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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09MANAGUA1155 |
Independent Media Continue to Suffer, While Official Media [...] (C) Summary: As the independent media (and particularly independent radio) continue to suffer as a result of government and economic pressures, media owned or affiliated with the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) continue to grow. This has led independent media to limit th [...] |
2009-12-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECPS ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA1157 |
Nicaraguan Independent Media Attacked Again; Albanisa to Buy Major Nicaraguan News Channel? [...] (C) Summary: Independent media is under attack again in Nicaragua. Two civil court judges recently filed a "preventive embargo" against Radio 15 de September and Televisora Nicaraguense (Telenica), essentially freezing several thousand dollars worth of broadcast gear equipment. The embargos appear [...] |
2009-12-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA1158 |
NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO FDA REGISTRY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON FDA EAGR FAS ETRD NU |
| 09MANAGUA116 |
NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TELLS MICROFINANCE PROTESTORS TO PAY UP [...] (U) Summary. During the overnight hours of January 13 and 14, protestors in the northern Department of Nueva Segovia blocked the Pan-American Highway for more than eight hours, demanding that the Nicaraguan National Assembly pass legislation (the Ley Moratoria) to "protect" borrowers from high [...] |
2009-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA1164 |
The "Visible" Hand: Nicaraguan Exports to Venezuela [...] (SBU) Summary. Since Nicaragua joined the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), exports to Venezuela have increased from $2 million for all of 2006 to $102 million for just the first ten months of 2009. Among the leading exports are live cattle and beef cuts, dairy products, and black [...] |
2009-11-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR NU VE |
| 09MANAGUA1166 |
NICARAGUA: GON PROMISES BETTER PROGRESS ON CLAIMS UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL [...] (SBU) During the October Property Working Group Meeting on November 5, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials promised better progress on U.S. claims under government control, including the Nicaraguan Army, during this waiver period. They agreed to meet with claimants to provide clear, detailed ex [...] |
2009-11-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA1192 |
(U) SANDINISTA SUSPICIOUS SALE OF TIMBER-RICH ANCESTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, approximately 12,400 hectares of indigenous land in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) was sold to a foreign-owned timber company under suspicious circumstances. The tract from the Awas Tingni community, home to a large Sumo Mayagna indigenous group, was on [...] |
2009-11-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS SENV ETRD EIND EAGR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1198 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, CENTRAL AMERICA REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF SEMINAR IN PANAMA CITY [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Central America Regional Disaster Preparedness and Relief [...] |
2009-11-18 18:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1200 |
Nicaragua 2009 TIP Interim Assessment [...] (SBU) Per ref A, below is Embassy Managua's 2009 TIP interim assessment for Nicaragua. In preparation for this report PolOff requested a meeting with the Government of Nicaragua's (GoN) Coordinator for the National Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons (NCATIP), however, the Coordinator st [...] |
2009-11-18 18:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG NU |
| 09MANAGUA1214 |
Nicaragua: Attorney General Estrada Aspires To Be Ambassador [...] (SBU) Attorney General Hernan Estrada would like to be Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States. He has told U.S. citizens that he was unhappy that President Daniel Ortega named Arturo Cruz as ambassador in 2007 and believes that he can do a better job than Cruz did. We also believe that [...] |
2009-11-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE PREL PGOV OVIP |
| 09MANAGUA1236 |
FLSN ATTACKS AGAINST THE EMBASSY UPSET AMERICAN AND [...] (SBU) American and Nicaraguan investors in the tourism industry have expressed their displeasure with the Government of Nicaragua (GON) regarding the October 30 attacks against the Embassy by Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) supporters. They have told GON officials that the attacks h [...] |
2009-11-25 16:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA1248 |
NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN 050193786 [...] On November 16, Econoff and ARSO met with Ligia Aleman, owner of Nuevo Impacto, at her store located on Camino Oriental in Managua. In response to reftel questions, Aleman told Econoff that she founded Nuevo Impacto in 2006 and began operations in 2007. Aleman had owned a business called Impacto fo [...] |
2009-11-27 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NU |
| 09MANAGUA1256 |
NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES PROPERTY CASE OF JUAN BARRETO [...] (SBU) On November 19, U.S. citizen claimant Juan Barreto signed a settlement document, or "finiquito," for the equivalent of $3.2 million dollars to compensate him for 28 properties expropriated by the Nicaraguan Army. With the inclusion of Mr. Barreto's case, the Government of Nicaragua has r [...] |
2009-11-30 22:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA1264 |
NICARAGUA: POTENTIAL POLITICAL PRISONER GRANTED AMENSTY [...] (SBU) On November 18, the Nicaraguan National Assembly granted amnesty to Sandinista dissident and Catholic missionary Alberto Steffano Boschi. Mr. Boschi, who is a dual Nicaraguan-Italian citizen, fled the country for Italy in November 2008 after being found guilty and sentenced to one year [...] |
2009-12-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA1266 |
NICARAGUA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Embassy Managua is please to nominate Leonor Martinez for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per ref A. 2. (U) Full Name of Nominee: Leonor del Socorro Martinez Valverde 3. (U) Job Title and Institution: Teacher, currently unemployed; Youth Activist in the [...] |
2009-12-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO |
| 09MANAGUA1288 |
CAFTA-DR Update [...] The global economic crisis continues to have a negative impact on trade between the United States and Nicaragua. As the U.S. economy recovers, the decline in Nicaraguan exports has slowed. Other factors, such as the drought caused by the El Ni????o climatic phenomenon and problems with interna [...] |
2009-12-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1296 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2009 [...] In November 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of 32 Embassy registered property claims. Twenty-eight of these claims were properties under the control of the Nicaraguan Army. One property was under the control of National Corporations of the Public Sector (CORNAP [...] |
2009-12-07 23:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON KIDE CASC NU |
| 09MANAGUA1298 |
NICARAGUA: GON ASSERTS BETTER COOPERATION ON ADVANCING U.S. CITIZEN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the December 3 Property Working Group meeting, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials highlighted that the GON had resolved 42 U.S. citizen claims so far during the current waiver year, and asserted that the government has demonstrated its "good faith effort" in settling cases. They a [...] |
2009-12-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE CASC NU |
| 09MANAGUA131 |
NICARAGUA: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW IMPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-02 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV NU |
| 09MANAGUA1318 |
NICARAGUA - FSLN SOCIAL PROGRAMS POLITICIZED AND FAILING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the third year of President Ortega's five-year terms ends, many of his party's much-heralded social welfare programs to fight child labor, hunger and improve education are failing to live up to GON rhetoric. First Lady Rosario Murillo's auspicious Programa Amor ("Program of [...] |
2009-12-11 22:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM EAID ELAB IADB VE NU |
| 09MANAGUA1324 |
(U) Nicaragua Signs Military Logistics Sharing Agreement [...] (U) On November 20, 2009 in a ceremony at Nicaraguan Army Headquarters in Managua, representatives of the United States and Nicaragua signed an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA). Signing for the United States was LTG P.K. Keen, Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, and [...] |
2009-12-14 21:34:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU |
| 09MANAGUA1328 |
NICARAGUA: POST CONFIRMS PROPERTY CLAIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR U.S. CITIZENS RICARDO, SALVADOR, AND EDUARDO CUADRA AGAINST OSCAR BALLADARES (PENDING SECTION 2225 INELIGIBILITY CASE) [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that the Department remove General Oscar Balladares from the Section 2225 visa ineligibility file. Post has confirmed that Balladares resolved his property claim dispute with U.S. claimants Ricardo, Salvador, and Eduardo Cuadra when the Government of Nicaragua settl [...] |
2009-12-15 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE CVIS NU |
| 09MANAGUA133 |
NICARAGUA: PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CONTEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary. Prominent business leaders and economists convened for the Ambassador's first economic roundtable of the new year on January 28. The primary topic centered squarely on the aftermath of the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections and the way forward for the Nicaraguan private [...] |
2009-02-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA1340 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, COUNTER DRUGS OPERATIONS COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counter Drugs Operations Course in Ft. Benning, Georgia [...] |
2009-12-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1354 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counter Narco-Terrorism Course in Fort Benning, Georgia [...] |
2009-12-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1360 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: ADVANCED CONCEALMENT COURSE IN COSTA RICA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Advanced Concealment Course in Liberia, Costa Rica from [...] |
2009-12-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1362 |
NICARAGUA: VETTING REQUEST FOR MILGP, JOINT OPERATIONS [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Joint Operations Course in Fort Benning, Georgia, from Janu [...] |
2009-12-18 19:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA1376 |
NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN 050200863 AND GC-189609: ARMERIA MAGNUM [...] On December 1, Econoff and ARSO met with Salvador Luna, owner of Armeria Magnum, at his store located in Centro Comercial, a large shopping center in Managua. Luna told Emboffs that he founded Armeria Magnum in 2001. Armeria Magnum is authorized by the National Police to import and sell firearms. T [...] |
2009-12-21 20:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NU |
| 09MANAGUA1378 |
NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-21 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO NU |
| 09MANAGUA1384 |
NICARAGUA: POST CONFRIMS PROPERTY CLAIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR U.S. CITIZEN JUAN BARRETO AGAINST NOEL PORTOCARRERO (PENDING SECTION 2225 INELIGIBILITY CASE) [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests that the Department remove Colonel Noel Portocarrero from the Section 2225 visa ineligibility file. Post has confirmed that Portocarrero resolved his property claim dispute with U.S. claimant Juan Barreto when the Government of Nicaragua settled the case on November [...] |
2009-12-22 18:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE CVIS CASC NU |
| 09MANAGUA139 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JANUARY 2009 [...] In January 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. There remain 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have i [...] |
2009-02-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA152 |
INL MANAGUA 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Embassy Managua submits its 2008 End Use Monitoring Report per reftel instructions. 2. Begin Text: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator Byron Tsao, 505-252-7711, TsaoBF@state.gov, United States Embassy, Km 4.5 Carretera Sur, Managua, Nicaragua. Inventor [...] |
2009-02-09 18:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN NU |
| 09MANAGUA160 |
NICARAGUA: GON ASSERTS FLEXIBILITY IN RESOLVING U.S. CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the January 29 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI), asserted the government's willingness to find different solutions for U.S. claims. Rebeca Zuniga, coordinator of the liaison office for U.S. citizen claims, stat [...] |
2009-02-10 21:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA163 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO NICARAGUA BY CODEL [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Managua, I want to warmly welcome you to Nicaragua. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore our continuing commitment to the Nicaragua people and willingness to engage with the Nicaraguan government on areas of mutual concern, while emphasizing our growing concer [...] |
2009-02-12 00:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR NU |
| 09MANAGUA166 |
NICARAGUA: CENTRAL AMERICA,S LARGEST WIND ENERGY PROJECT SET TO BEGIN OPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 6, Ambassador Callahan accompanied officials from the American-Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the Federation of Nicaraguan Business Associations (COSEP) to visit the Amayo wind power project, which is expected to begin supplying the Nicaraguan electricity [...] |
2009-02-12 18:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON SENV NU |
| 09MANAGUA168 |
NICARAGUAN COFFEE A MIXED BAG [...] Coffee is Nicaragua's second leading export, with the United States, Spain, and Finland the principal markets. During the harvest from November to March, the sector employs about 390,000 Nicaraguans, almost 19% of the workforce. Coffee production for the 2008/09 harvest is forecast to reach [...] |
2009-02-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR NU |
| 09MANAGUA172 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, LANGUAGE TRAINING AND RANGER SCHOOL [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Language Training and Ranger School in Texas and Georgia, from [...] |
2009-02-13 20:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA173 |
NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TIGHTENS HIS BELT, BUT GON [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a withdrawal of European budget support and decreased economic growth as a result of the global economic crisis, on January 20, President Daniel Ortega issued a presidential decree introducing a number of austerity measures to cut $67 million in expenditures from the 2 [...] |
2009-02-13 20:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA2 |
INL Managua - FY08 Funding: Request for Extension of [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 2 for Action. 2. ACTION REQUEST. Per REFTEL instructions, INL Managua requests a sub-obligation terminal date extension. For all pipeline funds listed in para 3 below, INL Managua seeks an extension of the sub-obligation terminal date throu [...] |
2009-01-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN SNAR |
| 09MANAGUA203 |
GON/FSLN: ON ELECTIONS, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Nearly four months after the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) claimed "victory" in the November 2008 municipal elections, there has been no indication that the Nicaraguan government intends to address the credible allegations of fraud or complaints regarding t [...] |
2009-02-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA206 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL DARE DEMAND REDUCTION TRAINING, MARCH 10-13 [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DARE Demand Reduction training from March 10-13, 2009. The [...] |
2009-02-25 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA207 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: ILEA LETSS COURSE, MARCH 10-13 [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA Law Enforcement Training and Safety Survival Course in [...] |
2009-02-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA209 |
DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT SHINE AT USAID EDUCATION PROGRAM CEREMONY [...] During a Feb. 4 ceremony to deliver $250,000 in school materials under USAID's EXCELENCIA Education Program, Ambassador Robert J. Callahan assured 200 students, teachers and parents assembled at the Benjamin Zeledon School in Managua that the U.S. government is committed to achieving quality educat [...] |
2009-02-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA219 |
(SBU) NICARAGUA: TRANSMITTAL OF NMFS LETTER ON MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND SWORDFISH EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) On February 25, Econoff delivered a Spanish-language translation of reftel letter from National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Acting Assistant Administrator James Balsiger to Steadman Fagoth, Executive Director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Fishing (INPESCA). INPESCA is the fisheries [...] |
2009-02-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON SENV NU |
| 09MANAGUA227 |
NICARAGUA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Although IPR enforcement and protection remain a low priority for senior GON officials, we believe continued engagement in 2009 will have a positive effect. We cooperate well with working and mid-level police and prosecutors and we would like to step up our efforts to work with senior-le [...] |
2009-03-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON USTR NU |
| 09MANAGUA228 |
NICARAGUA: GON "RECONFISCATES" U.S. CITIZEN PROPERTY [...] (SBU) The Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently sent notices to several U.S. citizens to "reconfiscate" their properties. The notices said the administrative action had been based upon Decrees 3 (1979) and 38 (1979), which authorize the confiscation of property belonging to the Somoza fam [...] |
2009-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA229 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Human Rights Seminar, from March 17 - 20, 2009. The names [...] |
2009-03-03 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA235 |
NICARAGUA: LAND INVASIONS AFFECT U.S. CITIZENS [...] (SBU) Since November 2008, 12 U.S. citizen landowners have contacted us to seek assistance in dealing with land invasions that they believe are either orchestrated or indirectly supported by the GON. Individuals or groups related to the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) have been dir [...] |
2009-03-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA236 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2009 [...] In February 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy registered property claim. There remain 615 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 292 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involve [...] |
2009-03-05 18:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA237 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA - LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (LEMDP) TRAINING [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA LEMDP training in San Salvador, from April 13 to May 2 [...] |
2009-03-05 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA238 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the English Language Training in San Antonio, Texas, from March 30 [...] |
2009-03-05 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA241 |
ORTEGA LAUNCHES CHARM OFFENSIVE TO WOO BACK AID [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a worsening economic situation, steep cuts in foreign assistance, and an ongoing domestic political crisis resulting from fraudulent municipal elections in November 2008, President Ortega has a launched a belated and superficial charm offensive with foreign donors to w [...] |
2009-03-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA242 |
NICARAGUAN SEAFOOD SECTOR HIT HARD BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] Seafood is a major industry for Nicaragua and the country's fifth leading export. The industry concentrates on cultivated shrimp and wild-harvested lobster. Seafood production employs 55,000 people nationwide, of whom 20,000 live and work on the Caribbean coast, where the industry is the ma [...] |
2009-03-06 17:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON ETRD NU |
| 09MANAGUA244 |
NICARAGUA: GON DENIES "RECONFISCATION" POLICY AGAINST U.S. [...] (SBU) During the February 26 Property Working Group meeting, Jeanette Garcia, President of the National Confiscations Review Commission (CNRC), asserted there is no government policy to "reconfiscate" U.S. property related to previously settled claims. Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessm [...] |
2009-03-06 21:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA245 |
ORTEGA CALLS FOR ANTI-U.S. ORGANIZATION OF LATIN AMERICAN STATES AND PLEDGES TROUBLE AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (U) In a March 4 speech at a Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) rally following the presentation of credentials by ambassadors from Brazil and Finland, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called for the creation of an Organization of Latin American and Caribbean States to counter the n [...] |
2009-03-06 21:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA259 |
NICARAGUA: ALBA ENTITY BUYS SEMINOLE RANCH AND HOTEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, President Ortega announced that he had authorized the use of funds generated through Nicaragua's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) to purchase a cattle ranch and hotel from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. FSLN officials have designated a [...] |
2009-03-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAGR ETRD ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA261 |
NNP PROPOSES "CODE OF CONDUCT" AND "COMMON FUND" [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on March 4, 2009, representatives of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Relations (MinRex) presented Poloff with details regarding a newly proposed "Code of Conduct" (Codigo de Conducta, or CdC in Spanish) to govern all aid [...] |
2009-03-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR NU |
| 09MANAGUA264 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Special Forces Training, during the month of May, 2009. The n [...] |
2009-03-11 21:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA265 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC - MOTOR POOL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Motor Pool Maintenance Operations course in Ft Bliss, Tex [...] |
2009-03-11 21:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA273 |
NICARAGUA LIFTS BAN ON U.S. CATTLE, BEEF, AND BEEF BYPRODUCTS [...] (SBU) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR) Ariel Bucardo told the Ambassador during a March 4 meeting that he had lifted a ban on the importation U.S. beef and live cattle. MAGFOR enacted the ban in 2003 when an animal infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in t [...] |
2009-03-13 17:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EAID ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA274 |
NICARAGUA: POINTS DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 22:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA275 |
NICARAGUA: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 22:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS NU |
| 09MANAGUA276 |
NICARAGUA'S OTHER SANDINISTAS: THE MRS' POSITION [...] (C) Summary: In hindsight after the November 2008 municipal elections, Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) President Enrique Saenz believes his party made the correct choice in supporting candidates opposed to the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). MRS participation in the electio [...] |
2009-03-13 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA284 |
NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbea [...] |
2009-03-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG |
| 09MANAGUA301 |
VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...] |
2009-03-19 21:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA303 |
NICARAGUA'S TAX COLLECTING REGIME [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua,s income taxpayer base, despite impressive growth in collections during recent years, remains at less than 2% of the population. Very few Nicaraguans file income tax returns, but all are subject to the 15% Value Added Tax (IVA). Only 360 companies pay 90% of total inc [...] |
2009-03-19 23:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA308 |
NICARAGUA: PANDEMIC AND AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: With no cases of the virulent H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) strain existing yet in the Americas, the Emergency Action Committee reviewed and approved the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for Pandemic and Avian Influenza. The plan recognizes Nicaragua,s current i [...] |
2009-03-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT ASEC KSAF KSEO SENV TBIO KFLU NU |
| 09MANAGUA313 |
NICARAGUA: ATTRONEY GENERAL CLAIMS PROGRESS ON PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the mid-year review of the 2008-09 waiver year, Attorney General Estrada took the opportunity to assert that he had fulfilled all of the commitments he made during the bilateral review, such the establishment of a Liaison Office, a committee to review claims in court, and a committ [...] |
2009-03-23 22:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA314 |
VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...] |
2009-03-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA318 |
NICARAGUAN EXPORTS DOWN 19% TO START 2009 [...] (U) Summary. Nicaraguan exports demonstrated their vulnerability to the global economic crisis, falling 19% during the first two months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, according to data compiled by the Nicaraguan Government. U.S. Department of Commerce data for January show decli [...] |
2009-03-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR NU |
| 09MANAGUA323 |
CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA [...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...] |
2009-03-26 17:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA324 |
NICARAGUA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR SUFFERS MAJOR BLOWS [...] (U) Cone Denim announced on March 25 that the company would shutter its denim plant in Nicaragua indefinitely. A company executive reasoned that the supply chain for denim had not fully developed in Central America and, therefore, was unable to weather the decline in demand that has resulted f [...] |
2009-03-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA328 |
NICARAGUA: DELIVERED U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 20:52:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS IAHRC XM |
| 09MANAGUA329 |
NICARAGUA: PSI INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 20:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NU |
| 09MANAGUA339 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Joint Operations Training in Ft. Benning, GA, on April 20, [...] |
2009-03-31 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA340 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, TIP TRAINING IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the TIP Training in Managua, from April 15 - 16, 2009. The nam [...] |
2009-03-31 22:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA341 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who haS been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Motor Pool Maintenance Operations Course in Ft. Bliss, Te [...] |
2009-03-31 22:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA342 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, II STEP TRAINING IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the II Step Training in Managua, from May 11 - 15, 2009. The n [...] |
2009-03-31 22:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA343 |
NICARAGUA: BANKERS REPORT STABILITY, BUT NO GROWTH [...] (C) Summary. Despite rumors of economic meltdown and possible capital flight, Nicaragua's highly dollarized banking sector appears to be holding its own. Officials from the Superintendent of Banks (SIBOIF) and the Central Bank as well as prominent banking executives tell us that liquidity i [...] |
2009-03-31 23:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA344 |
NICARAGUA: GON REVERSES NULLIFICATIONS OF SETTLED CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the March 26 Property Working Group meeting, Receba Zuniga, Coordinator of the Liaison Office for U.S. Citizen Claims, told us that the National Confiscations Review Commission reversed its notices to two U.S. citizens notifying them that their previously resolved claims had been ruled [...] |
2009-04-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA354 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MARCH 2009 [...] In March 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims, including one claim previously dismissed under Decree 38 (1979). One claimant recovered her property through the courts and one claimant signed a leasing agreement with the Nic [...] |
2009-04-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA358 |
CPC DEATH THREATS TO HUMAN & LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Human Rights Defender and Labor Activist Alvaro Leiva Sanchez received a hand-written death threat signed by the Citizen Power Council (CPC) allegedly from Masaya. The note was addressed to Mr. Leiva's mother-in-law, but the death threat was directed against Mr. Leiv [...] |
2009-04-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA359 |
NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS TRANSPARENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy Managua reports that Nicaragua is in compliance with Section 7088 (c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriation Act (SFOAA). The Nicaraguan budget is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance,s website, and is rev [...] |
2009-04-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA36 |
INL MANAGUA PD&S PLAN FOR FY 2009 [...] INL Managua submits its fiscal year 2009 PD&S budget plan per reftel. 2. INL Managua's PD&S needs will increase due to the hire of two new INL Program Assistants, one focusing on budget management and the other on logistics management. Post anticipates increased travel costs as several n [...] |
2009-01-13 18:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN NU |
| 09MANAGUA369 |
NICARAGUA SOFA -- GON AGREES TO ONE-YEAR ROLL-OVER [...] (C) As noted in REF A, on August 8, 2008, AmEmbassy Managua and the Government of Nicaragua completed an exchange of diplomatic notes regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and customs procedures for U.S. Forces in Nicaragua for exercises, visits and other cooperative activities durin [...] |
2009-04-03 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU |
| 09MANAGUA37 |
NICARAGUA: SAINTS AND SYMBOLS IN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Daniel Ortega appears to be trying to use religious symbolism for political purposes, as part of his effort to consolidate control in Nicaragua. After following a strategy of co-opting Evangelical symbols in the Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) "prayer against hatred" camp [...] |
2009-01-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA375 |
NICARAGUA RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-07 19:28:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM NU |
| 09MANAGUA387 |
NICARAGUA QUITS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH EUROPEANS [...] (SBU) On April 1, Nicaragua withdrew from the seventh round of negotiations for an Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America. The Nicaraguan delegation was upset that this demand for a 60 billion euro compensation fund was not seriously considered by all parties. While Pr [...] |
2009-04-08 19:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA388 |
ORTEGA'S AGENDA FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is likely to use his participation in the Summit of the Americas to further his image as a world leader in opposition to the United States, press for an end to sanctions against Cuba, and seek increased financial aid without governance or democr [...] |
2009-04-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA389 |
NICARAGUA: SHOOTING ATTEMPT AGAINST ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of April 6, an unknown assailant fired four gunshots at Attorney General Hernan Estrada near his residence in Managua. Two of the bullets grazed Estrada, but he only suffered minor injuries. Estrada held a press conference in the afternoon where he blamed religi [...] |
2009-04-08 20:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EFIN EIND NU |
| 09MANAGUA401 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, PKO AMERICAS EXERCISE IN ARGENTINA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the PKO Americas Exercise in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May [...] |
2009-04-16 22:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA404 |
NICARAGUA: UNRESPONSIVE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE AMERICAS [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) desk officer for the Americas, Renee Morales. Morales promised to pass the information to her superiors, but gave no feedback on the substance of the proposed partnership. She was unaware of the final [...] |
2009-04-17 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG SENV KSUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA406 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, NICARAGUAN ARMY ESTADO MAYOR SCHOOL VISIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will travel to Washington D.C. from May 31 to June 5, 2009. The names are [...] |
2009-04-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA415 |
NICARAGUA: MISKITO ELDERS DECLARE "INDEPENDENCE," ELECT NEW LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Miskito Council of Elders elected Reverend Hector Williams Padilla as a new "Wihta Tara" (Miskito for "Grand Judge") to be the leader of The Mosquito Coast. Immediately following his election, Williams proclaimed the independence of the Mosquito Coast, urged the formation of an arm [...] |
2009-04-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA416 |
NICARAGUA: REAL ESTATE: DEMAND FOR HOUSING DECLINES IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Housing developers and real estate brokers estimate that demand for residential housing not related to the tourism sector fell an estimated 35-50% in 2008, as compared to 2007. The primary reason behind the fall in demand for residential housing has been the tightening of local credit m [...] |
2009-04-21 17:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA42 |
NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER: 050137870: PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Econoff conducted a pre-license check on December 30, 2008, at the El Cazador gun store located on Avenida Iglesia El Calvario, Managua, Nicaragua. Econoff met with Carlos Melendez, general manager and one of the co-owners in the business. Melendez has been a co-owner since [...] |
2009-01-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC NU |
| 09MANAGUA425 |
PRESIDENT ORTEGA: OBAMA IS A LIAR, THREATENS TO [...] (U) Summary: During an April 22 appearance on a Cuban talk show, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega discredited the Summit of the Americas (SOA) and stated that President Obama lied because he talked about change, but had maintained the Bush policies of freezing the Millennium Challenge Accoun [...] |
2009-04-24 00:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAID PROP NU CU |
| 09MANAGUA432 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR LEADS DISCUSSION ON DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, Ambassador Callahan hosted ambassadors from Nicaragua's major European donor countries in a discussion about donor actions following the fraudulent outcome of the 2008 municipal elections (reftel) and the continued unwillingness of the GON to address the issue. The me [...] |
2009-04-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA433 |
MERIDA INITIATIVE: NICARAGUA FORMALLY JOINS, BUT POLICE CHIEF GRANERA IN DIRE STRAITS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | NU PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
| 09MANAGUA434 |
NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-28 00:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA443 |
NICARAGUA: CPCS RAN OUT OF PRAYERS OR MONEY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, 2009, after more than 210 days of illegally occupying Managua's key traffic rotundas to prevent opposition rallies, the "Prayer Against Hatred - Love is Stronger than Hate" faux religious protest ran out of prayers (see Reftel A and B). The campaign showed signs of fat [...] |
2009-04-30 15:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA447 |
ORTEGA ACCUSES EMBASSY OF CONSPIRACY, EXPULSION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. President Ortega's assertion that the U.S. Embassy is conspiring against him and that he is gathering information for an eventual response continue to be "topic A" in Managua. While independent media have responded with evident skepticism, various second-tier Sandinista offi [...] |
2009-04-30 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV APER NU |
| 09MANAGUA456 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL 301 - NICARAGUA 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR NU |
| 09MANAGUA465 |
NICARAGUA: GON UNDER PRESSURE TO RESOLVE CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the April 30 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, said the Government of Nicaragua (GON) is taking a more flexible approach to work on U.S. citizen claims. Rebeca Zuniga, Coordinator of the Liaison Office for U.S. Citiz [...] |
2009-05-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA469 |
2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM: NICARAGUA SENDS PROTEST [...] (U) On May 4, we received dip note number MRE/0050/05/09 from Nicaragua Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) responding to the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism published on April 30. It was signed by Orlando Gomez, Director General for American Affairs. The Embassy's unofficial English transl [...] |
2009-05-07 21:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP NU |
| 09MANAGUA470 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, COUNTERDRUG OPERATIONS COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counterdrugs Operation Course from May 22 - July 9,2009 at [...] |
2009-05-07 21:52:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA471 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CIVIL-MILITARY OPERATIONS COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Civil-Military Operations Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia fr [...] |
2009-05-07 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA472 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, DARE CONFERENCE, JULY 20-24, 2009 [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DARE Conference in Orlando, Florida from July 20 - 24, 2009 [...] |
2009-05-07 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA473 |
THE FSLN'S ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THE CATHOLIC [...] (C) Summary. On April 30, First Lady Rosario Murillo distributed a letter from presidential advisor Orlando Nunez to media outlets in which Nunez openly criticized Nicaragua's Catholic Church. According to Nunez, the Vatican considered the Nicaraguan church as one of the most corrupt in the [...] |
2009-05-07 22:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS NU |
| 09MANAGUA474 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA BORDER ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN SAN SALVADOR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA Border Enforcement Training in Sal Salvador, El Salvad [...] |
2009-05-07 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA476 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: APRIL 2009 [...] In April 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims, of which six had been dismissed under Decree 38 (1979). One of the claims was resolved through a land swap. There remain 599 unresolved registered property claims belonging to [...] |
2009-05-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA496 |
NICARAGUA: TIMBER INDUSTRY AT A STANDSTILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan timber exports in 2008 reflected a complete collapse of the timber industry - a collapse that began in 2006 with the passage of Law 585 (known as the "Veda Forestal," or forestry ban), which included a logging ban and a moratorium on timber exports. Nicaragua's expor [...] |
2009-05-18 18:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA501 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR TRIP TO RAAN OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21 and 22 Ambassador Callahan traveled for the first time to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). During his two-day trip, he met with opposition, religious and indigenous leaders, held a press conference, and inaugurated a USAID-funded [...] |
2009-05-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM OTRA NU |
| 09MANAGUA507 |
LIBERTAD ACT: NICARAGUAN RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's association with the Cuban regime spans several decades. Since Ortega returned to power in January 2007, Nicaragua has re-established close relations with Cuba, especially through common membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). [...] |
2009-05-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL ECON CU NU |
| 09MANAGUA520 |
NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY - PATIENCE RUNNING [...] (C) Director General for American Affairs and Protocol Chief Orlando Gomez met with PolCouns on May 13 to review Nicaragua's participation at the Summit of the Americas (SOA), U.S.-Nicaraguan bilateral relations, and the Ortega administration's foreign policy priorities. Gomez reported that t [...] |
2009-05-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA522 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Aircraft Maintenance Course in Lackland AFB, TX, from June [...] |
2009-05-22 19:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA524 |
TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT OVER MINIMUM WAGE RAISE, BUT REFORM STILL LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, a tripartite commission of industry, labor and government representatives reached an agreement over the next minimal wage hike for Nicaraguan workers. This is the first time in four previous rounds (see reftel B) that all three parties reached agreement without the Mini [...] |
2009-05-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA525 |
NICARAGUA: STILL NO CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] (U) Summary: As of May 26, 2009, Nicaragua has reported no confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza. In response to the H1N1 epidemic, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) is implementing its National Plan for Prevention of and Response to Human Influenza Epidemic, focusing on surveillance at ports of ent [...] |
2009-05-26 17:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSAF ECON AMED CASC ASEC NU |
| 09MANAGUA534 |
NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR 2009 [...] (C) Businessmen and economists gathered for the Ambassador's May 15 roundtable focused their discussion on the global economic crisis, the Nicaraguan political crisis, and deficit financing. One local economist predicted that the economy would contract by 1%. A banking executive noted that f [...] |
2009-05-29 19:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR NU |
| 09MANAGUA537 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR WARNS GON, PROPERTY WAIVER NOT A SURE THING [...] (SBU) On May 22, Ambassador Callahan met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos and Attorney General Hernan Estrada to express serious concerns regarding how U.S. citizen property claims are being handled during the 2008-09 waiver year. He addressed issues such as cooperation, claims under GON control [...] |
2009-06-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA54 |
NICARAGUA: 2009 BUDGET REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) Summary. The GON remains without an approved 2009 budget as a result of the political stalemate in the Nicaraguan National Assembly (ref A). Finance Minister Alberto Guevara presented President Ortega's budget to the National Assembly back in October, but since then it has lingered in th [...] |
2009-01-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA541 |
GOVERNMENT MANUAL SEEKS TO SILENCE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: The Ortega government is drafting a new manual that it states would facilitate the administrative process for international non-government organizations (NGOs) to operate in Nicaragua, but admits the manual will make clear that foreign funds should not be used for "political purp [...] |
2009-06-01 22:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA542 |
NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS MORE USG COOPERATION ON ADVANCING U.S. CITIZEN PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the May 28 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, requested Embassy assistance in encouraging U.S. citizen claimants to settle 35 claims with final offers before the end of this waiver year. Jeanette Garcia, President of [...] |
2009-06-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA545 |
NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS MORE USG COOPERATION ON ADVANCING U.S. [...] (SBU) During the May 28 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, requested Embassy assistance in encouraging U.S. citizen claimants to settle 35 claims with final offers before the end of this waiver year. Jeanette Garcia, President of [...] |
2009-06-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA552 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MAY 2009 [...] In May 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of seven Embassy registered property claims. There remain 592 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 284 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved [...] |
2009-06-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA554 |
CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR ELECTORAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: Nearly seven months after Nicaragua's fraudulent municipal elections, civil society continues to call on the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to address the fraud and restore people's confidence in the country's electoral system. On May 28, over 100 civil society associations held [...] |
2009-06-03 22:10:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA557 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC LIGISTICS COURSE IN COBAN, GUATEMALA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who haS been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Logistics Course from June 17-26, 2009. The name is list [...] |
2009-06-04 16:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA559 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA, RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN SAN SALVADOR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, Risk Management Training from July 19-25, 2009. The [...] |
2009-06-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA560 |
AMBASSADOR WARNS NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS AGAIN, RHETORIC HURTS [...] (SBU) On June 3, 2008, the Ambassador hosted lunch for Alvaro Baltodano, Presidential Delegate for Investment Promotion, and other members of his investment team. Baltodano recognized the important role the Pathways to Prosperity initiative plays in providing a framework for regional cooperati [...] |
2009-06-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA562 |
NICARAGUA TELECOM SECTOR: MARKET OPEN, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator, TELCOR (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos), announced in April 2009 that it would begin consultations to reform Nicaragua's telecom legislation, known as Law 200. As currently drafted, Law 200 fails to [...] |
2009-06-05 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV ETRD TINT NU |
| 09MANAGUA571 |
NICARAGUA: IMF REPRESENTATIVE ON BUDGET SUPPORT, [...] (C) The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative in Nicaragua told the Ambassador on June 4 that the IMF is negotiating with the Nicaraguan Government (GON) and other international financial institutions to provide $85 million in direct budget support for the Ortega Administ [...] |
2009-06-09 22:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA574 |
NICARAGUA: 2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will e-mail a comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 15 per reftel request. 2. (U) Property claims resolutions in [...] |
2009-06-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE OPIC CASC NU |
| 09MANAGUA576 |
ORTEGA PROVIDES ASYLUM TO PERUVIAN INDIGENOUS LEADER [...] (SBU) On June 9, Tomas Borge, Nicaragua's Ambassador to Peru, announced that President Daniel Ortega would grant asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. The Nicaraguan government argued that Pizango was a victim of political persecution and granted him asylum based on humanitar [...] |
2009-06-11 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM PE NU |
| 09MANAGUA579 |
NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On June 9, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Steadman Fagoth, Nicaragua's International Whaling Commission (IWC) Commissioner and Executive President of the National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INPESCA). Fagoth has not decided if he will attend the IWC's 2009 annual meeting [...] |
2009-06-11 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC NU |
| 09MANAGUA599 |
ORTEGA RESPONDS TO MCC CANCELLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the decision of the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to partially terminate Nicaragua's compact assistance, President Daniel Ortega accused the USG of using aid programs to interfere in Nicaragua's internal affairs and promote its own political [...] |
2009-06-16 22:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA600 |
CPC UPDATE: COLLECTING GARBAGE & ELECTRIC BILLS, GIVING SWINE-FLU REFERRALS, AND STEALING PUBLIC LAND AND JOBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political party and its Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) continue to embed themselves into the fabric of Nicaraguan life. In addition to being behind recent public attacks against NGOs and serving as the primary distribution points for [...] |
2009-06-17 18:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA602 |
NICARAGUA GOVERNMENT ATTACKS SECTION 527 PROPERTY CLAIMS RESOLUTION PROCESS [...] (SBU) President Daniel Ortega has announced plans to send a delegation to Washington to discuss Nicaragua's Section 527 (of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995) property claims resolution process with members of Congress. Ortega complained that compensating U.S. [...] |
2009-06-17 22:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA603 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT RENEWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: A Managua judge announced on June 11 that he would hold hearings June 22-26 regarding accusations that 39 people committed "crimes against the economy of the country, fraud, and influence peddling" in connection with the 2001 government bailout of four Nicaraguan banks. The list o [...] |
2009-06-17 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA621 |
NICARAGUAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES COASTAL LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly unanimously approved a coastal law to regulate the use of Nicaragua's shoreline and maritime areas. This final bill was drafted in close consultation with the private sector, which sought to protect private property rights and develop the tourism industry. [...] |
2009-06-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA625 |
NICARAGUA: EMBEZZLEMENT CRIPPLES MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) Throughout the last year, U.S. and other international investors have been embroiled in a bitter dispute over control of the Board of Directors of one of the largest and most successful microfinance institutions in Nicaragua, the Association for the Development of Small, Medium and Micro [...] |
2009-06-23 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA626 |
RADIO STATION SHUTDOWN APPEARS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...] (SBU) On June 19, 2009, armed "technicians" representing Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, TELCOR) and Nicaraguan customs (DGA) seized $6,000 to $10,000 worth of broadcasting equipment from radio station La Ley in Sebaco, Matagalpa (ap [...] |
2009-06-23 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA642 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CIVIL-MILITARY OPS TRAINING [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Civil-Military Ops Training from July 15 - September 16,200 [...] |
2009-06-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA643 |
NICARAGUA: ORTEGA CUTS SPENDING AT IMF BEHEST, BUT DEFICIT INCREASES [...] (C) On June 22, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu Neira told the Ambassador that Nicaragua has a "60 percent" chance of obtaining IMF budget support for 2009 and 2010. To improve the odds, Arbulu said that Nicaragua must cut expenditures from the 2009 budget. In line with the IMF [...] |
2009-06-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA646 |
NICARAGUA: SCENE SETTER FOR USNS COMFORT VISIT [...] (C) Commodore Negus, your visit to Nicaragua on July 3 through 14 comes at an auspicious time and into a challenging political environment with a government that is suspicious and critical of the USG, even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-US. Troubling phenomena include: eco [...] |
2009-06-29 22:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA647 |
AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES DOL PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, June 12, Ambassador Callahan traveled to the Department of Jinotega to inaugurate a $5 million Department of Labor (DOL) program which will combat child labor at coffee plantations in Jinotega and Madriz. The program, called ENTERATE (Combating the Worst Forms of Child [...] |
2009-06-29 22:34:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB NU |
| 09MANAGUA648 |
AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES DOL PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, June 12, Ambassador Callahan traveled to the Department of Jinotega to inaugurate a $5 million Department of Labor (DOL) program which will combat child labor at coffee plantations in Jinotega and Madriz. The program, called ENTERATE (Combating the Worst Forms of Child [...] |
2009-06-29 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB NU |
| 09MANAGUA659 |
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFIDENT NICARAGUA WILL GET A SECTION 527 WAIVER [...] (SBU) During the June 25 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI), suggested that the case of U.S. citizen Juan Barreto would not likely be resolved this waiver year because he had requested additional land surveys. Rebeca Zuniga, [...] |
2009-07-02 14:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA663 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC MAINTENANCE COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the CFAC Maintenance Course from July 26 - August 17,2009 in G [...] |
2009-07-02 21:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA672 |
NICARAGUA: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] (U) On July 1, Econoff and visiting U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Nicaragua's three port and maritime security agencies, the National Port Agency (EPN), the Ministry of Transportation's Office of Aquatic Tran [...] |
2009-07-08 22:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA680 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE 2009 [...] In June 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of nine Embassy registered property claims. A U.S. citizen claimant also withdrew one claim because he did not have sufficient documents to support his case. There remain 582 unresolved registered property claims belonging [...] |
2009-07-09 22:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA683 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT PLANS PILGRIMAGE TO IMF HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) In his farewell call on the Ambassador, Humberto Arbulu-Neira, the outgoing IMF Resident Representative in Nicaragua, said that he now only gives the GON a 30 percent chance of successfully negotiating a budget support program with the IMF, due to the GON's failure to enact pension reform [...] |
2009-07-10 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA694 |
NICARAGUA SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in Paragraph 23. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post recommends that the Secretary issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1994/1995 for the Government of Nicaragua (GON). Between August 1, 2008, and June 30 [...] |
2009-07-14 20:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA695 |
NICARAGUAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LOW-INCOME HOUSING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly approved a housing law to provide affordable housing for low-income families and overcome a housing shortage throughout Nicaragua. Foreign and local property owners are concerned about language in the law that would appear to allow the Government of Nicaragua (G [...] |
2009-07-14 21:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA703 |
NICARAGUA: CIVAIR DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COCESNA [...] (U) On July 14, Embassy officials delivered reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Transport Minister Pablo Fernando Martinez and to the Institute of Civil Aviation's (INAC) legal advisor, Leonel Duarte. We urged Minister Martinez and Mr. Duarte to advise the Central American Corporation for Air Navig [...] |
2009-07-15 22:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA NU |
| 09MANAGUA706 |
NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES PROPERTY CASE FOR DOMINGO CALERO [...] (SBU) On July 13, U.S. citizen claimant Domingo Calero signed a settlement document, or "finiquito," for the equivalent of $750,000 in the form of indemnification bonds (BPIs) to resolve his four property claims. Mr. Calero's claims had been previously dismissed by the Government of Nicaragua [...] |
2009-07-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
| 09MANAGUA711 |
NICARAGUA: CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of airlines that fly from Nicaragua to the United States met at the Embassy on July 9 for the Deputy Chief of Mission's quarterly Civil Aviation Roundtable. Continental, Delta, and TACA airlines attended, and they described worsening relations with the Nicaragua [...] |
2009-07-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD NU |
| 09MANAGUA712 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, ILLICIT ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Illicit Activities Conference in Miami, Florida from August 17 [...] |
2009-07-17 20:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA713 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, PKO AMERICAS EXERCISE (STAGE III) IN GUATEMALA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the PKO Americas Exercise (Stage III) in Coban, Guatemala from [...] |
2009-07-17 20:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA714 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, VARIOUS PKO COURSES IN GUATEMALA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend various PKO Courses in Coban, Guatemala from August 17 - Decemb [...] |
2009-07-17 20:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA723 |
NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES PROPERTY CASE FOR LIANA WOYWOD [...] (SBU) On July 17, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported that U.S. citizen claimant Liana Woywod recovered her property confiscated by the GON in 1979. The recovery of confiscated property by the original owner is a rare accomplishment in Nicaragua. Including Mrs. Woywod's claim, the GON [...] |
2009-07-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
| 09MANAGUA753 |
NICARAGUA: HONDURAN CRISIS HURTING NICARAGUAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The Honduran crisis has adversely affected Nicaragua's economy during the last two weeks. Private industry representatives complain that closures and/or delays at major Nicaraguan-Honduran border crossings have resulted in a loss of nearly $3 million per day in exports, and have delayed [...] |
2009-08-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA754 |
NICARAGUA: 2009 ECONOMIC INDICATORS BLEAK SO FAR [...] (U) Key Nicaraguan economic indicators from the first quarter of 2009 forecasted a challenging future for the rest of the year. Not surprisingly, remittances from Nicaraguans working abroad have suffered declines given the economic slowdown in the United States. Imports and exports have both s [...] |
2009-08-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA757 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, TRANSNATIONAL THREATS TO SOVEREIGNTY COURSE IN SAN SALVADOR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Transnational Threats to Sovereignty Course in San Salvador [...] |
2009-08-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA767 |
AMB. LLORENS JULY 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA IN MANAGUA [...] (C) Summary. In a private, one hour one-on-one meeting followed by a two-hour meeting with members of Zelaya's cabinet, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Llorens urged President Manuel Zelaya to go on a diplomatic offensive, including travel to the U.S. and Mexico, and help bring the Honduras crisi [...] |
2009-08-04 22:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NU HO |
| 09MANAGUA781 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, CYBERCRIME CONFERENCE IN PANAMA CITY [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Cybercrime Conference in Panama City, Panama from August 25 [...] |
2009-08-06 22:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA787 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, MARKSMANSHIP & OFFICER BOARDING COURSE IN BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Marksmanship & Officer Boarding course in Bluefields, Nicaragu [...] |
2009-08-07 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA788 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, LATIN AMERICAN CADET INITIATIVE (LACI) [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will participate in the Latin American Cadet Initiative (LACI) in Washingto [...] |
2009-08-07 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA789 |
NICARAGUA: NEVER LOOK A GIFT BUS UNDER THE HOOD [...] (SBU) On August 2, the first of 130 Russian buses began to transit the roads of Nicaragua. Several months ago, President Ortega announced that Russia had donated the buses -- at an event where he also blamed United States policies for having impoverished Nicaragua. A financial cooperative fun [...] |
2009-08-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELTN ETRD ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA79 |
BROOKLYN RIVERA SHOT - ALMOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 an angry Miskito Indian shot at Yatama party leader and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) National Assembly Deputy Brooklyn Rivera during a campaign visit to Kuamwatla. While Rivera's life was spared, the incident reveals the evaporating support he has among [...] |
2009-01-16 21:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA794 |
FSLN CONTINUES ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As has become customary with non-governmental organizations' sponsored public events, on August 8 FSLN mobs attacked members of civil society who attempted to assemble peacefully. Over 500 members of the Coordinadora Civil (CC, a network of left-of-center civil society organiza [...] |
2009-08-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA795 |
LOGISTICS SHARING (ACSA): NICARAGUA READY TO SIGN [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4 for action. 2. (U) On August 4, we received diplomatic correspondence (letter MRE/DGA-AN/0092/08/09) from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry (MINREX) responding to our request (diplomatic note number 2008-280, dated 12 December 2008) to conclu [...] |
2009-08-12 19:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR OPDC PREL MOPS NU |
| 09MANAGUA797 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2009 [...] In July 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of five Embassy registered property claims. These five claims were counted during the 2008-2009 Section 527 waiver period. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued [...] |
2009-08-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA799 |
HIGHER GROWTH IN NICARAGUA'S TOURISM SECTOR IN 2009 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) reported that the tourism industry grew 10 percent during the first half of 2009, up from 8 percent growth during the same period in 2008. Some industry experts believe that INTUR's data, however, may not be accurate because it does not distinguis [...] |
2009-08-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
| 09MANAGUA802 |
ORTEGA ANNOUNCES FSLN-LED GROUPS RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, and in the presence of the 109 FSLN mayors, President Daniel Ortega launched the "Great National Consultation on Municipal Budgets." This program calls on all Nicaraguans to participate in the party's Citizen Power Council (CPC) system to develop (and even "decide") [...] |
2009-08-13 18:05:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA806 |
NICARAGUA FY2010 FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) has requested a $4.8 million FY2010 government-to-government U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFP) program to continue work with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR) to improve Nicaragua's sanitary and phytosa [...] |
2009-08-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR NU CS |
| 09MANAGUA828 |
THE NICARAUGAN LABOR MOVEMENT: FRAGMENTED AND POLITICIZED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-21 21:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA831 |
NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTER: U.S. BEHIND [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to discuss the ongoing Honduras crisis, Nicaragua's efforts to secure international lending, and bilateral relations. Santos acknowledged that Nicaragua's financial situation had worsened severely, threatening key s [...] |
2009-08-21 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN NU |
| 09MANAGUA834 |
NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DEMARCHE [...] (U) In response to Ref A demarche on budget transparency, Ovidio Reyes, Director of Fiscal and Economic Affairs, GON Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, told econoffs on August 13 that the national budget of Nicaragua is available on the Finance Ministry's website and is published in the Ni [...] |
2009-08-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU VZ |
| 09MANAGUA835 |
HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF: FSLN LABOR MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA836 |
FSLN YOUTH GROUPS COUNTER "OPPOSITION" YOUTH PROTESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA837 |
NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY EFFORTS: A PROMISING [...] (C) Summary. For the first time in nearly a year, serious efforts are underway to foster opposition unity ahead of Nicaragua's 2011 national elections. The goal of these efforts is to encourage the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC), led by ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, and the Independent Lib [...] |
2009-08-25 21:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA84 |
NICARAGUA: ON THE EVE OF RAAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) January 18 municipal elections, contacts described conditions as tense. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party ran an aggressive, well-funded campaign, while other parties, such as the Liberal Constitutiona [...] |
2009-01-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA845 |
NICARAGUAN DEMOCRACY & INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 9 in Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Miskito indigenous leader and democracy defender Marcela Davis was shot and wounded by Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) during a protest by Miskito lobster divers over falling lobster prices. The [...] |
2009-08-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIS KWMN NU |
| 09MANAGUA849 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: RSO, LATIN AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (LALEEDS) IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Latin American Law Enforcement Executive Development Semina [...] |
2009-08-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA853 |
FIRINGS AT FAMILY MINISTRY BAD NEWS FOR ADOPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) carried out massive firings at the Ministry of the Family (MIFAMILIA), decimating the units responsible for adoptions and the welfare of children. Post fears that cooperation with the GON will deteriorate on adoptions and sensitive chil [...] |
2009-08-28 20:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI PGOV ELAB PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA854 |
NICARAGUA: SCENE SETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) General Fraser, your visit to Nicaragua on September 1 and 2 comes at a moment when we face a challenging political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the USG, even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-US. Troubling phenomena include: econom [...] |
2009-08-28 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MOPS MARR NU |
| 09MANAGUA859 |
NICARAGUA'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS - THE MORE THINGS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) established the election calendar for the Atlantic coast's regional elections, which will take place March 7, 2010. The corrupt CSE magistrates who manipulated the system and were complicit in the massive fraud in the Novem [...] |
2009-08-31 21:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 09MANAGUA868 |
NASA HYTHIRM PROJECT: NICARAGUA DENIES OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] (U) ON Thursday, August 27, we were informed by the Office of American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) that Nicaragua would not grant a flight or transit clearance for the U.S. Navy P3 operating in support of the upcoming DISCOVERY shuttle mission as sought per REFTEL. 2. ( [...] |
2009-09-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TSPL PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA869 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: DEA MONEY LAUNDERING CONFERENCE IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DEA Money Laundering Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica fro [...] |
2009-09-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA871 |
GON NON-COOPERATION ON FARC ARMS SMUGGLING CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a series of communications and meetings between June 17 and June 19, various senior-level officials of the Government of Nicaragua (GON) refused to cooperate with a routine USG request for the transfer of evidence pertinent to an on-going Department of Justice (DOJ) investigat [...] |
2009-09-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV SNAR PTER PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA877 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATES AMCIT PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Three U.S. citizens claim to own 41.66% of the property where an open-air landfill known as "La Chureca" is located along the shore of Lake Managua. In July 2009, the Office of the Attorney General published a resolution in the Official Gazette expropriating the land on which the landfil [...] |
2009-09-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON CASC NU |
| 09MANAGUA886 |
NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FOR NICARAGUA: ORTEGA READS LIVE ON RADIO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-04 21:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NU |
| 09MANAGUA888 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2009 [...] In August 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy registered property claim. Two claimants also withdrew two separate claims from the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued i [...] |
2009-09-08 18:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA889 |
NICARAGUA - FEEDBACK ON ECPA AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: Econoffs met recently with Vice Minister of Energy and Mines Lorena Lanza to encourage Nicaraguan participation in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) and to solicit feedback on the Americas Energy and Climate Symposium in Lima. Lanza generally agreed with U [...] |
2009-09-08 20:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA891 |
SANDINISTA LABOR UNION PROTESTS AGAINST DANIEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, approximately three hundred union members from the Central Sandinista de Trabajadores (CST), the smaller of Nicaragua's two principal Sandinista party-affiliated labor confederations, protested in front of President Daniel Ortega's residence/headquarters. They calle [...] |
2009-09-08 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA899 |
NICARAGUA: TVRPA LIST OF CHILD LABOR PRODUCTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU |
| 09MANAGUA9 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: DECEMBER 2008 [...] In December 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. There remain 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 U.S. citizens in the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have i [...] |
2009-01-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA900 |
NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC NU |
| 09MANAGUA902 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS USE OF U.S. LAW TO AVOID [...] (SBU) During the August 27 Property Working Group meeting, Government of Nicaragua (GON)officials told us they were reviewing 26 U.S. citizen claims to determine whether they met the criteria established in Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. T [...] |
2009-09-11 16:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA907 |
NICARAGUA PASSES RETIREES AND RESIDENTS LAW TO BOOST FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) The National Assembly approved a foreign retirees and residents law to promote Nicaragua as a retirement destination. The law was drafted in close consultation with the private sector, which sought legislation that would provide a stimulus to the construction, real estate, and tourism indust [...] |
2009-09-16 21:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA910 |
PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ORTEGA [...] Summary. On September 4, Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams met with President Daniel Ortega to review the work of the Peace Corps in Nicaragua as well as to provide observations from his September 2-4 visit and to discuss areas for future cooperation. After expressing concern about the ong [...] |
2009-09-17 18:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP PGOV EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA912 |
DEATH TO THE YANQUI - ORTEGA LAMBASTES U.S. AT [...] (U) On September 12, Nicaragua conducted ceremonies to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Nicaraguan Army. Ambassador Callahan, Major General Keith Huber, U.S. Army South, Brigadier General Dominic Cariello, Wisconsin National Guard, USMILGRP, and the Marine Marching Platoo [...] |
2009-09-17 22:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA913 |
NICARAGUA AND ABKHAZIA ESTABLISH FORMAL DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, more than a year after Nicaragua was the only country (besides Russia) to recognize the "independence" of the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, the two countries have now signed agreements to establish formal diplomatic relations. The agreement also [...] |
2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU GG NU PBTS |
| 09MANAGUA914 |
NICARAUGA: PRISON PROTEST & POLICE ABUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New cases of degrading and discriminatory treatment in Nicaragua,s prisons are back in the news. On September 8, a complaint was filed against an Atlantic Coast police chief for violating a juvenile prisoner's human rights by forbidding him to defecate. On September 9, five female [...] |
2009-09-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI NU |
| 09MANAGUA916 |
NICARAUGA: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS UNDER ATTACK AGAIN... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Freedom of the press in Nicaragua remains under attack by President Daniel Ortega's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). The party has sought to amend journalism laws in an effort to discourage, if not outright censor, media reports critical of Ortega and the party [...] |
2009-09-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PLAB PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA919 |
NICARAGUA: TIP TIER 2 WATCHLIST ACTION PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-21 20:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN NU |
| 09MANAGUA920 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, OUTBOARD MOTOR MAINTENANCE COURSE IN GULFPORT, MS [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Outboard Motor Maintenance Course in Gulfport, MS from Octo [...] |
2009-09-21 20:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA921 |
NICARAGUA: GON CONFISCATES U.S. CITIZEN PROPERTY [...] (SBU) In March 2009, U.S. citizen Lidia Mayorga received information that the Government of Nicaragua (GON) had confiscated her property and offered her indemnification bonds (BPIs) as compensation. The Attorney General's Office claims that the law allows the GON to settle her case -- even tho [...] |
2009-09-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
| 09MANAGUA922 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend MS-13 Gang Task Force trainings in Virginia, North Carolina, Ca [...] |
2009-09-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 09MANAGUA929 |
NICARAGUA: BANCENTRO DENIES ROLE IN MICROFINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the DCM and Econcouns on September 18, BANCENTRO Managing Director Julio Cardenas defended his bank's handling of microfinance institution ACODEP's accounts in the wake of allegation that a former ACODEP president embezzled more than $3 million from the micr [...] |
2009-09-24 21:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA934 |
NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - FAMA, PROMUJER, BANEX, FDL [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to Ref A seeking Embassy Managua comments on OPIC's plans to provide financing to Banco del Exito (BANEX), FAMA, PROMUJER, and FDL, through its Microfinance Growth Fund (MIGROF). 2. (SBU) The microfinance industry is under threat in Nic [...] |
2009-09-28 17:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA935 |
NICARAGUA: REGIONAL ELECTION ALIANCES FORMED, FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, Nicaragua's Supreme Election Council (CSE) published the list of authorized political alliances for the March 7, 2010 Regional Elections in the Atlantic Coast. There will be four main political alliances and three Christian/Evangelical parties will run independen [...] |
2009-09-28 18:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NU |
| 09MANAGUA939 |
NICARAGUA: GON AGENCIES SEEK BETTER COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Government of Nicaraguan (GON) officials have told us they are focused on improving interagency cooperation to increase intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement efforts against copyright and trademark infringement, but working with judges remain a challenge. Nicaraguan National Pol [...] |
2009-09-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR USTR NU |
| 09MANAGUA941 |
NICARAGUAN MICROFINANCE: A SECTOR IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua's microfinance (MFI) sector, a vital source of finance for economic development, is under siege. A decline in credit availability as a result of the global financial crisis, the continuing and very serious "No Pago" (No Payment) movement, and a drought that is causing [...] |
2009-09-28 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 09MANAGUA947 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT CANCELS U.S. WIND ENERGY PROJECT [...] (C) On August 27, the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) revoked the provisional license it issued to U.S. - Guatemalan - Nicaragua consortium AMAYO for the installation of wind turbines near the Costa Rican border. MEM announced that it had revoked the license because the consortium had beg [...] |
2009-09-29 19:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON NU |
| 09MANAGUA949 |
NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - PROCREDIT [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to Ref A seeking Embassy Managua's comments on OPIC's plans to provide financing to Banco ProCredit Nicaragua via a subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings A.G. ("PCH"). 2. (SBU) The microfinance industry is under threat in Nicaragua. [...] |
2009-09-29 21:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA953 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES BETTER TRANSPARENCY IN [...] (SBU) During the September 24 Property Working Group meeting, Government of Nicaragua (GON) promised better transparency on U.S. claims that have exhausted their appeals in the administrative process. Econoff pressed officials for more information on U.S. claims that were allegedly not filed w [...] |
2009-09-30 18:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA959 |
NICARAGUA'S INDEPENDENT RADIOS FACING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent radio, like other independent media outlets, faces increasing political pressure from the Ortega government, including vandalism by Sandinista activists and revocation of broadcast licenses. This growing political pressure, combined with plummeting advertising reve [...] |
2009-10-01 20:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS ECON EAID NU |
| 09MANAGUA963 |
REQUEST TO RENEW AUTHORIZATION OF CASH PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF $3,000 [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5 FOR ACTION. 2. (U) Post appreciates RM's cooperation in 2008 in granting a 12-month waiver under 4 FAH-3 H-394.2-1 Cash Payment Limitation for specific INL operations involving cash payments in excess of USD 3,000, allowing cash payments o [...] |
2009-10-02 17:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ABUD AMGT SNAR NU |
| 09MANAGUA975 |
NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES NEW REGULATION TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Nicaragua (GON) has issued a regulation stating that property claimants have 45 days to provide their mailing addresses to the Attorney General's Office. The GON claims that this regulation was necessary because the Attorney General's Office had been unable to notify cl [...] |
2009-10-08 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 09MANAGUA976 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER [...] In September 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of five Embassy registered property claims. Three claimants also withdrew a total of six claims from the Embassy's database. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government [...] |
2009-10-08 20:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 10MANAGUA111 |
BUSINESS LEADERS ON ALBA'S ECONOMIC CLOUT IN NICARAGUA [...] (C) Participants in the Ambassador's February 5 economic roundtable shared observations and anecdotes concerning the influence of Chavez's Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) funds in the Nicaraguan economy. Attendees stressed that the ongoing economic downturn in Venezuela could even [...] |
2010-02-22 22:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL NU |
| 10MANAGUA113 |
(C) President Ortega Asks Former Amb. to U.S. to Consider a [...] (C) Arturo Cruz Jr., Nicaragua's most recent Ambassador to the United States, recently confided to the Ambassador that President Daniel Ortega had asked Cruz to consider a second tour in Washington as Ambassador. Cruz says he told Ortega he would consider returning only if two conditions wer [...] |
2010-02-25 00:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NU |
| 10MANAGUA115 |
(U) Ortega and the U.S.: New-Found True Love Or Another [...] (S) Over the last six weeks, President Ortega has made an uncharacteristically intense effort to pass messages of conciliation and cooperation in our direction. Ortega's actions include renewed cooperation on some dormant legal assistance requests, especially cordial treatment of visiting VIPs, [...] |
2010-02-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID MARR XR RS IR XK |
| 10MANAGUA118 |
NICARAGUA: PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: DECEMBER 2009 [...] In December 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued indemnification bonds ("bonos de pago de indemnizacion" or BPIs). As o [...] |
2010-01-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON KIDE NU |
| 10MANAGUA13 |
Lords of the Narco-Coast: Part II - Community Reaction [...] (C): On December 8, after a plane laden with cocaine and cash crash-landed in the remote, small village of Walpa Siksa in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), a deadly confrontation took place between Nicaraguan anti-drug units and drug smugglers allied with some number of local residen [...] |
2010-01-07 17:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR SOCI ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL KCOR NU |
| 10MANAGUA152 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: ENGLISH COURSE AND AIR COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE TRAINING [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the English Course and Air Command and General Staff College T [...] |
2010-01-20 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA154 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: PEACE OPERATIONS SEMINAR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Peace Operations Seminar in Fort McNair, Washington D.C., [...] |
2010-01-20 18:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA158 |
TFHA01: Ortega Calls U.S. Relief Effort in Haiti a Military [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army has dispatched 34 soldiers to Haiti to assist with search and rescue efforts. Nicaragua also delivered 9 metric tons of foodstuffs and 9 metric tons of medical supplies. President Ortega has criticized the U.S. relief effort, describing it as a military invasion and [...] |
2010-01-20 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NU |
| 10MANAGUA16 |
Nicaragua: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] No acts of international terrorism occurred in Nicaragua in 2009. Three items from the 2008 report that remained largely unchanged. In 2009 Nicaragua made no substantive progress towards establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit or passing the counterterrorism bill first proposed in 2004. [...] |
2010-01-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NU |
| 10MANAGUA160 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: 5th ANNUAL SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in Key West, Flo [...] |
2010-01-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA18 |
VISAS VIPER December 2009 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA182 |
(U) Nicaragua SOFA: Foreign Ministry Proposes Text For 2010 [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see Para 5 for Action. SUMMARY 2. (U) On January 25 we met with a Government of Nicaragua (GON) interagency team to discuss a renewal of the U.S.-Nicaragua Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for 2010. The GON expressed a desire to renew the SOFA (w [...] |
2010-01-30 00:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL EAID OPDC PINS NU |
| 10MANAGUA184 |
(U) NICARAGUA 1/TVPRA - Goods produced by Child Labor [...] (U) The following is US Embassy Managua's submission regarding the Department of Labor request for information on forced labor and child labor in the production of goods for mandatory congressional reporting requirements as outlined in State 131995 and 131997. 2. (U) As reported prev [...] |
2010-02-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI NU |
| 10MANAGUA19 |
By Decree Ortega Keeps Control of Key Positions [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, President Daniel Ortega issued a decree extending the terms of over 20 public officials which are set to expire in 2010 if the National Assembly does not elect new authorities. These officials include all 10 of the now-discredited Supreme Electoral Council magistrat [...] |
2010-01-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NU |
| 10MANAGUA190 |
NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS BETTER COOPERATION WITH U.S. CITIZEN CLAIMANTS [...] (SBU) During the January 28 Property Working Group meeting, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials stated that the GON wants to improve its cooperation with U.S. citizen claimants to advance their claims, noting that the GON hopes to exceed the number of claims resolved during the last waive [...] |
2010-02-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON CASC KIDE NU |
| 10MANAGUA194 |
VISAS VIPER January 2010 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 20:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA200 |
TAHA01: NICARAGUA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army, civil society, and private industry have made important contributions to the relief efforts in Haiti. The Army has sent three deployments of soldiers to Haiti since January 14 to deliver foodstuffs and medical supplies, provide a variety of health and medical treatmen [...] |
2010-02-05 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL PGOV HA NU |
| 10MANAGUA202 |
(U) NICARAGUA: LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FREE [...] (U) As per Ref. A request, the following is U.S. Embassy Managua's submission regarding Labor Monitoring and Free Trade Agreements. A. Labor Issues Scene Setter: The Right of Association 2. (U) The law provides for the right of all public and private sector workers, with [...] |
2010-02-05 22:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV NU |
| 10MANAGUA206 |
NICARAGUA: GON REPORTS HIGHER IN TOURISM INDUSTRY IN 2009 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR), an agency of the Government of Nicaragua, reported that the tourism industry grew 8.3 percent in 2009 versus 2008. INTUR stated the reasons for the sector's growth were the removal of visa requirements for Costa Rica and an emphasis on attracting [...] |
2010-02-08 15:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
| 10MANAGUA21 |
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Reftel A, while the Nicaraguan national budget is publicly available on the GON's Ministry of Finance website, it does not include or accurately reflect funds originating from Venezuela under the auspices of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) program, which rema [...] |
2010-01-13 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL NU |
| 10MANAGUA214 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: INL-ILEA, INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI) [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, International Post Blast Investigation (IPBI) in [...] |
2010-02-12 21:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM SNAR MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA216 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: INL-ILEA, INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI) [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, International Post Blast Investigation (IPBI) in [...] |
2010-02-12 21:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA218 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE AND RANGER [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the English Language Course and Ranger in Lackland AFB in T [...] |
2010-02-12 21:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA220 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, PERSPECTIVES ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEFENSE COURSE [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense Course in [...] |
2010-02-12 21:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA226 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JANUARY [...] In January 2010, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of four Embassy registered property claims. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued indemnification bonds ("bonos de pago de indemnizacion" or BPIs). As of Jan [...] |
2010-02-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON KIDE NU |
| 10MANAGUA228 |
Nicarargua: Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 [...] (U) Following is Embassy Managua's 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The information is keyed to reftel paragraphs 25-30. --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Nicaragua's TIP Situation (reftel para 25) --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] |
2010-02-17 20:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA NU |
| 10MANAGUA234 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: DOJ, ANTIGANGS JUSTICE SECTOR SECURITY IN SAN SALVADOR [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DOJ, Antigangs Justice Sector Security Training in San Salvador, [...] |
2010-02-19 21:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA236 |
NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: CENTRAL AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCHANGE (CALEE) MS 13 [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Central American Law Enforcement Exchange (CALEE) MS 13 Training [...] |
2010-02-19 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA238 |
NICARAGUAN SUPREME COURT CLOSES NATIONAL PROPERTY APPEALS [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Supreme Court administratively closed the National Property Appeals Court on December 20, 2009. The Supreme Court decided to close the appellate body because it was slow, inefficient, and had a backlog of casework. The pending cases were transferred to the Managua Civ [...] |
2010-02-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV NU |
| 10MANAGUA240 |
Nicaragua S/GWI Project Proposal [...] Embassy Managua submits the proposal below for S/GWI's consideration for funding through its small grants initiative (reftel). The proposal is from the Nicaraguan Women's Autonomous Movement (Movimiento Autonomo de Mujeres, MAM) and focuses on the promotion and defense of women's civil rights, but [...] |
2010-02-22 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM EAID NU |
| 10MANAGUA25 |
Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going [...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...] |
2010-01-14 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU |
| 10MANAGUA250 |
Data Confirm Nicaragua's Economic Decline in 2009 [...] (U) Data from January-November 2009, the latest period for which figures are available, confirm an economic contraction in Nicaragua of almost 2% last year. The global financial crisis played a major role in the decline, but internal political factors also dampened economic activity, especially inv [...] |
2010-02-26 16:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV NU |
| 10MANAGUA27 |
Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going [...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...] |
2010-01-14 23:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU |
| 10MANAGUA3 |
NICARAGUA: NEW TSA PASSENGER SCREENING PROCEDURES IN PLACE [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 20:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NU |
| 10MANAGUA37 |
NASA HYTHIRM PROJECT: Nicaragua National Assembly Approves Overflight Permission for first six month of 2010 [...] (U) On December 3, the publication "La Gaceta" (Nicaragua's "Federal Register" equivalent) contained the text of a decree in which the Nicaraguan National Assembly approved the USG request to allow US Navy P-3 aircraft to overfly Nicaragua in support of certain NASA project missions. This formal US [...] |
2010-01-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TSPL MOPS PREL NU |
| 10MANAGUA4 |
Embassy Managua's Diplomatic Outreach Plan Supporting the [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Embassy Managua has developed a diplomatic strategy to promote and support the Secretary's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). Where possible, we will attempt to complement the GON's food security strategy. Our plan focuses on the following four areas: 1) [...] |
2010-01-04 20:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
| 10MANAGUA49 |
TFHA01: AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ORTEGA HAITI STATEMENT [...] (C ) Summary: At a January 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Ambassador protested President Daniel Ortega's willful mischaracterization of U.S. humanitarian efforts in Haiti as a military occupation. He said that such statements have been noticed in Washington and are damag [...] |
2010-01-26 22:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID OAS HA NU |
| 10MANAGUA5 |
NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY AND BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. At the start of 2010, the majority of Nicaragua's political opposition remains convinced of the need to unite but continues to confront the obstacle of former President Arnoldo Aleman, his control over the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC), and his continued power-sharing agreeme [...] |
2010-01-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CVIS NU |
| 10MANAGUA51 |
Ortega Expands His Nicaraguan Media Empire [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, Carlos BriceC1o made public the sale of his television station, Telenica Channel 8. The buyer and amount have not been made public, but it is widely understood that the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and particularly the Ortega family, are the n [...] |
2010-01-27 18:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECPS NU |
| 10MANAGUA57 |
Nicaraguan Electoral Authority Continue Manipulation of [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) issued its regulations governing electoral observation for the March 7 regional elections. Civil society and the political opposition agree that the regulations significantly differ from past practice, severely limiting [...] |
2010-02-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 10MANAGUA69 |
AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON [...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...] |
2010-02-08 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU |
| 10MANAGUA93 |
CODEL Dodd: Scenesetter for Nicaragua [...] (C) Senator Dodd, Senator Corker, your visit to Nicaragua comes as we face exceptional challenges in the political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the United States Government (USG), even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-U.S. and increasin [...] |
2010-02-16 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV NU |
| 88MANAGUA2342 |
NICARAGUA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA (GON) MAINTAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ALL COUNTRIES ON THE SECRETARY'S TERRORISM LIST (REFTEL A) AND WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO). IN ADDITION TO ITS DIPLOMATIC MISSION, CUBA PROVIDES ADVISORS TO MANY GON MINISTRIES AND OTHER G [...] |
1988-04-06 04:10:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PTER NU |