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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 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 PGOV PREL PHUM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1466 | CHAVEZ'S ACTIVITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE - BRAZIL [...] (S) Ref A requested Mission's assessment of the extent and nature of possible Venezuelan Goverment (GOV) and/or "Bolivarian" activities in Brazil, GOB views of same and of Chavez's regime in general. Refs B-H provided extensive information on GOB political views on Chavez, with reporting on [...] |
2005-05-31 18:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER BR VZ |
| 05BRASILIA1471 | BRAZIL REFUSES TERMS OF PROPOSED NOTE ON MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. The GOB has rejected our proposal to grant A and T status to U.S. servicemembers coming to Brazil for the PKO South and Patriot Angel exercises. GOB officials have indicated that a diplomatic note with language similar to that used in the past would be acceptable. End summary. [...] |
2005-05-31 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL BR POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA1479 | ENGAGING GOB ON SITUATION IN HAITI [...] (C) We read with deep concern ref a and b assessments of the deteriorating security situation and endangered political process in Haiti. In light of these trends, we believe it is urgent that we engage directly at senior levels with the GOB, to gather information regarding their current assess [...] |
2005-06-01 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC |
| 05BRASILIA1490 | BRAZIL - ENERGY AND RESOURCES REPORTING OFFICERS [...] Per Reftel request, we are providing the following information on the energy and natural resources (commodity) reporting officers for Mission Brazil. 2. Name of Post: Brasilia Name of Energy Reporting Officer: Jared Banks Transfer Date: December 2005 (rotational assignment) Name o [...] |
2005-06-02 16:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EMIN ENRG BR |
| 05BRASILIA1503 | BRAZIL: THE ENERGY MINISTRY'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 27 meeting, the Special Advisor to the Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, Rubem Barbosa, spoke to Brasilia EconOffs regarding some of the issues on the ministry's international agenda. Barbosa voiced both concern and a "wait and see" attitude about the impact that [...] |
2005-06-03 16:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA1507 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 24 and 25, U.S. pharmaceutical companies Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories, and Merck separately reported to Embassy on their negotiations with Brazil's Ministry of Health (MoH) over its demands that they acquiesce to licensing production of certain HIV/AIDS drugs (re [...] |
2005-06-03 19:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON IPR |
| 05BRASILIA1522 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (U) Text below is in response to reftel B tasking. 2. (SBU) Brazil has close relations with Cuba and through engagement hopes to spread democratic values to the island. While the GOB is reluctant to criticize publicly the human rights policies of the Castro regime, behind the scenes the [...] |
2005-06-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1544 | BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT AT GLOBAL FORUM VOWS TO CRACK [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva used the occasion of the Fourth Global Forum Against Corruption, being held this week in Brasilia, to announce a firm response to the wave of corruption scandals that has been battering his administration in recent weeks. As noted in reftel, the GoB ha [...] |
2005-06-08 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1549 | BRAZIL: LULA ENVOY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador and PolCounselor met on 8 June at the residence for a private lunch with President Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato. Garcia has traveled repeatedly as Lula's "fireman" to Venezuela (he speaks by phone and m [...] |
2005-06-08 21:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR BL |
| 05BRASILIA1566 | VARIG FINANCIAL CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (U) This cable is based upon information gathered by the Econ and FCS Sections at AmEmbassy Brasilia. 2. (SBU) Summary. The financial situation of VARIG, Brazil's troubled flagship carrier, is worsening. Airline officials have told Deputy Senior Commercial Officer that in the absence of so [...] |
2005-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PGOV ETRD BR |
| 05BRASILIA1567 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY U/S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hugueney of Brazil's Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) told Ambassador June 6 that U.S. pharmaceutical companies should improve their offers on pricing and/or voluntary licenses for AIDS treatment drugs so as to avoid compulsory licensing by the Ministry of Health (MoH). H [...] |
2005-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD EAGR EFIN BR IZ WTRO IPR |
| 05BRASILIA1568 | NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH [...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG that they plan to proceed with an anti- dumping investigation with regard to imports of polycarbonate resins from the U.S. and others. Originals will be file [...] |
2005-06-10 16:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1577 | BRAZIL: ENHANCING COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 6, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Ignacio Padilha and poloff discussed a number of joint USG/GOB coordination projects in Lusophone Africa. Poloff and Padilha also talked about assistance projects that NGOs and other Brazilian [...] |
2005-06-10 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BR AO MZ |
| 05BRASILIA1578 | BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 21:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1602 | BRAZIL SCANDAL - CONGRESSMAN TESTIFIES BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian congressman Roberto Jefferson, who is also president of the PTB party (an ally in President Lula's governing coalition), began his testimony before the Chamber of Deputies' Ethics Committee on June 14. He will continue testifying on June 15. Jefferson was summoned b [...] |
2005-06-14 21:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1608 | VARIG BOARD STRUGGLES TO SAVE AIRLINE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, key members of the VARIG board outlined the predicament in which the airline finds itself. ILFC (International Leasing Finance Corporation), a subsidiary of of AIG and a key aircraft leasing company, has indicated that [...] |
2005-06-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV |
| 05BRASILIA1619 | BRAZIL WILL SUPPORT WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS [...] On June 15, EconOff delivered reftel demarche on the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Clecy Lionco, Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Receita Federal (the Brazilian Tax and Customs Authority). Lionco will be participating in t [...] |
2005-06-16 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CTM |
| 05BRASILIA1621 | UN REFORM - AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN FORMIN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC BR UNSC US |
| 05BRASILIA1622 | BRAZIL SCANDAL LIKELY TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Brazilian Congressman Roberto Jefferson, in his testimony before the Congressional Ethics Committee this week, did not provide proof to support his charges that senior officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) were involved in a scheme to buy votes in Congress from [...] |
2005-06-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1631 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: DIRCEU RESIGNS, MORE CABINET MOVES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1636 | ACTIVITIES OF THE BRAZILIAN FIRM SOUZA CRUZ IN [...] (U) Recently the Brazilian magazine Epoca published an article recounting the experiences of the Souza Cruz company (controlled by British American Tobacco) in doing business in Cuba. The article, a translation of which is set forth below, is instructive as it speaks of the day-to-day diffi [...] |
2005-06-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA1660 | LULA'S RIGHT-HAND WOMAN - DILMA ROUSSEFF BECOMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 21, Brazilian President Lula da Silva named Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff to be his new Chief of Staff, replacing Jose Dirceu, who resigned last week amid an unfolding corruption scandal. Rousseff was an opposition militant who was jailed and tortured by [...] |
2005-06-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1662 | BRAZIL - ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFLATION SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy slowed more sharply than expected in the first quarter, clocking growth of 0.3%. Growth expectations for the year, therefore, are being downgraded, to the 2.5% to 3% range. The good news is that previously intractable inflation and inflationary expectations al [...] |
2005-06-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA167 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL PRENOTIFIED OF FADHLI [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
| 05BRASILIA1672 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO UNCHR REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Human Rights Division Deputy Director Marcia Ramos at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Ramos reviewed our points with interest and agreed that the UNCHR was in need of reform. Ramos told Poloffs that the GOB is in favor o [...] |
2005-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KUNR BR UNCHR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1675 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO NEW TEXT FOR PKO SOUTH DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Luisa Lopes, Deputy Director of the Office to Combat Illicit Transnational Activities (COCIT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Lopes noted that the proposed language was similar to past US/GOB agreements and is in line with agreements betwee [...] |
2005-06-23 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KTIA BR POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA1680 | BRAZIL: GOB LABOR TASK FORCE LANDS MAJOR BUST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 15 a Brazilian Labor Ministry task force made its largest bust to date, freeing approximately 1,200 slave laborers working at an ethanol refinery in Mato Grosso state. The GOB sanctioned the refinery for labor violations previously, and as a result, ethically conscious c [...] |
2005-06-23 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1682 | BRAZIL - THE ECONOMICS OF A POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rattled by a mounting scandal over alleged Lula administration vote-buying in the Congress, the GoB has, among other measures, attempted to shore up support among the economic elite by enacting a decree to remove certain taxes on capital investments by exporters. The scandal h [...] |
2005-06-23 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA1685 | MERCOSUL AGREES TO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA, [...] (SBU) Summary. During a summit held in Asuncion, Paraguay on June 20, Mercosul leaders announced their decision to initiate trade talks with Cuba. According to Brazil's Foreign Ministry, a decision has not yet been made on the type of final agreement to be negotiated. Depending on the natur [...] |
2005-06-23 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD |
| 05BRASILIA1686 | BRAZIL'S SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY SUFFICIENT FOR NOW, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's electricity generation and transmission network continues to be strong and has been able to weather recent troubles stemming from both politics and nature. Despite a continuing drought in southern Brazil, the turmoil in Bolivia that threatens natural gas supplies to Bra [...] |
2005-06-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV |
| 05BRASILIA1690 | BRAZIL - DESIGNATION OF AIR CARRIERS UNDER [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs designating Varig, Tam, Varig Logistica, and ABSA as Brazilian carriers under the bilateral aviation agreement to operate routes between the United States and Brazil. An informal translation of the note follows. 2. Be [...] |
2005-06-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR |
| 05BRASILIA1695 | BRAZIL DEBATING MERITS OF A DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAP [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The GoB is studying the idea of participating in a debt-for-nature swap of USG debt to support environmental projects. The GoB likely will have at least one significant hurdle to clear before it can engage in a swap, since it would need new legislative autho [...] |
2005-06-24 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV AID |
| 05BRASILIA1696 | BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG EFIN OPIC |
| 05BRASILIA1714 | FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] Summary. The IV Global Forum on Fighting Corruption (GF IV): "From Words to Deeds" was held from June 7 to 10 in Brasilia, Brazil. An estimated 1800 representatives from 103 countries including government officials and representatives from international organizations and civil society parti [...] |
2005-06-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1716 | BRAZIL GIVES ABBOTT TEN DAYS BEFORE BREAKING PATENT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary. On Friday June 24, the GoB announced a declaration of "public interest" for Abbott Laboratories AIDS treatment drug "Kaletra," providing the legal basis for issuing a compulsory license. The Ministry of Health (MoH) provided Abbott with 10 days i [...] |
2005-06-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD IPR |
| 05BRASILIA172 | BRAZIL: GREATEST (ECONOMIC) HITS OF 2004 [...] Economically speaking, Brazil had an outstanding year in 2004, with the country by all accounts poised to embark upon a path of continued, sustainable growth. Below we have set forth a short list of the year's "greatest hits." While there is more that the GOB needs to do sustain such growth [...] |
2005-01-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1813 | BRAZIL - SECOND DEMARCHE ON ITU/WTSA VETO ISSUE [...] (U) In a July 7 meeting, EconOff made Ref A points to Luis Fernando Serra, Joao Carlos Albernaz, Bruno Carvalho Ramos, and Luiz Fernando Ferreira Silva of ANATEL (Brazil's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency and the entity here responsible for ITU issues). The GOB continues to be aligned wit [...] |
2005-07-08 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC ECON ITU |
| 05BRASILIA1816 | BRAZIL CIVAIR: RESOLVING TAXATION DISPUTE [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our February 16 note (reftel) regarding taxation of airlines in the U.S. The Brazilian note states that, based on our assurance that Brazilian airlines are not subject to social taxes equivalent to certain Br [...] |
2005-07-08 20:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA |
| 05BRASILIA1819 | BRAZIL: LULA CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE CABINET AMIDST [...] SUMMARY. On July 6, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced a long-waited cabinet shuffle, his third. Lula's hand was forced by a series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals that have engulfed the GoB and paralyzed Congress since mid-May. The current shuffle started on June [...] |
2005-07-08 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ENRG ECPS PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA182 | BRAZIL: SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM BR UN |
| 05BRASILIA1839 | BRAZIL - NEXT STEPS FOR VARIG UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Boeing Sales Director for Brazil, Jose Sicilia, told Emboffs that Boeing is still trying to assess what the immediate future holds for Varig after the carrier's recent move to obtain bankruptcy protection. While under Brazilian law the company has until August to file a reorgan [...] |
2005-07-11 20:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV |
| 05BRASILIA1849 | LULA FACES WORST CRISIS OF HIS PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since mid-May, when a series of interlocking scandals (dubbed the "Postal Service" and the "Big Monthly" scandals) began to unfold in Brazil, President Lula da Silva, his administration, his coalition, and his Workers' Party (PT) have been battered by the gravest political crisis [...] |
2005-07-12 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1850 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HOTEL NASCO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-12 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER |
| 05BRASILIA1851 | UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR RESOLUTION: DRAFT TEXT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-12 20:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL KTFN UNSC |
| 05BRASILIA1867 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART II [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-13 19:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR |
| 05BRASILIA187 | JOSE DIRCEU - LULA'S WING-MAN GETS BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jose Dirceu is Chief of Staff and most trusted advisor to Brazilian President Lula da Silva. Dirceu's legendary, if peculiar, biography is a window on Brazil's recent history. His machiavellian political skills and decades of fierce loyalty to Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) [...] |
2005-01-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON PREL SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1874 | BRAZIL: LULA'S APPROVAL INCREASES AMIDST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1879 | BRAZIL: DISPUTES CAST SHADOW OVER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Investment disputes between U.S. investors and Brazil are currently concentrated in the country's energy sector. The majority of the disputes involve contracts for thermoelectric plants that were signed during a period of drought-induced energy shortage (2001- 2002) with guara [...] |
2005-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN KIDE OPIC |
| 05BRASILIA1893 | BRAZIL - DELIVERED LISTING OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO UNSCR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ETTC UNSC |
| 05BRASILIA1894 | BRAZIL - TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING CONDITIONS [...] Post submits the following in response to the Reftel questions regarding licensing conditions in the telecommunications sector in Brazil. On July 14, EconOff met with the Brazilian Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANATEL) General Manager for Tariffs and Prices and Acting General Manager [...] |
2005-07-15 20:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON |
| 05BRASILIA1913 | BRAZIL: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] (SBU) The Brazilian government has in general not been supportive of the EU's position in the WTO on geographical indications. According to Otavio Brandelli, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's IPR Division, the GoB has potential problems with the EU's list of foodstuff protected by European GIs [...] |
2005-07-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WTO |
| 05BRASILIA1922 | BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT DOWNGRADED; [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-18 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1929 | MP 252 - BRAZILIAN TAX BREAKS FOR EXPORTERS [...] As reported in reftel, on June 15 the Lula administration issued Provisional Measure (MP) 252, which enacts a series of changes in the tax system to benefit multiple sectors. Some Brazilian analysts have questioned the WTO-consistency of the tax benefits provided by the MP to exporters. Spe [...] |
2005-07-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR BEXP |
| 05BRASILIA1936 | BRAZIL - INFO FOR SECRETARY MINETA ON UPCOMING WHTI [...] Per reftel request, we are sending the following information regarding the upcoming Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) ministerial-level conference that will be held in Guaruja, Brazil, August 25- 26. (Contrary to the information in the cable, the conference will not be held [...] |
2005-07-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT |
| 05BRASILIA1968 | BRAZIL - POLITICAL SCANDAL HAS NOT DAMAGED THE [...] (C) Summary: The mounting political scandal over (alleged) Lula Administration vote buying/influence peddling in Congress has had negligible effects to date on the financial markets or Brazil's overall economic performance. Market participants and economic analysts told visiting regional Trea [...] |
2005-07-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD |
| 05BRASILIA1973 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: THE "OFFICIAL STORY" CRUMBLES AS [...] (C) Summary: The scandals (reftels) affecting the government of President Lula da Silva and his PT party reached a serious new level in recent days. Former PT officers implicated in the alleged financial improprieties have now attempted to present suspect financial transfers managed by a pr [...] |
2005-07-22 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA1974 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY SNOW [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitoria (Espirito Santo) July 31-August 3. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Presid [...] |
2005-07-22 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OVIP ETRD |
| 05BRASILIA1978 | July 12 U.S.-Brazil IPR Technical Cooperation [...] Summary and Introduction. On July 12, a team from USDOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Unit, and USTR met with counterparts from the Ministry of Justice, Federal Police, Receita Fede [...] |
2005-07-22 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD IPR |
| 05BRASILIA1979 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS INVESTIGATES CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY. A series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals (reftels) that have engulfed the Brazilian government and President Lula da Silva's Workers' Party (PT) since May has led to the establishment of three separate, but closely related, Congressional Inquiry Committees (CPIs): [...] |
2005-07-22 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1984 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 18:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA1993 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: ELIMINATION OF LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Post has learned that as part of a world-wide cost- cutting move, as of October 1 Treasury intends to eliminate the Regional Attache position based in Buenos Aires. That slot covers not only Argentina, but with the position incumbent frequently traveling to Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Rio [...] |
2005-07-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2011 | PRIEST SLAIN IN RIO DE JANEIRO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Paulo Henrique Keler, a Catholic priest and advocate for Baixada Fluminense massacre victims, was murdered in Rio de Janeiro city on July 25. Brazilian police officials do not believe that the priest's involvement in the Baixada Fluminense case led to his murder. However, recent [...] |
2005-07-28 16:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA2012 | BRAZIL: WORRIES THAT POLITICAL SCANDAL WILL [...] (SBU) While to date the Brazilian economy has largely been immune to the growing three-month old vote- buying/influence peddling scandal which is currently plaguing the Lulu administration, there are growing signs that contamination could soon occur. Between July 21 and July 25, the real drop [...] |
2005-07-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2021 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO FAA INVESTIGATION REQUEST [...] Per ref request, U.S. Embassy in Brasilia delivered to the Government of Brazil (GOB) the correspondence and investigative report from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding alleged violations of U.S. aviation regulations by a Brazilian military pilot on or about October 4, 2 [...] |
2005-07-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR |
| 05BRASILIA2024 | INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN BRAZIL: GOB AND NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 5 poloffs met with Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA) NGO representatives Adriana Ramos, Coordinator of the ISA Law and Policy Program, and her assistant Fernando Baptista. ISA specializes in the defense of indigenous rights, and the promotion of sustainable environment [...] |
2005-07-29 18:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA2025 | BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 25-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY. This week saw further developments in the corruption scandals (reftels) that are roiling Brazilian domestic politics: the wife of Marcio Valerio-- the PT's money man in illicit financial schemes at the center of the crisis --testified before the Postal Service Congressional Inqui [...] |
2005-07-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2031 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2066 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF A/S DESUTTER [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, August 14-16. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy dis [...] |
2005-08-04 17:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC US |
| 05BRASILIA2067 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of three names submitted to the U.N. 1267 Sanctions Committee by Italy to Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Frei [...] |
2005-08-04 19:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP |
| 05BRASILIA2082 | BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 1-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hearings on the corruption scandals (refs) in the Brazilian government continued this week, as Congressman Jose Dirceu, President Lula da Silva's former Chief of Staff and closest advisor, testified on 2 August before the Chamber's Ethics Committee. Dirceu categorically denied [...] |
2005-08-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA210 | REGIONAL ISSUES: GOB VIEWS ON VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOB officials told Ambassador and PolCounselor this week that Brazil is prepared to play an informal role in helping mediate a resolution to the Venezuela-Colombia dispute following the rendition of a FARC official from Venezuela to Colombia in recent days. President Lula d [...] |
2005-01-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA212 | BRAZIL'S 2005 TRADE AGENDA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with AmConsulate Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Changing the "geography of trade" has become a Lula administration hallmark. Over the past two years, the GoB has aggressively used Brazilian and Mercosul trade policy to strengthen eco [...] |
2005-01-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BR WTRO |
| 05BRASILIA2125 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF TREASURY ASSISTANT [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your August 20-23 visit to Brasilia. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. Embassy has requested meetings for your delegation with counterparts at the Finance, Justice, and Foreign Mini [...] |
2005-08-10 19:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC |
| 05BRASILIA2133 | BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed loan to Port Security International, LLC (PSI) in support of the installation and operation by that firm of scanning equipment at three ports in Brazil (Itajai, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Paranagua). The Foreign Commercial Service Office in Brasilia doe [...] |
2005-08-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN EWWT OPIC |
| 05BRASILIA2143 | STAFFDEL O'KEEFE EXAMINES PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. House Energy and Natural Resource Committee Counsel Colleen O'Keefe and Chris Knauer visited Brazil June 27 to July 2 to look at the degree to which local drug companies were producing substandard medicines - which eventually might find their way into the U.S. [...] |
2005-08-11 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SOCI TBIO KIPR IPR |
| 05BRASILIA2145 | SECRETARY SNOW'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Snow met separately with Central Bank President Meirelles and Finance Minister Palocci August 1 in Brasilia for broad discussions of Brazil's current economic performance. Meirelles and Palocci both argued that Brazil's stellar economic performance, with a current accoun [...] |
2005-08-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON |
| 05BRASILIA2146 | SECRETARY SNOW'S AUGUST 1-3 MEETINGS IN BRAZIL - [...] (C) Summary: During his bilateral meetings in Brasilia and the Group for Growth (GfG) session in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow emphasized the importance of trade liberalization to increasing productivity and economic growth. Brazilian and U.S. businesses which participated in [...] |
2005-08-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA2149 | BRAZIL - POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AS THE [...] (C) Summary: Financial markets have, to date, largely taken in their stride the interlocking set of vote-buying and corruption scandals currently engulfing Brazil's political class (ref A). Several factors are working together to insulate the economy against the political turbulence, includi [...] |
2005-08-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV |
| 05BRASILIA2150 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 8-12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In one of the most dramatic moments thus far in the continuing corruption scandals (refs a-f) plaguing the Brazilian government, President Lula da Silva's 2002 campaign publicity coordinator Duda Mendonca stated on 12 August before the Postal Service CPI that the Workers' Party [...] |
2005-08-12 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2153 | UNTIMELY CHAVEZ-LULA VISIT [...] (U) On August 11 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made a stop-off in Brasilia during a quick tour of South American countries, and called on President Lula da Silva. Over dinner, official releases from the presidency indicate they discussed bilateral relations, focusing on a joint venture betw [...] |
2005-08-12 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA2157 | Brazil's National Health Council Recommends [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Adding to the tension surrounding negotiations between the Ministry of Health and U.S. pharmaceutical companies over potential compulsory licensing, on August 11, Brazil's National Health Council approved a resolution in which it recommended t [...] |
2005-08-12 20:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD IPR |
| 05BRASILIA2174 | DEATH OF BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMAN MIGUEL ARRAES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Federal Deputy Miguel Arraes de Alencar, 88, founder of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and three time state governor, died on August 13 of a pulmonary infection in Recife, Pernambuco state. National president of the PSB and allied with President Lula da Silva's governing coa [...] |
2005-08-16 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA2208 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8-9, poloffs met with National Secretariat of Public Security (SENASP) representatives to SIPDIS discuss new training programs designed to promote respect for human rights amongst police and other public security officials in Brazil. States' budgetary constraints and [...] |
2005-08-18 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI SNAR KCRM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2216 | LETTER FROM AG MINISTER RODRIGUEZ REGARDING THE WTO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-18 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTO |
| 05BRASILIA2219 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) Introduction: Per refs, Jose Dirceu, formerly the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's cabinet and currently a federal deputy subject to possible revocation of his congressional status, is a central figure in the ongoing scandals roiling the government and PT Party. As suc [...] |
2005-08-19 11:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2226 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 15-19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This was a somewhat quiet week in the the corruption scandals (refs) plaguing Brazilian President Lula da Silva's government and the Workers' Party (PT). Two protests, one in support of and one against Lula, took place in Brasilia on 16-17 August. In his testimony before the [...] |
2005-08-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2231 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 19 August 2005 with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his chief of staff, to review a range of issues (with focus on reftel Haiti demarche) and discuss the Ambassador's departure from Brazil later in the year to assume the Chief Exe [...] |
2005-08-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR UNSC US |
| 05BRASILIA2237 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: NEW ALLEGATIONS TOUCH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Rogerio Buratti, a former advisor to Finance Minister Antonio Palocci during the latter's tenure as Mayor of the city of Ribeirao Preto (Sao Paulo State), told police during a deposition August 19 that Palocci was involved in a kickback scheme that sent Reals 50,000 per month to PT [...] |
2005-08-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV |
| 05BRASILIA2242 | More on Corruption Allegations Against FinMin [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. Over the August 20-21 weekend, the surprise August 19 corruption allegations (reftel) leveled at Finance Minister Palocci continued to reverberate through the Brazilian body politic. In an August 21 press conference, Palocci emphatically denied the charges made [...] |
2005-08-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2282 | BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...] |
2005-08-24 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC |
| 05BRASILIA2287 | FARC SPOKESMAN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL [...] On August 24, Brazilian Federal Police, in cooperation with Interpol agents in Brazil, arrested Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) "spokesman" Francisco Antonio CADENAS at a Sao Paulo bus station under an international order for his capture. The Colombian government has accused Cade [...] |
2005-08-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BR CO |
| 05BRASILIA229 | BRAZIL: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL BA TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2305 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 22-26 [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of 22-26 August, the ongoing, scandal-driven political crisis shaking the Lula da Silva government and PT party (refs) was augmented by the new corruption allegations against Finance Minister Antonio Palocci (refs I and J). Political reactions to Palocci's 21 Aug [...] |
2005-08-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2316 | BRAZIL: UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Post provides the following in response to reftel's request for information to update the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report: 2. The GOB administers a number of programs and projects to combat child labor and related issues in Brazil. The GOB will implement the following anti-child labor pr [...] |
2005-08-29 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA2317 | BRAZIL: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information regarding Chinese activities in Brazil. Economic, trade, investment, and science and technology information will be provided septel. Ref B outlines recent developments on environmental cooperation between China and Br [...] |
2005-08-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR MARR CH BR |
| 05BRASILIA2318 | SENIOR PRIVATE BANKER ON BRAZIL'S POLITICAL SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 23 conversation with Econoff, Banco Itau Executive Director Sergio Werlang, a leading financial markets expert and senior figure in Brazil's second largest private bank, dismissed market fears that Brazil's overall economic policy would change even if Finance Minister [...] |
2005-08-29 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL |
| 05BRASILIA233 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCounselor, met on 24 January with Marcos Aurelio Garcia, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia had just returned from a weekend meeting in Caracas with President Chavez and provided a briefing on Brazil's efforts to facilitate a re [...] |
2005-01-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA2335 | BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH SLOWS THE PACE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 30, DCM, accompanied by selected members of Country Team, met with Ministry of Health Executive Secretary Jose Agenor da Silva to discuss the implications of any potential GOB move towards compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals. Embassy message was that: a) USG value [...] |
2005-09-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EAID PGOV IPR |
| 05BRASILIA2339 | BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit), Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...] |
2005-09-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2348 | BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint report by the two lead congressional committees investigating Brazil's interlocking corruption scandals (refs) this week recommended the expulsion from Brazil's congress of 17 legislators on suspicion of taking bribes for votes from a PT party affiliated money man, and a [...] |
2005-09-02 20:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2367 | CHINESE ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN BRAZIL -- LARGELY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's involvement in Brazil's economy primarily is trade-driven. Despite the fanfare and the billion dollar-price-tag investment projects trumpeted during President Hu Jintao's November 11, 2004 visit to Brazil, Chinese investment remains a tiny fraction of FDI in Brazil. By [...] |
2005-09-08 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EAGR PHUM |
| 05BRASILIA2384 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF [...] (SBU) President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (U.S. House Speaker equivalent) Severino Cavalcanti is in danger of removal from his position, as bribery allegations against him appearing in weekend newspapers became seemingly irrefutable this week in the face of testimony by witnesses a [...] |
2005-09-09 17:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2387 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL: A GUIDE TO IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Per refs, over the past three months the political crisis in Brazil caused by interlocking corruption scandals has led to public discussion of the question of presidential impeachment. In a 4 September interview in &O Estado do Sao Paulo,8 Brazilian Supreme Court President [...] |
2005-09-09 19:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA239 | Brazil Copyright Piracy: "ISTO E DINHEIRO" [...] The January 26 "Isto E Dinheiro" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes a low-cost CD alternative that its inventor hopes will put Brazilian piracy out of business. 2. Begin Unofficial Embassy Translation Headline: Ralf, the Saviour? A low-cost CD with only three tracks an [...] |
2005-01-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR |
| 05BRASILIA24 | BRAZIL ENACTS FIRST WAVE OF SWEEPING JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's justice system does not enjoy the confidence of society, being widely-perceived as slow, inefficient and accessible only to the wealthy and powerful. But the failures of the courts are increasingly viewed as an impediment to social and economic development. In December [...] |
2005-01-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS SOCI EINV BR |
| 05BRASILIA2404 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] EmbOff delivered reftel non-paper to Antonio Jose Ferreira Simoes, Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister and Head of the Foreign Ministry's office for Diplomatic Planning. We will report septel should we receive any relevant response. CHICOLA [...] |
2005-09-12 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL UNGA |
| 05BRASILIA2449 | BRAZIL SUPPORTS US POSITION IN WTO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) On September 9, Econoff delivered reftel points on the EU's GI proposal in the TRIPS Council to Otavio Brandelli, IPR Division Chief in Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In a September 14 follow-up discussion, Brandelli said the GoB [...] |
2005-09-14 22:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON WTO |
| 05BRASILIA2452 | BRAZILIANS AGREE TO PARAMETERS FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently Post and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry have agreed upon parameters for reciprocal visits to maritime ports and airports to assess security procedures. This accord allows the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard to continue with their schedule [...] |
2005-09-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAIR KREC |
| 05BRASILIA2457 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 12-16 [...] (C) INTRODUCTION. In two important developments this week in the continuing political scandals affecting Brazil's congress, President Lula da Silva's administration and the PT party (refs), Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) formally expelled Federal Deputy Roberto Jefferson, whose a [...] |
2005-09-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2463 | BRAZIL NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT SAICM [...] Summary. Although the GoB interests in chemicals management would seem to be somewhat in line with ours, the government does not appear to share USG concerns that the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) process will result in problematic controls over the use and [...] |
2005-09-16 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA2467 | BRAZIL: FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI REPORTEDLY UPSET [...] (U) The September 16 "O Estado de Sao Paulo" reported that Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told two PT federal deputies that if his brother was called to testify before any of the congressional committees looking into influence peddling, Palocci would resign. The Minister's brother -- Adhem [...] |
2005-09-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2477 | THE BRAZILIAN MACRO-ECONOMY: SOARING HIGH BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The past 30 days have seen a wealth of good news for the Brazilian economy as a number of fiscal, growth, and financial indicators are trending up. Given this positive turn of events, some market watchers are beginning to wonder whether the conventional wisdom is correct - i.e [...] |
2005-09-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
| 05BRASILIA2486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Al-Akhtar Trust International to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databa [...] |
2005-09-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR |
| 05BRASILIA2488 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (List 72T) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's dat [...] |
2005-09-20 18:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR |
| 05BRASILIA2539 | BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 19-23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Chamber of Deputies President Severino Cavalcanti resigned both his position and his mandate this week in disgrace in the face of corruption allegations, the first Chamber leader to fall in such circumstances in Brazil's history. The resignation sets the stage for a succession [...] |
2005-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2564 | BRAZIL - AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICERS [...] Per Reftel request, we are providing the following information on the officers who are responsible for aviation and maritime issues, including transportation security, for Mission Brazil. 2. Name of Post: Brasilia Name of Reporting Officer: Jared Banks Transfer Date: November 200 [...] |
2005-09-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EWWT |
| 05BRASILIA2589 | BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTRY MAKES PITCH FOR [...] (U) Summary. An aggressive tariff cutting proposal for WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) non-agricultural market access negotiations (NAMA), put forward internally by Brazil's Finance Ministry, has generated a storm of protest by the country's private sector and largest labor union, and angst [...] |
2005-09-28 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTO |
| 05BRASILIA2599 | MPA RECOMMENDS TERMINATION OF BRAZIL'S GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a Business Software Alliance representative, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) will likely communicate to USTR on Monday October 3 the action it recommends taking on Brazil's GSP Review. In a written submission to IIPA, the Motion Picture Asso [...] |
2005-09-29 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD IPR |
| 05BRASILIA2601 | STAINED VICTORY: LULA'S MAN WINS THE CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary. In an extremely close race on 28 September, Aldo Rebelo, a communist party legislator with close ties to President Lula Inacio da Silva, won the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house in Brazil's congress. Lula's government pulled out all the stops to win votes for [...] |
2005-09-29 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA2619 | BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health Infectious Disease section will be attending the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7. Dr. Barbosa's contact information is as follows: Phone (55- 61) 3224-8861/3226-1216, Cell: (55-61) 9970-0880, Fax (55-61) 3223-1168 [...] |
2005-09-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA2628 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned October 5 to 7 visit to Brasilia. Ambassador Danilovich will meet you upon arrival the evening of October 5. The next day, we have scheduled meetings for you with Foreign Minister Amorim, Finance Minister Palocci, Presid [...] |
2005-09-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL ECON PGOV ETRD BR US |
| 05BRASILIA2649 | THE SURGING REAL HAS EXPORTERS SINGING THE BLUES [...] Summary. The Brazilian export sector is pressuring the Central Bank to curb the slide of the dollar (US$) against the Real (R$). As of September 29, the dollar was trading for Real 2.21, its lowest price since May 8, 2001. Exporters are concerned that if the devaluation of the US$ against the [...] |
2005-10-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD |
| 05BRASILIA2652 | ADDITIONAL INFO ON BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE [...] Per reftel, additional information for Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Brazilian participant in the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7 is as follows: Brazilian Official Passport SA167908, issued March 31, 2003; Date of Birth: May 16, 1957. DANILOVICH [...] |
2005-10-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA2653 | HEAD OF BRAZIILAN TAX AGENCY PROPOSES NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) In a October 3 meeting with DCM, Jorge Rachid, head of Brazil's Receita Federal, and his International Affairs Advisor Zayda Manatta, proposed that Brazil and the USG negotiate a Tax Information and Exchange Agreement (TIEA). By facilitating the exchange of tax records and other data, ou [...] |
2005-10-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV |
| 05BRASILIA2658 | SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: NOT MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The first summit meeting of the Community of South American Nations (CASA) provided a forum for Venezuelan President Chavez to blast the United States and call into question CASA's very nature, as well as for Brazilian President Lula to criticize his Argentine counterpart, but [...] |
2005-10-05 17:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV PHUM BR |
| 05BRASILIA2672 | BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...] |
2005-10-06 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC |
| 05BRASILIA2675 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick, accompanied by Ambassador Danilovich and delegation, met on 6 October with Marco Aurelio Garcia, International Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia has often served as Lula's special envoy for crisis situations in the region, and [...] |
2005-10-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
| 05BRASILIA2676 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OCTOBER 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Zoellick told FM Amorim October 6 that the international community needs to engage strongly in Bolivia during the elections to guarantee transparency, and must remain engaged following elections to guarantee some degree of governability. Amorim urged U.S. flexib [...] |
2005-10-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETRD PHUM BR US |
| 05BRASILIA2681 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH BRAZILIAN SENATOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ECON BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
| 05BRASILIA2682 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ROUNDTABLE WITH BRAZILIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
| 05BRASILIA2683 | BRAZIL: CONSULTATION ON AIR BRIDGE DENIAL PROGRAM, [...] (C) Introduction. On 10 October Embassy PolCouns, Air Attache and DEA Attache met with senior Ministry of Defense (MOD), Federal Police (DPF) and Foreign Ministry (MRE) representatives to review Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program. The purpose of the consultation was to gather in [...] |
2005-10-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS MASS MARR KTIA BR POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA2684 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN FINANCE [...] October 6, 2005, 5:00 P.M., Finance Ministry, Brasilia, Brazil. 2. Participants: United States: The Deputy Secretary Tom Shannon, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador John Danilovich Phillip Chicola, Deputy Chief of Mission C [...] |
2005-10-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA2687 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA2692 | BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT INVADES AMERICAN-OWNED [...] (U) Summary. Between three and five hundred members of Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) invaded AgroReservas do Brazil, an American-owned farm management company based out of Utah, as part of its "Red September" offensive, launched during the week of September 26. The MST's actions are aimed [...] |
2005-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2709 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of seven names (List 72U) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases and [...] |
2005-10-11 18:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL KVPR |
| 05BRASILIA2724 | BRAZIL LOOKS TO THE IDB FOR HELP ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) On October 11, EconCouns met with Ministry of Planning International Affairs Secretary Jose Carlos Miranda at the latter's request. In that conversation, Miranda stated that the Brazilian government wanted to work closely with new IDB President Moreno so as to facilitate the flow of Ban [...] |
2005-10-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ENRG |
| 05BRASILIA2729 | ABBOTT AND GOB REACH DEAL TO AVOID COMPULSORY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. On October 10, Abbott Laboratories and Brazil's Ministry of Health reached an agreement on pricing and supply of the AIDS treatment drug Kaletra, ending seven-months of intense negotiations under the threat of compul [...] |
2005-10-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON IPR |
| 05BRASILIA2745 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] In Reftel, post made the case for maintaining a Treasury Attache presence in South America, observing that the current incumbent of the position, posted in Buenos Aires, helps provide vital coverage of macro-economic and international financial developments in Brazil. Events since then have o [...] |
2005-10-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AMGT |
| 05BRASILIA2758 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 10-14 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 12, the Brazilian Civilian Police found the body of Carlos Delmonte Printes, the medical examiner who initially determined that Santo Andre's PT Mayor Celso Daniel had been tortured before being shot dead in early 2002. Printes' death marked the seventh among persons [...] |
2005-10-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2767 | BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph four for action request. 2. (U) On October 13, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Marcelo Bohlke at Brazil's Ministry of External Relations United Nations Division (DNU). Poloff also provided points to Marcia Ramos at the Ministry's [...] |
2005-10-17 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2772 | BRAZIL: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] On October 14 post forwarded (Ref A) correspondence from Secretary Rice, under cover of a letter from the Ambassador, SIPDIS to Foreign Minister Celso Amorim. To date, we have not received a response from the GOB. Similarly, on October 17 post forwarded Ref B letter from Secretary Gutierre [...] |
2005-10-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OPDC UN |
| 05BRASILIA2774 | VISITING TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of September 28 Robert J. Scavotto, Senior International Economic Advisor in the Comptroller of the Currency's International Banking and Finance unit and Oliver Taft, Financial Economist in the same office, visited Brazil to meet with a variety of government officials a [...] |
2005-10-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV |
| 05BRASILIA2775 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO LOOK AT OFFSETS FOR [...] Summary. On October 4-5 in Brasilia, the Foreign Ministry hosted an International Seminar on Commercial, Industrial and Technological Offsets (i.e., conditioning a government purchase on some quid pro quo on the part of the vendor). The seminar sought to identify the legal principles underpinn [...] |
2005-10-18 18:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP MASS KIPR |
| 05BRASILIA2785 | BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO APIS+ DEADLINE [...] (U) Summary. On October 3, the evening before the published deadline for implementation of the APIS+ measures, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry sent Embassy Brasilia a Non- Paper relaying its concerns about the additional reporting requirements. Post requests guidance from Washington on how to [...] |
2005-10-18 19:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ASEC |
| 05BRASILIA2798 | BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 18 to Acting Director Jandyr Santos of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Division. Calling the briefing very timely given the ongoing Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna -- where Division Director Santiago Mourao is heading the Brazil [...] |
2005-10-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP BR IN |
| 05BRASILIA2804 | BRAZIL PROMULGATES SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS FOR IMPORTS [...] Summary. After a failed attempt to secure voluntary export restraints from China, on October 6 the GoB published decrees establishing regulations for imposing safeguards on imports of Chinese products. Textile producers were the first to file petitions seeking relief; as many as 20 more sect [...] |
2005-10-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA2805 | BRAZIL: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Post delivered on October 19 reftel demarche as a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce. Post has not yet received the GOB's response to the diplomatic note. We will follow up with both Trade officials and working level conta [...] |
2005-10-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL UNESCO |
| 05BRASILIA2806 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN VARIG - TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. For months the Brazilian government has been urging a market solution to the debt-laden airline Varig, which filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2005. The new Varig management council has, nevertheless, continued to struggle to maintain adequate cash flow and pay its lessor [...] |
2005-10-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PGOV ETRD |
| 05BRASILIA2811 | FINANCE MINISTRY QUERIES ON BILATERAL RELATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On October 18, Regional Treasury Attache Mat Haarsager, EconCouns, and Econ Assistant met with Finance Ministry U/S Joaquim Levy. The wide-ranging conversation touched upon the issue of debt-for-nature swaps, the USG's democracy/development agenda, and U.S. industry's GSP petition on co [...] |
2005-10-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV KIPR PGOV EFIN US |
| 05BRASILIA2813 | SURVEY OF BRAZIL'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (U) Introduction. Under pressure from the USG's review of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (ref A) and in response to domestic concerns about organized crime, tax losses, and risks for consumers associated with illegitimate products, the GoB has over the last on [...] |
2005-10-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA2821 | BRAZIL: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) On October 20, the day of the UNESCO vote on the Cultural Diversity Convention, FCS Deputy Senior Commercial Officer spoke with the Brazilian Ministry of Trade's International Relations Director. Our contact said that upon receiving Secretary Gutierrez's letter, Trade Minister Furlan [...] |
2005-10-24 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OPDC PREL UNESCO |
| 05BRASILIA285 | BRAZIL AND THE OECD: CO-HABITATING FOR NOW, BUT [...] (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH AMCONSULATES RECIFE, RIO DE JANEIRO, AND SAO PAULO. 2. (U) SUMMARY. WHILE PRESIDENT LULA AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM SUPPORT THE IDEA OF EVENTUAL BRAZILIAN ACCESSION TO THE OECD, ENTRY INTO THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE SHORT-TERM IS NOT CURRENTLY ONE OF THE G [...] |
2005-01-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV BR OECD |
| 05BRASILIA289 | BRAZIL AND THE IAEA: LATEST ON RESENDE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-01 12:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM MNUC BR IAEA NPT |
| 05BRASILIA2902 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 24-28 [...] SUMMARY. The Lula government's hopes that the political crisis of the past five months will abate before the onset of next year's campaign season were dampened by the week's events, which suggest scandal investigations will roil on for the foreseeable future. Delays in the final judgment on [...] |
2005-10-28 19:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA295 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE: BRAZIL PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref B non-paper with Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division Chief, Santiago Mourao, who is preparing the GOB position for the 2005 NPT Revcon. Mourao strongly defended the NPT. He agreed that the Treaty required "strengthen [...] |
2005-02-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC BR IAEA NPT |
| 05BRASILIA2951 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 30 [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. A number of significant developments have emerged this week in investigations on the corruption scandals battering the Lula's administration and contention with the opposition has increased markedly. The highlights are listed below. END INTRODUCTION. CORRUPTION SCHEME WA [...] |
2005-11-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA298 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROBERTO RODRIGUES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Danilovich met with the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply ("MAPA" is the Portuguese acronym), Roberto Rodrigues, on January 25 in Brasilia to discuss trade concerns and issues leading up to the CCA meetings in Washington in March 2005. Rod [...] |
2005-02-01 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA2994 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO DATES FOR FOURTH PLENARY [...] Poloffs delivered reftel dip note November 10 to Marcos Pinta Gama, Director of the Office to Combat Illicit Transnational Activities (COCIT) at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Pinta Gama told Poloffs that the MRE still intends to hold the meeting on December 5-6. However [...] |
2005-11-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV BR ARCH PY |
| 05BRASILIA2995 | NOTIFICATION OF INVESTIGATION ON POLYCARBONATE RESIN [...] Post received on November 7, a letter dated August 10, 2005, from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG that it plans to proceed with an anti-dumping investigation on polycarbonate resins in powder, flake, granulated or pell [...] |
2005-11-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA3001 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 07-11 [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION. There have been a number of developments in different venues this week. Overall, the various corruption scandals are merging into an increasingly contentious, across-the-board struggle between the Lula government and its opposition in the run-up to next year's general elect [...] |
2005-11-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA3004 | NOTIFICATION OF HEARING ON N-BUTANOL ANTI-DUMPING CASE [...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG that it plans to hold a final hearing with regard to its anti-dumping investigation of N-Butanol exported to Brazil from South Africa and the U.S. Originals [...] |
2005-11-10 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON |
| 05BRASILIA3008 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...] |
2005-11-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3026 | SLOW GOING ON BIOTECH, BUT MONSANTO LOOKING AT [...] (SBU) Summary. In early November, Monsanto executives blanketed Brazil as first CEO Hugh Grant and his management team visited the country, followed shortly thereafter by a week-long tour of the company's Growth Advisory Committee. Notwithstanding the problems that the firm has experienced in [...] |
2005-11-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KIPR BEXP ETRD BR CH IPR |
| 05BRASILIA303 | BRAZIL: STATEMENTS ON TERRORISM AT CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ECON BR CO |
| 05BRASILIA3035 | WTO: BRAZIL LIKELY TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS ON SERVICES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil's willingness, or not, to be forthcoming in WTO services is directly linked to its assessment of concessions being made by major developed country partners (US and EU) in the agricultural negotiations. However, even if the GoB should at [...] |
2005-11-17 17:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BR WTO |
| 05BRASILIA3043 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...] |
2005-11-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3051 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 14-18 [...] INTRODUCTION. On Monday, November 14, the political crisis that has engulfed the Lula administration and hindered the work of the Brazilian Congress reached the six-month mark. From the day a Postal Service employee was caught receiving bribes in the name of a federal deputy, various corrup [...] |
2005-11-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA3052 | BRAZIL - PROCESS FOR VENEZUELA'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil's decision to approve Venezuela's request for membership to Mercosul came from the top levels of the GoB, without substantial internal debate. While the process for admitting Venezuela to the bloc is moving forward, the Foreign Ministry appears to be approaching the iss [...] |
2005-11-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD ECON VE BR |
| 05BRASILIA3060 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR |
| 05BRASILIA3091 | Brazil: Tax Agency Chief Under Investigation [...] Summary: On November 18, 2005, federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit against Jorge Rachid, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance's Secretariat da Receita (i.e., the Brazilian counterpart of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service) alleging "administrative improbity." Prosecutors are seeking to [...] |
2005-11-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA3092 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI ON SOMEWHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: After another marathon session in front of one of Congress' economic oversight committees, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci appears to have solidified his political position, allowing him some temporary respite from the political and scandal-related crossfire he has been receivi [...] |
2005-11-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3106 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 21-25 [...] SUMMARY. The long-awaited dismissal of Deputy Jose Dirceu from the House of Deputies was delayed again, and it is now at least plausible that he may not be dismissed at all. After receiving a favorable decision from the Constitution and Justice Committee that postponed one more time the fin [...] |
2005-11-25 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA311 | U.S.-BRAZIL DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT (DCA), [...] (SBU) On January 31, Ministry of Defense (MOD) provided Mission with a draft of a proposed bilateral defense cooperation accord. According to MOD contacts, Defense Minister/Vice President Jose Alencar supports the draft document. Within MOD, enthusiasm for upcoming SecDef visit is reportedl [...] |
2005-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL BR ASPA POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA3116 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ARMS [...] (S) Foreign Ministry Undersecretary-General for Cooperation and Brazilian Communities Abroad Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira called the Charge to the Foreign Ministry November 28 to respond to the demarche delivered by then Charge Chicola on November 22 concerning the new U.S. policy concerning arms [...] |
2005-11-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM BR VE |
| 05BRASILIA3124 | BRAZIL: IAEA/IRAN NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) Embassy presented reftel demarche November 28 to Santiago Mourao, director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said the GOB had maintained frequent contact with the EU3 on the issue and had also had two recent discussions of the issue with th [...] |
2005-11-29 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL AORC BR IR IAEA |
| 05BRASILIA3125 | BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON U/S BURNS & U/S JOSEPH SFRC [...] (C) Embassy presented the text of the testimonies of U/S Burns and Joseph November 28 to Santiago Mourao, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said he had seen references to the testimony of the two Undersecretaries and looked forward to [...] |
2005-11-29 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IN BR US |
| 05BRASILIA3130 | SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - [...] (C) Brazil enjoys a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB has refused to criticize directly the Castro regime's human rights policies. In a rare public statement on Cuba in April 2005, President Lula implied criticism of Castro when he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...] |
2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3134 | BRAZIL: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On 29 November PolCounselor delivered reftel demarche to Clemente Baena Soares, Andean Division Chief at the Ministry for External Relations. (Note: Per ref request, PolCouns attempted to inform and coordinate with Bolivian Embassy regarding the demarche, but Bolivian diplomats did not re [...] |
2005-11-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BR BO |
| 05BRASILIA3135 | RESPONSE: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 16:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ASEC EFIN KCRM KTFN KVPR PTER |
| 05BRASILIA3141 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF 3+1 DELEGATION [...] (C) The Plenary Meeting of the 3 1 will provide an important benchmark for Brazil's willingness to increase cooperation with the United States on Counterterrorism, something the GOB has been reluctant to do. We do not expect a significant change in the GOB's position, which places great impor [...] |
2005-11-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ECON BR US |
| 05BRASILIA3150 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 28 [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of 30 November the Brazilian congress's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted to "cassar" (ban from office or impeach) congressman Jose Dirceu -- until a few months ago, arguably the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's government and the main lead [...] |
2005-12-01 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA3162 | BRAZIL - STEEL POLICIES; NAMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Introduction. The following information is provided in response to ref A's request for information on the Brazilian steel industry and related government policies. See paras 12 and 14 regarding FIESP views on WTO NAMA negotiatio [...] |
2005-12-02 16:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND BR WTO |
| 05BRASILIA317 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In a private February 1 meeting with Finance Minister Palocci, Ambassador emphasized the need for the GOB to continue making progress on its micro-economic reform agenda. Discussion, in particular, focussed on the GOB's recently-enacted Public- Private Partner [...] |
2005-02-03 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV BEXP SENV BR |
| 05BRASILIA318 | BRAZIL: REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING FOR AIR [...] (C) Summary: Ref query requested Embassy views on the potential for sharing U.S. information (particularly ROTHR data) with the GOB as part of cooperative regional effort at air bridge denial (ABD) that may also include Colombia. In summary form below are our observations, based on the history [...] |
2005-02-03 19:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MARR MOPS PINR BR POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA3185 | CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES FTAA, CORRUPTION SCANDAL WITH [...] Summary. Brazilian Congressional representatives told CODEL Hyde December 2 that they would like to see an increase in dialogue between the U.S. and Brazilian legislatures on important topics like the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). One representative said Brazil's recent corruption [...] |
2005-12-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR FTAA ETRO US |
| 05BRASILIA320 | JUVENILE OFFENDERS FREED DURING ASSAULT IN BRASILIA [...] Summary. On January 30, armed men in Brasilia freed two teenage detainees from a vehicle and held six others hostage while en route to the CAJE juvenile detention center. The CAJE facility is often criticized for understaffing, overcrowding, and poor security. End Summary. 2. On the eveni [...] |
2005-02-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA3207 | BRAZIL - ECONOMY CONTRACTS, CRITICISM EXPANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy contracted 1.2% in the third quarter of 2005, falling further than even the pessimists had predicted. Growth expectations for the year, therefore, are being downgraded to the 2.3% to 2.7% range. The unexpectedly abrupt fall in GDP has intensified criticism of [...] |
2005-12-08 11:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
| 05BRASILIA321 | BRAZIL'S FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW FACES FIRST [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF), a cornerstone of the nation's fiscal recovery, is facing its most serious threat since its enactment in 2000. The law, meant to enforce prudent [...] |
2005-02-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA3216 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 05-09 [...] SUMMARY. This was a quiet week in investigations of the scandals in the GOB and PT party (refs). Congressional investigation committees (CPIs) probed allegations of irregular payments by the PT to a textile firm owned by Vice President Alencar, but did not link these charges to the broad fin [...] |
2005-12-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA325 | MISSION COMMENTS: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DRAFT [...] (C) After initial review of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) draft accord (reftel), Mission believes the Brazilian document is an excellent launching point for negotiation of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the MOD version is bare-bones, it also provides a strong negotiating found [...] |
2005-02-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL BR ASPA |
| 05BRASILIA3251 | BRAZIL - CAPETOWN CONVENTION ACCESSION LIKELY IN [...] (U) Econoff made reftel points on the Cape Town convention to Michel Arslanian of the Foreign Ministry's Division of Services, Investment and Financial Affairs. Arslanian stated Brazil will likely accede to the treaty, but with a few reservations since certain points of the treaty were "incomp [...] |
2005-12-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA BR |
| 05BRASILIA3252 | NODEL ENGLISH BRAZIL MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Phil English, coordinator of the U.S. House of Representatives' Brazil Caucus, met on December 1 in Brasilia with Chamber of Deputies President Aldo Rebelo, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Furlan and participated in a dial [...] |
2005-12-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PGOV OREP KIPR BR |
| 05BRASILIA3255 | BRAZIL: POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA3262 | BRAZIL'S CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DELIBERATE [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. In a bid to exert greater control over trade policy, Brazil's Congress continues to weigh legislation to establish parameters for the country's trade negotiators. While some provisions would pose challenges for the U.S., it is unclear whether [...] |
2005-12-14 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA3277 | BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...] |
2005-12-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR |
| 05BRASILIA3278 | BRAZIL - ATSC DTV ADVOCACY AND SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge delivered reftel letter from Secretaries Rice and Gutierrez to Communications Minister SIPDIS Costa in a December 13 meeting. Costa stated his principal concern with the ATSC standard was the expense of repeater stations to enhance broadcast coverage. The letter w [...] |
2005-12-16 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV BR |
| 05BRASILIA3285 | BRAZIL: BOLIVIA ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) PolCouns spoke with senior Brazilian Government (GOB) contacts in the foreign ministry (MRE) and Presidency on 15 December to check on the GOB's preparations for the 18 December election in Bolivia. They noted the following: 2. (SBU) Marcel Biato, deputy foreign affairs advisor to Pr [...] |
2005-12-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA3324 | TERRORISM FINANCE - ASG INDIVIDUALS - JOINT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA3346 | BRAZIL AND THE PARIS CLUB - PREPAYMENT OR [...] (SBU) The Finance Ministry's Strategic Debt Planning Coordinator, Anderson Silva, confirmed to Emboff December 21 that the Finance Ministry is studying a proposal to pay off all of its Paris Club (PC) debt in 2006. According to Silva, no final decision has yet been made despite press reports [...] |
2005-12-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SENV PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA3349 | BRAZIL WILL BEGIN NEW YEAR WITHOUT A FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil will begin 2006 without having approved a federal government budget. Federal Deputy (congressman) Colbert Martins told Emboff December 20 he believes the budget would not be passed until February. The GoB will be limited to paying salaries and current expenses (utilitie [...] |
2005-12-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
| 05BRASILIA3382 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEKS OF 19-29 [...] (U) Introduction: A controversial decision to call an extraordinary session of Brazil's congress during the traditional holiday recess facilitated the continued investigation of Brazil's interlocking political scandals, now approaching their seven month in the headlines (ref). Prime developme [...] |
2005-12-29 17:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA369 | Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. US citizen and Catholic nun Dorothy Mae Stang was murdered in the northern Brazilian state of Para February 12. She was an advocate for the landless and had been involved in land disputes with powerful landlords. Brazilian sta [...] |
2005-02-14 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA373 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF CODEL BLUNT [...] The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo, February 22-23 and February 25-28. As requested reftel, Mission grants courtesy country clearance for your travel. (Threat assessment to be sent septel.) Overall Mission Control Office [...] |
2005-02-14 18:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ETRD PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA387 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS CHOOSES DARK HORSE AS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a surprising and potentially serious setback for the Lula administration, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on February 14 chose dark horse Federal Deputy Severino Cavalcanti (Progressive Party -'PP') to be its next Speaker. Cavalcanti took over immediately an [...] |
2005-02-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA388 | BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS USG "BEST EFFORTS" TO [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, Consul General and Special Assistant, met on 15 February with Ambassador Ruy Nogueira, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Cooperation and Brazilian Overseas Communities, at Nogueira's request. Nogueira, whose regular portfolio focuses on consul [...] |
2005-02-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR |
| 05BRASILIA40 | FIRST TEST OF BRAZIL'S NEW ENERGY REGULATORY MODEL [...] (U) This cable reflects input from Consulates General Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The GoB took a long-awaited first step towards implementing its new energy regulatory model with a December 7 auction of electricity supply futures. The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME [...] |
2005-01-05 13:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA406 | BRAZIL - RATIFYING THE 1999 MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 17:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL BR ARAS |
| 05BRASILIA415 | LULA IN CARACAS -- PARSING A "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: President Lula da Silva's state visit to Venezuela this week saw declarations and a formal statement by Lula and President Chavez announcing formation of a "strategic alliance." In practice, this seems to translate to enhanced cooperation in integration and development aimed at i [...] |
2005-02-16 19:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR |
| 05BRASILIA417 | BRAZIL - STRONG 2005 MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil enters 2005 in a position of relative macroeconomic strength. GDP growth, debt ratios, the trade balance and external accounts are all favorable or moving favorably. In conversations with industry and government economists, all were hard pressed to name a single econ [...] |
2005-02-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
| 05BRASILIA43 | LULA AND BRAZILIAN CONGRESS HAVE A FULL PLATE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By staying in session through Christmas, the Brazilian Congress finally passed the 2005 budget and went into recess until February. The budget process has become dysfunctional and this year's experience may have generated enough frustration to reform it before the next cycle. [...] |
2005-01-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA437 | Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...] |
2005-02-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA447 | BRAZIL MAKES REFORMING REGULATORY AGENCIES A PRIORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Congress is considering a new law governing the functioning of Brazil's nine regulatory agencies. The legislation aims to bring greater social accountability, operational transparency, and financial oversight to their operations. The law includes, however, controver [...] |
2005-02-18 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA451 | DEMARCHE ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP [...] EST Counselor provided REFTEL demarche points to Andre Correa do Lago, Head of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Feb. 10. As outlined in email, Correa do Lago said the GOB would like to consider the opinions of other countr [...] |
2005-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA452 | REGIONAL COOPERATION ON MERCURY CONTAMINATION, LIMA [...] Summary: On February 1-3, 2005, the OES-supported Brasilia Environmental HUB brought together the officials responsible for the management and regulation of mercury use in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Suriname to formulate an action plan to minimize mercury contamination in [...] |
2005-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV ECON XR BR |
| 05BRASILIA455 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 50 [...] The following is the fiftieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science & technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed d [...] |
2005-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
| 05BRASILIA464 | THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT [...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...] |
2005-02-22 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP |
| 05BRASILIA490 | BRAZIL - HOW MUCH SPENDING SEQUESTRATION IS ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoB is preparing to issue on February 25 a decree sequestering Reals 5 to 10 billion (approximately USD 2 to 4 billion) of spending called for in the 2005 budget law passed by the Brazilian Congress December 29. This is part of an annual exercise in which the executive b [...] |
2005-02-24 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
| 05BRASILIA516 | BRAZIL: RAISING IRAN AT THE 28 FEBRUARY IAES BOG [...] (C) Per reftel, on 24 February PolCouns provided to the Foreign Ministry (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technoligy Division Chief Santiago Mourao the USG position paper on the IAEA BOG meeting scheduled for 28 February to review developments in the agency's investigation of Iran since Novembe [...] |
2005-02-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL BR IAEA POL MIL |
| 05BRASILIA521 | BRAZIL - THE MICROECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to Brazil's recent outstanding macroeconomic performance, its progress on the microeconomic and structural reforms necessary to sustain healthy growth levels has been mixed. The GoB has a well- articulated reform agenda and continues to push key measures through [...] |
2005-02-28 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
| 05BRASILIA531 | NOTIFICATION OF ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION ON N- [...] Post received a letter dated February 15, 2005 from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG of Brazil's intention to open an anti-dumping investigation concerning exports to Brazil of n-Butanol originating from the U.S. and S [...] |
2005-03-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA532 | BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT SPEAKS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, Poloff met with Perly Cipriano, Under Secretary for Human Rights Promotion at the Brazilian Secretariat for Human Rights, to discuss the Dorothy Stang murder case (reftels A, B, and C). During the meeting, Poloff and Cipriano discussed Stang's refusal to accept p [...] |
2005-03-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA542 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO ARGENTINE PRELIMINARY PAPER ON [...] Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Brazilian Deputy Summit of the Americas Coordinator Afonso Sena Cardoso in a February 24 meeting. Cardoso welcomed the U.S. comments on the Argentine paper and reciprocated in kind, handing us a non- paper with GoB observations on the Argentine paper (tra [...] |
2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR BR |
| 05BRASILIA564 | ISRAELI EMBASSY FOCUSED ON ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (C) In March 1 discussion with Poloff, Embassy of Israel Minister Counselor Eitan Surkis reiterated the GOI'S concerns with Summit preparations and Brazil's Summit-related diplomacy to date. Although the Embassy had already met with the head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Middle [...] |
2005-03-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER KSUM XF XM BR |
| 05BRASILIA573 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS PASSES BIOSAFETY LAW -- VICTORY [...] SUMMARY. On March 2, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly passed the Biosafety Law that regulates biotechnology crops and stem cell research. After a year and a half and competing versions in Congress, this was the final vote, and President Lula is expected to sign it into law qu [...] |
2005-03-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECON PREL TSPL SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA574 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON ARAB SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche late on 2 March to Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Amorim. (Note: Ambassador had planned to demarche Acting FM Guimaraes, but the meeting was postponed by Guimaraes until 8 March; Ambassador will reiterate key re [...] |
2005-03-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KSUM XF XM BR |
| 05BRASILIA581 | Brother of Murdered Nun Pushes for [...] (SBU) Summary. David Stang, brother of murdered US citizen nun Dorothy Stang, visiting Brazil this week, told Ambassador Danilovich that while pleased with GoB reaction to his sister's death he believed it important that the Brazilian federal government take over from the state authorities the [...] |
2005-03-03 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA598 | NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES FOR BRAZIL'S AMAZON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, 2005 Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, announced a presidential decree aimed at combating land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon. The three-pronged strategy sets up five separate forest reserves totaling 12.8 million acres, places a ban on [...] |
2005-03-04 21:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAGR ELAB SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA599 | BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes (Council) has formulated a national plan consisting of 91 measures, broken down into three categories based on their expected timeframe for im [...] |
2005-03-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KJUS BR IPR |
| 05BRASILIA606 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FEDERALIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-07 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA61 | BRAZIL 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Brazil's 2004-2005 INCSR. As requested in reftel, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. The principal event of 2004 in Brazil's anti-narcotics effort was the long awaited implementation of a s [...] |
2005-01-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KSEP BR NAS |
| 05BRASILIA64 | BRAZIL WILL SEEK RATIFICATION OF LAST THREE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points to Ministry of External Relations, Transnational Crimes Office Chief Marcus Pinta Gama. According to Pinta Gama, the GOB hopes to ratify the last three outstanding international counterterrorism accords this year. Of the three, the most urgent ratifica [...] |
2005-01-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA658 | JEWISH SOCIAL PROGRAMS, CONCERNS WITH ARAB-SOUTH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: During a two-day visit to Sao Paulo to meet that city's Jewish leadership, Ambassador witnessed the community's highly effective social welfare programs and delivered messages of support for the commonality of ties between the U.S., Israel, and Brazil's Jewish c [...] |
2005-03-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KSUM PTER XF XM BR |
| 05BRASILIA660 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 9 MARCH MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador met one-on-one on 9 March with Acting Foreign Minister Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes (FM Amorim is in Africa). Guimaraes, as Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE), is D equivalent, often acting as minister during Amorim's frequent travels abroa [...] |
2005-03-09 20:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA682 | BRAZIL'S STEELY MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) The GoB published a decree March 4 reducing to zero the import tariff on fifteen different categories of steel. The measure is temporary and does not represent a general liberalization, but rather is aimed at containing inflationary pressures driven by price increases in steel and oth [...] |
2005-03-11 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
| 05BRASILIA690 | BRAZIL - DEMARCHE ON TSA LIGHTERS BAN [...] (U) In a March 1 meeting with the Brazilian Department of Civil Aviation (DAC), Rio EconOff notified the DAC of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) addition of lighters to the list of prohibited items on flights to, from, or within the U.S. The DAC officials stated that they had [...] |
2005-03-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER BR |
| 05BRASILIA691 | PART I: BRAZIL'S CONTROL OF SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: The GOB possesses an effective, Internet-based export control licensing system (SISCOMEX), and in discussions with emboffs Brazilian officials could not identify any cases of unauthorized transfers of sensitive items since SISCOMEX has been functioning. Long, p [...] |
2005-03-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV ETTC KNNP BR IAEA |
| 05BRASILIA698 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS' PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 9, Ambassador Danilovich met with Jose Genoino, the President of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) and the PT's Secretary for International Relations, Paulo Ferreira. Genoino noted that the PT is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and has evolved into a modern nationwide i [...] |
2005-03-14 18:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI BR US |
| 05BRASILIA715 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 14 MARCH MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Introduction. Ambassador was called for a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Amorim on the afternoon of 14 March. Amorim focused initially on reiterating his strong interest in meeting soon with Secretary Rice, in spite of unsuccessful efforts to schedule a Washington meeting in lat [...] |
2005-03-15 18:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR ETRD MARR FTAA US |
| 05BRASILIA718 | BRAZIL: OLMERT VISIT A SUCCESS, BUT SUMMIT STILL [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Olmert reportedly enjoyed a successful visit to Brazil last week, however, he was apparently unable to convince the GOB to take a tougher approach -- from the Israeli perspective -- with Arab interlocutors in preparation for the Ar [...] |
2005-03-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR |
| 05BRASILIA72 | BRAZIL - DEMARCHE ON ITU/WTSA VETO ISSUE [...] In a January 5 meeting, EconOffs made reftel points to Luis Fernando Serra and Bruno Carvalho Ramos of ANATEL (Brazil's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency and the entity here responsible for ITU issues). Serra is the Head of the Office of International Affairs and a career diplomat. Ramos, [...] |
2005-01-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ECON PGOV BR ITU |
| 05BRASILIA737 | BRAZIL: UNHCR-61 AND CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered CHR talking points to Christiano Figueroa, Acting Chief for an under-manned Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Human Rights Division. Referring to press reports regarding GOB Human Rights Secretary Nilmario Miranda's not-so-veiled criticisms of the USG in a March 15 co [...] |
2005-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05BRASILIA745 | BRAZILIAN SENATORS SUPPORT REINSTITUTING VISA [...] (C) On March 16, Ambassador Danilovich met in the embassy with Brazilian Senators Cristovam Buarque and Marcelo Crivella to discuss the issue of Brazilians attempting to enter the US illegally via the southern land border. Senator Buarque (PT-Brasilia) is a former Minister of Education who no [...] |
2005-03-18 12:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS BR US |
| 05BRASILIA75 | BRAZILIAN ENGAGEMENT IN TSUNAMI RELIEF, UNOCHA [...] According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE), South and East Asia Division Chief Edson Duarte, the Brazilian delegation to the UNOCHA Tsunami Donors Conference will be led by the Institutional Security (GSI) chief, General Jorge Armando Felix. (The GSI is located within the Presidency; G [...] |
2005-01-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PGOV BR |
| 05BRASILIA757 | NOTIFICATION OF SUSPENSION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON [...] Post received a letter dated March 7, 2005 from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, notifying the USG of Brazil's intention to suspend anti-dumping measures for one year concerning exports to Brazil of medicines containing insulin origina [...] |
2005-03-18 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA758 | NOTIFICATION OF ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION ON N- [...] Post received a letter dated March 7, 2005 from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, notifying the USG of Brazil's intention to initiate an anti-dumping investigation concerning exports to Brazil of n-butanol originating from the U.S.A. and [...] |
2005-03-18 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA760 | ARAB DIPLOMATS WEIGH BRAZIL'S READINESS TO HOST [...] (SBU) During March 17 Tunisia National Day reception, numerous Arab diplomats expressed concerns to Poloff about the lethargic pace of administrative and substantive preparations for the May Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia. According to the diplomats, numerous logistical issues, in par [...] |
2005-03-18 21:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR |
| 05BRASILIA763 | BRAZIL RESPONSE TO OAS SOCIAL CHARTER DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On March 21, Poloff delivered reftel demarche --regarding the chairmanship of the OAS Working Group to draft the OAS Social Charter and Action Plan-- to Counselor Mariangela Rebua, Head of the Division of Social Affairs, and her Deputy, Adriano Silva Pucci, at Brazil's Foreign Ministry. [...] |
2005-03-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI BH GY MX XL XM NS |
| 05BRASILIA766 | BRAZIL: CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05BRASILIA767 | SEVERINO CAVALCANTI LEADS BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA769 | BRAZIL: OAS MANPADS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Chief of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Santiago Mourao, acknowledged that while he still believed the OAS is not an appropriate forum for a stand-alone MANPADS resolution, others obviously felt that it is appropriate. As a result of active [...] |
2005-03-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS ETTC BR OAS |
| 05BRASILIA770 | BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK ON BANCO SANTOS CASE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles March 17 to advocate on behalf of American creditors to Banco Santos, a Brazilian bank that has been under Central Bank intervention since November 2004 (reftel). The Ambassador relayed the desire of U.S. creditor banks, which [...] |
2005-03-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA785 | ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...] |
2005-03-22 22:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR BR |
| 05BRASILIA788 | TERROR FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NUMBER 2 - BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for an evaluation of the GoB's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. The answers below are keyed to questions in ref A paragraph 10. Question A - Amounts Frozen and Authorities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...] |
2005-03-23 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA792 | IRRITATED WITH PRESSURES, LULA PUTS OFF MOST OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Irritated by incessant clamoring from his allied parties as they jockeyed for cabinet posts, Brazilian President Lula da Silva dug in yesterday and put most of the cabinet shakeup on hold. The final straw for Lula was a challenge from the new Speaker of the Chamber, Severino C [...] |
2005-03-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA804 | BRAZIL THREATENS COMPULSORY LICENSING OF AIDS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASIFIED 2. (U) Summary. Faced with rising expenditures and supply shortfalls, on March 14, Brazil's Health Minister Costa sent letters to major multinational pharmaceutical companies that supply key drugs for the GoB's program to treat HIV/AIDS asking that they agree t [...] |
2005-03-24 11:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD BR |
| 05BRASILIA809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BR |
| 05BRASILIA815 | BRAZIL MILITARY EXERCISES, DIPLOMATIC NOTES [...] This message was coordinated with DAO, MLO, and POL. 2. (C) Over the next few months, Brazil will host a number of military exercises, including PKO South and Patriot Angel SAR. While the GOB has provided its usual written assurances concerning protections for US personnel participating i [...] |
2005-03-24 20:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS BR |
| 05BRASILIA821 | FOURTH SUSPECT IN BRAZIL NUN'S MURDER SURRENDERS [...] (U) The fourth and most senior suspect in the murder of US citizen missionary Dorothy Stang turned himself in to Brazilian federal authorities on March 27. Vitalmiro Bastos Moura (aka "Bida"), 34, an area rancher who is alleged to have been the mastermind behind Stang's February 12 murder, su [...] |
2005-03-28 19:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC KCRM PHUM SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA825 | BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), and the Defense Atta [...] |
2005-03-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR |
| 05BRASILIA89 | INVITATION FROM BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR NIH [...] The Brazilian Foreign Ministry has extended an invitation to Kevin Bialy (and other NIH representatives if desired) to visit Brasilia after January 15, 2005, for face- to-face discussions related to NIH medical research projects. The topics mentioned by the Brazilians were discussion of a sp [...] |
2005-01-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA91 | MERCOSUL SUMMIT: NO PARTY, BUT NO FUNERAL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Diplomatic restraint enabled the 27th Mercosul presidential summit to conclude on December 17 without incident, but widespread dissatisfaction with meager economic benefits flowing from the bloc, and bitter trade disagreements between Brazil and Argentina cloud [...] |
2005-01-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA927 | LETTER FROM BRAZIL'S CONGRESSIONAL FRONT FOR THE [...] (U) Eight Brazilian congressmen, members of the Congressional Front for the Fight Against Piracy and Tax Evasion, visited the Embassy on March 30 to deliver a letter addressed to the Ambassador regarding Brazil's inclusion on the Special 301 list and possible removal of GSP benefits. (Note, on [...] |
2005-04-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KJUS BR |
| 05BRASILIA94 | MERCOSUL: CRITICISM GROWS BUT GOB POLICY SHIFT [...] (U) This cable reflects input from Consulates General Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Mission invites comment from other posts in the region regarding issues raised herein. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. The Brazilian private sector has recently stepped up criticism of GoB trade policy, [...] |
2005-01-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA944 | LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Counselor emphasized that the authorities outlined in OP3 of the French draft resolution are seen by the USG and others as necessary for an effective investigat [...] |
2005-04-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY |