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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02BRASILIA4227 |
A/S REICH'S MEETING WITH LULA [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA1066 |
BRAZILIAN FTAA COORDINATOR ON A SOCIAL AGENDA FOR [...] (U) Brazilian press reported on March 28 that President Lula wants to include discussion of social issues in the FTAA negotiations and that the GOB plans to submit proposals for doing so at the Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) meeting in Puebla, Mexico April 7-11. In discussions with EconOff [...] |
2003-04-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA1321 |
ADVISOR DENIES AMORIM PROPOSING FTAA DELAY [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Antonio Simoes, Economic Advisor to Foreign Minister Amorim, local press inaccurately reported Amorim's April 23 remarks to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies concerning the GoB's alleged intent to delay FTAA negotiations. Simoes stressed to us that the GoB wants to [...] |
2003-04-28 22:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA1356 |
MAGALHAES WIRETAPPING CASE GOES TO SENATE FLOOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 30, the leadership of the Brazilian Senate refused to order the opening of expulsion proceedings against Senator Antonio Carlos Magalhaes (PFL) for allegedly ordering hundreds of illegal phone taps against his political opponents in his home state of Bahia. The decisi [...] |
2003-05-02 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BR |
| 03BRASILIA1413 |
PL 108-7: Survey on Brazilian Fiscal [...] Reftel requests post's response to a survey on fiscal transparency and accountability in order to provide a report required by PL 108-7. Below is response for Brazil, keyed to questionnaire in paragraph 7 of reftel. a. 3. The government publishes a budget with minimum delay. b. Yes, [...] |
2003-05-07 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA1550 |
BRAZIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE TRADE POLICY ON EVE OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see para 15. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the run-up to USTR Zoellick's May 27-28 visit, debate has intensified publicly, within the GoB, and perhaps most of all in the Foreign Ministry, on Brazil's participation in the FTAA negotiations. A number of policy [...] |
2003-05-20 19:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA1804 |
IMF QUESTIONS NEED FOR NEW IMF PROGRAM IN 2004 [...] (C) Summary. Rogerio Zandamela, IMF Resident Representative in Brazil, told econoff that Anne Krueger, the IMF's Deputy Managing Director, is not interested in renewing the IMF stand-by arrangement when it expires at the end of the year. Instead, she prefers to declare victory with the curr [...] |
2003-06-10 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA2124 |
Economic Growth Remains Sluggish [...] Summary. The Brazilian economy is showing the sluggish effects of high real interest rates, which were raised in October, 2002 to contain growing inflationary pressure. On a quarterly basis, GDP fell slightly in the first quarter of the year. Annual results are somewhat better, growing 2.2% [...] |
2003-07-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BR |
| 03BRASILIA2231 |
BRAZIL'S ARSLANIAN: FTAA COMPROMISE POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. In an informal discussion with econoff on July 13, Regis Arslanian, the GOB's new director of FTAA and Mercosul-EU negotiations, acknowledged that Mercosul was disappointed with the reaction it received during the San Salvador TNC meeting to its proposal for restructuring the FT [...] |
2003-07-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA2233 |
WHAT'S BEHIND BRAZIL'S FTAA POLICY [...] (U) The description that follows of the political and economic factors helping to shape Brazil's trade policy, and specifically its approach to the FTAA negotiations, is offered to assist U.S. policymakers in determining whether and how enough common ground can be found to conclude the FTAA pr [...] |
2003-07-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA2364 |
BRAZIL: NO PUBLIC SIGN OF RETREAT FROM FTAA [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee meeting in San Salvador July 8-11, during which Mercosul unveiled Brazil's 3-track proposal for restructuring negotiations to unenthusiastic Vice-Ministers, public debate in Brazil over the FTAA has been unusually quiet. Itamaraty [...] |
2003-07-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA2407 |
PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER [...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...] |
2003-07-31 10:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
| 03BRASILIA2500 |
PENSION REFORM CLEARS HURDLE IN BRAZILIAN CHAMBER [...] (U) Summary: Early on 6 August the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of Brazil's congress) passed a constitutional amendment bill that, if it ultimately becomes law, would radically change Brazil's public sector pension system. Key features of the measure are analyzed in reftel and para 4 b [...] |
2003-08-06 21:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR ECON ELAB PGOV PREL |
| 03BRASILIA2546 |
Central Bank Eases Reserve Requirement [...] The Central Bank (CB) on Friday August 8 reduced its reserve requirement on banks' demand deposits from 60 to 45%. That requirement thus reverts to what had been its long-term level from June 2000 until the CB raised it in February of this year, at the peak of Brazil's recent inflation uncert [...] |
2003-08-11 10:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR |
| 03BRASILIA2859 |
MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...] |
2003-09-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA2889 |
Tax Reform: GoB Passes Its Latest Legislative Test [...] SUMMARY: Lula's administration has recorded its latest key legislative win, with the Chamber of Deputies' 378-53 approval of the GoB tax-reform bill on September 4. In so doing, the GoB was compelled to make some relatively minor extra concessions to Brazil's governors. All observers predi [...] |
2003-09-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR |
| 03BRASILIA3043 |
Brazil: Build-Up to Possible Follow-On IMF Agreement [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Zandamela told us September 16 that the crux of any follow-on IMF program for Brazil after its current one expires this December will be whether the two sides can devise a mutually satisfactory formula stipulating that the GoB may only use its IMF funds with the IMF's explicit [...] |
2003-09-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR |
| 03BRASILIA306 |
FTAA/WTO CONTINUITY DESPITE ASCENSION OF REGIONAL [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. Summary. Moving quickly to bring his ministry's institutions in line with the new government's focus on South American integration, and in particular, a reinvigoration of Mercosul, Foreign Minister Amorim has announced the creation of a new South America Und [...] |
2003-01-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PGOV BR WTRO FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA3069 |
BRAZIL: LOOSE TALK ABOUT BNDES CREDIT FOR CUBA [...] (U) Some local media late last week reported that President Lula's upcoming call on Castro in Havana would feature the announcement of a USD 400 million line of credit from BNDES, Brazil's national development bank. Though loosely headlined as GoB "aid," the money in question by all appearanc [...] |
2003-09-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN ECON BR CU |
| 03BRASILIA3070 |
AMORIM BRIEFS CONGRESS ON CANCUN MINISTERIAL [...] ECONFSN attended the September 17 presentation on WTO issues by Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim to the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee after the FM's return from the 9/10-14 Cancun Ministerial. This was FM Amorim's second appearance this month before the Committee at the [...] |
2003-09-23 16:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA311 |
DEFINING DTV HITS A BUMP; MISSION STRATEGY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 23, new Minister of Communications Miro Teixeira proposed that the GoB form an inter-ministerial group to study and present findings on the viability of a made-in-Brazil digital television (DTV) standard. The announcement immediately followed Teixeira's review of a [...] |
2003-01-29 16:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EINT BR |
| 03BRASILIA3122 |
NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...] |
2003-09-26 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA3124 |
BRAZIL: NO POST-CANCUN REGRETS OR SECOND THOUGHTS [...] (U) All public and official signs are that the GoB still feels solid self-satisfaction over its performance at Cancun. It displays zero compunction over Cancun's collapse or the possible damage to the WTO's future, while reaffirming that the WTO remains the planet's indispensable multi-lateral [...] |
2003-09-26 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EFIN ECON EINV BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA320 |
BRAZILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLS SERVICES [...] This cable responds to questions raised in reftel A regarding regulation of services at the federal and sub-federal level. 2. Brazil is a Federal Republic. Brazil's government is comprised of the Federal Government, 26 state governments, one Federal District government and approximately 5, [...] |
2003-01-29 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BR WTRO |
| 03BRASILIA3236 |
BRAZIL VICE PRESIDENT JOSE ALENCAR'S PROBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Unlike in the U.S., Brazil's Vice President assumes control when the chief executive travels abroad. Current VP Jose Alencar usually keeps a low profile in that capacity, but his underwhelming performance during President Lula da Silva's recent trip to New York to open the [...] |
2003-10-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
| 03BRASILIA3323 |
AMBASSADOR'S CAPTOR FIRST TO BOLT PT PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fernando Gabeira, a Brazilian Federal Deputy whose original claim to fame was as a revolutionary who kidnapped the US Ambassador in 1969, has become the first national figure to leave Lula's Workers' Party (PT) of his own volition since Lula took office. Over the years, Gabeira [...] |
2003-10-14 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BR |
| 03BRASILIA3405 |
GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...] |
2003-10-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA3459 |
CAN ITAMARATY'S STRANGLEHOLD ON FTAA POLICY BE [...] Summary. Widespread reporting in Brazil on the outcome of the FTAA TNC meeting in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) unleashed a hail of criticism directed at Itamaraty, both on the substance of its FTAA policy and its conduct in T&T. By the end of the TNC meeting, Brazilian dailies were reporting that [...] |
2003-10-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA356 |
UPDATE ON TIMING OF MERCOSUL FTAA OFFERS [...] (U) Brazilian dailies Gazeta Mercantil and O Estado reported today on the progress of market access discussions this week between Mercosul FTAA negotiating teams meeting in Asuncion. The dailies note that a consensus position regarding all of the FTAA market access offers has not been achieve [...] |
2003-01-31 17:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA3682 |
BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...] |
2003-11-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA3773 |
MORE DOUBTS ABOUT ENERGY INVESTMENT IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting OPIC/private sector delegation found scant reassurance about Brazil's New Energy Model or investing in Brazil's energy sector during November 19 meetings with Brazil's energy regulatory agency (ANEEL) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). ANEEL's Superintend [...] |
2003-11-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA3813 |
BRAZIL: MORE BUZZING AT BNDES [...] Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) remains in media focus, with totally divergent forecasts as to the fate of its leftist Lula- appointee President, Carlos Lessa. Lessa last week flaunted his lack of remorse over the maverick actions and comments which had rai [...] |
2003-12-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA3814 |
BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...] |
2003-12-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH |
| 03BRASILIA3905 |
G-20 MEET IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. The G-20 meeting taking place in Brasilia December 11-12 is designed to lend political weight to the group prior to the December 15 meeting in Geneva in which countries will consider restarting WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations after the failed Cancun Ministerial. [...] |
2003-12-12 15:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR WTRO |
| 03BRASILIA3910 |
LULA'S PENSION REFORM PASSES. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? [...] After seven-plus months of legislative tussle, Lula's pension-reform bill passed its required second Senate floor vote on December 11 by 51 votes to 24, two votes over the minimum 49 (three-fifths) required. The twelve votes of opposition-party PSDB and PFL senators -- spurred by the fiscal [...] |
2003-12-12 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA3937 |
BRAZIL 2002-2003 INCSR: PART II - FINANCIAL [...] Following is the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering section of Brazil's 2002-2003 INCSR. Ref B transmits post's submission of the non-money laundering portion. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is considered a regional financial center. It is not, however, an offshor [...] |
2003-12-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR BR |
| 03BRASILIA3942 |
PRESIDENT LULA ANNOUNCES BRAZIL'S NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] President Lula announced Brazil's new energy model and signed the provisional measures (MP) to implement it on December 11. The MP was published in the Official Daily of the Union December 12. The GoB had long reiterated its intent to introduce the model before year's end, but there was dou [...] |
2003-12-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 03BRASILIA3953 |
LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE [...] LULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 22. HAVING ALREADY GAINED PASSAGE OF HIS PENSION REFORM BILL LAST WEEK (REF A), LULA HAS THUS ACHIEVED HIS TOP TWIN LEGISLATIVE PRIOR [...] |
2003-12-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA3982 |
BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE [...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...] |
2003-12-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR |
| 03BRASILIA43 |
LULA GETS STARTED - FIGHTING HUNGER ON A TIGHT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID BR |
| 03BRASILIA439 |
BRAZIL SWAYS MERCOSUL ON FTAA OFFERS [...] (U) Following through on its rhetoric to strengthen and unify Mercosul, Brazil's new government has acted forcefully and decisively to forge consensus with its Mercosul partners over FTAA initial offers. Foreign Minister Amorim, first securing the Argentine pledge of solidarity in Buenos Aires [...] |
2003-02-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 03BRASILIA602 |
UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...] |
2003-02-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BR ENGR |
| 03BRASILIA697 |
Brazilian Growth Prospects [...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian economy grew a modest 1.5% in 2002, as a strong export performance offset falling domestic consumption and investment. The Central Bank expects growth will reach 2.8% in 2003, led by trade and agriculture and a modest increase in domestic consumption and manufactu [...] |
2003-03-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
| 03BRASILIA698 |
BRAZIL: SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] Summary. Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2003 Special 301 Review. New attention to entrenched IPR problems, particularly in the copyright area, may be forthcoming under the new Lula government. Driven largely by concern over lost tax revenues, impact o [...] |
2003-03-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BTIO |
| 03BRASILIA80 |
BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC [...] Lula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of that system's total deficit in 2002, its three million public-sector pensioners accounted for Rs 53 billion; its 20.8 million private sector retirees for just [...] |
2003-01-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR |
| 03BRASILIA907 |
BRAZIL: SERVICES HELD HOSTAGE TO AGRICULTURE [...] (U) Econoff met on March 12 with Felipe Hees of the Services, Investment and Financial Issues Division of Itamaraty to discuss prospects for Brazil's submission of services offers in the WTO (reftel) and FTAA negotiations. WTO - Submission by Deadline Is Doubtful 2. (U) Although Hees stre [...] |
2003-03-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA1000 |
BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...] |
2004-04-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
| 04BRASILIA1002 |
BRAZIL'S TREATMENT OF SODA ASH IMPORTS [...] As requested in ref A, Econoffs delivered the demarche concerning ICMS (Merchandise and Service Circulation) tax on imported soda ash to Luis Balduino and Felipe Gastao of the Ministry of External Affairs' (MRE) Market Access Division on April 15. Balduino has been our working-level contact a [...] |
2004-04-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP BR |
| 04BRASILIA1005 |
ENERGY SECRETARY ABRAHAM MEETS BRAZILIAN MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham traveled to Brasilia April 19 to meet with Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Campos, Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff, and Foreign Relations Minister Amorim, as a follow- up to the June 2004 Presidential Summit between President Bush and [...] |
2004-04-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OVIP EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1018 |
BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...] |
2004-04-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA1032 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
| 04BRASILIA1048 |
BRAZIL MINIMUM WAGE DECISION REINFORCES LULA'S [...] (U) The GoB announced April 29 that it would increase the minimum monthly wage to Reals 260 (about USD 88) from the current Reals 240 (reftel). The adjustment represents an increase in real terms of only 1.2%, despite considerable political pressure on the GoB for a significantly more substan [...] |
2004-04-30 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA1055 |
BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER - PART I [...] This is Part I of a two-part series on Brazil's October municipal elections. This cable describes the structure and implementation of the elections, and Part II examines the various races in play around the country. SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW -------------------- 2. On October 3, Brazilians go [...] |
2004-05-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1074 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
| 04BRASILIA1076 |
BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70. This will be a great relief to the Lula administration because Correa has been a frequent and personal critic of President Lula and Chief [...] |
2004-05-04 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1087 |
SLOW PROGRESS ON BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: In recent meetings with emboffs and Treasury desk officer, GoB officials expressed cautious optimism on the progress of legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs) and its initial application to infrastructure bottlenecks that threaten Brazilian exports and GDP growt [...] |
2004-05-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1097 |
GOB NOTIFICATION OF DUMPING INVESTIGATION: METHYL [...] Post received a letter dated April 13, 2004 from the Department of Commercial Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) notifying the USG of the receipt of a petition from the Brazilian company Proquigel Quimica S.A. requesting t [...] |
2004-05-06 18:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1098 |
BRAZIL'S 2004 BUDGET BLUES [...] (U) A high debt-service burden and extensive earmarking leave Brazil's federal government with little room for maneuver in its Reals 413 billion (USD 137 billion) 2004 budget as it tries to pursue its social-policy goals while addressing public concerns over security, unemployment and growth. [...] |
2004-05-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA1144 |
LULA SUFFERS TWIN SETBACKS IN CONGRESS [...] (C) On May 5, two developments starkly demonstrated the Lula administration's reduced authority in Congress and the weakness of the coalition's Congressional leadership. The first development was the creation of a joint congressional committee to discuss the increase in the minimum wage that [...] |
2004-05-11 19:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1160 |
SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG), an o [...] |
2004-05-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1185 |
SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...] |
2004-05-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO |
| 04BRASILIA1207 |
INTERFERENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-17 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ECPS PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA1218 |
DEATH BY A THOUSAND BITES: MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In recent months, Brazil's press has focused intently on municipal-level graft and corruption. Many of the horror stories are being planted by the Federal Comptroller General's (CGU) office that is conducting random audits and inspections of many of Brazil's 5 [...] |
2004-05-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1229 |
POWER FUTURE 2004 ENERGIZES NGOS, GOB, AND PRIVATE [...] Summary. Power Future 2004, a trade fair and seminar on renewable energy technologies, was held April 27-29, 2004 in Fortaleza, Brazil. Organized by Brazil's Renewable Energy Network of Non-governmental Organizations (RENOVE) with USAID/Brazil support, the event allowed private and public se [...] |
2004-05-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1275 |
AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil and abroad, but practical results of his first 500 days in office have been far less soaring. Without better economic news, stronger executive capacity and a [...] |
2004-05-25 17:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1291 |
BRAZIL: BILATERAL POL-MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Annual U.S.-Brazil Political-Military consultations, held in Brasilia, May 14, reflected general accord on the health of the bilateral pol-mil relationship but identified areas where collaboration and coordination remained thin. USdel head P/M Assistant Secre [...] |
2004-05-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA1307 |
GRAB BAG OF GOB INDUSTRIAL POLICY MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: As promised, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Luis Furlan unveiled a huge composite of measures under the umbrella of Industrial, Technology and Foreign Trade Policy (PITCE in the Portuguese acronym) on March 31. A grab bag of recycled programs, financing and [...] |
2004-05-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1332 |
BRAZIL: VENEZUELA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The chief of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's OAS Division (MRE/DEA), Nelson Tabajara, told Poloff on 28 May Brazil was "surprised" by recent negative developments in Venezuela and has not formulated an official response. Tabajara said the "inflamed" environment has raised the GOV's "leve [...] |
2004-05-28 19:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL VE BR |
| 04BRASILIA1357 |
UPDATE OF BRAZIL'S ANTIDUMPING CASES AGAINST THE [...] Summary: Brazil has five antidumping (AD) investigations open against the U.S. and applies AD measures against five U.S. origin products. The products concerned are largely chemicals used in industrial applications. A safeguard measure against imported toys, extended in December 2003 until [...] |
2004-06-02 18:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND ECON PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1384 |
BRAZIL ARRESTS MAJOR TRAFFICKER OF PIRATED GOODS [...] SUMMARY: Brazilian Federal Police arrested June 1 one of the country's biggest pirated goods smugglers, Law Kin Chong, and his lawyer Pedro Lindolfo for corruption, conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy involving organized crime (racketeering) and disrupting the functioning of a Parliament [...] |
2004-06-04 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA1450 |
BRAZIL'S PRISONS IN STATE OF CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. The three-day rebellion in Benfica Prison in Rio de Janeiro ended May 31, taking place six weeks after the gruesome rebellion in the Urso Branco prison in Brazil's western Rondonia state. The two uprisings were not isolated events, but rather are manifestations of the crisis in Bra [...] |
2004-06-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM BR |
| 04BRASILIA1484 |
IRAQI ASSETS: BRAZIL DEMARCHED [...] (SBU) Emboff made reftel points on Iraqi assets to Ricardo Liao, head of the Central Bank Office for the Combat of Illicit Financial Activities, and to Marcos Pinta Gama, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities, in meetings June 9 and 16 [...] |
2004-06-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR |
| 04BRASILIA1485 |
DEMARCHE BRAZIL ON U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-16 19:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR |
| 04BRASILIA1490 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZIL TO LOOK FOR [...] (C) On June 8, Emboff delivered reftel notice of the USG intention to freeze Assad Ahmad Barakat's assets to Marcus Rector, the acting head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Rector said the GoB would welcome hard evidence of a Barakat [...] |
2004-06-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
| 04BRASILIA1503 |
TALK OF BRAZIL-CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION OVERSTATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Much was made in the Brazilian press about an apparent agreement reached between Brasilia and Beijing during Lula's May visit to China to cooperate on nuclear energy and technology. The story was exaggerated. It is now clear that little more than inchoate informal agreements to [...] |
2004-06-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC KSCA PREL BR CH |
| 04BRASILIA1512 |
ECONOMIC GROWTH RETURNS; PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest official figures show the Brazilian economy grew a solid 1.6% in the first quarter of 2004, the second consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%. This still-preliminary growth data has been recently reinforced by, among other positive data points, new [...] |
2004-06-18 19:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1524 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Emboffs made ref A points on Hizballah financier Barakat to Brazilian Deputy Justice Minister Barreto in a June 21 meeting, following up on previous meetings with the Foreign Ministry (ref B). Barreto said he would like to find a way to be helpful on the Barakat case. Recalling that the [...] |
2004-06-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
| 04BRASILIA1533 |
MAKING ENDS MEET IN BRASILIA [...] SUMMARY. Notwithstanding all its ministry buildings, rigid urban design and untypical (for Brazil) physical separation from slums and shantytowns, Brasilia is permeated with low-income earners working on the fringes of the formal economy or filling informal jobs. They are endemic at the liv [...] |
2004-06-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1537 |
BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON IMO COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL |
| 04BRASILIA1542 |
BRAZIL REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS ICAO CANDIDACY [...] DURING A JUNE 16 CONVERSATION SEEKING GOB SUPPORT FOR THE USG ICAO CANDIDACY (REFTEL), OUR GOB INTERLOCUTORS FORMALLY REQUESTED USG SUPPORT FOR THE BRAZIL'S CANDIDACY TO THE ICAO. TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE GOB CANDIDACY TO PART I OF THE ICAO COUNCIL, MARCUS DA COSTA RAMALHO OF THE BRAZILIAN FOR [...] |
2004-06-22 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR |
| 04BRASILIA1560 |
LULA FINALLY GETS A BREAK - CONGRESS SUPPORTS HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula da Silva broke his losing streak on June 23 when the Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify his Presidential Decree raising the minimum wage from R$240 to R$260 (about US$ 87) per month. This vote follows a series of defeats Lula has suffered in Congress, [...] |
2004-06-23 20:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1564 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
| 04BRASILIA1592 |
BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT: ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE [...] ECONOFF MET WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISOR WANDERLY MANSO DE ALMEIDA AT THE ANTAQ (BRAZIL'S MARITIME REGULATOR) ON JUNE 16, 2004 TO DISCUSS THE LANGUAGE CHANGES SUBMITTED BY MARAD AND L TO THE BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT PORTUGUESE TEXT (REF A). THE GOB COUNTERPROPOSED THE FOLLOWING CH [...] |
2004-06-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA BR |
| 04BRASILIA1635 |
ACAUA TRIP REPORT: THE POLITICS OF HUNGER IN [...] SUMMARY. Acaua is a modest municipality of 5,430 people in northeastern Brazil that was selected as one of two pilot communities for President Lula's flagship social program "Fome Zero" (Zero Hunger) in February of 2003. Econoff's June 2, 2004 trip to Acaua provided a sharp contrast to deso [...] |
2004-07-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1640 |
2004 GSP REVIEW DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) Taking advantage of a previously scheduled courtesy call, Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 29 to the new head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Intellectual Property Division, Otavio Brandelli. Brandelli had no immediate reaction to news of the 90-day extension or formatio [...] |
2004-07-01 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA1668 |
PIRACY CPI CLOSES WITH SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy and Tax Evasion released a draft version of its final report on June 8, making recommendations of unprecedented scope for Brazil, including draft legislation, revisions to the penal procedures code and th [...] |
2004-07-06 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA1670 |
BRAZILIAN JUDGE OPENS NEW EXCEPTION TO ABORTION BAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 1, a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issued a temporary ruling allowing pregnant women whose fetuses suffer from anencephaly (not having a brain) to undergo an abortion. This ruling is now in force, but to become permanent it must be approved by the full C [...] |
2004-07-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1685 |
IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 20:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR UNSC |
| 04BRASILIA1748 |
BRAZIL: PURSUIT OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) In separate meetings, poloff delivered ref A points outlining continued USG interest in concluding an Article 98 agreement with Brazil to Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE) U.S.-Canada Division Chief Paulo Alvarenga and to MRE United Nations Division Chief Carlos Duarte. Both Alvarenga a [...] |
2004-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL BR KICC POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA1750 |
REVIEW OF A TOUGH SEMESTER AS THE BRAZILIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1756 |
LULA'S INTERNATIONAL HUNGER INITIATIVE BANKS ON [...] (U) Summary: Brazil, in coordination with France, Chile and Spain, is preparing for circulation this month a set of proposals for new mechanisms to finance international development, health and anti-hunger efforts, primarily through the UN agencies. These proposals would be presented for dis [...] |
2004-07-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
| 04BRASILIA181 |
LULA FINALLY MAKES HIS BIG CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirteen months into his term, Brazilian President Lula da Silva on January 23 announced his long-awaited first cabinet shuffle. The changes affect twelve of 35 cabinet posts and address all three of Lula's goals: bringing the PMDB party officially into the governing coaliti [...] |
2004-01-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1831 |
EDITORIAL DECRIES LULA'S TRADE-NEGOTIATOR [...] In the wake of the GoB's surprise walk-out from Mercosul-EU trade talks in Brussels July 21 (Septel), Brazilian media focused heavily on the fact that Brazil's negotiating team had abruptly changed chiefs just the preceding week, with Brasilia-based Regis Arslanian displacing long-time Ambassa [...] |
2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1832 |
MERCOSUL/EU TALKS BREAK-OFF: NOT JUST A BRAZILIAN [...] (U) Top GoB negotiators on Wednesday July 21 abruptly broke off EU/Mercosul trade talks in Brussels and returned to Brazil leaving only lower-level staff to continue eventual exchanges on technical parameters or detail. The GoB move was a reaction to the EU's latest agricultural market access [...] |
2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA1835 |
U/S LARSON LAYS DOWN A MARKER ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings across Brasilia September 21, U/S Larson made clear to GoB interlocutors that while the USG shares Brazil's deep commitment to fighting hunger on a global scale, elements of President Lula's anti-hunger initiative that call for international taxation were non-starte [...] |
2004-07-26 10:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
| 04BRASILIA1849 |
RACE, RURAL POVERTY, AND LAND REFORM - BRAZIL'S [...] SUMMARY. As it struggles to find resources to implement programs from agrarian land reform to Zero Hunger, the government of Brazil faces another challenge to its busy social agenda in bringing Brazil's quilombos (communities originally founded by fugitive slaves) into the modern world. The t [...] |
2004-07-26 20:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BR TIP |
| 04BRASILIA1864 |
U/S LARSON DISCUSSES IPR AND TRADE WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior GoB officials and representatives of U.S. industry, U/S Larson emphasized that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection was in the interests of both countries; he highlighted the losses that Brazilian artists and companies suffer from piracy. Lars [...] |
2004-07-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EAGR PREL BR WTO |
| 04BRASILIA1906 |
BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR QUITS AMID [...] (U) Deputy Central Bank Governor for Monetary Policy Luiz Candiota resigned July 28 after press allegations the previous weekend of improprieties in both Candiota's and Central Bank (CB) President Henrique Meirelles' pre-2003 Brazilian income-tax returns. In Meirelles' case, the chief accusat [...] |
2004-07-29 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA1917 |
U/S LARSON ARGUES FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM, IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Larson congratulated Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles and senior Finance Ministry officials on the success of Brazil's macroeconomic stabilization after the 2002 financial crisis. Larson noted investor concerns about the electrical sector, the judicial system an [...] |
2004-07-30 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA1923 |
BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE KEY CASES THIS [...] (SBU) Judge Nelson Jobim, who in May rotated into a two-year stint as Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), is already putting his stamp on the court's way of doing business (ref A). On July 30, Jobim marked the end of the July recess by doing something no other Chief J [...] |
2004-08-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1934 |
PET ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES [...] Reftel reported on the opening of GoB investigations into alleged dumping of Polyethylene Terephthalate polymers (PET) on the Brazilian market by South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Argentina. Post received a July 13, 2004 letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Developme [...] |
2004-08-02 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1938 |
INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. On July 30, a State/DoD delegation, led by WHA PDAS James Derham, met with Brazilian Ministry of Defense interlocutors to discuss mechanisms through which the GOB would provide information to the USG about the status of Brazil,s shootdown program once that [...] |
2004-08-02 20:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL MOPS BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA1954 |
LOCKHEED-MARTIN/EMBRAER CONTRACT [...] (U) Brazilian newspapers, including a banner August 3 front page, above-the-fold headline in widely read O Estado de Sao Paulo, highlighted the Pentagon's selection of Lockheed-Martin -- teamed with Embraer and the Harris Corporation -- to develop and build the U.S. military's next generatio [...] |
2004-08-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP MCAP MARR BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA1975 |
LULA IN AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited the African countries of Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, and Cape Verde, July 26-29. The principal rationale for the trip was to attend a summit meeting of Portuguese speaking countries (Communidades dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa -- CPLP [...] |
2004-08-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA1985 |
BRAZIL-VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE TO MRE ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) Summary, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Andean Division Chief Rubem Barbosa disagreed with reftel demarche's assertions about GOV manipulation and harassment in the run-up to the 15 August referendum, saying the MRE has received no such reports from the OAS observer mission or its embassy. He sai [...] |
2004-08-06 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE BR |
| 04BRASILIA1987 |
MORE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. A new charge of financial misconduct against Central Bank President Meirelles contributed to market unease on Thursday August 5, unlike previous allegations that he failed to properly disclose his finances (ref A). The new allegation involves a $50,000 payment by Meirelles in [...] |
2004-08-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA2004 |
ONE LESS ROGUE IN THE GALLERY: POLITICIAN CHARGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carlos Xavier on August 10 became the first legislator ever expelled from the District Assembly (equivalent to a state senate) of the Federal District of Brasilia. No mean feat, given the Assembly's notoriety as a haven for scoundrels. Xavier, who emerged from humble origins, [...] |
2004-08-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM BR |
| 04BRASILIA2017 |
GSP: FIRST US-BRAZIL IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary. As a result of the 90-day extension announced on June 30, 2004 for review of Brazil's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a bilateral IPR Working Group held its inaugural session on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro to discuss IPR enforcement issues. The W [...] |
2004-08-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2051 |
IMF RESREP ON INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF mission visited Brazil the last two weeks of July to discuss a pilot project effort at how the IMF accounts for investment. The pilot project grew out of an initiative by President Lula, advocated in letters to the G-7 heads of state, to increase the space for investment [...] |
2004-08-13 21:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2052 |
LULA'S POPULARITY TICKS UPWARD ON ECONOMIC OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY. A CNT/Sensus poll released August 10 in Brazil shows that President Lula da Silva's approval ratings have ticked upwards to 58%, after slipping steadily since he took office. Similarly, the GoB's approvals, which tend to run lower than Lula's personal numbers, also showed signs of [...] |
2004-08-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2067 |
BRAZIL CONSIDERING CAPETOWN CONVENTION ON AIRCRAFT [...] Marcus Vinicius da Costa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division of Services, Investments and Financial Issues told Emboff August 13 that the GoB is considering signing the Capetown Convention on Aircraft Financing. In response to lobbying by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer [...] |
2004-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA2068 |
CIVAIR: BRAZIL DEMARCHED ON U.S. KEY ISSUES FOR [...] Emboff made reftel points to Marcus Vinicius da Costa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division of Services, Investments and Financial Issues. Da Costa said the timing of the demarche was fortuitous, as the MFA would be meeting August 19 with the Civil Aviation Directorate (DAC) in Ri [...] |
2004-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR BR ICAO |
| 04BRASILIA2069 |
CRITICISM CAUSES BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Lula administration last week proposed a journalism law that created a stir in the Brazilian press. The Journalism Council bill would create a national oversight body with authorities to regulate and discipline the press. It created such controversy --including charges of " [...] |
2004-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA2119 |
BRAZIL'S AMAZON SURVEILLANCE AND AMAZON PROTECTION [...] (C) Brazil's Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) and Amazon Protection System (SIPAM) continue to show progress and increased operational capabilities. SIVAM's data collection infrastructure is almost complete; SIPAM continues to create new map products for use by government and non-governmen [...] |
2004-08-20 19:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TSPL TPHY SENV MARR EAIR PGOV BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2129 |
AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...] |
2004-08-24 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN |
| 04BRASILIA2146 |
BRAZIL: POLICE SEIZE URANIUM ORE [...] (U) Brazilian Federal Police announced on Aug 24 the seizure last month of 1,320 pounds of uranium and thorium ore, the first time, according to press reports, that such a seizure has occurred in Brazil. (Note: In 2003 GOB officials told Poloff that they were unaware of any illicit traffick [...] |
2004-08-26 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KCRM KNNP PREL TPHY BR IAEA |
| 04BRASILIA2150 |
PIRACY CPI CONCLUDES; NEW LEGISLATION PUT FORWARD [...] The highly respected Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy (ref B) formally concluded its year-long proceedings on August 11, 2004. In the three-hour-long closing ceremony, members of the commission and from the private sector uniformly stressed the need [...] |
2004-08-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2151 |
BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Ministry of Foreign Relations Sensitive Technologies and Disarmament Division (MRE/DDS) Deputy Director Manuel Montenegro, who is well versed on Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) matters. Montenegro had participated in the recent NSG plenary meeting [...] |
2004-08-26 20:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL PARM BR NPT IAEA |
| 04BRASILIA2156 |
BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S SECOND IPR BILL [...] This is the second in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftel). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the second bill. 2. "Bill No. 3965/2004 (of the Pir [...] |
2004-08-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2157 |
BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S THIRD IPR BILL [...] This is the third in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the third bill. 2. Bill 3966/2004 (of the Piracy C [...] |
2004-08-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2160 |
BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S FOURTH IPR BILL [...] This is the fourth in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the fourth bill. 2. Bill 3967/2004 (of the Piracy [...] |
2004-08-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2162 |
BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S FIFTH IPR BILL [...] This is the final cable in a series of five on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the fifth bill. 2. Bill 3968/2004 (of the Piracy CPI [...] |
2004-08-27 18:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2165 |
ICAO BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-27 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AORC BR ICAO |
| 04BRASILIA222 |
BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...] |
2004-02-02 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2221 |
BRAZIL'S ECONOMY GROWS SOLIDLY FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian economy grew another 1.5% in the second quarter of 2004, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%, according to official figures released August 31. While still preliminary, the growth data confirm what all other recent econo [...] |
2004-09-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA2240 |
REAL LIFE BRAZIL: THE DOWNS AND UPS OF RUNNING A [...] Summary: Despite recent discussion of reforms to aid small businesses and reduce red tape, owners of small businesses in Brazil still struggle with suffocating bureaucratic requirements, unfavorable labor laws and expensive credit. This cable is a case study of a Sao Paulo state small busine [...] |
2004-09-03 18:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EFIN BR |
| 04BRASILIA2245 |
ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...] |
2004-09-03 20:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA2247 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL HARAMAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-03 20:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
| 04BRASILIA2249 |
PRESIDENT CHISSANO VISITS BRAZIL [...] () Summary: Mozambique President Chissano visited Brazil on August 31 and was rewarded with over USD 315 million in debt forgiveness for his country, the most relief Brazil has given during President Lula's administration. Chissano is well regarded in Brazil, and his decision to step down ha [...] |
2004-09-03 20:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN BR |
| 04BRASILIA2253 |
GSP/IPR: BRAZIL'S EMERGING INITIATIVES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) The announcement on June 30, 2004 to extend review of the possible withdrawal of trade benefits from Brazil under the Generalized System of Preferences, and the closing of the Congressional Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy [...] |
2004-09-03 22:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA226 |
ANATEL COUNTERS SPECULATION ON TELECOM MERGER [...] A barrage of Brazilian press articles have speculated that President Lula dismissed National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) President Schymura in large part due to the latter's insistence that Brazil's three regional fixed-line local telephone service giants be blocked from buying Embrate [...] |
2004-02-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA2263 |
AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT LULA [...] (U) Ambassador formally presented his credentials to President Lula da Silva in a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in the afternoon of 2 September 2004. As per Brazilian protocol custom, Ambassador was one of three chiefs of mission presenting credentials to the president (the Venezuelan amb [...] |
2004-09-09 10:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2303 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS, 8 [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on 8 September with Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Viegas expressed enthusiastic satisfaction with Department responses to GOB suggestions for revisions in the stalled 2000 bilateral Technology Safeguards Agreement on possible U.S. participation in commercial [...] |
2004-09-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2358 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 10 courtesy call by the Ambassador on Luiz Furlan, Minister of Development, Commerce and Foreign Trade (MDIC), the latter pressed for greater progress on bilateral issues and a sharper focus on finding ways to increase Brazilian exports to the U.S. In particular [...] |
2004-09-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2392 |
Japanese PM's Visit to Brazil [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA2428 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2447 |
BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC HIGH POINT REINFORCES LULA'S HAND [...] (U) Summary: Brazil is living one of its best economic moments in recent memory. GDP growth has averaged above 6% on an annualized basis for the last three quarters. The external accounts remain healthy as exports continue to boom; Brazil should run a 1.5% of GDP current account surplus t [...] |
2004-09-27 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2453 |
BRASILIA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per Reftel, Brasilia's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Phil Chicola. The TFCO Deputy is Econ Officer J. Andrew Plowman. The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel paragraph 5. a) Contact Information: DCM Chicola: (55-61) 312-7445; ChicolaPT@state.go [...] |
2004-09-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR EFIN KTFN KVPR PTER |
| 04BRASILIA2458 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-28 18:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR |
| 04BRASILIA2468 |
SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BRAZIL, 4-6 [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Sao Paulo and Brasilia. You are the senior USG official to travel to Brazil during the administration of President Lula da Silva. Your visit has been much sought after by the GOB, and the President and Foreign Minister A [...] |
2004-09-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL SOCI BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2506 |
RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2513 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENCY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary. In an affable and candid first meeting with Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff and Lula right-hand man Jose Dirceu expressed optimism about bilateral relations, Brazil's economy and the potential for American investment in major new infrastructure projects. At the same time, [...] |
2004-10-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2526 |
U.S.-BRAZIL BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary and Introduction. Deputy United States Trade Representative Peter F. Allgeier led an interagency delegation to Brasilia, Brazil for the September 22 meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM). Ambassador [...] |
2004-10-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR BR |
| 04BRASILIA2557 |
GSP/IPR: GOB MOVES IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT HAS NOT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Post offers the following thoughts as interagency deliberations proceed on review of Brazil's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) resulting from a petition filed by the Int [...] |
2004-10-14 14:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR BR |
| 04BRASILIA2605 |
GOB Focuses on Key Projects to Help Close [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With exports rapidly increasing, Brazil's transportation infrastructure is bursting at the seams. The country's inefficient (and insufficient) ports, its deficient roads, and its decrepit rail network serve as bottlenecks to the timely dispatch of commercial [...] |
2004-10-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EWWT ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA2680 |
AMBASSADOR AND PLANNING MINISTER MANTEGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. IN THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 20 COURTESY CALL UPON GOB PLANNING MINISTER GUIDO MANTEGA, THE LATTER EMPHASIZED BRAZIL'S NEED FOR INCREASED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. MANTEGA FELT THAT BRAZIL WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT THE SUCCESS, TO DATE, OF THE GOB'S [...] |
2004-10-26 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EIND BR |
| 04BRASILIA2684 |
HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...] |
2004-10-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR |
| 04BRASILIA2698 |
BRAZIL ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT [...] (U) Econoffs delivered reftel points on reopening export agency credits to support Iraqi reconstruction to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Department, in an October 27 meeting. Tarrago said that Brazil would like to reestablish normal trade relations with Iraq, incl [...] |
2004-10-27 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR IZ |
| 04BRASILIA271 |
STATUS UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] Post provides the following in response to ref B request. SUMMARY ------- 2. Biotechnology in Brazil is regulated by the 1995 Biosafety Law 8.974 that established a government commission (CTNBio) to approve genetically modified organisms (GMOs). While the 1995 GMO Biosafety Law remain [...] |
2004-02-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV SENV BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2711 |
BRAZIL AND THE IMF: IS THE DANCE OVER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB economic braintrust is currently debating whether to follow up Brazil's current precautionary IMF Standby Agreement (SBA) when it expires in March 2005 with another IMF program. Based on the country's fundamentals, there appears to be little need for a follow-on progra [...] |
2004-10-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2730 |
BRAZIL URGES GUINEA BISSAU BE PLACED ON UNSC FRONT [...] (SBU) According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Inacio Oswaldo Padilha, an extraordinary meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) will be held 2 November in Lisbon to discuss the deteriorating political and economic situation in Guine [...] |
2004-10-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MOPS BR GB UNSC |
| 04BRASILIA2738 |
AVIATION SECURITY: DIALOGUE BETWEEN USG AND [...] (C) Based upon ongoing discussions between AmEmbassy Brasilia DHS Attache and officials at the GOB Civil Aviation Authority (DAC), post requests that Department approach DHS to suggest that the US and the GOB commence talks on the how Brazilian carriers supply the USG with Passenger Name Rec [...] |
2004-11-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2742 |
RESULTS OF SECOND ROUND OF BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's 2004 election cycle has come to an end. With second-round runoffs in 43 cities on October 31, Brazilians have elected mayors and city councils in all 5,562 municipalities nationwide. The most closely-watched races went as expected: Jose Serra (PSDB) defeated incumbent Marta [...] |
2004-11-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2745 |
FEAR AND INTIMIDATION EVIDENT IN MURDER CASE OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In an October 15, 2004 meeting with poloff, a Brazilian Ministry of Labor (MOL) Inspection Counselor agreed with recent press reports that finger local agricultural magnates in the January 28, 2004 assassination of three MOL labor inspectors and their driver ne [...] |
2004-11-01 15:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM KJUS CASC SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2751 |
BRAZIL: WAGES REMAIN STAGNANT EVEN WHILE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In recent months, the macroeconomic picture for Brazil has been especially bright. Growth has been strong, inflation has remained in check, exports have increased sharply, and the trade balance and the current account (both positive) have come in higher than [...] |
2004-11-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA2762 |
BRAZIL AND THE IAEA: AGREEMENT PENDING ON RESENDE [...] (SBU) Reacting to press reports concerning preliminary IAEA approval to Brazil's proposed inspection regime at the Resende nuclear enrichment facility, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Division Chief Santiago Mourao acknowledged that the report [...] |
2004-11-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM MNUC BR IAEA |
| 04BRASILIA2763 |
BRAZIL: RESIGNATION OF DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Minister of Defense Jose Viegas has presented his letter of resignation to President Lula da Silva, according to a 4 November Defense Ministry announcement. Vice President Jose Alencar will formally take over the defense ministry portfolio on 8 November (Minister Viegas [...] |
2004-11-04 19:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2774 |
BRAZILIAN HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN EXCEPTION TO [...] SUMMARY. On October 20, after a stormy debate, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal struck down a temporary injunction issued in July that created a narrow exception (only the third) in Brazil's abortion ban. The exception would allow abortions in cases of anencephaly (where the fetus has no br [...] |
2004-11-08 11:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM BR |
| 04BRASILIA2781 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...] |
2004-11-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2787 |
BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Danilovich met over dinner in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 2004 with Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco and vice foreign minister Vargas, who were in the city for the Rio Group meeting. Pacheco provided some candid and provocative observations on the following issues: 2. R [...] |
2004-11-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR PINR |
| 04BRASILIA2802 |
PMDB PARTY AGAIN THREATENS TO LEAVE BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's PMDB party, a large but unreliable member of President Lula's ruling coalition, is going through another bout of angst about whether to leave the coalition. A November 10 meeting of the party's leadership left such a threat --made by the party's "oppositionist wing"-- ha [...] |
2004-11-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2803 |
MIXED CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO HAITI [...] (SBU) On November 9, Brazilian Federal Deputy Maninha paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Danilovich. Maninha is the current president of COPA (Confederation of the Parliaments of the Americas), and this week she is leading a seven-member delegation (from three countries) on a fact-finding trip [...] |
2004-11-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BR HA POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA281 |
CEARA: GETTING BY -- WITH OR WITHOUT LULA, FTAA, ET [...] Ceara state had an especially bleak economic year in 2003, but with better-than-ever trade trends: exports 40% up from 2002, a record surplus, new markets, product diversity, and more small/medium-business activity. State revenues shrank, but the budget evidently stayed well-run. Jobs became [...] |
2004-02-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PGOV ELAB EFIN EINV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2834 |
AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 8, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL UPON MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY DILMA ROUSSEFF. THE MINISTER EXPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR THE THINKING BEHIND THE GOB'S NEW ENERGY MODEL, WHICH MINISTRY OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZE AS A "HYBRID" AIMED AT PROMOTING COM [...] |
2004-11-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA2835 |
"O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" ARTICLE ON POLICE ACTION [...] The article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describing Federal Police action against the notorious pirated goods trafficker Law Kin Chong, appeared in the Saturday, November 6 "O Estado de Sao Paulo". Post thought it might be of interest to those in Washington who follow the IPR development [...] |
2004-11-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2860 |
BRAZIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK HEAD DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula accepted the resignation of National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) head Carlos Lessa November 18, replacing him with Planning and Budget Minister Guido Mantega. Lessa, a leftist economics professor with longstanding ties to Lula and the Workers' P [...] |
2004-11-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA2863 |
BRAZIL-HAITI: READOUT OF PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Marcos Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato, returned from a mid-November fact-finding mission to Haiti with the strong view that Aristide must not be allowed back into Haitian politics under any circumstances, Biato told PolCouns in a 19 [...] |
2004-11-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR MARR MOPS UNSC POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2870 |
DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE IPR MATERIALS [...] Embassy Brasilia offers the following thoughts in response to reftel's request to consider development of post specific, IPR-related web-site materials, citing the China "IPR Toolkit" as an example. Please see action request in para 5. 2. Brazil is a major market for counterfeit and pirate [...] |
2004-11-22 18:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP KCRM BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA2885 |
CHINA'S ONE NOTE SAMBA WITH BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 11 Brazil rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, in country for a five-day state visit. Commercial issues dominated the bilateral discussions. In its demand that Brazil recognize its "market economy" status in exchange for tra [...] |
2004-11-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON PHUM BEXP TSPL EAGR |
| 04BRASILIA2890 |
BRAZIL: PUTIN PAYS A CALL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: During his November 22 visit to Brazil, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed Brazil's bid for a permanent UNSC seat and received from Brazilian President Lula reciprocal support for Russia's accession to the WTO. However, neither side achieved its princi [...] |
2004-11-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TSPL ETRD EAGR BR UNSC RU |
| 04BRASILIA290 |
"FOLHA" COMMENTARY SAVAGES GOB ENERGY MODEL [...] The bill to establish the GoB's would-be new energy- model has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies and is now in the Senate committee-stage (Septel.) Over most of the model's key detail there continues to hang a heavy fog of general unclarity. Increasingly, though, private-sector and ind [...] |
2004-02-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2905 |
AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 4, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS EUNICIO OLIVEIRA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S PITCH FOR THE GOB TO CONSIDER FAVORABLY THE US STANDARD FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION, THE MINISTER REPLIED THAT BRAZIL WAS KEEPING ITS OPTI [...] |
2004-11-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA291 |
GOB BACK-AND-FORTH OVER EARLY 2004 BUDGET FREEZES [...] SUMMARY. FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S AUSTERITY APPROACH HAS PREVAILED YET AGAIN, WITH PRESIDENT LULA'S DECISION TO ENDORSE THE FREEZE OF 4.5 BILLION REALS (USD 1.6 BILLION) IN 2004 GOB BUDGET EXPENDITURES. LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LAST WEEK HAD BEEN REPLETE WITH REPORTS THAT LULA'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...] |
2004-02-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EINV EIND EAGR SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2919 |
JUVENILE DETENTION IN BRAZIL: A LOOK AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 24, Poloffs called on Iolete Carvalho, the Director of Brasilia's juvenile detention facility, CAJE. CAJE houses 375 youths who range from 12- 20 years of age. Director Carvalho answered Poloffs' questions and gave a thorough tour of the physical plant. Despite num [...] |
2004-11-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BR SOCI PHUM |
| 04BRASILIA2921 |
NEXT STEPS ON OPIC-RELATED INVESTMENT PROBLEM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The case of Parana State sanitation utility SANEPAR, in which the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) holds an indirect $18 million stake, remains a potential problem in the bilateral relationship. The Brazilian Federal Government (GoB) repeatedly has said that [...] |
2004-11-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA2938 |
CUBA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) THE TEXT BELOW IS BEING SENT IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL TASKING. 2. (SBU) BRAZIL ENJOYS CLOSE RELATIONS WITH CUBA AND IS RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE PUBLICLY THE HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES OF THE CASTRO REGIME, ALTHOUGH BEHIND THE SCENES THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT IS OFTEN CRITICAL OF BOTH CUBA'S LACK [...] |
2004-12-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA2939 |
UPCOMING SHAKEOUT IN BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA, AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO, AND AMCONSULATE RIO DE JANEIRO. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE RISING PASSENGER LOADS IN THE BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION MARKET, TWO CARRIERS - VARIG AND VASP, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNT [...] |
2004-12-01 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA3031 |
TWO PARTIES BOLT FROM LULA'S COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the past few days, two political parties --the large PMDB and medium-sized PPS-- have decided to depart the governing coalition of President Lula da Silva. In both cases, the decisions were taken at hotly-disputed party meetings, and in both cases it appears that the parties [...] |
2004-12-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA3047 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTAA AND OTHER ISSUES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION, ON DECEMBER 9 AMBASSADOR MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN THE USG-GOB BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH THE MEETING AGENDA INCLUDED POTENTIAL TOPICS SPANNING A VARIETY OF D [...] |
2004-12-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ETTC MNUC SENV BR FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA3048 |
LULA REACHES HALFWAY POINT WITH RISING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a two-year roller coaster ride, Brazilian President Lula da Silva has reached the halfway point of his term with his approval rating back up to 63%. His first year was marked by high approval numbers and unrealistic expectations, both by his administration and the public [...] |
2004-12-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA3063 |
PARANA STATE GOVERNOR REQUIAO AND FINANCE [...] (U) To highlight the differences between the GOB and Parana Governor Requiao on investment issues, notably in the SANEPAR case (reftel A), Post is transmitting a December 11 article from the second largest circulation Sao Paulo Daily "O Estado de Sao Paulo", which reports on a recent public co [...] |
2004-12-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA3068 |
TERROR FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR |
| 04BRASILIA3075 |
LULA MAY END UP WINNER IN PMDB PARTY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The large PMDB party decided at a December 12 convention to defect from the governing coalition of Brazilian President Lula da Silva. The decision exacerbated the rift between the party's pro- and anti-government wings, but as the dust settles it appears that Lula could benefit [...] |
2004-12-16 15:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA3089 |
DEMARCHE ON BRAZIL GSP/IPR REVIEW [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 9, AMBASSADOR AND SPECASST MET WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO DE AGUIAR PATRIOTA (THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF) TO DELIVER REFTEL DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS. THE AMBASSADOR THANKED PATRIOTA FOR RECEIVING HIM FOR THE MEETING ON SHORT NOTICE. HE THEN TOLD PATRIOTA THAT HE [...] |
2004-12-17 16:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA3095 |
BRAZIL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Triborder Area (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay) (Please review with submissions from other TBA posts.) The Triborder area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the reg [...] |
2004-12-17 18:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR |
| 04BRASILIA3100 |
DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...] |
2004-12-17 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR |
| 04BRASILIA3105 |
BRAZIL LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT POLITICAL REFORMS TO [...] SUMMARY. In 2003, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) restarted discussions on "Political Reform" - - a catch-all term covering proposals to strengthen political parties, reform campaign financing, and improve the country's electoral system. Many proposals have been debated since [...] |
2004-12-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA3106 |
BRAZIL: BOEING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS INVESTMENT, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON, POL, AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA AND AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. DURING A NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER FCS-ORGANIZED GOLD KEY MISSION, BOEING VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS PICKERING, ACCOMPANIED BY ALEXANDER WATSON [...] |
2004-12-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV BEXP ETRD BR FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA3115 |
FEW ECONOMIC RISKS AS STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economic growth continues at scorching rates. According to third quarter statistics, growth in the 12 months through September 2004 was 5.3%, putting 5% growth for 2004 as a whole well within reach. Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles confirmed the rosy economic [...] |
2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA3136 |
DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW-UP WITH NON-PARIS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (U) PER INSTRUCTIONS, ECONOFFS PRESENTED REFTEL A DEMARCHE (ALONG WITH FACT SHEET) TO BOTH THE BRAZILIAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES. 3. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY LUIS PEREIRA TOLD ECONOFF DECEMBER 17 THAT BRAZIL WAS FOLLOWING [...] |
2004-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR IZ |
| 04BRASILIA3151 |
BRAZIL'S BANESTADO INVESTIGATION ENDS IN A FIASCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A year and a half after its promising start, the Brazilian Congress's "Banestado" inquiry --an investigation into a vast money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of Brazilian politicians, criminals, and businesspersons-- has come to an inglorious end. The investigative commi [...] |
2004-12-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA3154 |
F-X FIGHTER PROGRAM TO END WITH A WHIMPER ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight, December 31st, Brazil's F-X jet fighter competition will come to an end. Ultimately, a decision on the costly program proved to be politically untenable for the Lula administration. Given all the urgent requirements of Brazil's armed forces, the F-X was an expense [...] |
2004-12-22 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR MASS PREL BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA3158 |
BRAZIL CONTACT FOR MDB LOAN REVIEW [...] Per reftel, the MDB Loan Review Officer for Mission Brazil, located at Embassy Brasilia, is: J. Andrew Plowman, Deputy Economic Counselor E-mail: PlowmanJA@state.gov Tel: 55-61 312-7470 or 55 61 312-7180 Fax: 55-61 312-7658 DANILOVICH [...] |
2004-12-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA3175 |
LULA'S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR 2005 [...] According to the Ministry of External Relations, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make at least thirteen international trips during 2005, continuing the feverish pace of his first two years in office. Lula's principal foreign policy objectives during his travels will contin [...] |
2004-12-27 17:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA437 |
AFGHAN PRESENTATION FOR BRAZILIAN MILITARY [...] (U) During a DATT-hosted 18 February dinner for key military contacts, poloff, recently returned from an Afghanistan TDY, delivered a graphic powerpoint presentation on Coalition nation building efforts in that country. The presentation focused on four themes: the overall security and reconst [...] |
2004-02-27 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF AF BR |
| 04BRASILIA445 |
BRAZIL - 2004 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2004 Special 301 Review. Despite several positive developments, including tougher penalties for copyright infractions and increased (but isolated) police action against copyright theft, the Lula administratio [...] |
2004-02-27 19:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD KCRM PGOV BR IPR |
| 04BRASILIA450 |
BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-DEBT VULNERABILITY LESSENS, FOR NOW [...] (U) Brazil's nominal net public debt and debt/GDP ratio both continued to rise in 2003, but there are grounds for guarded hope that the debt burden is not now the imminent threat it has been in recent years. The debt/GDP ratio (58.2% end-December) is far down from its brief late- 2002 spik [...] |
2004-02-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA458 |
SCANDAL CONTINUES TO RATTLE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Waldomiro Diniz scandal that broke in Brazil on February 13 (reftel) continues to reverberate, and the end is not in sight. Diniz, a deputy to Lula's Chief of Staff, Jose Dirceu, was fired when it was revealed that, as head of the Rio de Janeiro lottery authority in 2002, h [...] |
2004-03-01 19:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA463 |
BRAZIL: 2003 GDP GROWTH EVEN WORSE THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) The GoB has revised its 2003 growth number downward from its already twice-downscaled estimate of positive 0.3%, to negative 0.2%, Brazil's worst since 1992. In addition to being half a percentage point below its own most recent forecast, the growth figure was below those of even the most [...] |
2004-03-01 23:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA464 |
NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL DELAYED AMID CRITICISM [...] A flurry of industry and press criticism has helped delay the Brazilian Senate's scheduled February 17 committee vote on the new energy model proposed by Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff (reftels). The bill sailed through Brazil's lower chamber with fairly insignificant revisions, [...] |
2004-03-01 23:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA465 |
GOB EXTENDS SOLE ANTIDUMPING MEASURE AGAINST [...] After holding discussions with Argentine officials February 19, the GOB decided to extend its minimum price antidumping measure against imports of Argentine powdered milk, which was due to expire on February 23. Brazilian trade defense authorities decided to initiate a formal review of the p [...] |
2004-03-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA509 |
ENERGY-MODEL BILL VOTE DELAYED ANOTHER DAY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-04 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA526 |
BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO FTAA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Regis Arslanian, Itamaraty Director for International Trade, and Tovar da Silva Nunes, Itamaraty FTAA Coordinator and member of the Brazilian Co-Chair team, on March 4. In responding, they conveyed a constructive attitude, albeit without signali [...] |
2004-03-05 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA528 |
NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL PASSES SENATE [...] The Brazilian Senate on March 4 approved the new energy model with some changes sought by the energy sector. The most favorable change pertains to the definition of "new energy" and "old energy," a point that determines to which of two energy pools power plants must sell. The bill as passed [...] |
2004-03-05 19:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA529 |
BRAZIL CONSIDERS EFFECT OF IMF-ARGENTINA STANDOFF [...] (C) The GoB has yet to really focus on what effect an IMF-Argentina train wreck would have on Brazil and the rest of Latin America, according to the IMF Resident Representative (protect). The Resrep, opining that the IMF was equally uncertain on the subject, held out hope that the market had learn [...] |
2004-03-05 20:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA531 |
BRAZIL: EXTERNAL DEBT NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB hopes to use current relatively positive market sentiment and stronger foreign exchange rates to quietly rebuild reserves. In contrast to very active reshaping of its domestic debt profile, the GoB has been fairly passive on external debt management. While the recent [...] |
2004-03-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA564 |
LULA'S PERSONAL APPROVAL UNSCATHED BY RECENT [...] SUMMARY: The administration of Brazilian President Lula da Silva is facing the worst crisis of its fifteen months in power, yet Lula's personal approval rating remains at 60%, according to a recent poll. However, his government's approval number stands at 38%, suggesting that Lula will have [...] |
2004-03-09 20:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA572 |
WORST OF BRAZILIAN SCANDAL HAS PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 4, Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) quashed efforts to set up a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the gaming sector and the "Waldomiro Diniz" scandal (refs A,B). This, coupled with the fact that no new allegations pointing to wrongdoing by PT leaders have emerged in recent d [...] |
2004-03-10 20:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM BR |
| 04BRASILIA581 |
BRAZIL ON TRADE ELEMENTS OF UNCTAD DECLARATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on March 10 to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Economics Department within Brazil's Foreign Ministry, Itamaraty. Tarrago's Department has the lead on trade-related aspects of the UNCTAD declaration; he also reports directly to Ambassador Hugueney, B [...] |
2004-03-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BR UNCTAD WTO |
| 04BRASILIA582 |
MERCOSUL AND INDIA/SACU TALKING TURKEY ON TARIFF [...] An article in the March 5-7 `Valor Economico' quoted Itamaraty Negotiator Regis Arslanian's claims of progress in negotiation of the Mercosul-India preferential tariff agreement (PTA). Arslanian also spoke of the quick conclusion of a PTA with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Emba [...] |
2004-03-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA592 |
BRAZIL'S F-X PROGRAM: NO MATTER WHO WINS TENDER, [...] (SBU) Although no announcement has been made on the selection of the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) next high performance jet fighter, the F-X, the GOB could be setting the stage for a decision on the purchase of the 12 aircraft. In the F-X competition, Embraer is currently partnered with Dassa [...] |
2004-03-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP BEXP BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA613 |
LULA HANGS FISCALLY TOUGH AMID INFLATION/INTEREST- [...] SUMMARY: Amidst fresh inflation nerves over the pass- through of world commodity and domestic wholesale price pressures to the Brazilian retail level, the Central Bank (CB) is now expected to further delay new interest-rate cuts this week at its monthly COPOM meeting, perhaps at April's also [...] |
2004-03-15 17:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA623 |
BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...] |
2004-03-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA626 |
NOTIFICATION OF CANCELATION OF DUMPING INVESTIGATION: [...] Post received a letter dated February 20, 2004 from the Department of Commercial Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG of Brazil's intention to cancel the dumping investigation regarding the importation of U.S.-origin Acrylonitrile. An unofficial [...] |
2004-03-16 16:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA644 |
BRAZIL'S ONGOING DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The American Chamber of Commerce and "Valor Economico" newspaper sponsored a seminar in Brasilia March 10 to stimulate the national debate on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the method by which the GoB seeks private sector investment to help fund essential public services and [...] |
2004-03-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
| 04BRASILIA666 |
"Paralysis" of GoB's Microeconomic Program [...] A column in the March 5-7 issue of top financial daily `Valor Economico' summarized pessimists' view that the Diniz scandal and other hurdles have resulted in a semi-breakdown of the legislative progress of the GoB's so-called `microeconomic' reform measures, which are generally acknowledged [...] |
2004-03-19 16:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA676 |
BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHES TO MRE U/S PEDROSA [...] (C) Summary. On 19 March Ambassdor, accompanied by PolCouns, met with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Pedrosa to deliver demarches requesting immediate contributions to the Hait MIF (ref B), and soliciting Brazil's support for USG plans and goals for building a demo [...] |
2004-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC |
| 04BRASILIA677 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF LIST 53 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-19 20:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS BR |
| 04BRASILIA701 |
Latest GoB Testimony on FTAA to Brazilian Congress [...] SUMMARY. On March 23, EconFSN attended a presentation to Brazil's Congress by Ambassador Macedo Soares, the MFA's Undersecretary for South American Affairs and top FTAA negotiator, on the current status of FTAA negotiations. Macedo Soares was speaking at the opening of the Parliamentary Com [...] |
2004-03-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA727 |
BRAZIL: EXPANDING TIES WITH CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The directors of Brazil's foreign policy have traditionally placed Central America on their periphery. Brazil has a history of peacekeeping in that region and runs a trade surplus, but the GoB has generally not expended a great deal of resources to expand its influence there. [...] |
2004-03-25 19:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR PREL BR UNSC |
| 04BRASILIA744 |
BRAZIL: NO CONTROLS ON SCRAP STEEL AND COPPER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-29 17:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BR |
| 04BRASILIA745 |
BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...] |
2004-03-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA755 |
BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] |
2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRASILIA776 |
LULA TAKING FRIENDLY FIRE FROM COALITION PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Lula administration has fumbled its response to February's "Waldomiro scandal", resulting in non-stop criticism from the Brazilian press and opposition. Worse for the administration, many of the parties in the governing coalition have responded to the crisis not by rallying b [...] |
2004-03-31 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 04BRASILIA784 |
BRAZIL: FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY COUP [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. Unlike the civil-military contretemps surrounding the 28th anniversary of Argentina's military coup (reftel), Brazil has marked the 40th anniversary (March 31) of its coup in a more circumspect fashion. The monumental transition to full democracy during the l [...] |
2004-04-01 13:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA786 |
BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTER: STEADY AS SHE GOES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of intensifying criticism of the Lula administration's stringent fiscal line from within and without the government (Ref A), Finance Minister Palocci received unexpectedly cordial treatment during a marathon seven hours of testimony to the Senate Economic Affairs Committe [...] |
2004-04-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA790 |
BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...] |
2004-04-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA794 |
BRAZIL READY TO RECOGNIZE ITGA, NEEDS BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Although the GOB is considering reopening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, there has been no public mention of Brazilian intentions towards Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) Division Chief responsible for South Asia acknowledged a lack of focus [...] |
2004-04-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR AF |
| 04BRASILIA795 |
AFRICAN DIPLOMATS DESCRIBE BRAZIL'S AFRICA FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2003 the incoming Lula administration asserted it would refocus its foreign policy to place greater emphasis on Africa. Some African diplomats here, however, believe that Brazilian interest in their countries has remained unchanged, despite the rhetoric. While they admit t [...] |
2004-04-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AF BR UNSC |
| 04BRASILIA799 |
BRAZIL CIVAIR: DESIGNATION OF VARIG [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs designating VARIG as a Brazilian flag all-cargo carrier under the terms of the U.S.-Brazil bilateral aviation agreement. An informal translation of the note follows. 2. Begin text of note: DSF/DEUC/036/ETRA-BRAS-EU [...] |
2004-04-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR BR |
| 04BRASILIA808 |
CENTRAL BANK SEES NO FEDERAL LEVERAGE ON PARANA [...] (SBU) Econoff raised with Central Bank Deputy Governor for International Affairs Alexandre Schwartsman on February 19 the difficulties that an OPIC-financed investment fund, the Global Environmental Emerging Markets Fund II (GEEMF) is experiencing with its $18 million investment in the state of [...] |
2004-04-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA862 |
FTAA: INITIAL BUENOS AIRES FALLOUT IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. Following the informal FTAA discussions in Buenos Aires March 31-April 1, which ended without agreement (reftel), Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials launched an aggressive media campaign to get the word out that U.S. intransigence was to blame for the impasse. Fore [...] |
2004-04-08 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BR FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA873 |
BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT - BACK ON THE MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After months of relative quiet, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) has initiated a wave of land occupations timed to coincide with the anniversary of a 1996 massacre. Many occupations are in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, where other groups besides MST are active. In Bah [...] |
2004-04-12 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAGR SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA892 |
LULA BACKS TRADE MINISTER FURLAN AGAINST BNDES'S [...] President Lula has arbitrated a very public victory for Development, Industry and Trade Minister Luiz Furlan in Furlan's latest policy bout with the old-school-leftist- ideologue president of Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Carlos Lessa. The fight was over [...] |
2004-04-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
| 04BRASILIA913 |
BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...] |
2004-04-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT |
| 04BRASILIA928 |
MEIRELLES: BRAZIL'S ECONOMY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank President Meirelles, target of sustained political attacks over Brazil's continued high interest rates and unemployment plus popular perceptions that the economy is worsening, has unrepentantly asserted that Brazil's economy not only is growing, but has undergone a [...] |
2004-04-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
| 04BRASILIA935 |
GOB'S FINANCIAL-MARKET HONEYMOON FINALLY COOLING? [...] Top front-page story in most national media Friday April 16 was JP Morgan's scaling-back of its recommendation for Brazil bonds from overweight to market-weight, and the sharp market reaction. News accounts generally headlined the JPM report's unease over the direction of GoB fiscal policy, a [...] |
2004-04-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA936 |
LULA'S NEXT FISCAL LITMUS TEST: 2004'S MINIMUM-WAGE [...] The annual adjustment of Brazil's official minimum wage takes effect May 1, meaning the GoB usually announces the new number by mid-April. A 'strawman' figure is always included, and funds programmed accordingly, in the GoB's initial budget presentation to Congress the preceding August, but t [...] |
2004-04-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA941 |
BRAZILIAN INDIANS KILL 29 PROSPECTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 7, some 29 diamond prospectors working illegally on an Indian reservation in the western Brazilian state of Rondonia were slain by members of the Cinta-Larga tribe. Three bodies were found on April 11 and another twenty-six on April 16. Authorities now fear reprisals a [...] |
2004-04-19 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA979 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
| 04BRASILIA985 |
BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART II: INDIAN CONCERNS [...] (U) This is Part II of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable reviews the concerns of indigenous leaders. Part I provides an overview and Part III discusses ongoing land disputes. 2. (C) Summary. During the 2002 presidential campaign Lula spoke about Indian rights and pro [...] |
2004-04-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
| 04BRASILIA991 |
BRAZIL-UNSC: HAITI PKO UPDATE 26 APRIL 2004 [...] (C) Summary. With introduction of the Friends of Haiti draft resolution to the UNSC for discussion and a probable vote this week, Brazil is at an important stage in its planning to deploy a PKO mission. Major issues on the scope now are internal political dynamics, congress' role and operati [...] |
2004-04-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BR UNSC POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA100 |
"O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" ARTICLE ON THE ARREST OF [...] The December 24 "O Estado de Sao Paulo" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes the arrest by the GoB Federal Police of Julio Law -- the brother of notorious pirated goods trafficker Law Kin Chong. Federal Police sources have told Mission officers that as of January 11, Julio Law r [...] |
2005-01-11 13:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1017 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (C) Summary/Action Request. On 12 April Ambassador and PolCouns met for a private lunch at the COM Residence with the Presidency's Civil Household Minister and Presidential Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu, who was accompanied by his international affairs advisor, Ambassador Americo Fontanelles. Di [...] |
2005-04-13 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BR FTAA |
| 05BRASILIA1018 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 12, Ambassador Danilovich met with the new Speaker of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Severino Cavalcanti, who --in his two months leading the lower house of Congress-- has butted heads with the Lula administration and entertained the press with his untailored style. [...] |
2005-04-13 20:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS PINR PREL SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1030 |
BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...] |
2005-04-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1042 |
UPDATE ON THE MERCURY PROBLEM IN BRAZIL, RESULTS [...] Summary: On April 13, 2005, the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology released the results of research completed by their Mineral Technology Center (CETEM) aimed at determining the level of mercury contamination of the fish in the waters of the Tapajos river, the principle source of f [...] |
2005-04-15 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV ECON XR BR |
| 05BRASILIA1044 |
BRAZIL: FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS UN [...] (SBU) Summary. From March 30 to April 1, former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Ambassador Alec Watson met with former Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. Rubens Barbosa; former Foreign Minister Luiz Lampreia; Marcelo Vasconcelos and Paulo Alvarenga from the US and Canada Division at the Minist [...] |
2005-04-15 19:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL PTER BR UNSC |
| 05BRASILIA1053 |
BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...] |
2005-04-18 19:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1067 |
PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF OF DIRCEU ON FTAA AND [...] (C) Summary. On April 18, Ambassador and a visiting delegation from the State of Florida met with Presidential Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu to discuss Miami,s bid to become the permanent FTAA secretariat site. Dirceu took the opportunity to state his desire that the FTAA talks move forw [...] |
2005-04-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR SOCI BR FTAA |
| 05BRASILIA1081 |
BRAZIL: MRE UNDER SECRETARY PEDROSA DISCUSSES [...] (C) On 18 April Ambassador Vera Pedrosa, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs, called Ambassador to the ministry to discuss the 11-12 May South America- Arab Summit in Brasilia. Pedrosa explained that she had "heard indirectly" from other foreign diplomats that the USG [...] |
2005-04-20 20:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1100 |
GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA [...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...] |
2005-04-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR |
| 05BRASILIA1118 |
BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...] |
2005-04-26 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
| 05BRASILIA1120 |
BRAZIL PUSHES FOR TIMELY CONCLUSION OF TALKS ON [...] The GOB is pushing for the conclusion of the LBA/NASA and Smithsonian Institution "arrangements" prior to the September 2005 U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) meeting. Missing that target may result in a Brazilian suggestion to postpone the CAE. Successful conclusion of t [...] |
2005-04-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1130 |
BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN [...] |
2005-04-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1133 |
APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED [...] On April 18, 2005, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 152, dated April 15, 2005) approving the research project proposal entitled "ASSESSMENT OF IDURONATE-2-SULFATASE IN MPS II (HUNTE [...] |
2005-04-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1142 |
SLOW GROWTH IN US EXPORTS TO BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT STATE/FCS MESSAGE; IT INCLUDES INPUT FROM AMCONSULATES SAO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO. UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, DISCUSSION OF U.S. EXPORT TOTALS IS BASED UPON USDOC, NOT GOB, DATA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. OVER THE PAST DECADE GROWTH IN U.S. EXPORTS TO BRAZI [...] |
2005-04-28 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR BR |
| 05BRASILIA1146 |
APPROVAL OF FDA RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED [...] On April 18, 2005, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 152, dated April 15, 2005) approving the research project proposal entitled "ASSESSMENT OF IDURONATE-2-SULFATASE IN MPS II (HUNTE [...] |
2005-04-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1148 |
FARC MAY BE BUYING STOLEN MEDICINE IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since November 2004, Federal Police in the Brazilian state of Amazonas have been investigating the disappearance of 8,000 bottles of Glucantine, a drug used to treat a parasitic disease common in the Amazon. Last October, locals in Amazonas state found an abandoned boat that c [...] |
2005-04-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BR |
| 05BRASILIA1152 |
(CORRECTED COPY) BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN and arms control/non-p [...] |
2005-04-29 16:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1164 |
AGRARIAN TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BRAZIL'S PARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions between small farmers, large landowners and government authorities continue to run high in the Brazilian state of Para, two months after the murder of US citizen nun Dorothy Stang. Five suspects are in custody for Stang's killing. The Brazilian Agriculture Minister rel [...] |
2005-05-02 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR |
| 05BRASILIA1168 |
BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...] |
2005-05-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
| 05BRASILIA1188 |
BRAZIL HEALTH NEWS UPDATE [...] Summary: Brazil's Ministry of Health has made headlines both domestically and internationally, primarily regarding HIV/AIDS programs and drugs. The GOB has demanded negotiations for voluntary licensing for key HIV/AIDS "cocktail" drugs; refused approximately US DOL 24 million in potential fu [...] |
2005-05-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO TPHY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA119 |
BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2005 Investment Climate Statement. Introduction - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- 2. Openness to Foreign Investment. Brazil knows that achieving sustained, rapid growth depends on for [...] |
2005-01-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB BR OPIC USTR |
| 05BRASILIA1207 |
BRAZIL: Ambassador's Lunch with General Jorge [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PINR PREL BR US |
| 05BRASILIA122 |
IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Division Chief Santiago Mourao confirmed that reftel letter regarding IAEA comprehensive safeguards and the Additional Protocol was provided to Foreign Minister Amorin in December. Mourao acknowledged tha [...] |
2005-01-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY PREL BR IAEA |
| 05BRASILIA1229 |
ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: MISSING HEADS OF STATE [...] (U) On the eve of the Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia, one key point of contention is preventing consensus on the long-running negotiation over a Summit Declaration, according to the local press. On Sunday May 8, senior representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, with [...] |
2005-05-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD XR XF |
| 05BRASILIA123 |
BRAZIL 2004-2005 INCSR PART II - MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This cable transmits Embassy Brasilia's submission of Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Ref B is post's submission of Part I of the INCSR. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is con [...] |
2005-01-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN BR |
| 05BRASILIA1230 |
ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: THE SUMMIT DECLARATION [...] (C) At the final preparatory Ministerial meeting on May 9, a compromise, of sorts, was reached on contentious "terrorism" language for the Summit Declaration, according to press reports. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim affirmed that the Declaration would condemn terrorism "without a [...] |
2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
| 05BRASILIA1231 |
ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: BUSTS AND GAFFES [...] (C) The Arab-South American Summit began with a bust, and a gaffe. First the bust. At the opening of the Arab-South America Investment Conference and Business Fair occurring parallel to the Summit, Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Luiz Furlan spoke of doubling within tw [...] |
2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD XR XF |
| 05BRASILIA1239 |
BRAZIL: LATEST ENERGY AUCTION FURTHER REDUCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 2, Brazil held its second auction of long-term contracts to supply electric energy under its new energy model. The Minister of Mines and Energy once again hailed the auction of energy to be delivered beginning in 2008 and 2009 as a success because the prices represente [...] |
2005-05-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA1252 |
ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: BRAZIL LOSES CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Despite its confident demeanor going into the Arab-South America Summit, the GOB has stumbled in its handling, trying to manage an event involving heads of state when national interests are incongruent. It is proving to be beyond Itamaraty's ability. Perhaps [...] |
2005-05-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
| 05BRASILIA126 |
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL AND BRAZIL BIOTECH REGS [...] Since the first Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004, the GOB has introduced, but still not passed, legislation that would change regulatory practices concerning biosafety. Although, the bill is pro-GMO, it would reinforce existing labeling and documentat [...] |
2005-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EAID SENV KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1278 |
ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT - A NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Arab-South America Summit ended May 11. Unfortunately, for the GOB the reverberations may take longer to subside. The overwhelming consensus among Brazilian opinion-makers is that the event, and its ill-conceived declaration, will not enhance Brazil's image and call into [...] |
2005-05-12 20:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
| 05BRASILIA128 |
WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS [...] This cable is based upon input provided by FCS Sao Paulo. 2. Per reftel request, below is a ranking of the various service sectors in terms of priority for the USG and level of openness. Where appropriate, we have included comments regarding doing business issues for a specific sector. [...] |
2005-01-13 17:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BR WTO |
| 05BRASILIA1317 |
BRAZIL LANDLESS ACTIVISTS STAGE LARGE MARCH IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of its continuous campaign for agrarian reform, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) often schedules a wave of land occupations and other activities in the month of April. But 2005 has been a slow year for MST, and the traditional "Red April" events were delayed and downsi [...] |
2005-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BR PHUM TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1325 |
BRAZILIAN INDIANS DEMAND RIGHTS, FAULT GOB FOR [...] (U) Summary. In his September 2002 "Commitment to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil," then-candidate Lula da Silva recognized past GOB policy errors on indigenous issues and pledged to create "a coherent indigenous policy" to address land and other human rights issues. During Lula's first two [...] |
2005-05-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PNAT SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1343 |
POLITICAL CORRUPTION SPARKS RIOTS IN BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence erupted this week in Porto Velho, capital of Brazil's western Rondonia state, with revelations that the state governor and several members of the State Assembly were locked in a complicated web of corruption. The worst of the violence subsided without serious injury, a [...] |
2005-05-20 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1396 |
BRAZIL DECLINES GUANTANAMO MIGRANTS [...] (U) On May 20, PolOff delivered reftel and talking points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) International Organizations Division (DOI) and the Human Rights Divisions (DDH). PolOff also delivered reftel talking points to UNHCR representative in Brasilia Luis Varese. PolOff's req [...] |
2005-05-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG BR US |
| 05BRASILIA1407 |
BRAZIL/US CONGRESS-TO-CONGRESS OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent years, Mission Brazil has worked hard to strengthen institutional links and dialogue between the Brazilian and US Congresses. The overall strategy is to increase contacts and interaction both among Members and staffers based on the expectation of short- and long-term [...] |
2005-05-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1444 |
Trafficking in Persons LOA for Brazil [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Our efforts to negotiate a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) concerning the President's Initiative on Trafficking in Persons have made no progress and we do not anticipate movement any time soon. Since the Brazilian impleme [...] |
2005-05-31 13:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID |