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04MANAGUA1783	RESPONSE T O ECLAC DEMARCHE: NICARAGUA WILL SUPPORT USG POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche contained reftel to Nicaraguan Minister of Health Jose Antonio Alvarado. After carefully reviewing the materials, Alvarado subsequently informed the Ambassador that he completely agreed with the US position. He noted that though he is not likely to attend the San J [...]	2004-06-17 20:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM SOCI NU ECLAC UN

04MANAGUA1791	CODEL SHELBY VISIT TO NICARAGUA, JULY 1-3 [...] Embassy Managua warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, and accompanying congressional delegation members to travel to Nicaragua July 1 - 3, 2004. 2. CODEL Control Officer will be acting Economic Counselor Eric Luftman (office phone 011-505-266-6010 x 454 [...]	2004-06-18 12:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NU
05MANAGUA1604	PRESSURE INCREASES ON NICARAGUA TO RESOLVE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A strong message from European donors has increased the pressure on the GON to take action to awaken the "dormant" IMF program or jeopardize losing USD 120 million in aid, including direct budget support. This echoes similar comments from Carlos Castaneda, IDB Executive Direct [...]	2005-05-30 16:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN NU IMF
05MANAGUA1867	NICARAGUAN IMF PROGRAM ON THE ROPES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, President Bolanos broke the two-month standoff over fiscal reform legislation intended to close the spending gap created by the National Assembly's 2005 budget. He yielded to the Assembly's refusal to accept or override his partial veto and sent the measure for public [...]	2005-06-22 21:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NU IMF
05MANAGUA2077	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: RESEARCH ON LOCAL USE OF [...] A quick survey of local producers and distributors has identified a number of cheese, wine and meat products using generic or semi-generic names on the EU's list that are sold in Nicaragua and either produced in Nicaragua or imported from non-European producers. Â [...]	2005-07-18 21:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON NU WTRO
05MANAGUA2090	NICARAGUAN AND WHTI MEETING [...] On July 15, Post contacted the Nicaraguan Ministry of Transportation, which could not confirm receipt of an invitation to the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) Meeting or the attendance of Minister Pedro Solorzano at this time. 2. The one pending bilateral transportation [...]	2005-07-20 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELTN EWWT NA
05MANAGUA2093	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) FY 2006 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENT [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 19:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2094	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors will mak [...]	2005-07-20 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2096	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2097	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 20:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2098	NICARAGUA AND THE COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NU UNGA
05MANAGUA2100	NICARAGUA NOTIFIED ON USG POSITION ON G-4 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NU UNSC
05MANAGUA2112	ANNIVERSARY OF SANDINISTA REVOLUTION DRAWS A [...] (U) Summary: Sandinistas celebrated the 26th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19 in Managua after civil society organizations held another march, this time in Granada, to protest the Liberal (PLC) and Sandinista (FSLN) political pact. FSLN leader Daniel Ortega used the opportu [...]	2005-07-21 22:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
05MANAGUA2113	NICARAGUA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] Post received a letter dated July 14, 2005, from Minister of Trade, Industry and Development (MIFIC) Azucena Castillo in response to ref a demarche. The letter informs us that Eduardo Castillo, Nicaragua's alternate WTO representative, spoke on the subject of Food Aid in the WTO Committee on [...]	2005-07-21 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD NU WTRO
05MANAGUA2140	NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]	2005-07-26 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAGUA2142	DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON GON CONCERNS WITH 2005 [...] On July 15, post received diplomatic note MRE/AN/0122/07/05 from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. The diplomatic note relates to the GON's concerns regarding the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons report (discussed in reftels). Informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. The [...]	2005-07-26 19:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG NU
05MANAGUA2143	NICARAGUA INFORMED OF USG VIEWS ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 19:18:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR KPKO NU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05MANAGUA3257	AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANAGUA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-30 16:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NU AEMR
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1004	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...]	2006-05-05 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1014	NICARAGUA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN,S BID FOR SEAT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL
06MANAGUA1023	EX-NICARAGUAN MOD BIDDING ON REGIONAL UNDP ARMS [...] (C) Poloff met with local UNDP official Felipe Molina on May 5 to discuss the UNDP's five-year, $5 million project to reduce small arms in Central America. Molina explained that the plan will cover "all types of weapons transportable by one person" -- including MANPADS. "Arms in poor countrie [...]	2006-05-09 22:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NU
06MANAGUA1043	IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...]	2006-05-11 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA1053	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS MDN RED CRYSTAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 19:21:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC
06MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: FIVE ALLIANCES EMERGE, APRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The deadline to register political alliances for Nicaragua's national elections in November came and went on May 11 without a deal to unite the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). The big surprise of the day was APRE's decision to break [...]	2006-05-12 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1079	VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...]	2006-05-17 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR
06MANAGUA1098	CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]	2006-05-18 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1114	RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry (MFA),on May 19 to discuss points in reftel. Salinas explained that he would need to discuss the issue with his counterparts in relevant GON agencies before offering a f [...]	2006-05-22 20:21:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF NU CU
06MANAGUA1136	PRE-LICENSE CHECK FOR WEAPONS IMPORTATION FROM [...] Econoff performed the requested pre-license check on Coservisa, which seeks to import Air Taser kits and accompanying products (application D355948). Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and interagency name checks on the proprietor did not reveal any derogatory information. A visit to Coservisa [...]	2006-05-26 14:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC NU
06MANAGUA1143	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR NU
06MANAGUA1144	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:47:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA NU
06MANAGUA1145	NICARAGUA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO IZ NU
06MANAGUA1164	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE ON 2006 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 19:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1183	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 18:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL NU
06MANAGUA1184	MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]	2006-06-02 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1185	NICARAGUA SUPPORTIVE ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 20:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR
06MANAGUA1189	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM IRAN STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 21:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA USNC IR NU
06MANAGUA119	CPDH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO REVIEWS EFFORTS TO HOLD FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH),a prominent human rights NGO, have informed the Ambassador that they are moving forward with two projects to hold Sandinista (FSLN) leaders accountable for abuses of power committed in the 1980s. They are also i [...]	2006-01-23 15:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA1192	CREATIVE PROPERTY FRAUD IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's long history of uncertain land tenure and a corrupt judicial system continues to undermine real property rights and perpetuate the instability of land tenure. Recent cases (amounting to extremely creative fraud) demonstrate how deceptive real estate manipulation p [...]	2006-06-05 15:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON CVIS NU
06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1210	HERTY: I STAND BETWEEN ORTEGA AND THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista dissident (FSLN) Herty Lewites recently asserted to Ambassador that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency. He believes he can whittle down support for Ortega to 25% of the vote in November -- thereby ensuring a runoff, which Ortega would lose. Lewites wa [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1220	MARTINEZ CUENCA: ORTEGA MUST GO -- QUESTION IS HOW [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on June 6 his decision to continue his efforts to reform the Sandinista party (FSLN) and to challenge the FSLN "messianic" caudillo Daniel Ortega from within the party. According to Martinez Cuenca, Ortega has deluded hi [...]	2006-06-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA124	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...]	2006-01-23 20:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1251	2006 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: NICARAGUA [...] This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will send comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 10, as requested in Ref A. ---------------------------- Property Co [...]	2006-06-08 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON USTR NU
06MANAGUA127	ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...]	2006-01-23 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA1309	NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU
06MANAGUA131	MANAGUA NOMINEE: SPRING 2006 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING [...] In response to reftel, Post nominates Economic Specialist Jadia Y. Lopez for participation in PE 220 FSN Economic Training and PE 222 Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation. Information on the nominee is keyed to reftel paragraph 8. A. Jadia Y. Lopez, FSN grade 10 B. DOB: February [...]	2006-01-24 15:14:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD NU
06MANAGUA1333	MANY NICARAGUAN EVANGELICALS WANT TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Many leaders of the evangelical community in Nicaragua prefer ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre as the best option to lead Nicaragua after the November elections. Most feel, however, that Montealegre has not done enough to promote evangelical candidates and politicia [...]	2006-06-19 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KIRF NU
06MANAGUA134	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS EU-3 AND USG POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 16:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC NU
06MANAGUA1344	NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN 'HOLDING PATTERN' [...] (U) Summary: In this election year, a proposed civil aviation bill is stuck in a holding pattern in the Nicaraguan General Assembly. The bill, which was approved in general in 2004 but is still awaiting a second vote on individual articles, would bring Nicaragua into compliance with Internati [...]	2006-06-19 19:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON NU
06MANAGUA135	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS USG POSITIONS ON U.N. [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 16:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR PHUM UNAUS ADCO NU
06MANAGUA1359	VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME [...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...]	2006-06-20 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1370	NUNCIO: CARDINAL OBANDO Y BRAVO WILL EXERT LITTLE [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel shares our concerns over Cardinal Obando y Bravo's apparent support for Sandinista (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, but he believes Obando y Bravo will hold little sway over Nicaraguan voters. Gobel, who on June 20 advised Ambassador he is perplexed over [...]	2006-06-22 16:05:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1400	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...]	2006-06-27 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1411	MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES
06MANAGUA1423	EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...]	2006-06-29 18:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU
06MANAGUA1429	AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S [...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...]	2006-06-30 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1434	NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2006-07-03 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1438	MANAGUA INL REPORT FOR OCT-MAR, FY 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the last six months, INL supported Nicaraguan Navy and Police operations have resulted in substantial seizures and arrests. According to DEA statistics, 9.3 kilos of heroin, 1,538.6 kilos of cocaine and 52 kilos of marijuana were seized. Nicaraguan authorities arrested 41 [...]	2006-07-03 18:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NU KJUS
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1499	RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS (2) [...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director and Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to discuss Nicaragua's willingness to assist in the resettlement of Cuban and Haitian migrants at Guantanamo. After [...]	2006-07-07 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF NU CU
06MANAGUA1505	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, A/S Shannon discussed with Foreign Minister Norman Caldera election concerns and the OAS' role, the Hugo Chavez factor, and how best to "stop the clock" on constitutional changes due to go into effect in January 2007. Caldera believed the OAS and other observers sho [...]	2006-07-10 16:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1507	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES MONTEALEGRE TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, emboffs, and local IRI Director Gilberto Valdez met with ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre on July 7 to express concern that ALN officials are not sufficiently focused on the campaign and encourage him to organize the senior leadership of the party. Montea [...]	2006-07-10 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1511	PROFESSIONALIZING NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN SERVICE [...] (U) On June 29, TDY Foreign Affairs Officer represented the Embassy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' induction ceremony for the successful candidates of the second public competitive examination for entrance to the nation's diplomatic service. Of the ten candidates selected, nine were wom [...]	2006-07-10 20:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1512	GON "CONCERNED" ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] On July 7 poloffs met with Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs Domingo Salinas and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to deliver the points in reftel. Salinas described the North Korean missile launches as "very disturbing" and promised to share the talking points [...]	2006-07-10 20:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN NU
06MANAGUA1513	MARTINEZ CUENCA: SECOND THOUGHTS ON REFUSING [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on July 7 his regret for not having accepted Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) Herty Lewites' invitation to run as his VP for the November 5 presidential race (Reftels). He recounted how a clairvoyant Lewites had feared [...]	2006-07-10 21:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1517	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: Econoff has performed the requested pre-license check on application 05-997983. El Caza y Pesca in Managua, Nicaragua, presents as a legitimate business selling weapons for legal, personal and home security use. The Nicaraguan National Police confirmed that the gun shop is a legitim [...]	2006-07-11 13:14:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	NU KOMC ETTC
06MANAGUA1519	IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...]	2006-07-11 13:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1520	EVANGELICAL CHURCH LEADERS SEEK MORE RECOGNITION [...] (U) On June 23, foreign affairs officer and FSN met with Reverend Roberto Rojas, Vice President of the National Council of Evangelical Pastors and Reverend Mauricio Fonseca, of the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance (AENIC),to discuss human rights and democracy issues of interest to Nicaragua's [...]	2006-07-11 14:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1523	A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]	2006-07-11 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1524	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]	2006-07-11 15:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1532	HRDF PRODEM PROJECT PROMOTES CREATING SPACE FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FACE OF "CAUDILLISMO" [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 21-22, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern attended a Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-sponsored conference for mayors from four of Nicaragua's departments. CRS is executing a $350,000 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) grant to undertake the Civic Participation and [...]	2006-07-11 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1534	ARCHBISHOP BRENES SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, Assistant Secretary Shannon discussed with Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano the Archbishop's perspectives on democracy and governance in Nicaragua and the upcoming November 5 elections. Brenes hoped the elections would be fair, peaceful, and inclusive, and voice [...]	2006-07-12 17:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN PGOV
06MANAGUA1539	NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 22:11:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU
06MANAGUA1552	REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...]	2006-07-14 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1555	MPN URGES REFORMS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS TO BREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: El Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN),a local pro-democracy NGO presented its "Basic Agenda of the Nation" to a diverse audience, including representatives from several European embassies. The MpN introduced 28 proposals they propose that political parties incorporate into their p [...]	2006-07-17 13:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1556	PLC MAYORS DEMAND ALEMAN LEAVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A group of 15 mayors and municipal leaders from northern areas of Nicaragua held a press conference in Managua on July 12 to insist that convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman and his family leave the PLC for the good of the party and the good of the country. This event followed a s [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1565	MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...]	2006-07-18 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA1568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: REQUEST FOR OBSERVERS [...] Embassy Managua is coordinating a USG electoral observation mission (EOM) for the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, 2006. Post is planning to field observation teams in Managua and several other Nicaraguan departments and regions. We would like to invite up to 10 officers from the [...]	2006-07-18 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1571	BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...]	2006-07-18 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1572	MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]	2006-07-18 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1573	A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A LOOK AT THE 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Assembly candidates from FSLN, PLC, AC, ALN and MRS presented their parties, legislative priorities in a panel discussion broadcast live by Channel 10. ALN's Jamileth Bonilla emphasized poverty reduction, job creation, education and social justice, while PLC's Francisc [...]	2006-07-20 13:31:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1593	OAS ELECTION MISSION CAUTIOUSLY BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador recently met with the OAS election mission to assess preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. OAS mission leader Gustavo Fernandez said that the OAS is engaging the Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) on electoral regulations. The OAS has recommended that pa [...]	2006-07-21 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1605	PASTOR ESPINOZA DISCUSSES EVANGELICAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Ambassador Trivelli and Foreign Affairs Officer met with Mario Espinoza Gonzalez, Presidente Nacional of the Consejo Nacional de Pastores Evangelicos de Nicaragua, an umbrella organization that according to Espinoza, represents more than 400 pastors of all evangeli [...]	2006-07-24 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM NU
06MANAGUA1609	EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...]	2006-07-24 20:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU
06MANAGUA1630	CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW
06MANAGUA1678	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]	2006-07-31 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1695	NICARAGUA: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO DRAFT LIMITED [...] Embassy received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel. As stated in the note, the GON has not yet completed internal consultations, but Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts do not predict any major difficulties. Post has faxed a copy of the note to WHA/CEN will report final GON [...]	2006-08-04 15:29:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM MARR NU
06MANAGUA1717	CEDULA APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) and other civil society groups (reftel),Nicaragua's National Assembly voted on August 4 to extend the deadline for soliciting the national voter/ID card from August 6 to August 21. The media reported and CSE officials confirmed a [...]	2006-08-08 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1731	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: FSLN CONFIDENT OF FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: With FSLN internal polls supposedly demonstrating an 8-10 point lead over the nearest challenger, FSLN Foreign Affairs officer Samuel Santos is confident that perennial FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega can win in the first round of elections. The FSLN's confidence was fu [...]	2006-08-09 22:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1760	MONTEALEGRE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior advisor to ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, Edmundo Leal and Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles recently expressed confidence that Montealegre will win the November 5 national election. Briefly interrupted to defend himself before the National As [...]	2006-08-14 22:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA177	VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST [...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...]	2006-01-25 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA1775	NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON LEBANON [...] Embassy received the following in response to the demarche on Lebanon Security Council Resolution, as outlined in SECSTATE 128442. An unofficial translation follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs In view of the intensification of the crisis in the Middle East, the Ministr [...]	2006-08-15 21:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS NU UN IS
06MANAGUA1780	ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]	2006-08-15 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL

06MANAGUA179	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta and focus on the business of lawmaking. His legislative priorities coincide with those of President Bolanos and USG interests: passage of economic legislation [...]	2006-01-25 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA1802	NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL TAKES OFF [...] (C) Summary: On August 3, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed a Civil Aviation bill, pending since 2004. The new law establishes an independent civil aviation authority, named the Nicaraguan Civil Aviation Institute (INCA),which will be governed by a board of directors. In the final dra [...]	2006-08-17 18:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON NU
06MANAGUA1827	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) launched the official campaign season with a ceremony on August 18. CSE president Roberto Rivas used the occasion to admonish observer groups and remind the public that the CSE is the final arbiter of the November 5 national elections. [...]	2006-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1839	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...]	2006-08-22 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA188	NICARAGUA WILL PRESS PANAMA AND COSTA RICA ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 16:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR MCAP NU
06MANAGUA1894	OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA193	GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...]	2006-01-27 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1938	NICARAGUA: USTDA SIGNS GRANTS WITH NATIONAL PORTS [...] (U) Summary: USTDA Director for Policy and Programs Geoff Jackson signed two grants for feasibility studies with Nicaraguan entities in Managua on August 29. The first was with the National Ports Company to fund a $430,000 feasibility study on expanding cargo handling facilities and improving [...]	2006-09-01 22:20:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAIR ECON EFTA EIND ETRD EWWT NU
06MANAGUA1953	FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I [...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...]	2006-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1960	TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...]	2006-09-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1961	MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]	2006-09-06 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1972	WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...]	2006-09-07 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1977	MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]	2006-09-08 17:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1990	CAFTA SUCCESS STORIES: "NICARAGUA'S ON TOP" [...] (U) Trade statistics and investor interest support the view that CAFTA-DR is having an immediate and positive effect on the Nicaraguan economy since coming into effect on April 1. Dramatic increases in exports have been logged, though one has to take the seasonal nature of agriculture into ac [...]	2006-09-11 22:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON NU
06MANAGUA20	STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...]	2006-01-05 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2051	NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...]	2006-09-18 21:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2053	NORTHERNERS BEMOAN MANAGUA NEGLECT TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pressing needs of local leaders, NGO's and election campaigns were clearly presented during the Ambassador's recent trip to the rural northern departments of Madriz, Nuevo Segovia, and Esteli. The Ambassador garnered considerable support for his anti Aleman-Ortega pact messa [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2059	DANNY,S DOUBLE WHAMMY: ALN NUMBER THREE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE AND RIZO,S SISTER JUMP SHIP FOR THE FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega's concerted efforts to discredit the political prowess of his competitors, Ortega successfully recruited Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) National Assembly candidate Salvador Talavera and Maria Elena Rizo, the sister of L [...]	2006-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2060	RELEASE OF INFORMATION ON U.S. GENETICALLY [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy shared GE rice talking points with the following Nicaraguan officials on August 25: Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Director General for Animal and Plant Health Protection Dr. Denis Salgado, Seed Department Director Xavier Eslaquit also of the Animal and Plant Hea [...]	2006-09-19 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO NU
06MANAGUA2061	MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP BRENES [...] (C) Summary: Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes recently told visiting WHA/CEN director and emboffs that better organization and a clearer message appear to be giving Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) an edge in the race. He believes that Edmundo Jarquin and Eduardo Montea [...]	2006-09-19 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2062	PLC MUNICIPAL OFFICALS FRUSTRATED WITH PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2065	UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]	2006-09-19 23:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2074	OAS EOM CHIEF SEES NO NEED FOR OCTOBER INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and WHA/CEN director recently met with the OAS election mission to assess developments in the preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. While Mission head Gustavo Fernandez sees no need for a second OAS interim report on Nicaragua's electoral process, Ambassad [...]	2006-09-20 23:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2077	MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...]	2006-09-21 15:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA2093	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]	2006-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2094	ELECTION DISPUTES GALORE -- AND HOW THEY COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The possible threats that impugnaciones (election disputes) pose to a legitimate election in November were recently discussed and explained at a forum hosted by IPADE and NDI. Candidates from all parties, with the exception of the FSLN, were in attendance and participated in [...]	2006-09-22 19:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2096	NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF CIVIL AVIATION CORNERSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 21:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFTA ETRD DOT FAA NU
06MANAGUA2097	GANARAM: ENCOURAGING PLC MEMBERS TO VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns and Emboffs met with Eugenio Rodriguez, a Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) member who is part of GANARAM, a movement calling on PLC members to vote for Eduardo Montealegre. Instead of advocating a break with the PLC, GANARAM is encouraging PLC voters to support Nica [...]	2006-09-22 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA212	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RAAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs visited the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) on January 19 to discuss the upcoming March 5 regional elections with political, religious, and NGO officials. Both partisan and independent authorities reported that Eduardo Montealegre is gaining strength in the regi [...]	2006-01-27 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA213	EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO [...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...]	2006-01-30 14:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158	MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]	2006-09-29 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2160	"EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN [...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...]	2006-09-29 22:44:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2180	ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]	2006-10-03 17:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2186	NICARAGUA: GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM RESPONSE [...] (U) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, USAID Nicaragua granted more than $800,000 to 14 programs that supported the objectives of the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT). The following provides a brief description of the recipient, project, information technology (IT) component, [...]	2006-10-03 23:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS EINT PHUM NU
06MANAGUA2192	PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]	2006-10-04 15:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2195	OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]	2006-10-04 17:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA221	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...]	2006-01-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2211	NICARAGUA OPPOSES NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST, [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel and contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) On October 5, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera, suggesting that the fact the Nicaraguan government (GON) maintains diplomatic relations with North Korea could [...]	2006-10-05 23:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP NU
06MANAGUA222	NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a January 26 election reporting trip to the department of Carazo, just south and east of Managua (reftel),emboffs discussed a range of economic, social, and religious issues with local leaders. Businessmen Aquiles Jaenz, Edgard Bermudez, and Ramon Conrado, the President, Secreta [...]	2006-01-30 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU
06MANAGUA2222	ADVANCING MCA GOALS: THE VISIT OF CEO JOHN [...] (U) Summary. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich visited Nicaragua September 20-22 to meet with MCC-Nicaragua board members and staff, inaugurate MCC-Nicaragua projects, and participate in the launch of the first Investor Summit for West Nicaragua with President Enrique [...]	2006-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ELTN ECON KMCA NU
06MANAGUA2225	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]	2006-10-07 00:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA223	NICARAGUA'S OAS AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD [...] (SBU) The OAS election observation team and efforts to combat election fraud may fail unless certain steps are taken, according to Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Jose Luis Velasquez. Velasquez, and senior MFA advisor Ariel Granera, during a 26 January meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and P [...]	2006-01-30 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA224	PLC WRESTS PLUM COMMISSIONS FROM FSLN IN NATIONAL [...] (U) Weeks after the official date of the Nicaraguan National Assembly's annual re-incorporation of its Junta Directiva and commissions, the deputies finally appointed the new heads of the commissions. The PLC allied with the minority caucuses (bancadas) to wrest control of two important commi [...]	2006-01-30 23:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2247	MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN),the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...]	2006-10-10 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2249	FSLN MOUNTING STRONG CAMPAIGN, CONVINCED OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca and FSLN foreign affairs director Samuel Santos to discuss the party's progress in the election campaign and examine the FSLN governing platform. Both figures reported that [...]	2006-10-11 00:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2264	NICARAGUA "PERFECTLY IN LINE" WITH USG CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP
06MANAGUA2276	NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...]	2006-10-13 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2277	DETAILS ON THE PROCESS OF THE ELECTRONIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL TDYer recently met with officials from the local phone company (Enitel) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to seek clarification on the process whereby the vote tallies will be electronically submitted to the CSE on election day. Each of Nicaragua's 158 municiaplities w [...]	2006-10-13 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2286	OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...]	2006-10-17 16:33:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU
06MANAGUA23	BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...]	2006-01-05 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA230	EMBASSY MANAGUA SUBMISSION FOR INCLE-FUNDED [...] Embassy Managua submits the following law enforcement anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for INCLE funding by G/TIP. While the Ministry of Government's proposal is broadly similar to its previous (2005) proposal, this year's submission is much more tightly focused on addressin [...]	2006-01-31 16:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA2329	ALN PLATFORM FOCUSES ON EMPLOYMENT AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) has created a campaign platform that focuses on creating employment -- with specific plans for women, youth, and small and medium enterprises -- and alleviating Nicaragua's periodic energy [...]	2006-10-20 12:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2338	UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]	2006-10-20 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2343	CSE PRESIDENT CLAIMS ELECTIONS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and the magistrates of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) exchanged concerns regarding the November 5 national elections during a recent meeting at CSE headquarters. Ambassador urged the magistrates to assure that eligible voters can obtain the necessary voting [...]	2006-10-23 18:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2366	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS, [...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]	2006-10-25 15:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2383	NICARAGUA: LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB FROM TRADE [...] (U) On October 19, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated October 16 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Alejandro Arguello. We offer the following English translation to speed communication while we forward the [...]	2006-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTO NU
06MANAGUA2384	NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua,s energy sector is heavily dependent upon imported oil for electricity production. High oil prices and poor regulation of the energy sector have left electricity producers and distributors with empty pockets and consumers without electricity. Nicaragua's climate and so [...]	2006-10-26 15:57:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2389	NICARAGUA DOES NOT BACK OAS RESOLUTION, WILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2390	NICARAGUA WILL NOT BACK NAM'S UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNGA LE IS PHUM PTER NU
06MANAGUA2428	NICARAGUA: IMF NERVOUS ABOUT POSSIBLE ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with the Ambassador, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu-Neira confessed that he was nervous about an Ortega win, predicting a negative and contentious relationship between Nicaragua and the IMF should this happen. Arbulu-Neira thought that Ortega [...]	2006-11-01 16:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA243	NICARAGUAN CENTRAL BANK HOSTS DEBT RELIEF EVENT [...] (U) Summary: On January 20, 2006, with the encouragement of the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Central Bank President Mario Alonso invited resident G8 and other donor country Ambassadors to a well-attended press conference to showcase debt relief. Alonso devoted half of his regular monthly economic p [...]	2006-02-01 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IMF PREL NU
06MANAGUA2432	NICARAGUA: OPIC CEO MOSBACHER PROMOTES FUNDS FOR [...] (U) Summary. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher, Jr. visited Managua on October 18 to announce five OPIC-sponsored investment funds and lending programs available for Nicaragua. In a day-long series of high-level meetings and [...]	2006-11-01 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ECIN NU
06MANAGUA2433	ADDITIONAL ALN PROPOSALS ON ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The ALN's final policy proposals concerning the environment, social justice, and security build on the earlier plans regarding employment and energy efficiency (reftel). ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre presented his complete plan of government during an October 2 [...]	2006-11-01 23:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2434	DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]	2006-11-02 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2442	OAS EOM EXPECTS VOTE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The OAS issued a communique factoring in the Ambassador's recent observations to OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief Gustavo Fernandez. The OAS EOM is coordinating closely with other observation groups and will meet with the White House delegation. Fernandez believes [...]	2006-11-02 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2445	CARTER CENTER COP SHARES OUR CONCERNS OVER CEDULA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Carter Center COP Jaime Aparicio shares Ambassador's concerns that probably over 100,000 Nicaraguans will not possess national/voter IDs (cedulas) or temporary voting documents required to vote on November 5 and that Ortega may self-declare his victory -- which would be followed [...]	2006-11-02 23:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2450	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SIGNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGE [...] (U) Summary. On November 1, FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega became the fourth presidential candidate to sign the Nicaraguan Chamber of CommerceQs pledge, entitled "Ten Basic Points on Governance and Economic Development." Chamber President Jose Adan Aguerri signed on behalf of the Ch [...]	2006-11-03 19:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2453	VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...]	2006-11-03 20:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV EINV NU
06MANAGUA2459	SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]	2006-11-06 18:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2463	NICARAGUAN LIQUIDITY STRATEGIES COVER JITTERS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Until September, Nicaraguan bank depositors defied expectations by keeping their money in Nicaragua, with pre-election jitters only manifesting themselves in September. By October 31, deposits had dropped 4.6% from their August peak of USD 2.2 billion. To cover heavier than u [...]	2006-11-07 18:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2466	SIT REP 2 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 60 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega enjoys an eight-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),and will likely win the ele [...]	2006-11-07 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2470	VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]	2006-11-08 20:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2473	SIT REP 3 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 91 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega holds a virtually insurmountable nine-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN). Libe [...]	2006-11-08 23:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2474	NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL [...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...]	2006-11-08 23:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU
06MANAGUA2484	IRREGULARITIES MAY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the November 5 national elections occurred without significant outbreaks of violence or major systemic irregularities, mission observers nevertheless noted anomalies that may have been of a magnitude sufficient to affect the outcome of the distribution of deputy position [...]	2006-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2491	SIT REP 4 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With PLC candidate Jose Rizo finally conceding defeat to FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega, the attention of the political parties and observers has now turned to the National Assembly race. Rizo continues to insist that the PLC has enough uncounted rural votes to overcome ALN candida [...]	2006-11-09 22:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2492	ONCE UPON A NICARAGUAN ELECTION: TALES OF A U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy community contributed 46 observers to the international force on November 5th. Traveling to each of Nicaragua's 17 departments, observer teams left by plane and automobile early on Saturday the 4th. Their collective experiences paint a colorful picture of Nicarag [...]	2006-11-09 22:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2499	NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...]	2006-11-13 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU
06MANAGUA250	AS MEDICAL STRIKE WIDENS, MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The doctor's strike that has paralyzed many public sector hospitals for over two weeks has widened to include the powerful Sandinista union Fetsalud, which represents the vast majority of public sector health care workers. Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian insists that she [...]	2006-02-02 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIN NU
06MANAGUA2505	NICARAGUA: BOLANOS GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO BEING [...] (SBU) DCM Peter Brennan delivered reftel demarches on November 8 to Nicaraguan FM Nelson Caldera regarding the annual Cuban Embargo Resolution and the proposed Australian Human Rights Amendment. Amenable to receiving talking points on these issues, Caldera gave assurances that the Nicaraguan r [...]	2006-11-13 20:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	NU PHUM PREL KTIA UN
06MANAGUA251	HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...]	2006-02-02 18:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2517	SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...]	2006-11-14 19:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2518	THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]	2006-11-14 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA252	IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL [...] (U) Embassy contacted Jose de Jesus Bermudez, Director of Treaty Implementation in the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC),who is the official responsible for signing the CQE's, to request a written response to reftel questions. Bermudez responded by email that he had been [...]	2006-02-02 19:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2521	ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]	2006-11-14 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2537	SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...]	2006-11-17 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2546	SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...]	2006-11-20 23:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2548	EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...]	2006-11-21 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA256	CLOCK TICKING ON CAFTA IPR REFORMS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Alejandro Arguello told Econoffs on February 1 that he expects a tough fight on the IPR portion of a legislative package that must be approved in the National Assembly before CAFTA-DR enters into force. Arguello indicated that the IPR reforms will likely motiva [...]	2006-02-02 21:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2565	ORTEGA SENDS FIRST ECONOMIC SIGNALS [...] (U) Summary: Starting November 8, President-elect Daniel Ortega delivered several public and private messages aimed at reassuring listeners that his next presidency will not represent a return to the Marxism of his past. He emphasized that there would be no "dramatic changes" in Nicaragua's [...]	2006-11-22 23:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2567	SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) certified today the final elections results for the presidential election, officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Li [...]	2006-11-22 23:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2584	NICARAGUA: INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROPOSALS MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early October, President Bolanos unveiled the "Grand Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua (GNIC)" project, a proposed $18 billion, 172-mile long, trans-isthmus "wet canal." The GNIC will compete with three more modest "dry canal" proposals also under consideration. The most adva [...]	2006-11-27 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EIND ELTN EWWT NU

06MANAGUA2599	NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...]	2006-11-29 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA26	NICARAGUA'S PREPARATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC),Julio Teran, expressed enthusiasm and high expectations about upcoming discussions with USTR on legal and regulatory reforms required to meet CAFTA obligations, tentatively scheduled for next week. Teran reiterated thro [...]	2006-01-06 00:46:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611	ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]	2006-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2614	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon discussed with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the outcome of Nicaragua's November national elections, predictions for the Ortega government and its regional implications, and Caldera's future plans. While Caldera be [...]	2006-12-01 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2615	MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...]	2006-12-01 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2616	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADER KRUGER [...] (U) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, Ambassador Paul Trivelli, and Nicaraguan business leader Erwin Kruger briefly discussed a broad spectrum of post-election business and political topics relevant to President-elect Ortega's upcoming presidency, including the frai [...]	2006-12-01 21:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL NU
06MANAGUA2617	BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]	2006-12-01 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2624	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]	2006-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2625	ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]	2006-12-04 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2630	NICARAGUA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS ABORTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Nicaraguan Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian to solicit her position on Nicaragua's new legislation criminalizing all forms of abortion and how this decision could affect women's health. According to the minister, the law will create fear and confusio [...]	2006-12-04 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2646	LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus in the 2007-2012 Assembly greatly expanded powers, reduce legislative transparency, expand the Assembly's overall authority, and increase routes for [...]	2006-12-05 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA2651	CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...]	2006-12-06 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2652	ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...]	2006-12-06 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2673	FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...]	2006-12-11 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2691	FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...]	2006-12-13 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2696	CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...]	2006-12-14 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA270	NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA [...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...]	2006-02-03 23:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2701	APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...]	2006-12-15 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2705	ALN DEPUTIES DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF QUICK, EASY [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect minimized rumors of ALN rapprochement with the rival Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). They commented that public overtures from PLC officials aim to create the impres [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2706	ALN AND MRS JOINTLY LEVERAGING SELECTION OF NEW [...] (C) Deputies-elect of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) legislative caucuses are jointly leveraging the selection of the National Assembly's new Board of Directors to be formed by January 9, 2007. ALN Assembly deputy Yamileth Bonilla and MRS d [...]	2006-12-18 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2717	NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB),the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...]	2006-12-19 19:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL
06MANAGUA2724	PRESIDENT BOLANOS VETOS ASSEMBLY REFORM LAW [...] (C) Summary: Responding to civil society demands, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos vetoed the National Assembly's recently passed ways and means bill ("Ley Organica"). The veto met with mixed response in the Assembly, but ultimately the Sandinista Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional P [...]	2006-12-20 14:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2725	FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...]	2006-12-20 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA275	NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...]	2006-02-06 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA277	GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...]	2006-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU
06MANAGUA281	"BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the CSE -- an organization he claims is riddled with corruption and fraudulent partisan influence from top to bottom. In addition to blatant financial fraud and [...]	2006-02-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA304	LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA32	RAMIRO CONTRERAS ESCOBAR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The following comments are submitted in response to A EB/IFC/OIA request for additional details to supplement previously submitted Reftel C. 2. (SBU) Composition of Magnum Company: Corporacion Nucleos Urbanos Magnum, S.A. ("Magnum") ownership is divided equally among Barreto's fa [...]	2006-01-06 16:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE CVIS ECON EINV NU
06MANAGUA324	GON FULLY AGREES WITH USG POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 14:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC NU
06MANAGUA344	GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...]	2006-02-13 14:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU
06MANAGUA348	NICARAGUA SYMPATHETIC TO USG MESSAGE ON [...] (C) On February 13, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel to Miriam Fonseca, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East, Africa and Asia section. Fonseca was sympathetic to the USG concerns, and said that the GON, like everyone else, is waiting to see what sort of Palestinian Auth [...]	2006-02-13 21:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL NU
06MANAGUA362	NICARAGUA AGREES WITH USG VIEWS ON SELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 13:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN NU
06MANAGUA370	MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING: ALVARADO CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential-hopeful Jose Antonio Alvarado wants to have his cake and eat it too, continuing to waffle between allying with Eduardo Montealegre and entering into Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC)-initiated primaries. Ambassador noted in his recent meeting with Alvarado and his a [...]	2006-02-15 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA38	NICARAGUA WILL PUSH FOR MEASURED RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) During a meeting on January 6, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera informed the Ambassador that the GON will urge participants in the January 9 meeting in Mexico to respond in a cautious, measured manner to the U.S. immigration proposals passed by the House of Representatives. After the Amba [...]	2006-01-09 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SMIG NU
06MANAGUA390	GON PUSHING FOR CENTAM UNITY BEHIND GUATEMALA TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU
06MANAGUA394	OIL PROFITS TAX: GON HAVING IT BOTH WAYS [...] (C) Summary: The February 13 political &deal8 that ended the week-long Managua bus strike over rate increases continues to reverberate in the political sphere and the business community. Representatives of the FSLN, Alternativa Cristiana, and Camino Cristiano signed a document with the FSLN [...]	2006-02-17 23:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA399	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...]	2006-02-21 17:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA410	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] ECONOFF has performed the requested pre-license check on application 05-985232. Giovanny's Gun Shop in Masaya, Nicaragua appears to be a thriving business selling weapons for legal, personal use. The Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) confirmed that the gun shop is owned by Giovanny Francisco [...]	2006-02-21 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NU
06MANAGUA411	INFORMATION FOR NICARAGUA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Nicaragua is not currently placed on any Special 301 list, and post recommends maintaining this status. This recommendation is offered in spite of the fact that there remains room for improvement on legal structure and judicial attitudes, and that the Dole Food Company has wri [...]	2006-02-22 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD NU
06MANAGUA417	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...]	2006-02-22 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA418	NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...]	2006-02-23 14:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA430	DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA435	EMBASSY MANAGUA ENDORSES MODIFIED OPDAT ANTI-TIP [...] In reftel B, Embassy Managua submitted an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal to the Department that focuses on strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Government to fight trafficking. Subsequently, post learned that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Pro [...]	2006-02-27 14:12:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA436	OVER 540 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED AT PENAS BLANCAS [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) seized over 540 kilograms of cocaine on February 22 at the Penas Blancas vehicle inspection station. According to post law enforcement sources, the NNP pulled the suspicious-looking vehicle aside as it crossed the border from Costa Rica. There were irre [...]	2006-02-27 17:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER NU
06MANAGUA440	IMPASSE ON DBCP LAWSUITS UNDER NICARAGUA'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: In Embassy,s view, the only way out of the current impasse over Special Law 364, which targets U.S. companies in Nicaragua for past use of the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations, is through a negotiated political resolution. However, such a resolution will be very difficult to obtain [...]	2006-02-27 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD KIDE KIPR CVIS PREL BEXP NU
06MANAGUA45	NICARAGUA FEELING HEAT FOR PRO-WHALING POSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's largest daily newspapers have recently published articles critical of the country's pro-whaling votes in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The Executive Director of the National Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) told ECONOFF that he has consequently become the ta [...]	2006-01-11 00:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV IWC EFIS NU
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA474	(C-NE6-00140) CURRENTLY NO IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) According to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, although Nicaragua and Iran do enjoy diplomatic relations, the Government of Iran currently has no diplomatic presence in Nicaragua, neither an embassy or consulate, nor any bilateral or international agency representations. The Iranian Embassy [...]	2006-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PINR PREL NU
06MANAGUA475	NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU
06MANAGUA486	NICARAGUAN TEDS REGULATOR RESIST PRESSURE FROM [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting with ECONOFF, Director General Miguel Marenco of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) described a disturbing turn of events related to Nicaragua's turtle excluder device (TED) program. According to Marenco's account, the Korean-owned shrimp company CONIC [...]	2006-03-06 12:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	NU EFIS ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA511	NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS),the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...]	2006-03-07 23:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA513	NICARAGUA CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE ON CAFTA, SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON is now reasonably confident that Nicaraguan politicians will finally permit a vote on CAFTA implementing legislation March 9, so that Nicaragua can join CAFTA by April 1. PLC (Liberal Party) sources in the National Assembly have also confirmed that a vote is on track [...]	2006-03-08 17:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL NU
06MANAGUA514	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS "FRIENDS GROUP" TO PROMOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:49:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU
06MANAGUA515	GON SUPPORTS U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NU
06MANAGUA516	GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU
06MANAGUA517	GON WILL CONSULT WITH USG ON ANY MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL NU
06MANAGUA519	INVESTIGATION OF FSLN ABUSES HAS ORTEGA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The CPDH human rights organization has completed its initial trip to the Atlantic coast to investigate and document 1980s Sandinista human rights abuses in the region. The group's initial findings received widespread media attention immediately prior to the March 5 Atlantic coa [...]	2006-03-08 20:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA547	NICARAGUA WILL TRY TO ATTEND CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 19:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO
06MANAGUA556	NICARAGUA ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC SUPREME IN [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results for the allocation of seats on the Councils of the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) indicate that the PLC will win enough positions to control the RAAS without having to form an alliance with another party. In [...]	2006-03-13 19:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SNAR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA565	OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...]	2006-03-13 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...]	2006-03-14 16:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA571	NICARAGUA CICTE DELEGATION [...] The final composition of Nicaragua's delegation to the CICTE Sixth Regular session has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but will likely be led by Vice Foreign Minister Javier Williams Slate. At the technical level, the GON will send Myriam Vasquez, the Vice Director for [...]	2006-03-14 19:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL OAS NU
06MANAGUA576	NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 22:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA578	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]	2006-03-14 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA586	NICARAGUA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR US PROPOSAL ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 16:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO
06MANAGUA590	MANAGUA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Managua's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or c [...]	2006-03-15 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR NU
06MANAGUA599	EMBASSY MANAGUA REQUEST FOR TDY FOR GREG MAGGIO [...] (U) Embassy Managua strongly endorses a proposed three-week TDY for Greg Maggio of DRL/CRA to Nicaragua in June 2006. Post has established a close, effective working relationship with Greg while collaborating on the 2005 Human Rights Report and numerous cases of Nicaraguan asylum applicants. [...]	2006-03-15 21:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	APER PHUM NU
06MANAGUA604	NICARAGUAN VIEWS ON RECENT INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) As noted in REFTEL, Miguel Marenco, Director General of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) candidly acknowledged to ECONOFF that his country maintains a quid pro quo arrangement in which Nicaragua supports Japanese whaling positions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and [...]	2006-03-16 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV IWC EFIS NU UK
06MANAGUA609	NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an elections reporting trip to the northwestern departments of Esteli and Madriz March 8-10 (reported in reftels),emboffs discussed a variety of economic and social issues with local leaders, including representatives of most major political parties, the Catholic Chur [...]	2006-03-16 19:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU
06MANAGUA624	NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...]	2006-03-20 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA633	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MASAYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and business leaders in the department of Masaya suggest that the presidential race remains wide open. While most Liberals leader agree that Eduardo Montealegre is the likely Liberal candidate, support for him among the small business owners, who form t [...]	2006-03-21 21:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA642	MONTEALEGRE,S ALN-PC CAUCUS PICKS UP A NEW MEMBER [...] (C) National Assembly lawmaker Delia Arellano has left the Camino Cristiano party to join Eduardo Montealegre's National Liberal Alliance-Conservative (ALN-PC) caucus, making the formal announcement to the press on March 20. With Arellano, the ALN-PC (Ref. D) now encompasses eight deputies. [...]	2006-03-22 20:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA643	INDIGENOUS REGIONAL PARTY CONTESTS ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) decided in favor of indigenous regional party Yatama on March 18, ruling that the party won 13 seats in Nicaragua's Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) election instead of the previously reported 12. Yatama leaders contested the election results in the [...]	2006-03-22 20:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA645	PUTTING IPR TO MUSIC IN NICARAGUA HELPED PASS [...] (SBU) Summary: Between March 16 and March 21, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed several IPR and penal code reforms, and ratified the Budapest Treaty, which was required for entry into force of DR-CAFTA by April 1. Despite concerns presented by Ministry of Trade (MIFIC) officials and mem [...]	2006-03-22 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA646	CAFTA LEGISLATION PASSES IN NICARAGUA; GON PUSHING [...] (U) The National Assembly approved remaining CAFTA-DR legislative obligations with March 21 votes for reforms of the Patent Law, the Trademark Law and the Special Law on Crimes against International Commerce or International Investment, and ratification of the Budapest Treaty. These votes cam [...]	2006-03-22 22:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA648	TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA666	CSE RELEASES DRAFT ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) completed a draft calendar with key dates and deadlines for the November 5 national elections. The calendar was recently released to the political parties for consultation. After a consensus is reached with the political parties, the CSE will [...]	2006-03-24 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA674	MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]	2006-03-24 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA698	NICARAGUAN MAGISTRATE CRITICIZES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion with RLA, Nicaraguan Supreme Court (CSJ) Justice Guillermo Vargas Sandino expressed dismay regarding the ongoing CSJ leadership crisis that began on March 16 when PLC and FSLN-affiliated justices failed to agree on the appointment of presidents and vice [...]	2006-03-27 15:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS NU
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA709	TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: USING PRIMARIES TO DEFINE [...] (SBU) For the past year, Nicaragua's Liberal factions have toyed with the idea of holding internal and/or multi-party primaries to select their presidential and National Assembly deputy candidates. Faction leaders generally agree that multi-party primaries are the most feasible and democratic [...]	2006-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA710	CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]	2006-03-29 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA720	IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...]	2006-03-31 13:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA721	CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...]	2006-03-31 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA725	AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO [...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...]	2006-03-31 18:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU
06MANAGUA726	NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR [...] On March 23, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 21 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present former Foreign Minister Alejandro Montiel Arguello as a candidate for the United Nations International Law Commission for the period 2007-2011 when [...]	2006-03-31 18:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA NU
06MANAGUA728	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLC MAYORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: After speaking at a CAFTA workforce briefing, touring a milk products plant certified by the FDA, and inaugurating a USAID-sponsored vegetable packing plant in the northern Nicaraguan department of Jinotega, Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with a group of PLC mayors and the Jin [...]	2006-03-31 23:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU

06MANAGUA733	NICARAGUAN MEDIA TRUMPETS FIRST HEARING IN PANAMA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST ALEMAN [...] (U) The March 30 preliminary hearing in the Panamanian money laundering case against ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, ex-Director of Taxation Byron Jerez and several of their family members and associates made banner headlines in the national media on March 31. Through elaborate money laundering [...]	2006-04-03 16:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NU
06MANAGUA738	JOSE RIZO, ALEMAN'S "CHOSEN ONE," SELECTED AS PLC [...] (SBU) Summary: After receiving a large majority of votes in the March 31 PLC "mini conventions," Jose Rizo was ratified by the PLC general convention on April 2 as the party's presidential candidate. RizoQ,s large margin of victory (64%),as well as a last-minute change to divide voting into [...]	2006-04-03 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA745	ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...]	2006-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA755	NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA756	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS PSI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NU
06MANAGUA757	NICARAGUA WILLING TO RE-APPROACH PANAMA ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA763	NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN U.N. [...] On March 31, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 31 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present Nicaragua as a candidate for membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council when voting for membership takes place in the U.N. General Assemb [...]	2006-04-06 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NU
06MANAGUA764	PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS ON THE MOVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The President and Vice President of MKJ Exploration Inc. - a small, independent gas and petroleum exploration company - announced to the Ambassador on March 30 that MKJ is approaching the end of a hopefully successful three-and-a-half-year effort to obtain two concessions for [...]	2006-04-06 14:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND EPET PGOV BMGT NU
06MANAGUA780	NICARAGUAN TRADE IN LARGE NUMBERS OF UNDERSIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past month, Nicaraguan law enforcement has seized a total of 10,000 illegal undersized lobsters from two tanker trucks. Yet another vehicle, thought to contain thousands more, managed to slip past the police. While officials are confident that they will obtain convictio [...]	2006-04-07 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV NU
06MANAGUA8	LEADING LIBERAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, leading Liberal presidential candidates Eduardo Montealegre, Jose Antonio Alvarado and Jose Rizo agreed in principle that the Liberals must unite to confront the FSLN in the 2006 elections and wrest the Liberal Constitutional [...]	2006-01-04 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA801	NICARAGUA UNDERSTANDS USG DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA
06MANAGUA802	CSE RELEASES FINAL ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (U) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) released the final version of the 2006 Electoral Calendar after a period of consultation with Nicaragua's political parties (reftel). The last version contains several date changes; the deadlines for many events have been pushed forward, while a [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA803	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA806	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA807	CSE CONTINUES TECHNICAL WORK AS PLC/FSLN BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: The inter-institutional battle over control of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) continues even as the CSE embarks on a new electoral cycle. In the midst of conflicting court rulings and a PLC-driven National Assembly threat to invalidate CSE president Roberto Rivas' app [...]	2006-04-11 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA813	CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: CALL FOR UNITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While baseball is Nicaragua's national sport, it is surpassed by politics in the Department of Chontales. Emotions are still raw in this cattle raising region where misguided economic policy, Contra attacks and Sandinista reprisals devastated the countryside in the 1980's. Dur [...]	2006-04-11 22:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA833	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...]	2006-04-17 18:23:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA835	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MATAGALPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 30, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Matagalpa, capital of the northeastern Nicaraguan Department of Matagalpa, to discuss upcoming national elections with local business, political and civil society leaders and to gauge their views on the prospect of free and [...]	2006-04-17 18:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA841	VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]	2006-04-17 21:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA851	NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) remains responsive to U.S. efforts in favor of a democratic transition in Cuba and maintains frank communication with the Embassy on Cuba-related policies and issues. Nicaraguan-Cuban trade and mutual investment are statistically insignificant. [...]	2006-04-18 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE NU
06MANAGUA854	PLC EAGER FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH USG, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) have informed Ambassador that the party is willing to "negotiate and make sacrifices" to achieve Liberal unity and defeat the Sandinista Front (FSLN),but are adamant that Jose Rizo is the chosen presidential [...]	2006-04-18 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA869	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: NUEVA [...] (C) Summary: Liberals of all stripes in the largely Liberal Nicaraguan department of Nueva Segovia recently expressed concern to Emboffs that the FSLN is gaining support with poor voters by distributing agricultural goods and helping followers obtain voting documents in advance of the Novembe [...]	2006-04-20 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA882	NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 23:34:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA883	NICARAGUA BOLSTERS CENTAM SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR PM NU
06MANAGUA884	NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On April 20, Ambassador shared with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the pattern of harassment directed by the Venezuelan government against U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, William R. Brownfield, most recently when Ambassador Brownfield was donating baseball equipment to a Little [...]	2006-04-21 23:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU
06MANAGUA885	EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...]	2006-04-24 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA931	CAMINO CRISTIANO LEADER DIGS IN HEELS OVER PLC [...] (C) Camino Cristiano (CCN) leader/National Assembly Deputy, Reverend Guillermo Osorno, appears likely to formalize an alliance with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). In his April 27 meeting with Ambassador to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries (Reftel),Osorno opined that [...]	2006-04-28 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA932	APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...]	2006-04-28 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA936	CASINOS AND MONEY LAUNDERING: GAMBLING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of casinos in Nicaragua has grown exponentially over the last few years, just as the attractiveness of the country as a transit point for narcotics and illegal weapons. These trends - - combined with a weak regulatory system for the gaming industry, judicial corruption, and [...]	2006-04-28 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SNAR PTER NU
06MANAGUA937	NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...]	2006-04-28 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON WHA CEN NU
06MANAGUA940	NICARAGUA 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 15:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	NU KIPR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA942	VICAR SUGGESTS TO DAS MADISON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) In Managua Vicar Carlos Aviles' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, he affirmed that the Catholic Church will not pronounce in favor of a particular candidate. However, the Church does support democracy and favors candidates who make realistic promise [...]	2006-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA943	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA944	MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA95	AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT FOR GPOI AND OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 17:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KTIA NU
06MANAGUA958	DAS MADISON UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONTINUOUS OAS [...] (SBU) During an April 26 meeting with OAS Country Director Pedro Vuskovich, visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and the Ambassador underscored the importance of continuous OAS observation and political leadership on the ground throughout Nicaragua's entire election period. Vus [...]	2006-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA964	MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAGUA967	VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...]	2006-05-03 16:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA968	LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT [...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...]	2006-05-03 16:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA969	LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...]	2006-05-03 18:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA970	BUSINESS MAGNATE CARLOS PELLAS CLAIMS MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Business magnate Carlos Pellas claims that statistics from past elections "prove" that Eduardo Montealegre is unlikely to win a four-way race in November and argues that Montealegre must thus come to terms with Arnoldo Aleman and his Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Both Pellas and Pr [...]	2006-05-03 19:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NU
06MANAGUA972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NICARAGUA ANNUAL SHRIMP TURTLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 20:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV ECON
07MANAGUA1021	ANOTHER CONVERGENCIA MEMBER QUESTIONS ORTEGA,S [...] (C) Summary: Azucena Ferrey, a former Contra and longstanding Christian Democrat currently associated with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political ally Convergencia, tells us that a number of Convergencia members are disillusioned with the Ortega administration. Ferrey, who di [...]	2007-04-23 14:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1028	IN SEARCH OF OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) Summary: A group of democratic-minded Nicaraguans are attempting to create a political opposition force to counter President Ortega's apparent determination to turn Nicaragua into an autocratic regime along the lines of Chavez's Venezuela. The group proposes to establish a new national d [...]	2007-04-23 20:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1029	NICARAGUA: NO PROPERTY RESOLUTIONS IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: In the three-month period following the January 10th inauguration of President Daniel Ortega, the Government of Nicaragua has failed to resolve any claim involving the restitution of or compensation for U.S. citizen property illegally expropriated in the 1980s. Since 1995, when [...]	2007-04-23 21:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON NU
07MANAGUA1036	LIBERAL MAYORS REJECT ALEMAN, PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: A group of mayors from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) meeting with leaders of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) strongly rejected any role for convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman in the Liberal unification process. The mayors plan to form local commissions ahead of th [...]	2007-04-23 23:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1043	NEW MOVIMIENTO DIRECTOR: CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Summary: The new Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) executive director, Violeta Granera, is convinced that the Ortega government's apparent disorientation is a ruse to divert attention from the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) clear plan to gain political and economic power and [...]	2007-04-24 15:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL

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