DEMARCHE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report a [...]
2007-10-26 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2431LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2432SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR
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