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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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05TEGUCIGALPA757MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, APRIL 6, 2005
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 4/6, titled "CAFTA CA-USA-DR." "In Central America, the ratification of CAFTA by the region's congresses seems to be certain, despite the tenacious opposition of some popular sectors, especially labor unions. El Salvador, Honduras an [...]
2005-04-08 13:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD ELAB HO USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA765Congressional Staffers Visit Honduras, Question
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five U.S. Congressional staffers, representing House Democrats, visited Honduras in late March, on a trip aimed at building support for CAFTA-DR among undecided U.S. Congressmen. The visit, which was organized by the GOH and funded by the Honduran private sector, involved visit [...]
2005-04-08 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV ELAB EAGR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA767 Honduran Public Sector Unions Continue Large Labor
[...] (SBU) Summary: A public employees union labor action that began in mid-March is ongoing and increasingly problematic for the GOH. Approximately 37,000 public employees from various government offices in Tegucigalpa are participating. Public Workers, led by the public employees union ANDEPH, [...]
2005-04-08 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA769HONDURAN PORT FEE REDUCTION AGREED TO IN PRINCIPLE
[...] (C) Summary: Following a public exchange of vitriol earlier this year over port fees -- in which accusations of fraud, deception, graft, tax evasion, smuggling, and unconstitutionality were repeatedly hurled (detailed reftels) -- the GOH and private sector sat down last month to work out a mu [...]
2005-04-11 14:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA773WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LOUIS POSADA CARRILES?:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-12 17:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA774HONDURAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON MINING: SLOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs and USAIDOffs met with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Patricia Panting, on April 6 to discuss mining issues, specifically a ban that has been in place since June 2004 on the granting of any new mining concessions in Honduras. Minister Panting defende [...]
2005-04-12 18:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN SENV EINV ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA779 Honduran Special Prosecutor for Children Moves
[...] Summary: PolOff met March 28 with Honduran Special Prosecutor for Children Nora Urbina to discuss the status of several trafficking in persons (TIP) and/or commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) cases. Summaries of these cases are below. End Summary. Honduras/Guatemala CSEC Case [...]
2005-04-13 13:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA786HONDURAN FM ON UNCHR RESOLUTIONS: YES VOTE ON CUBA, ABSTENTION PLANNED ON BELARUS BUT AMB URGES YES VOTE
[...] (C) Ambassador met the morning of April 13, on the margins of a G-17 meeting, with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to verify the GOH's planned vote in favor of the UNCHR Cuba resolution. President Maduro confirmed that the GOH would vote in favor of the Cuba resolution. 2. (C) PolOff the [...]
2005-04-13 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM HO BO UNHRC CHR RU
05TEGUCIGALPA8HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: BANKING COMMISSION REFORM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. This is the third in a series of four cables that analyze each of these laws, assess their impacts on the Honduran financial system, and outline cha [...]
2005-01-03 18:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF
05TEGUCIGALPA800HONDURAS: BANCO FICOHSA: A BANK THAT GETS IT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While not a world-class bank, Ficohsa is arguably one of the best-placed Honduran banks to survive the continuing market consolidation. Ficohsa is noteworthy for its efforts to explore innovative financial products, adopt new technologies, and craft a market strategy that will a [...]
2005-04-15 16:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV SMIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA80520 GTMO CUBANS RESETTLED IN HONDURAS: ONLY 3
[...] (U) This is an action request for PRM. Please see para. 7. 2. (SBU) PolOff met April 13 with International Organization of Migration (IOM) Tegucigalpa to discuss questions raised in reftel regarding the 20 Cubans resettled by IOM from Guantanamo to Tegucigalpa. According to the IOM, out of [...]
2005-04-15 18:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG PHUM CU HO
05TEGUCIGALPA808MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On 4/14, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled "Honduras will vote against Cuba." The San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried an article entitled "Honduras supports the U.S. in resolution against Cuba." [...]
2005-04-15 22:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
05TEGUCIGALPA810Honduras Seizes 20,000 Pirated Discs; First Such
[...] Summary. On April 12, 2005, EmbOffs met with Prosecutor for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Ligia Roque de Galeas, to learn the details of an April 6-7 successful seizure of approximately 20,000 pirated CDs and DVDs. Following the seizures, several suspects were arrested in raids on [...]
2005-04-18 18:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA813 Honduras Agrees on New Minimum Wage - 9-12 Percent
[...] After typically contentious and drawn-out negotiations between business and labor, the Honduran Special Commission for the Minimum Wage approved a 12 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2005 on March 19. The increase is retroactive to January 1, reverting to typical form after last year' [...]
2005-04-19 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA817HONDURAS TO OPPOSE CUBAN UNCHR RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns delivered April 15 ref A demarche to Honduran MFA Vice Minister AMB Mario Fortin on the Cuban UNCHR resolution on the Guantanamo detainees. Acting PolCouns repeated the demarche April 18 to MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Allan Oviedo. 2. (SBU) AMB Fortin told [...]
2005-04-19 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL HO UNHRC
05TEGUCIGALPA826 Stop Illegal Aliens Before They Reach The
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 13. 2. Summary: Post believes reinstating funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Program for the Return of Third Country National (TCN) Migrants Intercepted in the Latin America & [...]
2005-04-21 15:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG KJUS PTER PHUM SNAR PINS PGOV PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA843MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] The Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Mario Alvarado on 4/16 entitled "Global View: Cuba and the UNCHR." "Each year, it's getting more difficult for the U.S. to find an accomplice to present a resolution against Cuba. This time, the Bush administration had to [...]
2005-04-21 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
05TEGUCIGALPA844MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS SEC GEN ELECTION, APRIL
[...] On 4/16, the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried an op-ed by Tulio Mariano Gonzalez entitled "OAS: New Winds." "The OAS candidate backed by the U.S had to resign due to a lack of necessary votes to survive. The attempt to unify the votes of former Salvadoran president Francis [...]
2005-04-21 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA845MEDIA REACTION REMOVAL OF ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT,
[...] On 4/21, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "The Bed:" "There are no more `coup d'etats' in Latin America. Popular discontent begins with protests and demonstrations, a political crisis is produced, the country becomes ungovernable, and from that [...]
2005-04-21 21:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM EC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA8662005 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: HONDURAS
[...] (U) HONDURAS The United States Government (USG) is aware of thirteen (13) claims of United States businesses or nationals that may be outstanding against the Government of Honduras (GOH). The USG is also aware of numerous other investment disputes involving U.S. investors, the major [...]
2005-04-23 00:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PGOV KIDE KSPR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA871 NSDD 38 - MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[...] Ambassador Palmer approves reftel request for the Millenium Challenge Corporation to establish a presence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras consisting of 1 USDH Director, 2 USDH or USPSC program managers and up to 4 Locally Employeed Staff, contigent upon satisfactory clarification of the following sub [...]
2005-04-25 20:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT KMRS ABLD ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA872 HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL: THE FIGHT FOR
[...] Summary: There is a growing dispute for control of the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the National Registry of Persons (RNP). These two key institutions are not yet free from the influence of the two traditional parties in Honduras. The upcoming general elections, scheduled f [...]
2005-04-25 22:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA874 HONDURAS IMPORT REGULATIONS FOR USED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
[...] This cable is in response to reftel, which requested an update on the feasibility of exporting used medical equipment to Honduras. 2. According to the Honduran Customs and Tax Division, there are no quotas for the importation of remanufactured, rebuilt, and/or used medical equipment to Ho [...]
2005-04-26 15:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA875MEDIA REACTION REMOVAL OF ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT,
[...] On 4/22 an editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo", titled "Ecuadorian Lesson." "The fall of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador is another example that many Latin Americans are not willing to respect presidential terms if the governors are incapable to fulfill their promises and act [...]
2005-04-26 16:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM EC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA887MEDIA REACTION REMOVAL OF ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT,
[...] On 4/22 an editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo", titled "Ecuadorian Lesson." "The fall of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador is another example that many Latin Americans are not willing to respect presidential terms if the governors are incapable to fulfill their promises and act [...]
2005-04-26 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM EC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA891 BILLBOARD EXPANSION IN HONDURAS
[...] This cable is in response to reftel request for Post's comments on Honduras' billboard industry. 2. Post is not aware of any specific developments that may hinder investment in the billboard sector in Honduras. Billboards continue to be a strong medium for reaching customers and deliverin [...]
2005-04-27 13:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA893 SEAS WITHOUT FRONTIERS; OIL DRILLING WITHOUT FEARS:
[...] On April 18th, Mexico and Honduras signed a maritime delimitation treaty for waters in the Caribbean. Both countries agreed to share all information that will assist in finding petroleum deposits and to formalize an agreement for an efficient and equitable exploitation of such deposits. Forei [...]
2005-04-27 16:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL PGOV ECON EPET EWWT SENV SNAR MX HO
05TEGUCIGALPA894HONDURAS: BANCO FICOHSA TO OPEN REP OFFICE IN
[...] Banco Ficohsa President and CEO Camilo Atala confirmed to Post on April 21 that his bank has received permission from the U.S. Federal Reserve to open a representative office in Miami, Florida. The bank intends to open the office this summer, with a view toward strengthening ties with investo [...]
2005-04-27 17:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SMIG HO EFIN
05TEGUCIGALPA896SEIZURE OF 59 KILOS OF COCAINE; GFTI-05-9154/HONDURAS
[...] (U) On April 22, 2005, in a routine traffic inspection in the vicinity of Tocoa, Honduras, the INL funded Honduran Frontier Police seized 59 kilos of cocaine from a white 1999 Toyota pick-up, bearing Honduran license plate PAM0326. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Gilmer Alberto AR [...]
2005-04-27 20:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDHO NOTAG
05TEGUCIGALPA900CORRUPTION SCANDAL AT HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: US ASSISTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State sections, with DS agents in the lead, and other U.S. agencies have assisted the Government of Honduras's (GOH) investigation of the GOH Immigration Service. Post received information from various sources indicating that the GOH Immigration Service is rife with corruption. [...]
2005-04-28 00:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ASEC PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA934 Honduran CAFTA Outreach to Environmental and Small
[...] Summary: On April 15th and 18th, the Ministry of Trade and Industry hosted events entitled, "Getting Ready to Take Advantage of CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement)," and "CAFTA Environmental Chapter Implementation and Environmental Cooperation Agreement." The first seminar educated [...]
2005-05-04 17:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA948MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, MAY 03, 2005
[...] On 5/03, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "Moral." "A few hours before the Salvadoran president met with Condoleeza Rice, he announced that Central American presidents would meet with Bush in Washington to negotiate the approval of CAFTA." "It [...]
2005-05-05 17:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA950MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, APRIL 30, 2005
[...] On 4/30 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled Big Leagues." "Central America was excluded from the decisions in the OAS's Secretary General election." SIPDIS "The U.S. wouldn't risk a rupture in the hemisphere, even less so when the purpose of R [...]
2005-05-05 17:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA951MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, MAY 03, 2005
[...] On 5/03 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate paper "El Heraldo" published an editorial entitled "New era for the OAS." "With yesterday's election of the socialist Insulza as Secretary General, the OAS begins a new era, after being SIPDIS without a Secretary General for more than a year due to the [...]
2005-05-05 17:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA957MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, MAY 05, 2005
[...] On 05/03 the evening television newscast "Hoy Mismo" on Channel 3 broadcast a statement by Melvin Redondo, CAFTA negotiator who said, "Central American and Dominican Republic presidents will visit certain U.S. communities in which there is still some opposition to CAFTA." "With the non-appro [...]
2005-05-05 20:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA969 HONDURAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IS MURDERED; POLICE DO
[...] Ovidio Amaya Avelar, a 75 year-old National Party candidate for Congress, was shot to death on April 22 in La Arada, Santa Barbara, 2005. His neighbor who was traveling in the same car was also killed. The victim's cousin, also in the vehicle, was wounded and is in serious condition at the Sa [...]
2005-05-06 21:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA974HONDURAS RATIFIES UN ANTI-CORRUPTION CONVENTION
[...] On March 13, the Honduran Congress approved the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The congressional decree was signed by President Ricardo Maduro on March 30, and the decree was published in La Gaceta, akin to the Federal Register, on April 20. 2. Honduras signed the convention [...]
2005-05-06 21:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA978HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS GA TO BE LED BY FM; GOH
[...] Honduran MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Irena Cardona told Acting PolCouns PolOff that the Honduran delegation to the OAS General Assembly will be led by Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and will include Honduran OAS PermRep Salvador Rodezno, Director of Foreign Policy Alan Ovied [...]
2005-05-06 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM XM HO OAS
05TEGUCIGALPA990MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, MAY 09, 2005
[...] On 05/07 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Gautama Fonseca entitled "Customs Union and CAFTA." "Juan Manuel Villasuso, Costa Rican economist, published in the newspaper `La Republica' the following: `Last's week Central American Customs Union is clearly a [...]
2005-05-09 22:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA994MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, MAY 10, 2005
[...] On 05/10 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Gautama Fonseca entitled "The Decision." "The presidents of Central America decided to travel to the U.S. to beg Congress to approve CAFTA as quickly as possible." "Never in history of mankind was there a higher [...]
2005-05-10 21:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA996MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT U.S.-HONDURAN MILITARY BASE
[...] On 05/09, the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried an editorial entitled "Palmerola." "For many years Comayagua's agricultural workers have asked the government to use the military airport of Palmerola for transporting their goods to the U.S. and other markets, in order to save [...]
2005-05-11 13:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAIR EAID HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1MEDIA REACTION ON DHS, DECEMBER 30, 2005
[...] On 12/30 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" ran an op-ed by Cristina Ozaeta entitled "U.S. Defenseless towards Attacks." "According to a report issued by the Democrats, the Department of Homeland Security has failed and hasn't fulfilled 33 of its own promises to improve U.S. secu [...]
2006-01-03 14:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PGOV PREL KPAO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1000(S) UNDER ATTACK, HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT TROUBLED
[...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos respects President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, but fears the influence that certain leftist advisors surrounding him are exercising over Honduran policy. Zelaya is trying, in his view, to "play both sides" but will be unlikely to abandon his c [...]
2006-06-02 16:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1007HONDURAS DID NOT SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO NAM
[...] (C) On May 25, PolChief delivered ref E demarche on the NAM Ministerial and UN reform to Honduran MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Irene Cardona and ref D demarche on the possible NAM Ministerial statement on Iran to Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez. FM Jimenez told PolChief that Honduras [...]
2006-06-02 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM AORC UNGA UNSC IAEA KNNP IR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1008HONDURAS: IMF INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT TREND
[...] (C) Summary: The International Monetary Fund is increasingly concerned about the direction of GOH fiscal policies. Rising losses in parastatal telecommunications and energy companies, coupled with the possibility of a return to unsustainable wage hikes for teachers, threaten to shatter GOH c [...]
2006-06-02 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1026(C) HONDURAS: ZELAYA MISSED POTUS' POINT ON
[...] (C) Summary: The POTUS/Zelaya meeting on June 5 is being portrayed in all Honduran press as a USG "green light" for a GOH deal with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. This misleading spin makes it easier for the GOH to rationalize making such a deal (with all the negative consequences that entails),a [...]
2006-06-06 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL ECON ENRG VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA11Honduran President-Elect Zelaya's Letters of
[...] Ambassador Jose Eduardo Martell, General Coordinator of the Honduran Presidential Inauguration, under cover of a December 28 letter to PolChief (received by the Political Section December 30),sent the Embassy letters dated December 21 from President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales to [...]
2006-01-04 19:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC PGOV OREP OVIP HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1101HONDURAS: WHO IS ADRIAN RECCA? BACKGROUND ON THE
[...] (C) As reported in reftels, Honduras has made clear its intention to import Venezuelan oil on preferential financing terms. Precisely how such a plan would actually work remains a mystery. But it seems that each time Post inquires more deeply about some aspect of the proposal (financing, stor [...]
2006-06-15 19:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1102HONDURAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOV FOR DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran Industrialists Association (ANDI) has written a letter to the Government of Venezuela seeking a direct PetroCaribe arrangement, modeled after deals recently struck with mayors in El Salvador and Nicaragua (ref B). PetroCaribe is a government-to-government program, so [...]
2006-06-15 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1104HONDURAS: FIRST OFFICIAL BOLIVARIAN CIRCLE MEETS
[...] (U) According to press reports, on June 14 Honduras hosted its first official Bolivarian circle (a grass-roots mobilization effort originally created to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution.") Television coverage of the event appeared to show 30-50 people in atte [...]
2006-06-15 21:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET ENRG PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1131HONDURAN MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS, SAYS IT IS
[...] (C) Summary: GOH Minister of Finance Hugo Noe Pino resigned on June 16, effective July 1, when he will be replaced by Vice Minister Rebecca Santos. Noe Pino assured EconChief that his resignation was not in protest, but rather was the result of the President's desire to send him as Honduras' [...]
2006-06-22 14:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1179HONDURAN POPULIST PRESIDENT ZELAYA: MELISTAS PUSH
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately five months. Zelaya is acting more and more like a populist, and has stumbled through a series of missteps ever since his meeting with POTUS June 5. His willful mis-characteri [...]
2006-06-30 18:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA12Honduran President Maduro Letter to President Bush
[...] The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under cover of a diplomatic note dated January 3, 2006, sent the Embassy a letter dated December 27, 2005, from Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to President Bush inviting him to attend Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales' January 27, 2006 inauguration. [...]
2006-01-04 19:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC PGOV OREP OVIP HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1238HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE MAY GO TO TRAFIGURA, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the national bid were reportedly sent by bid consultant Robert Meyeringh to the GOH for review June 29. Ambassador has called for an appropriate and CAFTA-consistent review and comment period of the TOR once they are formally released (expec [...]
2006-07-11 22:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1273KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN, RAMON J. ACIDE
[...] Summary. On July 17, 2006 at approximately 2100 hours, RSO was notified by Honduran police officials that Ramon J. Acide (DOB 09/26/89),a U.S. citizen, was forcibly taken from his car at a stoplight near the town of Villanueva, which is located 15 minutes south of the city of San Pedro Sula. [...]
2006-07-18 21:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1310HONDURAN CONGRESS ABROGATES KEY IMF CONDITIONALITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: As feared, on July 18 the Honduran Congress voted to remove the Teachers Wages and Benefits Law (Ley de Estatutos de Docente) from coverage by the 2003 Wage Reform Law (Ley de Reordenamiento del Sistema Retributivo). Rem [...]
2006-07-21 23:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1324UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN RAMON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21, 2006 RSO Tegucigalpa and LEGATT San Salvador met with local authorities assigned to the kidnapping investigation of U.S. citizen Ramon J. Acide. A briefing on the current status of the investigation revealed the alleged possibility that the father of Ramon, Joaquin [...]
2006-07-25 17:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1329Honduran President Zelaya Discusses Fuel,
[...] Classified by: Ambassador Charles Ford for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and A/DCM met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez for more than an hour during the evening of July 23. Zelaya was relaxed and discussed plans for a [...]
2006-07-25 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1331HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE A PDVSA FRONT? ALSO: FUEL
[...] (S) Summary: The Terms of Reference for the international fuel bid solicitation are due to be released on July 25. The TOR are expected to be "ex-tank," meaning bidders will be responsible for both importing and storing the fuel. This gives an apparent bidding advantage to companies that alr [...]
2006-07-25 22:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1333 HONDURAS NATIONAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS: ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] Summary: In early June, the Honduran National Congress discussed amending Article 54 of the Constitution in order to make changes in the directorate of the National Registry of Persons (RNP),the GOH's civil registry. The RNP has often been used as a political tool and the proposed changes we [...]
2006-07-26 19:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SMIG PHUM ECON PREL KFRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1345HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA: JULY BETTER THAN JUNE,
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office six months. Zelaya continues to act like a populist, although he makes fewer obvious errors, fired his most incompetent minister (the Minister of Health),and has, since the Embassy's U.S. I [...]
2006-07-28 19:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1361AUGUST 1 UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, July 29, 2006 RSO received several calls from the father of Ramon Acide, Joaquin Acide. He explained that he was frustrated with the pace of the investigation and felt local police officials were not doing enough to assist with the safe return of his son. Ramon was [...]
2006-08-01 20:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1375HONDURAS: RECA DENIES HE'S BEHIND CARIBBEAN
[...] (S) Summary: Adrien Reca Salaburu denied he is involved with or in any way related to U.S. firm Caribbean Petrochemical Company -- a firm created in Miami on June 13 and which claimed on July 21 to have purchased DIPPSA. Reca admitted, however, that he continues seeking to purchase DIPPSA, [...]
2006-08-03 14:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA139HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]
2006-01-24 01:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1393(C) HONDURAS: RECENT HONDURAS ENERGY DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S/NF) The following responds to tasker C-AL6-01066 transmitted ref M. All responses are keyed to questions contained in reftel and repeated below. A. (U) PRESIDENT ZELAYA. 1) (C) WHERE DOES ZELAYA STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE VENEZUELA OIL TALKS? WHAT ARE HIS MOTIVATIONS FOR INVOLVE [...]
2006-08-04 23:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPINR EPET PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1427HONDURAS: DIPPSA NOT SOLD YET, BUT BOTH RECA AND
[...] (C) Henry Arevalo, President and owner of Honduran gasoline distribution company DIPPSA, confirmed to Ambassador and EconChief on August 8 that he had not concluded the sale of his company and continues to seek a buyer. According to Arevalo, uncertainty surrounding the pending national fuel [...]
2006-08-09 19:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PINR PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1430(C) HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT SEEKS TO SUPPORT U.S.
[...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos reached out to Post August 8 to better understand U.S. strategy and concerns on the upcoming national fuel bid. In the next few days Santos stated he will be trading his unwilling public support of the bid process for a strict evaluation of [...]
2006-08-09 21:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET HO PGOV PINR
06TEGUCIGALPA1458POL DEMARCHES HONDURAN MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 19:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1469HONDURAN VP SAYS PRESIDENT SEEKS CLIMATE OF
[...] (S) Summary: Vice President Elvin Santos, an outsider within his own government, continues to work to moderate the influence of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales' leftist advisors. At Zelaya's request, Santos recently again publicly pledged loyalty, but remains true to his free-mark [...]
2006-08-14 20:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR EPET HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1487HONDURAS OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON
[...] In response to Post's deliverance of the NIACT reftel demarche on UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon, Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director General of Foreign Policy, delivered to Post the GOH's official paper position on the situation between Israel and Lebanon. The position is stated in t [...]
2006-08-16 21:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1489HONDURAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT "QUIETLY DOING HER
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank President Gabriela Nunez is content with Honduras' macro-economic situation, citing a stable exchange rate and declining inflation. Nunez was sanguine (perhaps too much so) on the likely impact on the economy of the recent mammoth wage increase granted by the GOH t [...]
2006-08-16 21:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1559OIL COMPANIES AND GOH NOW TALKING, THOUGH NO
[...] (C) Summary. Throughout the week of August 18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales reverted to his former style of publicly hurling invectives, largely blaming the international oil companies, particularly Esso and Texaco, for his continuing difficulties in implementing the proposed fue [...]
2006-08-25 18:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPINR EPET ENRG PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA16AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES - TEGUCIGALPA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post EAC met on 12/28/2005 in order to discuss Avian Influenza (AI) tripwires and to develop contingency plans for both "shelter in place" as well as drawdown of personnel. EAC members in attendance were A/DCM, RSO, JMO, PC, PAO, PAS, ECON, DAO, MILGRP, MSG, POL, USAID, [...]
2006-01-05 18:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC HO KFLO
06TEGUCIGALPA1649HONDURAS: CONGRESS REVIEWS FUEL BID TERMS; DIPPSA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 23:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1747HONDURAS: VENEZUELAN FUEL SCHEME IN EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) Summary: A recent meeting in San Salvador has detailed a potential deal involving Venezuelan fuel that may be used to influence upcoming elections. The deal involves oil trading company Trafigura Beheer SV, which has links to Venezuelan fuel company PDVSA and has been in serious negotiati [...]
2006-09-18 16:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1816PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S UNGA SPEECH LONG ON LEFTIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his address to the UN General Assembly on 9/18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya employed religious and traditional leftist Latin American rhetoric in what appeared, in the Honduran context, to be an implicit condemnation of U.S. foreign policies promoting democracy and fr [...]
2006-09-26 21:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1847A REQUIEM FOR MINING IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary. Reforms of the new mining law in Honduras have reached a critical period of discussion in the Honduran National Assembly. An extreme-leftist group formed of politicians from the Union Democratica (UD) Party, certain NGOs, and the renegade Archbishop Luis Alfonso Santos of Copan, h [...]
2006-09-29 21:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1857HONDURAS: IMF WAITING FOR GOH DEMONSTRATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) shares donor concerns that GOH fiscal discipline is eroding and the GOH has lost previous momentum towards policy reforms. While the Fund has not publicly declared it, facts on the ground seem to indicate that the GOH PRGF program has gone of [...]
2006-10-02 20:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1881(S) HONDURAS UNDER CAFTA: AFTER SIX MONTHS,
[...] (S) Summary: Six months have passed since CAFTA entered into force for Honduras. President Zelaya's support was key to getting Honduras on board, and he continues to profess his support for capitalism and free markets. Yet when faced with making the reforms necessary to let a free market dev [...]
2006-10-04 16:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNETRD EPET ENRG PGOV VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1892CENTRAL AMERICAN SUMMIT ADOPTS DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Extraordinary System of Central American Integration (SICA) Summit on 10/3, adopted a series of potentially important measures to improve regional security, including: -- Promoting prompt ratification of the Central American Treaty on the Simplified Detention and Extradit [...]
2006-10-05 00:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS SNAR XK
06TEGUCIGALPA1893MEXICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT PROPOSES, CENTRAL AMERICAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mexican President-Elect Felipe Calderon proposed, and the representatives of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Colombia and the Dominican Republic attending the Central American Integration System Summit on Security (Septel) on 10/3, endor [...]
2006-10-05 00:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS CVIS XK
06TEGUCIGALPA192HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S INAUGURATION GOES WELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, January 26, 2006 a U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, arrived in Tegucigalpa to attend the inauguration of Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While the weeks and days leading to the events were plagued with confusion and inde [...]
2006-01-31 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1921HONDURAS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: LEION "LEO"
[...] (S) Biographical Note: Leion Starkman Milla (DPOB 17 May 1968, San Pedro Sula, Honduras) served until recently as Minister without portfolio for Investment Promotion and later simultaneously as Director General of the parastatal electric company ENEE. Starkman has been criticized for failin [...]
2006-10-11 21:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPINR TBIO ENRG PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA193HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA HOLDS FIRST BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Directly after his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, January 27, 2006, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales met with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the rest of the official U.S. Presidential Delegation. While a variety of issues were discussed in a short time, it [...]
2006-01-31 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1930HONDURAS: CORRUPTION, ELECTRICITY, AND RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Honduras is heading for rolling blackouts within year, according to Leion "Leo" Starkman, outgoing head of national electric company ENEE. GOH officials resist reducing their costs for electricity purchases from as high as USD 0.25 cents per KWh (for thermal generation) to just [...]
2006-10-11 23:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG PREL ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1935HONDURAS: FUEL BID FAILURE AN INCREASINGLY LIKELY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1950HONDURAS: LOOSE MONEY: SPURRING GROWTH OR RISKING
[...] (C) Summary: In stark contrast to its unhelpful and seemingly improvised trade policies and crumbling fiscal discipline (reftel),the GOH has implemented a more coherent and thus-far successful (if risky) monetary policy. The GOH is pushing down interest rates and pushing up money supply, wi [...]
2006-10-13 21:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2013DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Mexican Declaration in the OAS on U.S. Border Security (Ref A) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of Foreign Policy on 10/24. Rosales was not/not familiar with the Mexican proposal, as the Foreign Ministry's phone and fax l [...]
2006-10-24 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDXM PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2030Honduras: Latin American-Caribbean BioFuels Initiative
[...] Summary: This cable responds to ref (A). Despite confusion and controversy in the traditional energy sector, Honduras has made real progress in biofuel development. Efforts are focused primarily on biodiesel, mainly through the cultivation of African Palm oil, and a consumer trial is now unde [...]
2006-10-26 14:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2046HONDURAS: MIN FIN SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT AND MORE
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 23 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Finance Rebeca Santos asked for additional technical assistance to assist her ministry in improving fiscal administration and oversight and increasing transparency. She also renewed her request for technical assistance in bud [...]
2006-10-27 16:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2048HONDURAN FUEL BID: TRAFIGURA MAY INCREASE STAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-28 15:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREF
06TEGUCIGALPA2057HONDURAN FOOD SAFETY LABS IN DISARRAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. A recent USDA lab assessment mission determined that Honduras, food safety organization (Senasa) does not have labs sufficiently supplied or staffed to do even the most basic food safety testing. The assessment team visited animal health, plant health and pesticide detection lab [...]
2006-10-30 20:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2095RESIGNATION OF ADVISING MINISTER ON HOUSING NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Advising Minister on Housing Hector Briceno resigned in a huff on 10/27, lamenting a lack of political support from President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Briceno, whose appointment to an "advising ministry" (with no agency to direct) was a political payoff in the first place, is [...]
2006-11-02 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PINR SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2127HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS BECOMING WEAPON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Once again, the GOH seeks to impose price controls on the private sector, adding cement to the list of commodities the GOH has capped or attempted to cap in recent months. Also on that list are sugar, palm oil, credit cards, and of course, gasoline and petroleum products. Post [...]
2006-11-09 14:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEIND EINV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2130COMBATING CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) An elite-run kleptocracy, endemic corruption and the concomitant sense of impunity enjoyed by high-level officials are major obstacles to achieving the USG's primary goals in Honduras of strengthening democracy, promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, preventing illegal immigration, [...]
2006-11-09 18:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2136(S) HONDURAN FUEL BID COULD SUPPORT FMLN, LEAD TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable presents Post's best assessment of the current state of play and the political intent behind recent and upcoming steps in the bid solicitation process for fuel imports into Honduras. Among potential pitfalls are: (a) the threatened expropriation of millions of dolla [...]
2006-11-09 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET EINV BBSR ES VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA214HONDURAS APPEARS TO BE CONSIDERING CHANGE OF
[...] (U) This is an Action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) appears to be attempting to extend its influence into the Central American region at the expense of Taiwan. The left-of-center ideological shift of the Zelaya administration has provided the PRC [...]
2006-02-06 13:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2210DISBURSEMENT OF HONDURAN IDB DEBT RELIEF SHOULD BE
[...] (C) Summary: Post notes with interest the November 17 decision by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) to provide debt relief for five WHA countries, including Honduras. As discussions of precise amounts and delivery modalities progress within the IDB, Post requests that disbursement of [...]
2006-11-22 21:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2232HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS ON OIL AND CEMENT
[...] (SBU) Price controls -- existing or proposed -- continue to be a worrisome topic in Honduras, as recent developments leave both the private sector and the consuming public unsatisfied. In the last few days, talk has centered on challenging a private sector price increase in corn flour, a sta [...]
2006-11-27 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2256LABOR MINISTRY SEEMS INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Labor Minister Rixi Moncada Godoy, in an 11/8 meeting with Laboff to discuss CAFTA compliance, essentially sought to slough off responsibility for getting recalcitrant companies to permit labor inspections, arguing that the Embassy should somehow pressure them to admit inspecto [...]
2006-12-01 16:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2257FOREIGN MINISTER INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING
[...] (SBU) At a meeting between Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez, the Ambassador, DCM and Polcouns on 11/27, the latter presented the Foreign Minister with the draft PSI shipboarding agreement and implementing agreement (Ref A),noting that they are based on our existing anti-narcotics shipboardin [...]
2006-12-01 21:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2265HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS WINS CONTROVERSIAL FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-02 00:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2309HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS FUEL BID MAY BE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 20:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2347WHY ENFORCE ANTI-TRUST LAWS WHEN PRICE FIXING IS
[...] (U) Summary. Over the past year the Honduran press has reported frequently on increasing prices of basic goods, including corn flour, sugar, rice, meat, eggs, and even cement. Rallied by local leftist political parties and an active press campaign, the Honduran people have clamored for governm [...]
2006-12-20 22:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2352HONDURAN BANKING SECTOR CONSOLIDATING AS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: The purchase by General Electric of Honduran Banco Mercantil (BAMER) marks the fifth such acquisition to affect Honduras this year, but the first aimed specifically at Honduras. Consolidation of the sector at the hands of more experienced foreign banks (including Citibank, HSBC [...]
2006-12-21 19:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2372HONDURAS: FUEL BID MISSES KEY DEADLINE; FREE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-27 20:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2373HONDURAS: IMPORT-LED GROWTH?
[...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Honduras is predicting economic growth for 2006 of 5.3 to 5.8 percent. Some bankers are now openly talking about a possible resurgence of inflation in 2007, and made their fears plain by under-subscribing a recent GOH bond issuance, complaining that yields o [...]
2006-12-27 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2392Can Fish Oil Scale? Honduran Biodiesel Initiative Could
[...] Summary: A GOH initiative to develop more energy independence may be in danger due to U.S. incentives that provide up to USD $1 in tax credits for biodiesel refined in the U.S. The GOH plan to import over 1 million African Palms could conceivably meet about 30 percent of Honduras' diesel requ [...]
2006-12-29 21:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2393CUMPLE Y GANA HELPS FUND RENOVATION OF REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2006 Laboff participated in the inauguration of the newly renovated regional office of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in Choluteca, which was financed in part by the USG funded Cumple y Gana project. With USD 15 million in total DR-CAFTA related funding, Cumple y G [...]
2006-12-29 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA268HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE PROBLEMS PERSIST, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post worked closely with the outgoing Maduro Administration during its final months in office to both urge and assist reform of the Honduran immigration service. Post has presented the GOH with solid evidence of ongoing corruption in the immigration service that is directly ab [...]
2006-02-13 19:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA271NEW HONDURAN TELECOM LAW PUT ON HOLD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the face of rising opposition, a new draft telecommunications law designed to open the market to competition and meet CAFTA requirements was not introduced to Congress. A last-minute attempt to introduce competition specifically into international calling was also derailed. K [...]
2006-02-13 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
06TEGUCIGALPA326HONDURAS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEXICAN ENERGY PLAN;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Elvin Santos reiterated Honduras, strong support for the proposed Mexican fuel initiative, echoing the GOH,s positive comments to A/S Wayne in January. Meanwhile former minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero has initiated talks with an American company ov [...]
2006-02-22 13:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV
06TEGUCIGALPA33HONDURAS: 13 PRISONERS KILLED BY OTHER
[...] Summary: On January 5, at approximately 3pm local time, A violent conflict occurred in which 13 prisoners were killed and up to 38 prisoners injured within Tamara National Penitentiary outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was reported by both the press and by Embassy sources. It was report [...]
2006-01-06 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA333SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (reftel A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]
2006-02-22 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KSAC PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA355HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) AMB and PolChief met February 15 with Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez Puerto and delivered ref A demarche on relations with Taipei/Beijing. AMB particularly emphasized that the GOH should not rush into any hasty decision on relations. 2. (S) Jimenez appreciated the information, noting [...]
2006-02-24 21:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA430Proposal for Strengthening Trade Unions' Effective
[...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the first of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]
2006-03-06 20:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA431Proposal to Improve the Agribusiness Workplace in
[...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the second of three USAID/Honduras responses t [...]
2006-03-06 20:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD SENV EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA432Proposal for Strengthening Honduran Judicial
[...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the third of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]
2006-03-06 20:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA433RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS MAY INDICATE A TREND OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the transition into power one month ago of the elected Liberal Party government of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, RSO has seen a slow but steady increase in the reported cases of armed robberies, muggings, murders, and other violent crime throughout Honduras. These e [...]
2006-03-06 21:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA459 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...]
2006-03-08 23:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
06TEGUCIGALPA48MEDIA REACTION ON BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT, JANUARY
[...] On 01/09 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Ruben Dario Paz, Social Sciences Professor, titled "Evo Morales, the Andean." "If there is a country that has suffered greatly, it is Bolivia, a wealthy country with abundant resources, but with extreme poverty." [...]
2006-01-09 22:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA521HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA NOW CLAIMS HE SECRETLY
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary: In a private meeting, President Zelaya told Ambassador he was solely responsible for the decision to move to a state-run fuel import regime, but that he had done so in the hopes the affected companies could convince the Hondur [...]
2006-03-15 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA522NEW MOD/MFA DEMARCHED ON NEED FOR RAPID GOH
[...] (SBU) Post has to-date received a noncommittal diplomatic note acknowledging receipt of the diplomatic note 010. 2. (SBU) On February 7th, PolOff delivered demarche ref A and talking points in English and Spanish on GPOI and the exchange of the Article 505 agreement diplomatic notes to Min [...]
2006-03-16 13:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA524ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the [...]
2006-03-16 16:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD KCRM PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]
2006-03-16 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA534HONDURAN FUELS: THE SEARCH FOR A CALM DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: At present the decision on if and how to implement the recent decision to have the GOH itself offer a public fuel tender rests with the GOH. Over the coming weeks, however, Post plans to encourage both GOH and private sector interlocutors to engage in a process of calm and reason [...]
2006-03-17 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA575HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...]
2006-03-23 18:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA620 Honduras Agrees on New Minimum Wage - 8.4 to 11
[...] After three months of deliberations between business and labor, the Honduran Special Commission for the Minimum Wage approved a 8.4 to 11 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2006 on March 25. The increase is retroactive to January 1. The official decree signed March 27 is awaiting publi [...]
2006-03-30 13:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA621HONDURAS ENTERS INTO FORCE ON ARTICLE 505
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 16:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PGOV KTIA KPKO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA622HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA,
[...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...]
2006-03-30 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA623HONDURAN FUEL BID CONSULTANT REPORTEDLY HIRED;
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran press reports that the GOH has signed a one-year contract with U.S. citizen consultant Robert Meyeringh to develop a national fuels bid strategy; other sources consulted by Post doubt the deal is completed yet. Comments from key GOH officials on the proposed bid were mix [...]
2006-03-30 23:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA645END USE MONITORING: POST STILL WAITING FOR
[...] (U) This is an Action request for Embassy Santiago. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff, MILGP Commander, and DAO delivered ref A demarche and both English and Spanish non-papers on end use monitoring to Minister of Defense (MOD) Aristides Mejia on February 16. Although the issue was a se [...]
2006-04-03 21:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM ETTC PREL PINS PINR PGOV KOMC CI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA676HONDURAS: FUEL BID CONSULTANT LEAVES WITHOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The main fuel consultant pushing for an international fuel bid left the country abruptly March 31 when agreement was not reached on his contract to run a proposed international fuel bid. Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya continued to support the hiring of the consulta [...]
2006-04-07 19:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA684The Early Stages of the New Honduran Congress and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Honduran Congress is made up of every extreme, with politics permeating every part of it. Because of the political diversity of this group, it has been hard for them to come to agreement on many of the issues that they face. Within Congress, the Liberal Party has the m [...]
2006-04-07 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]
2006-04-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TEGUCIGALPA809HONDURAN-PETROCARIBE DEAL MAY BE SIGNED FOR POWER
[...] (C) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl that a deal for bunker fuel for electricity generation has been signed between Honduran parastatal energy company ENEE and PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan fuel sales scheme. The unconfirmed deal may involve Honduran gasoline distributor DIPPSA. Meanwhile, th [...]
2006-05-04 00:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA853WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]
2006-05-09 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA872POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...]
2006-05-12 12:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA897HONDURAS: ALLEGED PETROCARIBE - ELECTRICITY FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA942HONDURAN FM JIMENEZ TELLS AMB THAT CENTRAL
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Beijing, Embassy Mexico, and the other Embassies in Central America. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a May 22 meeting between Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez Puerto and AMB, DCM, and Pol [...]
2006-05-24 22:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA949 Honduras: Telecom Debates in Final Round
[...] (U) This is an action request: Please see para. 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The CAFTA-compliant telecommunications sector framework law (Ley Marco),recently revised and shortened, is now set to be introduced to Congress. A competing law by parastatal telecommunications company Hondutel has so [...]
2006-05-25 13:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ELAB KPRV PGOV ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA972HONDURAN PRESIDENT SIGNALS PETROCARIBE DEAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch, President Zelaya signaled to Ambassador that a PetroCaribe deal was likely, reiterated the many areas that GOH worked closely with the USG, and asked for "reciprocity" of support from the USG for the GOH in its time of need. Zelaya stressed that any such deal [...]
2006-05-30 12:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA984AMB DEMARCHES HONDURAN PRESIDENT AND FM ON U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 21:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA985(S) HONDURAS: USG SHOULD KEEP ZELAYA NERVOUS ABOUT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (S) Summary: In preparation for his June 5 meeting with POTUS, President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales is explicitly seeking USG reassurance that we will not object to a GOH deal with Venezuela for oil. Zelaya has on several recent occasi [...]
2006-05-31 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1077HONDURAS: TELECOM LAW PROGRESS STALLED WHILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting pressure to agree upon a draft law to liberalize the telecommunications sector, the GOH and private industry representatives failed June 13 to come to an agreement. The action now moves to Congress where congressional leaders have promised passage of a previously [...]
2007-06-15 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA1112CONTROVERSY OVER MANDATORY HONDURAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Honduran President Mel Zelaya decreased the number of government mandated broadcasts, which he originally ordered on May 23, 2007, from ten to three amid intense public controversy among broadcasters, political leaders, and civil society (reftel). The government propaganda, [...]
2007-06-21 18:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1154A CAFTA-DR SUCCESS STORY: TIME TO START A BUSINESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 14:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EIND PGOV DR GT CS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1192WHO WILL BREAK FIRST? HONDURAS MAY SOON FACE FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-10 21:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA1232HONDUTEL WARNING CABLE
[...] Recent newspaper reports have identified serious corruption and fraud at state-run telephone company Hondutel. The charges, which include extortion, fraudulent signing of contracts and misuse of power, are currently under review by the Honduran Attorney General's office after the national Congr [...]
2007-07-18 17:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EINV ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1247SELECTION OF NEW HONDURAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UN RAISES VISA ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Jorge Arturo Reina, the current Minister of Government and Justice, was nominated by President Zelaya to represent Honduras as the ambassador to the United Nations. To assume his duties at the United Nations, Reina will need a G-1 visa to travel to the United States. To obtain that vis [...]
2007-07-19 21:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETCVIS PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1258HONDURAS SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT
[...] (S) Embassy Honduras fully endorses the two FY08 funding proposals submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These two proposals are: (1) Operation Enduring Friendship (OEF),submitted by USSOUTHCOM; and (2) Operation [...]
2007-07-23 21:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1292PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to a request by the GOH, Ambassador Ford met with Honduran President "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez and proposed Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arturo Reina. Zelaya used the first part of the meeting to offer another explanation for his trip to M [...]
2007-07-31 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1295MCC REQUIREMENTS KEY TO REDUCING BUSINESS OPENING TIME IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EIND PGOV DR CS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1300HONDURAS SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED
[...] (S) In addition to the two proposals detailed in reftel, Embassy Honduras fully endorses the following FY08 funding proposal submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): the Regional Aircraft Modernization Program (RAMP). [...]
2007-07-31 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1311INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE-MINISTER ROSA MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and EconOff met with Industry and Commerce Vice-Minister Jorge "Coque" Rosa and Official CAFTA-DR negotiator Melvin Redondo on August 2, 2007, regarding the potential imposition of safeguards on the sock industry. The GOH does not believe that the USG has a legitimate r [...]
2007-08-02 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1322VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION,
[...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...]
2007-08-06 23:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS
07TEGUCIGALPA1325CORRECTED COPY: VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F)
[...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...]
2007-08-07 17:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS
07TEGUCIGALPA133HONDURAS: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY
[...] (C) Honduras is likely to accept migrants from the Caribbean who have been interdicted by the United States, but based on the GOH's current policies it is very likely that any migrants temporarily settled in Honduras would not be detained or prevented from departing Honduras to seek entry into [...]
2007-01-22 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1336HONDURAS'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA SECURITY
[...] SUMMARY. (C) Post's assessment of the regional security requirements from Honduras focuses on two strategies: a transit zone strategy to disrupt the flow of contraband through Central America, and an anti-crime strategy to reduce the level of violence and address the issues of organized crime, [...]
2007-08-08 15:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1337HONDURAS: "LIZZIE LAW" FALLS VICTIM TO CORRUPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 15:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECPS ETRD PGOV KJUS PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA134HONDURAN GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE WITH OIL INDUSTRY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 18 talks in Salvador between oil industry representatives and a GOH delegation led by Minister Counselor for Legal Affairs Enrique Flores Lanza reportedly made significant progress. The GOH put two alternatives on the table and the affected oil companies have unde [...]
2007-01-23 01:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA135HONDURAN LEAD NEGOTIATOR ON FUEL IMPORTS SEES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Minister Enrique Flores Lanza seemed optimistic about the possibility of identifying changes to Honduras' fuel pricing formula that would avoid the pitfalls of nationalizing the sector or seizing assets, while still delivering politically necessary cos [...]
2007-01-23 01:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1367TELECOM PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT DIVISION IN LIBERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent scuffling in the Honduran National Congress, when union members of Hondutel, with the support of the minor left-wing party Unificacion Democratica, attempted to stop Congress from passing a telecommunications rate reduction bill, was a visible manifestation of an ongoing [...]
2007-08-14 00:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1387HONDURAN PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Emboffs met with President Mel Zelaya and some of his closest ministers and advisors at the Ambassador's residence on August 13, 2007 to discuss key areas of mutual interest. President Zelaya indicated his willingness to publish the Government of Honduras' Nat [...]
2007-08-16 22:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1476HONDURAN NATIONAL PROTEST FIZZLES WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, frustrated in his struggle with the Honduran National Congress on issues such as telecommunications reform (ref. A),resorted to tacit support for a nation-wide protest on August 27, 2007 by the Bloque Popular and organized labor unions. Teachers, [...]
2007-08-29 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EAGR ECON ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET
07TEGUCIGALPA1484HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States and Honduras are generally good. President Zelaya considers himself a friend of the United States, and Honduras generally supports U.S. positions on major international issues, including the War on Terrori [...]
2007-08-30 21:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAGR EAID ECON EFIS ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA149HONDURAS SUDDENLY LEANING TOWARDS MARKET
[...] (C/NF) Following a tumultuous year in which the GOH announced it would take over all fuel imports, create a state-managed monopoly, and perhaps even seize privately-owned storage facilities, the GOH suddenly seems poised to scrap those plans and move aggressively towards market liberalization [...]
2007-01-23 23:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA151HONDURAS: CONOCO PAUSING TO AWAIT CLARITY ON OIL
[...] (C/NF) On January 22, a representative of U.S. firm ConocoPhillips told EconChief by phone that the company remains optimistic about signing a contract with Honduras for the delivery of all gasoline and diesel imports for the coming year. Conoco said that its position remains the same as it w [...]
2007-01-24 16:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1614HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S TRIP TO CUBA OCTOBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Honduran President Zelaya will travel to Cuba to sign a maritime delimitation treaty with the GOC. FM Milton Jimenez told Polcouns on October 2 that the President chose to travel October 9 instead of October 8 because they did not want to be manipulated into partic [...]
2007-10-03 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU NI HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1678SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]
2007-10-19 14:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA1694HONDURAN FIRM PRODUCES BIODIESEL FROM TILAPIA
[...] (U) Summary: Aguafinca, a Honduran firm with Swiss capital and an Israeli manager, claims to be the only company in the world producing biodiesel from tilapia. It produces 3,000 gallons of biodiesel a day, which powers its entire vehicle fleet and meets 50 percent of its power generation ne [...]
2007-10-23 19:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA170HONDURAN GOVERNMENT REVIEWING OIL COMPANY OFFERS;
[...] (C/NF) As of mid-day January 26, the GOH and the international oil companies (IOCs) continue their quiet dialogue over reforms to the fuels pricing formula. If the proposed reforms can deliver cost savings to the consumer while moving the market towards liberalization, the GOH appears incline [...]
2007-01-26 23:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1785CHIMIRRAZO: HONDUTEL DIRECTOR OUT; HOUSE AND
[...] (C) On November 9, Honduran police simultaneously raided the state telecommunications (Hondutel) offices across the country and the residences of Hondutel Director Marcelo Chimirri and other officials. The search warrants were executed in response to a legal complaint of illegal taping of pho [...]
2007-11-13 21:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV SOCI KCOR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1792SMUGGLING, UNCERTAINTY AND RED INK IN HONDURAN
[...] (C) Summary: Oil industry sources here report that the Zelaya Administration's efforts to manipulate pump prices and control the importation of petroleum products has increased gasoline smuggling. Zelaya still appears publicly in favor of building new import terminals to receive fuel from a so [...]
2007-11-14 21:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1794TIP: 2007 INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following 2007 interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) assessment report for Honduras (ref. A). On September 26, 2007, Poloffs hosted a meeting with 15 members of the Inter-Institutional Committee, composed of Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, prosecutors, [...]
2007-11-14 21:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1798FROM BAD TO WORSE: ENERGY FINANCES IN HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to rates that do not cover costs, Honduran state-run electric company ENEE is losing USD 300 million a year, equal to 3 percent of GDP. The Zelaya administration appears to be seriously considering a long overdue rate increase. Some businesses have said they would pay hi [...]
2007-11-16 19:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EAID HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1818GOH PURSUING PETROCARIBE DEAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Facing severe losses at state-run electric energy company ENEE, in addition to increasing losses stemming from gasoline subsidies, the GOH is pursuing a package of solutions that includes a deal with PetroCaribe. [...]
2007-11-26 21:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1820HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]
2007-11-26 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1828CHIEF OF DEFENSE ROMEO VASQUEZ VELASQUEZ TO STAY
[...] (U) Late on November 26 it was announced that General Romeo Vasquez Velazquez, who was appointed by President Maduro as Chief of Defense (CHOD) in 2004, would be staying on in this position for an additional three years, for a total of six years in the position. Vasquez was slated for retire [...]
2007-11-27 21:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1830HONDURAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION PROTESTS DEMAND
[...] (U) On November 9, the head of the state run telecommunications company, Hondutel, was accused of abuse of authority for allegedly committing telephone espionage against President Manuel Zelaya, cabinet members, and members of Congress. After evading authorities for almost a week, Chimirri v [...]
2007-11-28 14:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECPS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1836HONDURAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) The GOH does not have any investments in Cuba. There are some companies that export products to Cuba, the biggest of which are Lido Pozuelo, Marmoles de Honduras, and Corporacion Dinant. 2. (C) The GOH does not have any bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. The two governments were wo [...]
2007-11-28 22:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CUCO HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1846IAEA REPORT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 18:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNVC IAEA PARM IR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1856HONDURAS RECEPTIVE TO CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 29 to Ambassador Roberto Ramos Bustos, head of the office of Special Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ramos was enthusiastic about the U.S. proposal and said Honduras shares the U.S. and G-8 concerns about cash smuggling and other [...]
2007-12-03 22:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC
07TEGUCIGALPA1870BOTH LIBERAL AND NATIONALISTS WORRY PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week, representatives of both the opposition National Party (NP) and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's own Liberal Party have expressed concern with Zelaya's possible desires to extend his mandate. On a recent trip to the countryside, Zelaya was quoted as [...]
2007-12-06 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR KDEM VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1876PRESIDENT ZELAYA "DISSES" UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
[...] (U) UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Ambeyi Ligabo visited Honduras November 26 - 30, 2007. Ligabo's goal was to investigate recent threats and attacks against journalists, especially those who denounce corruption. Ligabo was invited by the Honduran gov [...]
2007-12-07 16:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1885HONDURAS: CNIES INFORMATION SHARING MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 20:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR OTRA PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1886HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON GREECE PSI OPERATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 20:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1894HONDURAS: UPDATED ASSESSMENT ON SECURITY
[...] Honduran Vice Minister of Security, Jorge Rodas Gamero, provided Post with immediate prioritized police equipment needs. These include motor vehicles, a helicopter, office equipment, furniture, communications equipment, reproduction of instruction manuals, prison security equipment, and vehicl [...]
2007-12-12 15:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PTER SNAR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1909UN MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN NEXT HONDURAN
[...] On December 13, 2007 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Rebeca Arias, called a meeting of the G-16 plus the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the November 2009 general elections in Honduras. Since 2005, the OAS has been assisting the Supreme [...]
2007-12-14 16:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1915SUPREME COURT VOTES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12 the Constitutional Court was unable to muster a unanimous decision in the President of Congress Roberto Micheletti case. President Manuel Zelaya was able to manipulate this outcome and saw this as a personal victory. This forced the case to go to the entire plenary [...]
2007-12-17 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1916RECENT DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS AND SEIZURES IN
[...] Summary: Over the past weeks, Honduran authorities conducted several important drug-related arrests and seizures of assets. During the same time period, an airplane suspected of transporting drugs made an emergency landing in Honduras, but the police arrived too late to make arrests or find [...]
2007-12-17 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1923CABEI SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION TO COUNTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is concerned that certain member states may seek to invite Venezuela to join the bank or to form an association between CABEI and Hugo Chavez's Banco del Sur. He is urging the USG to join CABEI as a member or [...]
2007-12-19 16:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1944HONDURAS JOINS PETRO CARIBE; ANALYZING POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Honduras took a clear step toward securing energy financing from Venezuela by becoming the 17th member of PetroCaribe during the December 20-21 energy conference in Havana. Joining PetroCaribe allows Honduras to engage in discussions toward a possible energy agr [...]
2007-12-27 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1945HONDURAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES MIXED BAG OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran National Congress approved new electoral reforms on December 20, 2007, in late-night, closed-door discussions only a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the President of Congress, Roberto Michelleti, could run for President (ref. A). With substantive changes [...]
2007-12-27 22:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA215THE HONDURAN ECONOMY AFTER FIRST YEAR OF ZELAYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following one year in office for the Zelaya administration, the Honduran economy continues to perform solidly. Some critics would say that this continued robust performance owes more to the Maduro administration's (2001-2005) fiscal austerity than to any new Zelaya policies. [...]
2007-02-02 01:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA225HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA SAYS HE BACKS FUEL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya says he wants a market-based fuel sector reform, but the GOH must reach a deal with the international oil companies (IOCs) before domestic pressures force him to move back towards a national import scheme. A recent deal in principle with Honduran fuel storage [...]
2007-02-03 00:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA258WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: UPDATE TO
[...] SUMMARY: There has been a lack of political will and resources to address adequately the problem of child labor in Honduras. Honduras has not yet completed its list of the worst forms of child labor required by International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. The National Plan for the [...]
2007-02-08 17:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA302HONDURAN DEBATE ON FUELS LIBERALIZATION VS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH debate over fuels imports now appears to be on the brink of favorable resolution. Based on all our recent contacts with GOH officials, it is Post's assessment that the GOH no longer seeks nationalization of the fuels sector and is laboring mightily to find a mutually [...]
2007-02-15 19:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA336HONDURAN PRESIDENT ATTACKS PRO-NATIONALIZATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Recently President Zelaya has become openly critical of his former allies, the Patriotic Coalition (the group led by Juliette Handal that seeks lower fuel prices through nationalization of all imports). Zelaya has also criticized the pressure tactics employed by ConocoPhillip [...]
2007-02-20 21:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA368OFFSTAGE, HONDURAN FUELS ISSUE NEARS RESOLUTION;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya continues to shift his position on fuels to one increasingly aligned with the USG market-orientation. His public remarks have moderated significantly, triggering suspicion and even attacks from his former allies in the fight to nationalize fuel imports that h [...]
2007-02-26 23:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA415CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONDURAS FINALLY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque filled his two-day visit to Honduras with the inauguration of a hospital specializing in ophthalmology, a visit with President Zelaya, the signing of three agreements to bring the two countries closer together, and a visit with local suppo [...]
2007-03-07 14:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CU HO
07TEGUCIGALPA432HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]
2007-03-09 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07TEGUCIGALPA462HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]
2007-03-16 13:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA463HONDURAN FUEL SOLICITATION: FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH has decided to put the fuel solicitation process on a back burner. While this offers hope the planned state takeover of the fuel import sector might never take place, it leaves the plan with enough life in it for the Zelaya administration to play political games with i [...]
2007-03-16 13:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA469HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]
2007-03-16 17:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA471CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...]
2007-03-16 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
07TEGUCIGALPA472HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON ENGAGING NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Acting Polcouns delivered demarche to Foreign Vice Minister Enrique Reina and Ambassador Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs, on March 15, 2007 (reftel) on engaging Nicaragua. Polcouns made it clear that the demarche was not/not in relation to the mariti [...]
2007-03-16 22:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL NU HO
07TEGUCIGALPA493HONDURAN FUEL IMPORTS: USG EFFORTS STAVE OFF
[...] (C/NF) In a hemisphere disillusioned with market economics, the USG has successfully held the line in Honduras. Thanks to two face-to-face meetings between POTUS and Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and numerous public and private interventions by the Ambassador and his sta [...]
2007-03-21 14:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA509HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-03-22 22:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA579I AM THE STATE: HONDUTEL MANAGER REMAINS MAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While a new telecommunications law to liberalize the market remains stalled in the Honduran Congress, the battle to control the lucrative margins in international calling continues. Hondutel, the state telecoms operator, has aggressively pursued companies charged with pirating c [...]
2007-04-03 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA584HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-04-09 20:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA585HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-04-09 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA64PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IQ HO
07TEGUCIGALPA667DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]
2007-04-24 12:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA701 HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...]
2007-04-25 21:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
07TEGUCIGALPA703HONDURAS UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 12:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HO
07TEGUCIGALPA76HONDURAN PRESIDENT CALLS U.S. OIL COMPANIES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales returned "a changed man" from meetings with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on January 10. Zelaya was clearly frustrated at his continuing inability to resolve Honduras' energy proble [...]
2007-01-13 00:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA77HONDURAS EXPROPRIATES U.S. OIL COMPANIES' STORAGE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 13, the GOH announced in a surprise decision that it would be compelling use of privately-owned oil import and storage facilities in Honduras. It remains unclear which facilities are affected, but at a minimum Honduran firm DIPPSA and U.S. firm Esso are subject to [...]
2007-01-14 20:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET EINV ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA782HONDURAS: FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES, HONDUTEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of surprise moves, Hondutel operations director Marcelo Chimirri was essentially stripped of authority at the state run telecommunications company and all his legal actions during his tenure were nullified. However, Chimirri was then promoted several days later as the [...]
2007-05-09 15:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA803AMBASSADOR FORD DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Ambassador Ford delivered demarche (reftel) to Honduran Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez on May 10, 2007. The Foreign Minister responded that Honduras will support the bids of Slovenia and Bosnia for the UN Human Rights Council in New York on May 17. He also said that he would convey his [...]
2007-05-10 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC HO
07TEGUCIGALPA838HONDUTEL UNDER FIRE AS NEGOTATIONS OVER NEW LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The major actors in on-going effort to pass a new telecommunications law met May 11, and agreed to reconcile four key issues: license authorizations, naming of commissioners, taxes, and mobile licenses. While the group plans to meet again May 18, a related effort by Congress to [...]
2007-05-16 00:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA86HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR OPPOSES ANNOUNCED GOH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyers for U.S. firm Esso admit that expropriations can be legal if carried out properly and effectively compensated, so they continue to monitor closely the GOH's implementation of its January 13 decree announcing its intention to take control of private sector oil storage f [...]
2007-01-16 23:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA892HONDURAS: TWIN SHOCKS IN ENERGY MAY HIT THIS SUMMER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 23:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA896HONDURAS' RESPONSE FOR COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE
[...] (U) In response to reftel A, Post's answers regarding the relationship between Honduras and Cuba follow. Post's answers track the numbered questions in reftel A. 2. (U) There are no known Honduran companies that have invested in Cuba, nor are there any bilateral trade agreements between the [...]
2007-05-22 19:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU HO
07TEGUCIGALPA904CONGRESS TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SECURITY
[...] (U) The Honduran Congress, before an invited crowd of diplomats, private businessmen, Church officials, and representatives from a number of government agencies, revealed on May 15 its proposal to address the security situation in Honduras by creating yet another commission. President of Congr [...]
2007-05-23 15:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKRCM PGOV SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA906POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MICHELLETI'S BID FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post believes it is likely that Liberal Party member Roberto Michelleti Bain will succeed in his attempt to be allowed to run for President in the 2009 elections without resigning from his position as President of the National Congress. This means that a contest in the next elec [...]
2007-05-23 16:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA91HONDURAN GOVERNMENT BLAMES OIL COMANIES; COMPLAINS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador, Charge, and EconChief met with Ministers Enrique Flores Lanza and Milton Jimenez on January 16 to discuss the announced GOH intent to seize control of U.S. owned oil storage facilities without the consent of the owners. Both Ministers blamed the companies for fail [...]
2007-01-17 19:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA966(S) NO VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID IN HONDURAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPINR PREL VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA98HONDURAN GOVERNMENT TO MEET OIL INDUSRY REPS IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A GOH delegation led by Minister Enrique Flores Lanza has agreed to travel to Salvador on January 18 to engage with the international oil companies in a last ditch effort to find an exit to the current fuel sector crisis. Flores Lanza proposed two topics for the Salvador talk [...]
2007-01-18 14:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1002 TREMEMDOUS HONDURAN INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTION
[...] Summary. Hondurans have been extremely interested in the outcome of the U.S. election. All major Honduran media outlets followed the campaigns closely from the primaries through the election November 4. Election results were front page news in all major dailies and television news programs [...]
2008-11-06 15:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL KCOR KEIM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1006EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran financial sector is beginning to feel an impact from the global financial crisis in the form of reduced credit flows and higher interest rates on correspondent bank relationships. However, because of its limited exposure to the U.S. and global financial systems, the [...]
2008-11-07 17:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EFIN ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1009AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS WITH IMF AND CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Llorens continued economic courtesy calls this week with visits from IMF Resrep Mario Garza and Central Bank (BCH) President Edwin Araque. Both meetings focused on the probable effects of the financial crisis (reftel),further complication to the Honduran economy be [...]
2008-11-10 15:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1010HONDURAS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper (Reftel A) regarding the candidacy of Wanda K. Jones on October 28 to Jose Antonio Lorenzana, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Reftel B). Poloff received written response on November 3 signed by the Foreign M [...]
2008-11-10 20:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1012HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT CASES COULD HAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista and President of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales both explained their views on two cases likely to be heard by the Supreme Court which could be of potential significance on the presidential elections, [...]
2008-11-10 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1019HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL JOINT DEMARCHE - US BRAZIL
[...] (U) On November 13, Ambassador and Brazilian Ambassador briefed Acting Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales on the U.S.- Brazil Biofuels Partnership and informed him of our interest in including Honduras in the third country facilitation program. Rosales said that the government of President Zela [...]
2008-11-14 16:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENVI ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1021SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...]
2008-11-14 20:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1023GOH SIGNS ALBA DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING FSLN ON
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Legal Advisor Milton Jimenez announced on November 13 that the GOH had signed the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas' (ALBA) document regarding the Nicaraguan elections. In a telephone call initiated by the Ambassador, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya explained hi [...]
2008-11-14 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI KJUS NU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1034VICE PRESIDENT ELVIN SANTOS RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary. Vice President Elvin Santos announced his resignation on November 18, in an attempt to circumvent suspected efforts by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the Congress to legally bar him from running for President. Santos has thwarted these efforts, for now, by jumping ship, [...]
2008-11-18 20:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1040CONGRESS REFUSES TO CONSIDER VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Congress refused to accept Vice President Elvin Santos' resignation on November 18 reportedly because Santos had not submitted a valid reason for resigning. These events were orchestrated to put an end to Santos' presidential aspirations, but may backfire and strengthen his prim [...]
2008-11-19 19:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1054HONDURAN TEACHERS DEMANDING PAYMENT OF BACK WAGES
[...] (C) Teachers unions are threatening to close polling stations, mostly located in schools, for the November 30 primary elections due to an ongoing pay dispute with the government. While President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya gave into demands of the teachers unions on October 13, promising to pay over [...]
2008-11-21 22:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1055HONDURAS TO CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 11:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1063AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO HONDURAS' MOSQUITIA COAST
[...] Summary. On 12 Nov, the Ambassador visited Puerto Lempira, in the Gracias a Dios region of Honduras accompanied by the Honduran Minister of Health (MoH),Vice Minister of Education (VMoE) and 20 media. The purpose of the visit was to 1) inaugurate USG-funded school facilities, 2) inaugurate a [...]
2008-11-25 18:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS SNAR PGOV KJUS MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1064ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]
2008-11-25 19:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA107NEW HONDURAN FM EDMUNDO ORELLANA: WE CAN WORK WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On his first day in office, Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana received the Ambassador for a courtesy call. They discussed moving the bilateral agenda forward, especially in the areas of security and migration issues. Orellana lamented the chaos the Foreign Ministry was [...]
2008-02-04 12:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SMIG CVIS VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1071AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER CERRATO
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Fredis Cerrato, Minister of Trade and Industry, October 30 to discuss CAFTA-DR, fuel prices and renewable energy, and the financial crisis, among other topics. The Ambassador raised the expropriation claim of U.S. citizen Oscar Cerna. End summary. ----- [...]
2008-11-28 19:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECIN EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD HN
08TEGUCIGALPA1072ALL SET FOR THE KEY HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The primary elections of November 30 are a critical event in Honduras. Our Mission had been intimately involved with supporting democracy and the primary election process in Honduras for months. We have worked through our Democracy Working Group, in conjunction with the Group of [...]
2008-11-28 20:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1073PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran voters from the two main parties (National and Liberal) went to the polls November 30 to elect the candidates from their respective parties. The election process was smoothly run, with all observers and the press describing them as a clear success. At this point, they a [...]
2008-12-01 02:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1079UPDATE ON HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results confirm that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo won in a landslide in the National Party primary election and Vice President Elvin Santos' stand-in Mauricio Villeda won a decisive victory over President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti in the Liberal Party primary election, [...]
2008-12-02 18:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1080MISSION HONDURAS LAUNCHES MERIDA COORDINATION
[...] Embassy Honduras has formed a plan to coordinate Merida Initiative efforts both mission-wide and bilaterally. We have created a Merida Working Group that meets monthly and includes senior-level representatives from POL/NAS, DEA, USAID, MILGROUP, DHS/ICE, DAO, RSO, PAS, MCC, JTF-B, RAO and TAT [...]
2008-12-02 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KDEM KCOR KCRM MASS EAID ECON KJUS
08TEGUCIGALPA1090PATHWAYS MINISTERIAL IN PANAMA: CLOSING THE DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 16:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1091MISSION HONDURAS SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED
[...] (S) EMBASSY HONDURAS FULLY ENDORSES THE FUNDING PROPOSAL IN SUPPORT OF THE HONDURAN ARMED FORCES UNDER SECTION 1206 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA): OPERATION ENDURING FRIENDSHIP (EF) AND OPERATION ENDURING FRIENDSHIP CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA (OEF-CCA),SUBMITTED BY SOCSOUTH. [...]
2008-12-04 21:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1114(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN
[...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]
2008-12-10 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALHO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1115SICA ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Central American leaders announced a 59-point regional strategy at the 33rd summit of the Central American Integrated System (SICA) in San Pedro Sula December 5 covering a range of topics from security and financial cooperation, to tourism, environment and migration. In r [...]
2008-12-10 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV KINL PREL SOCI SNAR PBTS PNAT
08TEGUCIGALPA1118HONDURAS TO CONSIDER RECOGNIZING KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 15:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1120HONDURAS REVIEW OF CUBAN RELATIONS FOR THE
[...] (U) This cable serves as a response to reftel request for information on Honduran relations with Cuba. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? The Government of Honduras does not appear to exert political in [...]
2008-12-15 18:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA1125RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION With HONDURAS
[...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa is launching an initiative to deepen cooperation with Honduras on renewable energy. Recent steps, such as the approval of a 100 MW wind energy project and Honduras' inclusion in the U.S.-Brazil biofuels assistance prog [...]
2008-12-15 20:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1126AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES HONDURAN CENTRAL BANK
[...] (C) Summary: At a reception December 10, Ambassador told Central Bank President Edwin Araque that his public criticism of the IMF had been a mistake. Araque said that was probably true, but lamented the international community's lack of recent support, and said he is under tremendous politica [...]
2008-12-15 23:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1127POLITICAL MOMENTUM INDICATES ELVIN SANTOS WILL
[...] C) Summary Although powerful political figures tried their hardest to keep Vice President Elvin Santos from running for President, he was still able to win the primary elections with a stand-in candidate. Pundits and political rivals like President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and President of the Cong [...]
2008-12-15 23:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1131HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08TEGUCIGALPA1133PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN
[...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]
2008-12-16 23:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1134PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN
[...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]
2008-12-17 12:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1135AMBASSADOR LLORENS' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens met with Victor Meza, the Honduran Minister of the Interior, on November 17, discussing delivery of humanitarian assistance following recent country-wide floods, the Minister's de-centralization efforts, migration issues, and a recent alien smuggling scandal un [...]
2008-12-17 16:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1136HONDURAN CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez, the most respected person in Honduras, reviewed the current political situation with the Ambassador during a December 11 courtesy call. Rodriguez said that he was completely surprised with the results of the primaries and the transparent way the p [...]
2008-12-17 16:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM EFIN SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1137GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS PICKS LEAST OBTRUSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Honduras announced December 17 that it had signed a contract to build a small civilian terminal at the northwest end of the runway, away from the area used by U.S. and Honduran forces. The Embassy worked behind the scenes to encourage a plan that did not interf [...]
2008-12-18 22:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1149HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]
2008-12-19 23:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1152HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]
2008-12-22 12:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA123ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...]
2008-02-08 17:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA140TEGUCIGALPA: INFO FOR REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 21:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA143HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) On February 14, 2008, PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo Independence (reftel) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs. He said that he would check with Vice Foreign Minister Enrique Reina based on the Ambassador's demarche with Reina on January 8 [...]
2008-02-15 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA155HONDURAN FORESTRY UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (U) Summary: Despite moderate progress recently, the Honduran deforestation rate has remained steady at about 2-3 percent a year, according to informed sources. Honduras lost about 37 percent of its forests from 1990 to 2005. Though a new forestry law will offer additional protection for al [...]
2008-02-22 12:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA165ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION AT THE MIDPOINT: SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. In the fall of 2005, Embassy Country team engaged in an off-site exercise to determine the USG priorities in Honduras, dividing them into five categories. This cable, third in a series, analyzes Manuel Zelaya's administration at the midpoint in regards to one of those priorities: [...]
2008-02-26 18:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KHLS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PTER SMIG SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA171VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS' BID FOR PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Summary: After President of the Congress Micheletti was allowed to run for President of Honduras (see reftel) Vice President Elvin Santos was also emboldened to make a run for it. Analysts initially wrote off this bid, as the constitution states that no person who has acted as president [...]
2008-02-27 19:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA204UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] On March 5, PolOff delivered non-papers from both reftels to Jose Laranzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs officer in the MFA's Director General of External Affairs. The GOH is considering our points. Post will forward any subsequent response. FORD FORD [...]
2008-03-05 20:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA211ANOTHER JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATION IN
[...] (C) Summary. Police and military authorities were summoned to a late meeting at Casa Presidencial by President Manuel Zelaya on March 4 to discuss measures to combat the current wave of violent crime in Honduras. On March 5, they announced the joint police-military "Operation Hunter," consist [...]
2008-03-07 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA212NEW FOREIGN MINISTER ORELLANA CLEANS HOUSE AT THE
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana took office on February 1. On his first day in office, he received the Ambassador and told us of his plans to clean up the Ministry by removing some of the over 500 employees (all party activists) who had been added during former FM Milton Jimenez [...]
2008-03-07 19:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA213THE OLANCHO REGION OF HONDURAS
[...] (U) Summary: Considered the "Wild East" of Honduras, Olancho is famous for its meat, milk and cheese. Nonetheless, new industries, including aquiculture, mainly sugar and corn, are doing well in this fertile land. The family farm is slowly disappearing, being replaced by corporate farms. S [...]
2008-03-07 19:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EINV ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA216LABOR PAINS BEGIN FOR THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER:
[...] (C) Summary: The February 29 decision to privatize a cleaning contract at a public hospital in Tegucigalpa triggered a series of gradually strengthening protests by the 7800-member hospital workers union, SITRAMEDHYS. Nationwide protests ended March 6 after late night negotiations led to a t [...]
2008-03-07 20:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA223NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO
[...] (C) Summary: National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Mario Canahuati is quickly losing supporters and growing increasingly desperate. In private meetings with the Ambassador, he has made serious but unsubstantiated accusations against his main rival, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and some of his a [...]
2008-03-10 22:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA229PARTY BUSINESS TAKES A BACKSEAT AT HONDURAS,
[...] (C) Summary. On Saturday March 8, 2008, the Honduran National Party held a party convention in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Though party business was alleged to be on the agenda, the event more closely resembled a political rally for party boss Pepe Lobo, while his competitors for the pa [...]
2008-03-11 22:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA242GOH NEAR AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON STANDBY
[...] (C) Summary: Sources here expect the IMF Board next month to approve a Precautionary Standby Agreement with Honduras. Under this agreement, which represents a lower level of ambition than what was being discussed in January (ref B),Honduras is to stabilize its international reserves and deval [...]
2008-03-14 14:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA243INCUMBENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REAPPOINTED
[...] (U) The incumbent head of the Honduran Human Rights Commission, Ramon Custodio, was reappointed by the Honduran National Congress to another six-year term on Wednesday. Custodio has been active in Human Rights since the 1980's and has been Human Rights Commissioner since 2002. The reappointm [...]
2008-03-14 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA260RASH OF DRUG AND CASH SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN
[...] (SBU) On March 11, Colombian armed forces and police interdicted the Honduran-flagged fishing vessel Captain Cooley while it was docked at San Andres waiting to depart to Honduras. Inside three barrels located in the main cabin, they found bags containing a total of 1,375 pellets filled with [...]
2008-03-17 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA27ZELAYA CABINET SHUFFLE: NEW MINISTERS ARE EITHER
[...] (C) Summary. On January 6, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the cabinet changes he had been considering since the raids on Hondutel and its Director, Marcello Chimirri, on November 9, 2007. The changes seem to be geared towards installing those who are either more compliant or more loya [...]
2008-01-10 13:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA295DEADLY CATCH: DIVING FOR LOBSTER OFF THE MOSQUITO
[...] (U) Summary: At least 258 divers have been killed and 850 injured diving for lobster on the Honduran North Coast over the last two decades. The Honduran Fisheries Association states that Honduras has among the highest rates of lobster diver casualties in the world. Dangerous diving proced [...]
2008-03-31 20:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS ELAB ETRD SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA297HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR POINTS ON RETAINING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 22:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM
08TEGUCIGALPA304NEW HONDURAN MINISTER OF GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ford paid a courtesy call on the new head of the Ministry of Governance and Justice (MGJ),Victor Meza, on March 14. Meza indicated that his appointment as the only "independent" minister was a signal of the Zelaya administration's intention to depart radically from [...]
2008-04-01 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA322(C) FORMER MINISTER OF SECURITY OSCAR ALVAREZ TO
[...] (C) On April 7 the Ambassador met with Oscar Alvarez, the enormously popular former Minister of Security under President Ricardo Maduro. Alvarez told the Ambassador that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo had asked him to be his running mate, and he had accepted, effectively stopping rumors that former Cen [...]
2008-04-08 19:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR PINS HN
08TEGUCIGALPA336PRESIDENT ZELAYA ASKS CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE AND
[...] (C) Summary. President Manuel Zelaya attributes his electoral victory two years ago to his promise to contain energy prices and has subsidized fuel prices and electricity rates since he entered office. The cost of those subsidies has become unsustainable. In a poorly thought-out plan to red [...]
2008-04-11 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EFIN ENRG HN
08TEGUCIGALPA338HONDURAS MAKES IMPORTANT GAINS AGAINST ILLICIT
[...] Summary. The Honduran Congress passed long-pending changes to the criminal code on March 27, making terrorist financing a distinct crime. The new legislation imposes strict mandatory sentences and brings Honduras into full compliance with several international conventions and recommendation [...]
2008-04-11 20:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER HO
08TEGUCIGALPA386STARVING FOR ATTENTION, HONDURAN PROSECUTORS
[...] (C) Summary: Week two of a hunger strike by seven career Honduran fiscales (prosecutors) ended Sunday, April 20, with another blow to a possible settlement as the strikers rejected the latest compromise from the Public Ministry (MP). The strikers allege politics and corruption are behind sy [...]
2008-04-23 15:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA390HONDURAS CONSIDERING ITS POSITION ON RECOGNITION
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points on April 23, 2008, to Jose Lorenzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs Officer in the MFA's External Affairs Directorate, reminding Lorenzana of Post's earlier demarches on this issue to the Foreign Minister (reftels B and C). Lorenzana reported the GOH has not ye [...]
2008-04-23 21:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDYI PREL PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA391HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR DEMARCHE ON THE US-EU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA395HONDURAN LABOR LEADER GUNNED DOWN IN APPARENT HIT
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran Labor Leader Rosa Altagracia Fuentes was gunned down in an apparent assassination in the early hours of April 24. Several thousand dollars' worth of cash and jewelry were left in the vehicle. Also murdered in the car were Yolanda Sanchez, director of the governmental I [...]
2008-04-24 20:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB ASEC ALOW PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA400RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES - HONDURAS
[...] (U) Effect of rising food prices on agricultural commodity demand: none. 2. (U) Effect on supply: Currently certain items are in short supply. Because the economy in neighboring El Salvador is stronger, and because prices of some foodstuffs in Honduras are capped by the government, the [...]
2008-04-25 18:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA407DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR MCDANIEL ESPOUSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 20:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PREL XK XM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA41CIRQUE DE MICHELETTI: THINGS GET OUT OF HAND IN
[...] (C) Summary. Both the Constitutional Court and the plenary of the Supreme Court returned a decision of "not unconstitutional" in regards to the electoral reforms vetoed January 8 by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. This allowed President of Congress Roberto Micheletti to call for an override v [...]
2008-01-14 13:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA425TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A
[...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...]
2008-05-06 15:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA429TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Tegucigalpa utilizes several strategies to advance the President's Freedom Agenda. Post officials at all levels meet routinely with HR and democracy activists. U.S. Government participation in bilateral and multilateral efforts strengthens nongovernmental and civil socie [...]
2008-05-06 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA438PROSECUTORS, STRIKE REACHES 33 DAYS: CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. The prosecutors' strike has now reached day 33 (ref a). It has become clear that the strikers (with the support of President Manuel Zelaya) are not negotiating in good faith, as they reject every proposal and make new demands. Even Zelaya has been publicly accused of this after [...]
2008-05-09 15:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA442TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 21:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA45BIODIESEL, ENERGY & CARBON CREDITS FROM HONDURAN
[...] Summary: Most of the building blocks are now in place for Honduras to begin substantial production of biodiesel from African Palm trees. In 2005 a Honduran company succeeded in producing biodiesel to fuel 240 company vehicles and six Tegucigalpa public busses. Another company was the first [...]
2008-01-14 19:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA452GOH THREATENS TO NATIONALIZE ENERGY ASSETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Confronting widespread public discontent with rising fuel and energy prices and embroiled in a constitutional crisis with public prosecutors, the Zelaya Administration in recent days has reactivated threats to nationalize fuel import terminals and is now threatening to take over [...]
2008-05-14 16:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA454VULNERABILITIES OF HONDURAN IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite significant progress in improving the security of document issuance systems and the physical integrity of Honduran passports and national identification (ID) cards, serious vulnerabilities remain. Low salaries at Honduran Immigration and the National Registry of Person [...]
2008-05-14 19:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKFRD CVIS SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA458NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY OF NATIONAL STRIKES:
[...] (C) Summary. Hondurans gathered around the country yesterday in the fifth day of national strikes since the occasionally violent demonstrations on April 17th. Unlike the incidents on the 17th and the disorganized efforts since, the events yesterday had positive results: the prosecutors end [...]
2008-05-15 20:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA459PRESIDENT JOSE MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF AMBASSADOR FORD REF: OFFICIAL BIOS ON FILE
[...] (S) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya Rosales is a throwback to an earlier Central American era, almost a caricature of a land-owner &caudillo8 in terms of his leadership style and tone. Ever the rebellious teenager, Zelaya,s principal goal in office is to enrich himself and his [...]
2008-05-15 20:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM ENRG EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA468STATE OF THE ELECTIONS: GOH FINALLY FUNDS THE
[...] (C) Summary. After months of dragging its feet, the Executive branch finally agreed on May 14 to release the funding of the National Register of Persons (RNP),that issues national identity documents, and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),that runs the elections and counts the votes. The [...]
2008-05-16 19:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA469SCENESETTER FOR TRIP OF DEPUTY SECRETARY TO
[...] (C) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States Government (USG) and the current administration of Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya are strained, however, cooperation and relations on the working level remain good. Honduras faces many challeng [...]
2008-05-19 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EFIN ETRD ECON MARR MOPS SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA477TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Honduras voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (DRIP) but does not appear to be doing anything to implement the provisions of the declaration. Post is unaware of any indigenous groups taking any action under the declaration, [...]
2008-05-20 18:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA515HONDURAN AIR SHOW 2008
[...] The Country Team in Tegucigalpa strongly supports the broadest possible Department of Defense (DOD) participation for the Honduran Air Show and Fair 2008, scheduled for 21-22 June 2008 at Armando Escalon Espinal Air Base in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Specifically, the participation of fighter [...]
2008-05-30 18:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08TEGUCIGALPA518HONDURAS: IMF MISSION ASSESSES GOH RESPONSE TO
[...] 1. (C) Summary: An IMF team that visited Honduras May 13-21 left satisfied with GOH efforts on the fiscal side to accommodate food and fuel price shocks. Meetings with the Central Bank on monetary policy were very tense, but the Central Bank followed IMF advice by raising its base interest r [...]
2008-05-30 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA525PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S PROPOSED TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday May 30, the Ambassador met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to discuss the President's upcoming meeting with the Deputy Secretary. The Ambassador has met with all individuals who have meetings scheduled with the Deputy Secretary in order to help them understand his r [...]
2008-06-02 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA526GOH RESPONSE TO ENERGY CRISIS MAKING RICH RICHER
[...] (C) Summary: The surge in global energy prices the past three years has left the GOH in an increasingly untenable position due to unsustainable fuel subsidies and financial losses at the National Electric Company (ENEE). Although the external price shock is the immediate cause of the crisis, [...]
2008-06-02 22:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA527IN REPONSE TO CRASH OF TACA 390, PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary: Following the May 30 crash of Taca flight 390 in which 5 people were killed, President Manuel Zelaya immediately closed the Tegucigalpa airport at Toncontin and announced that commercial flights would be sent to the airstrip at Soto Cano, which houses U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. [...]
2008-06-02 22:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA53HONDURAS SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT
[...] (S) Embassy Honduras fully endorses the following FY08 funding proposal in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): Operation Enduring Friendship Caribbean-Central America (OEF-CCA),submitted by SOCSOUTH. 2. (S) This proposa [...]
2008-01-16 13:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
08TEGUCIGALPA541AT A HIGH COST OF LIVES AND MONEY, ZELAYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Twelve days after the TACA 390 crash at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International airport (Reftel A),the initial investigation points mostly to pilot error, and the fuselage should be completely removed from the highway by Wednesday. President Zelaya has found hims [...]
2008-06-10 23:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN ECON MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBPTS PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA55HONDURAS: LAST TRANCHE OF CABINET REASSIGNMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On January 14, the last tranche of cabinet reassignments were announced by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's administration (ref a). Most noteworthy was the re-assignment of Angel Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana Mercado, previously Minister of Governance, as the new Foreign Minister. Or [...]
2008-01-16 17:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA561HONDURAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS
[...] On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Foreign Policy Director, Foreign Affairs Ministry. Mr. Rosales was cognizant of the importance of the partnerships and proposed a three-pronged approach on the part of Honduras. First, he would surface t [...]
2008-06-16 14:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP
08TEGUCIGALPA566CIVIL SOCIETY REPS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte and WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Honduran civil society representatives expressed concern over the country's growing security problems, rampant corruption, and weak democratic institutions. Discussion remained general, howeve [...]
2008-06-16 22:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA567DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte June 5, Roberto Micheletti, who is a leading candidate for the Liberal Party nomination to succeed Manuel Zelaya as President next year, expressed considerable anxiety about the current state of affairs in Honduras. He was clear in e [...]
2008-06-16 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECPS EPET EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA568THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Ricardo Maduro Joest enumerated the lengthy list of problems in the country caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's poor leadership: the fiscal situation is "terrible;" institutions have been undermined; and drugs and gangs have sent crime spinning out of con [...]
2008-06-16 22:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA569THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN
[...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to discuss several issues of mutual interest, including: Temporary Protected Status; U.S. Assistance to Honduras; security and identity documents; trade; the deteriorating U.S. image in the region; and commerc [...]
2008-06-16 22:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS ETRD SMIG KCRM
08TEGUCIGALPA57OIL FOR MILK: CHAVEZ PUSHES PETROCARIBE, BUT
[...] (C) In a whirlwind eight-hour visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke at length about Latin American history and unity and Petrocaribe. He forgave USD 30 million in Honduran debt (after having refused to join other creditor countries to do so in 2005),but did not "sign" any Petrocaribe [...]
2008-01-17 21:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA570THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BREAKFAST ON THE RULE OF
[...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary held a breakfast conversation on rule of law issues with Vilma Morales, the Chief Justice of the Honduran Supreme Court, and Leonidas Rosa Bautista, the Attorney General of Honduras. Both Honduran officials, who represent the National Party, empha [...]
2008-06-16 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM KDEM KJUS SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA572HONDURAS: EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS
[...] (U) Summary: Despite comparatively strong economic growth for the last four years, Honduras remains unprepared to reassimilate 80,000 of its citizens living in the United States on Temporary Protective Status (TPS). Job growth remains slow, and poverty, despite some measured declines the pa [...]
2008-06-17 14:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA581HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA583POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO
[...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...]
2008-06-18 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA6HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER MILTON JIMENEZ REMAINS
[...] (U) Despite press reports to the contrary, Honduran Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez remains in his position according to a diplomatic note sent to the Embassy and other foreign missions accredited to Honduras on January 4, 2008. The press initially reported that President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya [...]
2008-01-04 20:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA607HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON 2007 UN VOTING REPORT
[...] (C) On June 23, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Jose Lorenzana, the Foreign Ministry's Acting Director of Multilateral Affairs. Lorenzana assured PolOff that the MFA wants to support us at UNGA and the UNSC. He added that every request that has come in from us since he began in his curre [...]
2008-06-27 14:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALAORC UNSC UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA608DELIVERY OF USG VIEW ON THE CONVENTION ON
[...] 1. On June 5, 2008, Econoff expressed USG views related to the Convention of Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director of the External Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econoff explained the position and delivered the Re [...]
2008-06-27 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC TRGY ENRG PARM IAEA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA615MERIDA IS APPROVED: NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) Summary: Now that the Merida Initiative has been signed by the President, the embassy team has put together an update to the critical security sector needs in Honduras, the current political situation that may affect our efforts, and our recommendations for areas of focus within the Merida [...]
2008-07-01 11:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER SNAR KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA637ZELAYA RELENTS ON TONCONTIN BUT PUSHES AHEAD ON
[...] (C) Summary: Normal flights are expected to resume at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport this week, more than five weeks after a Taca Airlines crash landing prompted President Zelaya to restrict operations there to small aircraft. Zelaya reversed himself over the weekend after the release of flig [...]
2008-07-07 20:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA638HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED OVER KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 11:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDYI PREL PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA639HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PSI MEETING RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 11:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM HO PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA646HONDURAS CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA659HONDURAN ELECTION SEASON KICK-OFF
[...] (C) Summary: July 15 marks the official beginning of Honduran election season when leaders of political party factions turn in their slates to the party councils. By August 24, the names of the official primary candidates will be known. The two main parties are the Liberal Party and the Nat [...]
2008-07-14 18:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL ECON KCOR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA662HONDURAS' CHORTI INDIANS TAKE OVER COPAN
[...] (U) Summary: June 22 at 2:00 a.m., 3,000 Indians from the Maya Chorti tribe took over the archeological ruins of Copan demanding that promises made to the tribe by previous governments, including lands and bilingual education, be fulfilled. After two days of negotiations with both local and n [...]
2008-07-15 19:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA667HONDURAS RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 17:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA671MADAME VICE PRESIDENT: HONDURAS' FIVE MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary. In accordance with the law, on July 15, five Presidential candidates (two National Party and three Liberal Party) submitted their slates to their respective party headquarters in order to compete in the primary elections of November 16. All five candidates chose female running ma [...]
2008-07-17 17:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA674TELECOM REFORM FALLS VICTIM TO ELECTORAL POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited Honduran telcom reform bill resurfaced last week in Congress for the first time since February. Congressional leaders are promising the current draft will be put up for a second debate this week, but none except the President of Congress seem to know which version [...]
2008-07-21 14:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECPS PGOV ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA679HONDURAS TO SUPPORT USG AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 12:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO HO
08TEGUCIGALPA681HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA682POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]
2008-07-23 17:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA683FEELING PRESSED INTO A CORNER, ZELAYA INTERRUPTS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 22, President Manuel Zelaya interrupted the airways for a ten minute rant against the United States, the European Union, international companies, and the rich of Honduras, ending by stating that Honduras is now a non-aligned country. This was brought on by Chavez having p [...]
2008-07-23 20:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA684POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]
2008-07-23 21:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA685HONDURAS SOLICITED FOR INFORMATION ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA686HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 12:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA687HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESSURING THE FARC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 12:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA716AUDIT OF GRAY TRAFFIC AT HONDUTEL REVEALS
[...] (C) Summary: An audit of state-run telecom company Hondutel and its alleged involvement in illegal "gray trafficking" of international calls was completed by a World Bank-sponsored consultant this week and is now in the hands of the Supreme Accounting Tribunal (TSC - the Honduran equivalent [...]
2008-07-30 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECPS PGOV ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA718ZELAYA ANNOUNCES AT PETROFOOD SUMMIT HE IS JOINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the conclusion of a meeting of agriculture ministers from countries participating in Venezuela's Petrocaribe scheme here July 30, President Manuel Zelaya said his government had "practically" made the "political decision" to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the A [...]
2008-07-31 18:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECIN ETRD PREL EPET EAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA722CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW REFLECTS STATIST MENTALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new "Consumer Protection Law" that went into effect July 7 reflects a distrust of markets and the principles underlying the World Trade Organization and CAFTA-DR. It creates a new Executive Branch "authority" that can fix prices for any "essential" goods and services if that [...]
2008-08-04 11:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA732LEADERS' MEETING ON TRADE AND PROSPERITY
[...] (U) Invitation and talking points on the UNGA AGP sideline meeting were delivered by dipnote to the President's office on August 5, 2008. Please see Ref B for further details. BROUILLETTE-RODRIGUEZ [...]
2008-08-06 15:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDXK XM ECON ETRD
08TEGUCIGALPA750GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH VOTER
[...] (C) Despite a recent influx of funding for election identity documents, Honduras, National Registry of Persons (RNP) continues to face an uphill battle in its efforts to document new voters in time for November elections. Over the past six months, the RNP has accumulated a backlog of 800,000 [...]
2008-08-11 20:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA765ALBA EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED ON AUGUST 25 AT A HUGE
[...] (C) Summary: Local press continues to spin about the Honduran government's impending signature to Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),currently scheduled to take place with much fanfare on August 25. The private sector has publicly announced its opposition to the agr [...]
2008-08-20 11:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA772FAINT HOPE FOR IMF STANDBY AGREEMENT IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary. After a reluctant IMF assessment visit August 12-15, the IMF officially concluded that fiscal policies are broadly on track, while advising the GOH to strengthen its monetary and exchange rate policies. Underlying the terse public statement was a private consensus among IMF offic [...]
2008-08-21 13:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA787ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISQUALIFIES VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) disqualified Vice President Elvin Santos as a presidential candidate based on constitutional rules on candidates' qualifications. This action was taken despite the fact that the TSE 48 hours earlier had found Santos and his slates technically [...]
2008-08-25 19:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MOPS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA789HONDURAS SIGNS ON TO "BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE"
[...] (U) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya signed on to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for America (ALBA) on August 25 at a lavish event attended by VIPs from other ALBA countries and a paid crowd of approximately 40,000 people. The day of speeches failed to shed much new light on what Ze [...]
2008-08-26 14:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD HO KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA790DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 15:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA795HONDURAS THE MORNING AFTER ALBA: THE POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hondurans were largely offended by the tone and language of the ALBA signing ceremony, especially in Hugo Chavez' speech. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has reacted to the public, media and private sector response with his own angry comments, while attempting to mend fences wit [...]
2008-08-28 18:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD HO KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA799HONDURAS THE DAY AFTER ALBA: THE ECONOMIC RESPONSE
[...] (C) Honduran citizens got a first glimpse of the ALBA agreement through a reprint in La Tribuna two days after President Zelaya signed it. In addition to its basic claim that the "Neoliberal Model" has sharpened poverty and social exclusion in the region, the agreement recognizes a need for [...]
2008-08-29 14:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA809TOP HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER PEPE LOBO ON
[...] (C) Summary: The former and presumptive 2009 Nationalist Party candidate for President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo made an introductory call on Charge August 27, accompanied by Fred Breve, former Defense Minister in the Maduro administration. Lobo and Breve expressed concerns about both the upcoming [...]
2008-09-03 14:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD HO PGOV PREL VE EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA813PEPE LOBO'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE A POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. PolCouns met with Porfirio Lobo's (National Party) vice presidential candidate Maria Antonieta Guillen de Bogran to discuss her candidacy and the Lobo campaign strategy. Guillen said she believes deeply in Lobo and his ability to make positive changes in Honduras, and said the c [...]
2008-09-03 18:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA824PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MILTON JIMENEZ SEES ARRIVAL
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Milton Jimenez asked PolCouns for an emergency meeting on the eve of his departure for Venezuela to sign financing agreements. He explained the GOH would receive USD 100 million for bonds to be used for housing projects, and USD 30 million for BANADESA to be u [...]
2008-09-08 18:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA832VP ELVIN SANTOS' MARCH GARNERS MORE SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) Vice President and current Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos led a march to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on September 8 that garnered the support of over 20,000 people. Santos was protesting the fact that the TSE disqualified him as a candidate (see reftel). He tol [...]
2008-09-09 23:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA833NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO
[...] (C) Summary: National Party presidential candidate Mario Canahuati paid a courtesy call on Charge on September 9. He accused National Party rival Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of pressuring the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to accept two other National Party candidates (to split opposition) and of genera [...]
2008-09-09 23:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA84GOH SEEKS IMF AGREEMENT TO UNLOCK BUDGET SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran Finance Minister Rebeca Santos and Central Bank President Edwin Araque will travel to Washington January 31 to attempt to lay the groundwork for an IMF Standby Agreement that President Zelaya could finalize and announce when he comes to town for the national prayer break [...]
2008-01-28 18:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA849HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA POSTPONES CREDENTIALING
[...] (U) Honduras awoke to radio reports September 12 that President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya would not receive the credentials of U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens that afternoon as planned, per a communiqu from the Presidential Palace. By eight o'clock, the press reports claimed to quote the President and [...]
2008-09-13 00:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD HO KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA853FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCEPTS COPIES OF CREDENTIALS;
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered copies of his credentials to Acting Foreign Minster Eduardo Rosales Ramirez September 16. Protocol Chief Ambassador Napoleon Alvarez Alvarado and DCM also attended. Rosales handed the Ambassador a note verbal (informal translation below) scheduling the credentialing c [...]
2008-09-16 18:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL HO PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA86PETROCARIBE AS HONDURAN POLITICAL THEATER
[...] (C) Summary: Local media report President Manuel Zelaya will sign an agreement today (January 28) to import Venezuelan fuel on concessional terms through Petrocaribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly signed the agreement in Caracas over the weekend. The Honduran Congress approved the out [...]
2008-01-28 22:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA863CAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOLD?
[...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is a contrarian with a chip on his shoulder who has nonetheless made it to the pinnacle of Honduran politics. We think his move to the left was in part prompted by his group of leftist advisors, his declining popularity, increasingly shrill personal attacks on him by the c [...]
2008-09-19 18:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EFIN EAID ECON SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA864HONDURAS REACTION TO PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discussed preparations for the President's PPA initiative with the highest levels of the Honduran Government, including in Ambassador's introductory call with President Zelaya September 19. Based on those conversations and recent developments here, we do not expect Zel [...]
2008-09-20 02:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA866PRESIDENT ACCEPTS COPIES OF CREDENTIALS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador's credentials were received by President Zelaya in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace September 19, followed by a meeting with the President and his ministers, a private meeting between the President and Ambassador, and then remarks to the press by the Ambassador [...]
2008-09-20 03:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL HO PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA871VISAS BEAR: MEZA LOPEZ, VICTOR ORLANDO, HONDURAN
[...] (C) Victor Orlando Meza Lopez (DOB 02 OCT 1945),the Honduran Interior Minister, has applied for a visa to visit the US from September 20 to 25, 2008 on official business. His CLASS record shows a '28' hit dated May 25, 1993. Post records indicate that the '28' refers solely to Meza's prior [...]
2008-09-22 18:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETCVIS HO CLOK
08TEGUCIGALPA872DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] On Monday, September 22, Emboff delivered demarche per Reftel to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director for Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...]
2008-09-23 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN
08TEGUCIGALPA873DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE
[...] On Monday, September 22 Emboff delivered the requested demarche per reftel to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director of Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...]
2008-09-23 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL HO UNGA
08TEGUCIGALPA886AMBASSADOR LLORENS BEGINS COURTESY CALLS ON GOH
[...] (C) Summary. After presenting credentials on September 19, the Ambassador began his round of courtesy calls, making sure to see key executive, judicial and legislative contacts first. He paid calls on Vice President Elvin Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales, and President [...]
2008-09-24 19:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA89GOH SAYS FARC NOT A TERRORIST GROUP, ATTENDS ALBA
[...] Summary: During his January 16 visit to Honduras, sources tell us that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez asked Honduran President Zelaya to either remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from any terrorist lists or publicly acknowledge it as not being a terrorist organization. As the [...]
2008-01-28 22:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ECIN EPET MARR VE
08TEGUCIGALPA905AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana, whom he knew from his previous posting, on September 30. Orellana confirmed his stance against ALBA and Chavez, and his belief that Honduras' relationship with the United States is paramount. H [...]
2008-10-07 18:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PINS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA910AMBASSADOR LLORENS MEETING WITH HONDURAN ATTORNEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista on September 29 where they discussed USG support for the Public Ministry in efforts to improve the security climate in Honduras. The Attorney General provided an outline of his plans for the final si [...]
2008-10-08 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC ASEC SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA926HONDURAS APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 15:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CU HO EAID
08TEGUCIGALPA927HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 15:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA UN YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA928ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY
[...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...]
2008-10-10 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SCUL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA930FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES BEFORE TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Rebeca Santos called on Ambassador on the eve of her trip to Washington to discuss the overall macroeconomic picture in Honduras, particularly focusing on the challenges she will face at IMF meetings in Washington starting October 11. Santos said she believes Ho [...]
2008-10-10 20:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA931HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature acceded to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed ea [...]
2008-10-10 21:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA932HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature ratified the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed easi [...]
2008-10-11 00:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA935ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY
[...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...]
2008-10-14 20:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON SCUL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA948HONDURAS CONFIRMS COMMITTMENT TO CONTROL AND
[...] (S) PolCouns and Defense Attache delivered ref a demarche to Minister of Defense (MOD) Aristides Mejia on October 15. (Note: Mejia and the Chief of Defense Romeo Vasquez Velasquez have discussed lax weapon control, including the cases cited in reftel, which they were well aware of, with various [...]
2008-10-17 21:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETHO MASS MCAP PARM
08TEGUCIGALPA949PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S COMMENTS ON LEGALIZING DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary. During the opening session of the meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) on October 13, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made several references to the legalization of drugs in order to stop the violence that is associated with the trafficking of thes [...]
2008-10-20 14:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA954DECLARATION OF DISASTER - HONDURAS
[...] As a result of President Zelaya declaring a National Emergency in Honduras on Oct 20th due to severe flooding and associated damages over the course of the last several days, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. Th [...]
2008-10-21 14:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA959AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who informed him that things were progressing positively and that they felt well prepared for the upcoming primary elections on November 16. The TSE magistrates detailed their plans for both international [...]
2008-10-24 11:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA965HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE UNGA VOTING
[...] (U) On October 17 the Ambassador discussed Honduras' UNGA voting record with President Zelaya. The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points. President Zelaya was not aware of the fact that Honduras' voting record in the UN was so little supportive of US positions. He agreed we needed to l [...]
2008-10-24 21:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08TEGUCIGALPA977ZELAYA CALLS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced October 29 that he would call major political actors and civil society together in two meetings on October 30 to seek consensus to delay the November 16 election, due to flooding in the country. In addition, he announced that he would not a [...]
2008-10-30 02:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA978HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON ELECTION OF US CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 15:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA982ZELAYA CONVINCES POLITICAL PARTIES TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya convened two meetings on October 30 to build consensus for a postponement of the primary elections, regularly scheduled for November 16, to give the country time to recuperate from the floods. The first meeting included hand-picked civil society groups [...]
2008-10-31 15:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA996HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES POSTPONEMENT OF
[...] (U) In an emergency session called on November 4 by the President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti, the Honduran Congress approved postponement of the primary elections from November 16 to November 30, by amending article 113 of the Electoral Law. As was agreed in the meetings of the politi [...]
2008-11-05 20:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA997AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory meeting with Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge RODAS Gamero (ret.),the Ambassador laid out his vision for a coordinated, bilateral effort to make the most of the Merida Initiative and tackle Honduras' growing crime and security challenges. For his part, [...]
2008-11-05 21:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KJUS EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA998HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG
[...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...]
2008-11-05 21:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA100CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET VISITS HONDURAS
[...] (U) Amid substantial fanfare, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a mostly-commercial visit to Honduras designed to expand ties and cooperation between the two countries. She was accompanied by Chilean businesspeople, members of the Chilean Parliament, cultural figures, FM Alejandro Foxley [...]
2009-02-17 14:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EFIN EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1000TFH01: CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya early on the morning of October 1. They discussed the recent OAS efforts to promote a national dialogue. Zelaya proposed a three-point agenda for the talks, which he hoped could be started next week to coincide with the arrival of the OAS [...]
2009-10-02 02:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1002CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN (OCTOBER 5-6)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy welcomes the October 5-6 visit of Codel Ros-Lehtinen to Honduras. Honduras, a close ally of the United States, is currently in the throes of a severe political crisis. Honduran society is severely polarized and reconciliation of the Honduran people will be essential fo [...]
2009-10-02 15:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID ECON CASC ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA1007TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #69 10/02/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC),accompanied by Congressmen Aaron Schock (R-IL),Doug Lamborn (R-CO),and Peter Roskam (R-IL) arrived in Tegucigalpa October 2. The CODEL had arranged its own meetings at the Presidential Palace with de facto regime President Micheletti, the Supreme Court, the [...]
2009-10-02 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1008PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE MEETS G-16
[...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of the pro-Zelaya Pacific Resistance told the G-16 on October 1 that they are opposed to violence and that any violence that has occurred during pro-Zelaya demonstrations was carried out by provocateurs. They described the de facto regime as being composed of membe [...]
2009-10-03 01:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA101AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on newly-elected Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Rivera Aviles on February 11. Rivera discussed his priority goals of reducing case backlogs and increasing the efficiency of oral case procedures. The Ambassador and Rivera agreed that organized crime and drug t [...]
2009-02-17 14:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOVE KCRM EFIN EAID EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1010TFH01: AMBASSADOR MEETS OAS POLITICAL SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary for Political Affairs Victor Rico, in an October 3 meeting, discussed parties to include in the OAS-sponsored negotiations that will be held in Tegucigalpa the week of October 5. Rico told the Ambassador that the [...]
2009-10-05 18:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1011TFH01: OAS REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS G-16
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador John Biehl of the Organization of American States (OAS) told the G-16 donors group on October 2 that a delegation of OAS Foreign Ministers will visit Honduras on October 7. Biehl said he is optimistic that progress is being made toward finding a solution to Honduras' [...]
2009-10-05 19:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1012TFHO1: PORTS RECOVERING FROM DISRUPTION FOLLOWING
[...] (U) Summary: Though the abrupt return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya briefly complicated the import, export and distribution of goods, business conditions have stabilized. The 48-hour curfew that began on September 21 severely disrupted operations, but one U.S. cargo company reported th [...]
2009-10-05 21:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1013TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #70 10/05/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL),along with members of her staff, arrived in Tegucigalpa October 5. The CODEL had arranged meetings at the Presidential Palace with de facto regime representatives and a press conference. The CODEL will also meet with Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodrigu [...]
2009-10-06 00:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1014TFH01: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Summary: On October 5, the Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya and reviewed the status of efforts to kick-start negotiations with the Micheletti side. Somewhat more upbeat than in the recent past, Zelaya said he hoped talks could be started this week. He expressed a willingness [...]
2009-10-06 00:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1020PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BRIEF G-16
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU) all told the G-16 donors' group that the internati [...]
2009-10-08 00:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA103HONDURAN PREPARATIONS FOR PATHWAYS MINISTERIAL IN
[...] (U) Summary: The GOH now has a good understanding of the role of the the Pathways to Prosperty working group on spreading the benefits of trade that it agreed to coordinate. Its proposal is to focus the Pillar I work plan on policies to assist small and medium enterprises, in order to highligh [...]
2009-02-18 19:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1034TFHO1: OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS DELEGATION BRINGS TWO
[...] (C) Summary: The visit to Honduras of a high-level delegation of OAS member country foreign ministers and other high-level member state government officials, including WHA A/S Tom Shannon, on October 7-8 provided a space for negotiations to resume between teams representing deposed President Z [...]
2009-10-09 19:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1035TFH01: DIALOGUE OF GUYAMURAS: UPDATE ON OAS
[...] (C) Summary: The formal negotiations launched by the OAS Foreign Ministers have gotten off to a smoother start than expected. Beginning on October 7, both commissions, with support from an OAS secretarial team, have held daily sessions and have been able to achieve agreement or concurred on m [...]
2009-10-09 21:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1037(C/NF) AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO
[...] (S) This message is in response to questions posed in section A of reftel. 2. (C/NF) Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos and National Party candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo's reactions to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was initially negative, but improved after meeting jointly with him. Sant [...]
2009-10-09 23:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1038TFH01: OAS BRIEFS G-16 ON FM DELEGATION VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Organization of American States (OAS) Special Envoy Ambassador John Biehl told the G-16 donors' group on October 8 that earlier in the day the commission of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to the ongoing OAS-sponsored negotiations had threatened to pull out of the talks. The [...]
2009-10-09 23:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1042TFH01: DIALOGUE OF GUYAMURAS: UPDATE EVENING OF
[...] (C) Summary: On October 12, Minister of Governance Victor Meza who headed President Zelaya's negotiating team in the OAS supported Guaymuras Dialogue, briefed the Ambassador on their planned strategy for the talks. He said that the Zelaya side would continue to seek a consensus on the basic [...]
2009-10-13 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1043TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS PROMPTS PLANT'S CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Judco Manufacturing Inc., a U.S.-based automotive industry supplier, is in the process of closing its manufacturing facility in San Pedro Sula as a direct result of the political crisis. The company located its plant in Honduras in 2005 for reasons including the country's poli [...]
2009-10-13 22:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BBSR BEXP EINV ETRD KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1045TFH01: REGIME ISSUES DECREE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The de facto regime enacted a decree on October 5 providing for the revocation of the operating licenses of media outlets that violate national security and public order. This decree follows a decree severely curtailing civil liberties enacted on September 26. De facto regime [...]
2009-10-14 01:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1048TFH01: GUAYMURAS DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. The commissions representing the de facto regime and President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at the Guaymuras dialogue reached agreement on all articles of the San Jose Accord on October 14, which would require Congress to decide on restoration of officials to their pre-coup positions [...]
2009-10-15 19:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1049TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador urged the Liberal and National party presidential candidates on October 15 to issue a statement in support of the decision by the commissions to the Guaymuras negotiations to refer the Guaymuras Agreement to the Congress, which would be able to consult with other i [...]
2009-10-16 15:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1050TFHO1: POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Allegations continue of human rights violations following the September 26 decree that severely limited civil liberties and remains in effect, despite an announcement by the de facto regime on October 5 that it would be abrogated. The pro-Zelaya radio and television stations closed under [...]
2009-10-16 16:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1051ZELAYA NEGOTIATORS BELIEVE AGREEMENT NEAR
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiators for President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya expressed optimism that an agreement on the Guaymuras accords would be reached October 16, in a meeting that morning with the Ambassador and DCM. Zelaya negotiators Minister of Governance Victor Meza and Rodil Rivera Rodil told the A [...]
2009-10-16 17:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1052DROUGHT DAMAGING BUT (SO FAR) NOT DIRE
[...] (U) Summary: Drought conditions brought on by El Nino are affecting large areas of Honduras, damaging crops and putting the food security of 16,000 families at risk. Agriculture officials indicate that they have enough grain reserves to supply the country's needs through early 2010. However, [...]
2009-10-16 18:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON SENV EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1053TFHO1: PRIORITY ECONOMIC TASKS FOR UNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: If the negotiations now underway between representatives of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the Micheletti regime lead to a political settlement, a new unity cabinet will be appointed to lead the government through the November elections until a new administration takes over [...]
2009-10-16 18:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1057TFH01: GUAYMURAS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. There is agreement on all provisions of the Guaymuras Accord, except for the restoration of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Zelaya commission to the negotiations tabled a proposal on October 16 providing that the agreement would be sent to the Congress for approval, but [...]
2009-10-20 00:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1058TFH01: BUSINESS LEADERS LUKEWARM ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: At an October 17 meeting, leading members of the business community told the Ambassador and OAS Ambassador John Biehl that they had reservations about a proposed political accord that was agreed upon by representatives of both President Zelaya and the de facto regime before bei [...]
2009-10-20 00:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM HO OAS
09TEGUCIGALPA1067TFH01: DE FACTO REGIME ABROGATES DECREE CURTAILING
[...] (U) Summary. The de facto regime has abrogated the executive decree it adopted that severely curtailed civil liberties. Ensuring a high voter turnout for the general election scheduled for November 29 was the justification for the abrogation. End Summary. 2. (U) The de facto regime abrog [...]
2009-10-20 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1071ZELAYA'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SAYS DE FACTOS JUST
[...] (C) Summary. Victor Meza, Minister of Governance and Justice, told the Ambassador on October 20 that he is pessimistic that a negotiated solution will be found, but that the Zelaya camp has not given up and remains open to dialogue. Meza said that while chances for signature of the Guaymuras [...]
2009-10-21 15:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1073TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and President Arias discussed the Honduran crisis on October 21. They REVIEWED the temporary suspension of the talks. The Ambassador blamed the recent failure on the last minute intransigence of Roberto Micheletti. The Ambassador expressed the hope that both side [...]
2009-10-22 18:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1077TFH01: HONDURAN POLICE ISSUE COMMUNIQUE REQUIRING
[...] (U) The Honduran National Police issued a communique on October 22, citing existing legal codes, and stating that all gatherings must be registered and approved by local authorities at least 24 hours in advance. The communique effectively takes the place of the decree issued September 26 and [...]
2009-10-23 19:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1078TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND G-16 MEET WITH FRIENDS OF
[...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Friends of the Democratic Charter are visiting Honduras October 22-24. The Ambassador and members of his staff met with the delegation on October 22. The Ambassador hosted the G-16 donors group at his Residence the same day for a meeting with the delegation [...]
2009-10-23 19:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1080TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya spoke the evening of October 22. They discussed the status of the negotiations. Zelaya blamed regime leader Roberto Micheletti for the failure of the Guaymuras Dialogue. The Ambassador agreed that Micheletti had not engaged in g [...]
2009-10-23 20:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1081TFH01: INVESTMENT FOUNDATION LEADER DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE),Honduras's leading business foundation, is grappling with the challenge of how to market Honduras to investors in light of the ongoing political crisis. FIDE's Executive President, Vilma Sierra de Fonseca, told the [...]
2009-10-23 22:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1083TFH01: EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA SUPPORTS BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Charge expressed gratitude for USG intervention to stop the loud music and animal sounds targeted at Brazil's Embassy in Tegucigalpa. Since ousted Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya took residence at their Embassy on September 21, Embassy Tegucigalpa has been provi [...]
2009-10-24 00:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1085TFH01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S THOMAS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the October 28-29 visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly, and National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Special A [...]
2009-10-27 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1087TFH01: FRUSTRATED PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE OPPOSES
[...] (C) Summary. Pro-Zelaya resistance movement leaders told the Ambassador on October 23 that, although the Guaymuras negotiations seem to have run their course, they remain open to proposals to resolve the country's crisis. They said resistance movement members are frustrated and some want to [...]
2009-10-28 02:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1090 Merida 2.0 in Honduras
[...] The following is Mission Honduras' input for the revised Merida Initiative strategy. ------------------------------------ I. Security Environment - Assessment ------------------------------------ 2. Citizen security has become an increasing problem for Honduras over the past decade, a [...]
2009-10-29 15:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MASS MARR KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1095 TFHO1: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL
[...] Summary: The Ambassador met with Cesar Ham, congressional representative and presidential candidate for the Democratic Union Party (UD) on October 27. Ham was accompanied by other UD leaders. Ham reasserted his support for the restitution of President Zelaya. While expressing concern for som [...]
2009-10-30 22:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1099ELECTION OF SUPREME ACCOUNTING TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Congress selected the three new magistrates of the Supreme Accounting Tribunal (TSC) on October 14. The selection process has come under attack for lacking transparency. The TSC is an important institution because of its government oversight function. The TSC submits its f [...]
2009-11-03 01:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1100TFHO1: POLICE AND MILITARY USE FORCE TO BREAK UP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Honduran National Police spokesperson confirmed that police and military used force during an October 29 anti-coup protest near the national stadium in Tegucigalpa. Local human rights organizations told Poloff that an unconfirmed 25 protestors were injured. A group of Americ [...]
2009-11-03 20:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1101TFH01: WHA A/S SHANNON'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon, accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly, NSC's Dan Restrepo and the Ambassador, held a frank, open exchange of views on the current state of negotiations in Honduras with deposed President Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa October 28. A/S Shannon emphasized [...]
2009-11-03 20:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1102MEETING WITH A/S SHANNON: BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS
[...] (C) Summary: At a breakfast with A/S Shannon and his delegation, business leaders expressed support for a negotiated political settlement. They said that Honduras had been hard-hit by the global economic downturn and that the crisis had exacerbated the situation. While the business leader [...]
2009-11-03 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1103TFH01: TEGUCIGALPA/SAN JOSE AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly, and National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs during an October 28-30 trip to Honduras met with President Jose Manu [...]
2009-11-03 23:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1107TFHO1: WHA A/S SHANNON MEETINGS WITH DE FACTO
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Thomas Shannon, accompanied by WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Craig Kelly, National Security Council Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Daniel Restrepo, and the Ambassador met on O [...]
2009-11-05 14:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1114 TFHO1 Gangs Wage War While Police Distracted By Street
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a June 18 prison escape by leaders of a Honduras transnational gang, a street war has killed at least 42 people, including four police and nine civilian women and children, most in broad daylight. The 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs are exploiting the curr [...]
2009-11-06 17:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SMIG PINS PINR SOCI PGOV CVIS HO KCRM KJUS
09TEGUCIGALPA1116PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SIGN SOCIAL PACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four of the six presidential candidates signed a social pact formulated by three civil society organizations. The pact contains general ideas and goals, but lacks substance. Despite the lack of detail and the inability to enforce the pact, the fact that the candidates felt it [...]
2009-11-06 18:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1118SECRETARY SOLIS VISITS HONDURAS TO INAUGURATE
[...] (C) Summary: The inauguration of the Verification Commission to monitor Honduras's political accord took place on November 3 during a two-day visit by its two international commissioners, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos. The visit took place under [...]
2009-11-06 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM PHUM HO US CI OAS
09TEGUCIGALPA1119HONDURAS ELECTIONS: WHAT WE ARE WATCHING
[...] (C) Summary: Due to the political crisis, the Honduran election season has effectively been truncated to a one-month campaign period from the signing of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement October 30 to election day November 29. The crisis has changed the elections landscape in many ways, most [...]
2009-11-06 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1120TFH01: DRL VISIT & UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
[...] (C) Summary. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deskoff visited Honduras October 13-20 and met with a broad spectrum of Honduran society to observe first hand the human rights situation following the June 28 coup d'etat. Post has confirmed that the October 17 death of union pr [...]
2009-11-06 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1121TFHO1: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met with Cesar and Yani Rosenthal, own [...]
2009-11-06 21:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1122TFH01: GETTING TEGUCIGALPA/SAN JOSE AGREEMENT BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Implementation of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement derailed on November 5 when President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya insisted on immediate restoration to office before creation of a national unity and reconciliation government and then modified this demand to having the Verifica [...]
2009-11-06 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1123HTF01: VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. On October 14, DRL Deskoff and Poloff met Monsignor Juan Jose [...]
2009-11-06 21:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1124EFFORTS TO GET TEGUCIGALPA/SAN JOSE AGREEMENT BACK
[...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced on November 6 that de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti had violated the letter and spirit of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Accord and that it was defunct due to the failure to establish a government of national unity and reconciliation [...]
2009-11-07 02:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1128TFH01: IMPACT OF THE COUP ON INDIGENOUS AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. A young member of the Garifuna community, Luis Norales, told [...]
2009-11-09 17:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1129TFH01: WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon met with two separate groups of civil society representatives on October 29 to discuss the status of the Guaymuras talks, the urgent need to reach a negotiated accord, and the readiness of the USG to support the elections process if an a [...]
2009-11-10 00:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1130TFH01: A/S SHANNON URGES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Thomas Shannon urged the presidential candidates at an October 28 dinner to play a leading role in the quest for a solution to their country's political crisis. Organization of American States (OAS) Politica [...]
2009-11-10 00:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1131TFH01: (S/NF) MICHELETTI RESIGNATION PROPOSAL
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Former President Carlos Flores and Verification Commissioner Arturo Corrales told the Ambassador and DCM that they were pushing for the de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti to resign and be replaced by a government of national unity, whether or not President Manuel "Mel" Ze [...]
2009-11-10 00:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1135LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. (SBU) Names of [...]
2009-11-10 22:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1137TFH01: LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE CALLS FOR END TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos issued an open letter to the Honduran people that appeared in the November 10 press. The letter calls for an end to the country's political crisis in order to pave the way for credible elections and a brighter future for Hondur [...]
2009-11-12 17:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1138TFHO1: ZELAYA UNWILLING TO RETURN TO SAN JOSE -
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and DCM met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya November 9 in an attempt to convince him to continue to participate in the process set up by the San Jose - Tegucigalpa Accord (TSJA),specifically to participate in the naming of a government of national unity. Zelaya [...]
2009-11-12 18:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1139TFH01: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATORS DISCUSS DISMISSALS
[...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, two former senior government financial investigators have approached us separately to tell us that they had been dismissed by the de facto regime. Both of them attributed their dismissal at least in part to the regime's lack of interest in investigating financ [...]
2009-11-12 18:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ELAB EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1140TFHO1: ZELAYA UNWILLING TO RETURN TO SAN JOSE -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 20:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1147TFHO1: EXPANDING ELECTRICAL ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
[...] (U) Summary: The National Electrical Energy Company of Honduras has re-issued a request for proposals for 250 megawatts of renewable energy in a way that will allow small to medium-sized producers to compete with larger companies. Many small producers indicate they are ready to submit propo [...]
2009-11-13 00:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAID ECON ENRG ETRD SENV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1152TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 10-11 visit to Honduras to put implementation of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement back on track. While Zelaya maintained that elec [...]
2009-11-13 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1154TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 10-11 visit to Honduras to put implementation of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement back on track. While Zelaya maintained that elec [...]
2009-11-13 23:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1155TFH01: INVESTMENT MANAGER SAYS HONDURAS IS
[...] (C) Summary: A representative of the British investment management company Ashmore Investment Management Ltd. told the Economic Counselor that his company is considering issuing the de facto regime a $100 million bridge loan, which would be tied to the issuance of a USD 500 million dollar-d [...]
2009-11-14 00:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID HO UK
09TEGUCIGALPA1165LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post submits request with the caveat that final approval will only be given once constitutional government is restored in Hon [...]
2009-11-17 15:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1166HONDURAS-EL SALVADOR TRADE BARRIER DISPUTE LEADS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Honduran agricultural association is planning to hold a demonstration aimed at disrupting traffic through the Honduras-El Salvador border crossing point at El Amatillo on November 17. The association, the National Federation of Farmers and Ranchers of Honduras (FENAGH),is [...]
2009-11-17 16:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS PREL CASC BEXP
09TEGUCIGALPA1167TFHO1: MAQUILA MANAGER ON MEDIOCRE MARKET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Don Allen, the manager of American sewing contracting company Pinehurst Manufacturing, told EMBOFF that plant orders had decreased by approximately 40 percent in the first quarter of 2009, a result of the global economic downturn. Orders began rebounding in May, but the recover [...]
2009-11-17 16:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD PGOV KTEX KDEM BBSR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1172009 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment For Honduras. TIME PERIOD: April 2008 to mid-February 2009 - Govt. actions Acronyms used: IHNFA Honduran Institute for Children and the Family TIP Trafficking in Persons IO International Organizations NGO Non-governme [...]
2009-02-23 12:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
09TEGUCIGALPA1170TFH01: LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ELVIN
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos held a two-digit lead in the polls before the June 28 coup. Since then, he has been trailing National Party candidate Porfifio "Pepe" Lobo. The coup led to the fracture of the Liberal Party, which has hurt Santos. Santos, who served as Vice [...]
2009-11-17 22:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1183TFHO1: PDAS KELLY PRESSES BUSINESS LEADERS TO URGE
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting, business leaders Amilcar Bulnes and Norman Garcia told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly and the Ambassador that they had attended a meetings the week before at which leading Hondurans had urged de fact [...]
2009-11-19 21:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1184TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S NOVEMBER 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly and Ambassador Llorens met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 17-18 visit to Honduras in support of Tegucigalpa - San Jose Accord implementation. With restitution before el [...]
2009-11-19 21:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1189TFH01: MICHELETTI ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY ABSENCE
[...] (C) Summary: De facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti announced on November 19 his intention to temporarily step aside for the period November 25-December 2 in order to give the country time to reflect. Micheletti urged all Hondurans to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29. [...]
2009-11-20 02:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1192TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEPE
[...] (C) Summary. National Party candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo is the presidential candidate who, two weeks away from election day, polls suggest is on track to win the election scheduled for November 29. Lobo's pledge to Hondurans is that he will improve families' finances, generate employment [...]
2009-11-20 16:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1195TFH01: EFFORTS TO FORM UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Organization of American States (OAS) Envoy Octavio Bordon, along with Zelaya advisors Jorge Arturo Reina, Victor Meza, Rodil Rivera, and Mayra Mejia told the Ambassador on November 20 that the best solution to the political crisis at this juncture would be re-engagement in the s [...]
2009-11-21 00:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1196TFH01: ZELAYA ADVISORS ACKNOWLEDGE PRAGMATISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top Zelaya advisors Jorge Arturo Reina, Rodil Rivera Rodil and Victor Meza on November 19. Key to the discussion was Zelaya's expressed willingness in the November 17 meeting to accept a post-election restoration vote in the Congress. The Ambassador expl [...]
2009-11-21 00:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1199TFHO1: BORDER BLOCKADE PROMPTS HONDURAS AND EL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A blockade at a Honduras-El Salvador border point on November 17, organized by a Honduran farmers' association to protest El Salvadoran restrictions on food imports (reftel),significantly disrupted cross-border traffic. In response, Honduran and El Salvadoran officials met t [...]
2009-11-23 14:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS PREL CASC BEXP
09TEGUCIGALPA1200TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN A/S FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 00:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1201TFH01: ZELAYA WILL NOT ACCEPT UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Four senior advisors to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya told the Ambassador, DCM and OAS negotiator Ambassador Octavio Bordon that Zelaya would not accept a unity government until he was reinstated as president, in a November 21 meeting. The four advisors, Arturo Reina, Rodil Rivera Rodil, [...]
2009-11-24 17:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1202TFH01: UD PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STAYS IN RACE
[...] (C) Summary. The small UD party, which has 120 candidates for congress and 265 candidates for mayor, held an assembly on November 21 at which it decided overwhelmingly not to withdraw its candidates from the general election to be held on November 29. Cesar Ham, the UD's presidential candidat [...]
2009-11-24 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1203PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE FEARS ELECTIONS MAY BE
[...] (C) Summary. The pro-Zelaya resistance movement has told its supporters not to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29 if President Zelaya is not restored to office. The resistance does not believe it will be possible to hold credible elections while the de facto regime remains [...]
2009-11-25 01:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1204TFHO1: THIRD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The third annual Honduran National Human Rights Conference was held in Tegucigalpa on November 18 and 19 with a theme of "Strengthening our Culture in Human Rights Towards Peace and Democracy." In the opening session, university professor Ramon Romero and political consultant Ef [...]
2009-11-25 20:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1205TFH01: ELECTIONS AND THE PROSPECT FOR DISRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Continued opposition to elections by supporters of President Zelaya coupled with technical weaknesses in the electoral authorities' reporting system keep open the possibility that the November 29 elections could be disrupted in a few of Honduras' 18 departments, though a nationwid [...]
2009-11-26 00:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1206TFHO1: POSITIONS OF MULTILATERALS ON REENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Following the signing of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord on October 30, the U.S. Treasury Resident Advisor met with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank representatives to learn their perspectives on reengagement with a possible government of national unity [...]
2009-11-26 00:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1207TFH01: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PRE-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The Embassy has been at the forefront to pressure the de facto National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) to take seriously an investigation of interference of the signal of anti-coup Channel 36 television station. On November 23, the de facto head of CONATEL, Miguel Rodas [...]
2009-11-26 00:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1209TFHO1: NATIONAL PARTY ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the National Party economic team met with Embassy officers on November 24 to discuss the economic policies of the party, which led in the polls as the November 29 election approached. Job creation programs and assistance to poor families are key priorities, but the p [...]
2009-11-27 17:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA1211AGREEMENT REACHED IN FRUIT OF THE LOOM LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. An agreement was signed on November 14 between Fruit of the Loom's Russell Corporation (FOTL/RC) and the SITRAJERZEESH union (SU) over the January closure of the Jerzees de Honduras (JDH) factory in Choloma, Department of Cortes. The agreement includes the rehiring of displaced [...]
2009-11-27 17:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB ETRD ECON BBSR EIND KDEM KTEX HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1212SCENESETTER FOR THE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Honduras will hold a general election on November 29 with more than 15,000 candidates running for about 2,900 elected positions, including the presidency, all 128 congressional seats, and 298 mayoralties. The scheduling of the election pre-dates the June 28 coup and the election [...]
2009-11-27 19:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1213TFH01: ATTEMPT TO REACTIVATE VERIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador attempted to informally gather together on November 26 the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord negotiators for both President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti, along with representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) in [...]
2009-11-27 19:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1216TFH01: 11/27 HUMAN RIGHTS CASES - GRADIS DEATH AND
[...] (U) Summary. The body of Luis Gradis Espinal, a resistance coordinator, was found in Tegucigalpa on November 23. Human rights organizations alleged that police may have been involved in the kidnapping and killing of Gradis, however police believe the murder resulted from an armed robbery. [...]
2009-11-27 21:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1219TFH01: ELECTIONS SITREP 1000 HOURS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Polls opened nationwide with some delays and voting has begun in a generally orderly fashion. There has been a heavy turnout and voters are enthusiastic. The atmosphere in the capital of Tegucigalpa is quiet and normal. Embassy reporting teams deployed nationwide reported no [...]
2009-11-29 16:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1220TFH01: ELECTIONS SITREP 1230 HOURS
[...] (U) Summary. Voting continues without incident nationwide. Several Embassy teams report continuing high voter turnout. There are reports of supplies of indelible ink running low in some locations. No Embassy team reported any security incidents. End Summary. THE POLLS --------- 2. [...]
2009-11-29 19:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1221TFH01: ELECTIONS SITREP 1600 HOURS
[...] (U) Summary. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) extended the closing time of polling centers from 16:00 to 17:00. Security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-coup demonstrators in San Pedro Sula who allegedly threw rocks. A Reuters cameraman was injured in the incident [...]
2009-11-29 22:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1222TFH01: ELECTIONS SITREP - FINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. November 29 was a great day for Honduran democracy and the Honduran people displayed great civic commitment in expressing their will in the ballot box. Early Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) results showed that National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was elec [...]
2009-11-30 05:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1223AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya discussed the results of the general elections. Zelaya believes turn out was minimal and that the process had not been credible. The Ambassador countered by passing on the data available suggesting that the process had been free [...]
2009-11-30 20:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1226AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HONDURAN ELECTIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the morning of November 30, the Ambassador spoke to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and discussed the results of the Honduran elections. The Ambassador told Arias that the election process had gone smoothly and praised the Supreme Elections Tribunal for an outstanding organizational [...]
2009-11-30 22:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1229TFH01: CANADA CALLS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Non-resident Canadian Ambassador to Honduras Neil Reeder told the Ambassador on November 28 that Canada will monitor the November 29 general election to determine if it is free and fair and will observe the events that transpire the week of November 30 before deciding whether to [...]
2009-11-30 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1231AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT PEPE LOBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and President-elect Lobo met on November 30. Both discussed the positive results of the elections. The Ambassador briefed Lobo on the continued U.S. approach post-election that included implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. They reviewed prospects fo [...]
2009-12-01 00:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1235TFH01:ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (U) Summary. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced unverified results from the rapid transmission of preliminary results (TREP) system on election day, November 29. The TREP figures have now been subject to verification and indicate a voter turnout rate of 50 percent. National Pa [...]
2009-12-02 00:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1236TFHO1: DONORS PRAISE ELECTIONS AND DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Participants in a November 30 meeting of the G-16 donor group were uniformly impressed by how well the November 29 elections had gone. In a briefing to the group, a representative of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) said that he had monitored every election since 1993 an [...]
2009-12-02 14:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL ECON PGOV PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1240TFH01: PRO-COUP OPINIONS ON THE NOQH COAST AND
[...] (C) This is the fifth and final cable in a series regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met on October 13 with three members of th [...]
2009-12-02 22:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1241TFH01: CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON RESTITUTION BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress began its discussion of the restoration of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya around 13:00 local time on December 2. The Executive Committee of the Congress read the relevant portions of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, the letter to the Congress from the commissi [...]
2009-12-03 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1244TFH01: SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on November 3. They discussed the results of the congressional vote rejecting President Zelaya's restoration. Both agreed that the process, despite U.S. disappintment, was done in a transparent and open way. Lobo cite [...]
2009-12-03 20:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1245TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Cardinal Andrews Rodriguez met on December 1 and discussed the current situation in Honduras. Both agreed that the Honduran elections had been free, fair and transparent, and that both the Supreme elections Tribunal and the Honduran people deserved great credi [...]
2009-12-03 21:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1249TFHO1: WATER RATIONING IN TEGUCIGALPA
[...] (U) Summary: Local water authorities in Tegucigalpa predict shortages during the dry season of this drought year, and have begun rationing city water services. The manager of the water company hopes that the combination of rationing and drilling new wells will enable the city to continue prov [...]
2009-12-03 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON SENV PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1253THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo met on November 4 to discuss the situation in the wake of the elections and the congressional vote rejecting President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's restitution. Lobo discussed his support for the full implementation of the Tegucig [...]
2009-12-04 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1254TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1264TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (S) The Ambassador discussed the latest political developments with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on December 7. Lobo confirmed to the Ambassador that he will be traveling to San Jose at the invitation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias tomorrow, December 8. Lobo said he would be tr [...]
2009-12-07 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1265TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Arias discussed the Honduran situation on December 7. Arias remains committed to a negotiated solution to the Honduran crisis and expressed his willingness to stay engaged and provide leadership. He added that the holding of free and fair elections provides a [...]
2009-12-08 17:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1266ROCKY PATEL DISCUSSES THE HONDURAN CIGAR INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: American cigar manufacturer Rocky Patel discussed the Honduran business environment for cigar manufacturers at his El Paraiso factory on December 1. According to Patel, sales of his cigars are up about 15% this year despite an industry-wide drop in sales of about 22% for the y [...]
2009-12-08 20:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBBSR ECON EIND ETRD KIPR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1268TFH01: COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF ASSASSINATED
[...] (U) Summary: Retired General Julian Aristides Gonzales Irias, Director of the National Directorate of Counter-Narcotics (DLCN),was shot to death in his vehicle shortly before 07:00 local time on December 8 in Tegucigalpa. The assailants were two pairs of armed men, each pair on a motorcycle, [...]
2009-12-08 23:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1269HONDURAS: November 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] Summary. With the Ambassador's approval, Regional Corrections Advisor has resumed working-level contact with Honduran prisons officials and is advising the architect/project manager of the maximum security building project. Post followed up on the interim report of an at-risk youth program gra [...]
2009-12-08 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA127AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY APPOINTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly appointed Defense Minister Edmundo Orellana on February 12, and discussed their mutual concern over the ungoverned spaces in the Mosquitia, Honduras' cooperation with Nicaragua, arms destruction, the Honduran Armed Forces' (HOAF) involvement in inter [...]
2009-02-27 16:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1270TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HONDURAN SITUATION
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador held a series of conversations with President Arias, President Zelaya and President-elect Lobo. Arias provided a briefing on the results of Lobo's visit to San Jose. Arias stressed that he and Martinelli had a common vision -- consistent with the U.S. position. Th [...]
2009-12-09 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1275MONITORING VISIT OF G/TIP FY 08 PROGRAM IN HONDURAS
[...] (U) Summary. Poloff met local representatives of CHF International on November 17 in Tegucigalpa to discuss the status of the G/TIP funded "Integrated Protection Services for Victims of Trafficking" (IPSVT) program and in response to reftel. The goal of the program in Honduras is to facilita [...]
2009-12-10 16:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTIP KWMN PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1277TFHO1: EMBASSY TEAMS REPORT ON ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. This cable provides analysis on the teams deployed by the Embassy throughout Honduras to witness and report back on the general election of November 29, 2009. Embassy teams reported that the vote count at the polling stations they visited went smoothly with few nullified ballot [...]
2009-12-10 16:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1278TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ZELAYA'S FAILED
[...] (S) Summary: On the morning of December 10, the Ambassador briefed President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and President Oscar Arias on the failed Mexican attempt to secure safe passage for President Zelaya to Mexico. The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had not been informed by either Mexican or [...]
2009-12-10 17:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA128IRANIAN VISIT TO HONDURAS CANCELED BY PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 16:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1280TFH01: ZELAYA'S ABORTED DEPARTURE FROM HONDURAS
[...] (S) Summary: President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador late on the afternoon of December 9 that he had obtained safe passage out of Honduras from the de facto regime and would depart that evening on an airplane provided by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and be given "guest of [...]
2009-12-10 19:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1281TFH01: FEMALE REPRESENTATION DECREASES IN CONGRESS
[...] (U) Summary. Election results issued by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) showed that the National Congress will maintain its traditional plurality of male representatives. The next 128-seat legislature will likely contain 25 congresswomen, comprising 19.53 percent of the total congress [...]
2009-12-11 13:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1282TFH01: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO INCREASED DRUG
[...] (U) Summary: The Mission suspended some aspects of joint counternarcotics activity with the GOH as a result of the June 28 coup d'etat. Over the course of calendar 2009, narcotics trafficking through Honduras has significantly increased compared to 2008, a trend that had begun well before the [...]
2009-12-11 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL MASS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1283TFH01: DISARMAMENT DECREE CONTINUED AS CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The de facto regime will keep in effect through January 2010 the disarmament decree it enacted on November 21. Violent crime continues to rise in Honduras and its rate is the highest in Latin America. Honduran police believe trans-national gangs have taken advantage of the cou [...]
2009-12-11 21:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1285TFHO1: CHEVRON SENDS MIXED MESSAGES ON LEAVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador and economic officers, Chevron representatives expressed concern about continuing financial losses tied to the GOH's application of an unfavorable formula for the pricing of finished oil products. The Chevron representatives said that the compa [...]
2009-12-14 20:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1287TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. EconCouns and EconOffs met with local representatives from Continental, American and Delta Airlines to gauge the overall health of the airline industry in light of the international economic downturn and the Honduran political crisis. Representatives of all three airlines said [...]
2009-12-14 22:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EAID EFIN EINV ETRD CASC CVIS PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA1289STATE OF PLAY ON ZELAYA'S DEPARTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Efforts are ongoing to find a solution permitting the departure of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from Honduras. Some regime hard-liners are urging de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to extract as many concessions as possible from Zelaya before allowing his departure. [...]
2009-12-15 00:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1290ZELAYA ADVISORS UPDATE ON ACTIONS REGARDING
[...] (S) Summary: Liberal Party leader Carlos Montoya told the Ambassador that he contacted Armed Forces Chief of Staff Romeo Orlando Vasquez, former President of Honduras Carlos Flores, and Micheletti representative on the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord Verification Commission Arturo Corrales and all [...]
2009-12-15 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1295SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF SANTOS CORRALES AND WALTER
[...] (U) Summary. Human rights groups allege that two recent deaths were tied to the political crisis. The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CODEH) reported that on December 11, Santos Corrales Garcia was found decapitated in Talanga, however the Honduran FBI (DNIC) told an Embassy Employ [...]
2009-12-16 00:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1296AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH DE FACTO REGIME FM
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with de facto regime foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the private residence of a mutual friend on December 14. While the purpose of the meeting was to discuss completing implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, they also spoke at length about the [...]
2009-12-16 01:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1298PRESIDENT-ELECT LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo presided over a meeting on December 14 with representatives of many sectors of Honduran society, following up on his announced intention to create a dialogue with the Honduran people in order for his administration to be an inclusive one. L [...]
2009-12-16 21:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1300BUS OWNERS STRIKE OVER SUBSIDIES
[...] (U) Summary: After a bus strike that slowed traffic in Tegucigalpa on December 14, the de facto government and Congress agreed to the bus owners' demand for payment of $3.7 million in subsidies promised by the Zelaya administration but not included in the budget. Petroleum transport workers [...]
2009-12-16 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1302PRESIDENT-ELECT'S GOVERNMENT PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: President-elect Lobo's plan for his government aims to achieve sustainable development that will improve the lives of his fellow citizens. His plan is based on three pillars: creating jobs and reducing poverty, expanding the reach and quality of education, and ensuring security. [...]
2009-12-17 00:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1310UD LEADERS SEEKS SOLUTION FOR PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary: Cesar Ham, the Democratic Unification (UD) party's candidate for president in the November 29 general election, would be willing to consider joining president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo's cabinet if Lobo helps find a solution that allows President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to leav [...]
2009-12-18 22:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1311CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The members of congress elected on November 29 will take office on January 25. Two days before, on January 23, they will elect their executive board (president, vice presidents, and secretaries). Rumors have begun about who will be elected to the powerful position of president of [...]
2009-12-18 23:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1312THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 23:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1313THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Honduran President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and discussed a full range of pertinent political and policy matters on December 17. Lobo told the Ambassador he remains committed to the implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord and supported the [...]
2009-12-18 23:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1317HONDURAS: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] On June 28, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from office in a coup d'etat. The de facto government that took power was not recognized by the U.S. or any other country, and Honduras was suspended from the Organization of American States. Honduras's resulting international isolati [...]
2009-12-21 23:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN SNAR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1321LOBO ECONOMIC ADVISOR SEEKS INFORMAL TALKS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Maria Elena Mondragon, an economic advisor on President-elect Pepe Lobo's transition team, told the Economic Counselor on December 17 that the new government will urgently need international assistance, including budget support and technical advice. She said that informal talks [...]
2009-12-23 17:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL HO IMF
09TEGUCIGALPA1328LETTER FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] (U) The Ambassador on December 28 received a letter dated December 22 from President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo to President Obama. An informal Embassy translation of the letter is provided in paragraph 2. Embassy will fax the original Spanish text to WHA/CEN and to the NSC. 2. (SBU) Begi [...]
2009-12-28 22:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PGOV PREL KDEM OVIP HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1329HONDURAS: December 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] Summary: Regional Corrections Advisor visited the correctional training facility in Xalapa, Mexico and attended the Third International Graduating Class in New Mexico Correction Department's Training Academy located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frontier Police captured six members of a dangerous [...]
2009-12-29 14:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1333ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY DOGS HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty at home and abroad dogged the Honduran economy throughout 2009. With two-thirds of its exports destined for the U.S., the country was hard hit by the U.S. recession. On top of the crumbling international situation, President Jose Manual "Mel" Zelaya created a clima [...]
2009-12-29 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1336PARTIAL CHANGE TO FUEL PRICING FORMULA
[...] (U) Summary: The de facto regime has updated the pricing formula for gasoline, removing a restriction that pegged the price of premium gas to the price of regular. This is seen as a partial victory by fuel importers, but as a potential burden by consumers. Since this modification does not [...]
2009-12-30 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA148IMF PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A STANDBY
[...] (C) Summary: An International Monetary Fund team has been in Tegucigalpa the past two weeks conducting Article IV consultations. In an out-brief meeting, they told us that the Honduran government,s unwillingness to allow for exchange rate flexibility makes the extension of the Stand by Arran [...]
2009-03-06 20:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EAGR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA149PRESIDENT ZELAYA MEETS FIDEL AND SPEAKS OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Zelaya concluded his three-day visit to Cuba March 4 with a reported meeting with Fidel Castro, who he described as lucid and well. Zelaya traveled to Cuba to attend the 11th International Encounter of Economists on Globalization and Development problems, before which [...]
2009-03-06 20:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA15HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT SELECTION PITS CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran Congress will select the fifteen magistrates who will constitute the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) for the next seven years on January 25, after a process that, while by no means perfect, will have been the most open, transparent selection process for high governmen [...]
2009-01-08 22:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA158CONTENTIOUS CLOSING OF JERZEES DE HONDURAS MAQUILA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerzees de Honduras (JDH),a textile factory located north of San Pedro Sula in Choloma closed in January following a labor dispute. The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has determined that while plant management did violate the workers, freedom of association, the decision to close [...]
2009-03-10 20:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA164HONDURAS RECEIVES TALKING POINTS REGARDING REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 23:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA176Mission Honduras Merida Priorities for FY 2009-10
[...] Summary: As Merida budgets are laid out for FY 2009 and FY 2010, Post seeks a shift away from a focus on expensive, high-tech equipment toward support that host governments with limited resources, such as the GOH, can sustain beyond the Merida mandate, rather than burdening them with recurring [...]
2009-03-16 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA180COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE RECEIVED WITH HIGHEST
[...] (U) Summary: President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe's arrived in Honduras amongst great fanfare with his plane being escorted to the landing strip in San Pedro Sula by Honduras' squadron of F-5s. He was honored by the Mayor with the keys to the city and received the highest possible decorations b [...]
2009-03-17 01:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD CO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA181Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Shannon's Visit to
[...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome you to Tegucigalpa. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to hold substantive discussions with President Zelaya, senior GOH officials, as well as with the two leading presidential candidates. The political situation continues to be stable as we move for [...]
2009-03-17 01:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SOCI OVIP HO
09TEGUCIGALPA186UPDATE ON HONDURAN ELECTIONS: NATIONAL PARTY
[...] (U) Five hundred principal delegates and 500 alternates attended the National Party's annual convention on March 14. While unity was the main theme, Mario Canahuati, a losing candidate for the party's presidential nomination, did not attend. The party re-confirmed Lobo as its Presidential can [...]
2009-03-18 14:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA187(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153)
[...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel demarche regarding Honduras' participation in the Summit of the Americas. 2. (U) Poloff met with Jose Lorenzana, the Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss GOH's aspirations and plans for the Summit of [...]
2009-03-18 14:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA188ZELAYA FLIES MILE-HIGH IN SUPPORT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] Summary: President Manuel Zelaya, accompanied by the Ambassador, led a high-level delegation to the United States in February to explore the potential for further promoting renewable energy in Honduras. In Washington, he met with Cabinet members to discuss U.S.-Honduran partnerships in this fie [...]
2009-03-18 16:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA2ZELAYA EXECUTIVE DECREE FOR 1980S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the formation of a National Program of Reparations on December 10, the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The program will compensate victims and the family members of victims who were the victims of human rights violations in the p [...]
2009-01-06 12:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA203Ambassador Llorens Makes First Visit to Bay Islands
[...] Summary: The Ambassador emphasized the positive cooperation between Honduras and the USG during his first visit to the Honduran Bay Islands on March 12-13. The Ambassador's wide-ranging schedule included participation in community and development assistance events related to a U.S. Navy ship v [...]
2009-03-24 22:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CASC MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA206 Ambassador visits Honduran cigar capital
[...] Ambassador Llorens visited Danli in El Paraiso, a poor province known for high-quality cigar production, February 13. Danli is host to a sizable population of Cuban emigres who transplanted their know-how to create one of the leading export industries of the country. El Paraiso is also the se [...]
2009-03-25 00:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD SCUL SNAR PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA210ZELAYA CALLS FOR OPINION POLL ON CONSTIUTENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Manual "Mel" Zelaya announced on March 24 that the executive will hold a poll on June 30 to ask whether or not there should be a vote on Election Day calling for a constituent assembly to consider changes to the Constitution. Many political leaders are concerned that th [...]
2009-03-26 15:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA214NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...]
2009-03-27 19:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA215(C) PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT PLEDGES TO WORK
[...] (C) Summary: President of the Supreme Court Jorge Alberto Rivera Aviles expressed his concern to the Ambassador that President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's attempts to push for a poll for a constituent assembly (reftel) could be an attempt to remain in power beyond his mandate. Rivera said he would [...]
2009-03-27 19:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA222HONDURAS CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 22:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA224AMBASSADOR TOURS SAN PEDRO SULA, PROMOTES CLEAN ENERGY
[...] Summary: The Ambassador visited the commercial city of San Pedro Sula to deliver a keynote address at a renewable energy conference. In his speech he described Post's Renewable Energy Strategy (reftel) and affirmed shared goals in this sector. In meetings with the business communities of Sa [...]
2009-03-31 16:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ENRG ETRD KTEX PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA225ZELAYA THREATENS TO NATIONALIZE POWER COMPANIES
[...] (C) Summary: In response to simmering public discontent over the high cost of electricity, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has threatened to nationalize the private companies that supply about 60 percent of the nation's power. Congress has attempted to preempt the President by introducing a bill [...]
2009-03-31 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA226PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSSES THE DOMESTIC SCENE
[...] (C) Summary: At lunch on March 30, the Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya discussed a range of issues including current political developments. Zelaya briefed the Ambassador on his plans to consult Hondurans on the holding of a constituent assembly for the purpose of seeking modif [...]
2009-04-01 00:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA227PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: On March 30 the Ambassador met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to review regional developments and the current state of bilateral relations. Zelaya continued to attempt to blame the Costa Ricans for his non-attendance at the meeting with Vice President Biden in San Jose. Ho [...]
2009-04-01 00:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA231HONDURAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS VICE MINISTER ON VICE
[...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Eduardo Rosales raised Honduran participation in the San Jose Central American meeting with Vice-President Biden, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's desire to have a referendum on holding a constituent assembly to reform the constitution, and Hondura [...]
2009-04-01 19:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR CH TW HO
09TEGUCIGALPA245HONDURAS CONSIDERS SUPPORTING USG CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 17:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA249Drug confiscations in Honduras for 2009 already exceed 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009 USG-supported joint Honduran antinarcotics forces have confiscated more drugs and vehicles than in all of calendar year 2008. Many of the cases have garnered broad press attention, and have sparked increased discussion of the trafficking issue in [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA250HONDURAS: March 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in March 2009. 2. Donations: Four hard drives and cartridges were donated to the Polygraph Unit to increase their memory capacity to store polygraph sessions. Two air conditioners were donated to the San Pedro Sula Prison, one for t [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA263HONDUTEL BRIBERY CHARGES ELICIT CONSPIRACY THEORY
[...] (C) Summary: President Manuel Zelaya has dispatched a high-level legal team to Miami to explore filing a libel suit against former State Department official Otto Reich for alleging that a Justice Department Foreign Corrupt Practices investigation into bribery at Honduran state telecom company [...]
2009-04-13 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA270WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MARCH 19 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon visited Honduras on March 19. He met with Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Patricia "Paty" Rodas, and the two major-party presidential candidates. President Zelaya praised U.S [...]
2009-04-15 22:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA272HONDURAS AND ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE
[...] Ambassador Llorens delivered reftel message to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the President's Special Advisor on Energy, Moises Starkman. President Zelaya expressed his total support for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA),noting the strong existing cooperation on r [...]
2009-04-16 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ENRG AADP SENV
09TEGUCIGALPA273ZELAYA SOFTENS RHETORIC ON HONDUTEL SCANDAL
[...] (C) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's rhetoric on the Hondutel scandal, following the indictment of Latin Node, Inc. in Miami, has cooled from his initial claims that the U.S. prosecution of Latin Node, Inc. was part of a CIA conspiracy to get him (reftel). The Ambassador talked with President [...]
2009-04-17 17:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA289HONDURAS RESPONSE ON WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF QUOTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 15:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA29AMBASSADOR'S VISIT SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Nominating Committee for the next Supreme Court on January 13 - the day that they completed the public hearings of the nominees. The Committee explained the process they were pursuing (ref A). The Committee noted that all excluded nomine [...]
2009-01-15 17:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA291HONDURAN ELECTION UPDATE: LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary. Former Vice President Elvin Santos was formally anointed as the Liberal Party's (PL) Presidential Candidate at the PL Convention in Tegucigalpa on April 18, 2009. Santos in turn appointed Congressional President Roberto Micheletti as PL President despite objections from current [...]
2009-04-28 11:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA298MGSF01: H1N1 Flu Outbreak - Honduras Status Report as of
[...] Both the Embassy and the Government of Honduras have implemented action plans to respond to the crisis. GOH --- 2. The GOH's public response began the evening of Sunday, April 26. The Minister of Health addressed the nation via radio and television. He explained H1N1 flu and its symptom [...]
2009-04-30 12:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLO KSAF KPAO AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA3HONDURAN CABINET CHANGES: NO MAJOR POLICY SHIFT
[...] (C) Summary. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced a cabinet realignment, moving several key players into different positions, but making no changes that will rearrange the direction of his government. The most noteworthy change was moving Liberal Party President, leader of its leftist fac [...]
2009-01-06 20:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA307OPPOSITION STEALS IDEA FOR "15TH MONTH" OF SALARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 15:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ELAB EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA308GOH RELEASES ANTI-CRISIS PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: With little fanfare, the GOH last week released its plan for countering the local effects of the global economic and financial crisis. The plan largely recapitulates previously announced measures to direct credit on preferential terms to productive sectors, with emphasis on small [...]
2009-05-01 17:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA309UPDATE ON 4TH URN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, increasingly erratic statements and actions by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have heightened political tensions here. Zelaya's effort to seek a referendum (the Fourth Urn) in the upcoming national elections in November on whether to convene a constituent assembl [...]
2009-05-01 19:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA310UPDATE ON 4TH URN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, increasingly erratic statements and actions by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have heightened political tensions here. Zelaya's effort to seek a referendum (the Fourth Urn) in the upcoming national elections in November on whether to convene a constituent assembl [...]
2009-05-01 19:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA312OPPOSITION STEALS IDEA FOR "15TH MONTH" OF SALARY
[...] (C) Summary: In an effort to preempt reported plans by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to decree that all employers pay their employees an additional month of salary (the 15th month),Congress President Roberto Micheletti proposed a similar bill on April 21. Micheletti's version exempted many c [...]
2009-05-04 18:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ELAB EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA315RESPONSE DEMARCHE - HONDURAN INITIATIVE TO
[...] (C) On the evening of May 4, the Ambassador delivered demarche (as per reftelS). The Ambassador told Zelaya that we had appreciated his passing to us the draft text on Cuba for the OAS General Assembly Declaration. The Ambassador said that senior Administration officials had carefully revie [...]
2009-05-05 15:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALHO KDEM PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA318GOH CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL ASYLEE
[...] (U) Summary: A diplomatic row between Paraguay and Honduras may arise after the former Paraguayan Minister of the Interior for 23 of Alfredo Stroessner,s 35 year (1954 - 1989) dictatorship, Sabino Augusto Montanaro, returned of his own volition to Paraguay on May 1 with no warning from the Hon [...]
2009-05-06 00:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SMIG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA327HONDURAS: April 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in April 2009. ------------------------- 2. Trafficking in Persons ------------------------- - POL NAS staff and the Military Information Support Team (MIST) met with Strategic Planning and Coordination Director from the Ministry [...]
2009-05-07 17:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA33HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...]
2009-01-16 17:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA332UPDATE ON JERZEEZ DE HONDURAS LABOR VIOLATION CASE
[...] (U) Summary: Fruit of the Loom,s (FOTL) Russell Corporation (RC) and various U.S.-based NGOs, the Honduran General Workers Confederation (CGT) and former Russell workers from its now closed Jerzees de Honduras (JDH) plant continue to disagree over the sincerity and significance of the measure [...]
2009-05-08 00:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA339PEPE LOBO TURNS ON FOURTH URN
[...] (C) Summary: Honduras continues to be in a state of tension caused by President Zelaya's increasingly strident campaign to hold a referendum (the Fourth Urn) calling for the convening of a constituent assembly that would make radical changes to the nation's constitution. In a major surprise, [...]
2009-05-12 00:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA34REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Reftel requested commentary on how the international financial crisis is playing out in Honduras. Detailed reporting on the subject appears in refs B through I. Following responses are keyed to questions posed in reftel. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- [...]
2009-01-16 18:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA345AMERICAN APPAREL BRANDS SEEK DIALOGUE ON HONDURAN
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy hosted a meeting of U.S. brand name apparel manufacturers April 28 in San Pedro Sula to discuss the global financial crisis, their short-term and long-term Honduran operational plans, and responsible management of plant closings. The group unanimously expressed interest i [...]
2009-05-12 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA348ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AGREES TO HEAR SUIT AGAINST
[...] (U) In a ruling that pleased opponents of President Zelaya's proposed referendum, known as the "Fourth Urn" on convening a constituent assembly (reftels B and C),Judge Jorge Alberto Zelaya of Honduras' "Administrative Court" determined on May 12 that he would hear a suit against the legality [...]
2009-05-13 00:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA35HONDURAN ECONOMY SLOWS IN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Summary: The international economic difficulties have impacted on Honduras in the way of slower growth, although the country still managed GDP growth of 4 percent in 2008. Looking to 2009, we expect the U.S. recession to hurt Honduras, export performance of apparel, and traditional produc [...]
2009-01-16 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA353 Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit
[...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...]
2009-05-15 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA354TWENTY-TWO HONDURAN POLICE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN
[...] In just over the first four months of 2009 (through May 11),22 Honduran police officers have been killed in the line of duty, most in Northern Honduras where there is a higher incidence of narcotrafficking and organized crime. This number far exceeds the number of fallen officers in neighbori [...]
2009-05-15 00:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA355NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEPE LOBO'S
[...] (C) National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo travels to Washington at a delicate moment in Honduras. Democracy has been successful in Honduras over the past 28 years, but the system remains institutionally weak and fragile. Although we maintain a strong working relatio [...]
2009-05-15 00:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SMIG EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA358PRESIDENT ZELAYA GIVES USD12.5 MILLION TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 11 the Honduran government announced that President Zelaya had tasked the Honduran Military (HOAF) with the project of building a commercial terminal adjacent to the Honduran air force base at Soto Cano, which is home to the U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. The public announcem [...]
2009-05-15 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS MARR SNAR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA366HONDURAS REVIEW OF CUBAN RELATIONS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: Investment activity between Honduras and Cuba remain limited, and the Government of Honduras does not appear to exert political influence over Cuba. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya stated on May 8 that one of the OAS General Assembly,s (OASGA) key orders of business at its session [...]
2009-05-20 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA379YOUR TRIP TO SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS, FOR THE OAS
[...] (C) Summary: We warmly welcome you to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro is the business capital of the country, but not the seat of government, so both the Government of Honduras and the U.S. Embassy will be working out of temporary facilities there. Your visit provides an excellent opport [...]
2009-05-22 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON EAID KCRM KCOR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA380OPPOSITION BUILDS TO PRESIDENT'S POLL ON
[...] (C) Summary: The country's political institutions have lined up against a plan by President Zelaya to hold a poll canvassing popular support for the holding of a referendum on a constituent assembly. A court ruling is expected soon, perhaps as early as the week of May 25, and could probably g [...]
2009-05-23 00:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA381FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]
2009-05-25 21:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA382FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]
2009-05-25 21:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA39HONDURAS: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: This report is a response to the U.S. Department of Labor action cable (Reftel) regarding the worst forms of child labor in Honduras. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has made clear progress addressing the worst forms of child labor with a new more effective eradication plan, a nation [...]
2009-01-20 19:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA395FOURTH URN UPDATE: COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF
[...] (C) Judge Jorge Zelaya Zaldana of the Administrative Court of First Instance, ruled on May 27 in favor of the Attorney General in the case he brought against the government (ref A). The Attorney General's case alleged that the government's planned use of the National Statistical Institute (IN [...]
2009-05-28 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA405HONDURAS NOT YET TO COMMON GROUND ON CUBA AND OAS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador hosted President Zelaya and Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas for lunch on May 29 to discuss the issue of Cuba in the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) meeting on June 1-3 in San Pedro Sula. The Ambassador stressed the domestic back [...]
2009-05-30 02:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA409 FOURTH URN UPDATE: PRESIDENT ZELAYA ORDERS ARMED FORCES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya interrupted regularly-scheduled programming on May 29 to declare that the public opinion poll to canvass support for the addition of a Fourth Urn on the holding of a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution set for June 28th would go forward [...]
2009-06-01 21:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA424FOURTH URN UPDATE: CONGRESS CENSURES THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 22:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA431ZELAYA SHARES DETAILS ON OAS CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya shared details in a June a 7 meeting with the Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, on his negotiations with ALBA members and Cuba over the negotiations on Cuba at the Organization of American States General Assembly in San Pedro Sula June 2 and 3. Zelaya said that h [...]
2009-06-08 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA438ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN
[...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]
2009-06-09 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA439ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN
[...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]
2009-06-09 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA445MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] The major locally-generated media reaction to President Obama's speech in Cairo is the following Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal newspaper, Tiempo by Billy Pena. San Pedro Sula has the largest population of people who trace their family roots to the Middle East. Begin text: [...]
2009-06-11 11:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA451HONDURAS CONSIDERS OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 20:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA461HONDURAS: May2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in May 2009. ----------------------------- Police/Prosecutor Training ----------------------------- 2. Post sent seven police officers and three customs agents from the Honduran Internal Revenue Office (DEI) to the ILEA course: Bo [...]
2009-06-15 18:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA462(C) ZELAYA ZIG-ZAGS THE RED LINES
[...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is coming closer to stepping over our red lines on maintenance of the constitutional order. His actions have been singularly focused on attempts to push for a poll and a referendum for a constituent assembly to reform the Honduran constitution; the tactics he has used have [...]
2009-06-15 20:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA464PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S LIMOSINE RECEIVES TWO IMPACTS
[...] (C) In the evening of June 12, local media reported a possible attack against President Manual "Mel" Zelaya after the front windshield of the motorcade vehicle in which he was riding in Tegucigalpa received two impacts from objects of unknown origin. The unknown objects cracked the windshield [...]
2009-06-16 00:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC HO PGOV PREL SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA465LIBERAL PARTY SEEKS CONSENSUS WHILE A FRUSTRATED
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Former President and Liberal Party stalwart Carlos Flores and Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos to discuss the current political crisis over President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya's push for a poll to seek support for a referendum to have a const [...]
2009-06-16 00:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA474AMBASSADOR WARNS HONDURAN MILITARY ON COUP RUMORS
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, hosted Honduran Military Joint Chief Romeo Vazquez Velasquez and Deputy Chief Miguel Garcia Padgett for breakfast on June 18 and conveyed in the strongest terms USG concerns about rumors that the military would move against the government if Honduran politic [...]
2009-06-18 17:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA479HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]
2009-06-19 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA485HONDURAN PARTICIAPTION IN IRENA
[...] Per reftel, Econ office contacted Jos Lorenzana, Multilateral Political Director at the MFA, regarding Honduras, participation in International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. According to Lorenzana, Honduras was waiting to receive the IRENA documents from Germany. Upon receipt, the [...]
2009-06-22 16:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENG KGHG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA486SEEKING HONDURAN SUPPORT FOR REINCORPORATION OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff spoke on June 15 with Rafael Carbajal, General Manager of The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in Honduras. Carbajal asserted that although the Honduras branch of IBAF had limited resources and was therefore solely concerned with spreading the sport do [...]
2009-06-22 18:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA489HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]
2009-06-23 14:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA49MCNAB CASE DIPNOTE DELIERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 23:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID SENV EFIS
09TEGUCIGALPA491HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL TO APRROVE
[...] (C) Poloff visited the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on June 23 to inquire about the 23 applications for independent candidacies the institution had received. TSE President Saul Escobar (who represents the Christian Democratic Party) told us that 16 of the 23 independent candidacies had pa [...]
2009-06-24 13:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA492PROTESTS AGAINST THE FOURTH URN
[...] (U) The Alliance for Peace and Democracy, led by religious, private sector and professional organization leaders, marched in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, second largest city and business center, on June 23 in support of democracy and to protest President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s attempt to hold a Ju [...]
2009-06-24 20:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA493Ambassador Meets with OAS Representatives on June 28 Poll
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, The Ambassador met with representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS),which had just announced acceptance of a Honduran government request to send monitors for the June 28 poll (reftel),despite a Honduran court ruling that the poll was illegal. OAS r [...]
2009-06-25 14:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OAS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA495HONDURAN PRESIDENT FIRES MILITARY JOINT CHIEF;
[...] (C) Summary. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya fired the Military Joint Chief General Romeo Vasquez the evening of June 24 after the latter refused to carry out an order to provide support for the June 28 poll to support a November referendum on constitutional reform, a poll ruled illegal by a Honduran [...]
2009-06-25 16:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA496IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 19:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC
09TEGUCIGALPA50HONDURAS: GOH-Embassy Task Force Launched To Oversee Merida
[...] Summary: The Ambassador hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bilateral Merida Task Force at his residence on January 21. The meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. and Honduran inter-agency teams to meet, identify their roles and discuss both the context of the Merida effort and set common goa [...]
2009-01-23 10:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA501CONGRESS PULLS BACK FROM THE BRINK ON REMOVING
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 25, the National Congress came close to bringing to the floor a vote on the removal of President Zelaya from office. The Ambassador strongly advised Congress President Micheletti against such hasty action that could plunge Honduras into a deeper constitutio [...]
2009-06-26 20:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA502HONDURAS: POLITICAL AND LEGAL STANDOFF CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Presented with widespread defiance from the Military, Congress, the Justice system, pro-democracy protesters and the private sector, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has been forced to rely on loyal social activists, labor unions, the police and government bureaucrats for his attempt [...]
2009-06-26 20:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA503HONDURAN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: The political stir over President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s proposed opinion poll regarding a constituent assembly (Ref A) has precipitated an even more substantive crisis over the country,s military leadership. While the poll serves as a major political distraction, it is the questi [...]
2009-06-26 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA504HONDURAN MILITARY ARRESTS PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) At approximately 02:30 local time (04:30 Washington) Honduran military forces entered the Presidential Palace and arrested President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Embassy sources report Zelaya was taken to the Air Force Base adjacent to Toncontin International Aiport and then flown by military air [...]
2009-06-28 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA505HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 1, 06/28/09, 10:30 LOCAL TIME
[...] (C) Streets of Tegucigalpa remain calm for the most part as of 10:00 local time (12:00 Washington),although black smoke was seen rising from the area around the Presidential Palace around 08:30, apparently from burning tires. One source at a nearby hotel reported seeing a car burning. A mi [...]
2009-06-28 16:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA507HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 3, 06/28/09, 16:00 LOCAL TIME
[...] (C) Congress officially named Roberto Micheletti interim President of the Republic at approximately 14:15 local time, despite urging by the Ambassador to avoid taking that step. He was sworn in at 15:40. Local channels began transmitting live session of Congress around 13:30, with the Congress [...]
2009-06-28 21:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA508HONDURAN COUP SITREP #6: EVENTS AS OF 06/30/09
[...] (U) The anti-regime demonstration in Tegucigalpa peaked June 29 with a maximum of approximately 3,000 protesters before being dispersed by police and military, but has re-formed and as of noon local is headed along Avenida Miraflores toward the Presidential Palace, where RSO anticipates a clas [...]
2009-06-29 19:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA509LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-29 19:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA510LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MID- AND HIGH-LEVEL
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-29 19:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA511LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PRISON REFORM
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-29 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA512LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR THREAT RESPONSE PRISON
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-29 20:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA513IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA514HONDURAN COUP: SITREP #4 06/29/09 AS OF NOON LOCAL
[...] (U) Minister of Security Jorge Rodas reported to Ambassador on June 28 at 16:00 local (18:00 EDT) that there had been virtually no incidents of violence or unrest in the country Sunday, save for those isolated small cases already mentioned in Sitrep #2. The ruling regime called a 21:00-06:00 [...]
2009-06-29 20:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV MARR CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA515ZELAYA DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on June 29. Zelaya briefed the Ambassador on the current diplomatic initiatives being undertaken by the OAS, UN and SICA in support of his government. He expressed appreciation for the clear U.S. response to the coup. The Am [...]
2009-06-29 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA516GUIDANCE REQUEST: DEALING WITH MICHLETTI REGIME IN
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftels, President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti was sworn in yesterday at 14:15 local as President of Honduras. By 17:00, the Embassy had already been invited to the Congress to a celebration of the new Administration. The Embassy refused the invitation and immediately [...]
2009-06-30 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS EFIN SNAR ECON EAID MARR PBTS
09TEGUCIGALPA517HONDURAN COUP:SITREP 5, 06/29/09, 18:30 LOCAL TIME
[...] (C) Police and military units dislodged protesters from in front of the Presidential Palace around 16:00, and 40-45 arrests were made. Shots were fired but no one was killed, according to police sources. Earlier in the afternoon police dispersed crowds with tear gas, which reduced the number [...]
2009-06-30 01:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA519LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PRISON SYSTEM
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-30 20:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA52NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME
[...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]
2009-01-23 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA520LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR CENTRAL PRISON
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-06-30 20:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA521HONDURAN COUP SITREP #6: EVENTS AS OF 06/30/09
[...] (U) The anti-regime demonstration in Tegucigalpa peaked June 29 with a maximum of approximately 3,000 protesters before being dispersed by police and military, but has re-formed and as of noon local is headed along Avenida Miraflores toward the Presidential Palace, where RSO anticipates a clas [...]
2009-06-30 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA523HONDURAN COUP SITREP #7: EVENTS AS OF 07/01/09
[...] (U) The pro-Zelaya demonstration in Tegucigalpa near the Presidential Palace in front of the Clarion Hotel concluded with minimal violence. A crowd of approximately 5,000 moved toward the OAS mission, which is located approximately three blocks south of the U.S. Embassy. There are continued [...]
2009-07-02 00:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA527Honduran Coup Timeline
[...] Summary: The following is the Embassy's timeline of political and legal events leading up to the June 28, 2009 coup. We believe that the military and the Congress conspired in the coup. There were also decisions that impacted on Zelaya's legal situation. Nevertheless, while there is evidence [...]
2009-07-02 20:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS EAID PHUM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA529HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST COUP
[...] (C) Summary: The media war over the legitimacy of the Honduran coup has taken front stage with various competing interests protesting either in support of the new regime or for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Both groups claim to be defending the constitution and the rule o [...]
2009-07-02 20:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECPS PGOV SOCI DS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA53NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME
[...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]
2009-01-23 20:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA530HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09
[...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]
2009-07-02 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA531HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09
[...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]
2009-07-02 22:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA532HONDURAN COUP SITREP #9 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/03/09 AS
[...] (U) Beyond Tegucigalpa, the Honduran countryside remains largely peaceful with some isolated demonstrations on both sides of the issue. In Tegucigalpa, protests both in favor and against the regime are taking place as in past days with little incident. The pro-coup rally outside the President [...]
2009-07-03 21:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA533HONDURAN COUP: STEPS TOWARD RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Separately from the discussion track the Ambassador is conducting per ref A, Embassy has opened up a back-channel of communication with remnants of the deposed Zelaya Government and dissident members of Congress who are interested in establishing a dialogue leading to national rec [...]
2009-07-04 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA535HONDURAN COUP SITREP #10 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/04/09
[...] (U) All demonstrations have remained peaceful. Today's pro-Zelaya protest, numbering approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people, began at the Pedagogical University, then moved to the Clarion Hotel and onward toward the Supreme Court building. That group, then numbering 10,000, proceeded to Toncont [...]
2009-07-04 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA537HONDURAN COUP SITREP #11 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/05/09
[...] (U) Overnight, the pro-Zelaya protesters from outside Tegucigalpa remained camped out at the Pedagogical University in the capital. Their Sunday demonstration began there, and grew to a crowd of 5,000 by 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),when they began to march to Toncontin International Airport. Cha [...]
2009-07-06 00:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA54HONDURAS MERIDA LOA SIGNING IS BIG EVENT
[...] Summary: Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge Rodas Gamero and Ambassador Llorens signed the first Merida Letter of Agreement in the region on January 9 amidst more fanfare than previous LOAs have ever received. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya participated in the event and made certain to shi [...]
2009-01-23 20:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA542HONDURAN ECONOMY LIKELY TO LIMP THROUGH 2009
[...] (C) Summary: Unless the current political turmoil leads to prolonged civil unrest, Honduras should be able to avoid a major economic crisis for the balance of 2009. However, recent policies, together with an unfavorable external environment, are severely constraining the options of whoever wi [...]
2009-07-07 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA543HONDURAS COUP SITREP #12 07/06/2009 AS OF 1600
[...] (C) Following his attempt to land at Toncontin Airport yesterday, President Zelaya landed first in Nicaragua and finally in San Salvador. President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador held a press conference at Comalapa airport late last night with Zelaya, OAS SYG Insulza and other presidents (Kirc [...]
2009-07-07 01:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA544AMBASSADOR SPEAKS WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke today to President Zelaya. Zelaya informed the Ambassador that he was in Managua and said he was scheduled to fly to Washington at 1900 hrs. He thanked the Ambassador for hosting members of his family at the Residence. He also expressed appreciation for the strong su [...]
2009-07-07 01:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA545LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-07 17:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA546LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR D.A.R.E. TRAINING, JULY
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-07 17:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA548LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-07 18:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA555HONDURAS COUP SITREP #13 07/07/2009 AS OF 1530
[...] (C) National press carried prominent stories of President Zelaya's meeting today with the Secretary. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya Monday night (Ref A),and President Zelaya thanked the Ambassador for USG support and said he strongly supported a multilateral approach to promote a n [...]
2009-07-08 13:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA56CONGRESS PUSHES THROUGH NEW COURT, RESISTS THREATS
[...] (S) Summary: Congress elected a new Supreme Court, taking all candidates from a list supplied by the Nominating Board (reftel),minutes before its constitutional deadline the night of Sunday, January 25. Congress successfully resisted intense pressure from President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to ele [...]
2009-01-26 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA562LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-08 22:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA563LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-08 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA564HONDURAS COUP SITREP #14 07/08/2009 AS OF 1500
[...] (U) Zelaya supporters reportedly planned today to block traffic entering Tegucigalpa coming from the direction of Danli. As of 1000 local (1200 EDT),approximately 4,000 protesters had gathered near the highway exit to Danli at a shopping center, "Villas del Sol." As of 1320 local (1520 EDT) [...]
2009-07-08 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA565AMCHAM VIEWS ON HONDURAN COUP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador, Consul General, and the Econ section met with the executive directors of the Honduran AmCham to convey the USG position in the wake of the coup. The Ambassador condemned the coup, informed them that the U.S. only recognized President Zelaya as the legi [...]
2009-07-08 23:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV BBSR EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA566THE RED TEAM: WHO WANTS ZELAYA BACK?
[...] (C) Summary: The groups demonstrating since June 28 for the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, which for want of a better term we will henceforth call the "Red Team," are primarily comprised of labor unions, peasant groups, teachers and leftist students and social activists. The movement [...]
2009-07-09 01:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA567HONDURAN SOCIETY WELCOMES ARIAS TALKS
[...] (U) Summary: Despite ongoing protests from both sides, Hondurans appear to accept the U.S.-backed idea to bring President Zelaya and the Micheletti regime together for talks with President Arias of Costa Rica later this week. On Tuesday, Congress held its first session since June 28, seven da [...]
2009-07-09 01:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA568HONDURAN COUP: THE "WHITE TEAM"
[...] (C) Summary: Those demonstrating in support of the June 28 coup, who have made the color white the symbol of their movement, share the sincere belief that Zelaya's removal from office was a patriotic act in defense of democratic principles and the constitutional order. The "White Team," which [...]
2009-07-09 13:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA573HONDURAS COUP SITREP #15 07/09/2009 AS OF 1500
[...] (U) As of 1040 local (1240 EDT),there are 2,500 Zelaya supporters blocking traffic on the highway between Choluteca and the El Salvador and Nicaraguan borders near the Germania bridge. This demonstration again confirms pro-Zelaya demonstrators' statements on Tuesday of plans to change their [...]
2009-07-09 23:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA574HONDURAN COUP: WHO'S AT THE TABLE IN SAN JOSE
[...] (C) Summary: The members of the delegations accompanying President Manuel Zelaya and de facto caretaker Roberto Micheletti represent a contrast, with long-time, core advisors on the Zelaya side, while Micheletti's team is comprised of bi-partisan, non-ideologues, united by their mistrust of Z [...]
2009-07-10 00:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA577HONDURAS COUP SITREP #16 07/10/2009 AS OF 1500
[...] (U) On July 10, approximately 2,000 Zelaya supporters assembled to block all north and south bound traffic on the CA-5 highway north of Tegucigalpa. The highway is the major traffic artery connecting the capital with Soto Cano Airbase, as well as the commercially important cities of Comayagua [...]
2009-07-10 21:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA578SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THINK COUP WAS ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: A source on the Supreme Court staff said many justices think the removal of President Zelaya was unlawful. However, they rationalize it as necessary to avoid a bloodbath. The justices are uneasy with any suggestion that Zelaya receive amnesty. The source said a proposal being [...]
2009-07-11 01:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA579HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-11 01:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA580AMBASSADOR URGES RECONCILIATION TO NATIONAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly urged Honduran National Party Leaders Ricardo Alvarez and Maria Antonieta Belgran to support the Arias process to reach a negotiated agreement for the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The Ambassador noted the President's and Secretary's supp [...]
2009-07-11 02:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA581PRESIDENT ARIAS ON MEDIATION
[...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador to inquire as to the status of his efforts to soften the position of the de facto regime. The Ambassador informed him that the meeting with regime leadership was scheduled for today at 3pm. The Ambassador promised Arias that he would brief him after t [...]
2009-07-13 13:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2
[...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]
2009-07-13 18:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA586HONDURAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS ON COUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The vast majority of the Honduran business community both publicly and privately supports the removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from office June 28. Major business organizations have published full-page ads over the past week supporting the coup and recognizing the legiti [...]
2009-07-13 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EINV EAID ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA587ZELAYA OPENS COMMUNICATIONS WITH CARLOS FLORES
[...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and former President Carlos Flores, meeting in New Orleans July 12, agreed to remain in informal contact to help resolve the political crisis engulfing Honduras since the June 28 coup. Zelaya pledged to stay engaged in discussions hosted by Costa Rica [...]
2009-07-13 23:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA588HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA589HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 3
[...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduran appeared to deteriorate over the weekend as two pro-Zelaya political organizers were killed, a dissident member of Congress reported that her home was raided, and 11 Venezuelan reporters were arrested and then strongly encouraged to leave th [...]
2009-07-14 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA591HONDURAN COUP: IS THERE A "PINK TEAM?"
[...] (C) Summary: Refs C and D profiled the coalitions currently agitating for the return of President Zelaya (the "Red Team") and opposing his return (the "White Team"). This message explores whether there is any significant "pink" ground between these two camps that can help bridge the differenc [...]
2009-07-14 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA592HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/14/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is the third in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- Zelaya and Micheletti Maintain Hard Lines ----------- [...]
2009-07-14 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA593AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the Ambassador, Zelaya said he was focused on reaching a negotiated settlement using the channel opened up in New Orleans in conversations with former President Carlos Flores. He said Flores had the clout and influence, which along with the Embassy and USG [...]
2009-07-15 00:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA594HONDURAN COUP: LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE AT
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos worried that his campaign had been harmed by the recent coup, which fractured his Liberal Party. Of even greater concern to Santos was the possibility the November 29 elections would leav [...]
2009-07-15 00:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA595HONDURAS COUP SITREP #18 07/14/2009 AS OF 1600
[...] (U) At approximately 9:21 local (11:21 EDT) approximately 700 Zelaya supporters gathered at the National Pedagogical University. By 10:14 local (12:14 EDT),Zelaya supporters began marching and grew to approximately 4000. At 11:41, Zelaya supporters arrived at the Embassy. The demonstrators [...]
2009-07-15 13:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA596AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ARIAS
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias yesterday afternoon. Arias reiterated his position that the Saturday mediation session in San Jose will be critical to his efforts. He said he planned to put on the table the core issues that need to be dealt with soon if a soluti [...]
2009-07-15 19:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA600HONDURAS COUP SITREP #19 07/15/2009 AS OF 1500
[...] (U) At 10:15 local (12:15 EDT),approximately 3,000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered outside the National Pedagogical University and marched to the Clarion Hotel. At 11:40 local (13:40 EDT),the group marched from the Clarion Hotel to the National Institute of Women, where some protestors th [...]
2009-07-15 22:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA605HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 4
[...] (U) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense despite a public invitation for international human rights groups to monitor the situation. The curfew was reinstated the night of July 15 and will last at least through the weekend. Opponents of the de facto regime continue [...]
2009-07-16 19:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA607HONDURAS COUP SITREP #20, 07/16/2009 AS OF 15:00
[...] (U) At 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),approximately 300 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered on the southern edge of Tegucigalpa to block the CA-5, Honduras's main highway. An additional 700 Zelaya supporters were en route to the CA-5 north of the city to do the same. At the same time there were also [...]
2009-07-17 01:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA608HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/16/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -- Delegations announced for Saturday negotiations [...]
2009-07-17 01:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA610AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Arias stressed that substantive progress needed to made during Saturday's talks in San Jose. Key South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil were not satisfied with progress thus far and were pressing SYG Insulza to re-insert himself into the process. Pressure from the [...]
2009-07-17 18:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA611TFH01: REPORTS OF FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS DENIED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Attorney General's Office and local banks both deny reports that bank accounts of people tied to the deposed government of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have been frozen. The Embassy has contacted government and banking officials to chase these reports down, and found that i [...]
2009-07-17 18:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA612TFH01: WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR WEEKEND VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While civil action has so far remained peaceful save for the death of one protester on July 5, there has been a palpable increase in tension leading into the scheduled July 18 round of negotiations between President Zelaya and de facto regime head Micheletti. The prospects for [...]
2009-07-17 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA614TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #21 07/17/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 09:00 local (11:00 EDT),pro-Zelaya demonstrations today, July 17, were expected to be similar to those of yesterday, July 16 (Reftel),with demonstrators congregated around the CA-5, Honduras's main highway, at the north and south ends of Tegucigalpa. As of 09:40 local (11:40 EDT),[...]
2009-07-17 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC AEMR KFLO PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA615TFHO1: THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE CHIEF
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador and DATT met with Honduran Chief of Defense (CHOD) MG Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to press the importance of the de facto regime's serious participation in the Arias-led negotiations on July 18, as well as the repercussions if the talks do not show substantive progres [...]
2009-07-17 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA616TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador at approximately 2:30 pm our time. The Ambassador briefed him on a series of meetings that we have held in the past 30 hours in support of his mediation effort. The Ambassador discussed the productive sessions he had had with the business community, [...]
2009-07-17 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA617TFH01: WHO'S WHO OF THE HONDURAN COUP
[...] (C) Summary: As the Zelaya and Micheletti teams prepare to engage for a second round of talks in Costa Rica July 18 on restoring the constitutional order in Honduras, the fate of any deal that may emerge from the talks will most likely be determined by a relatively small number of opinion-maker [...]
2009-07-17 23:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA618TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: DONORS EVALUATING ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Donors are evaluating their assistance to Honduras in the wake of the June 28 coup and subsequent suspension of Honduras from the OAS. All members of the G-16 group of official donors to Honduras, with one exception, have suspended communication with the de facto interim govern [...]
2009-07-17 23:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA619TFH01: FULL-COURT PRESS TO BRING MICHELETTI AROUND
[...] (C) Summary: During the week of July 13 the Ambassador and Embassy officers met with numerous Micheletti supporters to press for the reinstatement of President Zelaya through the Arias process. The Ambassador emphasized the USG's strong support for the process and outlined the serious and lo [...]
2009-07-18 01:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA620TFH01: DELIVERY OF MILLENIUM CHALLENGE LETTER
[...] (U) A copy of the Millenium Challenge letter informing the Honduran Goverment of their right to suspend or terminate all funding due to the current political situation was delivered to the office of the General Director for MCA in Honduras Martin Ochoa and to the Foreign Ministry on July 17, 20 [...]
2009-07-18 01:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN EAID ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA621TFH01: IMPACT OF COUP AND AID CUT-OFF ON HONDURAN
[...] (C) Summary: The expected reduction in international aid as a result of the June 28 coup will cause hardship for the de facto regime, but the Honduran economy should still be able to avoid collapse this year, barring an unexpected shock, such as a trade embargo or natural disaster. The econom [...]
2009-07-18 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA622TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #22 (UNCLASSIFIED)
[...] (U) As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),approximately 1,600 pro-Zelaya demonstrators are gathered at Zelaya's "Popular Bloc" movement headquarters near Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, and are blocking the nearby major thoroughfare Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas. RSO notes the demonstrat [...]
2009-07-18 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA623TFHO1: HONDURAN COUP SITREP #23 (UNCLASSIFIED) AS
[...] (U) As of 10:30 local (13:00 EDT),no protests have been reported in Tegucigalpa or other cities, and roads and highways connecting Tegucigalpa to the rest of the country are open. Pro-Zelaya demonstration leaders are meeting at Zelaya's "Popular Bloc" movement headquarters near Toncontin Air [...]
2009-07-19 17:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA624TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #24 07/20/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 08:30 local (10:30 EDT),RSO contacts indicated that pro-Zelaya demonstrators would gather at the National Congress in downtown Tegucigalpa later in the morning. It was also reported that teacher's unions would accompany the "reds" in the afternoon. At 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),appr [...]
2009-07-21 00:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA627TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador on July 21. He said he was concerned with the hard line positions taken by both the Zelaya and Micheletti sides. The Ambassador agreed adding that de facto regime President Roberto Micheletti's public statements were particularly unhelpful, including [...]
2009-07-21 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA631TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #25 07/21/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 08:55 local (10:55 EDT),approximately 100 pro-Zelaya supporters congregated at the entrance to Tegucigalpa's Kennedy neighborhood. As of 10:08 local (12:08 EDT),an estimated 1,500 peaceful demonstrators had congregated with five policemen stationed there as well. As of 11:11 loca [...]
2009-07-21 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA632TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/21/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- Micheletti Remains Firm in his Public Stance -------- [...]
2009-07-22 01:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA633TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION POST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The mainstream Honduran media and the de facto regime have attempted to shape international perceptions of the June 28 coup through an evident reporting bias, intimidation, the closure of media outlets, and violence. While the pressure exerted by the de facto regime on the medi [...]
2009-07-22 13:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA635TFH01: ARIAS DISCUSSES MEDIATION EFFORT
[...] (S) Early afternoon on July 22, the Ambassador spoke to President Arias. Arias confirmed that the de facto regime of President Roberto Micheletti had made a sudden decision to attend the afternoon session in San Jose. Arias was very pleased. He said the meeting is now pushed back to 4:00 p.m [...]
2009-07-22 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA636TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #26 07/22/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 09:36 local (11:36 EDT),approximately 200 Zelaya supporters congregated and proceeded to block traffic on the Boulevard Santa Fe in Tegucigalpa. The demonstrators talked about possibly disrupting the planned pro-Micheletti march scheduled for 10:00 local (12:00 EDT). As of 11:57 l [...]
2009-07-22 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA637TFH01: PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador that he believes that the Arias process is close to failure. He blamed the de facto regime's intransigence for the near collapse of the mediation. He urged the U.S. to take stronger punitive measures against the Micheletti regim [...]
2009-07-23 17:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV AEMR ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA638TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #27 07/23/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) RSO contacts have indicated there will be an increase in activity today, July 23. As of 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),approximately 1,500 peaceful pro-Zelaya demonstrators blocked traffic on the road to the Soto Cano base at the El Durazno post. At this time, 100 military and police were st [...]
2009-07-23 18:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA64HONDURAS CATCHES PLANE LADEN WITH COCAINE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran armed forces and law enforcement personnel captured a Venezuelan-registered airplane bearing over 1500 kilograms of suspected cocaine and two go-fast boats in a USG supported joint Honduran operation in the early hours of January 28. The operation demonstrated the abili [...]
2009-01-29 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PREL KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA645TFHO1: OPEN AND SHUT: THE CASE OF THE HONDURAN COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Post has attempted to clarify some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the June 28 forced removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in wha [...]
2009-07-24 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA647TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/23/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------- San Jose Proposal ----------------- 2. (U) Arias' new eleven point proposal [...]
2009-07-24 15:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA648TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #28 07/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Early Friday morning, July 24, due to the rumored arrival of President Zelaya, pro-Zelaya supporters gathered around the off-ramp to Danli on Tegucigalpa's peripheral highway with plans to caravan to the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua. As of 09:30 local (11:30 EDT),police and [...]
2009-07-24 17:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA649TFHO1: OUR FULL COURT PRESS TO REACH A RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Post continues to apply pressure on all fronts to bring the conflicting sides to a resolution of the political crisis through the Arias process. The Ambassador and Embassy Officers have met with private sector leaders, civil society representatives, political figures and other fi [...]
2009-07-24 17:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA657LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]
2009-07-27 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA658TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/24/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------------ Three Branches Analyzing San Jose Proposal ------------ [...]
2009-07-27 16:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA659TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #29 07/27/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Over the weekend, most activity was concentrated in southern Honduras due to the arrival of President Zelaya at the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua on Friday, July 24. RSO reports there were several military and police roadblocks that prohibited most pro-Zelaya supporters from r [...]
2009-07-27 18:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA661CLASHES AT BORDER PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conditions along the Honduras-Nicaragua border where pro-Zelaya demonstrators have congregated across from the encampment of President Zelaya have become a potential flash point for an escalation to violence in the Honduran political crisis. Human rights groups have lodged prot [...]
2009-07-28 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA662TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]
2009-07-28 00:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA663PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSSES HIS MEDIATION EFFORTS
[...] (S) President Arias called the Ambassador the evening of July 27 to get an update on the situation in Honduras and our efforts to support his mediation efforts. The Ambassador responded that the situation was mixed. On the positive side, the Honduran military was now moving in the direction [...]
2009-07-28 15:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV AEMR KDEM MARR PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA664TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #30 07/28/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 10:30 local (12:30 EDT),approximately 500 pro-Zelaya demonstrators departed the Pedagogical University with plans to march on the headquarters of the private sector lobby group, COHEP. Apart from one road block in Santa Barbara, there were no reports of other significant activity. [...]
2009-07-28 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA665TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/28/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------- Full Court Press to Honduran Congress ---------------------- [...]
2009-07-29 00:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA666TFH01: FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON BANK ACCOUNT FREEZES
[...] (U) Summary: Ref A reported rumors, none of which Post was able to confirm of banks closing the personal accounts of people associated with the Zelaya administration and their families. Further investigation has confirmed that there was no/no wholesale freezing of accounts and that the banks h [...]
2009-07-29 15:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KDEM PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA67AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION OF THE HONDURAN SUPREME
[...] (C) Summary: The election of Honduras' Supreme Court was both an historic and galvanizing event for the country, with public pressure leading to the selection of the most independent court in Honduran history. Private threats by President Manual "Mel" Zelaya and his advisors were withstood b [...]
2009-02-02 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA672TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #31 07/29/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) As of 09:00 local (11:00 EDT),there was a roadblock by approximately 200 pro-Zelaya demonstrators in La Flecha in the Santa Barbara Department blocking the highway between San Pedro Sula and Copan. In Tegucigalpa, pro-Zelaya protestors met at the Pedagogical University and blocked the cit [...]
2009-07-29 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA673TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/29/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------ Diplomatic Visa Revocation Top Story ------------------------ [...]
2009-07-29 23:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA677TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS REVIEWS AMNESTY ARTICLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran de facto regime is analyzing in detail the San Jose Agreement to ensure it conforms with Honduran law and the Constitution before the Micheletti regime makes a final decision on whether to accept the agreement. Embassy Political and Economic officers met with all m [...]
2009-07-30 17:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA680TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #32 07/30/2009 AS OF
[...] (C) As of 11:30 local (13:30 EDT),approximately 300 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered at El Lolo on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa and attempted to block the northern route of the CA-5, Honduras's main highway to San Pedro Sula. Another group of approximately 100 protesters at El Durazno a fe [...]
2009-07-30 21:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA683TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/30/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. -------------------------------- Reports of Violence at Roadblock -------------------------------- [...]
2009-07-31 00:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA684TFHO1: ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSULAR SECTION'S
[...] (U) Summary: The coup against President Mel, Zelaya on June 28th tested the Consular Sections ability to safeguard American citizens in a time of political uncertainty. The section proved to be up to the challenge, successfully processing hundreds of AmCit calls on the ACS hotline, and makin [...]
2009-07-31 15:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CLOK CMGT CPAS CVIS CFED
09TEGUCIGALPA686TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 30 CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (S) The Ambassador spoke with President Arias on the evening of July 30 to brief him on his meeting earlier in the day with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya in Managua. The Ambassador noted that in the three-hour round of meetings he had urged Zelaya to "put on his presidential suit," take the d [...]
2009-07-31 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL ASEC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR AEMR CASC
09TEGUCIGALPA687TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]
2009-07-31 22:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA688TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #33 07/31/2009 AS OF
[...] (C) On July 30, Honduran National Police (HNP) arrested 100 people after pro-Zelaya demonstrators clashed with police charged with disbanding the protest. One demonstrator was shot in the head and seriously wounded. Police contacts assert that the police and military were only armed with non [...]
2009-07-31 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA692AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner on August 1 with former President Carlos Flores and Micheletti team members to the Arias mediation, Arturo Corrales and Vilma Morales (neither are members of the Micheletti regime; see Bio notes para 7). Morales and Corrales said they remained comm [...]
2009-08-03 19:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALAEMR KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA695TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #34 08/03/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) A relatively quiet weekend was marred by two deaths. The protester shot in the July 30 conflict between pro-Zelaya demonstrators and police (Reftel) died August 1, marking the crisis' second confirmed fatality. In a military checkpoint incident, a car passenger was shot dead by a solider. [...]
2009-08-03 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA696TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/03/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. -------------------------------------- CONGRESS CONSIDERING POLITICAL AMNESTY -------------------------------------- 2 [...]
2009-08-03 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA697TFH01: DE FACTO REGIME PREPARES 2009 HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 Honduran Budget was introduced and approved by the de facto regime July 2009. The Honduran fiscal year is from January to December, and the exiled government had yet to submit its 2009 budget (which was due to Congress on September 15, 2008). Central government reven [...]
2009-08-04 21:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR EAID ECON EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA698TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #35 08/04/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Approximately 500 pro-Zelaya protestors began demonstrating in Colonia Kennedy without blocking traffic. As of 10:45, the protestors were demonstrating aggressively, painting cars and marching down Blvd. Suyapa, blocking a lane of traffic. By 12:00, the protest size has grown to 1000 demo [...]
2009-08-04 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA699TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/04/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. --------------------------------------------- ---- CONGRESS GIVES "GREEN LIGHT" ON POLITICAL AMNESTY -------------------- [...]
2009-08-04 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA700TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS KEEPS AMNESTY DOOR OPEN
[...] (C) The congressional commission tasked with analyzing the amnesty element of the San Jose Agreement presented their assessment to Congress on August 3. In its report, the commission stated that Congress has the legal authority to grant amnesty for political crimes as described in the San Jos [...]
2009-08-05 00:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA703TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #36 08/05/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Approximately 500 protestors congregated outside of the pedagogical university at 09:55 local (11:55 EDT). At 10:15, the protestors departed the university and began marching down Blvd. Fuerzas Armadas. As of 11:50, the demonstration had grown to approximately 3000 people protesting outs [...]
2009-08-05 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA706TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: SANTOS SUPPORTS SAN JOSE
[...] (U) Summary: In an August 5 national television interview, Liberal Party presidential nominee Elvin Santos expressed his support for the San Jose Accord, called for the conditional return of President Zelaya, and stated that he had no personal involvement in the events of June 28. End Summa [...]
2009-08-06 17:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA707TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The freedoms of expression and of the press in Honduras continue to be threatened as members of the de facto government intimidate and attempt to close media outlets, harass journalists, and seize the cameras of photographers and filmmakers. On an unofficial visit the UNHCR Spe [...]
2009-08-06 18:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA710TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #37 08/06/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Approximately 120 pro-Zelaya protestors gathered outside of the TIGO mobile telephone company office at 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),claiming the owner was a supporter of the coup. The crowd grew to 2500 by 10:30, and at 11:00 marched to Las Proceres Avenue, passing by the GSO warehouse and m [...]
2009-08-06 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA711TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/06/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (U) The letter from Assistant Secretary Richard Verma to Senator Lugar is being portrayed in Honduran media as a "so [...]
2009-08-06 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA712TFH01: ACTION REQUEST: MEETING WITH ZELAYA CABINET
[...] (C) This message is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) The Ambassador convened an August 6 meeting with President Zelaya's cabinet ministers who are residing in Tegucigalpa. The Ministers of Health, Government, Commerce and Industry, Labor, and Tourism were present, along [...]
2009-08-07 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA713\\\\ZFR ZFR ZFR////TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #38 08/07/2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 22:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA715LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. (SBU) Names of [...]
2009-08-10 16:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA716TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #38 08/07/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) At 09:10, approximately 60 pro-Zelaya supporters gathered on the exit from Tegucigalpa's ring road to the road to Danli, the main route to the Nicaraguan border, preparing to demonstrate. At 11:50, the crowd grew to approximately 1,000-1,200. The leaders of the protest announced that if [...]
2009-08-10 17:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA717TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]
2009-08-10 18:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA720TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #39 08/10/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) At 09:50 local time(11:50 EDT),pro-Zelaya followers were gathering at the Pedagogical University preparing for a march/demonstration. At 10:30, a medium size (1000-5000 demonstrators) group was marching from the university northbound on Blvd. Miraflores. At 11:50, they arrived at the Un [...]
2009-08-10 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA722TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS RECEPTIVE TO SAN JOSE
[...] (C) Poloff represented the U.S. Mission in a meeting between the "troika" of the G16 donors' group and Honduran Congressional deputies, headed by the current President of Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra Paz on August 5. (Note: the troika represents the current, previous and future chairs of th [...]
2009-08-10 21:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA723TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with National Party presidential nominee Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and other National Party leaders. Lobo expressed his support for the San Jose Accord, noting private polling that showed that more than 50 percent of the public now wants Zela [...]
2009-08-10 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA724TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 7 meeting with Liberal Party presidential nominee Elvin Santos. Santos expressed support for the Arias mediation saying it was good for the country and also for his own political interests, since it would hopefully lead to some measure of reconci [...]
2009-08-10 22:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA726TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOCIAL LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with leaders of the pro-Zelaya social movements, in response to a request from President Zelaya. These leaders represent the radical left-wing support base of the Zelaya movement. Participants were agrarian movement leader Rafael Alegria [...]
2009-08-11 00:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA727TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE FIRST FAMILY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 9 lunch with First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya and members of the First Family. They believed that reconciliation among the Liberal Party would be very difficult, and they viewed it as unlikely that Elvin Santos would be able to recover ground [...]
2009-08-11 00:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA730TFHO1: AMERICASBAROMETER ARTICLE ON PREDICTING
[...] (U) Summary: In the latest "AmericasBarometer Insights" article, public opinion researchers Mitchell Seligson and John Booth point to their conclusion in a book published earlier this year that Honduras demonstrated "greater risk for unrest, political turmoil, and support for antidemocratic [...]
2009-08-11 18:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA731TFH01: Drug Trafficking Activity Before and After the
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of successful seizure operations in the first half of 2009, the political crisis in Honduras, triggered by the ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya on June 28, is already showing its effects by degrading the ability of the Honduran National Police to engage in co [...]
2009-08-11 19:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA733TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #40 08/11/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: Pro-Zelaya followers marched from the outskirts of Tegucigalpa today to gather in a vicinity of the Clarion Hotel for demonstration targeting the Presidential Palace. The crowd totaled between 3,000 and 5,000. Police kept the demonstrators away from the Presidential Palac [...]
2009-08-11 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA737TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/12/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 12 phone conversation with independent Presidential candidate Carlos H. Reyes, the Ambassador stressed th [...]
2009-08-13 01:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA738TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #41 08/12/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: Pro-Zelaya demonstrations on August 11 were large (over 5,000 people). The largest march into the city was led by Padre Tamayo who led a group of marchers from Olancho. Protestors first congregated at the Clarion Hotel where they heard speeches from First Lady Xiomara de Ca [...]
2009-08-13 01:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA740TFHO1: ZELAYA'S ADMINISTRATION: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
[...] (C) Summary: This message is an update on the status of various Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Administration cabinet-level officials. The Ambassador held a meeting on August 6 (ref A) with those officials currently in Tegucigalpa, he met with others in Managua on July 30, and maintains contact with oth [...]
2009-08-13 18:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA741TFH01: STATUS OF USG ASSISTANCE TO HONDURAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the events of June 28 the United States Government has halted communications with high-level GOH officials and has been steadily suspending programs with the GOH in compliance with USG policy guidance. The following is a summary of the current status of actions taken b [...]
2009-08-13 18:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR ETRD MASS OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL
09TEGUCIGALPA742TFH01: HONDURAN PEACEKEEPING FORCES RETURN BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Spain canceled its arrangement to include a Honduran unit in its contribution to UNIFIL in Lebanon and returned it to Honduras from Spain, as a strong sign of its rejection of the June 28 coup against President Zelaya. The 51-member Honduran peacekeeping (PKO) force had been undergoing t [...]
2009-08-13 20:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV KDEM MASS EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA744TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #42 08/13/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: On August 13, a medium-sized (1000-5000) group of pro-Zelaya followers gathered at the Pedagogical University. As of 11:55 local (13:55 EDT),demonstrators were arriving at the Public Ministry. As of 14:00, approximately 1500 demonstrators marched to Radio Globo, where th [...]
2009-08-13 21:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA745TFH01: HONDURAN TOURISM SUFFERS POST-COUP BLUES
[...] (U) Summary: Tourism, the third largest revenue source in Honduras, is significantly down since June 28, having borne the brunt of the economic impact of the coup d'etat. Hotels report higher vacancy rates and airlines have noticed a significant drop in bookings, which have led them to cancel [...]
2009-08-13 21:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALBBSR EAIR ECON ETRD HO KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA755TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #43 08/14/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: On August 14, a medium-sized (1000-5000) group of pro-Zelaya followers gathered at the Pedagogical University. As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),demonstrators entered the Colonia Kennedy neighborhood south of the university, then proceeded along the city's ring road to the Na [...]
2009-08-14 21:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA763TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 6
[...] (SBU) Summary. The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense as mostly peaceful protests of 1,000 to 5,000 continue across Tegucigalpa for the fourth straight day. Tuesday,s violence is being attributed to small elements of youth within the protests who have responded to police counter [...]
2009-08-17 13:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA765TFH01: AMBASSADOR HOSTS DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 13 conversation among leaders representing a wide range of views, from pro-Zelaya to pro-regime and moderates in between. In this deeply polarized country, one-sided viewpoints tend to dominate media coverage and the public discourse. This meeti [...]
2009-08-17 18:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA766TFH01: UNIVERSITY RECTOR ON CAMPUS VIOLENCE AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) Julieta Castellanos Ruiz on August 12. UNAH was the site of a violent clash between student pro-Zelaya protestors and police on August 5 (reftel),as well as an incident August 4 when students pelted L [...]
2009-08-17 18:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA770TFH01: PRESIDENT ARIAS' CALL TO AMBASSADOR LLORENS
[...] (SBU) Costa Rican President Arias called the Ambassador late on Friday, August 14. He seemed to be recovering well from the flu and was at his home resting. The Ambassador briefed him on how he saw the situation in Honduras and stressed the importance of a successful visit by the OAS Foreign [...]
2009-08-17 21:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA772TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #44 08/17/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) On August 17, as of 10:15 local (12:15 EDT),a group of approximately 50 pro-Zelaya taxi drivers with their vehicles arrived near the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa to demand a bonus that had been promised in 2008. (Note: This government-paid bonus was promised in order to end a str [...]
2009-08-17 23:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA775TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #45 08/18/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) On August 18, as of 11:30 local (13:30 EDT),a medium (1,000-5,000 people) group of pro-Zelaya supporters arrived at the Supreme Court; police also arrived. 2. (SBU) On August 17, in Villanueva, Cortes, a suburb of San Pedro Sula, members of the anti-bomb squad found a de-fused grenad [...]
2009-08-18 21:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA778TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/18/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. ---------------------------- Micheletti on Live Talk Show ---------------------------- 2. (U) In an August 18 interview on t [...]
2009-08-18 23:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA779TFH01: HONDURAN JUDGE REMOVED FROM CASE AGAINST
[...] (U) Summary. The Supreme Court of Honduras removed Judge Maritza Arita from her involvement in the case of three Hondurans charged with vandalism during an August 11 protest. Judge Arita claims her separation is politically charged and has formally denounced the action before human rights gr [...]
2009-08-18 23:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA78FINMIN SEEKS HELP CONVINCING ZELAYA OF GRAVITY OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Rebecca Santos told us she sees President Manuel Zelaya,s trip to Washington later this month as an opportunity to persuade him to adopt an economic stabilization program and enter [...]
2009-02-05 17:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA783TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #46 08/19/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) On August 19, as of 12:00 local (14:00 EDT),a small group of less than 1,000 pro-Zelaya supporters demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy. Charge and PolOff met inside the U.S. Embassy lobby with Rafael Alegria and other demonstration leaders and listened to their concerns about the [...]
2009-08-19 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA785TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/19/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 17 meeting between the elections donor working group (GSE) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) hosted [...]
2009-08-20 00:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA786TFH01: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Tegucigalpa August 16 to evaluate the human rights situation in the country. During the first two days the delegation met with two separate groups of Congressmen, the National Police, the Supreme Co [...]
2009-08-20 18:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA787TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #47 08/20/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) On August 20, as of 12:00 local (14:00 EDT),a small group of less than 1,000 pro-Zelaya supporters marched on Colonia el San Jose del Pedegral in the vicinity of Toncontin International Airport. 2. (SBU) On August 19, at 15:15, a pro-Zelaya vehicular procession of over 100 cars and m [...]
2009-08-20 20:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA789TFH01: G-16 MEETINGS WITH SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY
[...] (U) Summary. Representatives of the Group of 16 donor countries (G-16) met on August 18 and 19 with the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office, and the National Commission on Human Rights. The meetings were held in response to a G-16 letter raising concern about the human rights situat [...]
2009-08-21 00:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA790TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #48 08/21/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) On August 21, as of 12:30 local (14:30 EDT),a medium-sized group (1,000-5,000 people) of pro-Zelaya supporters were congregating in front of the Channel 36 building. There was a police presence with this demonstration. 2. (SBU) As of 10:00, a small group (200 people) of the pro-reg [...]
2009-08-21 19:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA798TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/21/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) The five-magistrate "Constitutional Hall" of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) agreed on August 20 to review a legal ch [...]
2009-08-21 21:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA799TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Emboff who had previously lived in northern Honduras visited longstanding colleagues and friends along the North Coast to gauge opinion of citizens outside the circles of power. Emboff visited an orphanage in San Pedro Sula, a small inland town near the coastal city of Trujillo, [...]
2009-08-21 22:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA802TFH01: MEDIA REACTION HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS 8-21-09
[...] (U) Editorial in the Tegucigalpa-based conservative paper El Heraldo (8-21-09): "Time passes and there does not seem to be a way out of the political crisis. The isolation from the regime continues and with the suspension of some funds for key projects such as the Dry Channel; this last case i [...]
2009-08-24 18:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA806TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff visited the city of Comayagua, Comayagua Department and the towns of Cane and Tutule in La Paz Department to gauge the political and economic effects of the current political crisis outside the capital. Emboffs spoke with agricultural producers and exporters, [...]
2009-08-24 22:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA809TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #49 08/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) At approximately 0830 local (1030 EDT),the Organization of American States group of Foreign Ministers arrived in Tegucigalpa. The delegation included Argentinean Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, Canadian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Kent, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno [...]
2009-08-24 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA811TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-24 23:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA813TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-25 13:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA817TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #50 08/25/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) At approximately 0945 local (1145 EDT),a group of approximately 1,000-5,000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered peacefully at the National Pedagogical University and marched to the Clarion Hotel. As of 1130 local (1330 EDT),the demonstration had moved toward the Intercontinental Hotel an [...]
2009-08-25 22:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA820MISSION EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING
[...] (SBU) On August 25, the Charge chaired a Mission Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review our security posture in response to the Department's press release stating the Embassy would suspend the issuance of nonimmigrant visas beginning August 26. 2. (SBU) The EAC concluded that [...]
2009-08-25 23:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA830TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #51 08/26/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) As of 14:00 local (16:00 EDT),a medium size group of pro-Zelaya demonstrators marched from the Clarion Hotel to the Embassy. The demonstrators peacefully disbanded at 13:55 local (15:55 EDT). Their message to the US was: "We request you do not support elections in Honduras and that OAS [...]
2009-08-26 23:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA831TFH01: FOREIGN MINISTER DELEGATION FACES DE FACTO
[...] (C) Summary: The OAS delegation of foreign ministers and OAS Secretary General which visited Honduras August 24-25 to press all parties to accept the San Jose Accord as the peaceful solution to the current political crisis concluded without a concrete result, due primarily to inflexibility on [...]
2009-08-27 02:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA832TFH01: HONDURAN COUP POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/26/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Representatives of the G-16 donor community met at the World Bank office on August 26 to discuss [...]
2009-08-27 14:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA841TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #52 08/27/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) According to local press reports, at 0300 local (0500 EDT) this morning, police located a homemade bomb inside a vehicle parked outside of the Programa Nacional de Beneficio Rural (PRONABER) building, next to the Secretaria de Comercio (SETCO). The bomb was reported to have contained accele [...]
2009-08-27 19:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA842TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 7
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations in Honduras have been peaceful since violent outbreaks on August 12 and 13. However, allegations of human rights violations continue to be made by various human rights groups following the departure of the visiting delegation from the Inter-American Commission on [...]
2009-08-27 20:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA843TFH01: MEDIA REACTION US VISA SUSPENSION, OAS VISIT AND
[...] (U) Editorial in the Tegucigalpa-based liberal newspaper (8-26-09): "The U.S. government suspended the issuance of visas starting August 26, for non immigrants and non emergency cases, which implies almost the (entire) totality of these documents for Hondurans that want to travel to the U.S. S [...]
2009-08-27 21:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CVIS SMIG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA844HONDURAS PRESS COVERAGE OF INSULZA READOUT TO OAS
[...] (U) Summary. All four major dailies covered the August 26 presentation to the OAS by Secretary General Insulza. They highlighted the failure of the August 24-25 mission of OAS Foreign Ministers, but noted that Insulza remains hopeful that a negotiated settlement to Honduras' political crisis [...]
2009-08-27 21:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA845TFH01: MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY AND OAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 21:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA847TFH01: MEDIA REACTION
[...] (U) Op-ed by Rafael Delgado Elvir in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-19-09): "The circumstances surrounding the coup d'tat are keeping us in a state of high social upheaval. Day by day we witness marches and protests that indicate the existence of deep wounds and in th [...]
2009-08-28 14:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA849TFH01: MEDIA REACTION
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal paper Tiempo (8-27-09): "The Under Secretary for Andean and Southern Affairs, Christopher McCullen, has said in Montevideo that the U.S. government will put more pressure on the de facto government because it is very important to restore the inst [...]
2009-08-28 20:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA85HONDURAN UNION LEADERS DISCUSS GLOBAL ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leading union leaders in Honduras to discuss the current state of labor in Honduras, on February 3. The Ambassador took the opportunity to convey U.S. support for human rights and labor rights. He shared his view of the U.S-Central American Free Trade [...]
2009-02-09 22:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAGR EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA850TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #53 08/28/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),a medium sized group of pro-Zelaya demonstrators had gathered at the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) on Blvd. Santa Fe and had moved to Colonia Polo Paz for a memorial service for a protestor that was shot and killed during a demonstration at that [...]
2009-08-28 22:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA851TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS ON THE CRISIS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs, National Party (NP) leaders Federico "Fred" Breve and Oscar Alvarez laid out the current Nationalist position on the Honduran political crisis, prospects for a resolution and their views on how the crisis will affect Honduran politics and society in the [...]
2009-08-31 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA859TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #54 08/31/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) As of 13:20 local (15:20 EDT) a medium sized group of pro-Zelaya supporters that had been marching in Colonia Monterrey had ended their demonstration and dispersed. --------------------------------- Infrastructure and Communications --------------------------------- 2. (U) As a res [...]
2009-08-31 23:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA860TFH01: ZELAYA APPOINTED HEAD OF ANTHROPOLOGY
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Dario Euraque, the general manager of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH),was dismissed from his position on August 21 in what Euraque believes was a political move due to his appointment to the position under the Zelaya administration. Dr. Euraque is a [...]
2009-08-31 23:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA862TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya the evening of August 31. Zelaya said he was happy to be back in Washington and noted that this was the fifth time he had visited the U.S. since the June 28 coup. He said he looked forward to the opportunity to meet key players in the [...]
2009-09-01 17:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA864TFH01: FOUR DETAINED MINORS RELEASED FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary. Four minors detained on July 25 by Honduran security forces near Las Manos during pro-Zelaya protests at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua were released on August 27 and 28 following pressure by the local UNICEF representative. In a recent investigation, UNICEF was unable to c [...]
2009-09-01 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA866THF01: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS
[...] (U) Summary. The official campaign period for the November 29 election began on August 31. While most attention will focus on the presidential candidates (plus three presidential designees),128 congressional representatives and 298 mayors will also be elected. The Supreme Electoral Tribuna [...]
2009-09-01 23:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA867TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies from August 29 through September 1. End Summary. 2. (U) "El Heraldo," "La Prensa," and "La Tribuna" September 1 report that Venezuelan President Chavez admits it is highly unlikely that President Zelaya will re [...]
2009-09-01 23:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA87HONDURAN CONGRESS SELECTS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Honduran Congress elected Luis Alberto Rubi Avila and Roy David Urtecho Lopez as new Attorney General and deputy, respectively, on February 8 from candidates selected by a constitutionally-mandated proposing board. Following tradition, the two candidates each come from one o [...]
2009-02-10 14:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA870TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SANTOS SEES
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos told the Ambassador on September 1 that a solution to the Honduran political crisis must come before the November 29 election. The Ambassador said that supporters of de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti, particularly those on t [...]
2009-09-02 17:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA871TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH FORMER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former president and Liberal Party "godfather" Carlos Flores on August 31 to discuss the political crisis and the state of relations within the Liberal Party. While Flores acknowledged his opposition to the coup had placed distance between himself and de f [...]
2009-09-02 18:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA880TFHO1: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK FACES PRESSURE TO
[...] (U) Summary: The board of governors of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) will deliberate on September 18 on whether to formally suspend lending to Honduran entities, which it placed on hold following the coup. In response to the pause in lending, the de facto Hondur [...]
2009-09-02 23:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN HO KDEM PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA882G-16 REVIEWS MEMBER POSITIONS AND DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. The G-16 donors' group, currently chaired by Canada, met on September 2 to review meetings held on September 1 by the EU and OAS regarding Honduras' political crisis. There was discussion of the advisability of meetings between the G-16 and electoral candidates and the concern t [...]
2009-09-03 20:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA883TFHO1: DE FACTO REGIME TOUTS IMF ACT AS SIGN OF
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Honduran de facto regime is trumpeting the IMF,s inclusion of Honduras in the worldwide increase in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for members as a sign of international recognition for the regime. Honduras received an allotment of SDR 96 million (approximat [...]
2009-09-03 20:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON AMB CONS DAO DCM AID FCS PAS POL ORA
09TEGUCIGALPA884TFHO1: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOBO SAYS ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo told the Ambassador on September 2 that he is concerned that forcing the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya now entails the risk that elections will not be held. Lobo believes the period following the election may be [...]
2009-09-03 21:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA885G-16 REVIEWS MEMBER POSITIONS AND DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. The G-16 donors' group, currently chaired by Canada, met on September 2 to review meetings held on September 1 by the EU and OAS regarding Honduras' political crisis. There was discussion of the advisability of meetings between the G-16 and electoral candidates and the concern t [...]
2009-09-03 22:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA886TFHO1: MONSIGNOR JUAN JOSE PINEDA OPPOSES ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 2 with Monsignor Juan Jose Pineda, the Auxiliary Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, to discuss the political crisis and the current landscape for acceptance of the San Jose Accord. Although Pineda is politically opposed to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, h [...]
2009-09-03 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA887TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies on September 2. End Summary. 2. (U) "La Tribuna," "El Heraldo," and "La Prensa" September 2 carry headlines reporting that Honduras will not be excluded from an Association Agreement between Central America and [...]
2009-09-03 23:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA888TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies on September 3. End Summary. 2. (U) An "El Heraldo" headline states that President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was greeted in Washington with protests and the newspaper features a photo of anti-Zelaya protestors n [...]
2009-09-03 23:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA889TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUSIDE THE CAPITAL,
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with local mayors, business leaders and anti-coup supporters in the towns of Danli and El Paraiso. The political opinions varied widely; however there appeared to be a strong desire to move forward either through November elections or the San Jose Accord. The mayor of [...]
2009-09-04 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA890TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE FROM PRO-ZELAYA
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with nine members of a pro-Zelaya advocacy group in Danli, El Paraiso Department. The group called for the immediate restitution of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the restoration of constitutional order in Honduras. Many members of the group described their experi [...]
2009-09-04 20:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA891TFH01: JUSTICE FOR MY ENEMIES: DE FACTO GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the June 28 forced removal of President Zelaya, the Public Ministry and the de facto regime have waged a concerted effort to discredit and intimidate Zelaya cabinet members and coup opponents through investigations of a string of alleged criminal activities. Formal investi [...]
2009-09-04 20:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA892PRO-COUP BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS LECH WALESA PLANS VISIT
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Prominent businessman Adolfo (Fito) Facusse, who opposes the return of President Zelaya, told EconCouns on September 3 that he and others were involved in planning for a visit to Honduras by former Polish president Lech Wales [...]
2009-09-04 22:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL HO PL
09TEGUCIGALPA90SOUTHCOM COMMANDER'S HONDURAS VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Taking place on the heels of a near constitutional crisis over the election of the Supreme Court (Ref A),the visit of SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral James Stavridis on January 29-30 could not have been better timed to reinforce our message of democracy and civilian control of the mil [...]
2009-02-10 18:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA900TFH01: AMBASSADOR URGES REGIME SUPPORTERS TO
[...] (C) Summary. A small group of de facto regime supporters, who met with the Ambassador on September 7 at his request, were in agreement that Honduran society is deeply polarized and that a solution to the country's crisis must be found within the framework of the San Jose Accord. However, sev [...]
2009-09-08 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA901TFHO1: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL PARTY FIGURES
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met with former Honduran president and National Party leader Rafael Callejas and Honduran business mogul and National Party financier Miguel Facusse for lunch September 7 to press for their support to pressure the Micheletti regime to accept the San Jose Accord. Callejas [...]
2009-09-09 00:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA902TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and President Arias reviewed the Honduran situation on September 9. They discussed the Secretary's meeting with President Zelaya last week in Washington, as well as the U.S. position on economic assistance, visas and the elections. The Ambassador also briefed Aria [...]
2009-09-09 20:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA903TFHO1: DE FACTO REGIME'S POSITION ON PUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary: On August 28, the Ministry of Finance of the de facto regime published an advertisement in the major dailies describing the current conditions of public finances in the country and actions the de facto regime is taking to manage public finance during the rest of the year. The an [...]
2009-09-09 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBBSR ECON EFIN HO KDEM PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA904TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PROPOSE JOINT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador urged, in a September 8 dinner at his residence, presidential candidates Elvin Santos, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, and Bernard Martinez and presidential designate Adela Echeverria, to tell de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti that for the good of Honduras he needs t [...]
2009-09-10 00:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA908TFHO1: IMF REPRESENTATIVE OUTLINES PLAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting with EconCouns, International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Mario Garza said that the IMF is conducting a vote of its members on what government to recognize in Honduras. The vote count will probably take place on September 18. If there is no quorum [...]
2009-09-10 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA909THF01: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH G-16 DONORS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed the G-16 donors' group, in a September 9 meeting at his residence, on U.S. policy. According to the UNDP representative, some UN member states are calling on the UN to halt its technical electoral assistance in Honduras. He encouraged nations who disagree [...]
2009-09-11 13:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA910TFH01: DE FACTOS INFLEXIBLE ON ZELAYA RETURN
[...] (S) Summary. Two participants in a September 7 meeting the Ambassador held with de facto regime supporters (reftel) met on September 7 and 8 with de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti and urged that he submit to President Arias a list of proposals to ensure the compliance of President Manuel [...]
2009-09-11 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA919TFHO1: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DE FACTO FM LOPEZ
[...] (C) Summary: As per Department instructions, the Ambassador met with de facto regime Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend on September 14. The Ambassador discussed the visa revocations. Lopez confirmed he had received the notice on September 11 and understo [...]
2009-09-17 02:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA92CENTRAL BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) Nick Rischbieth met with the Ambassador on February 2 to discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on Central America and on CABEI's operations. After a year of record disbursements, CABEI's acc [...]
2009-02-10 23:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EAGR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA920TFH01: ZELAYA CABINET COMMITTED TO SAN JOSE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Cabinet officials of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador on September 15 that their government is committed to the San Jose process. However, they expressed concern that their supporters are losing patience and are starting to advocate adoption of extreme meas [...]
2009-09-17 02:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA921TFHO1: REACTION TO U.S. VISA REVOCATIONS, NIV
[...] (C) Summary: Public statements from de facto regime members and supporters in response to the September 10 revocation of their U.S. visas have in general been understated, with a few attacks directed at the Ambassador. In private meetings, however, the response has been a mix of anger and conf [...]
2009-09-17 16:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA922TFH01: ARIAS MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of September 16, President Arias briefed the Ambassador on the results of his meetings with the Presidential candidates in San Jose. Overall, Arias believes these meetings were positive and resulted in the issuance of a public statement by four of the five candidat [...]
2009-09-17 17:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA924BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY DE FACTO OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 14 meeting with three business community leaders, the Ambassador urged them to continue to press all concerned parties to support the San Jose Accords. Amilcar Bulnes, who heads a leading Honduran business association, said that he and his colleagues had unsuccess [...]
2009-09-17 21:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA930TFHO1: RURAL REGION SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE
[...] (U) Summary: During a September 2 visit to two towns in the southeastern province of El Paraiso, embassy officers found that political tension, police actions, and consumer uncertainty following the June 28 coup have caused short-term damage to the local economy. El Paraiso is a primarily a [...]
2009-09-17 23:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD HO KDEM PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA939TFH01: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS CONGRESS RATHER
[...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court magistrate David Calix Vallecillo, who claims he was outside Honduras during the period shortly before and after the June 28 coup, told Poloffs that the Supreme Court has not issued any binding judicial decisions regarding the country's political crisis. Calix said [...]
2009-09-18 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA940TFHO1: PHONE CONVERSATION WITH DE FACTO FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General (CG) received a phone call September 17 from Gabriela Nunez, de facto regime Minister of Finance. Nunez was calling to find out if her U.S. visa had been revoked, as she anticipated being invited to Washington, D.C. by the World Bank for consultations. CG confirmed [...]
2009-09-18 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA941TFH01: PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS FOR HONDURAS
[...] (C) Signature of the San Jose Accord by Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Robert Micheletti is the optimal solution to the political crisis besetting Honduras since the June 28 coup, and the Department and the Mission has worked hard to achieve this objecti [...]
2009-09-18 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA944TFH01: ZELAYA CLAIMS TO BE IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) At 1040 local (1240 EDT) local pro-Zelaya Channel 36 announced that Presient Zelaya had returned to Honduras and was already in Tegucigalpa, at the UN Building. Although such rumors had arisen many times since the June 28 coup, Post immediately began calling sources to determine whether t [...]
2009-09-21 19:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA945TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #55 09/21/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) At 1300 local (1500 EDT),President Zelaya appeared on a balcony before a crowd of over 5,000 supporters who had gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, but made no statement. Earlier via radio and television channel 36, Zelaya publicly stated he was ready to sign the San Jo [...]
2009-09-21 22:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA946TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/21/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) At 17:15 local time (19:15 EDT) de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti, surrounded by his Cabinet, delivered a public address to the nation from the presidential palace. Micheletti said President Zelaya's return to Honduras is irregular and does not change the situation of Honduras. Mic [...]
2009-09-22 01:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA947TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION
[...] (C) Honduran authorities can no longer handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly deteriorating. There is [...]
2009-09-22 15:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA948TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION - CORRECTED CABLE
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran authorities may no longer be able to handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly dete [...]
2009-09-22 16:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA949TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/22/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Security forces removed protesters from the Brazilian Embassy in the early morning hours, employing tear gas, according to Brazilian Embassy sources. Estimates on the number of protestors removed range from 500 to 1,000, depending on the source. According to a televised police announceme [...]
2009-09-22 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA95(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 17:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR
09TEGUCIGALPA950PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DRAFTED GUARANTEES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party (DC),and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU),along with former Presidents Ricardo Madu [...]
2009-09-22 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA951TFH01: POLITICAL WRAP-UP
[...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and a group of supporters remain in the Brazilian Embassy. The Armed Forces have allowed food and water to be delivered to the Embassy compound and are permitting the departure of Zelaya supporters and local Embassy staff. Rumors are circulatin [...]
2009-09-23 00:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA952TFH01: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION
[...] (C) Summary. Freedom of the press and expression continue to be threatened in Honduras by the de facto regime and its supporters. Recent actions against anti-coup media outlets continue to create a hostile environment for them. The Ambassador expressed to the head of the National Telecommun [...]
2009-09-23 00:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA953TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #58 09/22/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) As of noon local (1400 EDT) the Brazilian charge d'affaires reported to Emboffs that the electricity and water had been restored in their Embassy. Both the Armed Forces (HOAF) Chief of Defense and the de facto security minister have promised safe passage to embassy employees and Zelaya [...]
2009-09-23 00:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA954TFHO1:AMCHAM BOARD SAYS POLITICAL CRISIS IS
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the Honduran American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Honduras) said that the political crisis is seriously affecting their businesses and the economy as a whole, at a September 17 meeting with Embassy economic officers. One company has barred American employees from trav [...]
2009-09-23 00:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALBBSR CASC CVIS EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA955TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #59 09/23/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) De facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras read a statement in English on television the evening of September 22. A question and answer period in Spanish followed. Lopez Contreras' statement said de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti is ready to engage in a discussion wi [...]
2009-09-23 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA956TFHO1: CURFEWS GROUNDING AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation COCESNA) confirmed that Air Traffic Control (ATC) services have been unaffected by the curfew and continue with no interruptions to ATC services, including services provided to flights between the U.S. and Latin America that fly [...]
2009-09-24 01:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PGOV CASC KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA957TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #60 09/23/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Post continues to pursue confirmation from security forces on behalf of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires that he will be permitted to re-enter his embassy if he leaves. While individual field commanders for the armed forces and police state they will allow safe passage when informed, they [...]
2009-09-24 01:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC EAIR ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA958TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION SINCE ZELAYA'S RETURN
[...] (C) Summary. The human rights situation following the return of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has deteriorated. Post confirmed the death of one anti-coup protestor on September 22 in Tegucigalpa and is working to confirm another alleged death of an anti-coup protestor in San Pedro Sula [...]
2009-09-24 01:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA959TFH01: ZELAYA'S NEW CONTROL CENTER: THE SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke on the phone with Brazilian Charge d'Affaires Francisco Catunda the morning of September 23. Catunda remains host to President Zelaya and a large number of supporters in his embassy. Catunda thanked the Ambassador for the extensive USG assistance in facilita [...]
2009-09-24 01:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL HO BR
09TEGUCIGALPA960TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SANTOS AND LOBO
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]
2009-09-24 16:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA961TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO TELL ZELAYA AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]
2009-09-24 16:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA962TFH01: TALKING TO GENERAL VASQUEZ AND PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: We have been working with Chief of Defense General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to improve conditions for President Zelaya's party and Brazilian diplomats in the Brazilian chancery. Vasquez is willing to help but has also insisted that Zelaya be more active in encouraging his supporte [...]
2009-09-24 19:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA963TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #61 09/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Bertha Oliva de Nativi, executive director of human rights NGO Committee for the Family of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH),told Poloff on September 23 that Francisco Moncada Alvorado was the name of the victim confirmed killed by security forces due to anti-coup violen [...]
2009-09-24 19:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA966TFHO1: DE FACTO FINANCE MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of phone calls to the Consul General (CG) September 24, de facto Finance Minister Gabriela Nunez expressed worry over the deteriorating security situation since the unexpected return to Honduras of President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya. She also angrily questioned the decis [...]
2009-09-25 00:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA967TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #62 09/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) The Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (CPTRT),a Honduran human rights NGO, sent a letter on September 22 to the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly requesting that the UN send a medical and human right [...]
2009-09-25 00:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA975TFHO1: STOCKS OF STAPLES STILL SUFFICIENT
[...] (U) Summary: The de facto regime temporarily suspended the nationwide curfew during the day on Wednesday, September 23 to allow Hondurans to stock up on food, fuel and cash; the curfew was lifted for most of the day on September 24. On September 23, thousands of people rushed to stores, bank [...]
2009-09-25 23:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EAGR ELTN PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA977TFH01: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON THE SIEGE AT THE
[...] (C) Within the framework of Department guidance regarding contact with Honduran officials and military, the Ambassador spoke by telephone with de facto regime Chief of Defense MG Romeo Vasquez Velasquez on two occasions September 25 to discuss the situation at the Brazilian Embassy and the cur [...]
2009-09-26 00:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA978TFHO1: HONDURAS STILL HAS MONEY IN THE BANK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the post-coup period, some worried if Honduras had sufficient foreign exchange (FX) reserves to finance trade while maintaining its fixed exchange rate. The two major contributors to Honduran FX reserves are Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and remittances. Although during t [...]
2009-09-26 00:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID ETRD KDEM BBSR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA979TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #64 09/25/2009 AS OF
[...] (C) Post is thoroughly investigating claims of a gas attack against the Brazilian Embassy. 2. (SBU) A Zelaya supporter reported that the de facto government was not allowing presidential candidates Cesar Ham(UD) and Carlos H. Reyes (independent, pro-Zelaya) into the Brazilian embassy to see [...]
2009-09-26 00:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA982TFH01: CANDIDATES MEET ZELAYA AND MICHELETTI AND
[...] (U) Summary. The four presidential candidates who on September 16 traveled to Costa Rica to meet with President Arias met on September 24 with de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti and later the same day with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy. There was widespread [...]
2009-09-28 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA983TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #65 09/28/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) Four members of a five person OAS delegation were denied entry at Toncontin International Airport on September 27, with U.S. Embassy officers present. Two of the diplomats were U.S. citizens. The fifth diplomat, John Biehl, was permitted to enter Honduras. Details on this incident will [...]
2009-09-28 22:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA985TFH01: DEPORATATION OF FOUR OAS STAFF MEMEBERS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four of the five members of the OAS delegation that arrived in Tegucigalpa on September 27 were denied entry into Honduras and deported on commercial flights to Miami and San Jose, Costa Rica. Poloffs were present at the airport to provide ground transportation to the delegatio [...]
2009-09-28 23:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA986TFH01: ALLEGED GAS ATTACK AGAINST BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy received reports on September 25 that a gas attack had been carried out against the Brazilian Embassy and that persons inside the Embassy, including President Zelaya, had become ill. Embassy investigated the allegations. The Brazilian Charge told Embassy that he believe [...]
2009-09-29 13:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA988TFH01:THE AMBASSADOR HOSTS COFFEE TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a coffee at the Residence on September 27 to promote dialogue between the pro and anti-Zelaya camps. The presidential candidates discussed their meeting with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti on September 24. T [...]
2009-09-29 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA989TFH01: DECREE LIMITING CIVIL LIBERTIES
[...] (U) Summary. The de facto regime issued an executive decree on September 26 limiting for a period of 45 days the freedoms of speech, association, movement, and due process. The National Telecommunications Commission executed the decree by suspending the operating licenses of a pro-Zelaya tele [...]
2009-09-29 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA99COURTESY VISIT WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Patricia Rodas, February 11. Discussion centered on upcoming Summit of Americas and the OAS General Assembly as well as President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's upcoming trip to the Washington and Denver. [...]
2009-02-13 21:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KSUM KDEM AORC ICJ KV
09TEGUCIGALPA990TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #66 09/29/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza announced yesterday, September 28 that de facto president Micheletti had invited the OAS to bring a delegation to Honduras on October 7 with permission to send an advance team on October 2. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya this morning. H [...]
2009-09-29 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA991TFH01: MICHELETTI AGREES TO A NATIONAL DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) De facto regime head Roberto Micheletti told OAS Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza that he would convoke a meeting with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's cabinet members and other political actors in a national dialogue to promote reconciliation, at the end of a meeting held by the two September [...]
2009-09-30 01:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA993TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #67 09/30/2009 AS OF
[...] (C) Liberal party Congresswoman Argentina Valle told Poloff on September 29 that Congressional leaders decided to establish a commission that will examine the decree passed by the Executive Branch on September 26 that severely limited civil liberties (ref Tegucigalpa 989). Earlier on September [...]
2009-09-30 22:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA994TFH01: DECREE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Summary: Special Prosecutors for Human Rights Sandra Ponce and German Enamorado told Ambassador on September 29 that they believed the decree limiting civil liberties enacted by the de facto regime on September 26 was unconstitutional and that they had initiated action calling on the Supre [...]
2009-09-30 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA996TFHO1: COMPANIES COMPLAIN CURFEWS CRUSH COMMERCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The business community has urged de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to consider the negative impacts of curfews to business and provide exemptions for maquillas and commerce, according to Honduran Private Enterprise Council (COHEP) representatives. A recent decree limi [...]
2009-09-30 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BBSR EIND EINV ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS
09TEGUCIGALPA999TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP 68 10/01/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) The OAS announced that an advance team led by Victor Rico, OAS Secretary for Political Affairs, will arrive in Honduras on October 2 to prepare for the arrival of the delegation of Foreign Ministers and OAS Secretary-General Insulza on October 7. 2. (U) A delegation of Brazilian Congres [...]
2009-10-01 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
10TEGUCIGALPA106POLITICAL AMNESTY DECREE APPROVED
[...] (U) Summary: The National Congress on January 26 passed a decree granting amnesty to those who committed the political crimes of treason, crimes against the form of government, terrorism, and sedition between January 1, 2008 and January 27, 2010. It also provides amnesty for the following com [...]
2010-02-01 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KJUS KCOR HO
10TEGUCIGALPA110EEB A/S FERNANDEZ AND LOBO TEAM DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez met with members of the new Honduran government's economic team on January 26, the day before the inauguration of President Lobo. Among the participants were William Chong Wong, who was subsequently [...]
2010-02-02 21:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL HO US
10TEGUCIGALPA113MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the demarche in reftel on February 1 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Canahuati. Canahuati was very supportive of the U.S. position and told the Ambassador that he would inform President Porfirio Lobo of the demarche. LLORENS [...]
2010-02-03 00:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC HO
10TEGUCIGALPA116AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on February 1 with President of Congress Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was accompanied by several members of the congress' executive board and other congressional leaders. The Ambassador told Hernandez that it is important for the members of Honduras' politica [...]
2010-02-03 23:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA117REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED
[...] On June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat. The United States did not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over and remained in power until the January 27 inauguration of democratically elected President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo [...]
2010-02-04 18:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM GOVPOI SIPDIS USAID
10TEGUCIGALPA120CRIMINAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY
[...] (U) Summary: According to press reports, the President of the Honduran Supreme Court, Jorge Rivera, acting as a criminal court judge, dismissed the charges of abuse of authority and illegal expatriation lodged against the Honduran Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff on January 6. The press rep [...]
2010-02-04 23:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS MARR PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA121NEW FINANCE MINISTER FACES BLEAK ECONOMIC REALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the new government's first public remarks on the economy following the January 27 inauguration of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo as president of Honduras, the newly appointed Minister of Finance, William Chong Wong, presented a bleak picture of the economic situation, calling the nat [...]
2010-02-04 23:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA122STATUS OF TRUTH COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary: On February 3, the Ambassador and President Porfirio Lobo discussed establishment of the Truth Commission called for by the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. Lobo stressed that its mandate should be to chronicle the events leading up to and since the June 28 coup d'etat and that it sh [...]
2010-02-04 23:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA125SANTOS MEETING AT HONDURAN INAUGURATION
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB) Jose Fernandez, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Ke [...]
2010-02-05 20:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM CO HO
10TEGUCIGALPA13NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN ON MINIMUM WAGE
[...] (U) Summary: A tripartite commission of public, private, and labor sector representatives has begun discussions on raising the minimum wage, attempting to find a compromise between widely diverging demands. Any wage hike will be a strain on both public and private employers, since the minim [...]
2010-01-08 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ELAB HO
10TEGUCIGALPA132HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ALLEGE NEW ABUSES TIED TO
[...] (C) Summary. Manuel de Jesus Murillo and Ricardo Antonio Rodriguez, cameramen for "Globo TV," which followed an anti-coup political line, were kidnapped on February 1, interrogated about the anti-coup resistance movement, and released later the same day by four unknown armed persons. Human Ri [...]
2010-02-09 23:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA135USG DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, Ambassador Llorens, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly, the Ambassador, and Executive Assistant to the WHA A/S Juan Gonzalez met with President Jos [...]
2010-02-11 00:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA136TRUTH COMMISSION UPDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Former Guatemalan VP Eduardo Stein spent the day in Tegucigalpa yesterday working on the terms of the reference for the creation of the Truth Commission (TC). The Ambassador spoke to him last night before he returned home to Guatemala. [...]
2010-02-11 16:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA137SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Lemieux. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United Sta [...]
2010-02-11 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA142AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OIL COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with representatives from the oil industry on February 11 to discuss continuing concerns regarding the government's fuel pricing formula. Although the de facto regime addressed oil importers' most important concern when it allowed companies to charge a higher price for [...]
2010-02-17 01:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD HO
10TEGUCIGALPA143AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT LOBO DISCUSS THE NEED TO
[...] (S) The Ambassador and President Lobo met for 90 minutes on February 14 at the Residence. While the two discussed a myriad of issues of interest to the bilateral relation (septel),the Ambassador took the opportunity to stress our growing concern of the continued presence and participation in Lobo' [...]
2010-02-17 01:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL MARR HO
10TEGUCIGALPA15ZELAYA SEEKING DEAL BEFORE TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRES
[...] (C) Summary: President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Craig Kelly and the Ambassador that he cannot request political asylum in a foreign country before his term of office expires on January 27 because the "Caraca [...]
2010-01-08 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA1502010 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment for Honduras for April 2009 to mid-February 2010. Point of Contact on trafficking is Political Officer Nathan Macklin (MacklinNL@state.gov, phone: 504-236-9320 x4141, fax: 504-238-4446, IVG: 8-539-4141). As requested in reftel [...]
2010-02-18 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10TEGUCIGALPA151SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Dodd. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United States [...]
2010-02-18 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA154REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK NORMALIZES RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Honduras President Maria Elena Mondragon told the Ambassador on February 17 that the GOH had received a letter from CABEI confirming the normalization of Honduras' relationship with the bank. In a separate meeting, President of the Central American Bank for Integr [...]
2010-02-19 00:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA157HONDURAS PROPOSALS FOR S/GWI SMALL GRANTS
[...] Summary: Post is pleased to submit for the consideration of the Department two proposals for funding by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. We believe these projects, if funded, will promote women's political, economic, and social advancement in H [...]
2010-02-19 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY HO
10TEGUCIGALPA159AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VISITING CANADIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with visiting Canadian Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent on February 18. The Ambassador briefed Kent on the current political, diplomatic and economic environment in Honduras following the January 27 inauguration of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. K [...]
2010-02-19 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR CA HO
10TEGUCIGALPA16CHARGES FILED AGAINST MILITARY FOR FLYING ZELAYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Public Ministry filed charges before the Supreme Court on January 6 against the Armed Forces Chief of Staff and the Joint Staff for abuse of authority on June 28 for the way they executed an arrest warrant issued against President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya by forcing him onto a pl [...]
2010-01-08 22:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KJUS KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA160ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION SURROUND DAM MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A last minute concession granted to a Honduran-Italian consortium by the Micheletti regime has erupted into a scandal. Critics allege that the deal was approved by outgoing Congressional leadership without a vote and hastily signed into law by the outgoing administration. The deal wa [...]
2010-02-20 00:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN EINV ENRG KJUS PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA161AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SAN PEDRO SULA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras' commercial capital, February 4-6. This was the Ambassador's first high-profile series of public events since the June 28 coup d'tat. He met with the mayor, the maquila association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the editors of E [...]
2010-02-22 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB SCUL EAID KJUS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA163GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche in reftel on February 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Mireya Aguero Corrales. Corrales was only appointed to this position four days ago and the government of President Porfirio Lobo only took office on January 27. Corrales said she would follow [...]
2010-02-24 00:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA HO
10TEGUCIGALPA164AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of State of Labor and Social Security Felicito Avila told the Ambassador during a February 22 courtesy call that the Lobo government needs to have a holistic view of the labor situation that provides assurances to both workers and businessmen. Avila said his role is [...]
2010-02-24 00:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ECON PHUM PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA165AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of the Presidency, Maria Antonieta Bogran, the Ambassador said that the U.S. was committed to renewing assistance to Honduras, but in a way that takes a new look at development and investment, rather than return to business as us [...]
2010-02-24 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA166HONDURAN APPEALS COURT RATIFIES DISMISSAL OF
[...] (U) A special appeals court tribunal comprised of three members of the Honduran Supreme Court ratified the dismissal of charges against the military Armed Forces Chief of Staff and Joint Staff of illegal expatriation and abuse of power in connection with the June 28 coup d'etat, in a February 1 [...]
2010-02-24 01:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR KJUS KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA168LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI PROGRAM CALEE, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate to attend training in 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. Both are police offic [...]
2010-02-24 20:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
10TEGUCIGALPA169ROHRABACHER CODEL
[...] (SBU) Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Honduras January 31-February 2 and called on Hondurans to "turn the page" on the political events of the summer. Congressman Rohrabacher commended the Honduran people for their commitment to democracy and said he would urge the U.S. government [...]
2010-02-24 20:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV OVIP PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA17PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting with WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Ambassador Llorens, a clearly frustrated President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo said that he had done all he could to get de facto leader Roberto Micheletti to step down. It was unfair, he said, for the international community to p [...]
2010-01-08 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON HO ES NU
10TEGUCIGALPA170LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training March 8 to April 23, 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. All [...]
2010-02-24 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
10TEGUCIGALPA171LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ANTI-GANG JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. (SBU) Names of [...]
2010-02-24 20:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
10TEGUCIGALPA175Leahy Vetting Request for Jungle Commando Course, March 15 -
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training March 15 to July 18, 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. Bot [...]
2010-02-25 18:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA179Leahy Vetting Request for Central American Intelligence
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate to attend Central American Intelligence Program (CAIP) training in Guatemala March 8 to 26, 2010, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible [...]
2010-02-26 00:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO HO
10TEGUCIGALPA18PDAS KELLY DISCUSSES MICHELETTI DEPARTURE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 5 dinner with society leaders and a January 6 meeting with the business community, WHA PDAS Craig Kelly emphasized the importance of the resignation of de facto leader Micheletti in creating a climate that would allow quick reengagement with the international community [...]
2010-01-09 00:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON HO
10TEGUCIGALPA181Lobo Commits Honduras to Protection of Human Rights
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo signed the Chapultepec Declaration on press freedom in Tegucigalpa on February 18 and committed the Honduran government to support freedom of the press and human rights. Lobo's government abrogated on February 16 a disarmament decree enacted by th [...]
2010-02-26 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA183Resistance Movement Demonstration
[...] (SBU) Summary: The anti-coup "resistance" movement held a peaceful demonstration on February 25 in Tegucigalpa in which about 10,000 protestors participated. The demonstrators tried to march to the Executive Building and, when they found the street leading there blocked by security forces, wen [...]
2010-02-26 23:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA185New Minister of Defense - corrected cable
[...] (C) Summary: President Porfirio Lobo appointed on February 24 fellow National Party member and former legislator Marlon Pascua Cerrato as Minister of Defense. Initial impressions suggest Cerrato, who is known as a skillful manager, is a good choice. President Lobo also appointed Carlos Roberto [...]
2010-02-27 00:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO MOPS
10TEGUCIGALPA19AMBASSADOR LLORENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ELECT
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on the evening of January 9 to discuss a number of pending matters. The Ambassador briefed Lobo on our efforts to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, the results of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Cra [...]
2010-01-11 19:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA2AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS NEED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo at the Embassy on January 4 and discussed the need for full implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, and most importantly for de facto regime leader Micheletti to step aside immediately. Lobo sought the Ambassador's [...]
2010-01-05 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MARR CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA20AMBASSADOR LLORENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ELECT
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on the evening of January 9 to discuss a number of pending matters. The Ambassador briefed Lobo on our efforts to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, the results of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Cra [...]
2010-01-11 19:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA23AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO DE FACTO FM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Honduran de facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend January 10 to deliver a firm message from Washington regarding the lack of progress by the de facto regime and the negative public and private statements made [...]
2010-01-11 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA24AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO DE FACTO FM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Honduran de facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend January 10 to deliver a firm message from Washington regarding the lack of progress by the de facto regime and the negative public and private statements made [...]
2010-01-12 01:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA26POLITICAL AMNESTY DECREE INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A draft decree providing political amnesty to all actors in Honduras' political crisis was introduced in the Congress on January 11. The bill comprises actions between January 1, 2008 and December 21, 2009 and covers treason, crimes against the country's form of government, ter [...]
2010-01-12 18:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA34ATTENDANCE AT INAUGURATION OF PEPE LOBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Planning has begun for the January 27 inauguration of president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. Lobo has called for the inauguration ceremony to have a Honduran flavor. The Honduran public does not expect that large numbers of high-level foreign dignitaries will attend Lobo's ina [...]
2010-01-13 23:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA35CONGRESS SHELVES AMNESTY DECREE AND PULLS HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With less than two weeks remaining before its term ends on January 21, the Congress on January 12 did not, as expected, take up for discussion a draft decree providing political amnesty to all actors in Honduras' political crisis. The likely motivation was the opposition to the [...]
2010-01-13 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA4EMBASSY CEREMONY IN HONOR OF MURDERED DRUG CZAR
[...] (U) Leslie Portillo, the widow of assassinated drug czar General Julian Aristides Gonzalez, along with their daughter, came to the Embassy December 18 for a ceremony in honor of her husband. The Ambassador presented a plaque from the Embassy, along with letters of condolences form JTF/S and th [...]
2010-01-07 15:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINR SNAR PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA41MODERNIZATION OF HONDURAN PRISONS CONTINUES POST-COUP
[...] (U) Summary: Under the de facto regime which came to power following the June 28, 2009 coup d'etat, implementation of the Ministry of Security's pre-coup prisons reform plan, while delayed, has continued. GOH-funded construction of an administrative segregation annex nicknamed "The Maquila" at [...]
2010-01-15 14:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA46HONDURAS: Administrative Segregation Update
[...] The following is an update of the remodeling of the Maquila into an Administrative Segregation Unit as of November 28, 2009. The Maquila project is part of Minister of Security Jorge Rodas's overall prisons reform plan, devised in 2008-2009 (Reftel). ----------------- Complete Project: - [...]
2010-01-15 21:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA5MICHELETTI SAYS EXIT STRATEGY MUST BE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Craig Kelly urged de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti on January 6 to accede to the call by president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo for there to be an interval of time between the de facto regime a [...]
2010-01-07 19:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA51MICHELETTI SAYS HE WON'T STEP DOWN BEFORE
[...] (U) Summary. Supporters of de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti have been staging ceremonies in recent days to honor Micheletti. The largest was a January 18 rally organized by the pro-regime civil society organization Civic Democratic Union (UCD). During the speech he delivered at the [...]
2010-01-19 21:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA56HONDURAS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR FY 2010 FISCAL
[...] (U) The following is Post's responses to questions in ref A. 2. (U) Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? --Yes. The central government is expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Progra [...]
2010-01-21 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID AID PREL ECON HO
10TEGUCIGALPA57REACTION TO LATEST VISA REVOCATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran media have reported widely and mostly accurately on the decision January 18 to revoke the U.S. visas of de facto cabinet members and supporters following de facto President Micheletti,s failure to step aside prior to the January 27 inauguration. Commentary from the medi [...]
2010-01-21 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA58NATIONAL CONGRESS CHOOSES PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The members of the National Congress elected in the November 29, 2009 election met on January 21 and elected by a show of hands Juan Orlando Hernandez of president-elect Lobo's National party as their President. Hernandez along with Reinaldo Sanchez as Vice President and Gladys Au [...]
2010-01-22 14:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA59MICHELETTI ANNOUNCES LEAVE OF ABSENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. De facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti announced on January 21 that he would take a leave of absence from his public duties effective immediately. Micheletti said his decision was prompted by his concern for the good of the country. He said he wanted to avoid standing in the [...]
2010-01-22 16:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA6FOLLOW UP TO PDAS CRAIG KELLY'S VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: In the wake of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly's (January 5-6) visit, we've been reaching out to key players to follow-up and press home U.S. objectives in Honduras. The Ambassador spoke to President-elect Pepe Lobo, regime Minister of Defense Sevilla, regime Fo [...]
2010-01-07 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA65AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT ELECT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador had a series of meetings and discussions over the past weekend with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. Lobo briefed the Ambassador on his diplomatic efforts of the past week with both Presidents [...]
2010-01-26 00:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA66SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome you and the delegation to Tegucigalpa January 26-27 to attend the January 27 inaugural ceremonies of the newly-elected Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. The inauguration is an historical event, bringing back democratic and constitutional rule after a seven-month hiatus. The comi [...]
2010-01-26 01:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR KCRM
10TEGUCIGALPA7SUGAR ASSOCIATION SEEKS CHANGE IN U.S. SUGAR QUOTA
[...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with economic officers, a representative of the Honduran Sugar Producers Association expressed deep concern over a recent reduction of import quotas by USTR, and said that the association will seek to correct data from the Honduran de facto government that was used [...]
2010-01-07 20:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ENRG ETRD HO
10TEGUCIGALPA73LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT IN HONDURAS
[...] (U) Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat on June 28, 2009. The United States does not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over. As a result, it has not been possible for the Embassy to engage in high-level advocacy on labor issu [...]
2010-01-26 18:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA88INAGURATION OF PRESIDENT LOBO AND DEPARTURE OF
[...] (U) Summary: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was sworn in on January 27 in Tegucigalpa. During his inaugural address, President Lobo thanked the US and others for their help during the political crisis and paused during his speech to sign an amnesty law that had been passed by Congress late on [...]
2010-01-28 01:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA92PRESIDENT LOBO URGES NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
[...] (U) Summary: The speech delivered by President Porfirio Lobo at his January 27 inauguration focused on national reconciliation and Honduras' reintegration into the community of nations. He pledged to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord and to quickly establish the truth commission calle [...]
2010-01-29 00:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA96USG DELEGATION ATTENDS PRESIDENT LOBO'S
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, accompanied by Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (EEB) Jose Fernandez and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (PDAS) [...]
2010-01-29 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA97HONDURAS' VISION OF THE COUNTRY 2038
[...] (C) Summary: Before his election, President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo circulated a long-term plan called Vision of the Country 2038 and National Plan 2022. It was submitted to and passed by the outgoing Congress and signed into law by President Lobo during his inauguration. The document includ [...]
2010-01-29 23:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA98AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LOBO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and his senior team to congratulate him on his inauguration and discuss bilateral issues. The Ambassador noted the important steps that Lobo had taken over the past [...]
2010-01-29 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ECON EAID SNAR HO
10TEGUCIGALPA99HONDURAN PRESIDENT LOBO'S CABINET TAKES SHAPE
[...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo began to officially announce the members of his cabinet and inner circle on January 26, the day before his inauguration, and made further announcements over the next two days. He has still not named ministers for defense, agricultur [...]
2010-01-30 00:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
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