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04PORTAUPRINCE520	PRIME MINISTER FORMS CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue finalized his cabinet choices on the afternoon of March 16, following consultations with President Alexandre. The cabinet was installed at 14:00 on March 17. Latortue chose to consolidate several existing ministries as a cost-cutting measure, naming only 13 m [...]	2004-03-17 22:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HA

05PORTAUPRINCE1037	Haiti: Announcement of Economic Revival Program [...] SUMMARY: On March 31, Minister of Economy and Finance, Henri Bazin, announced the Interim Government of Haiti's (IGOH) USD 50 million economic revival program (PROREC),a short-term development program to fill the breach until donor money flows. PROREC has three main components: a) improvemen [...]	2005-04-14 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1039	LAUNCH OF HAITIAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Interim President Alexandre formally launched the National Dialogue process. A preparatory committee will, within sixty days, publicize the national dialogue, help the Presidency choose a technical committee and recommend names for a 30-person steering committee. [...]	2005-04-14 20:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1070	HAITI ELECTIONS: CANADIAN ELECTIONS EXPERT [...] (SBU) Ron Gould, retired deputy of Elections-Canada and currently an elections consultant for the Canadian government, visited Port-au-Prince April 9-16, to review the recently increased elections budget (reftel). The government of Canada (GOC) has already made available USD 14 million to the [...]	2005-04-18 20:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1072	HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16, [...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...]	2005-04-19 11:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1084	HAITI ELECTIONS: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OAS [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Ambassador Denneth Modeste and newly arrived OAS elections unit chief Elisabeth Spehar April 13, to discuss the current status of the Haitian electoral process. Ambassador Foley opened the meeting by affirming that the USG is categorically committed to the curren [...]	2005-04-19 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1087	CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...]	2005-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1088	UNSC LEAVES HAITI WITH MIXED EMOTIONS AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concluded on April 16 a four-day fact-finding visit to Haiti during which they met with IGOH officials, MINUSTAH leadership, political party and civil society leaders. UNSC members reaffirmed the international community's support for the [...]	2005-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1212	Jacmel Crafts Sector: Struggling to Come Back [...] SUMMARY: Once touted as a model for growth, Jacmel's handcrafts sector has been shrinking for over a decade, sharing in the nationwide decline in crafts sales from USD 20 million to 2 million a year. All sales channels are hurting: tourism is down, many U.S. wholesale buyers are sourcing e [...]	2005-05-02 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1214	AmCham meeting: Corruption and Security [...] SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's meeting with the AmCham Board of Directors, Haitian business leaders raised the lack of security, particularly the threat of kidnapping, as the top economic and business issue they face, and argued for a much tougher law enforcement response, including arms from t [...]	2005-05-02 18:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1221	FORMER ARISTIDE OFFICIALS UNDER DRUG INDICTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-2003, seven high-profile members of the Aristide government or associates of the former President have been arrested on drug charges in the United States. Other officials are still under investigation for possible prosecution in the U.S. or Haiti. Press reports indicate t [...]	2005-05-03 11:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1226	HAITI: IACHR ASSESSMENT ECHOES OUR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently concluded a mission to assess the human rights situation in Haiti in the run-up to elections this year. The Commission issued a release at a press conference on April 18 calling for greater action from the international c [...]	2005-05-03 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1274	MAY 4 REPATRIATION OF 132 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] Summary. On May 4, the Coast Guard cutter Dependable repatriated to Haiti 132 migrants who claimed to have left Cap Haitien on Haiti's northern coast in the early morning of April 27. The Dependable interdicted the migrants in a 35-foot sail freighter 30 nautical miles east of Great Inagua [...]	2005-05-06 19:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1275	HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP [...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...]	2005-05-06 19:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1280	HAITI: NEPTUNE PROCLAIMS "FREEDOM OR DEATH" AS [...] (C) Summary. The health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to deteriorate as a result of his continued hunger strike waged in protest of his prolonged detention. Neptune resumed the hunger strike after being transferred from the UN Argentine hospital to an annex of the National P [...]	2005-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1294	HAITI: GOVERNMENT, MINUSTAH, AND POLICE BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent increase in the number of kidnappings in Port-au-Prince has put the government and police under increasing pressure to respond. The government has raised the penalty for kidnapping to life-imprisonment and announced May 9 the establishment of a joint HNP-MINUSTAH ant [...]	2005-05-10 11:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1300	HAITI'S BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTIONS, ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Catholic Bishops Conference has weighed in publicly to encourage participation in upcoming elections and to warn priests against taking active political roles. One statement calls upon voters to choose their leaders wisely, recommends parties to form alli [...]	2005-05-10 15:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1313	PORT-DE-PAIX: HAITI'S WILD NORTHWEST [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Port-de-Paix on April 20 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. While petty crime is high in Port-de-Paix, the city has not had any political violence recently. MINUSTAH's Argentine forces based out [...]	2005-05-11 15:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1314	OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY IN CAP HAITIEN [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Cap Haitien on April 20-21 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. Optimism prevailed on security; Cap Haitien is stable and has seen no political violence in recent months. Chilean MINUSTAH forces de [...]	2005-05-11 15:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1325	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN HAITI EXACERBATES [...] SUMMARY: Poor land management in Haiti, caused by poverty, has led to deforestation, land loss, and aquifer depletion. All three exacerbate poverty in Haiti by increasing the cost of food production and dependence on more expensive imported food. Though the Government of Haiti has long known [...]	2005-05-12 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID SENV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1326	Haitian Tax Collection Trails Projections [...] SUMMARY: Revenue collection for the first half of the Haitian fiscal year is about 3.3 percent behind projections, due mostly to slower than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT). The Director General of Taxation attributes the shortfall to on-going violence in Port-au- Prin [...]	2005-05-12 13:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1335	PROTESTANT HAS GOOD SHOT AT HAITIAN PRESIDENCY IF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pastor Chavannes Jeune of the National Union of Christians for the Renovation of Haiti (UNCRH) discussed his pending candidacy for president with the Ambassador. Jeune said UNCRH would field candidates at all levels and there was "extraordinary consensus" that the Protestant [...]	2005-05-12 19:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1336	HAITIAN GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR FEAR CAFTA-DR [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, Haitian government and private sector officials have discussed their fears of CAFTA-DR with Emboffs, saying that it would hurt Haiti economically and politically. The Minister of Commerce told us that CAFTA-DR wou [...]	2005-05-13 13:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1351	Consular Visit to Jacmel [...] Summary. Jacmel, traditionally an arts center on Haiti's southeastern coast, now welcomes increasing numbers of Americans as residents or tourists. ConOff's May 9-10 visit to Jacmel found a city struggling with weak police and medical services but with a well-connected American community. [...]	2005-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC HA ASEC
05PORTAUPRINCE1353	HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...]	2005-05-13 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1356	HAITIAN POLICE CHIEF ON U.S. DONATED WEAPONS, [...] (C) Summary: Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Charg Griffiths on May 9 that he was working to withdraw 21 long-guns donated by the USG in August 2004 from use and hand them over to U.S. custody. He requested, however, to maintain a handful of the weapons in [...]	2005-05-13 18:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1410	PRO-ARISTIDE MARCHERS STAGE LARGE BUT PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: Roughly 5,000 supporters of former President Aristide marched without incident through the streets of Port-au-Prince on May 18. The rally was organized by the Cite Soleil and Bel Air cells of Fanmi Lavalas to celebrate the Haitian 'Flag Day' holiday and to demand Aristide's retu [...]	2005-05-20 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1449	EARTHQUAKE, AFTERSHOCKS SHAKE PORT AU PRINCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 11, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, followed by aftershocks in subsequent days. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5 miles south of the center of Port-au-Prince. There were no reported injuries and only very minor damage. Haiti has suffered from earthquake [...]	2005-05-25 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1455	HAITI: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Interim Government of Haiti,s (IGOH) goal of completing audits of five state-owned enterprises by the end of May, as a precursor to privatization, is behind schedule. An early July completion date is more realistic. The [...]	2005-05-25 19:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1459	HAITI: CORE GROUP ALARMED BY SLOW PACE OF [...] (C) Summary: UN and OAS elections advisors treated Core Group members to an alarming appraisal of the pace of elections preparations during a marathon meeting on May 20. The appraisal suggested that the government, CEP, and international community face an almost impossible task in meeting the [...]	2005-05-25 20:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1460	MINUSTAH SCALING DOWN OPERATIONS IN STILL VOLATILE [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH military leaders provided Core Group members an update of the situation in Cite Soleil on May 20. The presentation was notably void of achievement and indicated force rotations would oblige MINUSTAH to scale back their footprint in the zone at a time when the area has bec [...]	2005-05-25 20:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1487	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...]	2005-05-27 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT
05PORTAUPRINCE1489	HAITI: NEPTUNE ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE IN [...] Former Haiti Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared before investigating judge Clunie Jules in St. Marc on May 25, four days after Neptune said he would cooperate with the investigation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrew Young (reftel). The former PM was escorted to St. Marc by MINUSTAH he [...]	2005-05-27 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1506	Haiti: Inflation Jumps in April [...] According to figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for April 2005 was 2.37 percent (a yearly rate of 32.5 percent),over twice that of last month's 0.92 percent (yearly 11.6 percent) rate. Year-to- year inflation stands at 12.8 percent. 2. Much of April's rise [...]	2005-06-01 16:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1515	FRENCH COUNSUL TO HAITI KILLED IN CARJACKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of 05/31/2005 (precise time unknown),Pierre Henri-Mourral, French Honorary Consul to Haiti based in Cape Haitian, was shot and killed by unknown assailants. Henri-Morrual was returning to Cape Haitian, where he owns a prominent hotel, from a visit to Port au P [...]	2005-06-01 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER
05PORTAUPRINCE1516	U.S. TROOPS NEEDED IN HAITI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The situation in Haiti has deteriorated to the point that elections, the central element of the transition process, are in jeopardy. MINUSTAH has failed to establish security and stability here. As much as we may pressure the UN and the Brazilians to take the more forceful appro [...]	2005-06-01 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1537	Haiti elections update - June 2 [...] (U) Summary: Voter registration continues to lag, but MINUSTAH and OAS are making a big push to get a significantly increased number of registration centers up and running within the next 7-10 days, and believe they are still on track for a successful registration program. The CEP's website [...]	2005-06-03 14:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1542	AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI [...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...]	2005-06-03 14:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1543	PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF PAINTS GRIM SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Chief of Staff Michel Brunache describes the May 31 attack on a Port-au-Prince marketplace by pro-Aristide chimeres as a devastating blow to the IGOH, one that has exposed the government's impotence to the population. He discussed the need for a shakeup in the HNP hierarch [...]	2005-06-03 17:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1547	HAITIANS CONSIDER LEAVING; PUT AFFAIRS IN ORDER [...] While Haiti has yet to see a run on airline tickets and long lines at the Dominican border, many Haitians have been putting their affairs in order or at least hedging their bets. Eight locally engaged staff have resigned at USAID in the past four months, four since the kidnapping of a USAID [...]	2005-06-03 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1550	JUNE 1 REPATRIATION OF 162 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY. On June 1, the Coast Guard cutter Confidence repatriated to Haiti 162 migrants who claimed to have departed Les Cayes on 19 May. The Confidence, the USCGC Metompkin and a USCG helicopter intercepted the migrants in a 65 foot sail freighter 60 nautical miles south of Andros Island, [...]	2005-06-03 19:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1564	HAITI: NEED HELP WITH UN AND JORDAN TO BOLSTER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The performance of many MINUSTAH troops has been feeble. We hope that the ongoing troop rotation will bring a more robust response to the worsening instability. The Jordanian contingent has been one of the most ineffective forces here. Embassy requests that t [...]	2005-06-06 17:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1597	CIVPOL COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH HNP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer told PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor on June 2 that he had abandoned attempts at a "unified command" of MINUSTAH military and CIVPOL forces and had freed his Formed Police Units (FPUs) from static positions to focus on roving patrols. Beer also comp [...]	2005-06-07 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1598	OAS TO HANDOVER VETTING PROGRAM TO CIVPOL [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor met with OAS Ambassador Denneth Modeste on May 30 to discuss the vetting program for new Haitian National Police (HNP) recruits administered by the OAS and funded by the United States. The two agreed to phase out OAS administration of the program [...]	2005-06-07 18:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1599	MINUSTAH AND HNP RAID BEL AIR; GANGS RETALIATE; [...] (C) Summary: In response to the May 31 attack on a downtown public market (ref A) and subsequent threats by gangs to commit similar acts throughout Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted a joint operation in Bel Air June 4 that reportedly resulted in 7 deaths [...]	2005-06-07 19:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1609	Haiti elections update - June 9 [...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...]	2005-06-09 11:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1625	HAITIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Amid escalating violence and doubts surrounding the ability of the IGOH to ensure stability, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles explained that he was having difficulty complying with Post's request to relinquish 21 long-guns to U.S.-controlled bunker [...]	2005-06-10 19:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1628	HAITI: BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON IGOH'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS JUDICIAL REFORM AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the deplorable state of the judiciary, prolonged pretrial detention, and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti with Port-au-Prince Bar Association president Gervais Charles. Charles acknowledged that the Haitian judicial system faces inherent structural and pro [...]	2005-06-13 13:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1664	HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...]	2005-06-15 18:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1665	HAITI: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2005 [...] (U) Following is the narcotics certification report card 2005 for Haiti, requested reftel. 2. (U) The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) worked closely with the United States Government (USG) throughout 2004 to help bolster Haiti's ability to combat narco-trafficking. The highest levels of [...]	2005-06-15 18:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL SNAR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1666	Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem [...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...]	2005-06-15 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1667	HAITI: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (A) Claimant A (B) 1973 (C) According to information provided by Claimant A (a U.S. citizen who has not signed a Privacy Act Waiver),in 1970 Claimant signed a 99 year agreement with the GOH to establish a privately financed, privately administered free enterprise zone on the Haitian i [...]	2005-06-16 14:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE HA OPIC POGV
05PORTAUPRINCE1669	Taiwan: Aid Gains Favor in Haiti [...] Summary. Taiwan is on schedule to spend USD 20.32 million in Haiti over FY2004 and 2005 on infrastructure development and disaster assistance. Taiwanese Counselor Sophie Lin said that it quickly disburses its money because it uses a quasi-governmental Taiwanese contractor and only subcontract [...]	2005-06-16 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1786	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 4 SPEECH: HAITIAN TERRORISTS [...] (U) Summary: In his speech at the embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Ambassador Foley rallied guests by insisting that politically motivated violence against civilians would not succeed in derailing the elections. He encouraged Haitian unity against violence and called all Haitians n [...]	2005-07-05 19:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1789	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Foley called on newly appointed Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans on June 30 (reftel). The meeting centered on the top priorities facing the Minister in the next few months, mainly: the case of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, judicial reform, prolonged pretrial detentio [...]	2005-07-05 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1790	HNP BRIEF ON DREAD WILME GANG INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary: A Haitian National Police (HNP) contact recently provided a copy of an investigation supposedly conducted by an outside consultant to the HNP on the subject of Cite Soleil gang leader, Dread Wilme. The document, dated May 2005, gives a brief background of Wilme, his weapons, activ [...]	2005-07-06 14:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1791	JUDICIAL POLICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GANGS WITH DCM [...] (C) Summary: Newly (re-)appointed Director General of the Judicial Police Michael Lucius summarized the Haitian National Police (HNP) response to gang-led criminality in a conversation with the DCM on July 1. Lucius accused pro-Aristide former employees of state-owned enterprises (such as Tele [...]	2005-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1792	PROFILE OF HAITI'S STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 14:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1793	HAITIAN STUDENT MOVEMENT DIVIDED BUT YOUTH [...] (U) Summary: In the year since Aristide's departure, university student groups and other youth-oriented organizations have shifted their focus from grassroots political activism (the "shock-troops" of the anti-Aristide movement - reftel) and returned for the most part to their founding princip [...]	2005-07-06 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1796	HAITI: DREAD WILME KILLED; HNP MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. MINUSTAH troops reportedly killed wanted gang leader Dread Wilme and an unspecified number of his associates in an operation on July 6. In addition, over the past two weeks, authorities have made numerous important arrests and killed several big name bandits in Port-au-Prince. [...]	2005-07-06 19:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2391	OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEPTUNE [...] (C) During the September 20 Core Group meeting (septel),UN Human Rights Office head Thierry Fagart presented his analysis of the case against Neptune (NOTE: His facts were based on radio reports and his justice ministry contacts; he had yet to see the investigating judge's report analyzed by [...]	2005-09-21 20:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2392	HAITIAN PM REFUSES TO RESHUFFLE CEP; UPDATES ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Latortue told visiting S/CRS Carlos Pascual and WHA Patrick Duddy on September 7 that the Electoral Council (CEP) could not simply be brushed out of the way. He argued that UN Elections chief Gerardo LeChevailier lacked the necessary political finesse and was not the right pers [...]	2005-09-21 20:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2568	HAITI: SOCCER MATCH UPDATE [...] (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) has completed its investigation into the August 20 events at a USAID-funded soccer match in Martissant (reftel). In a press conference on October 11, HNP Director General Mario Andresol announced in a press conference that a total of 15 officers would face [...]	2005-10-14 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2569	HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS AND A LOOMING PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue announced October 13 the following measures aimed at moving forward elections preparations: (1) The creation of a Director General (DG) in charge of a new electoral Support Committee, (2) the passage of a decree removing the Supreme Court from the appeals [...]	2005-10-14 20:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2570	HAITI REGISTRATION: WELCOME SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary: According to OAS officials, 3,105,000 voters had registered as of October 10. They project roughly 3.2 million will have registered by October 15. The registration site in Cite Soleil, opened on October 5, is operating smoothly and registering between 300-400 voters per day. ID ca [...]	2005-10-14 20:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2571	HAITI: IMF VOTE POSTPONED DUE TO UNANTICIPATED [...] (U) The October 14 IMF Board meeting scheduled to vote on the EPCA II program for Haiti was delayed due to new, unanticipated spending by the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH). 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor spoke to a contact in the Ministry of Finance October 15 who explained that the new spe [...]	2005-10-16 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2576	RELATIONS AMONG MINUSTAH, HNP LEADERS NO [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and HNP command rotations have injected a new set of personalities into top-level security decision-making in Haiti: Incoming MINUSTAH military forces commander Bacellar is more thoughtful and methodical than the excitable former General Heleno; UNPOL Commissioner Muir is [...]	2005-10-18 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2593	CORE GROUP FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Core Group meeting on October 14, Special Representative of the Secretary General Juan Gabriel Valdes told participants that the IGOH had named Jacques Bernard as the Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Bernard, a former banker and agrobusinessman [...]	2005-10-18 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2596	HAITI NOT INTERESTED IN PETROCARIBE DEAL --FOR NOW [...] SUMMARY: According to some press reports, the government of Venezuela planned to send a negotiating team to Haiti to negotiate a deal to sell oil at a preferential rate via PetroCaribe. However, follow-up conversations with Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) officials reveal that Haiti is [...]	2005-10-19 11:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2604	JACQUES BERNARD SWORN IN AS ELECTIONS DG [...] Prime Minister Gerard LaTortue swore in Jacques Bernard as Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on October 15. According to the new bylaws of the CEP, the Bernard will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the CEP under the nine CEP members, who will act as a bo [...]	2005-10-19 18:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2605	HAITIAN JUDICIAL REFORM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Philippe Lamarche, head of the USAID-funded program with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC),briefed emboffs on October 3 on recent achievements within the Ministry of Justice. A technical advisor from NCSC in September had conducted an observation mission of the minis [...]	2005-10-19 18:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2608	HAITI ELECTIONS: SOME PROGRESS, MILES TO GO [...] Summary: S/CRS Pascual and WHA/CAR Duddy's visit to Haiti on October 12-13 focused on the need for immediate action to advance elections and maintain the February 7 political transition. The group met with UNPOL, political party leaders, the Prime Minister, the Provisional Electoral Council ( [...]	2005-10-19 18:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2609	OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY [...] (C) On October 19, Charge called on Presidential Candidate Paul Denis, former Lavalas leader and current head of OPL (Struggling People's Organization) to discuss electoral strategy and the current political climate. Denis stated that he views the Commission on Nationality as a good thing, [...]	2005-10-19 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2617	HAITIAN NATIONALITY COMMISSION CREATES ELECTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the newly formed "Commission on Nationality" (reftel) would not delay the elections. Dorleans, who heads the group, explained that the commission was established by the IGOH to examine the nationality of all candidates for [...]	2005-10-21 16:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2618	HAITI ELECTIONS: SIMEUS VOWS FIGHT TO STAY IN RACE [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus met with Charge d,Affairs Carney on October 18 to discuss his campaign, the controversy regarding his dual nationality, and the general status of elections preparations. Simeus judged that the Supreme Court had settled the issue of dual n [...]	2005-10-21 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2620	HAITI CREATES COMMISSION FOR DEPORTEES, SEEKS [...] Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the IGOH had appointed a Commission to oversee criminals deported from the United States and was examining the possibility of creating a halfway house (Centre de Transition) for deportees in Haiti. Dorleans explained that the M [...]	2005-10-21 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM HA PRM
05PORTAUPRINCE2623	LAVALAS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT WARY OF CEP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lavalas leaders Yvon Feuille, Louis Gerald Gilles, Rudy Heriveaux, Sorel Francois and Jonas Coffy told Poloffs on October 13 that they are confident of a Marc Bazin victory in the upcoming elections. They believed that success in the Departments of the North (Cap-Haitien),Nor [...]	2005-10-21 19:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2634	HAITI'S ELECTIONS DG TAKES LEAD, WILL OTHERS FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary. Electoral Director General Jacques Bernard is working to streamline elections preparations and ignoring unworkable by-laws developed for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the newly-formed electoral support committee. Bernard expects the CEP to issue the final approved [...]	2005-10-24 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2649	CHARLES HENRI BAKER: SAVING THE SINKING SHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 24, Charge met with independent presidential candidate Charles Henri "Charlito" Baker at his request. Baker, a light-skinned Haitian who has been dismissed by some as the candidate of the elite, claims that the average Haitian cares not about skin color but about who [...]	2005-10-26 18:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2652	HAITI: 3.32 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS: ID [...] According to OAS elections officials, as of October 24 the OAS had processed 3.32 million voter records. While registration closed throughout Haiti October 22, the number of registered voters will continue to rise through the end of October as the OAS receives records from outlying rural area [...]	2005-10-27 16:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2653	HAITI: NEPTUNE/LA SYRIE CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Appeals filed by co-defendants in the La Syrie case involving former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune have suspended further action by the court. Citing legal technicalities, Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans rejected a new proposal to release the former PM either on bail or on his o [...]	2005-10-27 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2667	HAITI ELECTIONS: DECEMBER 18 TARGET DATE FOR FIRST [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) authorities, and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard aim to hold the first round of national elections on December 18, and have tentatively chosen January 29 for the runoff and local elections. To meet this target, the CEP must st [...]	2005-10-28 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2668	HAITI GOVERNMENT APPROVES ELECTIONS GUARANTEE [...] In a meeting at the National Palace on October 27, the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) approved the formation of the Elections Guarantee Committee (EGC). A coalition of civil society groups and political parties requested the EGC after the formation of the Support Committee (SC) to the Pro [...]	2005-10-28 16:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2674	Haiti: Information on Caribbean Basin Recovery [...] Per reftel, following is information for USTR to use in preparing its biannual report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Responses are in narrative form and are keyed to the specific questions in paragraphs six and seven of reftel. 2. Responses to Questions fr [...]	2005-10-31 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2690	HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS TOWARD FIRST ROUND ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) on October 28 promulgated amendments to electoral decrees that reduce the time necessary to prepare for national elections and preserve the possibility of holding th [...]	2005-11-03 18:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2720	HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTANT TO OIL DEAL WITH [...] (SBU) Post continues to see scattered press reports indicating that Haiti is considering signing an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to obtain petroleum at a discount rate via PetroCaribe. Econ Counselor spoke to an official with the Ministry of Finance, who spoke directly to Finan [...]	2005-11-07 10:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2728	Haiti: 14.8 Percent Inflation for the Fiscal Year [...] SUMMARY: Inflation for September 2005 was 1.38 percent (a yearly rate of 17.9 percent). Inflation for the past 12 months, coinciding with the Haitian fiscal year and the country's IMF program was 14.8 percent, which exceeded the IMF and IGOH target of 12.0 percent. Failure to meet the infl [...]	2005-11-07 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2765	FORMER PRESIDENT LESLIE MANIGAT WAITING FOR CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 31, former President Leslie Manigat told Charge that he is a natural consensus candidate around whom numerous parties will rally to counter what will likely be a strong showing from fellow ex-President Rene Preval. Manigat said that FUSION and OPL are s [...]	2005-11-08 10:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2766	RENE PREVAL ASKS FOR HELP WITH DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting on November 2, ex-President and current Presidential hopeful Rene Preval told Charge that several gang leaders in Cite Soleil are "tired, afraid and looking for a way out." According to Preval, up to six of these persons are prepared to pursue disarmament and demo [...]	2005-11-08 10:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2774	HAITI ELECTIONS: PM COMMITS TO NATIONALITIES [...] (C) Summary: According to Prime Minister Latortue and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, the Committee on the National of Candidates (CENC) will formally recommend by November 8 that the CEP eliminate Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra (and minor candidate Joel Borgella) from the final list [...]	2005-11-08 13:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2780	HAITI ELECTIONS: STATE COMMISSION ON CANDIDATE [...] The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) published a decree dated October 27 legalizing the State Commission on the Nationality of Candidates (CENC). According to the decree, the Commission is to ensure that all candidates comply with nationality requirement in the Haitian constitution. To that [...]	2005-11-08 19:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2781	HAITI ID CARD PRINTING SLOW, DISTRIBUTION SLOWER [...] Summary: Over one million ID cards are now in Haiti, but they are not being distributed in large numbers because the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) wants to wait until voting centers are selected. Polling places are supposed to be identified on the cards. Meanwhile, card printing is beh [...]	2005-11-08 20:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2786	S/CRS DIRECTOR PASCUAL MEETS WITH CEP DG BERNARD [...] (C) Summary. S/CRS Director Ambassador Carlos Pascual met Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard on November 3 in Port-au-Prince to assess progress toward organizing elections. Bernard reaffirmed that a first round on December 18 was still possible, though he allo [...]	2005-11-09 15:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2792	HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPPORT COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESIGN [...] (U) Citing "lack of support from the executive (branch)," the six members of the electoral support committee submitted a collective letter of resignation to the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH),the Council of Wise Persons, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 4 and made [...]	2005-11-09 16:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2801	HAITI ELECTIONS: LARGELY PEACEFUL PREVAL MARCH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A November 3 march in support of presidential candidate Rene Preval attracted a largely peaceful, celebratory crowd of 3000. Throughout the march, however, some participants reportedly vandalized prop [...]	2005-11-10 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2805	HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTS CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] SUMMARY. Although the security situation in Port-au-Prince has improved dramatically and is manageable, Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire opposes the resumption of criminal deportations from the US to Haiti, fearing that deportees might be enlisted to disrupt the elections, harm a [...]	2005-11-12 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2809	HAITI ELECTIONS: VOTING CENTERS SELECTED, ID [...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 8 approved a MINUSTAH-prepared list of 809 voting centers, opening the way for ID card distribution to begin. The OAS plans to start distributing ID cards November 15 throughout Haiti. Peak capacity at the ID card printing facility [...]	2005-11-14 18:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2820	HAITI ELECTIONS VOTE COUNT, QUICK COUNT, [...] Summary: The February electoral decree provides five days for results to move from the voting centers (BVs) to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through the communal and departmental electoral bureaus (BECs/BEDs). MINUSTAH and the CEP have agree that throughout the process, MINUSTAH will [...]	2005-11-14 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2824	HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL LIST DONE, CALENDAR [...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 11 released the final list of 38 presidential candidates, excluding dual-nationals Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra With this step taken, CEP and MINUSTAH leadership and technical experts are finalizing logistical planning and [...]	2005-11-14 20:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA

05PORTAUPRINCE2841	Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst [...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...]	2005-11-16 11:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID
05PORTAUPRINCE2865	HAITI WILL VOTE FOR THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Latortue told the DCM he instructed the Haitian delegation to vote in favor of the U.S.-sponsored resolution on Turkmenistan and the E.U.-sponsored resolution on Uzbekistan. End Summary. 2. (C) DCM spoke with Haitian Inter [...]	2005-11-21 19:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2869	HAITI ELECTIONS: "SE PA FOT MWEN" - IT,S NOT MY [...] Summary: In a meeting with Charge Griffiths November 19, newly appointed Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard lamented the failure of the would-be elections organizers: MINUSTAH, the OAS and the CEP. While the technical shortcomings at the CEP, MINUSTAH and the [...]	2005-11-22 13:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2870	HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DATE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] Summary: Promises from the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) would announce election dates November 17 evaporated when the IGOH abruptly canceled the announcement at the last moment. The dates, which were decided in a meeting between MINUSTAH, the [...]	2005-11-22 14:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2871	REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 16:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2893	ELECTIONS HICCUP EMBLEMATIC OF LACK OF STRATEGIC [...] Summary: The PM hosted a meeting November 21 to discuss ID cards and voter lists, which became a forum for the international community and Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to discuss the electoral calendar. Roughly 90,000 voters are not yet included on the nationwide list of voters and betw [...]	2005-11-23 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2915	HAITI ELECTIONS DATES DECIDED [...] Summary: On November 25, the Provisional Electoral Council announced their decision to hold the first round of elections January 8, the second round February 15, and local elections March 5. The new dates do not respect the constitutionally mandated February 7 power transition, but they are th [...]	2005-11-28 12:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2916	HAITI: NOVEMBER 22 NEPTUNE/JEAN-JUSTE VISIT [...] (C) Poloff visited former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex on November 22. Despite his continued hunger strike, now approaching day 200, Neptune appeared stronger than he did on the last visit of October 27. Neptune reported that his personal physician had not seen him in [...]	2005-11-28 12:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2917	SUBJECT: NEW CEP BYLAWS GIVE DG MORE POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister November 21 distributed a text of an executive order with new bylaws for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) that were marked in pen as published November 17. The new bylaws rearrange the CEP by eliminating the operational and executive committees, the CEP [...]	2005-11-28 12:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2931	MINUSTAH Requests 11 Helicopters to Assist with [...] Post received a diplomatic note November 24, 2005, from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Please see complete text below. The first and second rounds of elections are scheduled January 8 and February 15, respectively. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in [...]	2005-11-29 16:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2941	NEW DATES FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS OFFICIAL [...] Post received November 29 a copy of the Moniteur, the official government newspaper, which established new dates for the Haitian election by executive order. The edition, marked as published November 28, convenes the first round of national elections January 8, the runoff February 15, and loc [...]	2005-11-30 16:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2942	HAITI: UPDATE ON ARRESTS OF TWO TOP POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) completed the criminal investigation into the August 20 soccer match operation in Martissant and submitted the report to the Port-au-Prince State Prosecutor's office on November 7. The complete report contains over 900 pages of inte [...]	2005-11-30 16:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2945	HAITI ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE [...] (SBU) Introduction: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) officially sanctioned 45 parties to participate in upcoming elections. Traditionally, most, if not all, of the political parties have been vehicles to catapult an individual into the office of the presidency. Larger, more establis [...]	2005-11-30 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2946	Haiti To Send Monitors to Bolivia if Funds [...] This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. After multiple attempts to reach interim Haitian Minister of Interior (MOI) Paul Magloire to deliver points in reftel, PolOff delivered demarche early November 30 to MOI Director General Wilner Cadet. Cadet was non-committal in his reply w [...]	2005-12-01 15:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2959	BUDGET FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS SWELLS AFTER DELAYS [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH and the OAS are preparing, but have not finished, an updated elections budget that accounts for the new electoral calendar (reftel). The draft budget, which includes input from both the OAS and MINUSTAH totals roughly USD 74 million. It would make MINUSTAH,s overall share of t [...]	2005-12-01 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2964	Haiti: Inflation continues in October [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2989	HAITI ELECTIONS: PREVAL'S MEETING WITH CDA CARNEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Rene Preval expressed satisfaction with the January 8 election date in a meeting with Charge d'Affaires Carney on November 29. He expressed confidence that he was the leading candidate, attributing his popularity to his previous term and his attempts to impro [...]	2005-12-05 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2991	HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY TASKS AND DEADLINES [...] Summary: This message summarizes the main logistical tasks to be completed in preparation for the Haitian elections scheduled for January 8 and February 19, 2006. The OAS and MINUSTAH report that 2.45 million of the 3,533,430 ID cards have arrived in Haiti. Card distribution is just beginning, [...]	2005-12-06 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2994	HAITIAN CANDIDATES' OBSTINATE PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine Haitian political parties, essentially comprising an anti-Preval front, have agreed to support the presidential candidate among them who advances to the second round. The agreement includes Charles Henry Baker, who had previously been excluded from discussions of party [...]	2005-12-06 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3003	HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of a series of six debates between leading presidential candidates concluded December 1. A total of eight candidates squared off in the debates, organized by the local organization ECOSOF and sponsored by the US Embassy Public Diplomacy section. The three deb [...]	2005-12-07 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3005	HAITIAN ID DISTRIBUTION UNDERWAY BUT HAPHAZARD [...] Summary: Following many delays, MINUSTAH, the OAS, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) began distributing ID cards throughout Haiti December 2. The OAS plans to distribute all 3.5 million cards by December 31, but the process has started slowly and faced several obstacles. MINUSTAH sa [...]	2005-12-07 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3019	HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT MOVES IN FAVOR OF [...] (U) The Haitian news media reported on December 8 that the Supreme Court has "requested" that the (Provisional Electoral Council) CEP reinstate Haitian-American Dumarsais Simeus on the list of eligible presidential candidates. The Supreme Court does not have a quorum of five -- the death of Ju [...]	2005-12-09 12:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3031	HAITI ELECTIONS IN 27 DAYS: KEY TASKS AND [...] Summary: This message is the second in a series describing the main logistical tasks to be completed (reftel) in preparation for first round of Haitian elections scheduled for January 8, 2006. The OAS continues to open ID card distribution centers, but the current pace will not allow card dis [...]	2005-12-12 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3041	HAITI ELECTIONS: OUR ROLE IN ENSURING SUCCESS [...] (C) I want to highlight for you the most problematic issues remaining to be resolved and outline how we can best work through these issues. We updated the broader status of critical tasks in reftel. In essence, at the time the Haitians are getting their act together, the international player [...]	2005-12-13 17:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3042	HAITI: NEPTUNE REAFFIRMS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 12 visit from poloff, former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared more agitated and bitter than in recent months. While he remains intellectually sharp, he seemed physically weaker since the last visit on November 22 (reftel). During the 60-minute visit, Neptu [...]	2005-12-13 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3043	HAITI'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT SENDS HALF OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) issued a presidential decree retiring five judges from the Haitian Supreme Court. While most of Haitian society appears to have accepted the action without much concern, the legal community has cried foul. The move comes on the heels of [...]	2005-12-13 19:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3059	IMPLICATIONS OF A PREVAL PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. Former President Rene Preval is the acknowledged front-runner in the Haitian presidential race, and his past association with Aristide and Lavalas the central issue of the campaign. His victory is not a foregone conclusion: his rivals have only begun to expend significant campai [...]	2005-12-14 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3060	HAITI: JEAN-JUSTE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a frantic action alert campaign launched by supporters of Gerard Jean-Juste suggesting he has leukemia, he appeared strong and in good health during a visit by poloff on December 12. The recently suspended priest is requesting that the IGOH release him on medical grounds [...]	2005-12-14 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3068	CUSTOMS COLLECTION: THREE-FOLD INCREASE NEAR [...] Summary: Econoff met December 8 with new director of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crossing at Malpasse, Jeantal Clairvil, who has increased customs revenue from USD 375,000 to USD 1.3 million in the three months since his appointment. In the past shippers have avoided taxes by under-inv [...]	2005-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA PKAO
05PORTAUPRINCE3093	REGINALD BOULOS AIMS TO ENGINEER PREVAL'S DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary. Haitian chamber of commerce president and political activist Reginald Boulos is conducting weekly polling that shows Preval with a commanding lead over Charles Henri Baker and Leslie Manigat. He is disappointed that the parties in the "Political Entente for Democracy and Modern [...]	2005-12-20 14:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3109	HAITI ELECTIONS: STATUS OF OBSERVER MISSIONS [...] Summary: Three major international observers missions, and a myriad of national and local observer groups are gearing up for the January 8 elections. The U.S. sponsored IFES mission will add 30 short term observers on January 3. The Elections Canada sponsored team will put 150 observers in [...]	2005-12-21 21:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3125	Haiti: Inflation continues in November [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-27 19:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3128	UNDERSECRETARY BURN'S DECEMBER 20 VISIT TO HAITI [...] Summary: In Haiti December 20, Undersecretary of State Burns encouraged the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) and others to abide by the electoral calendar and conduct the first round on January 8. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General noted the only way voters could know [...]	2005-12-28 14:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3136	Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement [...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...]	2005-12-28 20:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR
05PORTAUPRINCE3150	JEAN-JUSTE REFUSES TREATMENT OFFER, NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste continues to refuse an offer by Haitian Prisons Director Marc Wilkens Jean to transfer him to Canape Vert hospital for treatment of his swollen lymph nodes. Emboff visited Jean-Juste at the Prison Annex in Pacot on December 29. Jean-Juste co [...]	2005-12-30 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...]	2005-03-02 20:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA
05PORTAUPRINCE684	Haitian Energy Avoiding Political Shock [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haitians view electricity production as a measure the government's effectiveness. Electricity de Haiti (EDH) and the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) are having trouble providing power. EDH is beset with problems throughout its production, transmission and commercialization [...]	2005-03-14 20:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE688	HAITI'S NORTHERN EX-MILITARY TURN OVER WEAPONS; [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, more than 300 members of Haiti's demobilized military in Cap-Haitien turned over seven weapons and boarded buses to the capital. Interim Prime Minister Latortue called the event a significant step forward in implementing the September 18 agreement (ref B) and said [...]	2005-03-15 13:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE689	DG CHARLES UPDATE ON EX-FADH IN THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting with the DCM, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles said that the group of ex-FADH competing for slots in the 17th promotion would be the last group of former military integrated into the HNP this year. Charles also agreed to make sur [...]	2005-03-15 13:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE713	HAITI: POLITICAL PARTIES MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS PACT [...] (C) Summary: With the help of a Norwegian-funded think tank, Haitian political parties are negotiating a "code of conduct" for participating in elections later this year. The agreement under discussion would commit signatories to approximately a dozen general guidelines covering campaign "fa [...]	2005-03-16 20:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE718	HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE - REVISED BUDGET SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS technical advisors have provided a revised budget estimating the costs for Haiti's upcoming elections at just under $61 million, leaving a projected funding shortfall of approximately $22 million based on current pledges from the IGOH and international donors [...]	2005-03-17 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE776	LAVALAS TORN BETWEEN BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Lavalas movement remains divided between leaders who argue for moving beyond Aristide and participating in elections this fall, and those who continue to call for Aristide's return and threaten a boycott of elections if their hard-line conditions are not met. The division is [...]	2005-03-22 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE795	SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRANSFER OF NEPTUNE/PRIVERT [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Supreme Court rejected March 18 a motion to transfer from St. Marc to Port-au-Prince the linked cases of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and co-defendant former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert. Both are charged with involvement in the February 2004 massacre in [...]	2005-03-23 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE796	HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...]	2005-03-23 21:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE797	SOME NATIONALISTIC REACTION TO MINUSTAH'S RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following an initially muted reaction, there has been more notable political commentary on the actions undertaken by MINUSTAH to take back police stations from ex-FADH elements (reftel). The few laudatory statements have been drowned out by nationalistic critiques of MINUSTAH [...]	2005-03-23 21:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE870	HAITIANS MARK 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Two separate violent incidents took place in Port-au-Prince on 29 March, the 18th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of 1987. Ex-military gang leader Jean Rene Anthony (aka Grenn Sonnen) renewed his call for a guerrilla campaign against Haitian officials and MINU [...]	2005-03-30 16:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC HA UN
05PORTAUPRINCE871	HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE POISED TO TACKLE REBEL [...] (C) Summary: Following another attack against his officers on March 27, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Ambassador on March 29 that the HNP was preparing to undertake three significant operations in the coming days to root out violent gang leaders and their [...]	2005-03-30 17:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE902	TOWN HALL MEETING AND ACS TRAVEL IN NORTHERN HAITI [...] Summary: ACS visited the Department of the North of Haiti from 7-Mar through 11-Mar-2005. ACS traveled throughout the region meeting with nearly 70 U.S. citizens and holding a town hall meeting in the city of Pignon. In Pignon, ACS also visited a hospital, an electrical cooperative, and an [...]	2005-04-01 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE928	UPDATE ON HNP TRAINING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS [...] (C) Summary: In a set of written answers to questions submitted by post to the Director General (DG) of the Haitian National Police (HNP) on March 7, Leon Charles confirmed the process under which 200 ex-FADH were to integrate into the 17th promotion in April, and outlined the verification process [...]	2005-04-05 19:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE101	HAITI ELECTIONS: OAS DISTRIBUTES OVER 60 PERCENT [...] According to OAS electoral chief Elizabeth Spehar, the OAS has received all 3.5 million ID cards and had distributed 2,070,369 or 59 percent as of their most recent reports from the field on January 11. Taking into account delayed reporting of distribution outside of Port-au-Prince, Spehar es [...]	2006-01-13 19:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1012	ROLE OF PM/PRESIDENT IN HAITI [...] (C) Introduction. President Preval is set to swear in Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, along with his new cabinet, on June 9, whereupon Alexis will officially assume his duties. The authors of Haiti's constitution of 1987 deliberately created a powerful prime minister to serve as a che [...]	2006-06-08 17:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1028	LAVALAS REUNIFICATION MEETING FAILS [...] (C) A June 2 meeting among Famni Lavalas (FL) leaders in Port-au-Prince ended in acrimony, as the participants failed to select a new ad interim leader (in the absence of former President Aristide). The meeting was reportedly spurred in part by an intense effort by Aristide to orchestrate hi [...]	2006-06-12 17:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1051	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER ALEXIS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis called the U.S-Haiti relationship and USG assistance "indispensable" and asked for a full briefing on all assistance programs at the earliest opportunity during his first meeting with the Ambassador since the ratification of his goernment on June 8. The Amb [...]	2006-06-14 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1070	VETTING REQUEST: PSU USG EQUIPMENT HANDLING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Palace Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights violations. T [...]	2006-06-16 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1073	POLICE CHIEF ANDRESOL NOMINATED FOR THREE MORE [...] (C) President Preval on June 15 announced the nomination of current Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Mario Andresol to continue in his position for three more years. The Senate must now approve the nomination by majority vote. The justice and security committee will begin exam [...]	2006-06-16 19:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1099	GOH WANTS ALL REMAINING ELECTIONS ON ONE DATE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Alexis on June 16 told SRSG Mullet and representatives from donor countries that President Preval wished to complete the remaining national runoffs (one senate and 11 deputy races),local, and municipal elections on the same day. Kicking off the meeting, MINUSTAH had p [...]	2006-06-22 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE110	HAITI: DAS PATRICK DUDDY'S ENCOUNTERS WITH FATHER [...] (C) Summary: DAS Patrick Duddy met with both Father Gerard Jean-Juste and former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex during a trip to Haiti on January 11. His visit with Jean-Juste came on the heels of his January 10th examination by a local physician, which resulted in conf [...]	2006-01-17 13:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE111	WHA/DAS DUDDY'S VISIT TO HAITI, JANUARY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: WHA/DAS Patrick Duddy during his visit to Port-au-Prince on January 10-11 urged the IGOH, political parties, and UN and OAS officials to hold to the most recent electoral calendar, take action to improve the security environment, and encourage Haitians to participate in the elec [...]	2006-01-17 14:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE112	HAITI: FM ABRAHAM DISCUSSES DUVALIER PASSPORT [...] (C) Charge took the opportunity of a January 14 meeting with Prime Minister Gerard Latortue to fortify points DAS Duddy and DCM Griffiths raised in opposition to the interim governmentÂ´s issuance of a passport (diplomatic) to former dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier (reftel). PM Latortue, in ChargeÂ [...]	2006-01-17 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE113	HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE, THE PM, AND THE FOMIN [...] (C) On 14 January Charge stressed to Prime Minister Gerard Latortue the need to transfer Father Gerard Jean-Juste from Haiti for medical treatment in the U.S. for what is clearly a genuine and serious illness (reftel). In Charge's presence, the PM then called Justice Minister Henri Dorleans fo [...]	2006-01-17 20:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE114	HAITIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON TRANSITION AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a conversation on the upcoming transition to an elected government, Haitian Finance Minister Henri Bazin told Econ Counselor of his two goals before stepping down: implement a code of ethics for Haitian civil servants and introduce a requirement that public officials relea [...]	2006-01-17 20:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1141	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEPORTEES WITH INTERIOR [...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the Minister of Interior Paul Antoine Bien-Aime on June 22. They discussed the Minister's priorities, the deportation and rendition programs, and ways to further US-Haitian law enforcement and security collaboration. Bien-Aime stated that internal security, [...]	2006-06-23 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1178	DEMONSTRATORS COME AND GO/WORLD CUP GOES ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Rumored large-scale demonstrations by Fanmi Lavalas (FL) partisans, whether demanding the restoration of their government jobs or the return of Aristide, have yet to materialize, despite continued r [...]	2006-06-29 15:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1184	PREVAL TO GET ORGANIZED SOON [...] (C) Presidential advisor Alix Fils-Aime on July 27 told Polcouns that President Preval would complete the organization of his staff after his return from Europe on July 6, naming a chief-of-staff and moving operations to the national palace. Preval would not replace government staff below th [...]	2006-06-30 16:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1203	UN SRSG MULLET ON MINUSTAH, SECURITY AND HAITI [...] (S) Summary. I met with UN SRSG Edmond Mullet July 2 to discuss his views of Haiti, the security environment and other issues. Mullet said that MINUSTAH is prepared to take "decisive action" against the gangs when/if President Preval agrees. He reports that an unknown quantity of automatic w [...]	2006-07-06 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1205	HAITI: PETROCARIBE IMPLEMENTATION STALLED [...] (C) Summary: The 100,000 barrels of petroleum, from the initial PetroCaribe shipment to Haiti on May 14, remain in storage facilities at the port and have not been put on the market. To date, no second PetroCaribe transport ship has been scheduled to arrive. Edouard Baussan (President Rene [...]	2006-07-07 13:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1213	NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME? THE PREVAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1214	HAITI: LAVALAS PARTISANS SEEK RE-EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. According to press reports, militant Lavalas partisans have threatened to recommence armed violence after July 9 if the Preval government does not reinstate them to jobs in government ministries and pub [...]	2006-07-07 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1220	MINUSTAH, GOH ASSESS RENEWED GANG VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Government and MINUSTAH officials are taking stock of the gang shoot-out on July 6-7 which left more than 20 people dead in the "quartier chaud" of Martissant, south of the capital. Government/MINUSTAH meetings are underway to discuss how to manage the fallout from the Martissant inci [...]	2006-07-10 12:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HA PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE124	HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 ON TRACK, WITH BUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS officials in a January 13 meeting with donors explained that while some significant problems need to be resolved, the February 7 first round is technically possible. Political party complaints about the number of voting centers and voting center assignments have [...]	2006-01-18 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1241	HAITIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON QUIET SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE125	PREVAL'S CAMPAIGN OFFICE BURNED IN ST. MARC [...] (U) According to Radio Metropole, unidentified individuals burned the campaign office of L,Espwa presidential candidate Rene Preval in St. Marc (lower-Artibonite) on January 18. The demonstrators also reportedly burned a vehicle and a large poster of Preval and placed flaming barricades and [...]	2006-01-18 20:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1258	PREVAL TRIES TO DODGE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA AND UNSC [...] (C) In our early morning meeting July 10 (other topics reported septel),President Preval carefully circumvented any detailed discussion of CARICOM support for Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. He outright refused to say if Haiti would join a CARICOM consensus. Noting that Haiti took no active [...]	2006-07-12 14:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL UNSC
06PORTAUPRINCE1265	"REPORTS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haiti's infamous gossip network went into overdrive Tuesday and Wednesday as reports circulated widely that President Preval had died of a heart attack July 11 while working at the Presidential Palace. Pre [...]	2006-07-13 16:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1266	GOH PREPARES FOR JULY 25 DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH is beginning to get into high gear for the July 25 Donors' Conference. Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil outlined the GOH's priorities for the Conference: closing the financing gap, [...]	2006-07-13 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1267	IMF: HAITI URGENTLY NEEDS 06-07 BUDGET SUPPORT [...] Summary: Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ugo Fasano raised a red flag concerning Haiti's fiscal year 2006-2007 financing gap. If the GOH cannot find budget support for the estimated USD 45 to 60 million deficit that will not be covered by multilateral pledges [...]	2006-07-13 17:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1277	HAITI: PREVAL APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 19:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1278	LAVALAS PARTISANS PLAN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] This document is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Lavalas parliamentarians say that they want to participate in the political process peacefully. Operation Pa Ka Tann and the demonstrations marking Aristide's birthday are meant to be peaceful demonstration [...]	2006-07-14 19:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1279	PREVAL ON SECURITY, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT: "I [...] (C) Summary and comment. I met with President Preval early morning July 11 to discuss the current security environment, political issues, and his development priorities. I also pressed him on Haiti's position regarding Venezuela's bid for the UNSC seat (reported septel.) Preval contends Haiti [...]	2006-07-14 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE128	HAITI ELECTIONS: FURTHER ON ANTI-L'ESPWA ATTACK IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Further details emerging from St. Marc regarding the January 18 attack on Preval campaign preparations indicate that a dispute over the location of the event precipitated the incident. According to press reports, Pre [...]	2006-01-19 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1283	JULY 15 LAVALAS DEMONSTRATION IS PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The widely-publicized July 15 Lavalas demonstration (reftels) attracted 5,000-6,000 supporters to a peaceful protest at the National Palace (presidency). There were no reports of any attempts at violence by the demonstrators. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) units p [...]	2006-07-17 11:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV KPKO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE129	VOTING CENTERS CENTER OF CRITICISMS OF HAITIAN [...] (C) Summary: Political Parties and some Provisional Electoral Council employees continue to assert there are widespread problems with voting centers. MINUSTAH and the OAS reject their claims as politically and financially motivated. They have worked throughout January to rectify voting cente [...]	2006-01-19 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE130	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH UN ASG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Ass't Sec'y Gen'l Hedi Annabi (strictly protect) of DPKO came over for dinner a deux at the Residence 18 January to talk the issues: a Deputy SRSG position still MIA; Haitian pressure on SRSG Valdes to perform better; weakness in Jordanian military performance and possible U.S. actions t [...]	2006-01-19 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM HA JO
06PORTAUPRINCE1303	HAITI: PREVAL APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] (U) Speaking at the Haitian Diaspora conference on Wednesday evening (July 12),Preval announced his choice for secretary of state for public security, Luc Eucher Joseph. SIPDIS Joseph is the former chief inspector general of the Haitian National Police. Over the past 2 years, he has worked [...]	2006-07-19 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1310	MINISTER RECEIVES NEW TSA ASSESSMENT OF PAP AIRPORT [...] In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered the letter from DHS Secretary Chertoff to Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, officially informing Haiti that DHS determined that airport security measures had been brought into compliance with the security st [...]	2006-07-19 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC PTER HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1311	MINISTER REPORTS THREATS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, told Ambassador July 17 that his public works projects in Port-au-Prince are threatened regularly by bandits demanding [...]	2006-07-20 11:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ENRG PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1336	GOH AND MINUSTAH PREPARE TO TAKE ON GANGS; MANUEL [...] (C) Summary. Although July 21 has been quiet, these days of violence along Airport Road have prompted President Preval to invite MINUSTAH to take firm military action against the gangs. But Preval refuses to go public with this request and is reluctant to authorize MINUSTAH to go into the he [...]	2006-07-21 19:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1340	GOH CONSIDERS FORMING A GENDARMERIE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of his visit to Paris June 29-30, President Preval publicly floated the idea of creating a Gendarmerie in Haiti, and reuested French assistance with this project. The GOH wants to create a new force that could assume some of the security functions currently performe [...]	2006-07-24 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS MOPS MASS HA FR
06PORTAUPRINCE1342	NEW TRUCE QUELLS GANG VIOLENCE - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH's top gang expert reports that on July 21 Cite Soleil's most powerful gang leader, Evens Jeune, re-imposed a truce to end the recent violence and kidnappings that have Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH says there have been no hostile actions reported in the Airport Road area bor [...]	2006-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1343	HAITI ELECTIONS: CHALLENGES AND RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although no date has been set for remaining national level elections or the municipal and local contests, Prime Minister Alexis has informally suggested that all be held together by the end of November. Both Electoral Commission Director General Jacques Bernard and MINUSTAH e [...]	2006-07-25 11:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1347	Prime Minister briefed on USAID/Haiti program. [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanderson and USAID/Haiti Acting Mission Director met with Haiti's Prime Minister and the Minister of Planning and External Cooperation (Plan) on July 14, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an in- depth brief on USAID program results achieved (2004-2006) and [...]	2006-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE136	HAITI ELECTIONS: USG-FUNDED NGO ACTIVITIES UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from four USG-funded NGOs (UNOPS, IRI, NDI, and IFES) met with USAID project manager and poloff to review status and activities of election support projects. The meeting, held weekly, serves to ensure coordination and information sharing between projects funded [...]	2006-01-20 13:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1361	ASSISTANCE OF ICE OFFICERS TO U.S. EMBASSY, [...] The U.S. Embassy in Haiti wishes to express its appreciation to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Miami for its assistance in locating and interviewing a member of the Haitian Coast Guard who failed to return from training earlier this month. 2. Haitian Coast Guard Agent Ma [...]	2006-07-27 17:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1365	JULY 20 REPATRIATION OF 139 HAITIAN AND 2 CUBAN [...] According to lead UN Police Maritime advisor, Officer Pat Evans, Haitian Coast Guard Detachment Cap-Haitien intercepted a 40 foot Haitian sailing sloop with 141 persons on board near Point Picholet on July 20 at 0315. The vessel was escorted back to Maritime Operations Center/Coast Guard Stat [...]	2006-07-27 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1371	WHA A/S SHANNON'S JULY 25 VISIT TO HAITI - OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KPKO PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1374	HAITI: THE PROVISIONAL RELEASE AND STATUS OF YVON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Haitian judicial authorities granted former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune a provisional release from prison yesterday, July 27, at approximately 1530 hours on medical grounds. MINUSTAH transported Neptune via ambulance to its field hospital near the Port-au-Prince airport, where [...]	2006-07-28 18:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1376	HAITI: DONORS REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO HAITI AT JULY [...] Summary: The Haitian Government (GOH) hosted a Donors' Conference July 25 in Port-au-Prince that resulted in international commitments totaling USD 750 million over the next fifteen months (July 2006 to September 30, 2007). The GOH compiled a "pie in the sky" budget for this time frame of U [...]	2006-07-28 18:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1377	PETROCARIBE GAS ON THE MARKET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The PetroCaribe petroleum delivered to Haiti on May 14, the day of President Rene Preval's inauguration, has finally hit the local market. The Haitian Government (GOH) is selling the entire shipment, inc [...]	2006-07-28 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1379	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Preval asserted to A/S Shannon July 25 that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Preval judged that Guyana had softened its opposition to Venezuela, clearing the way for a CARICOM consensus. Shannon explained that Guat [...]	2006-07-31 14:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	GT HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1386	HAITI: PM ASKS WHA A/S FOR HELP ON SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon July 25 that the Donors' Conference was a success and proves Haiti is ready to assert its leadership and take back nation-building responsibilities from the international community. Alexis said the gove [...]	2006-07-31 17:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID HA

06PORTAUPRINCE1387	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon used the opportunity of a July 25 meeting with Haitian President Preval to urge Haiti to support Guatemala for the GRULAC UNSC seat. President Preval asserted that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Shannon noted th [...]	2006-07-31 18:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VZ GT HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1389	PREVAL AND THE GOH WRESTLE WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH [...] (C) Summary. President Preval told the core Ambassadors, SRSG Mulet and UN aid officials that persuading the gangs of Cite Soleil to lay down their guns would work only if coupled with a more vigorous effort to improve the slum's conditions. He called for better coordination of assistance progr [...]	2006-07-31 19:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1392	WHA A/S SHANNON'S JULY 25 VISIT TO HAITI - OVERVIEW [...] (U) WHA A/S Thomas Shannon led the U.S. Delegation to the July 25 Haiti Donors' Conference, at which the USG pledged $210 million for the coming 12 months -- the largest amount from any donor. During his one-day visit, A/S Shannon held bilaterals with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis, [...]	2006-08-01 11:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KPKO PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1393	PREVAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Shannon pressed President Preval on July 25 to demonstrate ways the Government of Haiti, with international assistance, could address the lack of security in Port-au-Prince. Preval said that Haiti needed to take control of its ports (where illegal arms enter [...]	2006-08-01 11:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE14	HAITI'S CENTRAL PLATEAU POOR AND ISOLATED [...] Summary: Hinche is the capital of the Centre department and only 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, but mountains and bad roads conspire to keep it extremely isolated. Since early 2004 when the former Haitian Army (ex-FAd'H) used it as a staging ground, there has been little violence in Hinche. [...]	2006-01-04 14:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA ECON EAGR EAID
06PORTAUPRINCE1407	HAITI: A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MINUSTAH SRSG [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Edmond Mulet warned A/S Shannon on July 25 that provocations by former president Aristide and his supporters could erode Haiti's post-electoral stability. Mulet said that President Preval's public silence about security pro [...]	2006-08-02 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1417	IMPASSE AT MALPASSE: HAITIAN-DR BORDER STRIKE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary: A transport workers' strike has disrupted commercial traffic and general transit at the Haitian-Dominican border crossing at Malpasse since July 10. Most recently, the workers perpetrated violence on [...]	2006-08-04 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE142	OAS ESTIMATES 80 PERCENT OF HAITIAN ELECTORAL IDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1425	ANNAN AVOIDS PARLIAMENTARY BOYCOTT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan canceled his scheduled visit to parliament on August 3, avoiding a boycott by what could have been a substantial number of parliamentarians. In the chamber [...]	2006-08-04 19:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1426	UNSG ANNAN VISITS HAITI, AUGUST 3-4 [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan successfully concluded his visit August 3-4 to Port-au-Prince, meeting with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis and selected cabinet Ministers. Weather difficulties forced the UNSYG to overnight in Port-au-Prince, giving h [...]	2006-08-04 21:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1460	"NEGOTIATIONS" OR NOT, GOH SCRAMBLES FOR WAY TO [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment. Senior GOH officials tell us privately that the GOH is scrambling for a way to address Port-au-Prince's continuing gang violence. President Preval remains wedded to his carrot and stick approach for the time being and has instructed senior staff members to mee [...]	2006-08-08 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1464	VETTING REQUEST: HNP MOTORCYCLE TRAINING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) for credible information of gross human rights violations. These ind [...]	2006-08-09 13:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1466	HAITI: INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN CHAMBER OF [...] (U) Steven Benoit, L'Espwa deputy from Port-au-Prince, told poloff on July 27 that the Chamber of Deputies had not yet held a session that focused on its legislative agenda since opening the legislative season. During parliament's opening weeks, at least 70 deputies showed up for the thrice-w [...]	2006-08-09 17:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1476	GOH ASKS FOR SLOWER RATE OF DEPORTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOH requested a reduction in the number of criminal deportees to 25 every two weeks, down from the 50 previously agreed to, citing the need to better enable the GOH to absorb and process them following the escape of 27 deportees after last week,s repatriation (REF B). In lig [...]	2006-08-10 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1481	PPREVAL TO GANGS: DISARM OR DIE [...] (C) Six days after announcing he preferred "dialogue" to a military solution, President Preval on August 9 publicly demanded that gangs "surrender their arms or die" in a surprise visit to Cite Militaire, a Port-au-Prince slum adjacent to the gang stronghold of Cite Soleil. Preval's visit a [...]	2006-08-10 16:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1483	GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...]	2006-08-10 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1487	HAITI'S WEAK LEGISLATURE [...] Summary. The Haitian parliament as of June 12 is in regular session for the first time in nearly three years. Hampered by inadequate facilities, lack of technical support, and institutional weakness, legislators have carried out their basic functions but have failed as yet to develop a legisl [...]	2006-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1493	HAITI: A REACTIVE LEGISLATURE [...] (U) Summary. Haitian parliamentarians have worked within a democratic framework, forming coalitions across party lines to raise awareness to certain issues and negotiating with non-governmental organizations to start projects in their districts. Unfortunately, their agenda is largely driven b [...]	2006-08-11 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1510	DEMARCHE ON UNSC LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 14:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN IS LE HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1514	PRIME MINISTER TO PARLIAMENT ON INSECURITY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on August 10-11 appeared before the parliament with the Superior Council for the National Police (CSPN) to discuss the government's plan to combat gang violence i [...]	2006-08-16 18:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1522	ARISTIDE COLLABORATORS RELEASED [...] (C) The presiding judge on August 14 released Aristide allies and Lavalas activists Anette Auguste, aka So Anne, Paul Raymond, and Yvon Antoine, aka Yvon Zapzap, and dismissed the charges against them for lack of evidence. Over the course of their roughly 18-month detention, prosecutors fai [...]	2006-08-17 18:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1543	PREVAL REVIVES DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Preval has asked MINUSTAH to develop and prepare to implement a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ((DDR) plan to serve as the carrot in his "carrot and stick" policy to combat Port-au-Prince's armed gangs (reftel). MINUSTAH's DDR department is preparing [...]	2006-08-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1552	BORDER CROSSING WITH DR STILL CLOSED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Robert Manuel on August 19 told the Ambassador that the situation at the Malpasse border crossing, the nearest to the Dominican Republic from Port-au-Prince, had become intolerable, and t [...]	2006-08-22 16:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1561	PREVAL APPOINTS FORMER JEAN DOMINIQUE PROSECUTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR AA
06PORTAUPRINCE1588	GOH DISMISSES DISARMAMENT STUNT [...] (C) President Preval reportedly rebuffed on August 14 an offer by Cite Soleil gang leader William Baptiste, aka "Ti Blanc" to participate in a disarmament ceremony, after a series of meetings with gang leaders over the previous weeks failed to produce a result. (Note: Preval's frustration [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1597	PREVAL COMING TO DC/PENSIVE WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Preval on August 24 to review the bilateral agenda on the eve of her departure for leave and Washington consultations. Preval plans to visit Washington on September 18-19 in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting: he told the Ambassador dur [...]	2006-08-25 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON UNSC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1598	HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...]	2006-08-25 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE16	POST'S ASSESSMENT OF MINUSTAH PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH's performance has been mixed. The mission has failed to make significant progress on the security front in Cite Soleil, the police mission is only partially integrated into the Haitian National Police (HNP),its elections program has been mismanaged (leading to addit [...]	2006-01-04 20:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	KPKO PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1604	FL MILITANT RENE CIVIL ARRESTED [...] (C) The Haitian National Police (HNP) on Friday, August 25 arrested Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant Rene Civil in the upper-class Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, charging him with carrying an unlicensed firearm, driving a stolen car, and "association with malefactors." Government pro [...]	2006-08-29 17:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1605	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER 3 [...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through its President Mr. Max Mathurin announced that the next round of elections, comprising the remaining parliamentary elections and the municipal (mayoral) and local elections, would be held on December 3. Mathurin also announced that the United S [...]	2006-08-29 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1608	GOH PARTICIPATION IN UNGA, REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS [...] Per ref A, Post provides the following information regarding GoH officials at the 61st UN General Assembly. A. President Preval informed the Ambassador on August 24 that he would attend the UNGA and planned to include a visit to Washington in his travel plans (ref B). -- Rene Garcia Prev [...]	2006-08-29 19:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1609	HAITIAN-DR BORDER CALM: BUT NO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Jeantal Clervil, head of customs for Malpasse at the Haitian-DR border (on August 24) told emboffs visiting the border town that the situation had calmed considerably since the Haitia [...]	2006-08-29 19:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1618	PARLIAMENT RATIFIED PETROCARIBE AGREEMENT 08/29 [...] Parliament ratified the PetroCaribe agreement during a session of the national assembly, which included 19 of 27 senators and 47 of 88 deputies. 53 voted in favor and 13 abstained; no parliamentarians voted against ratification. The agreement, signed by President Rene Preval and Venezuelan V [...]	2006-08-30 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1622	PREVAL PRESSURES MINUSTAH FOR CLAMPDOWN [...] (C) President Preval on August 31 convened meetings with MINUSTAH leaders, including the SRSG and his military and police commander, and Haitian security officials to press for decisive action against gang leaders in Cite Soleil. A MINUSTAH official who participated in the meeting told Polco [...]	2006-08-31 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1641	HAITI: JULY INFLATION ROSE .6 PERCENT [...] According to the latest figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for July 2006 was .6 percent, resulting in an annual increase of 12.6 percent since July 2005. This is due to a price increases in clothing (4.3 percent),housing (5.6 percent),water (1.5 percent),ene [...]	2006-09-05 11:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1643	HAITI'S FISCAL GOAL: RAISE INTERNAL REVENUES BY 25 [...] Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil and Charge signed a preliminary agreement September 1 to modernize Haiti's tax collection and administration in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Treasury, with funding from USAID. According to Dorsainvil, it is time to "bring in the tax man," but he [...]	2006-09-05 16:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1648	GOH FY07 BUDGET: MOVING FORWARD BUT SLOWLY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff Sept 6 that finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is discussing his FY07 budget informally with parliament, but has not yet presented i [...]	2006-09-06 17:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1661	PREVAL HOME ALONE [...] Summary. Over four months into Preval's presidency, he has yet to form a staff allowing him to carry through policy initiatives. Preval confidante and advisor Robert Manuel serves as chief counselor. Gabriel Verret, who appears to have grown in influence advises Preval on economic matters. [...]	2006-09-07 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1667	CUSTOMS DG REPLACED [...] (C) President Rene Preval on September 7 replaced Director General of Customs Edouard Vales Jean-Laurent with Jean Jacques Valentin, who was the customs' DG from 1994 until 2004 under former President Jean Bertrand Aristide and during Preval's first term. Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Ve [...]	2006-09-08 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1668	MUNICIPAL/LOCAL ELECTIONS DELAYED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) in Haiti Edmond Mulet and President Preval on September 7 agreed to delay the date of municipal, local, and pending national elections until February 7. The CEP [...]	2006-09-08 13:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1686	PRESIDENT PREVAL CANCELS FOREIGN TRAVEL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Gabriel Verret confirmed to Polcouns on September 7 that President Preval would not travel to either the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Conference in Havana beginning September 11 or the UN General [...]	2006-09-11 10:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE169	OAS ESTIMATES 88 PERCENT OF HAITIAN IDS DISTRIBUTED [...] The OAS reported January 23 that it has distributed 2,846,793 or 81 percent of the 3.5 million Haitian ID cards. However, taking into account delayed reporting (most of the OAS figures date from January 18 - 20) the OAS estimated it had actually distributed over 3.1 million or 88 percent of th [...]	2006-01-24 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1690	SUB-CABINET SHAKEUP [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 7 announced the replacement of 10 of 18 directors general (DGs) in cabinet ministries and four of nine DGs in government agencies. DGs are third in the bureaucratic hierarchy, serve as chief operating officers, and traditionally manage pe [...]	2006-09-11 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PINR
06PORTAUPRINCE1697	HAITI: CELLULAR INTER-CONNECTIVITY AT LAST [...] Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication Frantz Verela announced that all three cellular operators in Haiti -- Comcel, Digicel and Haitel -- will finally be inter-connected by September 24 at midnight. Since May, the two incumbent operators, Comcel and Haitel, refus [...]	2006-09-12 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETTC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE170	VETTING REQUEST: UDMO WEAPONS TRAINING NO. 2 FEB [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-01-24 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE173	VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY UNIT [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police's Presidential Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights [...]	2006-01-24 20:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1734	ARREST ORDERED FOR NUMBER 3 POLICE OFFICER [...] (U) Judge Napela Saintil on September 12 issued a bench warrant for Michael Lucius, the third highest ranking official in the Haitian police (HNP) who serves as the director of the criminal investigation unit (DCPJ). The warrant stems from charges of "complicity in kidnapping" that Saintil br [...]	2006-09-14 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1755	MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...]	2006-09-15 18:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1785	VETTING REQUEST: ANTI KIDNAPPING UNIT - HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-09-21 12:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1786	VETTING REQUEST: CIMO UNIT - HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-09-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1789	THE ROLE OF THE MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. Summary: (SBU) Joseph Jasmin, a member of President Preval's Lespwa party and former deputy, serves as minister of parliamentary relations. The Preval administration created the position in hopes of improving the tumultuous relati [...]	2006-09-21 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE179	51 HAITIAN MIGRANTS REPATRIATED JANUARY 20 [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive repatriated 51 Haitian migrants (48 men, three women) January 20 to Cap Haitian after interdicting a Haitian sail freighter approximately 40 miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas January 18. The migrants came from the upper Northwest peninsula of Hait [...]	2006-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1798	PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...]	2006-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE180	CEP GENERATES POSITIVE PRESS COVERAGE OF HAITIAN [...] Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard initiated a public awareness campaign to debunk misinformation about elections in a series of press appearances beginning January 18. Bernard appeared first in a TV interview to explain the current process and differ [...]	2006-01-25 16:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1814	PARLIAMENTARIANS PRESS FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF [...] (U) A few parliamentarians are demanding that the 2006-2007 national budget, currently before the parliament for approval, include means for the reconstitution of the Haitian national army, an idea raised at the time the Prime Minister appeared before the Senate and Chamber of Deputies to disc [...]	2006-09-25 16:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV
06PORTAUPRINCE184	A/S SHANNON ATTENDS MINUSTAH/OAS MEETING IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon represented the United States. at a meeting of senior MINUSTAH, OAS, and donor countries in Port-au-Prince on January 20. The participants agreed that election of [...]	2006-01-25 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1842	SENATE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES THE BUDGET [...] (U) Senate president Joseph Lambert (Lespwa) stated on September 25 to poloff that he was pleased with the bicameral commissions, recommendations on the 2006-2007 national budget. According to Lambert, the bicameral commission completed its analysis of the budget late on Sunday and would pres [...]	2006-09-27 12:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1846	CEP AND MINUSTAH DISAGREE ON ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Summary: The GoH has issued the decree, dated August 31, establishing municipal, local, and the remainder of legislative elections on December 3. MINUSTAH staff and Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) staff sharply disagreed, however, on the state of elections preparations at a September [...]	2006-09-27 17:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE185	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH HAITIAN INTERIM PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Haitian interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon that Haiti is prepared to hold elections February 7 and March 19, and their success would be determined by Haitians' confidence in the voting structure. The PM expects [...]	2006-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1856	HAITI: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) [...] In August, the continuing high price of oil in the international market translated into an increase (7.5 percent) in the cost of petroleum product imports, which affected significantly the price of transport (up plus 1.3 percent). As a result, the CPI was up 0.7 percent compared to the month [...]	2006-09-28 12:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1858	HAITI'S TEXTILES: COMPETITIVE PROSPECTS FOR A [...] Summary: Haiti's textile sector has made a remarkable recovery following the steep decline after the political upheaval in February 2004. However, production figures through the first half of 2006 show a slight decrease in production. Industry association representatives told econoff that this i [...]	2006-09-28 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX
06PORTAUPRINCE1880	PARLIAMENT RATIFIES FY07 BUDGET [...] The Haitian parliament ratified the executive's FY07 budget, with some modifications per ref. The chamber passed the budget September 27 by a vote of 40 out of 53 deputies present; the senate passed the budget one day later with a unanimous vote of 27 senators. At this point, parliament pas [...]	2006-09-29 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1881	ROCKY START FOR DDR [...] (C) Summary. Forty-seven gang members from Cite Soleil on September 26 finished a week-long orientation program for the revamped Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program (ref A),though follow-on activities remain in doubt as MINUSTAH DDR staff attempt to ensure with the [...]	2006-09-29 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1905	GOH INTENDS TO MEET 100% FUEL DEMAND WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval and finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil informed the four oil companies operating in Haiti of intentions to meet 100 percent of Haiti's petroleum demand through its Petrocaribe agreement. According to a Christian Porter, country manager for ExxonMobil (operat [...]	2006-10-04 19:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1918	CONSENSUS ON DECEMBER 3 ELECTION DATE [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis invited members of the Cabinet, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP),MINUSTAH, OAS, and the donors to an October 3 meeting to obtain a consensus on the feasibility of a December 3 election. CEP Director General Jacques Bernard presented a timeline [...]	2006-10-06 12:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1922	GOH APPROVES FY07 BUDGET [...] The GOH approved and published Haiti's FY07 budget September 30; parliament ratified the budget on September 28 with slight modifications to the original document, including a reallocation of USD 25 million (ref A). The budget totals USD 1.65 billion (64.57 billion Haitian gourdes),a 68 perc [...]	2006-10-06 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1932	AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS VISIT CITE SOLEIL: LIFE AT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and emboffs visited the impoverished Port au Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil on October 10 at the invitation of MINUSTAH Force Commander General Elito. Based on our observations, signs of life appear to be returing to what some in the past have called the most danger [...]	2006-10-11 20:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE194	The Press on the Jean-Juste Case [...] Several recent radio reports have drawn attention to the evolving judicial case against Gerald Jean-Juste. The Prime Minister recently weighed in to deny reports that Caricom had refused to observe Haitian elections until all political prisoners were released. The following is an informal t [...]	2006-01-26 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1960	U.S. OIL INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO GOH PETROCARIBE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1964	VETTING REQUEST: PALACE SECURITY UNIT (PSU) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-10-13 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1973	PREVAL EMPHASIZES DRUG TRAFFICKING, SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 16:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1984	REQUEST FOR PERMISSION FOR HELICOPTER TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 21:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA HA DR
06PORTAUPRINCE2014	UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Ref A, Polcouns delivered the demarche regarding the UNSC vote to the minister of foreign affairs' chief of staff, Anthony Dessources, on the afternoon of October 19. (Note: With the Ambassador visiting Cap Hai [...]	2006-10-20 16:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC HA GT VE
06PORTAUPRINCE2025	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-10-23 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2026	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-10-23 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2031	MINUSTAH/HNP ATTACKED IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. A MINUSTAH operation to clear rubble from an area near a Cite Soleil checkpoint on October 19 generated fierce protests from local residents. The operation ultimately resulted in an armed battle between Cite Soleil gang members and HNP/MINUSTAH forces. Attackers firing three [...]	2006-10-24 15:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE204	HAITI: FISCAL PRESSURES AS INTERIM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The IMF ResRep told Econ Counselor that IGOH performance under EPCA II was satisfactory, despite some problems at the end of the year with Central Bank financing. Tax receipts and spending are up, and the IGOH is exploring the possibility of subsidies to avoid a fuel price hike. [...]	2006-01-27 13:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2065	STUDENT PROTEST CALLS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Approximately 75 students from the State University of Haiti School of Human Sciences protested the &occupation of MINUSTAH8 on October 24, the day commemorating the 61st anniversary of the United Nations. The stud [...]	2006-10-27 16:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2066	HAITI: INFLATION [...] Summary: Inflation for September 2006 was 1.5 percent. Inflation for the past twelve months was 12.4 percent, which overshot the IMF target of ten percent. Failure to meet the inflation target was due largely to the continuing impact of high oil prices. End Summary. Inflation still in do [...]	2006-10-27 17:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2067	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-10-27 17:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2087	CITE SOLEIL RESIDENTS PROTEST MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: protect accordingly. 2. (U) Cite Soleil residents on October 29, conducted a peaceful march protesting the presence of MINUSTAH, chanting anti-MINUSTAH slogans as they walked by a MINUSTAH outpost in the Port-au-Prince slum. Various news reports [...]	2006-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2103	LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN 33 DAYS: KEY TASKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 14:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF INL A/S ANNE W. [...] (C) With your visit approaching, Haiti remains in a kind of suspended animation as its population awaits to see what lasting results are produced by President Preval's initiative to control criminality emanating from the slum area of Cite Soleil and break the power of the Cite Soleil gangs. P [...]	2006-11-03 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2105	LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN 33 DAYS: KEY TASKS [...] This message describes the main logistical tasks to be done in preparation for the local, municipal and the remainder of the legislative elections on December 3. 2. Ballots Jacques Bernard, Director General of the Provisionary Electoral Council (CEP),reported on October 20 that ballot [...]	2006-11-03 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE211	HAITI ELECTIONS: SECURITY PLAN READY [...] (C) Election Day security plans remain on track, according to MINUSTAH's Chief of Elections Security and Planning, Neil Warriner. Despite rumors to the contrary, MINUSTAH UNPol and the Haitian National Police (HNP) will jointly patrol all voting centers, including those in Cite Soleil. Wa [...]	2006-01-27 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC MARR PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2122	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES UNABLE TO OBTAIN QUORUM [...] (U) In the past three weeks, the chamber of deputies has found it difficult to obtain a quorum often enough to act on proposed legislation. President Preval on October 3 called an extraordinary session of the chamber of deputies to consider legislation on the structure of the judiciary, the n [...]	2006-11-07 12:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2125	VETTING REQUEST: SUB REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. Post requests that the Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following individual for credible information of gross human rights violations. This individual is being vetted [...]	2006-11-07 18:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2169	A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH [...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...]	2006-11-13 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR
06PORTAUPRINCE217	HAITI ELECTION DAY PROCESS AND PLANS [...] Introduction: This cable outlines the process for election day including: opening and closing of voting centers; public transportation; the steps to casting a vote; transporting the results to Port-au-Prince for tabulation; and releasing the results to the public. End Introduction. 2. Sche [...]	2006-01-30 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2171	ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] Summary. Elections preparations are on track and the Provisionary Electoral Council (CEP) is completing its checklist of remaining tasks, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard. CEP has taken over the primary role of implementing the elections but remain in daily contact with MINU [...]	2006-11-13 14:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2185	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests that the Department initiates review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard for credible information of gross human rights violations. Thes [...]	2006-11-14 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2187	JUDICIAL/POLICE BATTLE RAGES [...] (C) Summary. Judge Napela Saintil on November 11 recused himself in the case against the Michael Lucius, the third-ranking member of the Haitian National Police (HNP) and director of its investigative unit (DCPJ). Port-au-Prince prosecutor Claudy Gassant (ref B) on November 13 subsequently a [...]	2006-11-14 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE220	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Post's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on January 23 and began developing preparedness measures to meet the threat of a possible AI human pandemic. The AIWG members have inventoried medical supplies, identified medically traine [...]	2006-01-30 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2202	MARTISSANT VIOLENT, BUT NOT "OPERATION BAGHDAD" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Gang violence has increased in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant during recent weeks, and local radio has given a forum to gang members who claim they are launching "Operation Baghdad II," [...]	2006-11-15 17:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC HA KCRM MARR
06PORTAUPRINCE2207	HNP NO. 3 LUCIUS RESIGNS [...] (U) Michael Lucius, the third ranking member of the Haitian police (HNP),on November 15 submitted his resignation from his post as head of Haiti,s judicial police (DCPJ) to HNP Director General Andresol. Lucius' resignation comes on the heels of Judge Napela Saintil's recusal from the cas [...]	2006-11-15 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE221	LAVALAS DEPUTIES GEAR UP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Former Fanmi Lavalas (FL) Deputy Franky Exius and Rogavil Boisguene, both current Lavalas candidates for the Haitian Parliament's lower house Chamber of Deputies, met with poloff to assert that the issue of security as a bar to elections is a "faux" problem and to voice concerns [...]	2006-01-30 20:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE222	HAITI ELECTIONS: 30 SENATORIAL SEATS AT STAKE [...] (U) Summary. Voters will elect thirty members to the Haitian senate in the upcoming elections, three each from the country's ten departments. No single party is likely to gain a majority in either the senate or the chamber of deputies, thus the new President and parliament will likely have [...]	2006-01-30 20:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2226	VETTING- HAITIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. Post requests that the Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following individual of the Haitian Government for credible information of gross human rights violations. This [...]	2006-11-20 16:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2227	PM: NO REPLACEMENT IN SIGHT FOR HNP'S LUCIUS [...] (C) Bemoaning the poor state of Haitian institutions, most notably the police, Prime Minister Alexis told me Sunday that he is unable to name a replacement for Michael Lucius, Director of the HNP Judicial Police (DCPJ),who resigned November 15 because there is no one in Haiti who can handle [...]	2006-11-20 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2230	COLLEAGUE CHRONICLES CORRUPTION OF YOURI LATORTUE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Youri Latortue may well be the most brazenly corrupt of leading Haitian politicians, according to a colleague. The XXXXXXXXXXXX recently shared with poloffs his concerns regarding Latortue's illegal or otherwise unsavory activities in the port city of Gonaives and other ar [...]	2006-11-20 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA

06PORTAUPRINCE2233	ANTI-MINUSTAH PROTESTS COMMEMORATE NATIONAL HOLIDAY [...] (U) This message sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A spasm of anti-Minustah sentiment surfaced in Port-au-Prince leading up to and on November 18, a national holiday commemorating the 203rd anniversary of the Battle of Vertieres which led to Haitian [...]	2006-11-20 20:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2243	GOH OPEN TO RENEWED CRIMINAL TRANSFERS? [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by Santo Domingo-resident LEGATT and ALEGATT and Consul General, met with Justice Minister Rene Magloire and State Secretary Eucher-Luc Joseph on November 7 to discuss resumption of the transfer of Haitian criminal suspects to the United States for pros [...]	2006-11-21 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SNAR CASC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2244	HAITI NON-COMMITTAL ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per ref, poloff delivered the demarche on November 17 to director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste in the ministry of foreign affairs. Jean Baptiste said that this resolution was very important [...]	2006-11-22 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2246	HAITI ELECTIONS: ROLES OF THE NEWLY ELECTED [...] (U) Summary: The December 3 election moves Haiti closer to the decentralized governmental structure outlined in the 1987 constitution. Haitians will vote for candidates for the communal section administrative councils (CASECs),communal section assemblies (ASECs),municipal councils and town [...]	2006-11-22 20:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2273	YOUNG WOMAN'S VIOLENT MURDER SPARKS OUTRAGE; PM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a young woman, Natasha Dessources, has shocked and angered the population of Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. The story has caused a strong reaction from the p [...]	2006-11-29 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2277	HAITI'S LOCAL ELECTIONS ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER 3 [...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and representatives of the UN mission to Haiti (Minustah) reported that elections preparations are in the final stages, with no unscheduled loose ends remaining. In preparation for post-electoral disputes, Director General of the CEP Jacques B [...]	2006-11-29 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289	PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER [...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]	2006-11-30 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2304	HAITI: REVENUE COLLECTION [...] Summary: GoH revenue collection for fiscal year 2006 (ending 9/30/06) was approximately ten percent higher than projected, due mostly to greater than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT) and increased customs duties. The Director General of Taxation attributes this performan [...]	2006-12-01 21:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2305	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-12-01 21:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2306	ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN RELATIVE CALM [...] (U) Summary: Voting for municipal and local candidates proceeded smoothly with a few hiccups. Political party observers outnumbered the electorate in many voting centers and a small number of voters were turned away from the polling stations because their names did not appear on the voter reg [...]	2006-12-03 22:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2310	HAITI: INFLATION CONTINUES IN OCTOBER [...] Summary: Inflation for October 2006 was 0.4 percent. Prices for local goods and services increased by 0.7 percent while the pace of growth for imported goods and services was 0.4 percent. End Summary. 2. According to data released by the Haitian Institute of Statistics, overall inflatio [...]	2006-12-04 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2320	HAITI WILL NOT ATTEND SUMMIT IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Director of political affairs Wiener Jean Baptiste told poloff December 5 that Haiti does not plan to send an envoy to the African Caribbean Pacific Group of State's Summit in Khartoum, Sudan. The GoH had considered sending their UN envoy to Khartoum, but decided that this summit was n [...]	2006-12-05 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2323	PREVAL TRAVELING TO CUBA FOR FURTHER MEDICAL TESTS [...] (C) President Preval will depart for Cuba on the afternoon of December 6 for further medical tests, according to Disarmament Commission President Alix Fils-Aime and President Preval's executive assistant in the palace. Fils-Aime on December 6 told Polcouns during a meeting on other topics [...]	2006-12-06 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE2337	WYCLEF IN CONCERT: PROMOTING HAITI'S FUTURE [...] Wyclef Jean, Haiti's most prominent celebrity and public figure, held a free concert for more than 20,000 people December 1 in Jacmel, a southern coastal city about 3 hours from Port-au-Prince. The crowd, hemmed in between the beach on one side and a concrete wall on the other, extended for m [...]	2006-12-07 16:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KHIV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2338	ELECTIONS: 4 DAYS AFTER [...] (U) Four days following Haiti,s 3rd round of elections, Provisionary Electoral Council,s (CEP) officials are closely holding all results because, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, several races are extremely close and he wants to be certain of the results. According to OAS, t [...]	2006-12-07 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2339	PREVAL WELCOMES SENATOR DEWINE AND REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval met with Senator DeWine (R-OH),Representative Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador at the National Palace November 29 in advance of a cocktail reception Preval held in honor of DeWine. Preval stressed that insecurity in Port-au-Prince is not due to politica [...]	2006-12-08 12:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2341	PM ELATED FOLLOWING MADRID CONFERENCE, BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis met with WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador December 3 for a cheerful meeting after returning from the donors, conference in Madrid. PM Alexis stressed the importance of the [...]	2006-12-08 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE235	HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 OR BUST [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 elections meeting with the OAS, MINUSTAH, and donors, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard stated that the only obstacle to the February 7 election date is fear; logistical matters will not keep the people from voting. He assured t [...]	2006-02-01 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2359	PM ON INSECURITY AND DEPORTEES [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on December 7 appeared before the chamber of deputies with the Superior Council for the National Police (CSPN) to discuss the government's continued efforts to combat gang violence in Port-au-Prince. The PM answered questions for several hours, justif [...]	2006-12-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2364	GOH NONCOMMITTAL ON SUDAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2367	MARTISSANT HOTSPOT FOR GANG VIOLENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The murder of a Haitian National Police officer during the December 3 elections sparked a new wave of gang violence in the Martissant neighborhood in the south of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH presenc [...]	2006-12-12 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2371	STUDENTS ARE REVOLTING [...] (U) Summary: Recent student protests culminated on December 5 with a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's office that devolved into confrontations between MINUSTAH personnel and students who threw rocks and vandalized MINUSTAH vehicles. Three groupings appear to have generated the [...]	2006-12-13 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2373	GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE [...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]	2006-12-14 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2374	JACQUES BERNARD RESIGNING FROM CEP TODAY [...] (C) Summary. Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard called on the Ambassador on the morning of December 14 to inform her that he was submitting his resignation to CEP President Max Mathurin later in the day. Bernard stated that with the completion of the local [...]	2006-12-14 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2385	PREVAL TELLS MINUSTAH TO TARGET THE GANGS [...] (C) President Preval on December 15 directed SRSG Mulet to have MINUSTAH forces conduct targeted operations against known leaders in Cite Soleil and other Port-au-Prince slums, according to MINUSTAH political staff. Senior MINUSTAH civilian staff present at a birthday party for Mulet's chief [...]	2006-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA BR
06PORTAUPRINCE2387	SENATORS PRESS PM ON INSECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, acting in his capacity as chief of the High Council of the National Police (CSPN),testified December 13 in front of the senate commission on defense, justice and security, pledging to undertake actions against the bandits responsible for t [...]	2006-12-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE239	NATIONAL DIALOGUE CHAIRMAN ANTICIPATES DESMOND [...] (U) Haiti's Ambassador at Large for National Dialogue Monsignor Gayot, Bishop of Cap-Haitien, met with the Charge on January 31 to discuss the arrival of South African Bishop Desmond Tutu on February 12-13. Bishop Tutu will be in Haiti to work with the National Dialogue in its effort to prom [...]	2006-02-01 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2396	GOH UNAWARE OF DECEMBER 19 VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 19:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE240	DDR IN HAITI: EMMANUEL ARISTIDE'S LEGACY [...] Summary: The recent arrest of Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Insertion (DDR) participant Emmanuel Aristide provoked renewed questioning of MINUSTAH's DDR strategy targeting armed gang members in the violent slums of Port-au-Prince. Without some kind of peace accord or an amnesty agreement [...]	2006-02-01 20:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2409	UN TAKING ACTION AGAINST INSECURITY [...] (C) MINUSTAH plans to execute one targeted operation in Port-au-Prince every other day with the goal of arresting gang members, according to Mike Center (strictly protect),deputy chief of MINUSTAH's Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC). Center told Poloff on December 18 that JMAC is selectin [...]	2006-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2413	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) President Preval's admission that he is undergoing treatment for recurring prostrate cancer (reftel) has refocused Haitian's attention on the constitutional provisions for succession to the presidency, only three yea [...]	2006-12-20 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2424	MINUSTAH/HNP TO MOVE ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and the HNP are finalizing plans to move against specific gang leaders in Cite Soleil. Acting UNPol Commissioner Richard Warren and Haitian Police (HNP) Director General Andresol completed an operational plan on December 20 and hope to conduct an operation by December 2 [...]	2006-12-21 16:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427	PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW [...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]	2006-12-21 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2431	(C) UNSRSG THREATENS TO SEEK GEN. ELITO'S REMOVAL [...] (C) UN SRSG Mulet told me December 20 that he will ask UN DPKO to remove MINUSTAH commander Gen. Elito of Brazil if the general balks at taking action against gangs in Cite Soleil within the next 24-72 hours, as the SRSG has instructed. According to Mulet, Elito has continued to offer objectio [...]	2006-12-21 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2433	HIGH ANXIETY OVER SECURITY [...] (C) The recent spate of high-profile kidnappings and the GoH's stumbling response has become the singular issue in Haitian politics and public discourse. While panic has not yet set in, the Port-au-Prince population has begun to alter their work and private routines and much of daily life aga [...]	2006-12-21 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2448	UN STABILIZATION PROGRAM: FILLING THE GOH GAP [...] Summary: The United Nations announced on December 18 an appeal for USD 97.9 million in support of the economic and social stabilization of Haiti over the next 18 months (January 2007 -- June 2008). The plan proposes 55 separate programs run by the various UN organizations in the areas where [...]	2006-12-22 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2453	POLICE CHIEF CRITICIZES JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Mario Andresol denounced Haiti's corrupt justice system December 15 at a graduation ceremony for 567 cadets. He claimed the justice system "consists of a dictatorship of some judges who arbitrate based on their own interpretati [...]	2006-12-26 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2459	MINUSTAH BEGINS TARGET OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the Haitian National Police (HNP) carried out a joint operation in Cite Soleil on the morning of December 22, beginning at approximately 4 a.m. (ref A). MINUSTAH,s A/Deputy Commissioner OPS Neil Warriner is pleased [...]	2006-12-26 20:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE246	HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE FLIES TO MIAMI FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Court of Appeals issued an order on January 29 authorizing Father Gerard Jean-Juste to fly to Miami to seek treatment for leukemia. Initially, the IGOH attempted to let the case wind its way through the Haitian judicial system, but eventually bowed to weeks of pressure [...]	2006-02-02 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2471	ARISTIDE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO HAITIANS [...] (U) Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide sent his third Christmas message from South Africa to the Haitian people since his departure in February 2004. Aristide writes in "Daki," or Creole parables, to send messages to his partisans. This year, Aristide urged his followers to stay mobili [...]	2006-12-28 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2472	MINUSTAH CONTINUES CITE SOLEIL OPERATIONS [...] (C) MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) ran their second joint operation in the early morning of December 28 targeting gang members, specifically Belony, residing in the Bois Neuf area of the Port-au-Prince slum, Cite Soleil. According to MINUSTAH's A/Deputy Commissioner for OPS Nei [...]	2006-12-29 12:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KPKO MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2474	ELECTIONS UPDATE: 25 DAYS AFTER [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has published 99 percent of all election results from the December 3 round. Of the published results, candidates have contested 15 percent. Following resolution of th [...]	2006-12-29 14:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2476	STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PROTEST INSECURITY [...] (U) Summary: December 26 and 28 were marked by student protests in Port-au-Prince. In accordance with what has become the central issue across all sectors in Haiti in recent weeks, demonstrators took to the streets and organized a sit-in protesting violence and kidnappings and demanding that [...]	2006-12-29 14:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA KDEM
06PORTAUPRINCE2477	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REFLECTS ON THE 48TH [...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of the 48th Legislature concluded on December 28. National Assembly President Joseph Lambert believes that the legislators laid the foundation for a stronger democratic institution with the prospect of greater productivity in the future despite the paucity of [...]	2006-12-29 15:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE249	HAITI VOTE TABULATION CENTER [...] Summary: On January 27 and 29 PDAS Jonathan Farrar and Charge Carney separately visited the Vote Tabulation Center (VTC),which will be the nerve center of Haiti's election results tabulation. The VTC is located roughly one km from the MINUSTAH base at the Port-au-Prince airport. MINUSTAH ha [...]	2006-02-02 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE251	OAS REPORTS 89 PERCENT BUT ESTIMATES 94 PERCENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 21:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE252	HAITIAN ELECTIONS TECHNICALLY READY, BUT POLITICAL [...] Introduction: In a meeting with the donors and international elections partners February 1, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General gave a readout from the January 29 elections simulation. The simulation tested distribution of materials, the status of the Voting Centers (VC),and [...]	2006-02-03 18:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE253	SIMEUS URGES HAITIANS TO VOTE; NOT SUPPORTING ANY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with disqualified AmCit presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus February 1. Simeus said he would hold a press conference February 2 to encourage people to vote. He further explained that he would not publicly back any presidential candidate, but would fully support [...]	2006-02-03 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE259	WILL HAITI HOLD CREDIBLE ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: Haitian and international election authorities face uncertainties as they prepare to conduct the first round of Haiti's elections on February 7. The most serious of these are the competence and performance of poll workers, particularly at rural and isolated voting centers, and t [...]	2006-02-04 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE260	CAMPAIGN ENDS PEACEFULLY IN HAITI [...] This message is sensative but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Campaigning in Haiti officially ended Saturday, February 4. Presidential Charles (Charlito) Henri Baker was the only candidate to hold a mass rally in Port-au-Prince. Front-runner Rene Preval cance [...]	2006-02-05 21:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE261	HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #2 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Haiti remained calm on election day minus two. Election Observation Teams (EOTs) in Port-au-Prince reported that the streets were quiet and that elections authorities continued to finalize preparat [...]	2006-02-05 21:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE266	HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS 1 [...] Summary: As of 1530 local/EST five of six teams dispatched to the countryside had arrived safely at their cities of observation except for Election Observation Team (EOT) Hinche, which is still on the road. EOT Hinche estimates it should arrive by 1830 local/EST. Three EOTs are on the grou [...]	2006-02-06 12:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE275	HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #3 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: All six provincial Election Observation Teams (EOTs) unanimously report calm in their areas. Port-au-Prince EOTs and Embassy staff report light traffic but normal commercial activity. MINUSTAH pol [...]	2006-02-06 21:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE276	HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE #4: HUGE TURNOUT, SLOW [...] Summary. Crowds of Haitians in an upbeat mood began to form long lines at voting centers as early as 0500 this morning. Disorganization caused virtually every voting center to delay opening. Post believes that most voting centers opened between 0700 and 0800, though some opened later. Votin [...]	2006-02-07 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE282	HAITI ELECTIONS: UN SAYS HNP DID GREAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE283	HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: From all accounts, Haitian Election Day concluded successfully on February 7. Few Bureaux de vote (BVs) opened on schedule but once voting began and after the initial rush into the Voting Centers, the majority of the crowds assumed orderly lines and displayed remarkable patie [...]	2006-02-08 20:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE284	HAITI ELECTIONS: LATORTUE OPTIMISTIC, LOOKING TO [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staffers and Charge on 6 February, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue expressed confidence about the upcoming elections but noted that the days following the election would be critical. He expected that results would be available [...]	2006-02-09 13:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE29	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CALL FOR GENERAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Haitian business community told Charge that they would call a general strike for Monday, January 9 to protest MINUSTAH,s ineffectiveness in countering the recent upswing of violence and kidnappings. Represe [...]	2006-01-06 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE299	LATORTUE'S PLAN FOR HAITI'S FUTURE, THOUGHTS ON [...] SUMMARY. In a 6 February meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staff and Charge, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue laid out his views on the continuing challenges in Haiti as well as the keys to breaking the cycle of failure. His frank yet optimistic assessment echoed similar messa [...]	2006-02-10 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE304	HAITIANS PONDER A PREVAL PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) having announced preliminary results on the evening of February 9 showing that Rene Preval had a considerable lead, Haitians across the political spectrum are concluding that Rene Preval has won the presidency and coming to grips wit [...]	2006-02-10 20:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE31	HAITI ELECTIONS: MINUSTAH LOGISTICS IN PLACE, [...] (C) Summary: The MINUSTAH head of elections operations and logistics reported that MINUSTAH will be prepared logistically to administer elections, but that Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) must take some policy decisions to avoid additional delays. MINUSTAH is ready to begin training poll [...]	2006-01-06 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE311	PREVAL LEADS, BUT UNLIKELY TO EXCEED 50 PERCENT [...] (S) Summary: Rene Preval continues to lead the Haitian race for president with 48.73 percent of the vote. As of 6:30 a.m. February 13, the CEP had entered 8281 of the 9208 or 89 percent of the proces verbaux (PV) into its database. The remaining roughly 1000 are either being examined before t [...]	2006-02-13 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE312	PRO-PREVAL DEMONSTRATIONS COVER PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: Preval supporters are staging demonstrations as small as 50 people and as large as 4000-5000 at the SONAPI Voting Tabulation Center. The demonstrators are chanting in support of Preval and are calling for the announcement of a first-round victory. Post is concerned that demons [...]	2006-02-13 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE314	HAITI ELECTIONS: WHY UNDERVOTES COUNT, WHY THE NDI [...] Article 185 of the Haitian electoral law, created by Presidential decree on February 11, 2005 in consultation with the international community, stipulates that any ballot that is either properly filled out or left blank must be counted as a vote once placed in a ballot box. This stipulation [...]	2006-02-14 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE315	HAITI ELECTIONS: WHY UNDERVOTES COUNT, WHY THE NDI [...] Article 185 of the Haitian electoral law, created by Presidential decree on February 11, 2005 in consultation with the international community, stipulates that any ballot that is either properly filled out or left blank must be counted as a vote once placed in a ballot box. This stipulation [...]	2006-02-14 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE316	HAITI ELECTIONS: PROVINCES DID NOT GIVE PREVAL A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Presidential front-runner Rene Preval holds a clear majority in the West department and a very slight majority in the Southeast, he has not established a majority in the remaining eight departments. However, he is leading in all departments except the Northwest, where [...]	2006-02-14 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE317	PREVAL SPEAKS: CONTINUE PROTESTS, BUT DO SO [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Rene Preval held a press conference February 14. Preval insisted that his party stands for peace. However, he said that the party is convinced that massive fraud took place and that if results are published in their current state, L'Espwa would legally [...]	2006-02-15 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE321	HAITI ELECTIONS IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: Ninety-two percent of the vote tally sheets (Proces Verbaux or PVs) had been recorded before the CEP ordered counting stopped February 14. Based on internal projections, MINUSTAH officials do not believe that the uncounted PVs would push Rene Preval over the fifty percent mark [...]	2006-02-15 20:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE324	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for ESF Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Haiti for anti-trafficking in persons ESF funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti. The proposal tar [...]	2006-02-16 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE335	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]	2006-02-17 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE336	PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COUNT ENDED, OTHER COUNTING [...] Summary: MINUSTAH reports that it has stopped counting presidential ballots, and Provisional Electoral Council Director General Jacques Bernard says the CEP will formally announce results soon. Meanwhile, vote counting for the deputy and senate races began February 16; MINUSTAH has already fi [...]	2006-02-17 20:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE337	REACTION TO PREVAL'S FIRST-ROUND VICTORY [...] Summary: Political and civil society leaders have largely resigned themselves to the CEP's decision to declare Rene Preval's victory with 51.15 percent of the vote in the first round of voting. Leslie Manigat declared the decision a "coup d 'etat," but said that he would do nothing against [...]	2006-02-17 20:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE338	VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY UNIT [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police's Presidential Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights [...]	2006-02-18 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER HA
06PORTAUPRINCE348	CEP PRESSURED TO ANOINT PREVAL UNTIL HIS [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) General Director Jacques Bernard and members of the CEP report that they came under extreme pressure from the executive to "throw the election" to Rene Preval as vote counting for the Haitian presidential race came to a close February 12 and 13. [...]	2006-02-22 13:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE355	MINUSTAH PROJECTS ONE WEEK DELAY FOR SECOND ROUND [...] MINUSTAH officials project a delay of one week from the previously announced date of March 19 for the second round run-off election. They blame the slippage primarily on the delay in vote tabulation, caused by public demonstrations in reaction to the presidential vote count (ref B). They als [...]	2006-02-22 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE36	PM LATORTUE ON ELECTIONS, NEPTUNE AND JEAN-JUSTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Charge January 5 that the interim government (IGOH) does not object to examination and diagnosis of imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste by the physician of his choice. Before options for treatment would be explored, however, Latortue [...]	2006-01-06 21:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE361	HAITI: MANIGAT'S WIFE WITHDRAWS FROM SENATE RACE [...] (U) Myrlande Manigat, the Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP) senatorial candidate for the West (Port-au-Prince),abruptly withdrew from the race February 21 despite having won enough votes to qualify for the second round run-off election. With all senatorial ballots counted ( [...]	2006-02-24 15:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE365	MAJORITY OF CEP PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BERNARD [...] (C) Summary: Six of nine members of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) reaffirmed their support for the CEP's Director General Jacques Bernard in a public letter February 23. CEP president chief of staff Duchatelier told poloff February 22 that Jacques Bernard was indispensable for [...]	2006-02-24 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE366	FINAL RESULTS IN HAITI SENATE RACES [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo Lechevallier provided polcouns a copy of the final vote tally for the senate and deputy races on the evening of February 23. Lechevallier reported that the CEP had completed the tabulation on February 20, but had ordered the results embargoed, at least [...]	2006-02-24 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE37	JUSTICE MINISTER ON JEAN-JUSTE, NEPTUNE AND ARMS [...] (SBU) In a January 5 meeting with Charge, interim Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans said he had no problem with imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste receiving medical examinations from the doctor of his choice at Canape Vert hospital under MINUSTAH security. The minister also discussed releas [...]	2006-01-06 21:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE38	BAKER CAMPAIGN WORKER SHOT AND KILLED [...] (C) On the evening of January 5, three unidentified assailants shot and killed Emmanual Corneille, Charles Henri Baker's campaign director for the South and Southwest. According to DCPJ Michel Lucius, Corneille was leaving his house in Petionville and was shot in his car after resisting robb [...]	2006-01-06 21:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE397	L'ESPWA ADVANCES 37 DEPUTY CANDIDATES TO SECOND [...] (SBU) Based on the most recent information available to post from the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and partial results provided by MINUSTAH staff last week, post provides the following summary of results. The top two candidates in each of the 99 districts advance to the second round, [...]	2006-03-03 16:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE410	HAITI ELECTIONS: DATE FOR SECOND ROUND UNDER [...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is meeting this afternoon, March 3, to discuss when to hold the second round parliamentary elections. Only one seat in the Chamber of Deputies of the total 129 legislative seats contested was won in the February 7 general election. Following the de [...]	2006-03-03 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE415	Haiti's Submission for Sixth Annual TIP Report [...] The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor in a practice call [...]	2006-03-06 13:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC KCRM KWMN KFRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE418	CEP DIRECTOR GENERAL RETURNS TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: After two weeks of uncertainty, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General (DG) Jacques Bernard returned to Haiti on March 5 to re-assume his position. A delegation of CEP members headed by CEP President Max Mathurin met him at the airport. In Bernard's absence, six [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE43	VETTING REQUEST: LESS-THAN-LETHAL TRAINING NO. 3 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-4. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-01-09 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE45	NEW DATES FOR HAITIAN ELECTION SET, FIRST ROUND [...] Summary: After a weekend of political maneuvering, the first round of national elections is set for February 7, the second round for March 12, the inauguration for March 29, and the local and municipal elections for April 30. Elections machinations began January 6 when the Provisional Electora [...]	2006-01-09 20:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE459	UN'S POLICE AGREEMENT CAUSES FUROR [...] (C) Summary. The Supplemental Agreement on Haitian National Police (HNP) reform (SA),signed by Prime Minister Latortue and the SRSG Valdes in New York on February 22 and has caused a political firestorm in recent days. Haitian objections center on clauses of the accord that could subordinat [...]	2006-03-08 20:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE467	HAITI ELECTIONS: DONORS PUSH FOR EARLY SECOND [...] Summary: Donors met March 7 with CEP and Minustah representatives to urge that the calendar for the second round legislative elections be established as soon as possible. Minustah and the CEP discussed a possible timeline for completion of the contestation process and necessary logistical p [...]	2006-03-09 18:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE476	HAITI ELECTIONS: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND ROUND [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires met with Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin and CEP Councilor Josefa Gauthier over breakfast March 10. Mathurin confirmed that a press conference was scheduled for noon March 10 to announce the electoral calendar. The CEP has already prepared a [...]	2006-03-10 17:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE479	HAITI: FORMER PM YVON NEPTUNE SIGNALS WILLINGNESS [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appears ready to negotiate a humanitarian release with the IGOH, after months of numerous attempts by emboffs and other representatives of the international community. During a visit by poloff on March 9, Neptune enumerated three conditions fo [...]	2006-03-12 17:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE482	NEW WORLD BANK PROGRAM FOR HAITI UNDER DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Bank Country Manager Mathurin Gbetibuou told Econ Counselor that he is currently in discussions with headquarters in Washington about the size and scope of the Bank's program that would cover the next three fiscal years. The plan currently on the table calls for a comb [...]	2006-03-13 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE500	ARRIVAL AT POST - AMBASSADOR JANET A. SANDERSON [...] Ambassador Janet A. Sanderson arrived at post on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 12:57 p.m. local time and assumed charge. 2. The Certificate of Transfer relinquishing charge of Embassy Port-au-Prince from Charge Griffiths to Janet A. Sanderson was signed and is filled with post's permanent [...]	2006-03-15 18:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE511	HAITI ELECTIONS: EMBASSY TURNS OFF NATIONALITY [...] (C) Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin told Charge on March 9 that "the executive" had prepared a letter from the nationality committee, an ad hoc group of cabinet members convened to prevent candidates holding foreign citizenship to run for office (ref A),requesting t [...]	2006-03-17 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE538	VETTING REQUEST: HNP TRAINING FOR JACMEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-03-22 12:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI: SPENDING AND FINANCE GAP GROWING CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF Resident Representative for Haiti is concerned about the level of spending in the waning days of the IGOH administration, which could derail its EPCA II program. In the longer term, the financing gap, although just reduced from USD 31 to 16 million, could delay funding [...]	2006-03-23 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE543	HAITI ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is completing review of claims arising from the February 7 General Election and should finalize candidate lists for second round Senate and Chamber of Deputy candidates by March 20. According to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, at l [...]	2006-03-23 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE559	PREVAL IN WASHINGTON: SEEKING STATUS [...] (C) President elect Rene Garcia Preval's goal for his visit to the White House and State Department is to send an unequivocal message to Haitians at home and observers abroad that the USG is fully committed to supporting his government. He believes that a meeting with President Bush (and the [...]	2006-03-26 16:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE595	USAID-MINUSTAH PARTNERSHIP ADVANCES PEACE IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. This message summarizes the Haiti Transition Initiative (HTI),the USAID sponsored program to reduce violence and restore stability in Port au Prince's most volatile slums. USAID's Office of Transition [...]	2006-04-03 14:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PKAO MARR ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE611	STRIKE PROTESTING GAS PRICES FAILS [...] A general strike declared by the Driver,s Association of Port-au-Prince for April 3 to protest the rise in gasoline prices failed. The Association,s President Jean Marie Chateau had called on Port-au-Prince residents to stay home to protest the recent rise in price of gasoline at the pump, w [...]	2006-04-04 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA

06PORTAUPRINCE612	UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S VISIT TO HAITI [...] Summary. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette S. Shiner, visited Haiti March 24 - 25 as part of a review of UN assistance programs. She traveled to a rural township in northeast Haiti where the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assists with [...]	2006-04-04 17:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE636	PREVAL'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR OUTLINES NEW DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: President-elect Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret said the theme of Preval's "Pact for Democracy and Governance" is political, social, and economic modernization through employment generation and a commitment to private investments, both foreign and Haitian. Verret expl [...]	2006-04-07 17:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE637	HAITI ELECTIONS: PLANNERS APPLY LESSONS LEARNED [...] (C) Summary. UN Mission (MINUSTAH) officials are confident they will be much better prepared to conduct the second round of national elections and working to apply lessons learned from the first round. MINUSTAH has ordered its military planners to develop the overall security plan, taking o [...]	2006-04-07 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE666	RESUMPTION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTATIONS REMAINS STALLED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs delivered the Resumption of Criminal Deportations non-paper to Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire on April 7. Magloire made no firm commitments to resume the program but asked for USG [...]	2006-04-12 13:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE669	HAITI: NEPTUNE CASE STALEMATED [...] (C) Summary: Embassy reports indicate that the health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to decline as both he and Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue remain locked in a stalemate. The interim government is willing to broker a humanitarian release deal, provided that the gover [...]	2006-04-12 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE692	PREVAL ANNOUNCES HAITI TO JOIN PETROCARIBE [...] President-elect Preval announced to the press April 18 that Haiti will soon join Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's energy initiative, PetroCaribe. Preval made the announcement after returning from a five-day trip to Cuba, where he discussed the subject of Petrocaribe with the Venezuelan Amb [...]	2006-04-19 17:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE707	VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR HNP SWAT TEAM [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-04-20 19:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE718	HAITI ELECTIONS: ALL SET FOR SECOND ROUND [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of Haiti's CEP, Jacques Bernard, and MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo LeChevallier expressed confidence on April 18 that elections preparations were in place and that the second round would proceed smoothly on Friday, April 21. MINUSTAH military leaders als [...]	2006-04-21 12:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE719	INVITATION TO PREVAL INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE720	HAITI ELECTIONS: ORDERLY WITH LIGHT TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Voting for the second round of parliamentary elections is proceeding smoothly with light turnout as of 1330. Estimates range from 10 to 20 percent participation so far. The CEP has taken to the airwaves to encourage voting, emphasizing better organization at voting centers and [...]	2006-04-21 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE721	HAITIANS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE SECOND ROUND OF [...] The vote for Haiti's parliament concluded in an orderly fashion at 1600 on April 21, and Embassy teams reported a quick conclusion of vote tallying at the voting centers they observed. MINUSTAH officials at the vote tabulation center in Port-au-Prince informed the Ambassador on the morning of [...]	2006-04-24 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE722	HAITI ELECTIONS: NATIONAL TURNOUT 30.6% [...] CEP officials informed Emboff the morning of April 24 that with 98% of results tallied, voter turnout for the second round on April 21 was 30.6 nationally. The West Department, including Port-au-Prince and representing roughly one third of the total population, registered 20% turnout. The No [...]	2006-04-24 17:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE755	FUSION'S GAILLARD OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PREVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fusion party spokesman Micha Gaillard believes that Haitian politics have entered a new era of negotiation and compromise as a direct result of President-elect Rene Preval,s conciliatory approach and endeavors to build a coalition government. Gaillard and his party are enthusi [...]	2006-04-27 20:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE756	PRESIDENT ALEXANDRE RESISTS RELEASING NEPTUNE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Â [...]	2006-04-27 20:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE758	PREVAL WILL SIGN PETROCARIBE DEAL ON MAY 15 [...] (U) President-elect Rene Preval on April 25 announced that that Haiti will join the PetroCaribe Program on May 15, the day after his inauguration. Preval explained that Haiti will pay for 60 percent of the oil from Venezuela up front and that 40 percent will be payable over a period of 25 ye [...]	2006-04-28 16:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG HA VE
06PORTAUPRINCE765	HAITI ELECTIONS: SECOND ROUND LEGISLATIVE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: With almost 98 percent of votes tabulated from the April 21 second round legislative elections, President-elect Rene Preval's L'Espwa party holds the most seats in both houses of Parliament, though L'Espwa falls short of a majority. The April 21 election results finalized 27 [...]	2006-04-28 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE807	HAITI: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] Despite their close geographical proximity, there is little or no Haitian direct investment in Cuba. 2. Haiti has no bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. 3. Haiti hosts approximately 500 Cuban doctors who provide medical services to the country. During an April 12-14, 2006 visit by [...]	2006-05-05 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE819	FOREIGN MINISTER GIVES MIXED SIGNALS ON RETURN OF [...] Summary: Foreign Minister Herard Abraham agrees that Haitian criminal deportees must return to Haiti but asked for more time to develop a process for their reintegration into Haitian society. Without such a system, Haiti would be vulnerable to increased crime. Abraham acknowledged that the A [...]	2006-05-08 21:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE828	LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS FINALIZED [...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) certified the results of the April 21 Parliamentary elections on May 6. The results are official with their May 8 publication in the official government gazette, Le Moniteur. As finalized, the results include 27 Senators and 86 Deputies and differ l [...]	2006-05-11 11:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE832	LAVALAS FEELS LEFT OUT BY PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: Newly-elected Lavalas parliamentarians Rudy Heriveaux, Coffy Jonas, and Sorel Francois complain that Preval has excluded Lavalas in his outreach to other political parties and the development of his 25-year plan. Lavalas is, nevertheless, still ready to work with Preval on mutual [...]	2006-05-11 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE846	PETROCARIBE OIL MAY FLOW THROUGH EDH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, Haiti's only domestic oil company, told Econoff May 11 that a ship with 100,000 barrels of PetroCaribe oil has embarked for Haiti and is due to arrive on or before May 15. Ho [...]	2006-05-12 19:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE847	SUSPECTED DRUG-TRAFFICKER WINS SENATE PRESIDENCY [...] (S) Haiti's senators (reftel) on May 11 elected Joseph Lambert senate president. Lambert, who represents President-elect Peval's L'Espwa party from the Southeast Department, is a native of the departmental capital Jacmel and widely rumored to be a leading narco-trafficker in the region. Lamb [...]	2006-05-12 19:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV SNAR KDEM KCRM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE851	PRESIDENT PREVAL PREPARES A CAUTIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rene Preval has articulated the broad outlines of an economic and political development plan for Haiti, but has not put himself in a position to launch a detailed set of programs or legislative agenda in his first days in office. USG interlocutors will likely have [...]	2006-05-12 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE854	PREVAL SUCCESSFULLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF HAITI [...] (U). President Preval took the oath of office before the Haitian parliament and Haitian and international dignitaries on May 14. The ceremonies also included a mass celebrated at Port-au-Prince's Catholic cathedral and concluded with President Preval's address to the nation at the presidenti [...]	2006-05-15 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE864	AMERICAN AIRLINES DOMINATES INTERNATIONAL AVIATION [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Emboffs recently toured Haiti,s Toussaint Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince as guests of American Airlines. American is the largest presence at the airport with approximately 70 percent of int [...]	2006-05-15 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE865	HAITI: INAUGURATION DAY PRISON RIOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prisoners in the maximum security section of the national penitentiary (known as "Titanic") began rioting hours before President Preval assumed office on the morning of May 14. The prisoners broke the locks on the prison cells and mounted the inner prison walls shouting pro-Pr [...]	2006-05-15 19:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE866	POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary. Poloff traveled to Haiti's South Department capital of Les Cayes, near the westernmost end of Haiti,s "southern claw" (peninsula),to observe the final round of parliamentary elections. The Les Cayes region is more prosperous and orderly than Port-au-Prince, though drug traffick [...]	2006-05-15 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE867	PREVAL'S CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY FORECASTS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Longchamp, Rene Garcia Preval's foreign policy advisor provided a circumspect review of the major foreign policy issues facing the new administration to Emboffs May 8. Longchamp claimed that the Preval team had yet to focus on external relations and develop a foreign pol [...]	2006-05-15 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE876	HAITI LABOR LEADER SAYS CITE SOLEIL STILL A POWDER [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Patrick Numas, leader of one of the larger labor unions in Port au Prince, believes that despite the recent calm, the situation in Cite Soleil is &a powder keg,8 and that the supply of arms continues to [...]	2006-05-16 18:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE880	HAITI: FORMER POPULAR ORGANIZATION LEADER RENE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE881	CRIMINAL DEPORTATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO RESUME [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 18:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE891	PETROCARIBE WILL SELL TO EDH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, confirmed May 17 the scenario described in reftel A, whereby Haiti's National Electricity Company (Electricite d'Haiti -- EDH) will be designated as Haiti's state-owned oil co [...]	2006-05-17 20:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE900	HAITI ELECTIONS: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT NEXT [...] (C) Summary: With the successful presidential inauguration and nearly 90 percent of legislators seated, Haiti's electoral process is almost completed. Municipal (mayoral) and local elections remain requiring only a relative majority and therefore just one round. Additionally, three remaini [...]	2006-05-19 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE901	GOVERNOR BUSH'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) President-elect Rene Preval met with Florida Governor Jeb Bush, head of the official U.S. delegation including the Ambassador and Florida State Secretary for Health Dr. Rony Francois, on the morning of his May 14 i [...]	2006-05-19 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE92	HAITIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Interim government President Boniface Alexandre announced January 11 the Committee of Guarantee (COG) for Elections. In part reading from the executive order that will create the COG, Alexandre explained that the committee, comprised of members of political parties (five) and civil societ [...]	2006-01-12 21:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE93	HAITI: PMÂ´S RESPONSE TO DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Charge dÂ´Affaires Griffiths and DAS Duddy raised reftel points with Prime Minister Latortue during a meeting on January 11. DAS Duddy expressed USG concern over former president DuvalierÂ´s application for a Haitian passport which would facilitate his return to Haiti. Duddy asked Latortue [...]	2006-01-12 21:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE931	HAITI ELECTIONS: FINAL CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES LIST [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Reftel reported final results of Haitian April 21 legislative elections and included the names of the 27 Senators elected. Below are the names of the 88/88 Deputies elected with available biographic information. The pending [...]	2006-05-24 16:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE936	PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER ALEXIS NOMINATION FOR PM [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is set to open discussion on President Preval's nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis today, May 24. Most observers expect a vote on Alexis by the end of this week. Political leaders have voiced objection to Alexis, but appear to be positioning themselves to negotiate [...]	2006-05-24 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE940	PROSECUTOR ASKS APPEALS COURT TO DISMISS CHARGES [...] The appeal hearing for the 30 La Syrie defendants ended on the afternoon of May 23 in Gonaives. Thierry Fagart, the director of MINUSTAH,s Human Rights Section (which has been monitoring the trial),informed poloff that the prosecutor recommended to the court that it overrule the decision of th [...]	2006-05-25 13:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE941	HAITI: BRAZILIANS ASSUME CONTROL OVER CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Per reftel B, the Brazilian Battalion of MINUSTAH has assumed Cite Soleil as its area of responsibility (AOR),replacing the Jordanian Battalion as of 23 May. The MINUSTAH memo ordering the change stated that the new Brazilian AOR will take advantage of the strengths of both battalions whi [...]	2006-05-25 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE945	SENATE APPROVES ALEXIS, DEPUTIES VOTE PENDING [...] (SBU) The senate on the afternoon of May 25 approved the nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis by a vote of 20 to 4. The OPL bloc of four voted against Alexis, according to press reports. The vote in the chamber of deputies is pending. Alexis told the Ambassador today (May 25) that he was con [...]	2006-05-25 20:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE950	HEAD OF ANTI-CORRUPTION UNIT ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 22 arrest of the head of the Haitian anti-corruption unit, Jean-Yves Noel, on kidnapping charges has created a swirl of controversy. Many believe that his arrest is revenge for Noel's pursuit of corrupt Aristide cronies, while others think that it is payback for Noel's [...]	2006-05-26 20:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE952	DEPORTEES RETURN TO HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE968	SRSG MULET SEEKS USG MEETINGS IN SANTO DOMINGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 18:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA DR
06PORTAUPRINCE971	HAITI: FIRST PETROCARIBE SHIP STALLED AT VARREUX [...] Shooting stalled the unloading and delivery of oil May 17 from the first PetroCaribe ship, which arrived in Haiti on May 13 (reftel A). The ship was docked at Varreux, a port located near one of Port-au-Prince's most violent slums, Cite Soleil. The captain of the ship reported bullets flying [...]	2006-06-01 13:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE972	NOEL RELEASED, TALKS ABOUT HIS ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with UCREF head Jean-Yves Noel May 30, one day after his release from prison. According to Noel, he was arrested ostensibly for having his bodyguards detain a court bailiff, but in reality his arrest was masterminded by those whose bank accounts had been frozen by U [...]	2006-06-01 15:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE973	DEMARCHE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 18:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA IR
06PORTAUPRINCE983	NEW SRSG STIRS POT ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Remarks by the incoming SRSG, Guatemalan Edmond Mulet, suggesting he favored integrating foreign judges in Haiti's judiciary to implement judicial reform have caused a nationalist backlash. Leaders from the political, judicial, and human rights communities have protested against [...]	2006-06-02 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE999	PROPOSED HAITIAN CABINET [...] (U) Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis presented his "general policy" (politique general) and introduced his proposed cabinet ministers to the national assembly today, June 6. As of this writing, Alexis is answering questions from each of the 27 senators. National assembly leader [...]	2006-06-06 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1018	ASSESSMENT OF DEPORTEE INTEGRATON PROGRAM [...] Summary. Against the countervailing negative perceptions that most Haitians and the GoH have against deportees, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has convincingly established the foundations of a potentially successful deportee integration program. IOM reported that deporte [...]	2007-06-08 17:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1019	PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]	2007-06-08 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1048	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 17 HNP officers assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security. This team will receive training and be provided with equipment. The training is scheduled for July 9, 2007, and therefore the [...]	2007-06-14 19:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1049	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 27 regular police officers assigned to the security team for the Haitian National Police (HNP) General Director and the Haitian National Palace. the HNP officers will receive training and be provided with equipment.The [...]	2007-06-14 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1057	FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...]	2007-06-15 17:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1080	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. All interviewees concurred that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is political: specifically, the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning themselves for the next presidential ele [...]	2007-06-20 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1081	POLITICAL PARTIES SELF-REGULATE [...] (U) Summary: The Assembly of Haitian Political Parties (Convention des Partis Politiques Haitiens, or CPPH, in French) on May 31 and June 1 held a colloquium on political parties and construction of a democracy. The main focus of the workshop was a debate over a proposed law governing polit [...]	2007-06-20 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1082	JUNE 11 REPATRIATION OF 50 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) The United States Coast Guard (USCG) on June 11 transferred 50 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the late evening of June 8 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 50 Haitian migrants 25 nautical miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas. The US [...]	2007-06-20 18:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1133	ELECTIONS LIMP FORWARD; CEP STALLING? [...] (U) Summary: Marking another delay to the pending indirect elections, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) submitted to the GoH in June a new law outlining elections logistics that could make members of the current CEP eligible for the permanent CEP. Beginning at the county council (ASEC) [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1134	ELECTORAL COUNCIL TOUTS PROGRESS DESPITE POOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The provisional electoral council (CEP) is awaiting action from the executive, specifically President Preval, and parliament before beginning the pending indirect elections process. They purpo [...]	2007-06-27 13:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136	FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES [...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]	2007-06-27 17:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1138	YOURI LATORTUE REACHES OUT [...] (S) Summary. Senator Youri Latortue, during a June 18 meeting with Poloff granted at Latortue's request, expressed his desire to have better relations with the embassy and expand the reach of his political party. Latortue explained that he supported forming an army that would help the state [...]	2007-06-27 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1141	HAITIAN OFFICIALS WARN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS [...] Summary. A Haitian migration official and prosecutor denounced persons who undertake and organize migrant voyages during a June 15 conference on clandestine sea migration held on the Ile de la Tortue. Though the message coming from Haitian officials on illegal migration, delivered with acc [...]	2007-06-28 16:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1148	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. Like their local political leaders, civil society leaders in Gonaives believe that insecurity in Gonaives results from the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue. According to post's interlocutors, gang leaders, who are linked [...]	2007-06-29 12:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1150	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) officials joined in the chorus who believe that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning [...]	2007-06-29 17:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1173	TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...]	2007-07-05 15:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1174	POSTCARD FROM GONAIVES [...] Summary. Gonaives, the capital city of Haiti's Artibonite department, is Haiti's third largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. During a May 29-31 trip, Poloff found the city still coping with the aftermath of flooding in 2004. Gonaives, in which the GoH has a very weak presence, [...]	2007-07-05 16:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1182	MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...]	2007-07-06 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1184	GOH CLARIFIES JULY 1 PETROCARIBE DEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 11:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ENRG EPET HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1185	JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] The US Coast Guard (USCG) on July 4 transferred 76 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the early morning of July 2 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 94 Haitian migrants 36 nautical miles northwest of Cape du Mole, Haiti. Seventy-six migrants [...]	2007-07-09 13:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1198	OAS TO REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (U) Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) is working with the Ministry of Justice's national identity office (ONI) to reopen voter registration inside existing civil registry offices. The OAS, though short of funding, plans to begin registration in August but does not expect a [...]	2007-07-10 12:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1224	JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]	2007-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1235	MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...]	2007-07-16 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1239	MANGO MAYHEM: REACTION TO THE HAITI-US SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) suspension of mango imports from Haiti has dominated the news since first announced on July 2. The suspension jeopardizes export earnings for thousands of independent growers throughout the country. State Secretary for Agriculture J [...]	2007-07-17 15:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE124	MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...]	2007-01-24 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1240	PREVAL NEEDS A PUSH ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Since post and Department first addressed the issue of proceeding with indirect elections and subsequent senatorial elections, post has determined through consultations in Haiti that the indirect elections will not produce a Permanent Electoral Council (CEP) in time for that bod [...]	2007-07-17 16:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1243	CANADIAN PM HARPER TO VISIT HAITI JULY 20 [...] (U) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in Port-au-Prince on the morning of July 20 and depart Haiti later that day. During the visit, Harper plans to meet with President Rene Preval, attend an award ceremony for Canadian UN Police, and tour a hospital in Cite Soleil. Harper w [...]	2007-07-18 15:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1247	POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE [...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]	2007-07-19 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1253	PETROCARIBE STILL STALLED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the GOH and fuel vendors operating in Haiti to implement the PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela remain stalled. The GoH sought to conclude arrangements by July 1 (reftel),but [...]	2007-07-20 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE126	HAITIAN FM LIKELY TO ATTEND HAITI MEETING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delvered a diplomatic note containing the invitationto the January 19 Haiti Key Players meeting on Fbruary 1 in Washington DC. Foreign Minister Jea Renald Clerisme's chief of staff, Anthony Dessoures, told Polcouns on January 13 that Clerisme's chedule was clear and th [...]	2007-01-24 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN
07PORTAUPRINCE1276	HAITI/CANADA RELATIONS ENHANCED BY PM VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's July 20 visit to Haiti was hailed as a success by both Canadian and Haitian representatives. President Preval solicited Canada's help in the struggle [...]	2007-07-26 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1277	PM LAUNCHES HOPE COMMISSION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis formally introduced the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Commission on July 23, and stressed the importance of the [...]	2007-07-26 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX BTIO BEXP ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE129	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individuals a [...]	2007-01-25 12:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1294	PARLIAMENT/EXECUTIVE REACH AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have resolved an impasse over justice reform legislation that parliament has been deliberating since May. Parliament's judicial committees capitulated on the most controversial issue: the structure of a judicial council. The president [...]	2007-07-31 12:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE130	VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]	2007-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1308	HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2007 [...] (U) With this message, post initiates a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 2. (C) BOB MANUEL, PHONE HOME. Preval intimate, Bob Manuel, who left Haiti a few months ago in a fit of pique pleading poverty, is currently living in Guatemala. [...]	2007-08-02 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1322	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FORENSICS TRAINING FOR 13 HNP CRIME [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy Vetting for 13 Haitian National Police officers assigned to Crime Scene duties. These officers will receive Forensics training led by DOJ/ICITAP personnel traveling to Haiti - Dr. Gessy Coicou and Aric Dutelle - who will also rece [...]	2007-08-03 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329	(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]	2007-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1344	HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]	2007-08-08 17:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE135	VETTING REQUEST: VETTING HNP OFFICERS TO WORK WITH [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individual [...]	2007-01-25 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE136	HAITIAN-DOMINICAN RELATIONS: MORE THAN TALK [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic's Ambassador to Haiti Jose Serulle Ramia told Poloff January 20 that Haitian-Dominican relations are stronger than ever, following President Rene Preval's inauguration June 2006. Ha [...]	2007-01-25 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA DR
07PORTAUPRINCE1402	MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE [...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...]	2007-08-21 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1407	MINISTER OF CULTURE SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Culture Daniel Elie submitted his resignation to President Preval on August 9 following a vote of no confidence against the Minister in the Chamber of Deputies on July 31 (reftel). [...]	2007-08-22 18:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1410	POSTCARD FROM PORT-DE-PAIX AND ILE DE LA TORTUE [...] Summary. Port-de-Paix, the capital city of Haiti's Northwest department, is Haiti's fifth largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Ile de la Tortue, also known as Tortuga, is an island located off the coast of Port-de-Paix that has a population of 35,000. During a June 14-16 trip [...]	2007-08-22 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1417	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANTI-KIDNAPPING SEMINAR FOR 10 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following judiciary police units of the Haitian National Police, who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 10-14, 2007. Therefo [...]	2007-08-23 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1442	HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...]	2007-08-28 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC
07PORTAUPRINCE1447	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE BREWING OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate leaders are working on a compromise that will have Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant testify before the Senate, heading off a Senate threat to hold a no confidence vote against the Alexis government over Gassant's previous refusal to testif [...]	2007-08-30 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1451	HAITI MONTHLY: AUGUST, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PROMINENT LAVALAS ACTIVIST DISAPPEARS. The Haitian media reports that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Lavalas leader and potential senatorial candidate in November [...]	2007-08-30 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1458	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CENTER FOR DRUGS INFORMATION (CDI) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been nominated for training in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 18-21, 2007, pursuant to t [...]	2007-08-31 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE146	LAMBERT ON JEAN-JACQUES' VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Chamber of Deputies President Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) took advantage of the disorganization among the larger political parties and grouped together the smaller political parties to win his second term, according to Senate President Joseph Lambert. Despite [...]	2007-01-26 13:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1476	CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S TESTIMONY MOLLIFIES SENATE [...] (C) Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Gassant's deferential appearance before the Senate August 30 has sharply reduced tensions between the government and the legislature. A minority of Senators insists that the Senate still must summon the Prime Minister for a vote of no confidence. Senate Pre [...]	2007-09-06 12:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA

07PORTAUPRINCE1484	PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S ASSASSINS BROUGHT TO [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (U) According to media reports, two young men, Alby Joseph, 22 and Chery Beaubrun, 16 were sentenced to life in prison for the July 2005 murder of well-known poet and journalist, Jacques Roche in Port-au-Prince. Th [...]	2007-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR
07PORTAUPRINCE1492	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN [...] SUMMARY: The chief executive official in Haiti's North Department (capital: Cap-Haitien) described his two priorities as an improved security environment to attract foreign investment and a more effective natural disaster response. The Department chief executive said that the new mayor of Cap [...]	2007-09-10 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1507	PEASANT MOVEMENT LEADER PLANNING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with Embassy Poloff in Papaye (Central Department) Chavanne Jean-Baptiste, the leader of Mouvman Peysan Papay (Peasant Movement of Papaye - or MPP) laid out a list of grievances against President Preval. Jean-Baptiste views President Preval as the latest inca [...]	2007-09-14 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1511	SOME IN PRIVATE SECTOR GETTING RELIGION ON [...] (SBU) American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) leaders are seeking to influence President Preval's anti-corruption campaign by creating a private sector commission to work with the GoH. Some members believe that the GoH, particularly Port-au-Prince's Chief Prosecutor, is unfairly targeting the p [...]	2007-09-14 19:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1517	HURRICANE SEASON NOT DETERRING HAITIAN BOAT [...] Summary: The hurricane season traditionally forces a hiatus for clandestine sea voyages by Haitian migrants, however, due to the relatively mild hurricane season to date, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has repatriated 225 migrants within the last 30 days; another 6 migrants successfull [...]	2007-09-17 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1524	"FUSION" CHAIRMAN GILLES PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) "Fusion" Chairman Serge Gilles is increasingly worried that the lack of strong political party structures has made Haiti's parliament dysfunctional, and that President Preval has no desire to work constructively with parliament, boding badly for Haiti's political future. Many Haitian polit [...]	2007-09-18 16:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1532	GOH "MISSING IN ACTION" IN HINCHE [...] (C) GoH neglect of the Center Department and its capital city, Hinche, emerged as the major theme during an August 28-31 poloff visit to Hinche. The government-owned electric company (EdH) has provided no electricity to Hinche in over a month. The government-owned telephone company (Teleco) [...]	2007-09-19 16:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1533	HAITIAN ELECTIONS AWAITING PREVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the office of the Prime Minister are awaiting the order from President Preval to put in motion the elections for renewal of one-third of the Senate, as well as the indirect elections that will complete the decentralization process and [...]	2007-09-19 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1546	PRESIDENT, SENATE PROPOSE ELECTIONS "PAUSE" [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate President Joseph Lambert are seeking support from Haitian political parties and institutions and the international community for a plan to put off elections for two years and to rework the Haitian constitution. Preval and Lambert, citing the cumbersome [...]	2007-09-21 20:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1559	PORT DIRECTOR REACTS TO U.S. LAW ON MARITME CARGO [...] Poloff and USAID officer met with Jean Evans Charles, Director General of the National Port Authority (APN) in Port-au-Prince on September 20. Poloff referred to talking points provided in reftel, and told Charles that President Bush has signed into law the 9/11 Act of 2007, which mandates t [...]	2007-09-24 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER
07PORTAUPRINCE156	LAMBERT: PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ACTION AGAINST DRUG [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the question of drug trafficking in Haiti to National Assembly President Joseph Lambert, and he took the opportunity to speak at length about the problem. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 25, Lambert stated that the Haitian parliament is ready to support [...]	2007-01-29 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1566	SENATORS PITCH ELECTORAL "PAUSE" AND EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Ambassadors from the US, Brazil, Canada and France met with the President of the Senate and his colleagues to discuss his proposal for an "electoral pause" which would put Haiti's electoral calendar on hold while allowing for constitutional reform. Lambert argued that the proposa [...]	2007-09-25 16:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1572	NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE NAMED AS FORMER IS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH installed a new Minister of Culture, Eddy Lubin, on September 25, just days after two government oversight bodies cleared impeached Minister of Culture Daniel Elie of charges of corrup [...]	2007-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1574	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF TWO HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participants, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been invited to the 114th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),pursuant to the [...]	2007-09-26 17:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1586	HAITIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 19:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593	OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE [...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]	2007-10-01 16:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1594	CORRUPTION AND SECURITY VOID IN HINCHE [...] (C) Summary. A Poloff visit to Hinche in Center Department August 28-31 determined that local government corruption is pervasive and a central concern of local residents. Local actors blame systematic neglect by the central government (reftel) as the root cause for the corruption. Judicia [...]	2007-10-01 16:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1620	HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]	2007-10-04 18:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1623	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: M-4 RIFLE SHOOTING AND [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following units of the Haitian National Police (HNP) assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security (HSSPS) and for the Director General of the HNP to participate i [...]	2007-10-05 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1644	HAITI RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff presented text of the draft resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste October 1, and explained the U.S. position per talking points in reftel. On October 9, Jean-Baptiste said he shared the content of the draft resolution with Minister of For [...]	2007-10-10 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1649	CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL; [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]	2007-10-10 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1668	RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR LAVALAS IN HINCHE [...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in the central plateau town of Hinche believe that Lavalas remains a dangerous political force that may win seats in upcoming Senate elections. Some of Hinche's political class fear and detest Lavalas because they were once victims of attacks by Lavalas partisans. [...]	2007-10-15 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1678	LESPWA STILL FAR FROM TRANSFORMING INTO A [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Lespwa's efforts to transform itself into a viable political party have yet to show tangible results. Lespwa remains a coalition of two regional political parties and two rural organizations. Th [...]	2007-10-16 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1680	WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN HAITI [...] Haiti has experienced protracted rains and severe flooding over several parts of the country caused by rains beginning on 29 September. The most recent damage assessment by Haiti's Department of Civil Protection (DPC) the afternoon of October 14 reported 37 dead, 4 missing, 78 injured, 14,150 [...]	2007-10-16 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV EAGR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1682	MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Opposition to President Preval's plan to reconstitute the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is emerging. Political parties and civil society groups are also commenting on the President's pro [...]	2007-10-17 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1683	ELECTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DEFEND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) continues in office despite public announcements that President Preval is seeking to form a new provisional council. Six of the CEP's nine counselors claim to be willing and capable of managing both the indirect elections - part of their [...]	2007-10-17 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1688	CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...]	2007-10-18 16:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1695	SEVERE CONDITIONS IN MEN'S NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] Summary. Prisoners in the men's national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince suffer from severe overcrowding and live in extremely unhygienic conditions. The prison lacks the most basic facilities and equipment for hygienic food preparation and elementary health care. Numbers of correctional of [...]	2007-10-22 11:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA KCRM KCRS KJUS SOCI
07PORTAUPRINCE1701	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR AT ODDS OVER PREVAL'S [...] (C) Summary. Haiti's private sector leaders are divided over President Preval's proposal to replace the provisional electoral council (CEP),set a date for senatorial elections, and launch a process which would lead to the drafting of a new constitution. One group of leading businesspeople, [...]	2007-10-22 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE1704	PREVAL PLAYS COY ON ELECTIONS: EVERYONE PLAYS THE [...] (C) Summary. n a series of encounters wth President Preval over the past week, he has continued to insist that he will go forward with senatorial elections. He has not offered any specifics or date. At the same time, he said, he will press ahead on constitutional reform. The President was su [...]	2007-10-22 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1705	BUILDING SYNERGY: IMPROVING ECONOMIC PROSPECTS IN [...] Summary: As part of a new effort to generate long term employment, the Haiti Stabilization Initiative (HSI) and USAID are encouraging private sector interest in Cite Soleil. Several major Haitian business figures are leading social welfare projects in Cite Soleil and are interested in providi [...]	2007-10-23 11:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1715	HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" 2008 NOMINEE [...] Per reftel, Post nominates Marilyn Allien, founder of the Haiti Legacy Foundation, for the Seretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Biographical information and justification for award selection: Full legal name of nominee: Marilyn B. Allien Job title/associ [...]	2007-10-24 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1718	HAITI SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BINGAMAN-CORKER-HARKIN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Consolidation of Haiti Democratic Institutions --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) Haiti is still consolidating basic institutions of democratic governance that were undermined in the period foll [...]	2007-10-25 11:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1720	Improving Human Rights vetting processing from Washington [...] In 2007, the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) in Port-au-Prince assumed responsibility for handling the human rights vetting at Post in compliance with the Department of State Leahy Amendment. Post has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Leahy vetting. However, we have encountere [...]	2007-10-25 14:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1721	PREVAL: THE DAY THE CEP IS RE-FORMED, I CAN GET ON [...] (C) Summary. In a three hour meeting October 22, President Preval told me and my French and Canadian colleagues that he wants to move on Senatorial elections "as fast as possible." He is convinced that the current Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is dysfunctional. He proposes replacing t [...]	2007-10-25 15:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1742	WORLD BANK ON HAITI'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (U) A World Bank assessment team out-briefed PolCouns and Poloff October 5 on Haiti's efforts to combat money laundering and financial crimes subsequent to a two-week in-country evaluation. World Bank assessment team leader Jean Pesme highlighted several factors that contribute to money laund [...]	2007-10-29 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KCOR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1743	HAITI LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) Reftel points were discussed October 26 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Azad Belfort. Belfort told Poloff that Haiti enjoys good relations with Cuba. He noted that Cuba has provided assistance to Haiti in a number of areas, including health. 2. [...]	2007-10-30 13:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1752	PREVAL NEARS COMPROMISE ON CEP; PRIVATE SECTOR TO [...] C) Sources both within the Presidency and without have told us that a compromise is near on the reformation of the Provisional Electoral Council. If true, this would permit President Preval to name a new council and set the date for Senatorial elections, ending an impasse that has preoccupied [...]	2007-10-31 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1753	TROPICAL STORM NOEL: EIGHTEEN FATALITIES, [...] Tropical Storm Noel has been characterized by long, steady rains that have caused slowly rising rivers and localized flooding. 2. As of 0730 EDT October 31, Direction de Protection Civil (DPC - Haiti's disaster response authority, under the Ministry of Interior) reported flooding that has c [...]	2007-10-31 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1754	PARTY LEADERS: NO ELECTIONS/CONSTITUTION CRISIS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Leaders of four principal political parties and/or alliances -- Lespwa, Fusion, OPL and Alyans -- met with the Ambassador on October 24. There was general agreement that the President would even [...]	2007-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1781	VETTING OF HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests that the Department initiates review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard Personnel for credible information of gross human rights violat [...]	2007-11-08 16:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1782	HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MINUSTAH DEPUTY RECALLED. Local press reports that the deputy MINUSTAH For [...]	2007-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1784	CODEL BINGAMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ----------- 2. (SBU) Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker and several staffers met with Haitian President Rene Preval October 26 and reviewed Haiti,s main development and assistance priorities. The Pres [...]	2007-11-08 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1810	MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...]	2007-11-14 15:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1811	UN REPS TELL U.S. SENATORS SECURITY, INVESTMENT, AND JOB [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker were briefed October 26 by UN officials on the current security and economic situation in Haiti. UN representatives lauded U.S. support and encouraged continue [...]	2007-11-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1831	HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...]	2007-11-19 16:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1832	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER TERRORISM SEMINAR FOR 11 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in a U.S. sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Thi [...]	2007-11-19 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1833	HAITI SUPPORTS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points November 16 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste and Judicial Affairs Director Fortune Dorlean. Jean-Baptiste told Poloff that Haiti supports the resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Belarus, the De [...]	2007-11-19 18:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1837	HAITI FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXERCISE GREATER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 17:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MNUC PARM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1841	LETTER FROM REPUBLIC OF HAITI TO SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] The following letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt from Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis was received by Embassy on November 16. Text is an English translation by the PM's office of the French original. The Embassy will pouch original letter to WHA/CAR Desk Officer Chris Ward f [...]	2007-11-20 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1852	HAITIAN POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATION SPEECHES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On November 6, the 19th class of recruits of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Academy graduated. The class consisted of 627 cadets, including 86 women. This is the largest number of women to ever enter [...]	2007-11-21 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1853	SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 20:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1856	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CONTINUATION OF FORENSICS TRAINING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in Vetting the following unit of the Haitian National Police assigned to Crime Scene duties. The instructors- Dr. Gessy Coicou and Mr. Aric Dutelle - delegated by the DOJ/ICITAP will continue the second porti [...]	2007-11-23 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1858	DEMARCHE: ELECTION FOR COMMITTEE ON THE [...] PolCouns delivered reftel diplomatic note and Ambassador Prosper CV November 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. Drawing from reftel talking points, PolCouns emphasized Ambassador Prosper's eminent qualifications and professional experience in fi [...]	2007-11-23 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1859	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the FBI National Academy for a period of three (3) months of intensive command course in Quantico, Virginia, pursuant to the Leahy [...]	2007-11-23 20:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1871	HAITI NONCOMMITAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolCouns drew from reftel points in a meeting November 23 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. PolCouns emphasized how these three committees over the years hav [...]	2007-11-27 16:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1880	AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...]	2007-11-29 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1897	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR FRANTZ [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the inaugural event in "the CARICOM-US Partnership to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" in Nassau/Bahamas, December 11-12, 2007, [...]	2007-12-03 20:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1898	LAVALAS MIFFED AT PREVAL OVER ELECTORAL COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party Lavalas is angry that President Preval has not consulted them bilaterally in the process to form a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Influential Lavalas Deputy Jonas Coffy believes Preval is trying to politically marginalize Lavalas to help pave the w [...]	2007-12-03 20:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1899	POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES: POOR BUT PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern city of Les Cayes does not face the major security concerns common to Port-au-Prince, but social problems stemming from widespread poverty do arise on occasion. Local Haitian National Police grapple with drug trafficking, poor prison conditions and a faulty justic [...]	2007-12-04 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1904	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]	2007-12-05 18:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1910	HUMAN TRAFFICKING/SMUGGLING ON THE HAITIAN BORDER [...] Summary. Kenel Senatus of Solidarite Fwontalye, a human rights/anti-human trafficking organization in Ouanaminthe, reported that human trafficking and alien smuggling are widespread and openly conducted at Haiti's northeastern border with the Dominican Republic. Traffickers take both adults [...]	2007-12-06 13:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1913	MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS: HAITI ACTING ON [...] (SBU) The Ambassador laid out the case to the Minister of Social Affairs that Haiti should adopt a policy and legislation aimed at combatting trafficking in persons. The Minister explained that Haiti is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on legislation criminalizi [...]	2007-12-06 17:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM ELAB HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1921	HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Haiti values its relationship with Cuba because of the significant amount of technical assistance it receives from that country. The bulk of that assistance comes in the form of [...]	2007-12-07 11:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1930	CORRECTED COPY: HUMAN TRAFFICKING/SMUGGLING ON [...] SUMMARY. Kenel Senatus of Solidarite Fwontalye (SF),a Haitian-based human rights/anti-human trafficking organization in Ouanaminthe, reported that human trafficking and alien smuggling are widespread and openly conducted at Haiti's northeastern border with the Dominican Republic. Trafficker [...]	2007-12-07 20:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1931	PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DITHER ON PROVISIONAL [...] (SBU) President Preval has yet to make the final appointments of counselors of the reconstituted Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He continues to quibble with certain social sectors he called on to nominate persons to sit on this body. After rejecting one private sector nominee, the Pres [...]	2007-12-07 20:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1955	JUSTICE REFORM PASSES PARLIAMENT AFTER MONTHS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The second and third of a package of three laws governing judicial reform passed the Chamber of Deputies in late November. The three laws require establishment of a judicial council to oversee the judiciary, set down required qualifications and obligations of "magistrates" (in [...]	2007-12-13 18:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1959	NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and the Cabinet of Ministers signed a decree December 11 naming new members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). The new councilors were sworn in and assumed office December 12. Preval has yet to officially announce his choice for Director General, Jacqu [...]	2007-12-14 14:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE198	MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...]	2007-01-31 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1989	VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]	2007-12-20 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE199	DEPUTIES SCRUTINIZE FORMER MFA SPENDING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly 2. (SBU) The chamber of deputies' foreign affairs committee, led by Committee President Sorel Francois (Famni Lavalas),accused former foreign ministry employees, including the Haitian ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph [...]	2007-01-31 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1992	LAVALAS: A CONFLICT OF LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party, Fanmi Lavalas, is increasingly beset by infighting. A key divisive issue is that absentee party chairman and former president of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide continues to pull the strings and make leadership appointments from exile, while leading party f [...]	2007-12-20 20:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1996	JACQUES BERNARD APPOINTED ELECTORAL COUNCIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an important step forward for Haitian elections, the GOH on December 14 issued a decree naming Jacques Bernard Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Prime Minister Al [...]	2007-12-21 12:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE2024	DECEMBER 24 REPATRIATION OF 202 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On December 24, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 202 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On December 21, the USCG intercepted a sail freighter carrying 228 Haitian migrants 33 nautical miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas, at which time 202 agreed t [...]	2007-12-28 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE2031	HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER NEW WOMEN'S RIGHTS LAWS. The Ministry of Women's A [...]	2007-12-31 15:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
07PORTAUPRINCE210	PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]	2007-02-01 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FUNK, CARTNER, AND NIXON [...] Post grants countr clearance to the following NEC contractor personnel to travel to Port au Prince: MARK EDWARD FUNK - Fluor, Project Director arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/16/07 JAMES SMOOT CARTNER, JR. - Fluor, Sr. VP arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/09/07 EDDIE (NMN) NIXON - Fluor, Craft [...]	2007-02-03 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ASEC
07PORTAUPRINCE246	ALEXIS: WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (U) Summary: The Superior Council of the National Police (CSPN),headed by Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, appeared before the chamber of deputies on January 30 to discuss the dispute between the deputies and Jean Saint-Fleur, the administrative director of the Haitian National Police ( [...]	2007-02-05 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE252	MINUSTAH SLOWS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH has a habit of blaming international aid agencies for moving too slowly to implement projects in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. However, staff at the International Organization for Migration (IOM),USAID's main implementing partner in community deve [...]	2007-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE266	CHAVEZ COMING TO HAITI? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Haitian Media on February 2 reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez planned to visit Haiti as early as the following week. However, the foreign ministry's political director, Wiener Jean Baptiste, on Fe [...]	2007-02-07 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE283	MINUSTAH'S LAUNCHES LARGEST OPERATION YET IN CITIE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH troops on February 9 initiated an operation to take control of the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Boston from gang leader Evans Jeune. Initiated sometime around 0200, the battle between MINUSTAH and ga [...]	2007-02-09 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPPS MARR KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE288	LAVALASIAN OPS STRIVE TO STAY IN THE GANG [...] (U) Summary: Lavalasian "popular organizations" (OPs) such as PLANOP (National Platform of Progressive Popular Organizations) continue to make demands on the government in radio interviews and in street demonstrations, including asking for the return of Aristide and the departure of MINUSTAH [...]	2007-02-12 11:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE297	UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...]	2007-02-12 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE303	SENATE PRESIDENT LAMBERT: I AM NOT A [...] (C) Summary. Senate President Joseph Lambert on February 6 calmly and methodically denied accusations that he had connections to drug traffickers in a two-hour conversation with Polcouns. Lambert acknowledged that suspicions arose as a result of his association with Jean Marie Fourel Celestin [...]	2007-02-13 17:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM
07PORTAUPRINCE319	HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" NOMINATION [...] (U) Per reftel, Post nominates Dr. Marie Gessy Coicou, Inspector General of the Haitian National Police, for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of SIPDIS Courage. 2. (U) Biographical information and justification for award selection: Name: Dr. Marie Gessy Coicou T [...]	2007-02-16 12:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE327	ELECTION RESULTS: TWO MONTHS LATER... [...] (SBU) Summary. Two months after the December 3 elections, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has not certified any local or municipal election results. The CEP has certified results of the re-run legislative races, and parliament has sworn in those lawmakers, leaving both houses short on [...]	2007-02-21 13:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE330	SCENSETTER FOR CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified --- please protect accordingly. 2.(U) We very much look forward to your visit to Haiti next week and have worked hard to put together a program that will begin to build bridges between the Congress and the Parliament. Parliamentary leaders are eager [...]	2007-02-21 14:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE342	GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...]	2007-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE343	HNP DG ANDRESOL ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization John Herbst, accompanied by the Ambassador and WHA/CAR Director Nichols, met with Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Mario Andresol February 8 to discuss the police portion of the new US $20 million stabilization [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE344	CARNIVAL A SMASH SUCCESS [...] Haitians on February 21 concluded a Carnival celebration exponentially larger and more festive than any seen in recent years. Local media estimates spectators to have numbered nearly 1 million in Port-au-Prince (roughly one third of the city's population) over the three- day celebration. The [...]	2007-02-22 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE36	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Security Job 1 ---------- 2. (SBU) As your visit approaches, the issue of security -- kidnapping and related criminality in the greater Port-au-Prince area -- continues to dominate public discourse in Haiti and daily [...]	2007-01-10 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AMGT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE365	CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER [...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...]	2007-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV
07PORTAUPRINCE37	GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL; [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...]	2007-01-10 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE370	STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]	2007-02-26 14:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE38	HAITI CARICOM OFFICE READY TO DISCUSS CSME [...] (U) Marie Michele Rey, the appointed head of the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other trade negotiations office, confirmed Haiti's commitment to moving CARICOM's Single Market Economy (CSME) forward. Though private sector sources indicate that the CSME may be more trouble than it is w [...]	2007-01-11 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
07PORTAUPRINCE389	MINUSTAH DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRESSES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Jean-Philippe Laberge, MINUSTAH's civil affairs coordinator for the West Department, spoke to Poloff about MINUSTAH's plans to engage local government, specifically the new mayor, in their efforts to reha [...]	2007-02-27 17:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE40	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN HAITI [...] (U) Per reftel, Post submits a list of women who are influential and active in Haitian government and civil society. Post hopes that these individuals will be included in future activities organized by the Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment (S/WE). [...]	2007-01-11 21:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE408	RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE42	PREVAL CALLS FOR UNITY, HITS U.S. ON DRUG [...] (C) Summary: President Preval used his constitutionally-mandated speech opening the new parliamentary session on January 8 to blame drug trafficking for instability in Haiti, which is a victim of the United States, "a drug-consuming country." Preval's speech followed a three-hour long di [...]	2007-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE424	SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...]	2007-03-05 14:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA

07PORTAUPRINCE433	JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI [...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]	2007-03-05 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE440	POLITICIANS IN HAITI NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM [...] (C) Summary: Cite Soleil mayoral candidate Andou Evel met with Poloff and detailed his knowledge of the neighborhood and his hope that he would be declared the winner of the election. However, Poloff later learned that he may be heavily implicated in violent gang activity and has since cut [...]	2007-03-06 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE450	CODEL PRICE VISIT TO HAITI [...] Congressman David Price (D-NC) led a bipartisan delegation of twelve, including two other representatives, on a three-day visit to Port-au-Prince on February 22 - 24. The purpose of the visit was to establish a cooperative exchange program under the auspices of the House Democracy Assistance [...]	2007-03-07 13:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE477	LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]	2007-03-09 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE492	CHAVEZ ARRIVES LATE [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Haiti March 12 for meetings with Haitian President Rene Preval and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernadez. Though the GoH had announced bilateral meetings with the Venezuelan President, as well as a trip to a construction site, Chavez arr [...]	2007-03-13 17:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE506	PREVAL HIGHLIGHTS DRUG-TRAFFICKING WITH CODEL PRICE [...] Summary: President Preval on February 23 focused his meeting with CODEL Price on narcotics trafficking, thanking the delegation for their efforts to assist the Haitian parliament, but devoting most of the rest of the 75-minute meeting to a discussion of the threat that drugs pose to Haitian st [...]	2007-03-14 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE512	CAP HAITIEN'S UNSAVORY NEW LAVALAS MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) won the December 3 mayoral election in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. The three-person slate, consisting of mayor-elect Michel Saint Croix and two deputy mayors, has little experience in formal politics but campaigned heavily in Cap Haitien's urban [...]	2007-03-15 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE513	JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS DRUG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Justice Minister Rene Magloire told the Ambassador on March 8 that the anti-drug trafficking unit of the Haitian National Police (known by its French acronym, BLTS) does not have the means to combat drug trafficking in Haiti without improved performance of the judiciary. He specifically [...]	2007-03-15 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE515	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN [...] (U) Summary: Cap Haitien, on the north coast of Haiti, is the country's second largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Local residents and officials downplay the city's insecurity problems, but cite lack of infrastructure and basic social services, such as garbage collection, as [...]	2007-03-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE52	PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION [...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...]	2007-01-12 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE522	PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS [...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]	2007-03-16 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE523	GANGS OF CITE SOLEIL: BACK TO BASICS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is rife with gang activity, which continues even in light of the March 13 arrest of gang leader Evans Jeune (reftel). The International Institute of Migration (IOM) reported that [...]	2007-03-16 19:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE526	JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...]	2007-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE531	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ZI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE54	PREVAL ON THUGS, DRUGS, AND HIS HEALTH [...] (C) I met with President Preval for an hour the evening of January 11, shortly after the president returned from the Ortega inauguration in Manugua. Key topics of discussion included the security situation, Haiti's drug problem and his agreement to meet with his Colombian and Dominican counte [...]	2007-01-12 19:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR HA US
07PORTAUPRINCE55	PREVAL IN JAMAICA TO INCREASE COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Rene Preval visited Jamaica January 3-7 to meet with GoJ officials and discuss bilateral and regional integration. President Preval and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller publicly discussed strategies for eliminating the trafficking of drugs and weapons. Whereas [...]	2007-01-12 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE558	HAITI ABUZZ WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] Summary and Introduction: On March 7, President Rene Preval began holding working-group ''reflections'' with various sectors of society to discuss possible amendments to the constitution. From issues such as referencing Haiti's newly created tenth department (Nippes) to streamlining the nume [...]	2007-03-21 14:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE577	PM ALEXIS IN TROUBLE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Both senate and chamber majorities are ready to give Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis a vote of no confidence, according to President of the Senate Joseph Lambert. The government under Alexis, in the view of his parliamentary opponents has few tangible accomplishments, and [...]	2007-03-23 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE578	OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...]	2007-03-23 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA XA
07PORTAUPRINCE58	HAITI: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA PREL IZ
07PORTAUPRINCE59	DEPUTIES TO ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: As a result of continuing political maneuvering and lobbying, the deputies in Haiti's lower house have delayed executive board elections originally scheduled for the first day of the new session on January 8. A coalition of the Fusion, Alyans, and OPL parties has reportedly agree [...]	2007-01-12 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE626	DIO DESIGNATION: NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 18:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE642	CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...]	2007-04-05 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE643	NOTORIOUS "TI-BLANC" ARRESTED [...] On April 4 at approximately 9:50 pm, Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested William Baptiste, aka "Ti-Blanc," in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Ti-Blanc was passing through an HNP checkpoint when he and his driver were apprehended. MINUSTAH was not involved in the arrest. Ti-B [...]	2007-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM ASEC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE653	OAS PREPS FOR APRIL 29 ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that all necessary local, municipal and legislative re-runs of the December 3, 2006 elections will be held on April 29. The CEP, MINUSTAH a [...]	2007-04-10 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE661	ROBERT LECORPS MURDERED [...] (U) On April 4, Robert Lecorps, who was arrested (but never charged) in connection with the April 3, 2000 murder of journalist Jean Dominique, was gunned down near his home in Pernier, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was shot several times in what appears to be a contract killing. Radio Car [...]	2007-04-11 16:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE662	DDR PARTICIPANTS PROFILED [...] (U) This report is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Part of the focus of the GoH's National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion Program (CNDDR) is reintegrating gang members into ordinary society. MINUSTAH's DDR section charged the Research [...]	2007-04-11 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE679	CARICOM SUMMIT RSVP EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM PREL OAS XL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE683	GASSANT RETURNS TO WORK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Port-au-Prince's chief public prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, returned to work on April 2 after an absence of almost three months. During his absence, Justice Minister Rene Magloire appointed a c [...]	2007-04-13 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE693	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPANISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 13, Ambassador Sanderson met with the Spanish Ambassador to Haiti, Paulino Gonzalez Fernandez Corugedo, and his colleague, Ambassador Luis Garcia Cerezo, here from Madrid on a special investiga [...]	2007-04-17 13:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS HA SP
07PORTAUPRINCE715	PM ALEXIS SAFE FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Following President Preval's intervention with legislators on Prime Minister Jacques Edward Alexis' behalf and an intense round of discussions among Haitian political leaders during the first week of April, parliamentary leaders are voicing their support for stability and have [...]	2007-04-18 16:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE716	APRIL 29 ELECTIONS APPROVED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. The GoH on April 16 published the decree approving April 29 as the date to re-run one parliamentary and 72 local elections canceled on December 3, 2006, for logistical or security reasons (reftel). The decree establish [...]	2007-04-18 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE723	LAVALAS SENATOR APPEALS FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Senator Rudy Herivaux (Famni Lavalas (FL),West Department) laments that Lavalas partisans feel left out of the political process. The party has practically no links to the executive branch and plays a limited role in parliament. Herivaux criticized the Prime Minister for his u [...]	2007-04-19 12:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE742	MINUSTAH POSITIVE ON BOLIVIAN VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's director of political affairs Gerardo Lechevallier told Poloff on April 18 that the Bolivian Minister of Defense had reassured SRSG Edmond Mulet that Bolivia would maintain its troop [...]	2007-04-20 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO HA BL XM
07PORTAUPRINCE748	G/TIP FY07 PROPOSAL FROM AMEMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposal: Name of the applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested funding amount: $284,539 (federal share: $284,539) Project title: Counter-Trafficking in Persons Within, Through and From Haiti: Capacity Enhancem [...]	2007-04-23 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
07PORTAUPRINCE750	GANG LEADER BELONY ARRESTED [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haitian National Police arrested notorious Cite Soleil gang leader Belony on April 21 in the St. Michel de l'Attalaye region of the Artibonite department. After HNP director Andresol received reports tha [...]	2007-04-23 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE757	VETTING REQUEST: FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for the training of the 19TH Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three individuals following the Consular Section's NIK process [...]	2007-04-24 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE76	REPATRIATION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] This message contains a request for guidance from BICE and the Department. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff On January 9 met with GOH officials to schedule the next transfer of criminal deportees and to resolve continued problems that have plagued the deportation pro [...]	2007-01-17 21:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE770	LAVALAS WANTS A MINISTER [...] (SBU) Famni Lavalas (FL) Deputy Sorel Francois told Poloff on April 20 that the refusal of Planning Minister Jean Max Bellerive to work with FL-elected officials is a government conspiracy headed by President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to exclude Lavalas from nation [...]	2007-04-25 16:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE771	PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS [...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...]	2007-04-25 19:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE78	GOH ON PETROCARIBE: STOKING THE FIRES [...] (C) Summary: Michel Lecorps, the newly-appointed head of the independent monetization office (formally known as the PL-480 office),met with Poloff January 10 to discuss Petrocaribe implementation in Haiti. Lecorps, apparently infuriated by Chevron's lack of cooperation with the GoH, stresse [...]	2007-01-18 13:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE781	PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A [...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...]	2007-04-26 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE788	APRIL 27 REPATRIATION OF 234 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On April 27, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 234 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On April 24 around 7:00 PM, the USCG intercepted a 35-foot sail freighter carrying 111 Haitian migrants southwest of Acklins Island, Bahamas. On April 25 around [...]	2007-04-27 20:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE792	HAITI IN NO POSITION TO HELP IN IRAQ [...] Haiti has no armed forces and suffers from a lack of capacity in nearly every aspect of governance: thus it is not in a position to contribute to the Iraq coalition. Since June 2004, Haiti has itself benefitted from the presence of a UN peacekeeping mission. SANDERSON [...]	2007-04-30 15:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA
07PORTAUPRINCE799	(C) BOB MANUEL LEAVES HAITI - BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Saying that he will not/not return to Haiti until President Preval gives him a paying job that will allow him to decently support his family, Presidential Counselor Bob Manuel called me from the airport April 29 to say that he was leaving the country to return to Guatemala for good. Manuel [...]	2007-04-30 19:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE802	ELECTIONS: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL [...] (U) Summary: Haitians went to the polls for yet another election on April 29. Electors cast votes for the one outstanding seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the commune of La Chapelle in the Artibonite department in a heated, though not exceedingly violent, atmosphere. Voting center workers [...]	2007-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE807	VETTING REQUEST: SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three (3) individuals following the consular section's NIK proc [...]	2007-05-02 18:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE808	LESPWA: FROM COALITION TO PARTY? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Joseph Jasmin, minister of parliamentary relations and a member of the Lespwa coalition's steering committee reports that Lespwa insiders are discussing its possible transformation into a political [...]	2007-05-02 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE809	APRIL 30 REPATRIATION OF 366 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On April 30, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 366 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On April 27 around 9:00 AM, the USCG intercepted a 50-foot sail freighter carrying 198 Haitian migrants 12 nautical miles off the west coast of Great Inagua, Bah [...]	2007-05-02 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE811	VETTING REQUEST: THIRD (3RD) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. No derogatory information for the third (3rd) submission. 4. HNP Training (101)Last Nam [...]	2007-05-03 15:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE817	VETTING REQUEST: FOURTH (4TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding one name following the consular section's NIK process. 4. [...]	2007-05-03 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE824	JUSTICE REFORM ADVANCES SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis will officially present the justice ministry's three laws on reform (ref A) on May 3, along with the rest of the government's legislative program. MINUSTAH political officer Lizbeth Cullity said the presidents of the national assembly and ch [...]	2007-05-04 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE825	NEW MAYORS: HOMEGROWN POLITICIANS [...] (U) Summary: The newly-elected mayors of Port-au-Prince and Cite Soleil both hail from local, grassroots political parties with no apparent ties to national politics. Both exhibit energy and a vision for the future of their cities, but have limited means with which to work. In Port-au-Prin [...]	2007-05-04 18:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE829	ALBA AFTERMATH: HAITI SHRUGGED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and popular reaction to President Preval's return from the ALBA summit in Caracas (ref A) unsurprisingly focused almost entirely on the details of the agreement between Preval and Pr [...]	2007-05-04 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE830	GOH SETS JULY 1 PETROCARIBE DEADLINE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil representatives, led by Caribbean Sales Manager Bill Eisner, told Ambassador Sanderson on April 26 that the head of Haiti's Petrocaribe office, Michael Lecorps, gave the four oil compani [...]	2007-05-04 21:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE833	TENSION BEHIND THE SCENES AT ALBA [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Joseph Lambert described a "very tense" atmosphere behind the scenes of the ALBA summit between President Preval and President Chavez in a meeting with Embassy staff on May 4. According to Lambert, Preval refused to join ALBA and told Chavez that if ALBA membersh [...]	2007-05-07 15:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE848	MAYETTE RELEASE STOKES CONTROVERSY/DISORDER IN [...] (U) Summary. Tension stemming from the release of one of the accused in the La Scierie massacre culminated on May 7 in Gonaives when demonstrators disrupted the funeral of a local judge and threw stones at the government delegation led by Prime Minister Alexis. MINUSTAH and Haitian police [...]	2007-05-09 15:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE859	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE860	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FIFTH (5TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be complete [...]	2007-05-10 17:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE861	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAMOA GRADUATION FROM ECOSOC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 18:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA
07PORTAUPRINCE863	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SIXTH (6TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-11 13:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE867	MAY 4 REPATRIATON OF 195 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On May 4, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 195 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Cap Haitien, Haiti. On May 1, the USCG intercepted a sail freighter carrying 139 Haitian migrants 1.5 nautical miles off of Long Island, Bahamas. On May 2, the USCG intercepted a sail freight [...]	2007-05-11 20:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE88	DEPUTIES SELECT JEAN-JACQUES FOR A SECOND TERM [...] (U) The chamber of deputies, stunning outside observers, reelected Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) on January 18 to lead the lower house. Lespwa deputy Jean Delouis Felix, reportedly Prime Minister Alexis' preferred candidate, led by 34 votes to Jean-Jacques' 32 in the first [...]	2007-01-19 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE883	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SEVEN (7TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-14 18:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE885	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: EIGHTH (8TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-14 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE89	JUDICIAL/POLICE TENSIONS REEMERGE [...] (U) Chief Prosecutor for Port-au-Prince Claudy Gassant announced on January 7 that the previous night unknown individuals purportedly entered the prosecutors' office and stole investigation files and weapons and other evidence held in pending cases. Gassant also criticized the Haitian Nation [...]	2007-01-19 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE892	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NINTH (9TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-15 19:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE893	ATTACKS ON JUSTICE MINISTER GENERATES PUSH-BACK [...] The chamber of deputies' special committee of special enquiry on May 11 released a report concluding that Justice Minister Rene Magloire had lied about summoning the deceased judge Hughes St. Pierre to Port-au-Prince. The committee's report cited six interviews with St. Pierre's family member [...]	2007-05-15 19:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE900	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TENTH (10TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-16 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE901	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ELEVENTH (11TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-16 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE930	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TWELFTH (12TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]	2007-05-21 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE934	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: THIRTEENTH (13TH) SUBMISSION; THE [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department initiate review of the following 54 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. This is the final submission of names that total 654. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2 [...]	2007-05-22 15:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE939	DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...]	2007-05-23 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR
07PORTAUPRINCE943	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOSING STEAM [...] Summary: The constitutional reform initiative launched by the Preval government in early March (reftel) has sputtered, and the government has not followed through on recommendations to create a reform committee. The Haitian public appears to oppose an extra-constitutional amendment process a [...]	2007-05-24 13:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE944	(C) C-AL7-00733: VENEZUELAN AID TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan promises of over USD one billion in aid and assistance to Haiti have not materialized except for two examples of in-kind assistance. Venezuela delivered a shipment of petroleum and asphalt, both of which arrived without forewarning, and the GoH re-sold the goods to no [...]	2007-05-24 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EPET EAID VE HA
07PORTAUPRINCE948	AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...]	2007-05-25 15:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE959	HAITIAN DELEGATION PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Members of the delegation who accompanied President Preval and other Haitian officials informed Emboffs that Preval was very pleased with the reception he received from President Bush, Secretary Rice, other USG officials and members of Congress. Presidential counselor Gabriel Verret cla [...]	2007-05-29 14:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE966	UNREST CONTINUES IN GONAIVES [...] (C) Summary. Violent demonstrations against the government and MINUSTAH on May 22 and 24 are the most recent result of increased gang activity and tensions in the northern port city of Gonaives. The murder of a local journalist and civic activist Alix Joseph sparked the most recent disturb [...]	2007-05-30 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM PHUM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE968	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES FY2007 PROPOSAL [...] Summary. In response to reftel A, post is submitting a proposal to fund a study on Haitian migrants conducted by the International Organization of Migration (IOM). The study would attempt to construct a profile of the typical migrant, lay out the reasons for migration, and outline the planni [...]	2007-05-30 18:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE982	PREVAL DELIVERS ANTI-CORRUPTION ADDRESS [...] This message is senstive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Comment. President Preval used the occasion of Flag Day, May 18, to proclaim a government campaign against corruption. Speaking in front of the palace to a gathering of dignitaries, Preval asked [...]	2007-06-01 19:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ECON KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE983	CONFIRMATION: US CARICOM MINISTERIAL SUMMIT [...] The foreign ministry has provided the following list of delegates attending the US CARICOM Ministerial Summit: --Rene Preval, President of Haiti --Dr. Jean Renald Clerisme, Minister of Foreign Affairs --Mr. Daniel Elie, Minister of Culture and Communication --Honorable Joseph Lambert, Presi [...]	2007-06-01 19:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE993	PM SIGNALS CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on May 29 remarked to the press that he had discussed changes in the cabinet with President Preval to improve the performance of the government. Speaking with journalists after t [...]	2007-06-04 19:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
07POTAUPRINCE943	ONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOSING STEAM [...] Summary: The constitutional reform initiative launched by the Preval government in early March (reftel) has sputtered, and the government has not followed through on recommendations to create a reform committee. The Haitian public appears to oppose an extra-constitutional amendment process a [...]	2007-05-24 13:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE100	WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? PREVAL'S FIANCEE [...] (C) The complicated relationship between Haitian president Rene Preval and sometime fiancee Elisabeth Delatour has taken yet another turn. In an end-of-year showdown, Preval's elder sister (and confidential secretary),Marie-Claude Preval Calvin, reportedly told the president that he had to r [...]	2008-01-18 18:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1000	EFFECTIVENESS OF MINUSTAH EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 15:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM UNSE KCRM KWMN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1016	ARISTIDE SUPPOTERS MARCH JULY 15 [...] (SBU) Several thousand supporters offormer President Jean Bertrand Aristide took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on July 15 to celebrate the absent Fanmi Lavalas (FL) leader's fifty-fifth birthday. MINUSTAH estimated the size of the crowd as a maximum of 5,000. The supporters, made up prima [...]	2008-07-16 16:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1017	YVON NEPTUNE LAMENTS LAVALAS DISUNITY, LASHES OUT [...] (C) A disillusioned Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant and former Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune, sees former President Aristide as an anti-democratic force for the party and the country. He does not support Aristide's return to Haiti. Neptune assesses that the FL organization has been weakened by co [...]	2008-07-16 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1019	HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 96 [...] (C) Summary: As Haiti enters its fourth month without a Prime Minister, the confirmation of the President,s third Prime Minister-designate remains very uncertain. The Chamber of Deputies report on PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis' constitutional qualifications is complete, and the Chamber i [...]	2008-07-17 12:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE102	PREVAL TAKES ON IMPUNITY AS HIS NEXT CAUSE, ASKS [...] (C) President Preval has told us that he Haitian judicial system is in no position to mete out justice in the wave of so-called "blood crimes", notably kidnapping and murder, which have marked the Haitian landscape for the past few years. With more than 700 gang members in jail, Preval wants [...]	2008-01-18 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HA UN
08PORTAUPRINCE1024	SENATOR YOURI LATORTUE ON HAITI'S POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (C) Senator Youri Latortue supports the current Prime Minister-designate but anticipates a tough fight over the confirmation of her cabinet and government program, which he believes should focus on bolstering internal security, domestic production, and local government. He puts the blame for [...]	2008-07-17 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1027	PM-DESIGNATE PIERRE-LOUIS CONFIRMED BY LOWER [...] (U) The Chamber of Deputies on July 17 voted to confirm Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. In a brief afternoon session, the commission tasked with studying Pierre-Louis' qualifications presented its report, which concluded she was constitutionally eligible for the Prime Minister positio [...]	2008-07-18 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1029	PREVAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PM CANDIDATE; [...] (C) In a 70 minute meeting with the Ambassador on July 17, Haitian President Rene Preval declared his intention to move forward with reforming the Haitian constitution. Preval remains convinced that key threat to Haitian political stability is the flawed constitution. He intends to call [...]	2008-07-18 18:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1054	HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 103 [...] (C) Summary: The political standoff in the process of confirming a new Haitian Prime Minister continued this week. President Preval and PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis face intense pressure to negotiate with political parties and with members of Parliament on the formation of a cabinet and [...]	2008-07-24 19:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1059	PRESIDENT PREVAL SPEAKS OUT ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary. Two recent meetings with President Preval on money laundering/corruption issues and investigations demonstrated his strong feelings about corruption within the GOH and his on-going interest in pursuing suspected corrupt officials, including former President Aristide, who allegedl [...]	2008-07-25 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV ECON KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE106	SENATORS EXTEND TERMS INTO NEW SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary: The new session of the National Assembly began January 14. Since Senate elections have yet to be held, a decision had to be made whether the ten lame-duck two-year senators would depart on January 14 or remain in their office a full two years, until May 2008. The Senate, Presi [...]	2008-01-22 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1069	AIRPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTER OF SECURITY DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Port-au-Prince public prosecutor called in the Director General of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in early July for questioning over the hiring of a private security company at the airport that allegedly used unregistered weapons. Although no charges were lodged, the epi [...]	2008-07-28 16:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON HA KCOR PGOV PREL SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1070	HAITI NEARING AGREEMENT ON NEXT GOVERNMENT THAT [...] (C) President Preval has offered senators who are demanding political party representation in the next government a formula for doing so. Initial indications are that the ''Group of Nine'' senators will agree to the proposal. If they do so in a meeting with President Preval scheduled for Jul [...]	2008-07-28 17:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1079	HAITI: INFLATION CONTINUES AT HIGH LEVEL [...] Summary. Year-on-year inflation in June registered 15.8 percent, up slightly from 15.6 percent in May but down from 16.5 percent in April and 16.3 percent in March. However, the month-to-month inflation figure for June was 1 percent vs. 0.5 percent for May. Sharp increases in food, fuel and [...]	2008-07-30 15:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1086	HAITIAN SENATE POSTPONES VOTE ON PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 30 cancelled a planned vote on the eligibility of Michele Pierre-Louis for the post of Prime Minister. Three of the 18 senators initially present left the session prior to the official opening, breaking quorum and requiring the Senate President to cal [...]	2008-07-31 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA

08PORTAUPRINCE1093	MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS HAITI'S NEW PRIME MINISTER. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 31 voted 12 to 0, with 5 abstentions, to ratify Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. Successfully confirmed by both chambers of Parliament, Pierre-Louis is now Prime Minister of Haiti. Pierre-Louis and President Preval will now move forward with t [...]	2008-08-01 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1104	HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...]	2008-08-01 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1105	HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...]	2008-08-01 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1106	EX-SOLDIERS OCCUPY FORMER ARMY GARRISONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A group led by former soldiers of the Haitian Armed Forces (FAHD) occupied former military buildings in Cap Haitien (Department of the North) and the border town of Ouanaminthe (Department of the Northeast) for three days beginning July 29. The disgruntled former members of [...]	2008-08-01 18:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE1127	NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...]	2008-08-07 17:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1136	HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) ELECTORAL LAW VOTED AND PUBLISHED. President Preval July 18 official [...]	2008-08-08 15:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE114	SRSG ANNABI ON MINUSTAH'S EXPANDED MANDATE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. During the past week, UN SRSG Hedi Annabi has outlined MINUSTAH's priorities for 2008 and his key objectives. Consistent with the broader MINUSTAH mandate approved in UNSCR 1780, the organization has moved swiftly to address border issues, deploying MINUSTAH forces at [...]	2008-01-23 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL HA UN KPKO
08PORTAUPRINCE115	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RE-ELECTS JEAN-JACQUES TO [...] (U) Summary: For the third year in a row, the Chamber of Deputies elected Eric Jean-Jacques to the presidency of Parliament's lower house. The four deputies elected to other leadership positions in the Chamber are new to the executive bureau. Jean-Jacques' challenger for the presidency, Pat [...]	2008-01-23 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1163	CHIEF PROSECUTOR RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claudy Gassant made a surprise announcement on August 12, publicly submitting his letter of resignation as Chief Prosecutor. Gassant, whose professional and personal behavior has become increasingly erratic and occasionally and violent over the past several weeks, made the an [...]	2008-08-13 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE117	HAITI INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SAID TO BE MOVING [...] (SBU) The Minister of Public Works says that Haiti is moving ahead on airport modernization, electricity generation, and road construction. A project of general airport modernization will privatize the international airport in Port-au-Prince. The Minister wants to work with TSA on upgrading [...]	2008-01-24 14:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND EAIR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1179	DISPUTES OVER CABINET EVAPORATING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Anticipated support for Michele Pierre-Louis in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies appears to be unraveling as President Preval sets aside more and more cabinet posts for incumbent ministers and nominees of political parties. Though the Parliament votes solely on Pierre-Louis' general pol [...]	2008-08-19 17:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1180	HAITI CORRECTIONS AND PRISONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: 227 new corrections officers graduated from the Police Academy on July 18 under a cloud of controversy and amid an on-going investigation of recruitment practices. Changes in personnel at the Me [...]	2008-08-19 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1191	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TRAINING AS PART OF HAITI [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment of the Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates of the Haitian National Police (HNP) who have been nominated to participate in ongoing training wi [...]	2008-08-22 14:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	INRA MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR MASS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1208	HAITI: PRESIDENT FORMALLY NAMES NEW PRIME [...] (U) A Presidential decree dated August 24 that became public August 26 formally named Michele Pierre-Louis (whose full name is Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis) Prime Minister. A second decree from the Prime Minister of the same date named the members of her cabinet. They are listed in para 3. [...]	2008-08-26 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1209	SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...]	2008-08-27 14:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1210	SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...]	2008-08-27 14:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1215	SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...]	2008-08-27 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1217	PREVAL TRIES TO JUMP THE GUN IN APPOINTING NEW [...] (SBU) After President Preval formally appointed Michele Pierre-Louis Prime Minister August 24, and the new PM then appointed her new cabinet the same day (reftel),the President planned to swear in the new ministers on August 26. The President's office announced the morning of August 26 that [...]	2008-08-27 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1229	MFJM01: Impact of Hurricane Gustav on Haiti [...] Category One Hurricane Gustav hit Haiti on August 26. The Government of Haiti's (GoH) Office of Civil Protection (DPC) lifted the hurricane alert in the early morning of August 28. DPC figures indicate, as of August 28, 59 deaths, 7 missing, 25 injured, 8082 people in shelters, 1283 homes de [...]	2008-08-29 15:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1234	EXTENSION OF SUBOBLIGATION TERMINAL DATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 20:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN
08PORTAUPRINCE1235	HAITI'S PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMED BY LOWER HOUSE, [...] (U) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved the general policy statement of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis on August 29. Her confirmation in the Senate faces opposition. Nine Senators insist that President Preval withdraw the official decree appointing the government, [...]	2008-09-02 20:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1240	HAITI NERVOUS ON THE EVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: As the new government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis continues to seek confirmation in a precarious political climate, Haiti is facing economic and security challenges that could flare up in the near term, bog down the new government, and potentially caused renewed unres [...]	2008-09-04 18:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1245	BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As previously reported (ref A),the cabinet of new Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis was announced on August 26. Eight Ministers from former Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Alexis' government (including one Acting Minister) will continue in office. President Rene Preva [...]	2008-09-05 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1246	NEW HAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY [...] Summary: (SBU) The Senate early September 5 voted in favor of the policy declaration of Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Following the positive vote in the Chamber of Deputies August 29, the Pierre-Louis government now officially takes office. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a mara [...]	2008-09-05 18:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1251	HAITI: HANNA STORM SITUATION REPORT 5 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince created an internal working group September 3 to monitor the impact of severe flooding and damage in several Haitian cities, caused by Tropical Storms Gustav and Hanna, and to discuss the status of relief efforts. Gonaives in the Artibonite regional (populati [...]	2008-09-05 20:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE1256	MCHHJO1: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO HAITI'S [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post has received the information in para 3 from local Embassies concerning the international response to the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike. 3. (SBU) Begin list of emergency aid pledges: [...]	2008-09-08 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE126	HAITI,S NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP: A TALE OF TWO CAMPS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an open session on January 17, the Senate unanimously elected Senator Kely Bastien (Lespwa, North) as the new President of the Senate. The Senate leadership elections polarized that body, wit [...]	2008-01-25 14:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1274	HAITI: STORM STIUATION REPORT 7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Assistance Working Group met September 9 at 0745 HRS to discuss efforts to deliver and distribute emergency food and other supplies to various regions of the country impacted by recent hurricanes and tropical storms. The Haitian Civil Protection Department (DPC) estimated Septemb [...]	2008-09-09 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1275	MGHH01: HAITI'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: A coordinating committee of government ministers established by the new Prime Minister September 7 is directing the overall Government of Haiti response to the devastation caused by recent hurricanes. However, the Ministry of Interior's Office of Civil Protection (Direction de [...]	2008-09-09 20:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1284	HAITI: USS KEARSARGE ENGINEERS ASSESS BRIDGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) As of this drafting, four U.S. engineers with the USS Kearsarge U.S. Navy vessel are currently conducting informal aerial surveys of damaged bridges in areas of the country affected by recent flooding and [...]	2008-09-10 21:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1285	Haiti's School Season Delayed by One Month [...] (U) The education of Haiti's children has become another victim of the recent catastrophic hurricane damage, lack of foresight by the government, and continuing inflation. The Ministry of Education has failed to make the financial and logistic preparations for the reopening of schools this fal [...]	2008-09-11 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1289	HAITI: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEW GOVERNMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) The following list includes contact information for ministers of the new Government of Haiti, which was installed September 5. Begin List Prime Minister Michelle Duvivier Pierre-Louis cell phone - ( [...]	2008-09-11 16:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1294	HAITI: DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES [...] (U) USAID Acting Deputy Director Alex Deprez reported on a September 10 meeting hosted by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (TPTC) to discuss infrastructure challenges as a result of recent flooding. Donors represented included: USAID, the European Union, Canada, Ger [...]	2008-09-11 20:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1298	AIRPORT SECURITY AGENTS MEET WITH TSA [...] (SBU) The TSA Representative for the Caribbean chaired a meeting on August 28 with Haitian national airport and aviation officials to discuss security implications of the recent assumption of certain airport security functions by the Haitian National Police. TSA's representative reviewed Hai [...]	2008-09-12 14:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE1303	HAITI: DONORS URGE GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS [...] (SBU) Donors, representing the U.S., Canada, the European Union (EU),the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH),Germany, the Inter-American Development Bank and France, met September 11 with the intention to discuss findings from an initial Government of Haiti assessment of infrast [...]	2008-09-12 22:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1304	HAITI HURRICANE DEATH/DAMAGE TOLL CLIMBS [...] (U) Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien Aime on September 11 released preliminary death and damage statistics from the recent series of hurricanes and tropical storms that have hit Haiti: -- 326 deaths -- 50 missing -- 186 injured -- 170,015 families affected (which he estimated as [...]	2008-09-15 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1313	MGHH01 HAITI: PRESIDENT/PRIME MINISTER CALL FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis are publicly seeking to redirect international community attention beyond Haiti's emergency food needs toward the longer-term r [...]	2008-09-15 19:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1314	STORM AFTERMATH IN HAITI: DEVESTATING AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Flooding from four consecutive tropical storms and hurricanes has caused substantial damage to Haiti's agricultural sector and its overall food security. The agricultural sector accounts for app [...]	2008-09-15 19:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE1317	HAITI: KEY BRIDGES IN RUINS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy USAID officials, a USAID engineer, and military engineers from the USS Kearsarge visited five damaged bridges September 13-14 to make a preliminary damage assessment. Damaged and destroyed bridges have cut off key transportation arteries and made the provision of emergen [...]	2008-09-16 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC HA PGOV USAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1319	HAITI: DONOR RESPONSE UPDATE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post has received the information in para 3 from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The information reflects contributions made or pledged to respond to recent hurricanes and [...]	2008-09-16 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1320	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COMMISSAR JEAN ROLAND CELESTIN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CORRECTIONS AND PRISONS CONFERENCE IN CZECH REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 21:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1323	HAITI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1324	CODEL MEEK SURVEYS HURRICANE DAMAGE, ASSESSES NEED [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Congressional delegation headed by Rep. Kendrick Meek visited Haiti September 12-13 to survey the damage caused by recent hurricanes and assess the country's need for humanitarian assistance. [...]	2008-09-17 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1328	HAITI'S PARTICIPATION IN SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (SBU) On September 18, Polcouns previewed with Presidential Chief of Staff Fritz Longchamp reftel agenda for the Secretary's meeting with Caribbean/CARICOM leaders September 25 on the margins of UNGA. Longchamp said that President Preval would be accompanied by Foreign Minister Alrich Nicolas [...]	2008-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MASS ETRD XL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1329	PRESIDENT PREVAL WILL ATTEND HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] (SBU) PolCouns previewed reftel agenda items for the September 24 Haiti Key Players Meeting in New York with the President's Chief of Staff, Fritz Longchamp, September 18. Longchamp said that President Rene Preval would attend the meeting accompanied by Foreign Minister Alrich Nicolas. The P [...]	2008-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1336	HAITI MOVES TO EXPEDITE HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY [...] Under an emergency plan enacted September 15 following devastation wrought by successive hurricanes, the Government of Haiti (GOH) authorized measures to temporarily suspend certain customs regulations and facilitate the entry of supplies intended for victims of recent hurricanes. End summary. [...]	2008-09-19 19:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE134	HAITI'S HEAD OF ELECTIONS RESIGNS [...] (C) Jacques Bernard, Director General of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council and the man who was to manage Haiti's Senate elections later this year, submitted his letter of resignation to President Preval January 23, and soon thereafter left the country. Bernard's resignation letter, which [...]	2008-01-28 17:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1345	HAITI'S ECONOMY HIT HARD BY HURRICANES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The hurricanes that struck Haiti beginning in August have battered the country's economy. The storm damage has reduced projected growth and increased anticipated inflation. The sectors [...]	2008-09-22 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE135	JANUARY 22 REPATRIATION OF 243 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1350	HAITI AND EXPLUSION OF U.S. AMBASSADORS FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Sanderson raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Alrich Richard in her introductory courtesy call on the newly-appointed minister September 18. Alrich said he was very surprised by the two expulsions. He hoped, however, that the U.S. would not make Haiti's assistance and c [...]	2008-09-23 16:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1352	RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel Freedom of Information Act request, post has no copies of records pertaining to subject matter within the specifications outlined in reftel paras 1 and 2 for the timeframe from January 1, 2003 [...]	2008-09-23 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1356	AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -*please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This report is an updated interim assessment of damage to Haiti's agricultural sector following recent hurricanes. (ref A, B). 3. (U) New Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MARNDR) Joanas Gue [...]	2008-09-24 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1357	PRESIDENT PREVAL'S FOCUS AT UNGA AND BEYOND: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent series of hurricanes that devastated Haiti has boiled down the political agenda of President Preval to a single point: disaster relief and reconstruction, and rallying the internationa [...]	2008-09-24 16:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AEMR EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE136	IMMIGRATION OFFICERS RECEIVE TRAINING, BUT IMPACT [...] Summary: As part of its project, ''Capacity Building in Migration Management'' (CBMM) sponsored by the government of Canada, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held a series of training workshops for Haitian immigration officers. The workshops provided valuable information an [...]	2008-01-28 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1364	HAITI TAPS PETROCARIBE REVENUE FOR DISASTER [...] (U) Summary: Haiti is using state of emergency legislation to withdraw nearly USD 200 million from PetroCaribe funds held in the national bank to finance reconstruction projects and other urgent government needs after the country was devastated by hurricanes and flooding beginning in August. [...]	2008-09-25 15:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1377	HAITI: FAVORABLE POLITICAL WINDS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) The government of Michele Pierre-Louis entered its first 100 days facing the monumental challenge of a national disaster, but enjoys a political honeymoon with a parliament disposed to give her the support she needs to help victims and rebuild the country, and with a public unaccustomed t [...]	2008-09-30 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1381	WHY WE NEED CONTINUING MINUSTAH PRESENCE IN HAITI [...] (U) This report responds to recommendation number 2 of the Embassy Port au Prince OIG inspection report. Summary -------- 2. (C) The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti is an indispensable tool in realizing core USG policy interests in Haiti. Security vulnerabilities and fundamental institutional [...]	2008-10-01 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1382	POLICE OFFICER FREED AFTER CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: A senior Haitian National Police officer was recently freed after nine months in prison, after being jailed by former Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant on spurious charges. His story is an example of the frequently reported abuse of authority by the now-ousted Chief Prosecutor, a [...]	2008-10-01 16:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1388	HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL REJECTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Returning to Haiti after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings, President Rene Preval used themes of his UNGA address to appeal for more reconstruction and development aid and less ''charity'' for Haiti. Echoing a belief we sometime encounter among high-level GOH [...]	2008-10-03 12:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1389	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that South Afric [...]	2008-10-03 12:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1392	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that Sou [...]	2008-10-03 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1402	HAITI SUPPORTS NEWEST UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1405	(C) PREVAL SEEKS CHANGE IN MINUSTAH STATUS PRIOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 18:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1414	PRIME MINISTER PIERRE-LOUIS ON HAITI'S URGENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS (MPL) GAVE ME A CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE DURING OUR BREAKFAST MEETING OCTOBER 2. SHE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE HAITI HAS RECEIVED IN THE WAKE OF THE HURRICANES, AND FOR US SUPP [...]	2008-10-06 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI EAGR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1418	HURRICANE RIPPLE EFFECTS CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary: Crippling post-hurricane fuel shortages in both the north and the south of Haiti are showing some signs of abatement, but the ramifications continue in beleaguered storm zones. Haiti's reliance on Port-au-Prince as its sole petroleum distribution point highlights the need for [...]	2008-10-06 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1423	HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) PARLIAMENT PASSES AMENDED BUDGET. Both chambers of parliament voted the [...]	2008-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV HA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE1430	PREVAL TO USAID: HAITI NEEDS URGENT [...] (U) President Rene Preval told visiting USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore and Ambassador Sanderson that his first priorities in response to devastation wrought by recent hurricanes were to rapidly repair damaged infrastructure (e.g., bridges) and provide emergency relief to assist the populat [...]	2008-10-08 12:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1439	CITE SOLEIL - REPOSITIONING A HAITIAN ICON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2 (U) Cite Soleil, historically the most volatile zone in Port-au-Prince and a base for crime on a nationally destabilizing scale appears to have lost some of its explosive soc [...]	2008-10-09 18:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1458	NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]	2008-10-15 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1460	HAITI'S TOP JUDGE LASHES JUDICIARY FOR CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Haiti's top judge opened this year's judicial session with a scathing critique of corruption and incompetence in the criminal justice system and associated government offices. He outlined areas where reform is badly needed, particularly the setting up of the already mandated Superior Coun [...]	2008-10-16 12:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1463	HAITI: DIVISIONS IN LAVALAS DEEPEN AS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Divisions within former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party were exposed in dramatic fashion on October 9 as competing factions of the party held organizational meetings to rally their supporters and prepare their strategy for next year's senatorial [...]	2008-10-16 18:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE147	PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...]	2008-01-30 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI
08PORTAUPRINCE1510	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAVAILS OF OFFICE, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pierre-Louis says privately that she is frustrated by President Preval's refusal thus far to give her the space she needs to govern. He has yet to sign off on her plan to visit Washington, attempting to reshuffle her cabinet without her consent, and listening to an [...]	2008-10-29 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1511	GONAIVES STILL DIGGING OUT AFTER FLOODING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Gonaives continues to dig out from mud that covered the city in tropical storm flooding in August and early September. The World Food Program plans to continue mass feeding programs, which [...]	2008-10-29 16:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID HA VE CU
08PORTAUPRINCE1517	HAITI: TENTATIVE DATE FOR SENATE ELECTIONS, APRIL [...] (SBU) After over a year of stagnation in election preparations, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced that the first round of Senate elections would be held April 19. That date is not final until confirmed by Presidential decree. The latest GOH amended budget commits additio [...]	2008-10-29 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1522	ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS PICK UP STEAM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassifed -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After doing virtually nothing over the past year to prosecute corruption cases, law enforcement authorities in October moved against a handful of corruption suspects. The most significant [...]	2008-10-30 19:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE153	HAITIAN POLICE PRIORITIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) recently discussed with Embassy officials his priorities and constraints in developing the needed police officers for regular police work, additional police presence in Cite Soleil, border control, and adequate staffing o [...]	2008-01-31 14:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1533	PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH CORE FOUR AMBASSADORS [...] (C) At our request, Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis (MPL) met with the Brazilian, Canadian, French and U.S. Ambassadors, as well as UNSRSG Hedi Annabi, on October 27. The PM acknowledged that she has yet to satisfactorily organize her office, and remains very much a prisoner of he [...]	2008-10-31 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1541	HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS ------------------- 2. (U) HOSPITAL STRIKE. Resident physicians in the two major hospitals in the capital and a hospital in Cap Haitian have [...]	2008-11-04 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1548	HAITI: PRESIDENT LASHES US DRUG POLICY IN FRONT OF [...] (C) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay visited Haiti the week of November 3 and met with President Preval that day. MINUSTAH Director for Human Rights Lizbeth Cullity (protect) told the Ambassador and PolCouns November 3 and 4 that Preval refused to engage the Commissione [...]	2008-11-05 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1550	HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1555	HAITIANS DISSATISFIED WITH SLIGHT PRICE DECREASE AT PUMP [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 18:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1557	LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA FROM THE REPUBLIC [...] The following translation of a congratulatory letter from Haitian President Rene Preval was received by Embassy on November 5. The Embassy will pouch actual French text to WHA/CAR Desk Officer for distribution. 2. Begin Text: Mr. President-elect, On behalf of the Haitian People and [...]	2008-11-07 12:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA OPDC PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE156	PRESIDENT PREVAL PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON SENATE [...] Summary: (C) President Preval pledged to the entire international community in Haiti that his government is committed to holding Senate elections as quickly as possible. He promised a draft electoral law within days, and an election budget and calendar in less than two weeks, and asked for t [...]	2008-01-31 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1562	HAITI AND THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES ON IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Polcouns raised reftel points on upcoming Third Committee Votes on Iran, Burma and the DPRK November 6 with MFA Political Director Jacques Renand Cherduville. Polcouns emphasized that Haiti, a country building democratic institutions after decades of despotic rule, should be able to suppo [...]	2008-11-07 17:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1569	LEAHY VETTING FOLLOW-UP - TRAINING AS PART OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S/NF) Following up on reftel, Post has reviewed reports that may be related to the following three individuals, in reference to their possible inclusion in USG-funded training. Post provides these recommendations: A. Rosemond Aristide: Based on re [...]	2008-11-10 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	INRA MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR MASS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1575	HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begin the blame game, prosecutors have already arrested the director of the school and [...]	2008-11-13 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID HA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE1576	HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begi [...]	2008-11-13 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1585	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROBINSON VISIT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Your visit comes when the Government of Haiti is digging out from the wreckage of four hurricanes that affected 10 percent of the population and from the collapse of a school that killed nearly 100 children. The newly-installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is battli [...]	2008-11-14 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1589	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following first 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 708 recruited for the training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. We received comments [...]	2008-11-17 16:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1592	ADDITIONAL FUEL PRICE DECREASES IN HAITI [...] (U) Fuel pump prices have now been reduced twice since the reductions announced October 21 (reftel). Public transport drivers, the Association of Fuel Distributors (ANADIPP) and a number of senators were dissatisfied by the initial small decrease. The Ministry of Finance and Economy announced [...]	2008-11-17 19:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1597	U.S. AMBASSADOR FIRST MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On November 14, the U.S. Ambassador met for the first time with the new Minister of Justice and Public Security, Jean Joseph Exume. They discussed continuing USG support for police and judicial r [...]	2008-11-19 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1600	HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR [...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]	2008-11-19 19:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1601	HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR [...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]	2008-11-20 12:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1602	HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR [...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]	2008-11-20 12:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1608	HAITI AND THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES ON IRAN, BURMA, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE161	HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 3. (U) STUDENT PROTESTS In mid- to late January, students barricaded themselves in the Haitian [...]	2008-02-01 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
08PORTAUPRINCE1619	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] Post requests Department'S assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 708 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in January 2009, and therefore, the vetting proc [...]	2008-11-24 12:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1624	HAITI NONCOMMITTAL ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff raised ref A points regarding resolutions on Israel debated in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) each fall with Jacques Renand Cherduville, Political Director of the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 21. (Note: Haiti voted for the three U.S.-opposed resolutions referenced in [...]	2008-11-24 17:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE163	MINISTER OF FINANCE TOUTS MODEST ECONOMIC PROGRESS [...] This message contains commercial proprietary information, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a meeting February 23, Haitian Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil, told Ambassador and USAID Director that the Haitian economy made modest progress in 2006-2007. He estimated that GDP growth in FY0 [...]	2008-02-01 16:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV HA

08PORTAUPRINCE1643	INL VISITORS GET FIRST-HAND OVERVIEW OF NAS [...] Summary: November 18-22 INL/CIVPOL Director Jim Bean and new INL/CIVPOL Haiti Program Officer Meagan McBride paid their first visit to Haiti to get an overview of the INL/NAS programs in country. They visited the police station construction site in Cite Soleil, the instructors barracks cons [...]	2008-11-28 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1649	WHA DAS DAVID ROBINSON MEETS WITH HAITIAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson, accompanied by WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith, met November 20 with key Haitian officials to discuss the country's preparations for the upcoming senatorial elections, a possible donor conference in early 2009 in Canada, and ongoin [...]	2008-12-01 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1651	POSTCARD FROM JACMEL: FRUSTRATION IN PROVINCES [...] (U) Summary: The southern coastal city of Jacmel is struggling with insufficient funding from the central government, inadequate law enforcement, and Port-au-Prince corruption frightening off potential investors in Jacmel. Jacmel, however, has a unique advantage in the form of a wealthy mayor [...]	2008-12-01 16:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1652	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS -------------------- 2. (C) SENATE TO CONVOKE PRIME MINISTER DECEMBER 2. Amid growing criticism of the government's handling of disaster rec [...]	2008-12-01 18:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1654	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- THIRD SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department'S assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-01 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1660	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FOURTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department'S assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-02 17:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1673	CLOUDY PROSPECTS FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: There is still no political consensus or final executive decision to hold long-delayed partial Senate elections next April. Two powerful political parties have criticized the Provisional Electoral Council's (CEP's) halting preparations for these elections. Most political parties [...]	2008-12-04 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1675	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIFTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department'S assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-05 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1677	LAVALAS: ARISTIDE "READY TO RETURN," BUT WANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF
08PORTAUPRINCE1680	HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER'S HONEYMOON WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis confronted growing criticism of her performance in office with a vigorous defense of her government's disaster relief efforts in a closed session with Parliamentary leaders December 2. Her performance has temporarily checked parliamentarian [...]	2008-12-08 13:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1685	HAITI: POSTCARDS FROM MIRAGOANE AND PETIT-GOAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The towns of Miragoane and Petit Goave are case studies of how limited local resources and central government neglect constrain the viability of local government in Haiti. Municipalities are able to supply basic municipal services only sporadically. The national power company [...]	2008-12-08 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1686	HAITI: POSTCARDS FROM MIRAGOANE AND PETIT-GOAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The towns of Miragoane and Petit Goave are case studies of how limited local resources and central government neglect constrain the viability of local government in Haiti. Municipalities are able to supply basic municipal services only sporadically. The national power company [...]	2008-12-08 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1687	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TRAINING IMPLEMENTED AS PART [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following unit of the Haitian National Police, which has been selected to participate in in-service training beginning in January 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign As [...]	2008-12-08 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1695	HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Haiti virtually never criticizes any of the multiple countries, including Cuba, which gives it assistance. In keeping with this policy, the Government of Haiti never criticizes Cuba's democracy or human rights record. Haiti and Cuba, along with Venezuela, are [...]	2008-12-10 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE1708	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SIXTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department'S assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-12 13:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1709	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN'S DECEMBER 16-19 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the recently installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is overseeing disaster relief efforts amidst growing criticism that government assistance is not reaching all who need it. Parliament is becoming increasingly critical of the government. [...]	2008-12-12 17:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1710	SENIOR POLICE OFFICER JAILED IN DRUG-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: A 35 year old Haitian woman with suspected connections to drug-trafficking networks was kidnapped from her home in Port-au-Prince and murdered on November 30 just outside of the capital. A regional Haitian National Police (HNP) Commissioner and several lower-ranking HNP officers [...]	2008-12-12 19:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1712	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SEVENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-15 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1724	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- NINTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-18 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1725	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- EIGHTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1726	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- TENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1727	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- ELEVENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the 703 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for graduation in [...]	2008-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1736	HAITI ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AMGT AORC APER PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1739	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- TWELFTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximated 700 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for g [...]	2008-12-19 15:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1740	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- THIRTEENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 51 HNP cadets among the approximated 700 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for g [...]	2008-12-19 15:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1741	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FOURTEENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following 51 HNP cadets among the approximated 700 recruited for training of the 20th Promotion, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. The 20th class is scheduled for g [...]	2008-12-19 16:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1742	HAITI ON THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 17:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1743	HAITI LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 17:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO AORC OTRA KSCA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1748	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIAN: ISSUES, REQUESTS & [...] (SBU) Summary: Cap Haitien officials downplayed security issues but highlighted economic hardship and municipal budget constraints as key impediments to progress in Haiti's second largest city. The delegate for the North Department discussed the effects of the recent hurricanes on the region and la [...]	2008-12-22 14:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1749	HAITI: LAVALAS PROTESTORS CALL FOR ARISTIDE'S [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 4,000 Haitians marched peacefully in the streets of Port-au-Prince December 16 to call for the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Executive Committee of Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party organized the demonstration, which featured speeches by [...]	2008-12-22 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE175	FANMI LAVALAS SENATOR: ELECTIONS EDGING TOWARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fanmi Lavalas Senator from the West Department Rudy Heriveaux told the Ambassador he supports President Preval and his efforts for the political stabilization of Haiti, wants to attract foreign investment, supports reforming the constitution according to the constitution's own proced [...]	2008-02-07 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1750	HAITI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) There is no evidence that Haiti is a target for Islamic extremist activity or acts of international terrorism. There are no existing terror cells, such as al-Qaida or any other terrorist organizations in Haiti. No acts of international terrorism occurred in Haiti in 2008. The Government o [...]	2008-12-22 18:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1757	HAITI ELECTIONS: DONOR FRUSTRATION GROWS, [...] (C) Summary: Frustration grows in the international donor community as President Rene Preval has yet to issue a Presidential Decree (''Arrete'') to hold elections for one-third of the senate, planned for April. Canada and the European Commission have made clear they will not disburse funds w [...]	2008-12-24 15:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA CA
08PORTAUPRINCE1772	HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) MOST POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTER FOR ELECTIONS. According to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP),twenty-seven political parties were officiall [...]	2008-12-30 14:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1773	REQUEST FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE HAITI STABILIZATION [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 2. -------------------------------------------- Summary and Request for Operational Analysis -------------------------------------------- 2. Action request: The U.S. Embassy to Haiti requests, through SOUTHCOM, that the Joint Center for Operatio [...]	2008-12-30 19:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SNAR PGOV MARR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1776	HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE --------------------------- 2. (U) THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB). IDB approved a USD 12.5 million grant for the rehabilitation of Haiti's [...]	2008-12-31 15:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE186	FEBRUARY 4 REPATRIATION OF 131 MIGRANTS [...] On February 4, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 131 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 2, the USCG intercepted a 40-foot sail freighter carrying these 131 Haitian migrants 30 nautical miles west of Great Inaugua, the Bahamas. 2. The mi [...]	2008-02-08 17:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE195	HAITI ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Clerisme January 23. He promised to transmit the USG position to President Preval and Prime Minister Alexis. 2. Clerisme was aware of the basic elements of the Kosovo issue, conceded that Kosovo could not be brought back under Serbian [...]	2008-02-11 15:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE196	GOH MAY BE READY TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILTY FOR [...] (C) Summary: After years of complaining of the burden of criminal deportees the USG returns to Haiti, the GoH now may be ready to assume direct responsibility for re-integrating them. Yves Stanley Joseph, Chief of Staff for the Ministry of Interior (MOI),says he will soon recommend to the GoH [...]	2008-02-11 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE197	NEW SENATE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA [...] (C) As told to the Ambassador, priorities of newly elected Senate President Kely Bastien are 1) improving the working relationship with the lower house of the legislature and the Executive Branch; 2) preserving political stability by heading off legislative efforts to vote ministers out of off [...]	2008-02-11 16:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE198	PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...]	2008-02-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE208	G/TIP FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE PROPOSALS FROM [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposals: 2. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested Funding Amount: $499,401 (federal share: $499,401) Project Title: Combating Trafficking in Children and Women in Haiti Project Duration: 12 months P [...]	2008-02-12 14:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC HA KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08PORTAUPRINCE210	HAITI PUTS ON CARNIVAL 2008: NO DEATHS, IMPROVED [...] Summary: Improved security, a better organized HNP, and a greater Diaspora presence marked Haiti's 2008 Carnival celebrations. With the approval of the EAC, Embassy officers were permitted to attend Carnival events for the first time in 5 years. The organizational skill the GOH and private gr [...]	2008-02-12 17:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE232	PRESSURE MOUNTING ON HAITI GOVERNMENT OVER COST OF LIVING [...] Summary: After the security situation largely stabilized in the course of 2007, inflation, poverty and joblessness have moved to the political forefront in Haiti. President Preval and Prime Minister Alexis are facing escalating political pressure over the rising cost of living and persistent [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE233	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE234	CHEVRON SIGNS PETROCARIBE AGREEMENT WITH GOH [...] (C) Michael Lecorps, Director General for the Government of Haiti's (GoH) Office of Monetization within the Ministry of Finance, told Econoff on January 25 that Chevron signed a three-year contract the week of January 21 with the GoH under the PetroCaribe arrangement to purchase refined oil pro [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON POL EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE235	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE237	EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has witnessed increasing presence of apparent gang youth in Cite Soleil that could pose a security threat to Embassy activities in that area, including HSI, as well as undermine the security improvements resulting from MINUSTAH's intervention in late 2006-early 2007. Embass [...]	2008-02-15 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE240	HAITIAN RESPONSE: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Renald Clerisme February 15 and delivered reftel demarche. Clerisme took note of the US concerns and indicated that any decision on recognizing Kosovo's independence would be made at the Presidential level. He stated that he would be [...]	2008-02-15 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HA
08PORTAUPRINCE276	HAITI: PCI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Per reftel criteria, Haiti possesses only one critical dependency relevant to the United States: the Haitian side of the Windward Passage, an 80 km-wide strait between the northwest corner of Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and which [...]	2008-02-20 17:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PREL ECON ETTC EAID EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE286	HAITI STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 16:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK HA YI KV EU
08PORTAUPRINCE293	LAVALAS PARTISANS PLAN ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A Fanmi Lavalas Senate candidate reports Lavalas is planning anti-government protests on February 29, the four-year anniversary of Aristide's departure from Haiti. Organizers say they will assure the GOH the marches will be peaceful. The chosen protest theme of government inaction against [...]	2008-02-22 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE319	INL DAS MCCAMPBELL VISITS HAITI [...] (U) Summary: On January 14-15 INL DAS Christy McCampbell visited Haiti for the first time. She toured NAS and DEA-related sites and met with Embassy and GOH officials, including the Minister of Justice. She departed with a deeper understanding of the challenges faced in implementing progr [...]	2008-02-26 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE320	PRIME MINISTER JACQUES EDOUARD ALEXIS RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies has convoked the Prime Minister to answer questions February 28 on his government's policies to combat the rising cost of living and allegations of corruption. The session could end in several ways, to include: a vote of no confidence that brings down th [...]	2008-02-26 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE321	FANMI LAVALAS: FOUR REGIONAL CONGRESSES HELD, SIX [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE328	RESPONSE TO TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] In response to reftel, post nominates Mballe M. Nkembe. He is an American direct-hire, economic-coned officer in post's combined Political/Economic section. (Note: Post does not have a Labor Officer. End note.) Mr. Nkembe, who is currently updating the Department of Labor's (DOL) Foreign [...]	2008-02-27 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE333	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: (NAME) TRAVEL FOR PATRICE ISRAEL, [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Commissar Patrice Israel, Director of the Haitian National Police/BLTS division, who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored meeting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assis [...]	2008-02-28 17:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA DEA
08PORTAUPRINCE335	REACTIONS TO INTERPELLATION OF PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU)Summary: The interpellation of Prime Minister (PM) Jacques Edouard Alexis by the House of Deputies on February 28 has strongly divided public opinion. Elite opinion is warning of the politically destabilizing effect a vote of no confidence. The informal sector and peasant groups, the h [...]	2008-02-28 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE336	HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensetive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF HAITI'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of [...]	2008-02-28 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB HA KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08PORTAUPRINCE341	HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...]	2008-02-29 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE344	PRIME MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Chamber of Deputies voted on February 28 to keep Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis in office. Of the 84 Deputies present, 63 voted "confidence," 8 "no-confidence" and 13 abstained. Fifteen Deputie [...]	2008-02-29 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE37	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HA PGOV PHUM PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE374	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) LAVALAS PARTISANS MARCH ON 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE DEPARTURE A crowd of seve [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN
08PORTAUPRINCE377	NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Pierre-Louis Opont was installed as new Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) March 6. He appears closer to President Preval than his predecessor. He has no experience managing elections, but has a better relationship with the CEP councilors, which may help produce [...]	2008-03-07 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE38	PREVAL ON INDEPENDENCE DAY: "PATIENCE, PLEASE" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (U) President Rene Preval's annual January 1 Independence Day speech calling for patience and unity has met with a mixed reaction, some welcoming his recognition of the threat of unemploym [...]	2008-01-08 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE394	WHA DAS KIRSTEN MADISON MEETING WITH HAITIAN PRIME [...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison assured Haitian Prime Minister Alexis that the U.S. commitment to Haiti remains strong and was bolstered by a regional effort that brought in several Latin American nations. She emphasized that Haiti has come a long way and we want to preserve and build on what has [...]	2008-03-10 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE399	GOH CHILDREN'S SHELTER WELL RUN, POLITICS ASIDE [...] Summary. A large GOH children,s shelter near Port-au-Prince, once run by Jean Bertrand Aristide before he became President, is now managed by Brother Armand Franklin, a reputed Aristide ally, and is doing well with the help of international assistance. The shelter, the largest GOH instituti [...]	2008-03-11 18:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE404	POSTCARD FROM ST. MARC [...] Summary: The Haitian National Police (HNP) says the security situation in St. Marc, located in the Artibonite Department, is stable. However, the HNP admits that violent crime arising from land disputes as well as violence against women are widespread and threaten security and stability in th [...]	2008-03-12 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE425	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO CAP HAITIEN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Cap Haitien February 26-27 to find political, economic, and international security interlocutors relatively upbeat. The Chilean MINUSTAH battalion believes security is improving, the previously suspicious mayor of the city is eagerly courting U.S. assistance, and [...]	2008-03-17 16:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE430	G/TIP PROGRAM: FIRST MONITORING REPORT [...] Summary: The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF) a USD 250,850 grant to support an anti-trafficking program in Haiti from September 30, 2007 through October 1, 2008. Due to extensive staff turnover at PADF's Haiti [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	BR KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE447	DUAL CITIZENSHIP MANHUNT HITS SENATORS, MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent businessman and Senate Vice-President Rudolph Henri Boulos resigned from the Senate on March 18 following the Senate's consideration of a report by the Senate Commission of Inquiry on Nationality. The report, confirming that Senators Boulos and Ultimo Compere held Ame [...]	2008-03-19 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE453	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ISSUES REPORT ON MISHANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The new treasurer of the Chamber of Deputies, Cholzer Chancy, made public a report on irregularities in the bookkeeping of the lower house of Parliament. The report highlights several instances of overspending as well as overdue payments to employees and vendors. The Chamber [...]	2008-03-20 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE457	FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND DELAYS AT HAITI'S PORTS -- [...] (U) Haitian officials deny recent media reports that port and customs officials are turning a blind eye to food spoilage at the Cap Haitien port in the northern region. They say the reports overlook efforts to counter corruption and contraband trafficking (especially drugs),modernize port and [...]	2008-03-20 17:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE510	CUBA COURTS MARC BAZIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Marc Bazin volunteered to Embassy his account of a one-week early-March visit to Cuba that he and a handful of his political party colleagues undertook as guests of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Bazin believes that the departure of Fidel Castr [...]	2008-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE520	SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL [...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...]	2008-04-01 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE521	HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DUAL USE TRANSFERS [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points March 31 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort. Belfort told Econoff Haiti supports U.N. Security Council Resolution 1803 and will do what it can to support its implementation. Belfort appeared generally famil [...]	2008-04-01 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM NSG PREL PGOV MNUC HA IR
08PORTAUPRINCE523	POSTCARD FROM OUANAMINTHE [...] (U) Summary: The border town of Ouanaminthe thrives on legal and illegal trade with the Dominican Republic (DR) -- even as it continues to lack basic government services such as water, electricity, and telephones. Residents and local public officials openly criticize and sabotage GOH activit [...]	2008-04-02 11:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD DR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE528	SHOOTING IN HAITI'S CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified--please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies suffered more damage to its reputation April 1 when Deputy Joseph Mercier Isidor (RDNP-Jeremie, Grand'Anse) shot a parliamentary staff member during an argument with a fell [...]	2008-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE531	HAITI MONTHLY: MARCH, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) PARLIAMENT BEGINS DEBATE ON ARREST AND DETENTION REFORM: The justice com [...]	2008-04-03 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PREL PGOV KJUS ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE532	COST OF LIVING INCREASES IGNITE PROTESTS IN LES [...] (SBU) Summary: Mounting frustration toward the government for its failure to sufficiently address the rapid cost of living increases throughout Haiti ignited violent protests in Les Cayes April 3. Peaceful protests in Gonavives were also reported. Apparently organized protestors blocked ro [...]	2008-04-03 21:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE536	UNREST IN LES CAYES: MINUSTAH OFFICER FATALLY [...] (C) MINUSTAH sources reported that at approximately 0700 local April 4, MINUSTAH military contingents, while clearing roadblocks erected overnight by protesters, came under attack by rioters throwing rocks. This occured in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, site of rioting yesterday, Apri [...]	2008-04-04 17:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE537	HAITI ELECTIONS: MORE ASSURANCES BUT FEW CONCRETE [...] (C) Summary: President Preval at the end of March again reassured the international community of the GOH's commitment to hold Senate elections. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced to donors an increase of USD 2 million in the projected cost of elections, but has still not prese [...]	2008-04-04 18:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI-ATF ETRACE MOU FOLLOW-UP: US-CARICOM [...] Poloff discussed proposed eTRACE MOU per reftel with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officer on March 11. ATF officer (and POC for ATF's assessment team that visited Haiti October 2007) informed Poloff that ATF does not/not recommend and is unable to support Haiti's participati [...]	2008-04-04 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PARM PREL TD XL
08PORTAUPRINCE544	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE A SECOND DAY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MINUSTAH and Haitian government sources report April 4 that protests in Les Cayes are continuing for a second day at reduced but still potent levels. They warn that there is a strong possibility these demonstrations will last throughout the weekend. There have been no further [...]	2008-04-04 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA ECON CASC ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE549	EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE, CORE EMERGENCY ACTION [...] (U) On April 07, 2008, Post's core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened by Ambassador Janet A. Sanderson. EAC discussed protests and demonstrations occurring in Les Cayes and Gonaive last week, as well as in the Port-au-Prince area today. 2. (U) Protests and demonstrations have [...]	2008-04-07 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC HA PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE55	PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL FEELING ITS WAY [...] (SBU) In an introductory call on the newly-appointed Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) January 9, Ambassador found the councilors tentatively defining their role, eager to partner with the U.S. and the international community, and anxious to receive U.S. and international assistance for Hait [...]	2008-01-11 15:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE551	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE IN LES CAYES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Sporadic protests over the rising cost of living have resumed in Les Cayes and Port au Prince, after the situation in Les Cayes had calmed over the weekend. MINUSTAH sources report a crowd of at least 1,000 protesters re-convened in Les Cayes the morning of April 7. Port au Pri [...]	2008-04-08 12:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA ECON PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE553	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITIAN PRISON CONDITIONS [...] Summary: Ambassador Sanderson met with HNP Director of Prison Administration Celestin on April 4. They discussed current prison conditions, plans for facility construction and renovation, staffing gaps, USG assistance and the major problems facing the Haitian corrections system. He is appr [...]	2008-04-08 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE554	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING & CORRUPTION [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in monthly training starting this April for a period of up to one year, pursuant to the Leahy Amendm [...]	2008-04-08 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA
08PORTAUPRINCE556	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS IN HAITI: UPDATE AS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued in Port-au-Prince for a second day with greater violence. Since about 0900 hrs, there have been several reports of demonstrations in different neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince calling for the resignation of President Preval and the Prime Minister. The [...]	2008-04-08 21:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE577	HAITI LOOKS FOR NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) President Preval is following the constitutional process and consulting with the Presidents of both chambers of parliament and with political parties, to choose a new Prime Minister and cabinet. Multiple embassy sources agree that the new PM must stand above the parties, and be a politica [...]	2008-04-18 18:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE583	TEN DAYS IN APRIL: HAITI'S FOOD RIOTS [...] (C) Summary: April 3-12, 2008 saw the most serious civil unrest Haiti has experienced since 2005. The violence had organization behind it, both criminal and political, although absolute numbers of demonstrators were small compared to the country's population. Embassy believes that pro-Aristi [...]	2008-04-22 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA PHUM ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE585	SCENESETTER FOR HIGH LEVEL MISSION TO HAITI: [...] (SBU) We are very much looking forward to your trip here tomorrow as the U.S. representative in the High Level Mission to Haiti. The players are beginning to line up: in addition to the OAS Secretary General, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the European Union will be sending officials. I [...]	2008-04-23 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE589	HAITIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: FORM AN INCLUSIVE NEW [...] (C) Summary: Political parties complain they were largely ignored by President Preval during the demonstrations of April 3 to 12. Despite many of these parties being represented in the Alexis government, nearly all parties supported the vote that dismissed it, arguing that the mass demonstra [...]	2008-04-24 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE607	PREVAL NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of consultations with political parties and the private sector, President Preval nominated Ericq Pierre on April 27 to replace Jacques-Edouard Alexis as Prime Minister. Preval notified the presidents of both houses of parliament April 27 of his choice and will f [...]	2008-04-28 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE623	CONGRESSMAN MEEK MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL) discussed with President Preval April 21 the U.S. government's commitment to Haiti's development and his commitment to advocate for HOPE II legislation. Preval desc [...]	2008-04-29 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE625	HAITI MONTHLY: APRIL 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (C) FANMI LAVALAS CLAIMS POLITICAL MARGINALIZATION: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) Senator Rudy Heriveaux (West) on April 23 voiced the party's frustration at their continuous [...]	2008-04-30 14:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PREL PGOV ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE642	REACTIONS TO ERICQ PIERRE'S NOMINATION AS PRIME [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Ericq Pierre has begun reaching out to parliament to enhance his chances of confirmation. Public and private reactions to Ericq Pierre's nomination as Prime Minister have been mixed. His approval by the Parliament is likely but not certain. The focus of politi [...]	2008-05-02 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE644	HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE RESPONSE TO RECENT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of civil unrest that led to looting and vandalism, the Haitian National Police (HNP) is looking at lessons learned and planning for future such events. The HNP response to the crisis in April revealed progress made in developing a professional police force but a [...]	2008-05-03 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE647	HAITI TO ATTEND PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OUTREACH [...] (U) Econoff discussed May 2 the upcoming PSI Outreach Workshop with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Azad Belfort. Embassy provided Belfor contact information, the workshop agenda and logistical information needed to register Haiti as a participant. 2. ( [...]	2008-05-05 16:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV HA

08PORTAUPRINCE650	HAITI: NPT PREPCOM RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE677	HAITI ATTENDING PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 18:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE684	HAITI AND US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 18:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE686	HAITI: BANKERS AND ECONOMISTS SPEAK OUT ON FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Bankers and economists, including some in the government, question the viability of President Rene Preval's rice subsidy proposal presented in response to recent food riots. Economists and bankers consulted agree an immediate response that targets food needs of the poor is war [...]	2008-05-09 17:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EAGR ETRD HA
08PORTAUPRINCE697	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED AGENT TRAINING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in advanced investigative training in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from May 18-30, 2008, pursua [...]	2008-05-12 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE700	HAITI: PRIVATE SECTOR INITIAL RESPONSE TO VIOLENT [...] (SBU) Haiti's business community is slowly recovering from the shell-shock of the April rioting. The property damage they suffered was minor compared to the psychological blow. They see these disorders as a major setback in Haiti's stabilization. Some are asking whether Haiti can recover and [...]	2008-05-13 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON HA EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE701	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES REJECTS ERICQ PIERRE'S [...] (C) The Chamber of Deputies on May 12 rejected President Preval's nominee for Prime Minister, Ericq Pierre. The Senate had endorsed him May 7. Since both houses of parliament must vote to approve, Pierre's confirmation has definitively failed, and the President now must start the selection a [...]	2008-05-13 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE709	HIGH LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO HAITI [...] (C) A High-Level International Mission to Haiti April 24-25 that included WHA A/S Shannon told political leaders that the international community continues to stand by Haiti after the recent rioting, but that Haitian leaders must strive for improved consensus across party lines and branches [...]	2008-05-14 16:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EAGR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE723	EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To support the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, post will place ref A op-ed in one of the leading Haitian dailies, under Ambassador's signature. 3. (SBU) Post will also brief an up-and-coming jour [...]	2008-05-16 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU HA
08PORTAUPRINCE73	GOVERNMENTS ON HISPANIOLA DESIRE COOPERATION ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. A regional consultative meeting on travel document fraud, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),brought together representatives of five Caribbean countries to discuss [...]	2008-01-15 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA CVIS SMIG
08PORTAUPRINCE737	ERICQ PIERRE SAYS CORRUPTION BEHIND CHAMBER OF [...] (SBU) Ex-Prime Minister Designate Ericq Pierre declared publicly May 15 that he had run up against demands for cash, ministerial positions, and pork barrel projects in exchange for parliamentary support for his confirmation. He implied that his refusal to entertain these demands, as well as l [...]	2008-05-19 19:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE753	PREVAL TAKES ANTI-GLOBALIZATION STANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Preval used his speech on Haiti's Flag Day May 18 to depict Haiti's economic reform efforts as a national struggle for economic independence against the forces of globalization. He summoned all Haitians to unite and support a ''unity government'' to achieve this in [...]	2008-05-23 17:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KTRD HA
08PORTAUPRINCE762	CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT -- HAITI [...] (C) This message is a response to reftel request for information concerning Haiti in the framework of exploring options among CARICOM countries for expanded U.S. support for Caribbean regional security capacities. USG Assistance to the Haitian National Police ------------------------------- [...]	2008-05-27 17:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER XL MASS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE763	PREVAL NAMES BOB MANUEL PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE [...] (SBU) President Preval on May 25 named his close political adviser Robert Manuel as Prime Minister-designate. Manuel is part of Preval's inner circle, and a consummate behind-the-scenes political operative. He was Secretary of State for Public Security during part of Preval's first term, an [...]	2008-05-27 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE764	PREVAL NAMES BOB MANUEL PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE - [...] (U) This message contains bio data in para 8 omitted in ref a. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) President Preval on May 25 named his close political adviser Robert Manuel as Prime Minister-designate. Manuel is part of Preval's inner circle, and a consummate behind-the-scenes political operati [...]	2008-05-27 18:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE767	HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Haiti values the assistance it receives from Cuba and does not criticize the country publicly or privately. Cuba's provision of doctors in hard-to-reach areas of the country is seen positively by large sectors of the Haitian public. After the April food riot [...]	2008-05-28 13:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE781	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in a training scheduled June 9-13, 2008 pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. [...]	2008-05-29 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA
08PORTAUPRINCE783	ELECTORAL LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT; SENATE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The possible date for elections for one-third of the Senate continues to slip farther into the future. Expanding CEP election budget projections now exceed pledged donor financing by USD 4 million. The CEP has rejected donor pleas to trim the election budget and continues to in [...]	2008-05-30 20:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE793	MANUEL CONFIRMATION AS PM HINGES ON LESPWA-PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: President Preval on May 29 convoked a special session of Parliament, primarily to consider Robert Manuel's candidacy for the office of Prime Minister. Manuel himself has been reaching out to parliamentarians, political party leadership and civil society leaders. He is hopeful, [...]	2008-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE795	PRESIDENT LULA REITERATES BRASILIA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva visited Haiti for seven hours on May 28. meeting at length with President Preval and other senior Haitian officials. He reiterated his nation's support for Haiti and announced that it would build a major dam for the generation of hydroele [...]	2008-06-02 21:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA BR
08PORTAUPRINCE8	DECEMBER 29 REPATRIATION OF 32 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE801	AID/LAC ACTING ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting AID/LAC Acting Assistant Administrator Jose Cardenas met with President Preval May 31 for 45 minutes. During the meeting, the two discussed US emergency food assistance for Haiti. Preval said that he no longer wanted the USG dols 1 million we had identified for his rice s [...]	2008-06-03 17:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE805	HAITI MONTHLY: MAY, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (C) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT LAMENTS ERICQ PIERRE REJECTION. In a May 14 meeting with Poloff, Chamber of Deputies President Eric Jean-Jacques expressed disma [...]	2008-06-03 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE807	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. This cable provides information on additional selected candidates to training in reftel. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting these candidates of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate in two trainings sch [...]	2008-06-03 20:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA
08PORTAUPRINCE814	ROBERT MANUEL CONFIRMATION PROCESS: COUNTING THE [...] (C) Summary: The ratification of Robert Manuel as Prime Minister increasingly depends on Chamber of Deputies' majority bloc, the Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians (CPP). President Preval's political party, Leswpa, is an integral part of this bloc. Preval held the first in a series [...]	2008-06-04 17:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE821	ANTI-KIDNAPPING MARCH PEACEFUL, BUT PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Private sector and civil society groups carried out a peaceful demonstration June 4 to draw attention to the gravity of security problems, in particular the recent spate of kidnappings in the capital. The rate of kidnappings has continued to rise since early 2008, and pressure i [...]	2008-06-06 14:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE824	ANATOMY OF A DECISION: WHY PREVAL WENT WITH TI-BOB [...] (C) Summary. Recent discussions with President Preval's friends and advisors indicate that he selected Bob Manuel as his second Prime Ministerial candidate, following the rejection of Ericq Pierre by the Lower House, after being pressed by associates to dump the putative front runner, Planning [...]	2008-06-06 16:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KINR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE828	NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST REPORT CARD - HAITI [...] (C) SUMMARY: To date the Government of Haiti continues to cooperate regularly with the U.S. Government on drug trafficking and money laundering issues. Recent civil disturbances, and the forced resignation of the Prime Minister and his cabinet, have hampered progress to some extent as the c [...]	2008-06-06 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE84	(C) RUMORS RESURFACE ABOUT PREVAL'S HEALTH [...] (C) Port-au-Prince's chattering classes have again focused on the state of President Rene Preval's health after a series of events in which the President looked tired and worn. Preval, who traveled to Havana in December for a check-up (and apparently meetings with Castro and Chavez),is frequ [...]	2008-01-17 12:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE845	PM ALEXIS ON BOB MANUEL'S NOMINATION: THE KEY IS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis told me that President Preval could get Bob Manuel confirmed as Prime Minister if he would work with parliament, but said that even the president now acknowledges that the nomination is in trouble. Alexis denied that he is working [...]	2008-06-11 16:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE865	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES REJECTS SECOND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) A large majority in the Chamber of Deputies on June 12 voted down President Preval's second candidate for Prime Minister, Robert Manuel. Deputies cited constitutional grounds of eligibility based on his recent six-year absence from Haiti. This was at best a pretext: the ad hoc 53-memb [...]	2008-06-13 17:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE874	HAITI: SUBSIDIZING OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: It became public June 7 that the Government of Haiti (GoH) has subsidized fuel through tax relief for oil importers, and has also set price ceilings at the pump, since the end of March. Government economists and the local IMF Resident Representative worry that this policy is [...]	2008-06-16 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG HA
08PORTAUPRINCE876	PREVAL SEEKS NEW PM CANDIDATE; SAYS HAITIAN PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, I met with President Preval for 50 minutes to discuss the political impasse which has left Haiti without a functioning government for more two months. The previous day, the lower house of Parliament had soundly rejected Preval's second prime ministerial candidate, his [...]	2008-06-16 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE88	ELECTORAL COUNCIL DIRECTOR GENERAL SAYS HE IS [...] (C) Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard is worried over Executive branch interference in the affairs of the Council, about a revision of the CEP by-laws that would erode his authority, and over perceived threats to his personal security. He says that without a [...]	2008-01-17 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE886	GOH RESPONSE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN REPORT OF SEXUAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with Ministry of Women's Affairs Director General Myriam Merlet. She commented that the Save the Children report, while informative, did not go far enough in analyz [...]	2008-06-18 13:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPKO KWMN UNSC PHUM KCRM
08PORTAUPRINCE888	HAITI: UPDATE TO NAMES, TITLES, CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post provides updated contact information for leading Government of Haiti officials listed below. Post notes that Prime Minister Alexis was voted out of office April 12 and now leads a caretaker government. [...]	2008-06-18 14:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE895	HAITI: AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK IN HAITI [...] Acting Minister of Agriculture Joanas Gue announced June 11 that 11 positive cases representing four outbreaks of the H5N2 avian influenza virus were identified in four areas of Haiti. Gue attributed the cause of the outbreak in at least one area to fighting cocks that originated in the Dominic [...]	2008-06-19 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFLU ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL HA DR
08PORTAUPRINCE897	HAITI: NO MOVEMENT ON 60-DAY REPORT ON IRAN [...] Econoff requested on June 16 an update from Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort on the status of Haiti's 60-Day Report required by UNSCR 1803. Belfort said he requested mid-May responses from the Prime Minister's office, the National Palace and the Mi [...]	2008-06-20 12:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC HA IR
08PORTAUPRINCE898	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ELECTORAL COUNCIL, EMPHASIZES [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council President Frantz-Gerard Verret's unilateral cancellation of a June 4 elections roundtable reinforced misgivings among international donors that the CEP, and President Preval, are reluctant to move forward with Senate elections. The Ambassador subse [...]	2008-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE90	PM ALEXIS: 2008 IS "HAITI'S PIVOTAL YEAR" [...] (C) Summary. In meeting January 16, Prime Minister Alexis termed 2008 Haiti's "pivotal year." His priorities for the period will be education and grassroots development. The PM has launched the PIC program, aimed at bringing project assistance to the communal level and is seeking USG support [...]	2008-01-17 17:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE908	INL/CIV DEPUTY DIRECTOR VISIT JUNE 9-12 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY. INL/CIV Deputy Director Angelic Young visited NAS Haiti June 9-12 to confer on current programs and future plans and to visit project sites. She visited the National Police Academy and Cite Sole [...]	2008-06-23 14:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE91	PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...]	2008-01-17 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE913	MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS: PREVAL'S THIRD PRIME [...] (C) Two weeks after Parliament's rejection of Robert Manuel, President Preval on June 23 announced his third Prime Minister designee, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. As was the case with his previous two nominees, Pierre-Louis is a close personal associate of Preval. She is a former business [...]	2008-06-25 18:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE934	NEW PARLIAMENTARY GROUPING CHALLENGES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: An ad hoc grouping of deputies from diverse political parties calling itself the ''Cooperative of Progressive Parliamentarians'' (CPP) is emerging as the majority bloc in the Chamber of Deputies and a foil to President Preval. Born of opposition to stale, corrupt leadership in [...]	2008-06-27 11:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE936	HAITI ANNOUNCES GAS PRICE HIKES [...] (U) The Haitian government announced June 25 price increases in petroleum products (gasoline, diesel and kerosene) of 10 to 18 percent, effective June 26. Unleaded gasoline (91 octane) and super-unleaded gasoline (95 octane) will rise to the equivalent of USD 6.00 per gallon (up 10 percent) a [...]	2008-06-27 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG HA
08PORTAUPRINCE948	HAITI INL MOTOR VEHICLES UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE949	HAITI SUPPORT FOR U.S FAO/WHO CODEX CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE954	THIRD PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMATION PROCESS JUST [...] (C) Summary: Haiti,s legislature is just getting down to the confirmation process for President Preval,s third nominee for Prime Minister, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. In the first vote, which determines whether she fulfills constitutional eligibility requirements, the Senate appears ready [...]	2008-07-01 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE959	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - HAITI NEEDS MORE [...] (SBU) The Government of Haiti requires additional engagement with the Embassy before it can understand the benefits of the Global Maritime Partnership Initiative (GMP). The GOH has consented to future meetings with Embassy officials on the issue. Embassy will make clear GMP linkages to previ [...]	2008-07-02 18:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS
08PORTAUPRINCE973	WHA/PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Kelly urged Haitian President Preval to join the trend in the hemisphere toward strengthened democratic institutions and open markets, and to move beyond the current political impasse and get a new government confirmed. The President retorted that Haiti could not advan [...]	2008-07-08 17:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE985	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING & CORRUPTION [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant, of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Financial and Economic Crimes Investigation Unit (BAFE),pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. This seri [...]	2008-07-10 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA
09PORTAUPRINCE1016	NAS Haiti November 2009 Monthly Report [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the month of November 2009, there were significant developments in the capacity building of the Haitian National Police (HNP),although significant organizational development issues continue to [...]	2009-12-09 17:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE103	HAITIAN AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA SNAR KCRM
09PORTAUPRINCE104	HAITI: ARISTIDE'S PARTY, STILL IN DISARRAY, [...] (C) Summary: Hard line and moderate factions of the Fanmi Lavalas (FL) political party have registered competing lists of candidates for the partial senatorial elections scheduled for April 19. The hard liners' list included a number of close associates of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, some probabl [...]	2009-01-30 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE1070	Haiti: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) There is no evidence that Haiti is a target for Islamic extremist activity or acts of international terrorism. There are no existing terror cells, such as al-Qaida or any other terrorist organizations in Haiti. No acts of international terrorism occurred in Haiti in 2009. The Gove [...]	2009-12-24 16:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL PINR ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE109	PRESIDENT PREVAL'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Rene Preval's hasty decision to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington February 5 is an effort to keep Haiti high on the new Administration's international agenda as it takes office. Although no encounters with USG principals have been confirmed, he hopes that his presence in W [...]	2009-02-02 15:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID HA OVIP RENE PREVAL
09PORTAUPRINCE1094	Discussions continue on appointment of a Chief Justice [...] (U) Summary: The National Association of Haitian Magistrates (ANAMAH) has called on President Rene Preval to appoint a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a position that has been vacant since 2004. Without a Chief Justice, the 2007 legislation that created an independent judiciary can [...]	2009-12-31 18:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC KCRM AID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE115	HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) ARISTIDE FOUNDATION'S UNIVERSITY TO REOPEN WITH CUBAN FACULTY [...]	2009-02-04 15:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL
09PORTAUPRINCE117	HAITI'S ELECTORAL AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE LAVALAS [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has decided to exclude all Fanmis Lavalas candidates from the upcoming Senate elections, based on a what Embassy and others believe is a strained reading of the electoral law, and the fact that two FL factions submitted competing candida [...]	2009-02-04 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE119	RISING TENSIONS OVER LOOMING EXCLUSION OF LAVALAS [...] Summary: (SBU) The publication of the list of approved candidates for the April Senate elections is imminent. In anticipation that the list will exclude all Fanmi Lavalas (FL) candidates, MINUSTAH is taking security precautions, Fanmi Lavalas leaders are beginning to protest, and the electio [...]	2009-02-05 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE122	HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL BARS LAVALAS, GUY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced late February 5 the exclusion of 40 of the 105 prospective candidates that had registered to compete in the April senatorial elections, including all 16 candidates representing Fanmi Lavalas. Leaders of Lavalas, the party of ou [...]	2009-02-06 18:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE13	CODEL DURBIN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Haitian President and Prime Minister told Codel Durbin December 17-18 that Haiti's main priorities after the August-September hurricanes are economic growth and job creation, infrastructure-building, education, environmental restoration, and strengthening Haiti's political institutio [...]	2009-01-07 17:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE134	HAITI MONTHLY -*JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Foreign Economic Assistance --------------------------- 2. (U) Association of Caribbean States. Haiti hosted the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean St [...]	2009-02-10 12:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE14	NAS HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE AND COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) Summary: With a new Minister of Justice in place, there is new attention to corrections issues and control of the Haitian National Police (HNP). NAS infrastructure projects continue to encounter delays but are slowly progressing. Many of the delays result from slow action by the Gove [...]	2009-01-07 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE157	HAITI: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ELECTORAL COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER LAVALAS EXCLUSION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S., Canadians, French, the European Commission and the OAS have issued statements in the last few days regarding the exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas from the upcoming Senate elections (reftel),stating that credible elections must be inclusive. A milder statement by MINUSTAH un [...]	2009-02-11 13:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE159	HAITIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION URGES CEP TO [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's leading human rights organization criticized the electoral authority's decision to exclude Fanmi Lavalas from competing in partial Senate elections planned for April as politically motivated. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) fears the decision, if not re [...]	2009-02-11 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE166	HAITIAN ELECTORAL COUNCIL DEFENDS EXCLUSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Frantz-Gerard Verret told the Ambassador on February 11 that the CEP had never considered accepting any Lavalas (FL) candidates for the Senate elections because no Lavalas leader in Haiti had a documented mandate from party leader and [...]	2009-02-13 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE169	CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...]	2009-02-16 18:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE172	CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...]	2009-02-17 13:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE177	HAITIAN ELECTORAL AUTHORITY REAFFIRMS EXCLUSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) released February 16 the definitive list of candidates for the April senatorial elections, reaffirming the exclusion of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party. The CEP list included thirteen previously excluded [...]	2009-02-17 18:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE182	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PATRICE ISRAEL, HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Commissar Patrice Israel, Director of the Haitian National Police/BLTS division, who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored meeting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assis [...]	2009-02-18 15:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE198	HAITI RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 16:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE199	HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions posed for the reporting period. HAITI'S TIP SITUATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Question 23: -- A. Reliable sources for additional information includ [...]	2009-02-20 18:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PORTAUPRINCE20	HAITI ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT OF UNDP'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 18:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IR UN HA
09PORTAUPRINCE202	REJECTED HAITIAN SENATE CANDIDATES PROTEST THEIR [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of Fanmi Lavalas continue to protest their exclusion from the upcoming Senate elections. Several dozen people gathered in Les Cayes February 18 to demand the return of party leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and two of the party's lawmakers called for ''peaceful resistance [...]	2009-02-20 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE203	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 19:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE216	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD UNIT, [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Haitian Coast Guard members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) who has been nominated to attend FY09 resident courses-International Military Education and Training Program [...]	2009-02-26 20:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE22	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PARM IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09PORTAUPRINCE221	HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 14:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE228	HAITI: PREVAL ESTABLISHES COMMISSIONS ON JUSTICE [...] (SBU) President Rene Preval on February 19 established commissions on judicial and constitutional reform, two of his key political priorities for which he is attempting to generate consensus. Amending the constitution is the more controversial initiative, where many critics suspect Preval is [...]	2009-03-02 19:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE23	HAITI: PSI OUTREACH MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE233	HAITI: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary: The fifth anniversary of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure from Haiti passed with minimal comment and one small demonstration. Several hundred Fanmi Lavalas activists marched on February 28 to protest the exclusion of their party from the April Senate elections, to [...]	2009-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE24	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON USG DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EFIN KNNP IR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE245	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...]	2009-03-04 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE250	HAITI CARNIVAL 2009 [...] Summary: Haiti's 2009 Carnival celebrations were marginally more violent than last year's but still within acceptable limits by the improved security standards of today's Haiti. An increased presence of the Haitian National Police (HNP) helped keep the inevitable violence down. For the fir [...]	2009-03-06 14:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA SCUL KCRM
09PORTAUPRINCE265	AMBASSADOR HOSTS DISCUSSION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and civil society epresentatives at an Ambassador-hosted discussion oncurred that corruption in Haiti is ubiquitous nd requires stiffer laws, expanded education andtraining, partnership between the government and private sector, ongoing civil society involvement and c [...]	2009-03-10 17:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON HA
09PORTAUPRINCE27	HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL ISSUES DECREE VALIDATING [...] (U) The Presidential Decree making official the partial senatorial elections in April was published in Haiti's official legal bulletin, ''Le Moniteur,'' January 7. Dated December 29, the decree was signed by President Preval, the Prime Minister and all cabinet ministers. The decree confirms [...]	2009-01-09 16:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE270	HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL MAY DISREGARD COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has rejected a March 9 court ruling enjoining electoral authorities to include representatives of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party in the upcoming senatorial elections. The CEP and its supporters say that the co [...]	2009-03-11 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE277	HAITI DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] Ambassador delivered demarche per ref A to Minister of Justice on February 17 regarding opportunities for the Government of Haiti in USG programs to address illicit arms trafficking, including law enforcement training through International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAS). The Minister of J [...]	2009-03-12 19:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA KCRM SNAR
09PORTAUPRINCE29	HAITI'S LATEST FUEL CRISIS: WHO IS TO BLAME? [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Haiti (GoH) announced December 31 a 91-octane gasoline price decrease of nearly 20 percent. By January 5, many gas stations were closed and those with fuel attracted long lines. The GoH denied any involvement, blaming late delivery from the refinery; distributo [...]	2009-01-09 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE290	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 12:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	HA PTER ASEC EFIN KCIP
09PORTAUPRINCE291	MARITIME SECURITY AND DOMAIN AWARENESS: REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the Directive per ref and submits the following recommendations: Please include Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a Primary agency for the following directives: - Maritime Environment (1. Seaports; and 3. Vessels) - Maritime Terrorism Threats (3. Criminal and Terror [...]	2009-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PINR KSPR EWWT XA XB XD XF XG XK XL XM AA
09PORTAUPRINCE293	HAITI: LATEST TRENDS IN STUDENT UNREST [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (U) High school and university students in 2009 have occupied university buildings and mounted protests that have turned violent and attracted political attention. Students occupied the cam [...]	2009-03-16 16:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE297	HAITI: CORRESPONDENCE FROM LEGISLATOR TO [...] The following correspondence to U.S. President Barack Obama is in reference to the immigration policy toward Haiti, was received by Embassy on March 9. Text is an unofficial English translation of the French original. The Embassy will pouch the actual letter to WHA/CAR Desk Officer for distr [...]	2009-03-17 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE302	HAITI: CORRESPONDENCE FROM LEGISLATOR TO HOUSE [...] The following correspondence to U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in reference to U.S. immigration policy toward Haiti, was received by Embassy on March 13. Text is an unofficial English translation of the French original. The Embassy will pouch the ac [...]	2009-03-19 13:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE304	HAITI WILL SUBMIT "NIL FORM" ON BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE312	AND THEY'RE OFF! HAITI OPENS SENATE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority on March 16 declared the campaign for partial Senate elections officially open. The authority also installed on March 13 communal electoral bureau personnel, who will oversee the elections process in Haiti's 140 communes. Public response to the cam [...]	2009-03-20 15:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE317	HAITI: LEGISLATORS STEP UP CRITICISM OF PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis defended her government's response to the devastating 2008 hurricanes in a noisy session of parliament March 17. Sensing political opportunity, a number of Haiti's legislators have criticized PM Pierre-Louis over her government's handling of hur [...]	2009-03-20 19:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE318	LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE [...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...]	2009-03-20 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE320	HAITI: U.S. UN PERMREP AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: President Preval emphasized to visiting U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Susan Rice his government's commitment to reform. Reduced tax revenues caused by last year's storm damage had forced Haiti to cut its budget, but it was still left with a large gap that Ha [...]	2009-03-23 15:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC HA

09PORTAUPRINCE330	TREASURY DELEGATION ASSESSES RESULTS OF ONGOING USG TAX [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald, visited Port au Prince February 4-5 to make an interim assessment of the results of the [...]	2009-03-25 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR HA

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